[Classroom Of The Elite] Ayanokoji X Horikita

Mastermind

The tension in this was bus was daunting.

Daunting enough to make Suzune perspire.

As her fellow representative, and boyfriend, it is my duty to calm her down.

I lay my hand atop hers on the armrest.

"It's fine." I say.

"How are you so calm? Everyone here... are better than us."

"It doesn't necessarily mean they will win. Besides..."

Besides, Class A's participant, Arisu Sakayanagi is an odd one. Even when lacking information regarding the exam, the fact that we were made to wear our gym clothes should be suffice to realize what sort of exam it will be. And yet, they deploy a disadvantageous girl who cannot walk without support. If it is a physical exam, her deployment would drag them down.

Unless, of course, they had an ulterior motive. Judging by the expressions of Katsuragi sitting beside her, it seems as though he was against the idea of being her fellow representative.

If I were to guess, Class A's objective is not to win, but-

"Kiyotaka, let's win, okay?" She holds my hand with her opposite hand. "You promised, so don't break it..."

"Well..." I've already gone this far, going back would be more troublesome than going forward, "Of course I won't break it."

Her objective to reach Class A... will be disaster.

30 minutes later

"The... woods?"

We arrive in front of the woods. It wasn't too vast, nor too small.

Judging by things, the exam will be held here. I'm getting flashbacks to an old exam...

We all line up side-by-side, standing beside our partners.

Class A's homeroom teacher, Mashima Sensei, stands in front of us.

"Welcome to the woods, where you all shall compete in a special exam against the other representatives. The school has hired this woods especially for this exam, so we can determine whose class has the best representatives, as well as whose class has the worse. Now, I shall explain the details and rules regarding this special exam."

We all prepare. Suzune tenses her body, I remain the same as usual.

"The exam is as follows:

you will be given two cases each duo, a large case and a small case.

Inside the large case will be 5000 notes with a school logo imprinted on each side. The small case will house 2500 notes.

The goal of this game is to steal as many notes from the enemies and have the most notes out of the 4 pairs.