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Although they had never met, Hachiman already had some impression of the Chairman of this School.
He felt that the other party was probably quite open-minded.
Previously, Teacher Chabashira tried to trick him into a transaction, so she went to the School to purchase the authority to exchange points for cash in advance, and the School later sent him a message, granting him this authority.
And made some restrictions.
It showed that points were paramount.
As long as you had points, you could buy anything.
But it couldn't completely cross the line.
The School had flexibility, but also a bottom line.
And now it was demonstrating this point.
Since the Grade 1 Class evaluation points were forced to be exposed, they directly revealed the exam questions, turning a closed-book exam into an open-book exam.
What's the meaning of doing this?
There is.
On one hand, the currently displayed point values already conform to the likely differences that could emerge between the four classes after enrollment.
But there are still more than twenty days left in this month, so whether they can maintain their advantage or not continue to lose more points becomes important.
So, they can further observe the students' reactions.
Hachiman felt that if he were the Chairman, he would probably adopt such a plan as well.
This could increase the content of the assessment.
However, this idea was too fake.
Hachiman didn't know any Chairman.
And he didn't think he had such a path to advancement.
As someone from Class D, earning more money was the priority.
Leading Class D to be promoted to Class A once could earn him 10 million in cash from Teacher Chabashira.
And during this process, if he could acquire other points, he could also try.
"Then I'll leave first." Chabashira Sae said.
Although she had received the text message from the School, she also needed to attend a meeting.
In other words, she needed to coordinate what could be told to the students and what still needed to be kept confidential.
The teachers were also working hard.
...
Watching Teacher Chabashira leave, Hachiman and Horikita also didn't stay.
However,
"The plan remains the same." Hachiman said to Horikita Suzune as they descended from the Rooftop.
"The School has decided to expose the content of the behavior assessment. This saves us trouble. Otherwise, we'd have to summarize and fabricate the specific content of the behavior assessment for the students to follow."
"It's best to have an open-book exam now."
"But there's still a problem that needs to be dealt with, or rather, a major problem exclusive to the lower classes." Hachiman said.
"What do you mean?"
"When Teacher Chabashira announces the School's rules, the situation where I caused the Class to lose 50 points for damaging a camera will definitely lead to me being attacked." Hachiman said.
"One way to quickly unite a group is to have a common enemy, but I don't really want to play that role for this Class."
"And thenâŠ"
Hachiman paused. "This is where you need to step in, Horikita."
"âŠ" Suzune.
Horikita Suzune finally understood at this moment.
This guy was making her take the blame.
...
Thus.
Lunch break ended.
After the afternoon classes concluded, all the First Years were kept in their Class.
This was because the Teacher had received a temporary notice.
They would be told about the rules of this school.
"In this school, only students who graduate from Class A will achieve a 100% university admission and employment rate. All other Classes must take their own exams. The school uses a Class competition system to cultivate you.
When you enrolled, each Class was given an equal base point of 1000, which will accumulate until graduation."
"And the 1st of each month is when the school distributes living point."
"However, the monthly living point will no longer be 100,000, but will be adjusted based on the evaluation of this base point."
"In other words, according to the Class evaluation points announced now, your Class still has 480 points remaining."
"So, on the 1st of next month, each of you will receive 480x100, which is 48,000 point, as living point."
"However, this value is subject to change. The value on the 1st will be used as the basis for the living point disbursement."
"At the same time, Class rankings are fluid. Whichever Class has the highest evaluation points will be Class A."
"So, if your Class's accumulated evaluation points exceed Class A's after any exam, then you will become the new Class A."
Chabashira Sae, the Teacher of Class D, explained the rules to her students.
...
Meanwhile, in the former Class A.
Mashima-sensei, the Teacher of Class A, was also explaining the same rules.
However, this was the second time he had explained these rules.
On the first day of enrollment, this batch of students had used a large amount of point to buy the school's rules from him, as well as information about the customary behavior assessment for the first month of enrollment.
It was equivalent to buying insider information.
By obtaining information and developing secretly, they would ultimately achieve a higher score than previous Class A's.
They could create a safe gap with the lower Classes.
And now.
First Year Class A 996 points
First Year Class B 834 points
First Year Class C 611 points
First Year Class D 530 points
Their Class A had already pulled away from Class C and Class D.
However, Class B still had 834 points remaining.
It would be so much more reassuring if Class B only had six or seven hundred points left.
Thus.
Katsuragi, who followed a steady path, frowned.
This made the Sakayanagi Faction members look even more eagerly at their leader - Sakayanagi Arisu.
And Sakayanagi Arisu seemed to be thinking about something, her cute brows slightly raised.
However, in reality, Sakayanagi was not thinking about how to deal with the exam at all.
Because she was thinking.
Hikigaya was able to obtain all the school's information from her.
And Hikigaya was able to cause his Class to lose points and expose their Class evaluation points, which he also learned from her.
In other words, before the Class competition even began.
She had already aided the enemy, and she had done so twice, severely.
What a complex experience.
So, was she considered a traitor to Class A?
Sakayanagi Arisu pouted.
Sakayanagi Arisu was thinking about being a traitor.
However.
She eventually noticed the gazes of the surrounding students.
Did they feel that the current situation couldn't gain an advantage, so they thought relying on the steady Katsuragi wasn't reliable enough, and wanted the aggressive Sakayanagi Arisu to lead them?
Did they want Sakayanagi to lead them to get a significant lead over the other Classes and then feel at ease?
Sakayanagi understood.
But students, the 'her' you hoped for has already aided the enemy, the great demon king Hikigaya.
And it was twice in a row.
From this perspective, it was indeed a bit embarrassing.
Sakayanagi Arisu thought to herself.
But since it was something she had created, she might as well finish it.
And Teacher Mashima-sensei, after announcing that the behavior assessment would continue, had now given the podium to them.
Arisu glanced at Katsuragi.
Katsuragi's brows were tightly furrowed.
After the students in the Class were divided into the Sakayanagi Faction and the Katsuragi Faction, the boundaries became clear.
The Katsuragi Faction students sat closer to the classroom door.
And the Sakayanagi Faction students sat closer to the windows.
Even the Class desks were moved into two directions.
Each forming two rows.
The Katsuragi Faction had 20 people, while the Sakayanagi Faction had 16 people.
The remaining few neutral students were relegated to the back.
"May I say a few words?" After a slight thought, Sakayanagi Arisu said.
And as she said this, she had already stood up, leaning on the desk.
"I don't think there's any need to worry."
"We are students of Class A. Whether it's an open-book exam or not, we will get high scores."
"But for other Classes, I don't think they can achieve the same level of discipline as us. Like Class B, even if they know the rules of the exam, they will still lose at least one hundred and fifty points or more."
"So, even if we do nothing, we can still create a gap of nearly 300 points with Class B."
In other words, Class A would still have the advantage?
Yes.
The requirements of the behavior assessment mostly demand self-discipline, and if students from other Classes truly had such self-control, then they would have been assigned to Class A.
And they only lost 4 points in 6 days.
So, even if this exam continued, they would still get a high score of over 950 points.
And this score has never been achieved in the history of this school, including the Class A of the most excellent Student Council President Horikita Manabu's generation.
So their highest score is already determined.
However, other Classes can only continue to lose points.
"For now, I also suggest holding our ground and first securing the high score for our Class."
And the steady Katsuragi finally spoke.
In other words, Class A would continue to face the exam calmly.
After informing them of this, Sakayanagi Arisu sat down.
Shaking off the thought of being a traitor, Sakayanagi Arisu gently raised her left hand.
Propping up her cheek.
Just as she told Kamuro, even if the closed-book exam became an open-book exam, as long as the students didn't discipline themselves, their scores would continue to be heavily deducted.
So, Hikigaya, how will you discipline your classmates who can lose 500 points in 5 days?
To unite a group, the only option is to become an enemy.
So, will you choose to become the enemy of the entire Class?
And even if you do that, your classmates won't listen to an enemy next time.
So, how will you solve that dilemma?
...
But Hikigaya has done nothing yet.
Nor has he fallen into a dilemma yet.
When Class A finished their information announcement, Class D was not going smoothly.
Because.
Almost immediately after learning that next month's living point would not be 100,000, and that even the 100% employment and university admission rates were fake.
The students of Class D exploded.
So they had no mind to listen to Teacher Chabashira's detailed items for the upcoming behavior assessment.
"This, this is too much, it's fraud, it's a scam!"
Immediately, a student raised an objection.
"Yes, yes, didn't they say that once you enter this school, you can study for free, and then the university admission rate and employment rate are all fake?"
Hmm.
These students were focused on this point.
Chabashira felt a slight sense of relief inside.
"By the way, next month's living point will only be 48,000, that's not enough at all!"
"What should I do? I only have 10,000 points left. They won't issue more money until the 1st of next month!"
But soon, the topic shifted here.
Because it concerned next month's living point.
Very realistic, Class D students.
Hachiman sat in his seat.
He noticed that Horikita Suzune, who was next to him, took out a small notebook and began to record the important points that Teacher Chabashira was announcing.
Although she had already seen it once on his phone, she still diligently recorded it.
What a diligent person.
And Hachiman knew that her private account still had a balance of 93,000 points.
In other words, she still had over ninety thousand points left.
Very thrifty.
In contrast.
Now it's the sixth day since entering School, and after the students received the huge sum of 100,000 points, they immediately started spending, spending, and spending, buying, buying, and buying.
Not just the girls, but the boys as well.
Various manga, buy!
Various doujinshi, buy!
Various light novels, buy!
Then there are game consoles, computers, clothes, and various foods, etc.
So, everyone's living expenses are almost gone.
Because they thought that 100,000 points would be credited next month, they were basically spending without restraint.
Like Little Angel Kushida, she bought several kinds of perfume.
She probably isn't very well-off either.
And now.
They're actually saying that the points won't be credited until the 1st of next month, and instead of 100,000, there will only be 48,000?
That's a direct reduction of half!
"Speaking of which, didn't the bulletin board say that Hikigaya lost 50 points?"
Ike suddenly said.
"Kushida, you saw it at that time, right!"
"Ah... um."
Kushida probably didn't expect to be mentioned, and a hint of hesitation seemed to appear on her face.
Because if she were to reveal the Student Council's announcement at this time, Hikigaya might be attacked by his classmates.
After all, he was deducted 50 points.
And these 50 points come from the Class. And these points are related to all the classmates in the Class.
As a result, he lost 50 points all by himself.
So, is Hikigaya going to be in a stalemate?
This made her hesitate.
But after Ike pointed it out, most of the students focused their attention.
She was with Ichinose at that time, and was also... the first to notice the Student Council's announcement of Hikigaya's punishment.
But in the current situation, there's no way she can help.
So she had to nod.
Yeah.
Hachiman knows.
Kushida isn't reliable.
Only Horikita is reliable.
So Hachiman looked at Horikita Suzune.
Horikita received his gaze.
She seemed to sigh softly, then put down her pen.
"Regarding this point."
Just as Horikita Suzune was about to stand up to defuse the situation, someone suddenly stood up and said.
"I hope everyone can be quiet for a moment."
"First of all, Chabashira-sensei is still announcing the content."
"And then..."
"I don't think Hikigaya should be involved.
Although he broke the camera, if it weren't for him, would Chabashira be informing us about the essence of this School today?"
Saying this, Hirata looked at Chabashira.
Hirata is very popular in the Class, and has helped many people during this time.
So both boys and girls trust him very much.
So everyone looked at Chabashira-sensei.
Chabashira nodded.
"According to the usual situation, the announcement will be made on the 1st of next month."
And Hirata seemed relieved, and then continued to say to everyone,
"So, if it weren't for Hikigaya, we might still be kept in the dark."
"I think this is Hikigaya's credit.
Then we shouldn't target him.
After all, 1000 points, in the end, all of us lost more than 400 points in six days."
Hirata continued. "So, what we should be thinking about is what to do next."
Hirata's remarks were reasonable.
At the same time, he directly pulled out the method of sharing the blame for everyone's point deductions, directly shifting the responsibility for Hachiman's 50-point deduction for breaking the camera that might have been besieged.
And after Hirata said this, Ike, who had initially mentioned Hachiman's 50-point deduction, seemed a little embarrassed.
But Hachiman noticed that the black-haired, fox-eyed girl in the seat next to him was staring at him.
Her eyes were bright.
It seemed like she was asking.
You already have someone to help you out, so why did you bother to notify her?
But.
That's not it.
Hachiman's eyes revealed this meaning.
Because.
Hirata really wasn't arranged by him.