Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

Aibo asked with a curious expression, explaining that she had been very concerned about Saiki Kusuo ever since they met.

'He's not anyone special, just an ordinary high school student with superpowers.'

Without opening his mouth, Saiki Kusuo directly transmitted his words into Sabo no Mikoto's mind.

"Teleportation, telepathy... what other thermal superpowers do you have?"

Before the fortune teller could finish speaking, Kusuo Saiki took a metal spoon out of his pocket—

On the next side, the spoon began to wriggle like a snake, even getting into a knot.

"The spoon is tangled! But twisting and turning it is disgusting!"

Xiang Buming exclaimed in surprise.

This matter must absolutely not be told to anyone.

At that very moment, Kusuo Saiki appeared in front of Aibu Mikoto, looking at him with an extremely serious expression, and the same was true of the voice he transmitted to Aibu Mikoto's mind.

"I, I know."

Xiang Buming nodded quickly.

"Oh dear, I just want to live a normal life, so I don't want these things to be exposed."

Kusuo Saiki took a few steps back and looked at Sabo no Mikoto.

"You'll probably only be at school during summer vacation, right? Anyway, I hope you don't cause any trouble in the remaining days of summer."

"I know, I know!"

A well-behaved smile appeared on Xiangbu Ming's face as he nodded repeatedly to Qi Mu Kusuo.

"That's all then, I'll be going now."

After saying that, Kusuo Saiki used teleportation to leave the place.

After he left, Xiangbu Ming revealed a meaningful smile.

"Oh my, the man I divined for my soulmate really is this boy named Qi Mu! The fortune-telling shop is indeed only open during the summer vacation—but if it were selling related trinkets, the shop could stay open for a long time!"

While laughing, Xiang Buming took out a contract from her bag. Because of her wildly popular birthday, her fortune-telling merchandise shop would be officially established at the school after the summer vacation.

"I have more time to observe. Qi Mu is here! By the way, I couldn't see the aura of the others before, but I could after Qi Mu left. Could it be that his aura directly overshadowed the others?"

......

Summer vacation is slipping away, and soon it will be time for the official start of school.

On the last day of summer vacation, the members of Class B made a plan to go swimming together, but it was all a conspiracy by the three idiots and the professor. They wanted to take this opportunity to film the other girls changing clothes.

Although Kusuo Saiki is not a meddlesome person, he cannot ignore such a situation.

So that day he used his superpowers to destroy all the miniature cameras those people had bought, and made them fall flat on their faces ten times in a row on the road as punishment.

Of course, they had no idea that all of this was done by Kusuo Saiki.

When the official start of school arrived, everyone came to the classroom, while the three idiots all had several band-aids on their faces.

"In the end, the whole plan failed..."

"That fortune teller was right... my luck has indeed been bad lately."

"I never thought I'd even stumble while walking... My luck is just too bad."

The three of them huddled together like conjoined twins, helplessly venting their emotions.

'This isn't a matter of luck.'

Kusuo Saiki looked at the group of people with a blank expression.

Although there were some minor hiccups along the way, Kusuo Saiki's vacation was generally uneventful—which was exactly what he wanted.

Soon the first class of the new semester officially began, but after entering the classroom, Chabashira Sae did not start teaching immediately, but instead began to speak.

"Classes will resume today, but during the month from September to early October of the second semester, there will be additional physical education classes to prepare for the sports festival. I will distribute the new timetable, so please keep it safe. In addition, information about the sports festival will also be distributed along with the timetable. Please have the first student in line pass the information down to the next student."

Upon hearing the words "sports festival," most students screamed in despair. Although some students looked forward to the event, many students couldn't help but feel annoyed if the event was primarily sports-based.

Among the few people who liked the sports festival was Takeru Sudo.

"Great!"

Takeru Sudo even stood up and started celebrating wildly.

At this moment, however, there was not a trace of a smile on Kusuo Saiki's face.

The sports festival was a huge disaster for Kusuo Saiki.

Even with a limiter, he still couldn't perfectly control his physical strength.

If you break a world record without careful attention, it could bring a lot of unnecessary trouble.

It might even cause some terrible accidents...

'Oh dear, I probably don't need to participate in things like the sports festival. I'll just find an excuse to skip it.'

"In addition, the school's homepage also publishes the event details like information; please refer to the webpage if needed."

"Tea Pillar Sae said slowly."

"Teacher, is this also one of the special exams?"

As the class representative, Hirata Yosuke immediately raised his hand to ask a question.

"How you interpret it is up to you, but it will indeed have a huge impact on the class."

Tea Pillar Sae spoke slowly.

"Someone has already reviewed the information and discovered that this year's sports festival will divide all grades into two groups. Your Class B has been drawn into the Red Group, and Class A will also be fighting as part of the Red Group—meaning that during the sports festival, Class A will be your partner."

'Should we split into two groups? That would probably increase the chances of slacking off, but it also means more contact with people from other grades.'

As he pondered this, Kusuo Saiki carefully examined the rules of this sports festival.

The rules this time are a bit complicated, and this time it's different from the previous exams. You might not get class points, and you might even lose class points.

However, if someone manages to achieve third place in the project, they can choose to receive personal points or points for the next written test.

The person who comes in last place is given the opposite punishment.

"Next is a very important thing. Here is something called the competition form. The competition form contains the details of all the events. You need to decide the order in which you participate in each competition and write it on this competition form. Then, please have me, your homeroom teacher, hand it over. No junior high school uses this format, so I hope you will be careful not to make a mistake."

As Chabashira Sae spoke, she placed a form on the podium.

"You decide for yourself?"

The students present were all extremely puzzled.

"Everything is decided by you. All the competitions held on the day of the sports festival, even who will run in which group, must be decided by you. After the deadline, no substitutions are allowed for any reason—this is the important rule of the sports festival. The submission period is from one week before the sports festival until 5 pm the day before. If you submit after the deadline, you will be randomly assigned. Please take note. All students must participate, because self-management is also an indispensable thing when you enter society. Even if you have a fever on the day of an important meeting, you cannot easily ask for leave. You should know that, right?"

'hateful!!'

Kusuo Saiki almost screamed inwardly; this rule directly eliminated any possibility of him taking sick leave to skip the sports festival.

Even if I am unable to participate in the sports festival due to an unavoidable illness, it will be treated as an absence, the entire group will be penalized, and I might even be put in the spotlight by other people in the class.

'Damn it, this school...it's such a pain!'

Kusuo Saiki immediately changed his mind and began to think about how to spend the sports festival.

If it can't be avoided, then you can only try to slack off and get through it.

'Since the class decides the participants themselves, I'll find a way to join a team event. That way, even if I slack off, it'll be hard to get caught, or I can just pretend to be physically weak to avoid being selected for important individual events.'

Qi Mu's brain worked at lightning speed, and he came up with a feasible solution.

"Then next class, everyone will go to the gymnasium to meet students from other grades."

Tea Pillar Sae spoke slowly.

"You can study on your own for the remaining twenty minutes."

"Wow, this sports festival is the real challenge for me!"

Kusuo Saiki raised an eyebrow.

Chapter 90: Qi Mu, I need your cooperation

For the next twenty minutes, the students in the class discussed the list of participants for the sports festival.

"I don't know how to make it work if everyone participates, but I want to participate in all the recommended competitions, that way I can win!"

With an eager smile on his face, Sudo Ken immediately spoke loudly.

For Takeru Sudo, the sports festival was simply paradise.

'Sudo perfectly embodies the phrase "simple-minded and physically strong," and the sports festival is a perfect stage for him.'

Kusuo Saiki turned his head slightly to look at Ken Sudo.

'I really hope Sudo can participate in all the individual events, so the rest of us can just participate in the team events.'

Takeru Sudo's physical abilities are among the best in the entire grade. If he were to participate in all the events, he would definitely achieve a pretty good result.

After Takeru Sudo spoke, everyone in the class reacted differently.

If Sudo goes to the competition, we shouldn't do anything else.

[No, why should he participate in all the events? The top performers get points and bonuses!]

[How can we let Sudo get all the benefits?!]

Some people strongly agreed with Takeru Sudo's suggestion, believing that this would enable their class to achieve excellent results, and also allow those with poorer athletic performance to avoid the risk of having points deducted.

However, many people objected, because for them, this was also an opportunity to gain points or grades, and for students with poor grades, Sudo Ken's proposal was tantamount to depriving them of this opportunity.

"This method is indeed feasible. Your athletic ability far surpasses that of others in the class. There's nothing wrong with participating in all the individual events. It's also perfectly acceptable for one person to participate in multiple events according to the rules."

Horikita Suzune nodded in agreement. For the sake of the class's overall performance, Sudo Ken's suggestion was definitely correct.

"But we also wanted a chance! After all, getting into the top three would earn us points!"

Ike Kanji, standing to the side, said with some dissatisfaction that the once close friends now have a slight rift.

"Doing that would lower the class's chances of winning, wouldn't it?"