Vol. 1Points and Schemes

Oreki exploited the school’s Point system, exams, and student rivalries to earn money while guiding Horikita and pursuing his own goals. Class D began improving, and Kushida confronted Oreki after he witnessed her outburst against Horikita.

  • Oreki learned the rules of the Point system, gained teleportation, and agreed to guide Suzune at Manabu’s request.
  • Oreki recruited investors from Classes B and C for a business scheme and prepared to bring Class C aboard before Ryuuen could unite it.
  • Oreki gathered Points through shop proposals and work permits, then earned compensation when the school revoked the permits.
  • Manabu demoted Nagumo, and Oreki transferred Horikita one million Points before deducing that Sakayanagi had profited from the permit scheme.
  • Oreki tricked Manabu and Nagumo into paying for a supposed exam leak, kept Nagumo’s payment, and completed his 20-million-point quest.
  • Oreki challenged Chabashira’s plan for Horikita and Class D, then asked Chairman Sakayanagi to exchange his Points for cash.
  • Oreki exchanged his Points for cash and manipulated Ryuuen into paying him after Ryuuen attacked Kōenji.
  • Class D improved through Horikita’s efforts, and Kushida confronted Oreki after he witnessed her curse Horikita.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Twenty Million Point Scheme

Oreki investigated the school’s Point system, gained supernatural teleportation, and accepted Manabu Horikita’s request to guide Suzune. He then devised a plan to gather twenty million Points by recruiting investors from Classes B and C, leaving the scheme poised to expand.

  • Oreki and Class A pooled two million Points to learn the school rules, and Mashima revealed that monthly Points depended on class evaluations and that only Class 3-A graduates received the advertised opportunities.
  • Oreki sold the rules to Class D, warned them about behavior that could cost seven million Points, and completed his quest to gain teleportation.
  • Oreki discovered Manabu Horikita confronting Suzune, received a million Points after Manabu found his photos, and agreed to guide Suzune in exchange for advance and monthly payments.
  • Oreki learned that Class 2-A had pooled Points to open a profitable milk tea shop, then proposed borrowing Points from first-years under the pretext of starting a business.
  • Oreki recruited Horikita Suzune and Kikyou Kushida to promote the investment scheme, offering Suzune a commission and Kushida a share for finding investors.
  • Kushida brought in Class B students, and Oreki had Suzune add a secrecy clause for Class C after learning that Kakeru Ryuuen used violence to control his class.
  • Oreki prepared to recruit Class C before Ryuuen could unite it, and showed six boys and three girls his 4,353,400 Private Points to suggest that other classes had already joined.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Work Permit Wager

Oreki used shop proposals and work permits to gather Points, then outmaneuvered Nagumo in a wager when the school revoked the permits and paid compensation. Nagumo lost his Student Council Vice President position, while Oreki and Sakayanagi Arisu each profited from the scheme.

  • Oreki persuaded students in Classes B and C to invest in a shop plan, then collected compensation when Class C withdrew after Nagumo demanded five million Points for shop rights.
  • Oreki exposed Nagumo’s influence and accepted a wager that he could earn five million Points in three days, while Nagumo tried to turn Ichinose against him and recruit Class B into his shop plan.
  • Oreki sold work permits to students for 100,000 Points each, and Nagumo tried to undermine the scheme by persuading second-years not to buy them.
  • The school revoked Oreki’s work permits but returned the buyers’ payments and gave Oreki ten million Points in compensation, allowing him to claim his 300,000-Point wager from Nagumo.
  • Asahina paid Oreki the wager, and Manabu demoted Nagumo from Student Council Vice President to Accountant.
  • Oreki transferred one million Points to Horikita, while Sakayanagi Arisu’s note led him to deduce that she had arranged for third-years to buy permits expecting the school’s compensation.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Exam Paper Gambit

Oreki pursued the points needed for his quest, manipulated Nagumo into paying him, and helped derail Chabashira’s plan for Horikita and Class D. He completed his 20-million-point quest but still had to destroy Chabashira’s ambition, then sought to exchange his points for cash before graduation.

  • Oreki received an anonymous one-million-point transfer and learned that the written exam would threaten expulsion for students who failed.
  • Oreki discovered that Chabashira had pressured Horikita to lead Class D and found that her promised five-million-point card held only 100,000 points.
  • Kushida learned that upperclassmen were selling old exam papers, and Oreki used the information to plan a scheme against Chabashira and the second-years.
  • Oreki confronted Manabu and Nagumo with old exam papers and demanded payment to prevent a supposed leak, securing five million points from each.
  • Oreki revealed the papers were outdated questions, returned Manabu’s payment, and kept Nagumo’s, completing his 20-million-point quest.
  • Oreki challenged Chabashira’s plan, told her Class D could not rise through the rankings, and transferred Horikita and Kushida compensation for their roles.
  • Oreki asked Chairman Sakayanagi to exchange his points for cash early, and the Chairman offered the privilege for 300,000 points.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4Points, Exams, and Secrets

Oreki exchanged most of his Points for cash, manipulated Ryuuen into paying him, and helped Horikita navigate Class D’s exam crisis. As Class D began to improve, Oreki’s dealings with Ichinose and Kushida deepened, and Kushida confronted him after he witnessed her outburst against Horikita.

  • Oreki exchanged his 20 million Points for cash, received 16 million, and returned home by teleportation with the money.
  • Sakayanagi outlined a plan to manipulate an exam leak for votes, while Oreki encouraged her to run for Student Council President and learned an unknown sponsor had transferred him Points.
  • Oreki manipulated Ryuuen into attacking Kōenji, then used Horikita’s photographs and Ichinose’s testimony to make Ryuuen pay 800,000 Points and face a fighting record.
  • Oreki studied old textbooks for the open-book exams and overheard Chihiro confessing her feelings to Ichinose, who rejected her and later asked Oreki for advice.
  • After Sudou fell one point short of passing physics, Horikita arranged to buy his missing point and persuaded Class D to reward her with monthly class evaluation Points.
  • Class D’s score rose to 80, and Sakayanagi told Oreki that Horikita had received twenty monthly evaluation Points as Ryuuen prepared for an off-campus exam.
  • Oreki agreed to meet Ichinose at the lake, but arrived first and witnessed Kushida cursing Horikita before she noticed his presence.
  • An unknown sponsor sent Oreki another million Points, alerting Kushida, who confronted him about hearing her outburst and seized his hand.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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