Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

With that thought in mind, Kusuo Saiki quickly filled in some answers on the test paper. Since there were no 'upper and lower limits' as a reference, he could only improvise.

Although Takeru Sudo's accuracy rate should be slightly higher than that of others, he is still considered to be in the category of poor performance. Therefore, Kusuo Saiki should just get a score slightly higher than his.

Kusuo Saiki had a plan in mind. Using his telepathic abilities, he knew that Ken Sudo still couldn't answer a few questions. So, he only needed to answer one or two of them correctly!

......

Soon, the exam time was over, and Kusuo Saiki breathed a sigh of relief, handing his exam questions to Suzune Horikita.

For Kusuo Saiki, the little test that Suzune Horikita had just arranged felt like a test for him.

Horikita Suzune first glanced at the exam papers of Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki, her brows furrowed, and then tossed the two papers aside like trash.

"Didn't you two review the points I explained to you yesterday?"

Horikita Suzune's eyes twitched slightly, and a hint of anger spread undisguisedly in her eyes.

"that....."

Ike Kanji scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"I had some things to do last night and didn't have time to review... Today, I'll definitely review properly today!"

"That's just an excuse, isn't it?"

Horikita Suzune's tone already carried a hint of displeasure.

[You guys don't have much to do every day, it's just your procrastination and laziness that drags the class down!]

Horikita Suzune mocked the other person mercilessly in her heart. If it were any other time, she might have already spoken up—but today, Horikita Suzune restrained her impulse.

"Chi Kuan and the others must have been really busy yesterday! They'll definitely study hard today!"

Kikyo Kushida, standing nearby, immediately stepped in as a peacemaker to mediate.

"Uh-huh!"

Ike Kanji nodded quickly, agreeing with the other party.

Kushida-san is truly an angel!

'This is obviously just a filter.'

Kusuo Saiki thought to himself.

Horikita Suzune did not choose to delve any further, but simply continued browsing the next person's exam paper.

[Sudo? His answer might be even more outrageous than the other two... Honestly, why should I have any hope for these guys?]

Horikita Suzune sighed, then glanced at Sudo Ken's exam paper.

But the next second, Horikita Suzune's eyes widened slightly, her gaze filled with surprise.

Ken Sudo... surprisingly did quite well on the exam?

Although she didn't do exceptionally well overall, she barely passed, and her accuracy rate far exceeded Horikita Suzune's expectations.

[Sudo is usually a consistent last-place student, so how come he got a passable score for a poor student?]

"Sudo, did you study last night?"

"Ah, this... Haha, that's right!"

Takeru Sudo hesitated for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

Holy crap, thank goodness for that dream! Is this what they call divine intervention?

'If you knew that the god you believe in is sitting right next to you, you'd probably break down.'

"It seems you're not entirely useless; you've surprised me."

Horikita Suzune nodded earnestly to Sudo Ken.

Is this guy complimenting someone?

Although Horikita Suzune's words were still somewhat different in the strict sense of praise, overall they were quite different from before.

[Sudo actually studies? Is that supposed to be a study dream, just a trick of my imagination because of the intense competition? Is he actually studying?]

Chi Kanji, who was standing to the side, frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.

"How could that be! There's absolutely no way that guy would study! It must have been pure luck."

'You really know your friend well.'

Saiki Kusuo thought to himself, "But this proves that my actions last night were meaningful. If things continue like this, there's no need for the book club to continue."

Chapter 42: Qi Mu, you actually have very good grades, right?

Kusuo Saiki nodded slightly. He had almost finished arranging things for Ken Sudo. All he had to do next was repeat the same trick on Kanji Ike and Haruki Yamauchi for the next two days.

Thinking about this, Kusuo Saiki couldn't help but smile, finally feeling like he was about to escape this boring book club.

Horikita Suzune then continued looking at the other people's exam papers, and the next one was Saiki Kusuo's.

Horikita seemed fairly satisfied with Sudo's score, and I only got about one or two more questions right than Sudo, so there shouldn't be any problem.

As Kusuo Saiki was thinking to himself, he then turned his gaze to Suzune Horikita's face.

He noticed Horikita Suzune's brow furrow slightly and immediately realized something was wrong.

"Qi Mu, it seems you've been hiding your true abilities."

Horikita Suzune turned her head and looked at Saiki Kusuo with utmost seriousness.

"This fifth question is quite difficult, and you were actually able to solve it?"

[I deliberately included a difficult question in the exam to see if Ayanokouji and Saiki were holding back against me, and sure enough, they were.]

Horikita Suzune's eyes reflected Saiki Kusuo's image.

Meanwhile, the latter's brain was racing at that moment.

'Oh dear, I've been tricked!'

'Did Horikita deliberately set up some really difficult questions in these tests? Because she was studying so hard earlier, my telepathic abilities couldn't detect anything... And because of these guys, I couldn't even determine the difficulty of the questions.'

During each exam, Kusuo Saiki uses telepathy to judge the difficulty of the questions. If even students with good grades can't solve a question, it must be a very difficult question, and Kusuo Saiki will deliberately answer it wrong.

but.....

None of the students present who took the test achieved good results.

Although Sudo Ken is much better than before, his grades are still not very good. The other two are even more formidable; they would be lucky if they could even understand the questions.

As for Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, his situation was much more similar to that of Kusuo Saiki.

This is why Kusuo Saiki did not realize that Suzune Horikita had set up this trap in the test questions.

We need to think of a way.

'Would a gust of wind blow my exam questions away? No way, Horikita has already seen my answers.'

'A sudden power outage and then the order of my and Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's exam questions was switched... No, our handwriting is completely different... I guess I'll just have to make do for now.'

Saiki Kusuo thought this to himself, while maintaining a calm expression, and asked,

"What's wrong?"

"This problem is extremely difficult; I didn't expect you to solve it."

Horikita Suzune's gaze was fixed on Saiki Kusuo like a hunter's.

Not only her, but Kiyotaka Ayanokoji also turned to look at Kusuo Saiki.

Did Horikita set this kind of trap in the test? If Saiki was able to solve it, it shows that he has an extraordinary learning ability.

'This will probably make Ayanokouji even more suspicious of me... This is a bit troublesome.'

However, if Saiki is truly the kind of person who keeps his true abilities hidden, would he fall into such a trap?

'Something's definitely not right here. Wait, didn't I do the right thing?'

[Wait, could it be that Qi Mu deliberately did the right thing? If he deliberately did the wrong thing, we might still think he's hiding his learning ability. But this time he did the opposite and deliberately did the right thing? This behavior might lower our guard, making his actions somewhat unpredictable.]

'Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about?'

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's ideas were already taking a turn beyond Kusuo Saiki's expectations, and his mind was racing as he considered countermeasures:

"I recently reviewed the relevant knowledge points, so I can solve this problem."

"Really? Is it really such a coincidence?"

Horikita Suzune's gaze was extremely serious, remaining fixed on Saiki Kusuo.

"Ah."

Kusuo Saiki nodded without any hesitation.

"Your math test score was pretty average before, wasn't it?"

"So I'm starting to study hard now."

"In that case, I hope you can rank in the top fifteen in the next math exam. That shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

"We can't guarantee that, since we don't know what the midterm exam questions will be. If they're the same as last year, maybe we can manage it."

Saiki Kusuo had no choice but to continue speaking, even though he was terrified.

[What you said is indeed correct, but given the current situation, it's more likely that Qi Mu is holding back, perhaps using it as a boost to our promotion to Class A.]

"Then I'll trouble you with one more thing. After you boys go back to your dorms, you'll be in charge of teaching Chi Kuan and Yamauchi."

Horikita Suzune immediately replied, and it was clear that her words were utterly unyielding.

Kusuo Saiki had no choice but to nod. Although the thought of tutoring those two gave him a headache, it was an acceptable outcome for him.

"Next up is Ayanokouji's question... Did you get this one right too?"

"It must have been a lucky coincidence."

......

More than an hour later, today's book club came to a complete end. Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was given the same task as Kusuo Saiki: to tutor several other students after returning home.

"Qi Mu, you actually have very good grades, right?"