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Chapter 18

(Days Later)

The second exam had come and gone already with our class gaining an additional 150 points that when added with our current class points, it put our class at 1150 points overtaking Class-A.

With my foreknowledge about how the test would work it had been super simple to have one of our classmates uncover the identity of the VIP early and end the test for that group.

“So how did you figure out who would be the VIPs Kiyotaka-kun?” Kei asked curiously as we relaxed back in my Sweet Home for the evening after the Special Test had finally come to an end.

“It’s rather simple actually.” I said relaxing in a sofa with Hiyori and Ichika seating to my right and left respectively.

“You know how we were all assigned a group named after the zodiac due to our surnames?”

“Mhm, mhm.” Honami and Tsubasa nodded listening intently even if they looked slightly jealous at not sitting beside me.

“The surnames of the students were actually the key to figuring out the target. For example, in my group the rabbit is the 4th in the zodiac. Ayanokōji, Ichinose, Ibuki and Karuizawa and then it would continue in that order.” I explained simply.

“I see. If that’s the order then I’m the 4th. That’s why I was the ‘target’ then.” Kei said with an impressed look on her face.

“Exactly. At that point we just had to go with option 3 of a traitor uncovering the identity of the VIP as long as that person was not in the same class as well. I even had Matsu hack into the school to make sure nothing had changed.” I finished explaining.

“I see, so that’s why you asked me to trade sim cards with you since I was the VIP for our group. Then you made it look as if you were the VIP getting the other classes to lose 50 class points.” Kei whispered in realization.

“Yep.”

“What’s the next Special Exam Kiyotaka-kun?” Honami asked next with the others also perking up at that.

“The Sports Festival.”

“Haah it just had to be physical exercise. I don’t think I will be of much help in the next test.” Kei complained with a small pout on her face.

“Y-yeah me neither. Sorry Kiyotaka-kun.” Airi said next looking down sadly.

“You don’t have to worry too much about that you two.” I said looking at the girls with a reassuring look. “With my Body Tune-Up perk all of you should now be in peak physical condition on top of healing any ailments or injuries you might have had.”

Getting blinks from most of them as this was my first time explaining some of my perks to them Arisu and Kei suddenly gasped in realization.

“So that’s why…” Kei and Arisu whispered at the same time.

“That’s right you two.” I confirmed for them.

The discussion turned lighter at that point as the girls began discussing what they were planning to do now that we could fully enjoy our summer vacation without any tests being involved.

I on the other hand thought about the fact that just like in canon Class-D, formerly C, had also done good in the last exam due to Ryuen figuring out the secret to the test. On the other side, Katsuragi had all but lost his reputation in Class B after losing so badly with Arisu taking the reins of Class-B.

“By the way Ichika, I’m going to need you to unlock my Aura.” I whispered to Ichika beside me who only nodded lightly letting me know she heard me.

‘Going forward, I will have to watch out for whatever Dragon Boy has planned now that I’ve all but crushed their class.’

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(Summer Vacation)

Even though Summer Vacation was supposed to be a time of relaxation for a student like me, I honestly couldn’t wait for it to be over already.

The girls had kept good on their word and had dragged me seemingly everywhere in the campus that I barely had any time to myself to train or do anything else really. It didn’t help that I had started training at night and was only getting a few hours of sleep just making the whole experience even more bothersome.

“…Kiyotaka-kun?”

Hearing a soft voice calling my name I snapped out of my slight funk and turned to face Airi who was looking at me in worry dressed in her gym outfit with the zipper undone to just above her breasts.

I immediately recalled that I had agreed to help Airi work out today for the upcoming Sports Festival as she still didn’t feel confident in herself even after explaining the effects of Body Tune-Up.

“Sorry about that Airi, shall we continue?” I apologized with a shake of my head.

“Yes.”

With those words we resumed our jog around the track with Airi easily keeping up with me. I found my eyes immediately being drawn to her bouncing breasts and observed with great detail how a small bead of sweat slowly rolled down her neck before disappearing in the valley between her breasts.

Looking up at her face again I noticed that my stare hadn’t gone unnoticed by her going by the blush on her face even if she did have a pleased smile on her lips. With a shake of my head, we resumed our run before coming to a stop once we had finished our fifth lap.

“Good job Airi. If you keep this up, you shouldn’t have any problems with the Sports Festival.” I congratulated passing the girl a bottle of water which she was quick to open and take a drink.

“Haah it was all thanks to haah you Kiyotaka-kun.” Airi said while hunched over before she took a deep breath and straightened her posture.

“Partly perhaps, but you are also putting your own effort so don’t discredit yourself.” I handed Airi a towel next which she received gratefully and used it to wipe the sweat off her face.

“T-thanks~”

“How about I treat you to something as my way of congratulating you on your hard work?” I asked.

“I-I would love to b-but Kiyotaka-kun I’m all sweaty right now.” Airi explained while looking away in embarrassment.

“How about I cook something for you instead then if you don’t feel like going out?” I suggested next.

“Yes please!” Airi responded immediately when I mentioned that before blushing at her outburst. “I-I mean if that’s okay with you?”

“Of course, it is. I wouldn’t have suggested it otherwise. Now come on.” I said pulling her into a side hug and leading the way to my room.

“O-okay then.” I heard Airi comment as she snuggled closer to me.

Come to think of it the girls had been acting friskier with me lately that I had no doubt it was only a matter of time now before I took them to bed. Even sweet and innocent Hiyori had been almost insatiable recently ever since our first encounter that I had already reached third base with her.

When we reached my room, I let my body move on auto-pilot as I headed to the kitchen and made something for us while Airi used that time to refresh herself with a shower. I ignored the notification about my newly made cooking skill increasing another level and instead used my time to look over my current level and skills.

I had only managed to increase my level to 15 in the time I’ve been here which was good when you think about it as it took Yato a full year to reach level 113 and I was only working with his Template. Then again Yato was a lazy bastard that didn’t really train at all until shit actually starting effecting his daily life so who knows.

As for my skills, I had only been able to recreate about half of Yato’s skills so far due to them basically taking me out for the rest of the day due to how exhausted I’d become afterwards. The Super-Growth skill in particular was the reason I had been able to level up so fast. That skill was truly ridiculous as I read about and it made any activity, I did easy as hell.

‘At this rate it won’t not be long before I catch up to Yato’s original power even if I’ll be restricted to tier 5 until the end of the mission.’

All thoughts of my power came to an abrupt end when I saw Airi walking out of my bathroom completely naked with only a towel in her head. I watched as she slowly walked in my direction with a sway to her hips making her look sexy as hell even with the red blush covering her face.

“K-Kiyotaka-kun, would you like to have desert first~?” Airi asked letting the towel drop to the floor as she stood in front of me with a sexy smirk on her face.

“Yes, please.” I immediately whispered with my eyes glued to her sexy body as I silently turned off the stove.

‘Here we go again.’ I thought as I let my mind succumb to my desires and approached the shyest but kinkiest of my girls.

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(Day of Sports Festival)

The Sports Festival was finally underway and with it the other classes were finally coming to learn that with the exception of a few students, every other member of our class was in tip top physical shape, especially the girls.

That was especially true for myself as I had far surpassed the normal capacities of a normal human being for a while now. In every physical test I participated, I would always break every record out of the water only restraining myself enough so it didn’t seem too suspicious.

That didn’t mean that Ryuen’s class didn’t try to bring be down with copious amounts of violence every chance they got through but too bad for them their attempts failed every time. My recently unlocked Aura blocked most of the blows that would come my way leaving my attackers confused at how I would come out of every confrontation unscathed.

Due to Ryuen focusing all of his attention on me the whole thing with Sudo never happened and instead he was able to contribute tremendously to the class like he had originally wanted endearing him to the others. Combine that with Kikyō not working against us this time around and we suddenly had a very competent class on our hands.

With the coming last race coming up, our class had managed to distinguish themselves as a class to watch out for and no matter what underhanded trick Ryuen came up with, we were still considered the best out of the first years and some of the second.

“I still can’t believe you get to be the anchor for the 1200 Meters Relay Race.” Suzune complained quietly to the side of me with a slight pout on her face.

Turning to the girl I suddenly realized that with my attention now split between Ichika, Tsubasa, Arisu, Honami, Airi, Hiyori, Kei, Kikyō and Matsu, I had been spending less and less time with the others and especially Suzune.

“Stop pouting. If you had been faster than me then you would be in my position instead so stop being a sore loser and letting your brocon tendencies get the best of you.” I said with a tired sigh as this was the third time the stubborn girl had complained to me.

Feeling a sudden punch to my kidney I pretended to hunch over a bit as I gave Suzune a small glare in annoyance even if her punch didn’t really hurt.

“I’m not a brocon!” Suzune hissed quietly much like a cat would with a blush on her face.

“Your expression says otherwise.” I said with a deadpan then closing my right eye as I felt another jab come from the girl.

“Do you know why Ryuen-kun has been specifically targeting you during this event? His attempts in the 3 last races were rather outrageous and almost got his team disqualified.” Suzune asked in a rather poor attempt to change the conversation.

My face must have reflected how I felt about her attempt as she silently made a fist with her hand and glared at me challenging me to call her out on it.

“Haah let’s just say that we had a small altercation during our trip over the summer and leave it at that.” I decided to humor her for now. I enjoyed getting a raise out of her due to all the cute expressions she made when I got her mad.

“Hmph, whatever the case knowing his personality he will just keep escalating until something happens.” Suzune crossed her arms under her breasts and looked away with a huff.

“Aww are you worried about me Suzune? That’s actually very sweet of you~” I teased with a smile only to close an eye out of instinct when I felt two more jabs to my kidney from the now scowling and blushing girl.

“Take this seriously Ayanokōji-kun! And I don’t recall ever giving you permission to call me by my first name.”

“Alright but you have nothing to worry about Horikita.” I said and stopped pretending I was in any pain from her punches getting her glare to increase somehow. “This last race will be closely monitored so the chance of any incident happening is rather low.”

“Hmph, just make sure you win so you won’t embarrass me in front of my brother.” Suzune scoffed looking away from me and unknowingly giving me another opening that I didn’t hesitate to take advantage of.

“Brocon.” I muttered quietly with a smirk and this time I flinched slightly as I felt a small sting on my shin from the vicious kick Suzune delivered to me before she walked away with an angry scowl on her red face.

“Wow I’ve never seen Horikita-san so angry before. What did you say to her Kiyotaka-kun?” Kikyō asked as she approached me with a pleased look on her eyes.

“She’s just mad at me for pointing out her obvious brocon tendencies.” I replied with a chuckle glad that my Aura had managed to tank that last kick.

“Huhuhu what a fucking loser~” Kikyō giggled in delight as she grabbed ahold of my hand and hugged it between her breasts. “Anyway, forget about her, what are you planning to do about Ryuen? It’s obvious he’s not going to stop targeting you.”

“Yeah… I noticed. Since he’s starting to realize that violence against me will not yield him any results, he might get desperate soon and target one of you.”

“Looks like I will have to get rid of him soon after all.” I said with my face taking on a blank look just wanting to get our confrontation over with.

“Huhu you’re the boss~”

Our conversation was halted as it was announced that the final race was about to begin.

“Come on, let’s get this over with.” I said walking forward with Kikyō on my side as she was one of the three runners along with Suzune and Kayano Onodera on the girls’ side with Sudo and Hirata for the boys.

Minutes later I stood next to Horikita Manabu who decided to strike a conversation with me.

“I must confess myself pleasantly surprised at how far your class has managed to come since term began. I will admit that I didn’t have much hope for your class at the beginning of the year but here we are with your class now having overtaken all other classes and now firmly on top.” Manabu quietly commented with a small smile as he kept his eyes focused on his little sister on the other side of the field.

“Everyone had a role to play, they just needed a small push.” I answered with my face facing forward.

“Hmm, I’m sure… Have you given my proposition to join the student council as vice president any thought?” Manabu only shook his head in amusement and once again tried to recruit me.

For a while now Manabu had been trying to persuade me to join the student council as vice president due to the open spot thanks to Nagumo’s disappearance no doubt. Even when I had already declined a couple of times it hadn’t stopped him from trying again.

“Sorry, but like before I’m already busy enough as it is so I will have to respectfully decline. If you want my opinion Ichinose and your own sister are rather capable for the job once they grow a little more.”

“Yes, that’s about what I expected and while I agree with you about Ichinose, Suzune still has a lot more to grow before she is ready for such a role. Though thanks to you she has been making rapid progress in getting out of that pathetic mindset she used to have.”

“I can’t take all the credit. Horikita has been making an effort to branch out on her own without my input.”

That was a lie.

Unlike the original Kiyotaka who manipulated and used Suzune until she became a useful tool. I had nowhere near the same relationship with Suzune as the original even if mine was much better due to the effects of the binding. In this timeline Suzune had taken that huge stick out of her ass on her own with only minimal help from me in my opinion.

Manabu only shook his head in amusement at that and decided to remain silent. Just in time too as seconds later we took off running easily overcoming all others in front of us.

Now being in the lead running side by side I decided it was about time to stop holding back and ran even faster leaving Suzune’s brother in the dust much to his surprise if his slightly wide eyes was any indication.

When the race came to a finish, we found ourselves the only class in our year that had gained any points during the festival even if we had only gained a measly 10. Nevertheless, in the end we had still won and that was all that mattered.

Now I just had to deal with the new fans that I had just acquired due to this little event.

Primary among them, Mayo Sato.