After the arrival of the new students, the changes at the school far exceeded most people's expectations.
"Everyone, take out your phones now. What I'm about to explain is very important."
As the homeroom bell rang, Mashima Tomonari appeared in Class 2-A's classroom.
Standing at the podium, his burly physique made it hard to believe he was an English teacher.
As the Student Council president, Kaoru had already received advance notice and showed no surprise, calmly taking out his phone.
Though unsure what was happening, everyone obediently held their phones, some suspecting whether another Special Exam was about to begin.
"Alright, now please open the school's homepage and download an app called OAA. Not just you, but all students in the school must install this app. It will bring you many benefits in the future and is very convenient. After downloading, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me."
As always, full of implications, but Kaoru no longer needed to guess Mashima Tomonari's meaning.
Because the essence of this app was part of Nagumo Miyabi's reform plan.
Kaoru installed OAA on his phone, completed the facial verification, and officially entered the OAA system page.
[Grade], [Class], [Personal], and [Forum].
Kaoru tapped on [Personal], and a personal interface immediately popped up.
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Class 2-A — Kaoru.
Academic Ability: A- (83)
Physical Ability: B+ (76)
Adaptability: A+ (87)
Social Contribution: B- (70)
Comprehensive Evaluation: B+ (80)
...
As expected, this was the personal strength supremacy envisioned by Nagumo Miyabi.
Everyone's abilities were reflected through numerical data, making it clear who was strong and who was weak.
Kaoru continued to open the [Class] page and found the data of all members of Class 2-A.
The default order was by the Japanese syllabary, but it could also be switched to sorting by academic ability, physical ability, or comprehensive evaluation.
Switching to comprehensive evaluation, he happened to be in the top three, extremely conspicuous.
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Class 2-A — Sakayanagi Arisu.
Academic Ability: A (93)
Physical Ability: D- (25)
Adaptability: A (85)
Social Contribution: C+ (56)
Comprehensive Evaluation: B (66)
...
Seeing Sakayanagi Arisu's data, Kaoru felt a sense of superiority.
Then, looking at Kamuro Masumi's comprehensive evaluation and finding it was only a B-, Kaoru felt even more satisfied.
"Wow, what is this? It's like a game manual!?"
Finally, someone couldn't help but exclaim, causing a strong reaction from everyone.
After all, everyone's data was laid out openly, which was truly shocking.
"Simply put, this data is your report card. Not just you, but other classes can also see it," Mashima Tomonari explained.
"However, your data hasn't been updated yet. What you're seeing now are your first-year grades."
His words once again caused an uproar in the class.
This meant that everyone could not only see their own data but also check everyone else's data now!
Many people, driven by intense curiosity, began checking the class and grade rankings.
Today was likely the first time everyone had a comprehensive understanding of situations outside their own class.
Previously, during exams, the school basically never published similar rankings.
Only class rankings were available, and the internal situations of each class were only known to their respective members.
But now, the school had opened this permission.
Through OAA, everyone could immediately know someone's abilities, making it clear who was strong and who was weak.
"The first place is actually Mitoma?!"
"Katsuragi is second, hehehe, Sakayanagi really is just a elementary schooler!"
"What, the grade's first place is still Mitoma?!"
Perhaps because it was OAA's first launch, even the usually quiet and well-behaved Class 2-A couldn't help but feel excited and curious like normal students.
Among them, the name they mentioned most frequently was likely Kaoru Mitoma.
Kaoru's comprehensive evaluation ranked within the top three in the class and also placed him among the top three in the grade level, making him naturally very conspicuous.
"You seem quite pleased with yourself?"
Kamuro Masumi had noticed Kaoru's expression early on and felt slightly irritated, though she didn't particularly care about such things.
"Not at all, you're overthinking it."
Kaoru stretched out his hand, playing with Sakayanagi Arisu's hair.
The nape of the girl's neck came into view, her fair skin evoking wandering thoughts.
Kamuro Masumi found it hard to ignore his subtle movements, her tone turning slightly cold.
"It seems being first place is truly remarkable. I don't think anyone in the second year can defeat you anymore."
As her words fell, Kaorushowed no reaction, but Sakayanagi Arisu suddenly turned to look at her.
"Masumi-san, temporary rankings prove nothing."
Sakayanagi Arisu maintained a stern expression, "Moreover, it's just data on paper. Look at the description below - rankings can change, they're not permanent."
Hmm, Kamuro Masumi's words hadn't provoked Kaoru, but had instead provoked her.
Immediately after, Sakayanagi Arisu said calmly to Kaoru, "Had enough fun?"
"I was thinking about what kind of collar would suit you."
Considering some girls liked wearing chokers and collars, Kaoru's thought wasn't particularly unusual.
However, both of them knew what this really meant.
A flash of frustration appeared in Sakayanagi Arisu's eyes, but since she had already worn one before, wearing one again didn't seem completely unacceptable.
Meanwhile, Kamuro Masumi grew even more suspicious that the two had been playing some private games behind her back!
She glared fiercely at Kaoru while checking the OAA description.
Indeed, as Sakayanagi Arisu had said, all the data could change at any time.
For example, academic ability was primarily calculated based on written exam scores throughout the year.
A current D rating could potentially rise to A+ if one scored perfectly on next month's exams.
The same applied to other data categories.
Only the final comprehensive evaluation totaled the previous four data points using the specific formula: (Academic Ability + Physical Ability + Adaptability + Social Contribution × 0.5) ÷ 350 × 100, with the result rounded to the nearest whole number.
Mashima Tomonari had mentioned that the current data reflected their first-year performance and would likely change going forward.
Even so, Kamuro Masumi felt no one could surpass Kaoru.
"Mashima-sensei, may I ask what purpose these evaluations serve?"
Katsuragi Kohei expressed confusion.
His Student Council privileges weren't sufficient to access certain information early, so this was his first time seeing the OAA.
If it was just about publishing student data, why would the school invest so much effort designing a dedicated app?