Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Chapter 1

"I don't understand why you answered like that"

"If this is a school where everyone can be friendly, your actions will be a moral offense. But this school only cares about 'ability' and that is everything, besides, it is a test where classes compete against each other. Depending on the situation, it may be possible to commit an act of spying or sabotage. Am I wrong? "

"There are people who are not satisfied with just such logic, unlike others who are flexible like this"

"I don't think someone like that would have the qualifications needed to enroll in this school in the first place" After giving my honest opinion, Ibuki crossed her arms and was seen thinking about it.

"Suddenly you've become arrogant"

"I'm just a failed student, I'm not interested in getting up or falling, I just ride the coattails of a disciple like Horikita and think of it as luck"

T/N: The point is very dependent on others. The coattails? The suit behind him is longer than the one in front. From the point of view of someone who is just trying to rely on themselves like Ibuki, what I just said would be a ludicrous story. But Ibuki doesn't laugh at me nor does she make fun of me.

"It's unusual, from the start, that everyone who enrolls in this school is only after privileges when they graduate, no one would have thought it would end up with a competition like this. So most people would find this difficult"

It seemed like the students of Class C were not so different from Class D. If so, Ibuki who attracted Ryuuen's attention and was assigned to spy from the beginning must have a pretty high position in Class C level.

Since he was paid by getting the attention of his surroundings, it was also unusual for him to act on Ryuuen's side. She says that she was with Ryuuen because of her failure, but it seems, she was with him too because Ryuuen trusted her. And with the confidence of both of us, we lined up in the queue.

And the female officer who spoke to me yesterday came back to make sure that we were indeed a couple and handed us something that might have been a ticket. It looks like there are 8 couples in front of us that we have to wait for.

"It looks like we'll wait"

If only one fortune teller was available per queue, Even if there were ten pairs that would force us to wait more than an hour, it would be a long time to wait. The only question now was, how would the two of us last more than an hour? It looks like I won't be able to have a conversation that long.

"Ahh, don't worry about silence, our relationship is only for the sake of divination so you don't have to talk aimlessly with me, right?" Ibuki

"I think so..." It seems like he has already looked into my mind. It saved me from trouble. ***

"Next" It was already afternoon when I heard that little voice coming from inside the temporary facility.

"I've made you wait"

In the end each group took about 1 5 minutes and I had to queue in the queue long enough. It happened when I started not caring anymore about the fortune teller inside where the voice from the room behind the curtain where the fortune teller was. And when I came in, there was a scene that I often saw on television.

The lighting is dim in there, only about 30 lux. Coupled with the thick book, hammer and crystal ball that could also be used for a purpose I did not know about. The old woman's fortuneteller used a hood on her and because of that, I couldn't see her expression.

The atmosphere of this place itself is the atmosphere of the first year. The crystal ball was shining, even now it was as if it was reflecting on Ibuki and my future. In front of the clairvoyant, there were two round chairs without a backrest. I think that's where we're supposed to sit. When the two of us sat down, the fortuneteller only laughed for a moment and his right hand moved.

"First of all, pay" the astrologer told us. And after saying that, he took out the card reader from under the table and placed it on the table in front of us.

T/N: Card Reader is a kind of rich EDC Machine as a means of payment using card. From this suffocating atmosphere, it almost gave off the impression of a fortune-teller museum.

Artifacts of modern civilization appear that way and release an absurd feeling. Of course, I didn't think that it would be free, but all of a sudden I was kind of pulled back into reality.

"What are you going to predict for us?" Before taking out his student identification card, Ibuki first asked the question.

"Your education, work, love affairs and anything else you like" replied the fortuneteller as he burst into laughter. Of course this will create strong feelings for the surrounding area, but rather than just a fortune teller, I think she looks like a witch.

But the price list placed on the table is not very suitable. It seems like the prices given are divided into several categories. Something that the fortune teller said seemed to fall into the "basic plan" and there, it was subdivided into far more parts and one of them belonged to Tenchuusatsu.

Among other things, there is guidance that will let you see through to the end of your life and since fortune tellers have a requirement to pair up, there is plenty of guidance focused on romance. This is just my spontaneous thought, but if the fortune teller foretells a bad match between couples, I wonder what the couple will do? It was just that in this matter, over 5000 points were needed. It's a little expensive.

"Although so ... it is very expensive" For Class D students who struggle with points problems every day, this is a very expensive cost.

Even if I said that, it would be a waste to return without a chance to investigate Tenchuusatsu. There was always the option to just listen to Ibuki's prophecy and then come back, but if I did that, I wouldn't be able to confirm the truth.

I thought just in case, I checked the balance of points on my phone. On the screen, my personal points are displayed. The rest of the pawns I have right now are around 6000 points so I can barely afford to pay for them.

"I will choose a basic plan," Ibuki said suddenly. Although she acknowledged him as a clairvoyant, she seemed to have no intention of following his full guidance.

"What are you gonna do?" he asked me

"I'll pick the same plan as Ibuki" At this point, I feel like I'm ordering a meal at a restaurant, but I answer like that and raise my student identification card. The sound of the card being used is heard from the card reader and some balance is deducted from my card.

"Then we start with this woman, what's your name?" fortune teller asked.

"Ibuki's... Ibuki Mio's"

"My prickling ability requires me to look at the faces, hands and hearts of my customers and in the middle, I might see something, you better stay careful. Aren't you in trouble with that?”

"Do whatever you want"

Ibuki replied that she would not be disappointed by it, was she also sure of it? From behind her hood, I could not only see the wizened skin of the fortune teller but also her sharp gaze. Then, he instructed Ibuki to put both of his hands down, he started talking about the results of his prediction slowly.

"Starting by reading the palm, you have a long life. I didn't see you suffer from such a severe illness right now." she spoke.

A story that is often heard is an opening. I personally don't understand how one can tell from a line in one's palm. Feeling pointless, I felt my suspicions of wanting to reject the prophecy.

Perhaps forecasters use their own experience statistics to overcome them? If it was me, I would just use good health for a lot of customers From the color of their faces and such, it would provide an answer for me. And still continuing, fortune tellers talk about education, economic luck and love affairs with unexpected answers.

While people would usually get angry at the seemingly false words of the fortune teller, Ibuki continued to listen to them with a feeling of satisfaction. There are not many bad predictions, most predictions about a bright future for him. Sometimes warnings are given to him, but there seems to be no particular risk to his life and well-being.

"Thank you very much" Ibuki said.

After finishing the divination session, Ibuki lowered her head. It seems like my turn, where I can understand about fortune tellers better, will be done right now. The astrologer follows the same procedure he used during the session with Ibuki.

The answer to my fellow man is largely the same as what happened during the Ibuki session. Although the situation may be different, the point is that most predictions are good things to come. But I was warned to be careful of the calamity one day. Such knowledge was told to me.

"... I see, it looks like you had a difficult childhood" the astrologer told me.

Even if you say such a thing, most children do experience something they think of as such at least once or twice in their childhood. Especially if the child is a boy. If possible, I would love it to answer a more definitive answer.

More importantly, it is a bigger mystery. Why do soothsayers who are supposed to talk about the future instead talk about the past? But Ibuki was beside me, without interrupting or yawning, listening intently to the soothsayer. Maybe forecasting should be like this or maybe as a necessary ritual, we'll go back in time.

Ahh, so fortune-tellers are really like this. At this moment, I think so. Since humans are easy creatures, the occasional 'good fortune' that has been predicted for them, they will lock it up in their memories and even if luck that has nothing to do with divination occurs, he said, they would recall the memories again and interpret them as "Ahh, so the soothsayer was talking about this "

But the reality will be different, because in life, it is undeniable that everyone will experience good luck and disaster as well as happiness and misery.

"It's..." Once again, the soothsayer who seemed to be in the middle of the ritual, stopped his hand.

"You are the owner of the 'denchuusatsu determination' "

"Uwa ... Serious?” The one who was surprised by the result was not me but Ibuki and the astrologer himself. Tenchuusatsu is a word that I didn't even realize since yesterday, so even if there were other words added on top of that, it would only make me confused again.

"Simply put, ever since I was born, you've been living an unlucky life" Ibuki explained to me.

"That's an amazing thing ..." Whether this was purely coincidental or not, it was once again accurate. It's just that the astrologer is still ambiguous in this matter.

Because, if one looks at themselves pessimistically, there is no failure from people who will look to their past and regard their life as misfortune. But if it was an unusual Tenchuusatsu, it would be a risk for the clairvoyant to say so as well.

"By the way, will that tenchuusatsu determination continue as it gets out of here?" I asked.

"Some time ago, the woman said that it meant living an unlucky life, but it was wrong"

"That woman..."

"The determination of tenchuusatsu is rare, but that doesn't mean it will curse your whole life into misfortune. Of course the flow itself is ugly, you will not be able to receive blessings from family or parents. But it suits your personality. What you're going to do from now on is something you have to decide "That astrologer told me. From the sharp expression he had before, now in the eyes of the clairvoyant I can see wisdom.

"There's no need to feel pessimistic and there's no need to act like a comedy protagonist either"

T/N: Pessimistic, (attitude) doubt about the ability or success of a business.

I've heard a lot of interesting stories today, but anyway it's just a prophecy. This is not something that causes you to see with reddened eyes or tilt your ears in order to hear better. When I tried to get up from my seat, I was called back by the fortune teller.

"One more prediction for you. Go back to the straight path, do not take a detour. If you take an unimportant detour, you may be stuck for a long time. But even if you're stuck, don't panic. Stay calm and if you work together, you should be able to handle it" He left a prophecy like that.

***

"How was your first prophecy experience?"

"What about you?"

"Very satisfied, the clairvoyant was quite famous all over the world. It was said that the accuracy was quite high" Ibuki told me.

"I think so .. it's like a simple profession, but it's very

it's difficult"

"What does that mean?"

More than half are based solely on patterns of images and words that can be heard from a prophecy. But in it, there is no denying that there are also accurate facts. And it was something he could not predict with just the keywords I gave him. I can no longer think of it as something that can be gained from living a long life or having a fortune telling experience.

"From now on, I won't take it as a mere prophecy anymore. That's how I feel" I told Ibuki.

"Geh ... is rame again" If I continue, this is hell and if I come back, this is still hell. The students flooded the space in front of the elevator.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to take a detour to get back" I told Ibuki.

"Me too" he immediately replied. It seemed like Ibuki was also thinking the same line of thought as me and as we both headed for the distant elevator, the words of the fortune teller returned to my head.

"By the way, before..."

"The astrologer told us, don't take a detour" For some time, my eyes met with Ibuki. Whether it was just a coincidence or a coincidence, we will take a detour at this very moment.

"I think it might be interesting. Let's find out how accurate that prediction is"

If not, I'll come back without anything happening and in the end I'll think if it's just

just prophecy. But in the end, with nothing going on, we got to a distant elevator. At that time, there was no one around us. We can take the elevator in our spare time.

"Are you okay with the 1st floor ?"

"I'll go back there" replied Ibuki. It seemed like we would not have the same path to return so I pressed the button to the 1st floor and closed the elevator door.

The elevator started moving slowly. Since we no longer had anything to talk about with each other, we spent time in the elevator in silence. But when I said 'move', it was just for a moment.

Ever since the "3rd floor" light came on, the elevator stopped with a heavy sound. It seemed like no one had tried to get into the elevator on the 3rd floor, but the elevator, in its attempt to descend further from the 3rd floor, stopped in the middle of the road.

As I contemplated it, for a moment, the lights went off and the color became pitch-black. However, at that moment, the emergency lights came back on and we were able to avoid the pitch-black situation.

"What's possible, a power outage?" Ibis asked.

"Virtually similar" There aren't many people who would suffer from elevator damage like this. If this is the unexpected misfortune predicted by the clairvoyant, in a sense, this is right on target.

"For now, should the emergency phone still not be enough?" No need to panic here. The elevator is already prepared for this kind of broken situation. There is also a surveillance camera and an emergency button (an intercom connecting the elevator to the disaster prevention center) installed.

T/N: Intercom is a wireless communication tool that does not use pulses.

And after informing him of this, without objection, Ibuki leaned against the wall of the elevator... I think I'll push the button and ask for help. I did, but...

"No answer" I don't know if the phone rings or not, I don't think I can get into a disaster prevention center.

"Didn't the power outage also turn off the phone?" Ibuki asked me.

"No. Lifts usually have a spare battery that can run for several hours. As proof, the emergency lights are on now. That means there must be another internal fault in the elevator."

I tried pressing the button that the tuna was using, but it was also unresponsive. In other words, the panel button attached to itself is already broken. The battery is still running and the AC is still working. That alone was already a blessing, but what to do now?

"Can you contact the school with your cell phone? It's still related" I asked Ibuki.

"Sorry, but please do it yourself"

"I can understand how you feel about not wanting to talk to other people, but isn't this going to be okay?"

"...that's right" Ibuki muttered as she pulled out her phone with an unhappy expression. But upon seeing his screen, his expression turned ugly. He then turned the screen to show it to me. On the screen there is a notification that signals the battery is weak, and soon the phone turns off.

"Because I don't have any contact on my phone, I don't even notice it until this battery runs out. So, instead you're the one who called"

"You know how else" Take my own phone. When I looked at the screen and I immediately froze.

"Call now, hurry up"

"It seems like this situation is much more serious than I thought" Just like Ibuki did earlier, this time, I showed Ibuki my phone screen. The battery percentage shown on my phone is only 4%. It was like a fire at the top of a lighthouse that would be lost at any moment by the wind.

"You really screwed me”

"It's very similar to you, because I don't have many people I can talk to, I don't care if I have battery power or not" I replied.

"No, no, we're really in trouble right now.You're a useless person"

"You're so rude even though we're both the same. The problem is where to call now, huh?" I asked Ibuki.

I can call the police or the emergency services, but there's something I'm likely dealing with. If it was still inside the schoolyard, there must be another place I could call and think like that, I started to find out if I could find any contact for emergency services in the elevator. As I did, near the elevator operating board, there is a 10 digit number. But..it must have been the idea of someone causing the damage, but the last 4 digits had already been crossed out.

"This joke is too much..."

"Why don't you call one of your friends and ask for help?" Ibuki then asked me.

"Friends, huh?" There seems to be no other choice, but the problem is who I should call.

"If everything goes well, then it's Horikita"

"Rejected" Ibuki immediately replied.

"... I thought you'd say that"

"If you call her, it means she'll come and save me. Don't joke" I don't think that anyone making a rescue in this scenario is important. And that doesn't mean it's Ibuki's fault either. This is just a jammed elevator so from the start there is no need to worry either.

"you don't want this to be a scene, if we do" Ibuki nodded slightly in response.

So in other words, someone who would help us without causing a fuss while doing so was the best. That meant the three idiots had already been crossed out of the solution. In an incident like this, it is not surprising that they spread this thing here and there.

But even if I relied on someone who would not spread it like Sakura, resolving a situation like this would be difficult for her. It would be very inconvenient for him to contact an adult and eventually I will cause his trouble for him.

In the same sense, Kushida and Karuizawa also did not fit in with something like this. Someone who will come and help us without any fuss. And in this matter, all I can count on is...

"At a time like this" In my contact list, the only person I can count on right now is none other than that person.

"I respect your wishes, but you have to leave the rest to me now" I told Ibuki.

"As long as it's not Horikita I don't mind it"

Then I started calling a certain person and a few seconds after the phone started ringing, the quiet man calmly answered this call. I told him my situation and asked him to help us. But shortly after I started talking, my phone suddenly died.

"The battery is up" I told Ibuki.

"Have you said it right?"

"Maybe"

Now all I can do is sit and wait. No need to rush. Sooner or later, one would also definitely be aware of the situation. Even if we try to free ourselves from the elevator as it happens in the cinemas, it will only pose more danger.

But it seemed like this situation was proceeding in an unexpected way and as I had already thought, I heard a voice from within made by the machine echoing inside the elevator, which was not the case, the coolant that gives cool breeze into the room stops.

"It can't be real..."

Ibuki who was calm until now, started to become panicked. We're in a tightly shut place in mid-summer, this is not the time to imagine if temperatures would start to rise here. At the moment the air inside the elevator gets a little warm from time to time, whether we like it or not, we will definitely start sweating.

"Is there any way to get out of here alone?" Ibuki asked me.

"Looks like, there's an emergency break-in, but..." Right now, it seemed like it was going to get even hotter, but there was an exit built on the ceiling of the elevator. That's something that's usually seen in the movies, but escaping with it's the reality is---

"How can we open it?"

Ibuki who was looking up, inevitably asked the question. Generally, emergency break-ins cannot be opened from the inside. So in a scenario where rescuers cannot open a closed elevator, they can use it as a last resort to save those trapped inside.

"I think it's better not to do anything and just wait, this is a rule to do in case of an emergency in the elevator" That's the safest and surest way.

"that's if you can handle this sauna confidently" Ibuki fired back.

And while we were giving each other useless responses back and forth, the temperature had already risen. I can understand how I want to get out of here, but I want to avoid making the wrong decision. I took off the lining of my shirt as I sat on the floor. In such a situation, something to do is not to raise the body temperature itself.

"What if you sit down too? If it's too hot, you can also take off your coat" I told her.

".... huh? Are you probably thinking of something obscene in a situation like this?” It seems like Ibuki interpreted my words like that and her vigilance increased.

"I heard you were able to fight Horikita. There's no way I can beat someone like you"

"That's true, but ..."

"Of course, if you're going to let go, I'm going to back you casually"

"I won't let go" After saying that he won't do it, Ibuki then sat down on the spot. After that, we waited for about 30 minutes patiently but there was no outside contact.

Splice...