Chapter Summaries

Class 3-B passed Question 4 by unanimously choosing to reduce the rewards, bringing them closer to completing the special exam. As Teacher Ogura prepared Question 5, Oreki remained wary of the class’s loyalties and noticed Chabashira and Hoshinomiya watching him.

• Class 3-B unanimously rejected sacrificing 300 class points to guarantee one student a place in Class A.
• Teacher Ogura presented Question 4, which asked the class to choose how to alter the semester’s written exam.
• Midori urged the class to reduce the rewards, and all forty students eventually agreed, clearing the question.
• Oreki reflected that some classmates might betray the others for a chance to reach Class A and noticed Chabashira looking at him.
• Hoshinomiya also looked toward Oreki, then Teacher Ogura began setting up Question 5.

Class 3-B faced the final unanimous-vote topic: expel one classmate in exchange for 200 class evaluation points. After the first vote failed, the students defended their own contributions, Midori stayed silent, and Oreki noticed his task progress had risen to 60%; the recess ended as voting was about to resume.

• Teacher Ogura presented the expulsion topic, explaining that agreeing could bring Class 3-B 300 points and help close the gap with Class A.
• The class voted 18 in favor and 22 against, so Teacher Ogura announced a ten-minute recess.
• Midori objected to expelling a classmate, while Oreki said they could agree and referred to Hoshinomiya's earlier proposal.
• Hoshinomiya and other students listed their contributions to argue that they should not be expelled.
• Oreki checked his system prompt and saw that his task progress had reached 60%, despite Midori not wanting to sacrifice himself.
• Teacher Ogura ended the recess and prepared to continue voting.

Oreki argued that Class B should expel someone to gain 300 Class Points, then volunteered himself on the condition that the class pay a price. The class and teachers were left waiting to hear what he would demand.

• During the intermission, Oreki asked Midori what the class should do, but Midori urged everyone to consider the choice carefully and emphasized the importance of next month's special exam.
• Oreki told the class that expelling one student could save them and help them challenge Class A, prompting classmates who feared being judged by their abilities to interrupt him.
• Chabashira and Hoshinomiya Chie pointed out that Oreki had raised the possibility of expulsion and suggested he already had a solution.
• Oreki volunteered to be expelled in exchange for 300 Class Points, but said the class would have to pay him a price.
• Chabashira asked Oreki what price he wanted.

Oreki persuaded Class B to choose a student to drop out in exchange for 300 class evaluation points, proposing compensation through classmates’ IOUs. The vote passed, with Midori selected as the student to leave.

• Oreki offered to withdraw himself if each student promised him ten million, then revised his proposal to require a student to leave for 300 points and classmates to sign IOUs that would be halved if they failed to reach Class A.
• Oreki challenged Chabashira to say whether she would drop out, then suggested Midori as someone who trusted his classmates enough to make that choice.
• Midori considered the compensation and the risk that classmates might not honor their promises, while Oreki declared him selected to drop out.
• Teacher Ogura ended the intermission and began collecting the students’ votes.
• Thirty students voted in favor of the dropout plan, and ten voted against it.

Class 3-B struggled to reach unanimous agreement on expelling a student while requiring everyone to pay compensation. Oreki offered to withdraw from school without payment, leaving the class to focus on its next special examination.

• Oreki questioned the students who opposed paying more than five million points, and Hoshinomiya Chie admitted she thought one million would be a fairer cost.
• Oreki realized his mission required helping Class 3-B complete the unanimous-choice examination, regardless of how they did it.
• Class 3-B eventually voted unanimously to expel someone and agreed that each student would pay three million points, then began drawing lots to choose the student.
• When the lots reached him, Oreki volunteered to withdraw without compensation and urged his classmates to do their best in the next examination.
• Midori, Hoshinomiya Chie, and the other students reacted with shock to Oreki's offer.

Oreki completed his task in the Unanimous Exam and used Teleportation to visit young Sakayanagi Arisu, hoping to learn her birth date so he could travel back and heal her frail body. After she gave him the date, he left abruptly, and her father noticed a perfume scent in the room.

• Oreki completed his task after the four third-year classes each expelled a classmate, raising their class points.
• Oreki teleported to young Sakayanagi Arisu’s study to ask for her exact birth date so he could use his healing ability in the past.
• Young Sakayanagi corrected a mistake on her schoolwork and gave Oreki the date he needed.
• Oreki teleported away, and Sakayanagi’s father entered the study and asked why it smelled like perfume.

Oreki used his new Time Travel skill to visit Sakayanagi Arisu’s unborn past and restore her mother, then returned to the present and found Class D choosing a student to expel for 500 points. The chapter ended as Kei Karuizawa identified Kanji Ike as the class’s lowest-rated student.

• Sakayanagi Arisu asked her father to identify Oreki, and he recalled the boy as a delinquent who had touched her mother’s pregnant stomach.
• Oreki used Time Travel to reach Sakayanagi’s mother and repeatedly applied Restoration to her abdomen before fleeing from Sakayanagi’s father.
• Sakayanagi’s mother told her husband that Oreki’s touch had made her feel as if her body had been healed.
• Oreki returned to the present and arrived in a camera-free hallway outside Class D’s classroom.
• Kei Karuizawa announced that Kanji Ike had the lowest OAA evaluation as Class D moved toward expelling a student for 500 points.

Oreki encountered Chairman Sakayanagi and learned that Sakayanagi Arisu’s health problems had not been cured, while Class 2-D’s unanimous-vote exam ended with Ike Kanji chosen for expulsion. The teachers then recalled their own past exam and discussed how compensation might have eased the guilt of sacrificing a classmate.

• Oreki met Chairman Sakayanagi, who remembered a boy harassing his pregnant wife and blamed him for Sakayanagi Arisu’s poor health.
• Teacher Majima announced the exam results, with Class 2-D gaining 500 points and Ike Kanji facing expulsion.
• Ike Kanji accepted the decision and returned to the dormitory to pack his belongings before leaving school.
• Hoshinomiya Chie recalled that her class had once compensated a voluntarily expelled student by promising each classmate would pay him five million yen if they reached Class A.
• Teacher Majima considered the compensation proposal, but Suma Bando stopped him because he was still in debt.

Oreki rushed to help Sakayanagi Arisu after she suddenly fainted, and his Restoration Ability revealed that she was already in optimal condition. A doctor confirmed that Arisu’s heartbeat sounded normal, leaving Chairman Sakayanagi to agree that she needed a hospital examination.

• Kamuro told Oreki that Sakayanagi Arisu had suddenly fainted, and he hurried to Class A to check on her.
• Chabashira felt that her memories of the student who had dropped out were incomplete, while Hoshinomiya Chie recalled his dark green eyes.
• Kamuro caught Sakayanagi Arisu as she collapsed, and Oreki carried her from the classroom.
• Oreki tried to use his Restoration Ability on Sakayanagi Arisu, but the system said she was already in optimal condition.
• The Infirmary doctor reported that Sakayanagi Arisu’s heartbeat sounded normal, and Oreki recommended that she be examined at a hospital.

Oreki confirmed that Sakayanagi’s condition was improving, and she was taken by ambulance for a hospital examination while he stayed at school. Back in his room, Karuizawa told him she felt guilty about helping expel Ike for 500 Class Points, and Oreki began explaining how compensation could have made the choice safer.

• Chairman Sakayanagi questioned Oreki, then arranged an ambulance and accompanied Arisu to the hospital while Oreki stayed behind.
• Oreki returned to Class A and assured Kōenji, Katsuragi, Hashimoto, and Kito that Sakayanagi was improving.
• Katsuragi took responsibility for collecting the phones submitted by the expelled Class D students.
• Karuizawa visited Oreki and admitted that she felt burdened after leading the class’s decision to expel Ike for 500 Class Points.
• Oreki explained that the class could have compensated the expelled student so the sacrifice would not be a loss for them.

Oreki waited for Sakayanagi Arisu to return and discovered she had recovered from her heart condition; she visited his room, eager to make up for their missed chances. The next morning, Sakayanagi encountered Ichika Amasawa, whose presence stirred her instinctive hostility.

• Oreki agreed that Karuizawa's choice had been worthwhile but warned against paying a price whenever a student was expelled.
• Sakayanagi stayed away from school and sent word that she needed another week to recuperate, leaving Student Council duties to Katsuragi and the others.
• Katsuragi presented the class's combined Cultural Festival plans for fried noodles, coffee and desserts, and takoyaki.
• On the fourth evening of Sakayanagi's absence, Oreki found her hiding under his quilt; she said her heart condition had been cured and showed him a box of condoms.
• The next morning, Sakayanagi met Ichika Amasawa in the Shopping District, and Amasawa remarked that Sakayanagi looked weak.

Arisu Sakayanagi encouraged Ichika Amasawa to approach Oreki, believing it would solve several problems, then returned to Class A and discussed her recovery and plans for the Cultural Festival. The chapter ended with Sakayanagi offering to have her newly acquired shop supply drinks for the class’s food stall.

• Sakayanagi told Amasawa not to date like an ordinary girl at school, while deliberately encouraging her to approach Oreki and experience the difficulties of dating him.
• Sakayanagi reasoned that involving Amasawa would help manage Oreki’s energy and let her watch Sato suffer.
• On Monday, Sakayanagi officially returned to her classroom, where classmates asked about her improved health.
• Sakayanagi said her improved mood and being nourished by love might have helped her recover, and she hoped to participate in the Sports Festival.
• The class discussed its Cultural Festival food stall, and Sakayanagi offered to have her newly acquired shop cover the drinks.

Oreki visited Class 2-D’s Cultural Festival maid café, where the class planned to use Chabashira’s paid hour to have her serve in a maid outfit. He approached Sakura instead of Horikita and encouraged the shy girl to keep working on her confidence.

• Sakayanagi used the Milk Tea Shop that Nagumo had given her to subsidize Class A’s festival sales.
• Class 2-D planned a maid café and arranged to buy an hour of Chabashira’s time without telling her they intended to dress her as a maid.
• Oreki noticed that Horikita and Amasawa had been avoiding him and received a message consisting of a single period.
• Oreki approached the logistics workers, passed Horikita, and asked Sakura whether she would perform onstage.
• Sakura said she would manage the café and logistics, and Oreki offered to help her build her confidence.

Airi asked Oreki to help her become bolder, while Horikita received his private praise for her maid outfit. The Cultural Festival opened with Class A selling food and Oreki heading toward Class 2-D’s Maid Cafe, where Hasebe greeted Chabashira and Hoshinomiya.

• Airi asked Oreki to help her become more confident, and he agreed.
• Oreki messaged Horikita that she looked beautiful in her maid outfit and said he did not want others seeing her dressed that way.
• President Sakayanagi announced the Cultural Festival’s sales-based class rewards and opened the event to its specially selected guests.
• Class A began selling yakisoba and drinks, while Oreki noticed the third-years had chosen not to run stalls.
• Oreki accompanied Chabashira and Hoshinomiya to Class 2-D’s Maid Cafe, where Hasebe welcomed them and said bringing Hoshinomiya was perfect.

Oreki encountered Atsuomi Ayanokouji confronting Kiyotaka at the school festival and backed Kiyotaka’s refusal to withdraw. After Atsuomi left, Kiyotaka began to consider breaking free from his father’s control rather than returning to him after graduation.

• Karuizawa and Hasebe pressured Chabashira and Hoshinomiya to wear maid outfits after accepting class points.
• Oreki spotted Kiyotaka meeting Atsuomi and Chairman Sakayanagi at a first-year cafe.
• Atsuomi urged Kiyotaka to sign a withdrawal application, but Kiyotaka refused and said his school life was the freedom he had never had.
• Oreki opposed Kiyotaka’s withdrawal, cited their agreement about a future political proposal, and questioned Atsuomi about Matsuo.
• Atsuomi gave Kiyotaka half a day to reconsider and left, while Sakayanagi affirmed that the school would reject any withdrawal signed under pressure.
• Oreki told Kiyotaka that his father was the one restricting his freedom, prompting Kiyotaka to consider dealing with Atsuomi himself.

Oreki visited Class 2-C’s takoyaki stall, where Ryuuen’s students used threats of expulsion and sympathy to attract customers. He left after giving Shiina Hiyori a Private Points Card worth five million points, stunning her and Ibuki.

• Oreki saw Shiho Manabe and Daichi Ishizaki handing out flyers that warned the lowest-selling student could be expelled, and he paid Daichi to guide him to Class 2-C’s stall.
• Oreki found the Class 2-C students aggressively using sob stories to sell takoyaki, while Ibuki stood apart from the sales pitch.
• Oreki praised Ibuki’s appearance in her kimono and spoke with Shiina Hiyori when she returned to the stall.
• Oreki declined Hiyori’s takoyaki, gave her a Private Points Card, and left for Class 2-D.
• Hiyori scanned the card and discovered that it contained five million Private Points.

Oreki left Shiina 5 million points before heading to Class 2-D’s poorly located maid cafe, where he expected a plan involving Teacher Chabashira to attract customers. Horikita, Kushida, and Hasebe forced Chabashira and Hoshinomiya Chie into maid outfits, and the resulting publicity began drawing attention as Chabashira struggled to join the cafe.

• Shiina debated whether to share the 5 million points Oreki had given her, while Ibuki asked how many points he had provided.
• Oreki left Class C and went to Class 2-D’s maid cafe, which was hidden in the Special Building and had few customers or participating students.
• Horikita and Hasebe made Chabashira and Hoshinomiya Chie change into maid outfits, and Kushida prepared a message to publicize the teachers’ appearance.
• Kushida sent the notice to the class group chat, prompting students to discuss returning to help attract customers.
• Hoshinomiya served Amako Amigou and offered her a photo for 2,000 points, while Chabashira asked Sakura what she was supposed to do.

Sakura followed Oreki’s advice and had Chabashira join the Maid Cafe by simply standing in the classroom, where the teacher’s maid outfit drew the girls’ attention. Oreki arrived as a guest, leaving Chabashira and Horikita flustered while the students prepared to make Chabashira the cafe’s main attraction.

• Sakura told Chabashira that Oreki had advised her to enter the classroom and do nothing beyond the minimum.
• Chabashira recognized Oreki’s name and was ushered into the classroom, where she stood shyly in her maid outfit.
• Sakura asked to photograph Chabashira, and Sato tried to join her before noticing Karuizawa had disappeared.
• Oreki arrived, and Karuizawa greeted him as a master while Chabashira grew nervous and Horikita blushed.
• Oreki asked to take a picture with Chabashira, and Hasebe explained that photos with the teacher cost twice as much.

Oreki arranged a maid-outfit photo with Chabashira, whose nervousness grew as he comforted her by taking her hand. He then ended the class’s festival event, gave them two Private Points Cards, and predicted they would win the Cultural Festival by revenue.

• Oreki approached Chabashira and reassured her before Sakura began photographing them.
• Sakura struggled to get Chabashira to smile naturally, and Oreki took Chabashira’s hand to calm her.
• Sakura finished the photos, and Oreki acknowledged that the request had put too much pressure on Chabashira.
• Oreki told Karuizawa to close the event for the day and handed over two Private Points Cards as a tip.
• Oreki predicted that their class would take first place in the Cultural Festival by revenue, leaving Matsushita puzzled.

Oreki planned to end Class D’s Cultural Festival exam by giving a 20 million-point tip, but the Maid Cafe shut before the teachers who came to see Chabashira in a maid outfit could get a glimpse. Meanwhile, Ichika Amasawa pressured Kikyou Kushida into spending time with her, leaving Oreki concerned about what Amasawa might do.

• Oreki told Matsushita that his 20 million-point tip was genuine and would not be taken back, then learned that Ichika Amasawa had taken Kikyou Kushida away.
• After Oreki left, the news about Chabashira’s maid outfit drew teachers to Class D’s cafe, but Hasebe announced that it was closed and offered them free coffee.
• The teachers discovered that Chabashira and Hoshinomiya were in their usual work clothes, and realized they had been lured there under false pretenses.
• Amasawa walked through the festival with Kushida and demanded that she change clothes and spend thirty minutes with her, threatening to expose her dark past if she refused.
• Kushida resented Amasawa’s threat and feared that her carefully built relationships would collapse if her secret became known.