Hiring Amane to retaliate against Class B for Class A's revenge?
The mere thought of it felt incredible. The girl who was so close to Sakayanagi Arisu actually came to him, talking about getting revenge for Class A.
If he remembered correctly, although Class B had done some inappropriate things to her, her relationship with Ichinose was quite good.
Furthermore, Amane's stance was entirely biased towards Sakayanagi Arisu.
So, could he accept Amane's employment request?
The answer was, of course, no.
Katsuragi and Amane lacked a foundation of mutual trust.
In fact, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were completely opposite sides.
Such a stance meant that if Katsuragi rashly hired Amane, it would undoubtedly appear to others as a completely foolish act.
"Hiring you is out of the question. Thank you for your kindness, but we will take our revenge ourselves. Neither Ichinose nor Class B will be our opponents."
Katsuragi's refusal didn't surprise Amane.
Because all of this was within Amane's expectations.
Putting herself in his shoes, even she wouldn't easily trust the other party. But Amane's primary goal in coming to Class A this time was to sell herself, so even if Katsuragi was resistant, Amane had to try and persuade him.
"Then how do you plan to get revenge?"
Amane followed Katsuragi's words with a very simple question.
If they were going to get revenge on Class B, they definitely needed a plan and arrangements; otherwise, revenge would just be empty words.
"Well... that requires careful consideration."
Katsuragi was stumped by this very simple question because he had no way to retaliate against Class B. That's right, he had none.
Katsuragi's personality was very conservative, which meant he wouldn't proactively attack Class B, even if Class A and Class B clashed.
Whether in terms of academic ability or physical fitness, Class A could only be said to have a slight advantage.
If they simply competed in academic ability, Class A's academic ability was an insurmountable chasm that Class C and Class D combined would struggle to cross. People who could match most of Class A's students in academic ability were rare in the first year.
However, if Class A and Class B were compared, the difference in academic ability wasn't that vast, roughly equivalent to the difference between ninety-eight and one hundred points.
But even if Class A surpassed Class B in academic ability, what then? Winning against Class B through an academic exam wouldn't give Class A's students the satisfaction of having exacted great revenge, because that's how it should be.
As for physical ability... although Class A had an advantage, unfortunately, Class A's strongest, Kitou, was not someone Katsuragi could mobilize.
Thus, winning academically felt like an unfair victory, and he couldn't mobilize the physical force, making it impossible for him to have a strategy to defeat Class B.
"Careful consideration? Katsuragi-kun, when did you start playing the long game like Tokugawa Ieyasu? A Buddha fights for a stick of incense, a person fights for a breath of air. If you don't get revenge now, what good will it do even if you win against Class B later? Even if you defeat Sakayanagi later, even if you lead everyone to graduate as Class A, even if Ichinose and the others cry in front of you and admit defeat in the end, do you believe that even at fifty years old, you won't forget a great fire that left you fleeing in disarray, with petty individuals making you homeless...?"
"Enough!!!"
Katsuragi angrily interrupted Amane's words.
Amane smiled faintly and licked her lips. Loose lips sink ships; what she had said should be enough to provoke Katsuragi.
As a male class leader, if he didn't dare to retaliate when his class suffered such humiliation, how would people view him in the future?
He was Class A's class leader!!!
He symbolized the strongest Class A of the first year!
How could someone like him accept such a humiliating and homeless exit.
"Tell me your price and your plan. How will you get revenge for us?"
Considering the practical factors, Katsuragi chose to compromise. If Amane could truly help them get revenge, even paying some price would be acceptable. Class B's sneak attack on Class A's base at the last minute resulted in Class A gaining zero points in this exam. Even setting aside the tangible losses, Class B's nature of occupation was tantamount to declaring war on Class A.
In such a situation, even if Sakayanagi were here, she would undoubtedly choose to sanction Class B. Having thought this through, Katsuragi decided to listen to what Amane planned to do.
"Don't worry, my price is very cheap. Just 1.5 million private points, and I can help you occupy all of Class B's bases."
Amane's words made Katsuragi show a shocked expression.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you know how many 1.5 million private points are? That's the value generated by 15,000 class points. And how many points are Class B's bases worth? At most, a little over a hundred, right? Are you here to make fun of me?"
Katsuragi glared at Amane with ill intent.
Although he had expected Amane to quote an outrageous price, he hadn't anticipated it would be ridiculously high.
Even for Class A, it would take more than a year of not eating or drinking to accumulate that many points, yet Amane wanted to get so many points with just a few words. In Katsuragi's eyes, it was nothing short of a pipe dream.
"Katsuragi-kun, that's not how you calculate this. First, this money is to help Class A regain its honor. Is your honor only worth 1.5 million private points? Second, since I'm helping Class A regain its honor, shouldn't this money be shared by everyone in Class A? If each person contributes 10,000 points a month, that's 400,000 points, and it would only take four months to pay it off."
Amane's words made Katsuragi's expression change repeatedly.
Analyzing it rationally, Katsuragi wished he could kick out Amane, this demon who would suck the marrow from his bones, right now.
Her exorbitant demands made Katsuragi wary.
Analyzing it emotionally, if Class A didn't want to end up in last place, they had to drag someone down with them, and Class B was undoubtedly the best candidate.
And 1.5 million points was not a problem at all. If each person contributed 20,000 points a month, Class A could repay 800,000 points in a month, and pay it off in two months. This was not an insurmountable debt for Class A.
If Amane could truly make Class B lose face, 1.5 million private points would be no big deal.
"I can agree to your terms, but an additional clause must be added. If you can occupy all of Class B's bases, Class A will pay you 1.5 million private points in installments. But if you can make Class B's points zero, just like ours, I'm willing to add an extra 500,000 private points, making it 2 million points. How about it? Do you dare to accept these conditions?"
Katsuragi looked at Amane expectantly, desperately hoping that she would accept this commission.
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