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Classroom Of The Elite Volume 1 - Chapter 24
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I wondered what was going to happen with Class D. Honestly, part of me felt like these were other people’s problems. Back in my room, I started to watch some kind of variety show with a feeling of complete apathy. Glancing at my phone, I saw I had a message from the group chat.
The message read, Satou’s joining the group. Satou was a particularly high-spirited girl in our class.
Hiya! Ike-kun invited me to join when we were talking earlier.
With nothing to contribute, I didn’t respond and continued reading.
I heard about what happened today. Horikita is really frustrating, huh?
I was really pissed at her. Sudou was super mad. He almost lost it. I think he would’ve hit her.
If I see her tomorrow, I might hit her. I was really annoyed with her today.
Aha ha ha, it’ll be a big problem if you hit her lol. That would be overkill!
Hey, I have an idea. Starting tomorrow, how about we completely ignore her?
Ha, I’ve always ignored her (lol)
I kind of want to hit her with some payback. Bully her a little and make her cry, you know? Do something like hide her shoes.
Ha ha, what are you, kids? Lol lol lol but I do kind of want to see her squirm.
Soon after Satou joined the group chat, Horikita became the main topic of discussion.
Hey, Ayanokouji-kun, you want in on bullying Horikita lol
Nah, Ayanokouji-kun is all obsessed with her, so he probably can’t.
Hey, whose side are you on? Ours or Horikita’s?
I supposed everyone’s irritation with Horikita was inevitable. If you treated others the way Horikita did, you’d inevitably be disliked. But hitting her would be going too far, and I couldn’t understand how anyone might condone ignoring her or hiding her things. That was bullying, and acting like that would leave little difference between them and Horikita.
Hey, you’re reading the chat, right? Hey! Ayanokouji-kun, whose side are you on?
I’m on no one’s side. If you guys want to bully her, I won’t stop you.
So, you’re neutral. That’s the craftiest answer lol.
Think whatever you want, but you won’t gain anything from this. If the school learns you’re bullying her, it’ll cause trouble for you. Keep that in mind.
So, you’re sticking up for Horikita, huh? Ha ha.
Because we couldn’t see each other face to face, it was easier for them to be jerks. If Ike and I were having this conversation in person, I doubted he’d act this way.
However, by focusing their anger on Horikita, the others were building solidarity. It would be a waste of time to continue pointlessly chatting like this. I decided to bring this conversation to a halt.
If Kushida heard about this, she’d probably hate you. Lol.
After I sent that message, I closed my phone. I received an immediate response but left it alone. Those guys probably wouldn’t do anything stupid, and Satou likely wouldn’t do anything without the others’ cooperation.
I opened my window, listening to the insects buzzing from the nearby trees. Did the kubikirigisu grasshoppers make that high-pitched chirping, I wondered? The gentle night breeze rattled my window.
I’d met Horikita on the day of the entrance ceremony. We’d just so happened to be placed in the same class, and then I was assigned the seat next to hers. Before I knew it, I’d become friends with Sudou and Ike. On top of that, I’d been caught in the school’s trap and knocked all the way down to rock bottom. Horikita had tried to help repair our situation, but her personality had ruined everything, further pushing her into isolation. Now, other people grew excited at the thought of bullying her.
I should’ve been at the center of this situation, and yet I felt like I was drifting past it.
No, drifting’s the wrong word. It wasn’t a pleasant situation. I felt like I was in a haze, because I didn’t know the urgency of near-expulsion. This was everyone else’s problem, not mine, so it just didn’t register as important.
“Only a fool wouldn’t use his innate abilities.”
Those words stuck in my head.
“A fool, huh? I wonder if that’s what I am, after all.”
As I closed the window, the television’s cacophonous laughter pierced my ears.
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