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First-Year(Grade 1) was indeed in an uproar.
Today was the sixth day since the new students enrolled.
Most new students were still immersed in fantasies like,
'This School is amazing, no tuition fees, free accommodation, living expenses provided, and direct recommendation for jobs after graduationāit's practically paradise! I hope to have a great School life here.'
As a result, they were suddenly met with utter confusion.
The first to notice Student Council members arriving at the lower-grade teaching building was Katsuragi from Class A.
He and Yahiko went to the Student Council yesterday to submit their application forms.
The School's Student Council holds significant authority, sometimes even representing the School, and from what upperclassmen shared about student club arrangements, the Student Council President even has the power to directly intervene in special exams.
This point was quite alarming.
Because the essence of this School is to require students to compete against each other as a Class.
The specific way this is achieved is through successive special exams.
The points obtained, and maintaining Class A status upon graduation from Third Year, mean those students represent the School at graduation.
And then they receive a series of rewards from the School.
Reaching the pinnacle of life.
So, upon discovering this, Katsuragi set his sights on a position within the Student Council.
He didn't aim to become the Student Council President, but simply becoming a member would allow him to acquire more information.
And then possibly serve his own Class.
Of course, at that time, he might also contend for the position of President.
Because the President is also a student and will also graduate.
So, joining the Student Council early might allow him to seize opportunities.
Katsuragi was a cautious man.
Therefore, when he noticed Student Council President Horikita Manabu specifically coming to the lower-grade area during lunch break, he immediately paid attention.
Now.
He was among the crowd of new students watching the Student Council members in action.
He saw Student Council President Horikita Manabu personally writing on the small blackboard next to the bulletin board.
[Grade 1]
Class A 996 points
Class B 834 points
Class C 611 points
Class D 530 points
...
Hmmā¦ he knew these values.
He knew they represented the evaluation scores of the four classes.
The ranking of classes in this School is fluid.
Only the Class evaluation score is the sole standard for Class ranking.
If a Class's evaluation score surpasses Class A, then it will be crowned the new Class A.
Similarly, if the original Class A is surpassed by another Class, it will drop down.
After learning about the Class evaluation score from Teacher Mashima-sensei, he and Yahiko went to investigate.
The two of them went to the Floor of Grade 2 and Third Year, saw the small blackboards, and also the values written on them.
They confirmed that Second Year and Third Year were indeed engaged in this kind of competition.
Among them, Class A always managed to distance itself from the classes behind it.
Just like now.
Class A was extremely excellent, having only 4 points deducted from the base score of 1000 points.
This was a reasonable result, but also an incredible one.
Because it suddenly made people realize that, according to the information received, wasn't it supposed to be announced only at the end of the month, on the 1st of next month, after the deductions for the four classes' conduct over the entire month?
But now.
Why was it directly announced?
Did the exam end early, or was there some problem?
ā¦
And here in First Year Class B.
The students of Class B also heard that the Student Council members had come to the bulletin board to fill in data.
"Ichinoseā¦"
Coming down from the Floor with the students of Class B was a cute girl with short blonde hair.
This was Kushida Kikyo, a girl from Class D of Grade 1.
She had excellent social skills and a very friendly demeanor.
Recently, she had already started interacting with students from other classes.
In fact, she had already become friends with Ichinose Honami from First Year Class B.
It should be said that Kushida also preferred interacting with students from other classes.
Because students like those in Class B were of high quality, almost universally Little Angels, kind, pure, and optimistic, like winners in life.
And the atmosphere in Class B was excellent; despite only a few days passing, the students of Class B spontaneously trusted one particular student.
That is to say, someone similar to a central figure in the Class.
That was Ichinose Honami.
She had long, golden-pink hair, exquisitely beautiful features, and an excellent figure.
But what was most striking was her friendliness.
Kushida already considered her own friendliness to be maxed out, but with Ichinose, she still felt slightly inferior.
Despite it being less than a week since School started, the number of friends she had already exceeded 50.
This was truly annoying.
Of course, she had now also become a good friend with Ichinose.
So, it could be considered a comforting point for her.
"This isā¦"
Ichinose Honami of Class B gazed at the small blackboard being filled in by the Student Council.
She saw her own First Year Class B with 834 points.
"This isā¦"
And Ichinose noticed Kushida looking at the information on the bulletin board.
The bulletin board?
She also quickly looked over.
And then she also discovered the information on the bulletin board.
Hikigaya Hachiman of Class D of Grade 1, because he destroyed a camera, Class D had 50 Class evaluation points deducted.
"This Schoolā¦"
"Perhaps it's not simple after all." Ichinose said.
In other words, though she didn't say it aloud, she also felt that there were various things to be concerned about in the School.
ā¦
And in Class C of Grade 1.
There were no students from Class C of Grade 1 present at the scene.
Hmm.
Class C of Grade 1 was still in the process of consolidating itself.
So, despite being the Class closest to the bulletin board, not many people were paying attention to it.
And now, in the restroom.
"Ryuen, you ā don't you have any shame?!"
"Shut up! You only have one path: obey me!"
The man with the red, center-parted hair directly pressed the neck of the man shouting at him, pinning him against the wall.
This was Kakeru Ryūen of Class C of Grade 1.
After arriving at this School and discovering the generous rewards it offered students,
He brought out his own methods.
He was a delinquent in middle School.
And now.
He was also using delinquent methodsāviolenceāto take control of the Class.
He was a good fighter, but being able to fight alone was useless, so he targeted the strongest fighter in the Class.
Albert.
Two meters tall, mixed-race, very muscular, looking like a giant, and his strength was real.
Of course, Ryuen was defeated by him on the second day, but that didn't matter.
Ryuen used harassment tactics, constantly harassing Albert, even attacking him when he was in the restroom.
And now.
Albert had despaired and thus followed Ryuen's instructions.
And now, Ryuen was leading Albert to bring the boys of the Class under control.
As for the girlsā¦ humph, with half the Class's boys under control, did they have any other choice?
Class C of Grade 1 would soon have only Kakeru Ryūen speaking.
...
ā¦
And on the other side.
Rooftop.
On the other side, the Rooftop of the teaching building.
There were two benches here, one of which was shaded, and Hikigaya Hachiman remembered that Sakayanagi Arisu had sat there before.
However, Hachiman wasn't here to sit on the bench Sakayanagi had sat on.
There were three people present.
He, Hikigaya Hachiman, Teacher Chabashira Sae, and then the black-haired, fox-eyed girl with her left hand resting on her right elbow, standing on the Rooftop, looking down at the crowd by the bulletin board.
Horikita Suzune.
The three who wanted to climb to Class A met here.
Teacher Chabashira watched from above with her arms crossed.
The Student Council members had already left.
"What an incredible operation." Chabashira Sae commented.
"Because a punishment requiring Student Council intervention was triggered, the scores that were originally to be announced next month were revealed now."
"There's nothing that can be done about it." Hachiman said, spreading his hands.
"If they didn't intervene now, then according to normal procedures, on the 1st of next month, our Class's Class evaluation score would probably be deducted to 0, and that's without even considering negative scores."
"..." x2
This casual mention caused both girls present to fall silent.
As the Teacher, Chabashira Sae could check the daily deductions for the Class.
Horikita Suzune was probably the only one in the Class who hadn't been penalized.
Although she couldn't confirm the specific items or the deducted point values, she had no hope for the students in this Class.
Initially, all four classes started with 1000 points, which could barely be considered the same starting point.
But if 1000 points turned directly into 0 within a month,
Forget about getting into Class A.
They probably wouldn't even be able to surpass Class C.
"So what are you planning to do next?" Teacher Chabashira glanced at Horikita, then looked at Hachiman and said, "I cannot provide you with anything beyond the scope of my authority."
So, within the permissible scope, you'll fully cooperate, right?
Hachiman thought to himself.
"On one hand, I'll report the progress of the task to you, letting you know that I'm properly fulfilling the agreement." Hachiman said.
"Then you are truly well-behaved." Chabashira-sensei seemed to praise him.
But no, Teacher Chabashira.
Hachiman chose to bring Horikita along so that Horikita could confirm that you are truly on the side of Class promotion.
And after confirming this common goal, Horikita would probably be more willing to work hard and assist him.
Hachiman didn't believe he was strong enough to do everything alone, so if he had assistance, it would greatly facilitate things and increase the success rate.
"What about the second aspect?" Chabashira Sae asked.
"It's probably waiting for you to receive a notification from the School." Hachiman said.
"My actions have exposed the evaluation points of the four classes ahead of time, so the School will definitely take measures."
"And the measures taken could be to end the first month's special exam for the new students early. Then Class D would securely hold onto these 480 points. This is the most desired outcome."
"Of course, the School might also continue the assessment. And that's very annoying. If it's the latter, and the exam continues, then some arrangements need to be made."
Saying this, Hachiman paused.
"After all, this exam puts too much pressure on our Class."
Uh.
Indeed.
On this point, all three had no objections.
Because if they did nothing, the students of Class D would deduct all their points themselves.
It's too cruel.
And from the start, they were nearly a thousand points behind Class A, who already knew the exam rules.
How could they catch up?
So, they had to build up their base points.
If the School ended this behavior assessment early, this goal could be achieved.
"Logically, the current exposed disparity between the four classes is roughly at the usual level for previous years."
"Class A and Class B are more than a hundred points apart, while Class C and Class D are three or four hundred points behind the upper classes."
And the real-time scores revealed by Horikita Manabu were:
Grade 1 Class A: 996 points
Grade 1 Class B: 834 points
Grade 1 Class C: 611 points
Grade 1 Class D: 480 points
The distance between them roughly conformed to previous years' situations.
"But" Chabashira added, "This year's Class A is too outstanding."
Yes.
Only 4 points deducted in 6 days, what kind of monsters are they?
But everyone also knew that Chabashira Sae had something else she hadn't said.
That is, Class D was too far behind compared to the past.
Because,
It was the sixth day of enrollment, and Class D only had 480 points left.
So if they did nothing, this year's Class D would get 0 points for the first month.
Both Hachiman and Horikita Suzune were watching Teacher Chabashira.
Chabashira suddenly felt the pressure herself.
"Beep!"
Just then, Chabashira looked at her phone.
Her brow furrowed slightly.
"A message from the School has arrived." Chabashira said.
"An instruction has been issued for the teachers of the four Grade 1 classes to inform students of the School's rules, but this month's behavior assessment will continue."
Saying this, Chabashira looked at Hachiman and Horikita.
"Unfortunately, our wish has fallen through."
"The School is not satisfied with the current exposed point situation. Instead, it has decided to continue the first month's behavior assessment to the end."
"In other words, although your actions exposed the Class evaluation points ahead of time, the School is merely treating this as an unexpected situation to deal with."
Chabashira said.
"And the impression of Class D is extremely poor."
Indeed.
The students of Class D had points deducted by the Student Council for damaging a camera.
It was the Student Council's responsibility to deduct points, so they announced the results.
Literally, the School wouldn't consider whether the student did it on purpose, whether they had already discovered the true nature of the School, and then deliberately did such a thing.
"So, is there any other information?" Hachiman asked.
"Yes." Chabashira said. "The behavior assessment exam has also been allowed to be announced."
"The School allows teachers to list the assessment items."
"But it will not list the specific point values for deductions."
Oh.
I see.
Then it can only be said that the plan was a minor miscarriage.
Because Hachiman hadn't expected the School to do any charity, the School's choice to continue the assessment was within expectations.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have specifically asked Kushida to spread rumors.
The purpose was for the rumors to spread and then be confirmed that this School was so strict, which would force the students to self-regulate for their own sake.
It's just that...
This School is quite interesting, too.
Very humane.
The School might not want to end an assessment that was originally supposed to take a month, now.
But it did announce the content of the assessment.
In other words, although it was an unexpected situation, I'll deal with it unexpectedly, and I've given you an open book exam, so can you do it?
Therefore, Hachiman felt that the Chairman of this School must be someone who truly wants to engage in education.
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