Maya Sato was still regretting the fact that Subaru had already been preemptively claimed by someone else.
Ever since she ran into Subaru on a date with Hiyori Shiina last week, Maya Sato had been feeling somewhat lost and anxious.
Personal points were actually secondary; the more Maya Sato looked, the more she felt Subaru had a certain aura. His looks weren't low, he possessed high talent, and he had already gained the appreciation of Rokusuke Koenji. His future prospects were limitless.
He belonged completely to her ideal type.
She should have made a move on Subaru a bit earlier.
"Forget it, Maya."
"I don't deny that Subaru is very talented and looks pretty good, but he is clearly not someone you can handle, Maya."
Hearing Maya Sato's lament, Kei Karuizawa was somewhat speechless.
This was not the first time Maya Sato had lamented these things to Kei.
"Also, Hirata's situation has been a bit off lately."
"Ever since Haruki Yamauchi was expelled, Hirata has obviously become much more negative..."
Speaking of Yosuke Hirata, a trace of uneasiness appeared on Kei's face.
No one in the class knew that the relationship between Kei Karuizawa and Yosuke Hirata was merely that of boyfriend and girlfriend in name only. The reason she had asked Yosuke Hirata to become her nominal boyfriend was that Kei had revealed a bit of her past to him.
At the time, the reason she spoke of that matter was entirely because she felt Yosuke Hirata was trustworthy.
She believed that even if she told Yosuke Hirata about it, he wouldn't spread it around. Yet, after the incident with Haruki Yamauchi, Yosuke Hirata had changed somewhat as a person.
It made Kei feel a bit unfamiliar, and even a bit afraid.
However, Kei could not directly reveal this fear; she could only express it through worry.
"Class Rep Hirata does seem to have run into some issues."
Looking at the uneasy expression on Kei's face, Maya Sato simply assumed Kei was worried about Yosuke Hirata's condition and didn't think much else of it. She nodded in strong agreement and said, "He hasn't really spoken to us much during this period."
"He also lacks that previous enthusiasm for managing the class... he's somewhat acting like a loner."
"Is it because Haruki Yamauchi was expelled?"
"Or is it because we couldn't bring out the personal points to save Haruki Yamauchi?"
"Feeling-wise, it shouldn't go that far, right?"
Although Maya Sato had a little bit of sympathy regarding Haruki Yamauchi's expulsion, and at the time, under Yosuke Hirata's call to action, she was willing to contribute a portion of her personal points to save him.
But wasn't it just that the points on Subaru were simply too many?
It was indeed a situation where Haruki Yamauchi couldn't be saved. Being full of self-pity and resentment all day long was truly incomprehensible.
"Sigh, I don't know what to do either."
"If it really doesn't work, I'll ask Sakura-san when the time comes."
Kei sighed.
Kei wasn't very confident about whether she could borrow personal points from Airi Sakura.
If there really were no personal points in June, no one would dare to borrow from Subaru. However, many people wouldn't have that psychological pressure with Airi Sakura. Facing requests from so many people...
Even if Airi Sakura was easy to talk to, she would have more or less learned to refuse.
After all, just by watching from a bystander's perspective, Kei knew that this was a bottomless pit.
"Sakura-san?"
"I feel like that's not very..."
"Alright, quiet down. Prepare for class."
Before Maya Sato could say anything more, Sae Chabashira walked in wearing the uniform that hadn't changed since the start of school.
She completely ignored the class, which was buzzing with discussion.
"Chabashira-sensei, why haven't the personal points been deposited into our accounts yet?"
"It can't be 0 income again this month, right?"
Seeing Sae Chabashira looking as if she didn't intend to explain anything, Kanji Ike spoke up somewhat cautiously, "Didn't our class points already increase by ninety-four points?"
"There should be nine thousand four hundred personal points deposited into the account at this time, right?"
It wasn't just Kei and Maya Sato who had entered a very awkward predicament.
Kanji Ike was in the same boat.
Thinking that nine thousand four hundred personal points would be deposited into his account today, Kanji Ike had spent his last personal points yesterday to buy a new game, preparing to enjoy it thoroughly.
Now the new game had been enjoyed, but the nine thousand four hundred personal points were nowhere to be seen.
This situation truly made Kanji Ike feel somewhat uneasy.
"That's right, Chabashira-sensei, why haven't any personal points been credited up to now?"
"This time, it can't be that 'the school has already deposited the personal points into our accounts, but our class points are zero' thing again, right?"
"Surely a small problem occurred on the school's side. I really don't have a single personal point left on me."
"I had originally planned to reward myself a little today; don't let any unexpected situations happen."
Seeing Kanji Ike start the charge, those in Year 1, Class D who were also in dire straits due to personal points spoke up one after another.
"I really don't know what I should say to you all."
"It is absolutely impossible for a problem to occur on the school's side. This is absolute."
Looking at the students who had clearly experienced this situation once before yet still retained some kind of naivety, a trace of helplessness quietly flashed through Sae Chabashira's eyes.
Could such a group of foolish and naive fellows really successfully climb to the position of Class A?
Harboring such thoughts, Sae Chabashira's gaze landed on the corner of the classroom, on Subaru, who was looking at the scenery outside the window with a face of indifference, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
"Absolutely... impossible for a problem to occur..."
Hearing Sae Chabashira's answer, Kanji Ike subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
At this moment, a bad premonition had already risen in Kanji Ike's heart. Or rather, he had already felt this uneasiness when he didn't receive the deposit notification at the specified time today.
"Correct."
"Since the school has already deposited points into everyone's accounts according to the rules, yet everyone's accounts show no notification of increased balance, then the point is very simple..."
Sae Chabashira withdrew her gaze from Subaru, looked at the students before her, and said coldly, "Year 1, Class D's class points are still zero."
"Therefore, that is why you have not received any notification of personal points being deposited."
As Sae Chabashira's voice fell, the originally somewhat noisy class instantly became quiet.
Almost everyone's face displayed an expression of disbelief.
Clearly, when the student grades were announced previously, the increase in class points had already been announced once. Sae Chabashira had written it herself: Year 1, Class D's class points had increased by ninety-four points.
Why did she suddenly change her tune at this time?
If it weren't for the fact that Sae Chabashira had personally written that the class points increased... so many people wouldn't have spent their last personal points to celebrate, leading to the very awkward situation they were in now.
Although there was nothing wrong with eating the Mountain Vegetable Set Meal every day.
Accommodation, water, and electricity were not needed; daily necessities didn't cost money, and the free ones were quality brands. But seeing others eating well and drinking well every day, using good things and playing well, while they themselves could do nothing...
No one wanted to be at the bottom of the school.
And having no personal points would indisputably make them the bottom.
"Hey, what exactly does this mean!"
"If the class points are ultimately still zero, then what was my hard work last month for!"
Ken Sudo stood up, unable to bear it.
In order to pass, Ken Sudo had truly studied desperately under Yosuke Hirata's supervision in May.
As a result, Sae Chabashira was now telling him that the final class points were still zero, and everything had lost its meaning.
Although, after passing his grades, he didn't have to worry about being expelled by the school...
"Chabashira-sensei, exactly what happened that we aren't aware of?"
"Why is it that our class points clearly increased by ninety-four points, yet ultimately there is still no income?"
Yosuke Hirata had no reaction, so Kikyo Kushida stood up and initiated an inquiry toward Sae Chabashira.
Since Haruki Yamauchi's expulsion, Yosuke Hirata had entered an abnormally negative state and wasn't as responsible for the class as before. Kikyo Kushida proactively stood up and, to some extent, replaced Yosuke Hirata.
After a week of fermentation, Kikyo Kushida's voice in Year 1, Class D had almost hit a new high.
If their influence was previously neck and neck, now Kikyo Kushida could almost make a decision on behalf of the collective of Year 1, Class D.
"It seems I need to help you all properly recall what exactly happened."
Looking at the crowd who still wore expressions of incomprehension, Sae Chabashira said faintly, "The point in time when I announced that Year 1, Class D had obtained ninety-four class points was before Haruki Yamauchi dropped out."
"And the current time is after Yamauchi dropped out."
"According to the school's rules, when a class has a student who is expelled, the class points will be deducted by three hundred points."
"In other words, because Year 1, Class D had a student expelled, the class points were reduced by three hundred."
"It's just that because Year 1, Class D only had ninety-four class points, only ninety-four were deducted."
As she spoke, Sae Chabashira let out a cold laugh.
"However, you don't need to be too sad. Perhaps this is a good thing."
"After all, if other classes want to expel a student, they would be deducted a solid three hundred class points. Whereas you all only needed to deduct the mere ninety-four class points you had."
"Thinking about it this way, don't you feel like you've earned a whole two hundred and six class points?"
Year 1, Class D fell silent once again.
Everyone was very clear on the meaning Sae Chabashira wanted to convey.
That is, because Subaru had expelled Haruki Yamauchi, the ninety-four class points that Year 1, Class D had managed to earn with great difficulty were reset to zero once again.
Subconsciously, the majority cast their gazes toward the corner of the classroom, onto Subaru.
Quite a few people felt a bit of dissatisfaction toward Subaru in their hearts, but this time there was no Haruki Yamauchi.
With Haruki Yamauchi as a warning from the past, and knowing that Subaru possessed a massive amount of personal points, no one dared to express dissatisfaction toward Subaru openly.
No one could guarantee that they wouldn't make any slip-ups in all future exams.
If even a slight slip-up occurred, it would be very easy to be smashed to death by Subaru's five million personal points.
"I see."
"Sure enough, does letting a student be expelled from the class lead to such a result?"
Suzune Horikita nodded thoughtfully.
When she discussed it with Kiyotaka Ayanokoji back then, she felt there must be a pitfall in the matter of expulsion. Because once a complete class had an expellee, it would become incomplete.
And in this academy's evaluation, a complete class and an incomplete class definitely had different evaluations.
Now it seemed this difference was reflected here.
Three hundred class points was definitely a key factor sufficient to influence the victory or defeat between classes.
"However, to some extent, I actually feel that what Chabashira-sensei said is very correct."
"Under normal circumstances, one would need to pay a full three hundred points to expel Haruki Yamauchi. Now, it only required a mere ninety-four class points; it is indeed very cost-effective."
Suzune Horikita expressed her own viewpoint.
Haruki Yamauchi's series of performances had already confirmed to Suzune Horikita his identity as a cancer to the class.
Even though he had the answers, and had studied so diligently under Yosuke Hirata's supervision in May, and could have even scored higher marks, he was too lazy to take the test and used the time to sleep instead.
He even complacently said something like, 'Even if I score a bit higher, it won't affect the class average much.'
For such a person, even if he was expelled, Suzune Horikita would not harbor any emotions of pity.
Everything was merely Haruki Yamauchi's own doing.
If it weren't like this—if Haruki Yamauchi had scored even slightly higher, just ten or twenty points more—then even if Subaru had six million personal points, he wouldn't have had any particularly good method to deal with Haruki Yamauchi.
Evaluating to the end, Suzune Horikita placed her gaze on Subaru once again and said:
"Natsuki, you didn't happen to discover this point long ago, and that's why you had Haruki Yamauchi expelled, right?"
"If we had dragged it out even a little longer, and the class points had accumulated slightly, then wanting to expel Haruki Yamauchi would have required paying more, perhaps even the full price under normal circumstances."
"Short-term pain is better than long-term suffering. A swift sword cuts through the tangled hemp. A very correct and decisive decision."
Under Subaru's gaze, which held a slight hint of surprise, his casual action was easily whitewashed by Suzune Horikita.
He turned into a wise man who considered the long-term interests of Year 1, Class D, preferring short-term pain to long-term suffering.
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