However, some unusual or extraordinary phenomena could still be observed.
And Houtarou Oreki had not used his Private Points Card.
His private account had already reached 20 million points.
No one at the school had ever amassed 20 million points alone. The benefits of obtaining 20 million points were also considerable: one could avoid expulsion penalties or directly apply to transfer to any class they wanted.
In other words, if you were in a lower-ranked class, you could submit 20 million points and transfer directly into Class A.
You could ride Class A's coattails all the way up.
But what if you were already in a higher-ranked class?
Then there was no need to transfer.
You were already in Class A.
There was nowhere higher to go.
Did you want to transfer into the graduating Class 3-A this year?
That morning.
Chairman Sakayanagi had still been discussing with the Student Council Board how Oreki would use those 20 million points.
Someone had even raised the question of whether Oreki could be allowed to spend 20 million points to transfer into Manabu Horikita's Class A when Manabu's year graduated.
The result was...
Oreki gave everyone a different answer.
He wanted to exchange them for cash.
Graduating from Class A at the High School of Advanced Education granted students admission to the university of their choice without entrance exams or tuition fees. Those who chose employment would also be provided with positions according to their wishes.
In other words, it was like reaping a future that led straight to the top.
Yet Oreki had chosen money.
It was almost as though he were looking down on the school.
But that was not quite right. He was a Class A student, and if his class maintained its Class A status until graduation, he