Classroom of the Elite - Revenge [Cote X OC]

Vol 5. Chapter 9: Provocation

[27th January, Wednesday]

[Ayanokoji Pov]

I curiously glanced to the seat in front of me. It was rare for him to come this late to the lessons so I was wondering where he was.

Just around one half of a minute longer and he would be officially, late.

"Ayanokoji-kun, do you know anything precisely?"

The voice of Horikita Suzune, my seat neighbor next to me in the class could be heard, asking me this question.

"No idea."

I responded honestly, since I actually had no idea at all. Perhaps he was simply coming late, or he just decided not to appear to the lessons.

There was no way of telling.

"I assumed that being his neighbor would give you more knowledge about his circumstances but that doesn't seem to be the case."

"It's not like we're particularly close," I told her, to which she just gave a small nod.

It was the truth I told her. Kurushima and I were never particularly close. Then again, back then he was the most popular boy in class.

I naturally avoided being seen with such a prominent figure. Besides, it was hard to converse with him since he saw right through my manipulation attempts in the beginning.

Mostly, due to that, I tried to avoid him. Especially, since I was trying on getting some information on him.

He himself, had been quite the mystery to me.

There have been more than enough sources claiming validity towards him coming from an affluent and wealthy family, to the point Koenji Rokusuke even knows him, yet, whenever I searched for him in the web, nothing appeared.

If I compare it to someone like the enigmatic Koenji, I usually get a pop-up regarding his family's conglomerate, information about him, and his family.

Just from the way Koenji sees him, I can tell they're likely equal in Status.

Perhaps not equal—he was probably even greater in Status than him, given that he was able to force the school hide information about him.

It was somewhat of a similar influence like that man had. He came to this school easily, while Kurushima was able to force the school of hiding information about him, and his family.

Even those who knew, were not ready to tell. That much should tell everything.

For my plans, I did need information about his past. But until she makes her move, I'll have to accept this for now.

I don't have the intention of antagonizing him or getting on his radar so being passive is all I'm doing now.

Meanwhile, I should as well continue my search regarding the 'mastermind' who tried to expel me, once again.

There were definitely a few troublesome things disturbing my peaceful high school life, but some of these bothersome things had I been initiating so I have no fault to complain, actually.

"It seems like Kurushima's absence puts unease to some of our classmates."

The voice of Horikita Suzune snapped me out of my sudden thoughts. I was now attentive on what happened in the class, and had to admit, it was as she described.

There was definitely some kind of unease, but Hirata was doing his best, preventing any of that.

Based on what happened between them on the bus I didn't think he would try to defend him, but that was the type of person he was, seemingly.