Kamuro, You're a Poor Student Who Doesn't Fit in Class A!

Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to be recruiting people to form a group.

But it looked more like she was picking a Tool Person to farm elite third-year monsters.

There would be returns, but they might not be realized until much later.

His task was to obtain 200,000 today, so it was useless to him.

Besides.

"I don't think there's much point in participating in the third-years' exam. The second-years' class evaluation points are too stable, which makes me uneasy."

Oreki pointed this out.

As for the second-years, the evaluation points for their four classes had also been announced.

Class A: 1900 Points

Class B: 1100 Points

Class C: 1000 Points

Class D: 900 Points.

These scores were strange. Aside from Class 2-A being far ahead, the following numbers looked deliberately arranged.

How could everyone's scores be whole numbers after an entire year had passed?

And wasn't Class D supposed to be a trash heap? How could they still hold up this well?

In other words, the second-years had probably all banded together.

Their special exams had become cooperation among the four classes. They were farming points from the school as if it were a sucker.

And would second-years capable of doing that really let the juicy target of Class 3-B go?

So if Sakayanagi wanted to farm the third-years, she would first have to deal with the second-years.

"Then it wouldn't be interesting anymore," Classmate Sakayanagi said.

Perhaps she had considered that as well. Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to have given up on her plan to farm Class 3-B.

She gripped her cane and slowly left.

Oreki was about to leave as well, but suddenly stopped.

"May I ask why you've been following me?"

He looked toward the corner behind the stairs.

"Kamuro."

Chapter 5: Kamuro, You're a Poor Student Who Doesn't Fit in Class A!

Kamuro.

Her full name was Masumi Kamuro.

She was a purple-haired girl with an expressionless face. She seemed uninterested in everything, and even somewhat disdainful of it all.

She had long purple hair, with two hairpins exposing her forehead.

She was tall, with long, strong legs.

She was probably someone with considerable athletic talent.

Before the teacher arrived, the class had held introductions.

Every student had taken part, and Kamuro was the solitary type.

She rarely spoke and seemed prone to getting lost in her own thoughts.

However.

After Teacher Majima announced free activity and said there would be no afternoon classes, Oreki noticed that Kamuro had also left the classroom.

Then, before long, he realized she seemed to be following him and Sakayanagi Arisu.

At first, he thought she was following Sakayanagi, but even after Classmate Sakayanagi left, Kamuro remained.

In other words.

Was Kamuro following him?

Oreki considered himself an ordinary person, though his looks were decent. While in the classroom, several girls from his class had already asked for his phone number.

But he did not think Kamuro was that kind of enthusiastic girl.

"..." Masumi Kamuro walked over. "Oreki, you're planning to sell the recording of the school rules to the other classes, right?"

"So, do you want to join me? Or are you here to report me?" Oreki remained calm.

He could sell the rules himself, but he was not particularly good at communicating with others.

So hadn't a helper just arrived?

"Reporting you would be meaningless. Rather, I want a share of the profits," Kamuro said. "Before I could process it, the teacher had already finished explaining the rules. But I noticed you had recorded them, so I want you to give me a copy."

That seemed very much like the style of a Class A student.

Once they understood this school's rules, they would find there were two paths to success.

One was to maintain Class A's position and graduate as a Class A student.

But that was not entirely reliable. They would face countless exams over three years; could Class A truly maintain its advantage all that time?

If they fell, suffered a severe blow to their morale, and found it difficult to climb back up, wouldn't that make things even harder?

Therefore.

This was a very difficult path.

Then Teacher Majima had revealed a second path.

That was, points above all else.

If an individual accumulated 20 million Points, they could avoid expulsion and transfer to whichever class they wanted.

In other words, as long as they produced 20 million Points at graduation and transferred to that year's Class 3-A.

They could guarantee graduating from Class 3-A.

Then they could claim the promise the school had made.

So most students chose to maintain their Class A status, while Kamuro, who was already in Class A, chose to accumulate points?

Teacher Majima had also said that no student in the school had yet accumulated 20 million Points.

So this path was extremely difficult.

Therefore, the chances of Masumi Kamuro gathering 20 million Points were low, and she would not choose it either.

Then the reason she had followed him and Sakayanagi here was—

Thinking that, Houtarou Oreki looked at Kamuro.

"What? You don't agree?" Kamuro kept a straight face.

Oreki's expression remained calm.

"Kamuro, do you have some weakness that prevents you from meeting Class A's standards?" Oreki asked.

"Hehe—" The expression on Kamuro's face seemed to change. "That's funny. I officially entered this school alongside all of you. I didn't use any backdoor."

"So that's how it is," Oreki said. "Kamuro, you brought up using a backdoor yourself. That means you also think there are areas where you don't deserve to be in Class A."

"Heh—"

But Kamuro maintained her disdainful expression.

Actually, she already felt... she should never have approached him.

She regretted it.

She had been recommended to this school and sensed something was off. Sure enough, something was off: her classmates were all extremely capable.

They were even... the type she hated most. Top students.

Even someone like Hashimoto, who looked like a playboy, could casually score 85 or 88 on exams.

But she was the type who only scored a little above passing.

Around 40 to 45 points.

Which meant.

There were exams every month. If every month involved a bunch of written exams, she would be finished.

Because the passing score on exams was the class average.

And if she was surrounded by top students, wouldn't the average naturally rise accordingly?

So.

If there were a written exam, she might be doomed.

"Classmate Sakayanagi's academic ability should be very strong," Oreki continued. "So she could probably get full marks in every subject on written exams."

"And if I put in some effort, I can get full marks in every subject as well."

"Katsuragi is such a serious person that he'll likely push everyone to improve their grades too."

"You can imagine that if we have a written exam, our class's passing score will be very high," Oreki said.

As he spoke, he watched Kamuro and her long legs.

"..." Kamuro.

"..." Masumi Kamuro.

Kamuro seemed unmoved.

Then, five minutes later, the two of them headed for the first-year area together.

"I was uneasy when I first arrived at this school, so while we were in the Gymnasium, I memorized some information about the students."

"I can probably distinguish their faces," Masumi Kamuro said.

By now, the two of them had left the third-year school building.

Masumi Kamuro followed beside Oreki with a straight face, reporting her situation.

Like a naturally born lackey.

She had begun showing loyalty to her master.

She admitted that her academic ability was poor, which was why she wanted to follow Sakayanagi or Oreki.

She chose to follow Oreki because she thought he was smart and perceptive, and he also seemed poor at dealing with girls.

So if she asked him to help her, she might succeed easily.

Her basis for this was that, in class, Sakayanagi had simply turned around and smiled at him, and he had been unable to handle it.

I see.

After learning this, Oreki reflected on himself.

But he truly had no experience dealing with girls. His sister did not count; in a younger brother's eyes, an older sister was not a girl.

Kamuro also had a reason for following Sakayanagi.

Sakayanagi was physically frail, but being placed in Class A meant she was exceptional in other areas. In other words, her academic ability had to be maxed out.

Following a superhuman with maxed-out academic ability and asking her for tutoring would definitely be helpful, right?

Kamuro's calculations had been clicking away, and then... they ended before they could begin.

Now, she was acting as Oreki's assistant while he went to sell information.

He did not need to pay her.

However.

"Which class do you want to sell it to?" Kamuro seemed to retain some integrity as a Class A student.

The class had pooled 2 million Points to obtain these rules, and she herself had contributed 50,000 Points.