The new student admission ceremony proceeded as usual.
There was nothing to add, the content was only about regulations and norms for students.
Ryunosuke immediately lost interest; he had to think about how to make money now. He needed a large amount of points to guarantee his life after graduation later.
He went to the minimarket, intending to spy on someone. If his guess wasn't wrong, someone's weakness would be caught here.
Sure enough, without waiting long, a beautiful purple-haired girl came to the minimarket with suspicious movements. Seeing how she was sneaking around, it was clear she was a beginner.
Ryunosuke secretly followed behind her while taking out his phone to record. The girl didn't disappoint his expectations; she took a can of beer and immediately put it in her bag.
Ryunosuke didn't appear to stop her. That was his goal; he needed the woman in front of him to become his spy and help him do some things. For that reason, he had to hold this woman's secret so she would be completely obedient.
The woman in front of him was Kamuro Masumi, whom he had previously met on the bus. After getting her beer, Masumi intended to leave immediately.
Ryunosuke followed her steps, while glancing toward a small white-haired girl hiding in the darkness. It seemed the small white-haired girl was also already targeting Masumi. However, seeing her prey was already being targeted by someone else, Arisu just smiled and left.
For Arisu, it didn't matter to look for other prey; she just needed an obedient "little dog."
Seeing her give up, Ryunosuke continued tailing Masumi's steps and called for her to stop.
"Please wait a moment."
Hearing someone calling, Kamuro stopped her steps.
"What is it?"
Facing Masumi's question, Ryunosuke without a word took out his phone and showed the earlier recording—right at the part when she stole the can of beer.
Masumi reflexively wanted to snatch the phone, but Ryunosuke immediately pulled it back.
Ryunosuke stared at her and made an offer.
"If you don't want this beer theft recording to be known by others, become my person."
Masumi suddenly stepped back, shrinking her body and staring at him full of wariness.
Seeing that wary reaction, Ryunosuke knew the other party had misunderstood, so he immediately corrected his words.
"I mean, become my spy and help me monitor every movement of Class A."
"Of course I won't let you work for free, I'll pay you with equivalent points as compensation."
Facing that suggestion, Masumi didn't care at all, instead staring at him full of confusion.
"What exactly is your purpose in exploiting me? You want me to become a spy in Class A and work for you?"
Ryunosuke nodded. "That's right, that's what I mean. As long as you obey my words, this beer theft issue I won't tell anyone. How about it?"
Masumi gritted her teeth and ruffled her hair in frustration.
"Had I known, I wouldn't have stolen that beer. Unexpectedly caught red-handed by someone from another class, really unlucky."
"Alright then, what can I do since you already hold my secret. But I'll make it clear from the start, if you dare mess with me, go ahead and try, I can die together with you (mutually assured destruction)."
This was Masumi's final boundary. If the opponent crossed this line, she'd rather expose everything and be destroyed together.
"Fine, I agree. Besides, I don't like the type of person who's stup... I mean, the type whose muscles are bigger than their brain like you at all."
"You were going to say I'm stupid, weren't you?"
"No." Ryunosuke denied desperately.
Seeing that, Masumi sighed. "Looks like from now on I'm forced to become your accomplice. What class are you from?"
"Class 1-D, Akasaka Ryunosuke." After speaking, Ryunosuke extended his hand.
"Class 1-A, Kamuro Masumi." The girl shook his hand reluctantly, then immediately released it with disgust. "Now I can leave, right?"
"Please." Ryunosuke gave way, signaling she could go.
Masumi snorted irritably and walked away. Before she went far, Ryunosuke exchanged contacts with her to make it easy to contact her later. Watching her leave, he sighed.
"It doesn't matter, as long as the goal is achieved, I can use any method."
After that, he tidied his bag and returned to rest.
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The next morning, Ryunosuke arrived at class.
As he expected, the class was very chaotic. Everyone was whispering and chatting without caring about the teacher teaching in front. And this was only the second day...
Truly characteristic of Class D...
Ryunosuke had absolutely no intention of bringing this bunch of trash up to Class A. Let that troublesome problem be thrown to Ayanokouji; his task was only to find money.
He went to his seat in the back row near the window, put down his bag, and followed the lesson normally. Once the lesson ended, he stood up and continued his grand money-making plan.
Armed with his knowledge about the future, he wanted to accumulate wealth quickly at this school. When he graduated later, even if he only put his money in the bank to earn interest, he should already be able to live peacefully for life. Then he'd just find beautiful love; this life would be perfect.
Kushida, the cute black angel, saw Ryunosuke about to leave and immediately stood up to chase him. Since yesterday, she was very curious why this young man always avoided her. As if this young man could see through her, and that made her very uneasy.
She had to make sure whether this young man was previously in the same school as her or not. If so...
Kushida's eyes slowly showed her dark side. The matter from middle school must not be exposed, absolutely not!
Kushida showed a sweet smile and approached. "Hello, Akasaka-kun, can we be friends?"
Kushida showed a very sweet and charming smile. If it were an ordinary guy, they might have already succumbed... Unfortunately, Ryunosuke wasn't an ordinary person.
Ryunosuke put his hands in his pockets and stared straight at Kushida without averting his gaze even slightly. He stared at her sharply.
Kushida felt embarrassed being stared at like that and avoided his gaze. Of course, that might just be acting...
(This woman is too good at pretending.)
Facing Ryunosuke's intense stare, Kushida squirmed her body as if embarrassed and said, "Akasaka-kun, staring at a girl like that is very impolite, I'm getting embarrassed."
(Tch, what a bitch! Your acting is so good.)
Ryunosuke clicked his tongue inwardly, then just passed her to leave the classroom. He didn't have time to deal with this black swan's theatrics; finding money was more important. In his eyes there was only money.
"Eh?" The black swan froze seeing him just leave like that. She immediately came to her senses and turned to grab Ryunosuke's wrist.
"Please wait a moment, Akasaka-kun. Let's exchange contacts, I want to be your friend."
Ryunosuke didn't expect Kushida to be so bold as to grab him in front of many classmates. It seemed the girl had become desperate.
Facing many people's gazes, Kushida was also a bit nervous. This was the first time she met a man this difficult to deal with. Usually, other guys she could already make kneel with just a few words.
Under the jealous and envious gazes of male students, and the confused gazes of female students, Kushida deliberately put on an embarrassed expression and said in a sad tone.
"Does Akasaka-kun hate me? Why won't you be friends with me?"
Her eyes even became teary, as if it really happened. Ryunosuke clicked his tongue in admiration.
(Acting this good, it's a shame not to become an actor.)
Although thinking so inwardly, on the surface Ryunosuke still acted innocent and said to Kushida:
"Kushida-san, I don't hate you. I'm in a hurry to go to the toilet. If you hold me like this, I'll be in great difficulty."
Kushida immediately released her hand with a blushing face. "Sorry, I didn't know Akasaka-kun wanted to go to the toilet. I'll leave now."
After that, she ran away with a flushed face.
(This man has no shame! Even if you really want to go to the toilet, don't say it in front of a girl!!!! This makes me look like someone who's very bothersome.)
Kushida screamed inwardly.
Seeing Kushida finally leave, Ryunosuke showed a victorious smile because his plan succeeded.
(So small, how could you possibly control me.)
He took his bag and prepared to leave. Of course he wasn't really going to the toilet; that was just an excuse to get rid of Kushida. What was more urgent now was finding money opportunities, by any means...
He took out his phone and contacted Masumi who had just cooperated with him yesterday. The call was immediately answered, and Masumi's impatient voice was heard from the other side.
"What is it?"
Facing this impolite woman, Ryunosuke had no emotional reaction whatsoever. From the start he was only exploiting her to achieve his own goals. He loosened his tie that was a bit tight and opened the top two buttons to be more relaxed. This school uniform was nice, but too formal so his neck felt very uncomfortable.
He gave instructions to Masumi on the phone.
"In your class, is there someone named Sakayanagi Arisu?"
Masumi on the other end of the phone snorted cynically. "Are you a pedophile?"
Ryunosuke was silent.
"It seems you misunderstood... That's not what I meant."
"Then what do you mean? Asking me about that girl, if not that then what?"
Ryunosuke massaged the bridge of his tired nose, his tone slightly more serious.
"I'm talking about something important with you, can you be more serious?"
Masumi immediately fell silent and nodded.
"Say it, what do you want me to do?"
"Help me monitor that girl named Sakayanagi Arisu..."
After finishing giving instructions to Masumi, Ryunosuke closed the phone and looked at his watch.
"Time for the next step..."
He arrived at the Student Council President's office and knocked on the door gently.
"Please come in."
A clear girl's voice was heard from inside. The one who opened the door was Horikita Manabu's secretary, Tachibana Akane.
Akane looked at the visitor and asked, "Junior, what business do you have?"
"Ah, hello, I'm a first-year student, Akasaka Ryunosuke from Class D. Is Horikita Manabu-senpai here? I have business with him."
Manabu, who was initially processing student council business in the president's chair, stopped his movement when he heard that the visitor was his younger sister's classmate. He adjusted his glasses.
"Let him in, Tachibana."
"But President, you're still busy..."
"It's fine, let him in. The work is almost finished, and a moment won't make a difference."
"Alright, I understand..."