In contrast to the class, which had fallen into a complete and somewhat heavy silence, Subaru and Rokusuke Koenji chatted as if there were no one else around.
With the promising Hiyori Shiina and Kikyo Kushida secured, Subaru also needed to start thinking about his subsequent arrangements.
After all, to survive in modern society, it was definitely impossible to do so without money.
Even relying on the ability of 'rollback', Subaru could sooner or later climb to the very pinnacle. However, if he could have a decent starting point from the get-go and use 'rollback' a time or two less, Subaru wouldn't mind.
And directly accepting the olive branch from Rokusuke Koenji would allow Subaru to possess a very high starting point after graduation.
Paired with Subaru's rollback ability, he wouldn't even need to expend many loops to achieve financial freedom directly.
"Alright, quiet down."
"If you cannot gather the points, then Yamauchi-kun, after the homeroom ends, come with me to handle the procedures."
Sae Chabashira interrupted the conversation between Subaru and Rokusuke Koenji.
Faced with Subaru's point balance, Year 1, Class D could be said to have absolutely no power to resist.
The only one who might possibly offer resistance was Rokusuke Koenji.
Thinking of this, Chabashira cast a discreet glance at Koenji. As an existence whose level of extravagance was even higher than Subaru's, Koenji was someone who, in the truest sense, did not lack points.
Relying on promises made to senior female students in the second and third years to exchange points for Japanese Yen at a higher ratio, Koenji simply did not lack points. Many people were also willing to give the Koenji Group some face.
If Rokusuke Koenji were willing to step in and save Haruki Yamauchi, it wouldn't be impossible to protect Yamauchi from Subaru's hands. But thinking about it, one knew that was a fundamentally impossible thing.
The subsequent events naturally became somewhat simple.
After ending the depressing homeroom and announcing class dismissal, Sae Chabashira took the dull-eyed Haruki Yamauchi and left the classroom.
Barring any accidents, Haruki Yamauchi would likely never appear in this classroom, or this school, ever again.
Subaru, acting as if nothing had happened at all, stood up directly and prepared to leave the classroom.
Suzune Horikita, meanwhile, looked at Subaru with a somewhat complex expression.
'Is this the reason Brother holds Subaru in such high regard?'
'Unknowingly, he came to possess such a terrifying amount of personal points...'
It was only at this moment that Horikita truly realized the terror of Subaru.
When it was one million or two million personal points, Horikita could still convince herself with reasons like good luck or suitable timing, thinking that if it were her, she could do it too.
But when a full five million personal points were displayed right before her eyes, everything paled in comparison.
And that was five million with one million six hundred thousand already subtracted.
Adding in Subaru's two months of extravagant spending, it meant... Subaru had earned close to seven million personal points in just two months.
One had to realize that even for a full class receiving one hundred thousand personal points per month, their combined total for two months would be at most eight million personal points.
Subaru's income was already comparable to the total income of a perfect-scoring class over two months.
However, merely understanding Subaru's terror was not enough...
Horikita was completely unclear on exactly how Subaru had earned this huge sum of money.
Simply knowing that Subaru earned seven million personal points, without knowing the method by which he earned them, would definitely not gain her brother's approval.
"Ayanokoji, what method do you think Natsuki used to earn so many personal points?"
Looking at Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who was also sitting in his seat without moving, Horikita asked, "Natsuki shouldn't have used too much time to earn personal points..."
According to the situation Horikita understood, the vast majority of Subaru's personal time was spent staying inside the library.
He rarely wandered around places outside the library.
In other words, the even more terrifying aspect was that Subaru had earned millions of personal points just by doing things in his spare time, while she had been busy running around for a whole month, and aside from knowing that part-time jobs could earn a few personal points...
She had gained almost nothing.
"It might have been during the recent period..."
"During the two days you met with your brother at night, I saw Subaru-kun together with Sakura-san."
After hearing Horikita's words, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji thought for a moment and said, "Didn't Subaru-kun and Sakura-san receive a reward of one million personal points from the school?"
"You mean..."
Horikita suddenly realized, "Natsuki and Sakura's harvest wasn't just limited to the school reward?"
"The personal points rewarded by the school were just the reward, but in reality, there was a true harvest belonging to Natsuki and Sakura?"
Horikita understood.
If one really had to say Subaru had any operational time, then the only possibility for maneuvering was during the time he acted together with Airi Sakura.
Thinking of this, Horikita quickly shifted her attention from Kiyotaka Ayanokoji to Airi Sakura and walked over rapidly.
There was one thing Horikita was still very clear about.
Currently, she hadn't figured out why Subaru was interested in cooperating with Kikyo Kushida, nor did she understand what common ground existed between Subaru's interest in going to the library and his interest in accompanying Kikyo Kushida to do boring things.
Before understanding these things, Subaru definitely wouldn't want to pay much attention to her.
However, Subaru was Subaru, and Airi Sakura was Airi Sakura. Perhaps she could get some new breakthroughs from Airi Sakura...
Even with just the most superficial observation, one could tell that Airi Sakura was much easier to talk to than Subaru.
From the fact that she had over fifty thousand personal points borrowed away before, it was evident that Airi Sakura was actually a fellow with quite a soft heart.
...
The Cafeteria.
Just like always, Subaru purchased the most expensive set meal available and quietly found a seat to eat.
"Ara~"
"Subaru-kun, who just ruthlessly had a classmate expelled, can still eat normally at a time like this~"
Arisu Sakayanagi, who had been paying attention to Subaru's real-time location early on, walked over with Masumi Kamuro.
"I really feel pity for Yamauchi-kun."
"Even though he knelt down and completely abandoned his dignity, the final result didn't change at all."
As she spoke, Sakayanagi gracefully sat down opposite Subaru.
Masumi Kamuro sat silently beside Sakayanagi.
"Sakayanagi-san's attention toward me is truly unexpectedly high."
Subaru looked at Sakayanagi before him and smiled, saying, "And running into each other so coincidentally every time... you wouldn't happen to have been constantly refreshing my location since class ended, would you?"
As Subaru's voice fell, Masumi Kamuro, who originally had a somewhat blank expression, immediately glanced at Subaru with some surprise. Originally, Kamuro thought it would take some more time for Subaru to realize this.
Apart from the encounter on the secluded path last time, Sakayanagi's other encounters with Subaru had all been in very public places. Strictly speaking, it shouldn't have been likely to arouse Subaru's suspicion.
Moreover, in the past two months, Sakayanagi hadn't sought out Subaru too many times.
It was only a mere few times.
She hadn't expected that Subaru would directly discover Sakayanagi's method of locating him.
"Ara ara~"
"Little Masumi really can't keep her cool."
Noticing the somewhat astonished gaze of Masumi Kamuro beside her, Sakayanagi covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, saying, "However, my level of attention toward Subaru-kun is indeed very high."
"I really wanted to see, after doing something that is 'cruel' in the eyes of the vast majority of people, what kind of mood Subaru-kun is in right now. So, I came directly."
The reason Sakayanagi came so quickly, seeking him out at noon just as the matter had concluded, was because she wanted to observe Subaru in reality. Many things were simply inaccurate if they were merely recounted through her spies.
Only now, by personally sitting in front of Subaru and chatting with him, could she more precisely grasp Subaru's psychological state. No matter what, after personally expelling a classmate, a normal person wouldn't be without a single emotion.
After all, just the disapproval, exclusion, and accusation from the majority of the class were not something an ordinary person could endure.
Otherwise, the act of isolating a person, which causes no substantial physical harm, wouldn't count as bullying.
"So, has Sakayanagi-san seen anything?"
"Hmm... seeing as Sakayanagi-san briskly transferred the points to me..."
Looking at Sakayanagi, who was observing him discreetly, Subaru smiled gently. "I can answer the curiosity in Sakayanagi-san's heart."
With the annoying fly known as Haruki Yamauchi gone, Subaru's mood was quite good. Furthermore, considering that Sakayanagi had sent him 770,000 personal points, Subaru could spare Sakayanagi a little bit of time.
"Subaru-kun is always so direct..."
"However, I might have to let down Subaru-kun's kindness."
After hearing Subaru's words, Sakayanagi smiled and shook her head, saying, "If the answer is spoken directly, then it would be a bit too uninteresting. After all, winning or losing itself is not important."
"What is truly important is the process of playing chess with Subaru-kun."
"The process is the truly interesting thing."
Saying this, Sakayanagi began to eat her lunch methodically. Compared to Subaru's slightly rough way of dining, Sakayanagi exuded a kind of elegance from beginning to end. Just as Sakayanagi said, the process was the most important.
Sakayanagi was not so much eating as she was enjoying the process of eating.
"Sakayanagi-san actually likes enjoying the process?"
"I am completely different from Sakayanagi-san. Compared to the process, I place more importance on the result."
Hearing Sakayanagi's words, Subaru chuckled softly and said, "As long as there is a result, the process is not needed."
For Subaru, the process was merely endless pain.
So Subaru never paid attention to the process, only the result. Just like Emilia and Reinhard before the transfer.
Subaru had never stopped to think about why Emilia and Reinhard would lose their color in his eyes, or why the loss of color itself wasn't important.
The important thing was that Emilia and Reinhard no longer had color.
If they had no color, then they were not the reality in his heart, and thus held no meaning.
"I see."
"Subaru-kun actually doesn't care about the process and only cares about the result?"
Sakayanagi said with a smile, "In that case, wouldn't it appear too boring?"
"I, on the contrary, feel that the outcome of the chess match with Subaru-kun is not important. What I want more is simply to observe Subaru-kun's thinking strategies within the game and..."
"The cute expression when checkmated~"
Although she had transferred 770,000 personal points to Subaru, and Subaru had won the gambling agreement between them, these were merely a small greeting gift for Subaru.
The three years had only just begun. If an interesting toy was broken too early... that would be meaningless.
"Just like Little Masumi~"
"I really like some of the kawaii expressions Little Masumi reveals occasionally~~"
"Hey!"
Masumi Kamuro couldn't sit still when she heard Sakayanagi steer the topic onto her. she glared fiercely at Sakayanagi and said, "Sakayanagi, if you're chatting, then chat. Don't suddenly pull the topic onto my head, okay?"
"What do you mean kawaii expressions..."
"Look~"
Sakayanagi ignored Masumi Kamuro's protest and continued to smile in her own way. "Subaru-kun... is Little Masumi cute?"
"According to my personal standards, she is a very standard beautiful girl."
Subaru glanced at Masumi Kamuro, who was displaying a mix of tsundere and a hint of shyness, and nodded seriously.
Having color or not having color did not affect Subaru's judgment of a person's beauty or ugliness.
Suzune Horikita was also a very standard beautiful girl in Subaru's eyes. Without considering her EQ issues, she could even be ranked to a considerably high degree within this academy.
But without color, everything lost any extra meaning.
Subaru would not have any superfluous feelings for things without color.
"Ara~~~"
Sakayanagi looked at Subaru with some surprise.
Originally, according to Sakayanagi's understanding of Subaru, he shouldn't have cared about this kind of question. She hadn't expected that he would actually answer her question seriously.
A very standard beautiful girl, huh...
"This answer is somewhat unexpected~"
"Then, Subaru-kun, would you be interested in Little Masumi?"
The smile on Sakayanagi's face became somewhat intense as she said, "If you are interested, I don't mind playing matchmaker for you and my Little Masumi, Subaru-kun~~~"
"Little Masumi is a good woman~"
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