108 -107- Seem to have misunderstood

From Ichinose Honami's mouth, Hori had long known of Katsuragi Kouhei's existence.

Ichinose Honami had mentioned that among the two factions in Class A, the faction led by Sakayanagi Arisu was radical, while the faction led by Katsuragi Kouhei was conservative.

Therefore, Katsuragi Kouhei was an extremely cautious, steady, and defensive person.

Now, coming to greet Hori, just confirmed this aspect of his character.

"To be honest, I haven't really paid much attention to Class D until now, but since there's someone in Class D who could make Ryuen suffer a loss, I have to take notice."

Katsuragi Kouhei said in a low voice, facing Hori directly.

"Suppose in the future, Class D manages to advance to Class C, then Class A will mercilessly defeat you. That's what I think."

In other words, Katsuragi Kouhei wanted to say this.

If you want to be an opponent of Class A, then at least advance to Class C first.

That's what Katsuragi Kouhei meant, right?

"After all, one success could be just a fluke."

Katsuragi Kouhei expressed this viewpoint in an extremely objective manner.

"Everyone will have one achievement in their lifetime that they are very satisfied with. Although according to rumors, you seemed to have noticed many important rules of this school before the midterm exams, and your abilities seem to be quite good, but I hope you don't forget that currently, the gap in class points between Class A and Class D is something you can never catch up with."

So, Katsuragi Kouhei currently doesn't see Class D as an opponent.

Coming to scrutinize Hori was just a result of his cautious nature.

It's not that Katsuragi Kouhei looks down on people, but it's a fact.

At this stage, the gap between Class A and Class D is despairing.

Just looking at the class rankings, one stands at the top while the other hangs at the bottom.

Just looking at class points, the former has already exceeded 1000 points, while the latter fluctuates around 100 points.

With such a despairing gap, no one would think that the former would take the latter seriously.

To put it bluntly, if there's time to pay attention to Class D, it's better to pay more attention to Class B and Class C, which could catch up at any time.

Given this, Katsuragi Kouhei wasn't saying these things with malice or provocation; he was just stating facts.

Compared to his follower Yahiko Totsuka, who showed an expression of smugness behind him, Katsuragi Kouhei was undoubtedly much more righteous.

However...

"You seem to have misunderstood something."

Hori said in an indifferent tone.

Katsuragi Kouhei was slightly taken aback.

"What did I misunderstand?"

Katsuragi Kouhei pondered for a moment, then asked directly.

To this, Hori's answer was like this.

"You yourself said it. In the last incident, it wasn't a competition between Class C and Class D, but Ryuen suffered a loss at my hands, meaning I won the game against Ryuen."

Hori calmly corrected his contradiction in front of Katsuragi Kouhei.

"And yet, you come to me and talk about the gap between Class A and Class D. That's just nonsense."

Perhaps, in Katsuragi Kouhei's view, if Hori posed a threat, it would be equivalent to the entire Class D posing a threat, and as one of the two factions in Class A, he had to pay attention.

But Katsuragi Kouhei fundamentally misunderstood.

He misunderstood the position between the two of them.

Katsuragi Kouhei could represent Class A.

But Hori didn't necessarily represent Class D.

"If you really want to scrutinize, then scrutinize the gap between you and me, not between Class A and Class D."

Hori smiled at Katsuragi Kouhei.

"Otherwise, before Class A falls, the leader of your faction will fall first, and all the benefits will go to Sakayanagi, won't they?"

This sentence perfectly hit Katsuragi Kouhei's pain.

Katsuragi Kouhei's face sank, and he fell into silence.

"You...!"

Unable to bear Hori's arrogant attitude, which belittled Katsuragi Kouhei, Yahiko Totsuka stepped forward angrily.

This time, Hori didn't ignore him, but cast a cold gaze at him.

"Ugh..."

Caught in the icy gaze, Yahiko Totsuka shivered all over, losing his anger and courage.

In this situation, Hori spoke to Katsuragi Kouhei.

"Don't bind individuals and classes too tightly. Even if I can't deal with Class A, it doesn't mean I can't deal with you, Katsuragi."

Of course, whether Hori really couldn't deal with Class A was a matter of opinion.

It depends on whether Katsuragi Kouhei, the leader of the conservative faction in Class A, can perceive the threat.

At this moment...

"I told you, Katsuragi, with your style and approach, you can only be useful in class competition. If you just focus on defense, you won't be able to deal with this guy."

With the sound of such a sentence, the most dangerous figure in Advanced Nurturing High School slowly approached.

"Ryuen..."

Katsuragi Kouhei's expression became even more serious.

Just then, Ryuen Kakeru was seen leading two people from the other end of the deck.

Among these two people, one of them was familiar to Hori.

That person was Ishizaki Daichi.

This man, who had suffered a lot at Hori's hands, was now following Ryuen Kakeru, glaring at Hori.

Due to his loss in the trial, this person was suspended until the end of this semester, and only now was he finally allowed to act with the class.

Besides Ishizaki Daichi, there was another person beside Ryuen Kakeru, who was even more burly than Katsuragi Kouhei, extremely strong, and exuded an incomparable presence.

This person, Hori had heard about him from Kushida Kikyou before the violent incident.

He was a mixed-race individual, also known as the strongest force in Class C. At the beginning of the school year, he had joined forces with Ishizaki Daichi to resist Ryuen Kakeru. At one point, they even managed to suppress Ryuen Kakeru, but in the end, they were crushed by Ryuen Kakeru. Since then, like Ishizaki Daichi, he had become a follower of Ryuen Kakeru.

His name was Albert Yamada, he could understand Japanese, but rarely spoke, which made many people doubt whether he could speak Japanese or not. He was extremely loyal to Ryuen Kakeru.

Ryuen Kakeru then approached with his two followers.

"Compared to sheep grazing on the grassland, lone wolves roaming in the forest are much more frightening. If you don't understand this, you'll eventually be trampled underfoot by Sakayanagi, Katsuragi."

Ryuen Kakeru remained true to his style, immediately showing sarcasm and provocation.

Unfortunately, before Katsuragi Kouhei could react this time, a new character appeared.

"It seems lively here."

With a clear and charming voice, Ichinose Honami also appeared with a classmate, wearing a smile.

The person next to her was one of the core figures of Class B, who had the best grades and athletic ability in Class B, had a calm and indifferent personality, but was very friendly in dealing with others, and often acted together with Ichinose Honami, the vice class president of Class B, Kanzaki Ryuji.

"All the key figures from each class are gathered here, it's quite surprising."

Kanzaki Ryuji pushed his glasses and made this statement.

Yes.

One of the leaders of the factions in Class A.

The class president and vice president of Class B.

The dictator of Class C.

And, the most famous figure in Class D.

At this moment, the figures capable of determining the positions of the four grades in the first year had all gathered here.

Making the atmosphere suddenly become extremely heavy.