"That's very nice to hear. Of course, you made a bad decision, but you've learned and found out before anyone else. It may sound stupid to give your opponent an advantage but listen-"

"I don't need your shitty advice."

He interrupted me.

"Really? Please understand that in two years we will be fully grown men. Handling such matters like a kid has no use. Class A is pretty much your and my enemy, they are in a very bad condition, if you want to, I could lend a hand and knock them out for you."

Split in half due to two leaders fighting for power, no teamwork as of now, and the only thing that could somewhat change something is getting rid of either one of those two.

Under Katsuragi, Class A will be certainly a pain in the ass. They will be patient and cautious. They won't try risky things means the only chance we have to beat him is by winning without any loopholes.

However, Sakayanagi is different. Her qualities are superior, no question, but her aggressive nature will eventually lead to a close race between us and them. She rarely makes mistakes, and I doubt anybody else except me could exploit them efficiently.

"I don't think that I could ever need your help there. On the island, there was not a single opponent outclassing me except you. The rest were lucky that a certain demon protected them from hell."

Indeed, even as much truth hurts, he would have demolished us if it wasn't for me using the white room abilities there.

"Too bad I am going to watch over your class from now on as well. But not like a parent watching over their children. Don't do dumb moves. I need Sakayanagi down right now, not only for us first years she is also an annoying child to deal with for the rest of the school."

"Kukukuku. Someone else who thinks that she is an annoying brat! But how do you plan on doing that?"

Planning huh? Well, is there something for me to still plan? Her future is settled, that is for sure.

"That is going to happen during our second year or so. Right now, there is a new student council president coming up. There might be a lot of changes in rules due to that, for now, you should start and build a network of allies."

"So you came up to me because I was the only option to consider in terms of taking her down or what?"

I could have used my sister, but I don't want her to go through the trouble for something so unnecessary. I could defeat Sakayanagi on my own, but I really wouldn't bother too much and wanted to have it done passively as time passed.

"Precisely. Deal with Sakayanagi if you don't want me to publish what the actual reason for those knockouts was on the island. You forgot that voice recordings of the smartwatch will be stored on our phones after the exam, right?"

Ryueen looked at me with a smirk, he understood perfectly what his objective was, it was to take down Sakayanagi and ally with me.

"Then, before I agree to that Kukuku... 20 Million Private Points in case I succeed with that operation. Also, I want your full cooperation and supply of information. Whatever I need, is going to be something you will come up for."

It's a great deal for both of us. He has fun and can experiment as much as he wants, as long as I will watch over it. And I will get rid of Sakayanagi.

"Tune it down to ten million and I won't decline."

"15 Million."

"10 Million and I will make sure your class doesn't suffer from anything throughout your battle with her."

He laughed until he then turned towards me. Stretching his hand forward.

"Deal."

He stretched his hand out, I took it and shook it a little, he put a little pressure on it, but there was no effort in arguing over a handshake.

"What do you want this operation to be called?"

"What are you? A kid?"

"No, I just thought it would be cool if we gave it a badass name."

"How about Operation: Queen's Checkmate?"

Even though he thought my proposal to be childish, he still put the effort of thought in it to come up with a somewhat respectable name.

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02:58 a.m. later that night.

"You wanted to meet me at 3 a.m. Here I am."

The girl standing right in front of me was yawning, stretching her arms as she then leaned on the railing. Watching the scenery of a fool moon and an ocean, with the view of a lot of bright lights, being visible from Tokyo.

The night breeze was fresh, but we could still confidently wear our normal clothes for the day, after all, it wasn't freezing yet.

The waves hitting the beach are surely beautiful to watch and hear. It looks fascinating how beautiful the world is.

"Kiyotaka-kun. You are my sister's husband right?"

I don't think she understands that Alisa would kill me if she found out I had a 'Rendezvous' with her sister.

"I recall the day when we met for the first time, we also talked about this topic. What's so surprising?"

The conversation was going on, and we then sat down on the ice-cold bench, looking at the beautiful scenery.

It first sounded crazy to meet at 3 a.m., but damn, it was one of the best decisions so far.

"It feels certainly very weird... Who knew it happened to be a handsome guy who got Alya-chan? I am sure she is happy having you."

Is she happy having me? I don't know.

It could be that she is in love with the current me, but would she be in love with the past me during the white room era? What if I came freshly out of the white room, directly into this school with no idea about how to socialize whatsoever?

What if she only likes me because I have a 100% chance of success right now? What if she only likes me because of my family? Or because I was the masterpiece of the white room?

"Why is that?"

"Because you are damn awesome! I saw a lot of articles about a certain Kiyotaka Ayanokouji who was related to the Suou Family. One of which my family was very friendly with. I tried to connect some dots the day we met, and now I have realized how terrible a human you are."

First, she talked about how great I was, now it suddenly turned into hate speech. Very interesting to be honest. I really cannot read what she is thinking right now.

"A lot of humans have called me like that, even though I think that I haven't done anything wrong."

To say that was a mistake. I have done a lot of morally wrong things. I have cut off so many people, that I eventually lost count. The white room era makes me think about how complex my life was back then.

"Really? Kiyotaka-kun, that's irrelevant. I like you, there is no need to hide that. As bad as you are, in my eyes you must be a very kind and great person! Alya-chan loves you, so there is no reason for me to hate you."

It seems like she immediately accepted the fact that she only can get along with me due to her sister. And I doubt that there is any difference. All the friends that Yuki has, only respect me because of my younger sister.

"I know that this is not the only thing you've called me here for. If it was, then excuse me. I will take my leave then."

I am not a huge fan of talking nonsense at 3 a.m. At such a dangerous location. Besides, I have a body pillow at home that is waiting for me to cuddle with her.

Yes, I admit, I do like cuddling, fight me.

"Come on, there is no fun in going straight to the point!"

There is...?

"Then hurry up. If Alisa wakes up we both are doomed."

"Then...Let me be quick with it. I need you to expel Nagumo-kun by the end of next year, or make him leave the student council by the end of this year."

0-60 at the speed of light. What the hell was that? Why would she come with this to me? Why wouldn't she deal it with herself?

Expelling him sounds like a stretch to me, but both are quite crazy requests.

"I will leave-"

"If you leave then there is a problem."

Somehow, for whatever I do, consequences come with it.

"Sounds like a you-problem..."

"-It also affects Alisa."

"Couldn't care less. I won't agree to something this stupid anytime soon."

I lied. I do care about her. You can say that I have a soft spot for her, but I really cannot endanger myself for such a ridiculous proposal.

"How heartless~ I wonder what she would say about this. But you haven't heard the whole offer from me."

This wasn't all? But what else could she offer to me? What would make me jump on the train as well? I have almost everything that I could think of, my deal with Ryueen earlier settled my graduation of Class A.

"You are making me curious."

"If you succeed in first taking him from the Student Council, you will receive 20 Million points as a reward from Horikita-kun. If you expel him, I will make sure to double that."

40 Million points... That's insanity at its finest. I couldn't decline that, could I? Now I understand how engineers with 'morals' feel after getting offered a job at Lockheed Martin.

Money does sound a lot nicer than anything else. Besides, getting rid of Nagumo would profit me as well.

"If you pay me in advance then sure."

"Do I look that stupid?"

...

"You certainly did when coming to me for such a brainless offer."

"Who else but you?"

Good question. Who else but me would agree to that?

"Maria...You told me to get rid of him. Would you mind if I set up some accident?"

"...In what kind of way?"

"Outsmarting him is not fun, to be honest. I have enough to deal with my year. I could make sure he wouldn't wake up tomorrow. Of course, I could also set up a fire in his apartment while he is asleep."

I have lost the fun of outsmarting people repeatedly for the past months. It felt like I was abusing one overpowered superpower over and over again.

But let's have some fun.

"E-Eh... K-Kiyotaka-kun... Do you need help?"

"Sure, I think you could maybe cover me up and give me an alibi-"

"No. I mean seriously. Did you just think about assassinating him? Are you crazy?"

Ah...Right, this is Maria I was talking to.

"It's a lot more effective and it would solve a lot of problems at once."

"Stop that. Please make him leave the campus alive. This may take longer but don't worry. We have a lot of time. Also, you get a lot of money from me for that. So don't take it too seriously. And don't get caught."

"Sooner there will a camel pass through the head of a needle than I be stopped by someone like Nagumo."

He is done for.

As I got the objective of getting rid of him, let's say I achieved it already, but building up an arsenal of weapons before knocking him out with a devastating punch.

For now, I think I should return home and think about how I should approach this objective. After all, she told me I had enough time.

But I am not so sure. Expelling him is 40 million points. My deal with Ryueen will cost me at least 10 million points. All in all, I would make 30 million private points with this day alone.

I could easily transfer some students to our class, rig major special exams myself, or even go the corruption route with the teachers...

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A/N

Yes. Fuck y'all I am back. After a month perfect.

The last chapter was released 31 days ago and here I am.

By the way, the anime looks A LOT better than Season 2! I could swear that if Lerche's COTE team was given a bigger budget and was tasked to do a 24-episode season, it would be peak adaptation.

By the way, how are y'all doing, and what is your opinion on this chapter? Haven't expect this chapter right?

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