Classroom of the Elite: Crimson Usurper (Volume 2)

Chapter 2.1

"THERE goes my original plan of leaving it to the class..."

"You may be lazier than me, Jiro-kun." Jiro-kun? What is 'this'? 'This' was a very lazy person.

She couldn't even say my full first name! Even using her voice is too much energy!

Torture. There is where I was in. It was supposed to be a nice peaceful lunch by myself, but it turned to this. The group consisted of myself, Satou, Karuizawa, Rino, Azuma, Shinohara and Onizuka. It seemed as if Okiya had a stomachache. It's clear he didn't want to contribute. The group was very mixed.

There was really no getting around it. When lunchtime came, Karuizawa went up to me and said, "Want to go to lunch with us sub-human?" I felt as if both Ayanokouji and Horikita were laughing at me. Sub-human? At this point, I didn't know if this was poking fun, or she really thought so. Having nothing to do, I went.

"Sudou-kun strikes again with trouble!" Satou made a joke. "Problem-man, to the res-"

"Maya." An icy cold voice was heard. I had to assume it was Shinohara.

"Hehe~... Yeah, that was horrible." She gave up, but thanks to her the conversation can start.

"So... are we going to do some high-tier investigations... or?" Azuma looked at Karuizawa with a curious expression.

"We're going to investigate what's there to eat today."

"...Huh?" Shinohara couldn't help but voice her confusion.

"In simpler words... We're going to have lunch~!"

"You slick piece of skin! You just wanted to avoid doing work!" Onizuka grabbed her collar and started softly yanking her back and forth.

"Aw really? I didn't realize that. I apologize but it's too late." She said in a sarcastic voice. I thought we were going to investigate. Why am I here? 

I was about to raise my hand before Karuizawa started speaking. 

"You're thinking about why you're here, right?"

Naturally, I nodded my head. There was no reason to be here, especially in an odd grouping like this.

"Well, it's because we're here to question you about what happened between Sudou-kun and the Class C douches." She glared at me intensely. 

"...Eh? We are?" I heard Azuma murmur.

"I'll just assume Karuizawa didn't tell you guys of what she was planning to make this situation as realistically normal as possible." I explained. It was a random guess I thought of.

"How did- Ah, forget it... Let's sit over there." She motioned us to a table near the window. So, I was somehow right.

We quickly headed over to a table and sat down. We were not going to get lunch?

"I'll be quite frank, I thought you were our hope in getting our private points back, but due to what Chabashira-sensei said, you're utterly useless."

"I'm here to get insulted? I'll be taking my leave." I didn't care if I was insulted but if that was the 'reason' for me being her, then I won't stay. Of course, she was just getting to her point, so I didn't stand up.

"Cheer up, I didn't mean it. I want more detail as to what happened. If that hot-tempered child continues to act like this for the remainer of our school-life, I might drop out myself."

I could just say for her to drop out now, but I'll feel as if she'll dislike me more. But that's what she wanted? More information on what happened? I get humans are pretty curious creatures and we're hungry for power but that's it? 

"That's all you want?" I asked her. "I don't see a reason as to why the others were here too."

"...Yeah, why are we here?" Onizuka asked.

"I just used you guys, I'm sorry!" She used them so I would've thought it was some normal group lunchtime. Unfortunately for her, she used some classmates that aren't as close to her. To add on, she randomly decides to invite me to lunch.

"Since you used them and you deceived me, you have to pay for my lunch."

"What!?" She was baffled. "That'll make me hate you even more. Do you really want that?"

"What if I'm in... nevermind." The empty stare I received from her was justified. I plan not to make such a joke to her again. Besides, if she was here, she'll kick my ass and then laugh about it.

"I'm going to take an educated guess and say Jiro-kun wants to leave?"  Rino placed her head on her palm.

"Stop calling me that. What are you? No... What are you?" I asked the indigo haired girl

"A normal human-being."

'Normal' seems to be the wrong thing in that statement. "To answer your question, yes, I do indeed want to leave."

"I want to leave too, so start talking." She sounds aggressive even when she's monotoned.

So, to get out of here quickly, I decided to go more in detail.

"So... you truly think they set Sudou-kun up?" Satou was the one to ask the questions this time.

"Indeed. Many think that themselves. Kushida and Hirata are prime examples."

There was more to Class C doing this than just the idea class battle and class points.

"Karuizawa... did you perhaps do this because someone told you to?" I was referring to the fact that Karuizawa randomly did all of this to extract information.

"...Hirata-kun." That's all I needed to know. Why would Karuizawa do all of this work, to know more information? Doesn't seem like that person but I could've been wrong. I could've been right. It wouldn't hurt to ask.

"If that's all you wanted, I'll leaving now- actually, I'll like my lunch please."

"...Please don't pick the most expensive option."

I picked the 3rd most expensive option since she was absolutely broke!

And yet, despite my statement, I decided to eat my lunch here. Of course, i tried to eat quickly. All they were talking about was some girl things, some weird things and school-life. They also began talking about stupid shit like: 

'Can we put animals like Sudou-kun on the sun if humans can't land on the sun?'

In order to conserve my braincells, I quickly finished my lunch, bid farewell and left.

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