"Yo, isn't this Houtarou Oreki?"
"And you even brought two pretty girls with you—"
Ryuuen's tone seemed somewhat frivolous.
In truth, his arrangements had already been made. He had sent Class C's students out to socialize. To put it bluntly, socializing was just a pretense; the real purpose was to test the loyalty of those people in his class.
Then, while he had the momentum, he could deal with the easily swayed ones—the spies and the like.
His other purpose was to deliberately make everyone think he was a tyrant, making it seem as though several people in Class C wanted to resist him.
Ibuki had even put on a self-inflicted act.
And then—
Although the content, direction, and rules of the exam were still unknown—
He would first establish that outward image.
That way, people like Ibuki, who supposedly wanted to resist him, could produce unexpected results.
Thus, Ryuuen was in a good mood.
And now that he saw Houtarou approaching, although there was still the grudge over the money swindled from the thirty-six students who had opened shops, as well as his own 800,000 Points—
Still—
His current goal was to first overtake Class B or gather Points.
So he would set Oreki aside for now.
Thus, before Houtarou Oreki could make a demand, Ryuuen took the initiative to greet him.
"You want to farm my Points again?"
"I do happen to have gathered some Points."
Ryuuen said, "But unfortunately, there's only 100,000 left. I spent the rest."
Hmm.
He really had not demanded Points from the students in his class this month.
For one thing, Class C's class evaluation score was not high to begin with. If he collected from them every month, the students would have their complaints.
So if he wanted Points, he had decided