COTE: Daily Life of Saiki K

Saiki turned his head, casting his gaze onto Ayanokoji.

"Me?"

Ayanokoji seemed to not have anticipated that Ike Kanji would mention his own name.

[Ike Kanji invited me to participate in the celebration party, but I shouldn't have had much interaction with him before, could it be because my grades ranking is about the same as theirs, all relatively low, so he chose to call me along?]

'That's right, you really guessed it right.'

[Humans are originally creatures that tend toward the collective, some people will choose to rely on those stronger than themselves, some people will choose to associate with those weaker than themselves, to show their own ability...]

'Hey hey hey, it's just an invitation, it shouldn't cause this many associations...'

[If I refuse, it may make my interpersonal relationships, which were already not optimistic, even worse.]

Although Ayanokoji had undergone a great many mental changes, in reality, only about a second had passed.

"Mm, okay." Ayanokoji gave an affirmative reply.

"Um, everyone."

And at this moment, before everyone had time to leave the classroom, Hirata Yosuke walked up to the podium and opened his mouth to speak, "I hope everyone can listen to me say a few words, especially Sudo-kun."

"What does this have to do with me?"

Sudo Ken seemed to know what Hirata was going to say, showing an impatient appearance.

"Although our test grades last month were still okay, and we were promoted to Class C, the class points that each of us obtained were still greatly discounted. I was thinking that starting this month, our classmates should mutually supervise each other, mutually remind each other, try not to be late, and in class don't touch cell phones."

On Hirata's face was a polite and full of goodwill smile.

"What does this have to do with me?" And the impatience on Sudo's face became even more obvious.

Because of the almost completely undisguised resistant mood on the other party's face, Hirata could only maintain a smile, "If I have offended you in any way, I apologize to you."

[I must unite everyone together, I absolutely cannot allow any student to drop out!]

Saiki could hear the incomparably firm voice in Hirata's heart. 'Truly an admirable person.'

Saiki in his heart still gave Hirata a fairly high evaluation.

Unlike Kushida Kikyo's mere acting, Hirata's heart really very much valued this class.

Hirata then said that he planned to hold a meeting after school, everyone together to discuss the upcoming study plan, to improve the class's grade.

However, a few people immediately rejected the matter on the spot, one was Sudo Ken, and the other person was Horikita Suzune.

"Sorry, I don't intend to accompany you all to do this kind of meaningless thing."

Horikita Suzune said bluntly to Hirata.

"I think this is a test for our Class C..."

"I should have already refused, so I will not participate." Without waiting for Hirata to finish speaking, Horikita Suzune directly refused the other party.

[Clearly I considered my entrance exam grades to be quite good, why was I assigned to a class together with these burdens?!]

Horikita Suzune's heart was full of puzzlement and unwillingness, but she didn't know that this mental activity of hers was precisely the correct answer.

"Then Saiki-kun, are you preparing to attend the meeting?"

Slightly somewhat helpless, Hirata could only shift his attention onto Saiki's body.

[Saiki-kun in the class has always been rather silent, and looks very thin and easy to be bullied, could it be that before he experienced something, has some worry?]

'Sorry, I simply just don't want to speak.'

[Clearly back when buying test questions, Saiki-kun also helped us quite a lot. But everyone in the class seems to have somewhat overlooked Saiki-kun's role, maybe because of this, Saiki-kun hasn't been able to integrate into the class.]

'No, for me, this is a good thing.'

[I must think of a way to as much as possible let Saiki-kun integrate together with everyone into the class!]

'Just like this now, it's fine.'

Saiki answered in his heart like this, but did not speak out, 'Yare yare, although like Horikita and Suzune the two people already refused, but the vast majority of the class should participate, right?'

'If I also refuse, I will definitely be regarded by others as the same sort of unruly element like them, at that time it will certainly bring not a small amount of trouble, being too disliked by people will instead draw more attention, it is not a good thing, I can only temporarily agree.'

Thinking this way, Saiki nodded, agreeing to Hirata's request.

"That's great, thank you very much Saiki-kun! Next, let's all work hard together!"

Hirata very earnestly nodded, then shifted his gaze again onto Ayanokoji's body, "Ayanokoji-kun..."

Almost the same lines were spoken again, perhaps Hirata believed individually asking everyone would appear more sincere.

[Originally I wanted to refuse, but even someone like Saiki stayed, so I will also temporarily stay.]

Ayanokoji nodded.

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After a day of classes, most of the students stayed in the classroom, while Horikita Suzune, Sudo Ken and a few others who were unwilling to attend the meeting directly left the classroom.

[Really, these few people just like to act different, making themselves seem special.]

[Don't know what these people are pretending for?]

[That Horikita Suzune, relying on being good-looking and having good grades, just has that look of disregarding everyone, and Sudo Ken doesn't even need to be mentioned, just an idiot.]

After these people left, most of the classmates remaining in the class were pointing fingers behind their backs.

Especially Kushida Kikyo, in her heart, one could say she already scolded Horikita Suzune until dog-blood-sprayed-head, her hostility toward Horikita Suzune simply had not lessened a bit.

Hirata spoke about matters concerning later creating some study groups and such, Saiki in his heart felt indifferent, only wanting to quickly end the meeting so he could go do other things.

At this time, the broadcast in the class suddenly sounded:

"First Year Class C student Ayanokoji-kun, homeroom teacher Chabashira-sensei has something to discuss with you, please go to the teachers' office."

"Oh."

Ayanokoji muttered to himself, and as if responding to the broadcast's voice, tidied up a little then left the classroom.

'Chabashira-sensei is looking for Ayanokoji? Ayanokoji seems to be a somewhat special student, apparently also like me, temporarily inserted into this class.'

'Chabashira-sensei should also be able to know some background information about Ayanokoji from the chairman, this time calling him might also be related to this matter. But this has nothing to do with me, since she didn't call me along, perhaps it means she no longer suspects me.'

Thinking this, Saiki's eyebrows slightly twitched, in his heart he still seemed to mind a little bit, 'No no no, with that teacher's personality, it probably isn't so simple, somehow it feels like her specially calling Ayanokoji is no good thing.'

Thinking so, after estimating the time Ayanokoji would arrive at the teachers' office, he raised his hand to signal to Hirata that he was going to the restroom, then left the classroom and entered a stall.

At the same time, Clairvoyance activated.

Making his eyes cross-eyed, he could use his vision to remotely observe distant things, different from X-ray vision, Clairvoyance could automatically lock onto targets he had seen before, and could adjust direction and perspective, more convenient to control, and could also hear their conversation content.

The side effect was that long use would cause dry eyes, besides, it just looked a little silly.

So Saiki came to the restroom stall, so no one would notice his actions.

The picture in Saiki's eyes changed, soon he acquired the teachers' office's field of view.

At this moment, Chabashira Sae had already met Ayanokoji, but hadn't said much, merely letting Ayanokoji go sit in the break room next door and not make any sound.

Because the distance was too far, Saiki could only use Clairvoyance to observe, unable to use telepathy to read their thoughts.

And just at this time, a familiar figure appeared at the office doorway.

Horikita Suzune.

"Come in, Horikita, what did you come to find me for?"

On Chabashira Sae's face was a smile, as if she had guessed the other party had come to find herself.

"I'll get straight to the point, why was I assigned to Class D?"

"You really are straightforward."

"You said before that the class assignment order was according to students' abilities, for the entrance exam's questions I am confident I solved nearly all of them, and I don't recall having any huge mistakes in the interview afterwards, at least I cannot imagine being assigned to Class D, even now having been promoted to Class C is the same."

Horikita Suzune's expression was very serious, ever since this morning when she confirmed the class assignment evaluation standards, she had always been very dissatisfied with this matter.

"Just as you said, in this year's first-year entrance exam, you obtained a tied-for-third place result in the whole grade, the score was very close to first and second place, and in the interview you also performed very well, obtaining a quite high evaluation from the school."

"Thank you, but why was I assigned to Class D?"

After hearing Chabashira Sae's words, Horikita Suzune became even more puzzled.

"Why are you so dissatisfied about being assigned to Class D?"

"No one would feel happy about not being correctly evaluated."

"Correct evaluation? You really rate yourself highly."

Chabashira Sae said with a smile, "Moreover, to arbitrarily conclude this matter, isn't it still too early? Some people think that not being correctly evaluated is a good thing."

And at this moment, even Saiki, who was using Clairvoyance to observe all this, felt his nose itching.

In theory, with Saiki's physical strength, it should be impossible to sneeze, but upon hearing Chabashira Sae's words just now, he seemed to feel his nose itching.

That person Chabashira Sae spoke of was clearly himself.

If Horikita Suzune learned that Saiki very much desired to remain in Class D, she would definitely feel the other party was incomprehensible.

'Fortunately she probably will never know in her life.'

Saiki thought in his heart, then continued to "secretly observe."

"Is there really such a person?"

Horikita Suzune frowned, her eyes full of confusion, but soon her expression became serious again, continuing to express to Chabashira Sae her lack of understanding about this matter.

"Even if you go to the school board high-level to speak, this matter will not have any change. Do you have some kind of reason you absolutely must rise to A Class?"

Chabashira Sae seemed to not care at all about Horikita Suzune's words.

"...Today I'll excuse myself first, but please remember, I have not accepted this matter." Horikita Suzune did not answer Chabashira Sae's words.

"Got it, then I'll keep it in mind. Ah, right, I also called another person to the office, it's related to you, Ayanokoji, come out."

Immediately, Ayanokoji expressionlessly walked out from the break room, causing Horikita Suzune's face to show a trace of surprise, she did not know why Ayanokoji would appear here.

"Horikita, the next words you should listen to as well, just treat them as a hint for rising to A Class."

As Chabashira Sae spoke, her gaze shifted onto Ayanokoji.

"I obtained the previous exam's scores, Ayanokoji, you are a very special student, Japanese fifty points, math fifty points, English fifty points...incidentally, this time's quiz was also fifty points."

"So-called coincidence really is a very frightening thing." Ayanokoji instead spoke somewhat indifferently.

"Looks like you really are an annoying student, math's question five, the whole grade's correct rate was less than ten percent, you solved it perfectly, but this question that was almost a complete giveaway, you instead got wrong..."

"It was just coincidence, coincidence."

'Looks like this time has nothing to do with me.'

Saiki, who was always observing their conversation, thought in his heart, Horikita Suzune still seemed somewhat unable to accept such a thing, and Saiki actually had long known Ayanokoji's background.

Since it was basically confirmed their conversation had nothing to do with himself, Saiki also prepared to stop using Clairvoyance and leave the restroom.

"Moreover, in this class, it seems there is someone who is even better at controlling scores than you, you know?"

And at this moment, Saiki Kusuo heard Chabashira Sae say this, and immediately a faint bad premonition emerged in his heart.

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