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Classroom Of The Elite - Chapter 43
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“He’s… 5th dan in karate and 4th dan in aikido.”[1]
Oho, so he’s that strong. If I didn’t pull back it would’ve been a disaster.
“Ayanokouji-kun, you also do something, right? You’re also a rank holder.”
“I already said it, didn’t I? I played piano and performed tea ceremonies.”
“You said calligraphy before.”
“… I also did calligraphy.”
“You purposely got low scores on your test, and you say you did piano and calligraphy. I still don’t understand you very well.”
“Getting those scores were only a coincidence, and I really did piano, tea ceremony, and calligraphy.”
If there was a piano here, I could play Fur Elise at least.
“I let you see a strange side of me.”
“Rather, I always thought that you were a normal girl—not.”
She scowled at me.
“Let’s go back. If anyone sees us here, there will surely be a misunderstanding.”
Certainly. There would absolutely be strange rumors about a girl and a boy all by themselves in the dead of night.
Not to mention, our relationship was still iffy to begin with.
Slowly getting up, Horikita walked towards the entrance of the dorms.
“Hey… Are you really ok with how the study group went?”
Thinking that I wouldn’t get another chance, I called out to her resolutely.
“Why are you asking that? I proposed the study group in the first place. It’s not like you cared about it in the first place. Am I wrong?”
“I have a bad feeling. Or should I say, the other students seem to be planning something.”
“I don’t mind. I’m already used to it. Also, most of the students with red marks are with Hirata-kun. He’s good at studying, gets along with people, and can teach other people well, unlike me. This time, they should be able to barely clear the borderline. However, I judged it to be a waste of time to help them out myself. Until graduation, they’ll have to repeatedly try to not fail. It’d be really stupid to keep trying to cover for their failing marks every single time.”
“Sudou and his group took some distance from Hirata. I don’t think they’ll participate in his study group.”
“That’s what they decided to do; that has nothing to do with me. If they don’t approach Hirata-kun, they’ll just drop out soon enough. Of course, my goal is to get up to class A. However, that’s for my own sake, and not for anyone else. I don’t care what anyone else does. Rather, if cut down on people on this next midterm, only people who are necessary are left. It’ll be easier to get to class A. A win-win situation.”
I don’t think she’s wrong. In the first place, this crisis is bad for students who got red marks. However, I couldn’t help but continue the conversation with Horikita, who was strangely talkative.
“Horikita, isn’t that way of thinking incorrect?”
“Incorrect? Tell me which part is wrong. You’re not trying to say that there is no future for a person who abandons their classmates, right?”
“Calm down. I know you well enough that you wouldn’t understand what I’m saying.”
“Then why? There’s no merit in saving failures.”
“Certainly there isn’t much merit.However, it helps prevent demerits.”
“… Demerits?”
“Do you think that the school hasn’t already thought of that? They’re students who rack up negative points from talking during class or always being late. Say they drop out because no one helped them. How many negative points do you think we’ll get?”
“That’s—”
“Of course, before we get any information, nothing is certain. However, don’t you think that there’s a fairly high possibility? A hundred? A thousand? There’s even a chance that 10,000 or 100,000 points are deducted. If that’s the case, you’ll have a hard time getting to class A.”
“Our negative points from being late and talking during class can’t go below 0 right now. While we’re at 0 points, it’d be best to remove all the students who can’t study. Isn’t it the same as receiving no damage?”
“There’s no guarantee that that’ll be the case. There might be some negative points that we don’t know about yet. Do you really think it’s alright to ignore such a dangerous risk? Well… for someone as smart as you, there’s no way that you wouldn’t have thought of that. If that wasn’t the case, there’s no reason for you to do a study group. You would’ve abandoned them from the very start.”
I was starting to get worked up. That might be because I started to regard her as a friend. I didn’t want her to regret her decision.
“Even if there are unseen minuses, it’s better for the class if we get rid of the failures. When we start to increase our points, it’ll be bad if we regret not cutting them out. At this time, this is a risk that should be taken.”
“Do you really think that?”
“Yes, really. Rather, I am worried about you, who is trying to desperately save them.”
I grabbed Horikita’s wrist as she was about to get on the elevator.