Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's POV

I went to Keyaki department store after school with Kei. I sent a message to organize a small meeting to talk about the issue that needs attention. I will take some action to win someone over to my side in this meeting.

Matsushita Chiaki!

I always feel unusual danger from this girl. Above all, I once heard the tour guides in the White Room discussing four notorious names in the business world and many different fields.

Kouenji, Matsushita, Ayanokouji and Sakayanagi!

Coincidentally, three of those four names cluster in class D, a class of defects.

It's not unusual for Kouenji to sit in Class D, because he lacks cooperation with everyone. Most importantly, Kouenji doesn't care what class he graduates from. I will remove him from the list I want to attract to my side.

Only Matsushita remains.

This family has nothing to do with the White Room like the Kouenji family. Only Sakayanagi had someone visit the White Room once, that was president Sakayanagi and Arisu.

Kei and I went into the cafe and saw a group of friends already waiting there. They arrived really early. Maybe I have to change my habit of arriving close to the appointment time.

"Greet!" I still kept a cold expression on my face.

"Hello everyone! I'm sorry for being late, because Kiyotaka was just dragging his feet." Kei is still as active as ever, and she and I are complete opposites. But this is why we understand each other.

Kei and I sat down on the chair.

"So what are we going to talk about today, Kiyopon?" I saw Haruka was the first to ask a question.

I have never raised any concerns about attracting Matsushita Chiaki to my side. The message sent was simply to notify Jakky to gather to discuss some issues.

"When is Matsushita coming?" I turned to ask Kei.

"With Matsushita's personality, it's about 10 seconds."

Since when did Kei know how to calculate specific times when other people appear? I remember teaching her last night but... It wasn't easy.

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"Sorry, I'm late!!"

It's actually exactly 10 seconds. I still find it hard to believe that Kei learns so quickly. No... This is not a normal study, I will ask Kei about this matter after the end of the meeting.

"Oh! I didn't hear you say there were so many people gathered here, Kei-chan." Matsushita looked surprised to see so many people. I immediately realized she was just pretending.

Matsushita already guessed the reason why he was called here.

When Matsushita sat down, Keisei asked me.

"Why is Matsushita participating in the meeting, Kiyotaka?"

"I was going to say it in this meeting anyway. Actually, in our 2-D class, it's not just me and Kouenji who hide our true abilities. Matsushita is just like us, she is hiding her abilities." I openly revealed Matsushita's secret in front of everyone in the group.

Actually I have nothing to fear. Now the situation is mandatory.

I saw Matsushita's expression change very quickly. It was like this girl transformed into a completely different person, which was even scarier than Kushida.

"Ayanokouji-kun... What are you planning on doing?" I listened to Matsushita's simple question. What I care about is not the content of the question, but instead the tone of voice.

I heard Matsushita's unpleasant emotions.

I decided to keep quiet to see how Matsushita would react. Everyone in the group kept quiet to watch the situation and provide support. I don't think that except for Kei, Yuki, and Shiro, the other members of the group also understand the situation.

As if realizing I was plotting something, Matsushita let out a long breath and spoke.

"Ayanokouji-kun... Are you planning on drawing me to your side?" Matsushita's gaze changed, it was neither light nor darkness at all.

The ocean is in Matsushita's eyes.

This serves as a warning. If there is only a passing breeze, the sea will be calm, but if we create a storm, a tsunami will come.

"What if I say it's true?" I'm in the habit of answering vaguely.

"It's okay... I won't agree to help you anyway. From the beginning, I had no interest in going to class or anything."

As expected... Matsushita asking me to do my best to raise Class D to Class A was a lie. Matsushita was just looking for an excuse to get over me. Of course I have no reason to expose her.

No benefit at all.

"If my guess is right, then you... are too lazy to do something like that, right?"

I want to enjoy a peaceful life!

Kouenji doesn't like to cooperate or contribute to class.

As for Matsushita, I can only guess that much.

"Sorry. I have no reason to share my problems with you." Matsushita was not weak under the pressure of many eyes directed at him. I clearly saw how confident she was in her own strength.

"Matsushita-san..."

Kei decided to speak up to convince Matsushita. I guess there's no one more trustworthy than Kei at this point.

Why?

Because Kei can be considered Matsushita's close friend in class.

But regardless of the circumstances, Matsushita only pretended to be close to Kei. I'm worried that Kei will be deeply hurt by acting as an intermediary to entice Matsushita. It's strange to say I'm worried about someone. But I don't deny this at all

"Matsushita-san... I want to ask... Have you ever considered me a friend before?"

Kei tried to suppress his emotions and ask the question he wanted. She didn't shy away from the fact that she would be hurt if she heard the answer.

Kei has truly grown up!

Matsushita Chiaki's POV

I'm with my best friend from freshman year, Karuizawa Kei. Lately, I've been quite impressed with the obvious changes in her personality. She must have known about me always hiding my abilities and pretending to be a normal girl next to her.

Kei still accepts to face the truth even though it will likely be very painful.

While the person she always considered her friend, Matsushita Chiaki, I never considered Kei my friend.

All I did was build an image of a friendly girl in everyone's eyes to hide myself.

"Never, Karuizawa Kei. I hope these words can help you wake up. The truth is that I have never considered you, Satou-san, Shinohara-san, Mori-san as my friends."

I think these words are enough to provoke Kei's erratic emotions.

If it doesn't work as well as I expected, that's okay. I have no interest in caring too much about other people's growth.

Ah!

How could I forget how cruel of a person I am? These words are really too gentle when compared to my true self.

"Is that so... that's great. I can rest assured and make friends with the real you, Matsushita-san."

Make friends with the real me? I don't know where you get the confidence that you can do that.

Would you really want to be friends with someone like me who desires power more than life?

Karuizawa Kei, you were wrong.

You and I are two people in two completely different worlds. In your world, I don't know what you're seeing. As for my world, what I see is neither darkness nor light.

Chaos!

People tear each other apart because of their own greed. I have seen too many things and clearly understand that without power, you will not get anything. My admission to this school was to come into contact with several important individuals such as Sakayanagi, Kouenji and Ayanokouji.

I don't need to build any good relationships with the three of them. What I need is relationships with special individuals.

Knowing each other will make it easier to talk later on the battlefield.

I'm the type of person obsessed with greed and power. I'm not your friend, Karuizawa Kei.

"I don't want to be friends with you."

Briefly, I hope you understand and help me.

"Wow, looks like I've got a challenge of my own. If I can be friends with the real you, then you must join Kiyotaka's side." She still kept that cheerful face which made me very uncomfortable.

I'm not interested in really connecting with anyone at this school. I just want to quietly observe the abilities of the three people from the Kouenji family, the Sakayanagi family, and the Ayanokouji family.

I stood up and left when I didn't want to say anything else.

I turned around and spoke to Karuizwa Kei.

"Don't ask me out again in the future. I would like to leave the Karuizawa group."

Karuizawa Kei's POV

After the meeting ended, I arrived at Kiyotaka's room at 7pm. I sat on the edge of the bed, constantly thinking of ways to make friends with Matsushita.

Sure enough, I was right.

Matsushita has never used his true self to respond to anyone in the group. I always felt the difference between her and everyone else. At that time, I thought I was just paranoid.

During the meeting, the 4th generation White Room trio all commented on Matsushita as follows:

"She is at the level of the top 10 4th generation White Room like Kouenji."

They do not judge physical ability but thinking, response and will. During the conversation, the other three people focused on observing Matsushita a lot and realized that she was beyond imagination.

I still have to learn more to reach a level where I can support the three of them.

I don't expect myself to reach the 4th generation White Room level. I just expect to be able to do something that helps the team.

"Still sad?" Kiyotaka brought out a cup of coffee and held it in front of me.

I happily accepted it and took a sip. Indeed, my mood is much more comfortable. I don't deny that I'm very sad, but I won't give up. Matsushita will be surprised when he sees my stubborn will to not give up.

"Without mentioning Matsushita's problem, please give me a rough analysis of today's meeting. Just say what you think. Don't hide anything."

Why does it look like Kiyotaka is checking on me?

"Eto... I feel like the plan is quite good to let Haruka focus on creating relationships with many people in school. His strength is reading other people's emotions to continue talking. Above all, Haruka will bring back a large amount of rich and fascinating information."

"Regarding Keisei, he will take on the role of strengthening the achievements of poor students in the class. I don't think this is suitable for him, because Keisei is a serious person so it's difficult to get along with people. Ah! If Keisei starts with Sudo-kun, it will be convenient because he always wants to attract attention to Horikita-san. Then from Sudo, Keisei can infect other boys in the class like a virus."

"As for Akito, he has accepted to return to his role as a street thug to help the class. In general, Akito will use violent methods to interrogate and gather information when ordered. After all, it's his profession so I think everything will be fine. Didn't Kiyotaka also show Akito how to use his eyes to intimidate others? Even if Akito doesn't have darkness, he still has violence."

"Airi-chan has decided to publicly announce that she is Idol Shizuku. Even though he is not a famous Idol, it will still have a great influence in the school. Airi can take advantage of this to improve communication and social relationships. This will make OAA much better, and Airi will become a great source of information for our team.

Much of this is just a simplified analysis and not detailed. I think I will spend more time researching and analyzing in more detail. When the next meeting comes, I will bring up some points to help everyone's performance improve.

I turned to wait for Kiyotaka to reward me and saw my boyfriend's surprised expression.

"What's up?"

"No... How should I say it? I didn't expect you to grow so quickly. It makes me excited and scared at the same time."

Kiyotaka scared? I don't believe that.

I'm not afraid of you yet, so it's not your turn to be afraid of me.

"Since when did you know how to calculate the time when other people appear? I remember I only guided you in theory."

Since Kiyotaka asked that, I have to answer.

"I spent a lot of time analyzing those theories, analyzing them in many ways. I think the result is habits and past actions. Actually, I calculated a slight deviation of 13 seconds, but I knew I would make a mistake in the first test so I intentionally reduced it to 3 seconds. Coincidentally, it coincided with the time Matsushita appeared." I explained very clearly the inferences I analyzed yesterday.

"Research and analysis... Then use acting to practice. You also used this method of pretending to be Karuizawa Kei before to build your own status, right?" Kiyotaka is really straightforward.

"That's right. That's the only way I have, so I tried it and the results were quite good." I replied.

"No... That's your talent, Kei! You truly have an innate talent that not everyone has."

I was surprised by Kiyotaka's statement. Does someone like me really have any talent? I... Do I really have a special talent within me? Fine, I will use this talent to contribute to Kiyotaka.

"I have come up with a suitable method for Kei's academic ability to improve rapidly."

Why do I feel so unstable?

No, even if it's unstable, I'll accept it.

Because I'm stepping one foot on the edge of the battlefield.

One day, I will stand on the same battlefield as Kiyotaka.

I will be stronger, stronger, stronger!

GO BEYOND YOUR OWN LIMITS!!!

After returning to my room, I received a lot of study materials from Kiyotaka. They include exercises that are solved and presented in detail, accompanied by the necessary theory for solving all of them.

[Let's research and analyze the theory in many different directions. Then, based on the arguments you have analyzed and applied to the exercises."

I'm quite lazy when it comes to studying, but that's no reason to limit my potential. If Kiyotaka has found my hidden talent, then there is no reason for me to be lazy anymore.

I actually spent the entire evening studying, something I had never done before. The surprising thing here is that I am not depressed at all. After I analyzed the theories, I developed many directions of my own thinking, based on Kiyotaka's detailed exercises. I quickly selected the most suitable and accurate options for the question.

I memorized it and applied it to a similar sentence.

The results really surprised me.

My answer is completely correct!

Actually, it's because I have a very smart boyfriend. This helps me minimize the time spent testing proposed options based on theory from questions with detailed solutions, then take advantage of the selection method to find the most suitable direction. Finally, I applied it and achieved the results I wanted.

By 2:00, I had finished all the homework Kiyotaka sent me. Truly tiring!

But...

It's really fun!

I thought I couldn't study as well as others.

It turns out I haven't found my own talent yet.

Thank you, Kiyotaka!

For the first time, I feel refreshed like this when studying hard.

I can't believe that I actually solved 100% of the exercises Kiyotaka sent me today. There are many questions that I accidentally got wrong, but I will take it as experience to improve.

The next morning, I went to class with two panda eyes.

"What's wrong with you Karuizawa-san!?"

Satou was immediately worried about me. Indeed you are my good friend.

"It's OK."

I was in a happy and sleepy state at the same time.

I have started to have more spirit to improve myself.