Chapter 98: Each Class's Reaction!
[Shimizu, our class points are zero now. What do you plan to do?]
[Wait until Kikyo brings back information about how to increase class points. Then we'll discuss the situation with everyone and act according to whatever method works.]
[Shimizu, I don't think the students of Class D will obey your arrangements. Especially those poor students.]
[We have to try. Ike and the others were scared badly by everyone in Class D, so they should become more obedient.]
[I hope so.]
Horikita Suzune sighed quietly.
If Class D did not have someone as capable as Yuto, Suzune would not be able to see any hope in this class at all.
Because Suzune clearly understood that Class D needed a powerful leader to manage everyone.
And Yuto, with his famous reputation and undefeated record, was the best leader for Class D. He would definitely be able to lead everyone well.
At this moment, the other first-year classes had also learned about class points from their homeroom teachers.
They had also learned important information, such as only students who graduated from Class A receiving the school's preferential treatment.
Class C—
After learning many pieces of information from their homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma, Class C's atmosphere was even quieter and more deathly still than Class D's.
The students of Class C were all looking at Ryuen Kakeru, who stood at the podium, with resentment, dissatisfaction, hostility, unease, and anxiety.
Ryuen's lackeys, Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert, stood behind him on his left and right.
Class C's homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma, was no longer in the classroom.
Ryuen spoke confidently to the Class C students below.
"Don't look at me like that. I didn't know the points deposited by the school this month wouldn't be one hundred thousand either."
One gloomy-looking boy stood up angrily.
At a glance, he looked like the kind of person who could be mistaken for a villain.
"Ryuen! This isn't something you can brush aside with one sentence about not knowing!"
This boy was named Tokito Hiroya.
He was one of the few people in Class C who dared to openly oppose Ryuen. He could be considered the leader of Class C's anti-Ryuen group.
Although Ryuen had forcefully ruled Class C through violence, the hidden dangers were great.
Nearly two-thirds of the students in Class C refused to submit to him and hated him.
As for the remaining third, some were indifferent and did not care about being ruled.
Others, like Ishizaki Daichi, had already become Ryuen's underlings and subordinates.
Among the four first-year classes, Class C had the biggest hidden problem.
Tokito continued shouting in dissatisfaction.
"It was because you said the school would still deposit one hundred thousand points this month that we agreed to give you twenty thousand points before!"
"It wasn't giving. It was tribute."
Ryuen corrected Tokito's mistake with a rebellious expression.
His words made the Class C students look even more indignant.
If this delinquent had not threatened and persuaded them, how could they have transferred twenty thousand points to him?
Right now, Class C had 430 class points.
So the personal points they received at the beginning of May were 43,000.
That was 57,000 points less than the one hundred thousand points Ryuen had promised.
Because of this, the Class C students all wanted Ryuen to return the twenty thousand points they had transferred to him.
"In short, I won't return the twenty thousand points you gave me before."
"But!"
Ryuen shouted with a wild expression, "I'll lead all of you bastards to Class A. You don't want to stay in Class C forever either, do you?"
"Besides, didn't the teacher say it? Only people who graduate from Class A have the right to receive this school's preferential treatment!"
Ryuen's words made the Class C students show some hesitation.
At present, there was indeed no one in Class C more suited to rule the class than Ryuen.
A slender girl stood up.
She stared sharply at Ryuen and said bluntly, "Ryuen, do you have the ability to lead everyone to Class A?"
Her name was Ibuki Mio.
Because of her cold expression and sharp way of speaking, she did not have many friends in Class C.
Or rather...
She had no friends at all.
"If I don't have it, do you bastards have it?" Ryuen mocked without mercy.
"If you can't even suppress me, then obediently listen. I said I'll bring you to Class A, and I absolutely will!"
Ibuki stared deeply at the unruly Ryuen.
Then she sat down without saying a word.
Ibuki strongly disliked Ryuen's dictatorship over Class C.
But for the time being, she acknowledged Ryuen's ability and temporarily agreed to let him rule and lead Class C.
Ryuen looked fiercely down at the students of Class C.
Because of his vicious gaze, even Tokito did not dare meet his eyes. A girl named Manabe Shiho was trembling even more.
Half a month ago, when Kushida Kikyo chatted with Manabe Shiho, Manabe had told Kikyo that Ryuen extorted twenty thousand points from the students of Class C.
After that, Manabe had planned to report it to the teacher.
However, Class C's homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma, kindly told Manabe that even he had no way to make Ryuen return the points to everyone.
At the same time, Sakagami also said that Ryuen was doing it for the sake of the class.
Manabe was completely confused.
Forcibly taking twenty thousand points from everyone was for the sake of the class?
What was good about that?
Was there something wrong with this homeroom teacher's head?
Unable to get help from her homeroom teacher, Manabe had no choice but to leave helplessly.
She had thought the matter would end there.
But Ryuen blocked her and mocked her for tattling to the homeroom teacher.
Ryuen also said that if there was a next time, he would teach her a proper lesson.
From that moment on, the frightened Manabe knew that Ryuen was someone she could not resist.
Because even their homeroom teacher sided with him.
Otherwise, how could Ryuen have known she went to Sakagami to report him?
"From now on, all of you bastards will obey my orders!"
"Since breaking discipline deducts class points, from now on, if any of you break discipline and cause points to be deducted, I'll use my fists to teach you what consequences are!"
Ryuen extended his fist and slammed it hard onto the podium.
With a bang, the students of Class C all jumped in fright.
Ryuen continued tyrannically, "If you cause class points to be deducted, a bruised face will be the lightest punishment. At the very least, I'll break a few bones!"
Ryuen's fierce tone made the Class C students shudder.
However, most students showed a little relief on their faces.
Because they were good students who followed discipline.
The ones who broke discipline were unruly delinquents like Ryuen and his group.
So the punishment Ryuen mentioned would never fall on them.
"Ryuen, do these rules include you and the two guys behind you?" Tokito said loudly.
Tokito had asked the question the Class C students most wanted to ask.
If they obeyed discipline during class, but Ryuen and his lackeys skipped class and arrived late as they pleased, that would be too much.
Ryuen glared at Tokito in irritation, then answered decisively.
"As the ruler of Class C, of course I'll follow the same rules as you. So relax."
"Hmph. I hope you remember what you just said and don't show up late next period," Tokito snorted.
"Heh!"
Ryuen responded with a cold laugh.
From this moment on, Ryuen could finally be considered to have fully ruled Class C.
Speaking of which, Class C had one very special student.
Her name was Shiina Hiyori, a beautiful girl with a soft, airy aura.
While the entire class was paying attention to Ryuen and Tokito's argument, Shiina quietly flipped through a book she had borrowed from the school library.
Shiina Hiyori looked completely serene, as if she heard nothing outside the window and cared only about reading.
It was as if she did not care at all who ruled Class C.
Ryuen said to Ishizaki Daichi, "How long until class ends?"
"There are about five minutes left, boss!"
Ishizaki quickly took out his school phone and answered.
Right now, he had already become Ryuen's lackey completely.
"Tch. Five minutes, huh? That's long."
Ryuen said, "Ishizaki, do you have the guts to come with me to Class D later?"
"Huh? Why are we going to Class D? And why do I need guts?" Ishizaki asked in confusion.
Ryuen showed a mocking smile.
"Of course, we're going to visit that bastard whose class points are zero."
Realizing that the bastard Ryuen mentioned was Shimizu Yuto, Ishizaki immediately shuddered.
Now he finally understood why Ryuen had asked whether he had the guts.
So Ryuen was planning to go to Class D and mock Shimizu Yuto.
The unruly Ryuen had been beaten badly by Yuto and had lost 750,000 points to him.
He had been searching for a chance to get revenge.
Now that Class D's class points were zero, Ryuen felt he could go mock Shimizu Yuto and vent his anger a little.
"Ahem, boss, my stomach hurts a little. I probably ate something wrong this morning. So after class, I plan to go to the restroom..." Ishizaki said weakly.
"Tch. Useless."
Ryuen clicked his tongue.
What eating something wrong?
He clearly did not dare go mock Shimizu Yuto.
…
Class B—
Hoshinomiya Chie sat on a chair, her alluring upper body draped across the teacher's podium. She reeked of alcohol, and the students of Class B watched their beautiful, charming homeroom teacher with expressions of utter exasperation.
The students of Class B looked helplessly at this pretty and cute homeroom teacher.
The little angels of Class B had never expected that this innocent and cheerful teacher, Hoshinomiya Chie, was actually a heavy drinker.
The beginning of every month was not only when the school deposited personal points for the students.
It was also when teachers like Hoshinomiya Chie received their salary.
So the moment her salary arrived, Hoshinomiya excitedly contacted her best friend, Chabashira Sae, and asked her to drink together.
And so...
Hoshinomiya got drunk.
Although her hangover made her head hurt, she had still explained class points and the related matters to Class B.
However, the students of Class B had already heard about class points and how only Class A graduates received the school's preferential treatment from Yuto.
They had even been extorted for 740,000 points in hush money by that bad guy!
Shiranami Chihiro raised her head and looked at the class points of the four classes.
She said regretfully, "Sigh. I didn't expect Class A's class points to be so high. I thought we could become Class A in one move."
The other students also nodded.
They had thought that since they had learned the importance of class points from Shimizu Yuto in advance, they would become Class A in one move.
Unexpectedly, after a month, Class A still had more class points than them.
As expected of Class A students?
"No need to sigh."
Ichinose Honami showed an angelic, cheerful smile.
"The gap between us and Class A isn't that big. If we work a little harder, we can surpass Class A."
"Mm!"
"Ichinose-san is right!"
As expected of Class B, where the whole class was full of little angels.
The class atmosphere was far too harmonious and warm.
It was completely different from the atmosphere in Classes C and D.
Hoshinomiya Chie, whose head hurt from the hangover, showed a strange smile and muttered softly.
"Sae-chan's Class D actually had their class points deducted down to zero. I thought Class D's class points would be pretty high."
After all, Hoshinomiya Chie had personally seen how Shimizu Yuto of Class D had tricked the little angels of her Class B.
With such an impressive student in Class D, their class points had still been deducted to zero.
Right now, Hoshinomiya really wanted to jump around in front of Chabashira Sae and tease her with a smile.
She wanted to tell her that her plan to rise up from below was destined to fail.
After all, Class D's class points being deducted to zero in a single month had never happened before.
It also proved just how rotten this year's Class D students were.
If the students of Class D were all useless mud, then no matter how excellent Shimizu Yuto was as a leader, it would be useless~
Hoshinomiya did not believe Class D's Shimizu Yuto had the ability to drag such a rotten Class D up to Class A.
"There are still three minutes until class ends. Hurry up and end already. I have to go tease Sae-chan properly."
Hoshinomiya murmured expectantly.
Although she and Chabashira were best friends, they were the kind who loved and fought at the same time.
She could not bear to see the class Chabashira led rise to Class A.
Besides, she, Hoshinomiya Chie, also wanted Class B to become Class A.
Because after becoming Class A, the homeroom teacher's salary in points would rise by a large amount!
…
Class A—
Class A was filled with a joyful atmosphere, because their class points were as high as 960.
The students of the Katsuragi faction were loudly praising Katsuragi Kohei's effective leadership.
Otherwise, how could they have preserved 960 out of their original 1,000 class points?
The students of the Sakayanagi faction were much quieter.
After all, their leader, Sakayanagi Arisu, had not participated in managing the class.
Sakayanagi Arisu was not the type to actively manage class discipline.
On top of that, Katsuragi Kohei wanted to take responsibility for it.
So she generously handed all matters of managing class discipline over to him.
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