-58- Can't wait to see

Not long after, the three of them arrived at the floor where the first-year classrooms were located.

"I'll head back to class now, Hori-kun, Kikyou, let's chat again next time!" Ichinose Honami waved to Nanaya Hori and Kushida Kikyou, then jogged towards her own class, her skirt fluttering slightly, giving off an inexplicable charm.

Watching Ichinose Honami's gradually disappearing figure, Hori gave a thoughtful evaluation, "She's a girl you can't bring yourself to dislike."

Although they hadn't interacted for long, Ichinose Honami gave Hori a very sunny, sincere, candid, and straightforward impression, extremely easy to like.

Plus, she approached Hori without any reservations, provided information about other classes, and didn't show any extra caution just because Hori was from a different class. Treating others sincerely, Hori had a good impression of her.

Ichinose Honami.

If it were her, maybe they could become friends.

Seeing Ichinose Honami off, Kushida Kikyou suddenly remarked, "Actually, Honami is the class president of Class B."

This statement left Hori somewhat stunned.

"Class president?"

Does that mean there's a system of class representatives in Class B?

"Do classes in this school have class representatives?" Hori asked.

There was no mention of electing class representatives in Class D where Hori and Kushida Kikyou belonged, and Chabashira Sae didn't mention such a thing either.

Could it be that other classes have class representatives, but Class D doesn't?

This speculation was refuted by what Kushida Kikyou said next.

"The other classes don't have class representatives either; it's something Class B established autonomously."

According to Kushida Kikyou, Class B independently set up class representatives for better operation in the upcoming school life, elected by the students, and responsibilities were divided.

Even though it wasn't clear if the class representatives had any practical significance in this special school, at least the establishment was formal. In case of any situation, they could immediately find a leader and have the class representatives lead the classmates into action.

Therefore, Class B established many positions for class representatives.

Among them, the most important position of class president was held by Ichinose Honami.

In other words, Ichinose Honami was the leader of Class B.

"No wonder she's so familiar with the conditions and people of other classes," Hori's evaluation of Ichinose Honami rose once again.

And genuinely so.

"Compared to the heavily troubled Classes A and C, the united and smoothly operating Class B is more difficult to deal with."

This was Hori's personal impression.

But, for Hori, that was indeed the case.

"No matter how outstanding someone is, if they have weaknesses, they're not a threat."

And both Class A and Class C have their own weaknesses.

One is embroiled in internal strife.

The other is under the dictatorship of terror.

Against these two conditions, Hori could think of many ways to strike at these two classes.

On the other hand, Class B may not be as capable as Class A, but it has almost no weaknesses.

Attacking this class would undoubtedly be more difficult than attacking Class A and Class C.

"That's why, even if troubled by Classes A and C, Class B still manages to resolve them one by one, without being beaten down, huh?"

Hori felt deeply.

But...

"Well, it doesn't concern me anyway."

Hori wasn't interested in getting involved in the competition between classes.

Kushida Kikyou seemed to understand this very well.

"If you're really interested, Hori-kun, even if Honami doesn't tell you, you can find out this information yourself, right?" Kushida Kikyou made this remark.

"Only now knowing about the conditions of other classes implies that Hori-kun hasn't been paying attention before."

According to Kushida Kikyou's thinking, Hori can discern various rules and systems of the S System in succession. With such insight, if Hori wanted to know about the conditions of other classes, he would have already gathered sufficient information and wouldn't need to wait for Ichinose Honami to provide it.

Compared to the S System, information about the conditions of other classes, even Kushida Kikyou can inquire about from friends. If Hori wanted to know, it wouldn't be difficult.

But Hori only learned about the conditions of other classes from Ichinose Honami today.

Doesn't that prove that Hori hasn't been interested in paying attention to other classes before?

Even now, Hori's only had a passing interest. He only took the opportunity to inquire while Ichinose Honami was around.

And even after the inquiry, Hori still hasn't developed an interest in class competition; he's only interested in the two people mentioned earlier.

One is Sakayanagi Arisu.

The other is Ryuen Kakeru.

The former caught Hori's attention because of her surname.

The latter, purely because Hori wanted to see how capable this so-called most dangerous person really is.

Kushida Kikyou noticed all of this.

And said, "If Hori-kun is willing to work together with Class D, then we can definitely rise up, right?"

Kushida Kikyou said this as if expecting such a scenario.

Unfortunately...

"Leaving me aside, do you think the current situation of Class D is suitable for rising up?" Hori glanced at Kushida Kikyou and said, "Compared to the first three classes, Class D is falling behind."

"Falling behind?" Kushida Kikyou looked at Hori.

"Look at the other classes; they've already started competing between classes. Only Class D is still immersed in the excitement of crossing the midterms, completely unaware of this competition."

From this, it can be seen how much Class D is lagging behind the other classes.

Even Ayanokouji Kiyotaka completely ignored paying attention to other classes. Probably, like Hori before this, he had no intention of getting involved in competition, so he lacked information about other classes?

Of course, whether it's Hori or Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, it's only because they're not interested in class competition, not because they lack the ability.

It's just a matter of personality.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka doesn't want to take any action, only focusing on the individual, not valuing the class.

And Hori is completely the opposite of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

To experience a school life that he hadn't experienced before, Hori came to this school.

In other words, Hori's attention is not on the individual or the class but on the school itself.

From the beginning, Hori has been in conflict with the system of this school.

If it's about competition, the competition Hori is involved in is with the school itself, not with other classes.

Therefore, if Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is falling behind, then Hori is ahead.

However, now, besides this school, Hori also has some personal interests.

"What will happen next?"

Hori also seemed to be looking forward to it.

"I just can't wait to see."