Classroom of the Elite: Houtarou Oreki

So they would part ways for now.

With that thought, after Horikita Suzune left, Oreki looked around and confirmed that no one was nearby.

"Would you like to use Teleportation to return home?"

Yes!

It was already eight in the evening!

At this hour, of course he should go home and eat first!

The next day.

"So that's how it is—"

After Teacher Majima's homeroom session ended, Oreki raised his hand.

"Oreki—"

Katsuragi looked over.

After entering the classroom that morning, Oreki had noticed that Katsuragi seemed to be looking for him.

However, Oreki did not look at him and instead turned to Teacher Majima.

"Teacher Majima, I would like to create a group chat."

They were under the cameras now. Even if they planned to auction off Student Council positions, they had to be somewhat discreet.

So Oreki intended to talk in the group.

Although Student Council positions were highly appealing to upperclassmen as well, Manabu Horikita had already said that he would not permit first-year students to join the Student Council during his term.

Therefore.

First-years would no longer have a chance to join the Student Council.

And he was still a Class A student.

Naturally, he had to consider his own class first.

"Regarding the group chat," Katsuragi hurriedly said, "I already made one. Since I couldn't reach you, I asked Kamuro to contact you."

"Alright."

Oreki nodded lightly.

Then he glanced at Masumi Kamuro.

Because.

You didn't tell him about something like this?

But seeing Kamuro staring miserably at the vocabulary notebook Sakayanagi had asked Yanagi to prepare for her, Oreki decided to forgive her for now.

Thus, Oreki joined the group chat created by Katsuragi.

Classmate Sakayanagi, I Joined Katsuragi's Group Chat~

Oreki entered the small Class A group chat Katsuragi had created.

Sure enough.

Sakayanagi Arisu was not in it.

There were only twenty-two members as well.

In other words, these students were probably ones Katsuragi had won over with his personal charisma.

It was only the second day of school, yet Class A's students had already begun to divide into factions.

But that was a good thing.

It showed that Katsuragi was willing to step up and shoulder the burden. What an honest guy!

However.

Oreki typed into the group chat.

[The only reason I wanted to create a group chat was to inform everyone of something.]

[Yesterday, I obtained a Student Council secretary position through certain channels.]

[The Student Council President stated that he will not accept any first-year applications to join the Student Council during his term.]

[And this position... costs one million points.]

[The full amount must be paid by the first of next month. Once one million points have been gathered next month, you can go to the Student Council.]

"One million?"

Apparently, one of the students from the Katsuragi Faction could not help speaking after looking at their phone.

Yesterday, everyone had pooled half the points in their possession, gathering two million points to buy the school rules from Teacher Majima.

And now they needed another million...

Then they looked in Oreki's direction.

"Are you short on money?"

At that moment, Sakayanagi Arisu, the white-stockinged girl seated in front of him, suddenly sent him a message.

"..."

Say, Sakayanagi Arisu, weren't you not in Katsuragi's group chat?

Then how did you know?

Or had a spy already appeared in Katsuragi's newly created group chat?

If so, this was no longer reassuring because someone had stepped up to carry Class A's burden.

Instead, a split was about to emerge.

That left him feeling slightly conflicted.

Although this was a school where ability reigned supreme.

It had not departed from the usual framework of a school, so classes still proceeded normally. The textbooks were the same as those used outside, with no increased difficulty.

However, it differed from ordinary schools in one way: special exams were held at the end of every month.

It was probably that the school had broken down the ways of thinking and thought patterns it wanted students to develop into regular assessments and assigned them accordingly.

This month's assessment was the usual Behavioral Standards Exam.

However, everyone performed excellently.

They upheld Class A's dignity.

Even during lessons, they performed exceptionally well.

Teachers basically did not need to call on anyone by name; students would voluntarily raise their hands to answer questions.

After all, they were mostly top students, so no one worried about being called on by a teacher and then standing up without knowing the answer.

The morning classes were mathematics, Physics, and chemistry.

As a top student, Oreki did not find them painful.

If anything, he quite liked class time.

However.

He was the type who did not do homework after class.

Why would he need to, when he could master the necessary knowledge during class?

He did not do unnecessary things, and he kept all necessary things as simple as possible.

So when it came to studying, if he mastered it directly in class, there was no need to review it afterward.

By the same logic, he did not take notes either.

Lunch Break arrived quickly.

Oreki did not want to go home and cook.

Besides, he had enough points on hand, so he could use them without concern.

His phone had already received a private message from Katsuragi in Katsuragi's Group Chat.

Katsuragi hoped that Oreki would reserve the Student Council secretary position for him.

As for the money, he would gather it by the first of next month.

For freshmen, one million was a huge sum.

But for Katsuragi and the others, who already knew this school's rules and understood the value of the Student Council, they knew the price was reasonable.

However, because the entire class had spent fifty thousand points yesterday to obtain the exam rules.

Everyone was basically broke now.

Of course, selling information was also an option.

But.

Class A had seized the initiative. The only people they could sell information to were other first-year students.

And sell it to Class B or Class C? Wouldn't that be screwing over their own class?

That left Class D.

But Oreki had already done that.

So he could not sell it again.

And it certainly would not sell for one million points.

Therefore.

Katsuragi could probably only earn money through other means.

Or, after the school deposited points on the first of next month, he could pool together the points of the Katsuragi Faction's members.

Given Class A's current atmosphere.

If it continued until the first of next month, every student might receive one hundred thousand points or more.

The Katsuragi Faction already had twenty-two members.

So gathering one million then would not be difficult.

And based on Oreki's understanding of Katsuragi as an honest and steady person, the latter possibility was more likely.

But no matter what, as long as the points ended up concentrated in his hands, that was enough.

Oreki opened the system's task list.

Not to pad the word count, but to remind himself.

[Main Quest—20 Million Points Operation]

[Quest Requirement: Gather 20 million points within three months]

[Time Remaining: 89/90 days]

[Quest Reward: Supernatural Physique (Major Physical Transformation)]

[Current Progress: 1,693,500 points / 20 million]

[Note: All points earned by the host may be entrusted to Manabu Horikita, a third-year about to graduate, who can absolutely guarantee their conversion into cash.]

Hmm.

The progress was fairly decent.

But he was still a long way from twenty million points.

So now was not the time to worry about where Katsuragi would gather one million points. He himself also needed to find ways to make money and collect twenty million points as soon as possible.