Chapter Summaries

Oreki investigated how the second-years had amassed Points and learned from Nazuna Asahina that they pooled their money to open a milk tea shop. He returned to Horikita Suzune with the information and prepared to consider how they could make money themselves.

• Oreki questioned the second-years' unusually high class scores and decided to investigate their secret to wealth with Horikita Suzune.
• Oreki approached second-year Class A student Nazuna Asahina, exchanged phone numbers with her, and asked what the second-years had done with their accumulated Points.
• Asahina told Oreki that the second-years pooled their Points to open a profitable milk tea shop, an idea proposed by Student Council Vice President Nagumo Miyabi.
• Oreki explained the second-years' business to Horikita Suzune and reflected that Manabu Horikita was trying to curb Nagumo's influence in the Student Council.
• Horikita Suzune asked whether Oreki planned to make money by opening a store.

Oreki took Horikita Suzune to inspect Nagumo Miyabi’s milk tea shop and explained that he planned to use a proposed shop as a pretext to collect Points from freshmen. Horikita understood the scheme and considered joining his effort to gather twenty million Points, while Oreki left her weighing it against her desire to earn her brother’s recognition.

• Kamuro reported to Sakayanagi that Oreki had taken Horikita to inspect a second-year’s milk tea shop, and Sakayanagi regretted not partnering with him sooner.
• Oreki and Horikita visited Nagumo Miyabi’s Yayunju shop, where Horikita asked what he thought about opening a shop.
• Oreki told Horikita that opening a real shop would require substantial capital and preparation, then proposed borrowing Points from freshmen under the pretext of starting one.
• Oreki explained that his contracts would let him keep collected Points if lenders ended the agreement early, and said the scheme could also reveal capable representatives in Classes B and C.
• Horikita considered pursuing Oreki’s twenty-million-Point goal, and Oreki urged her to do so by appealing to her desire for her brother’s recognition.

Oreki and Horikita recruited Kushida to help attract Class B and C students to their milk tea shop scheme. Kushida arrived and learned about their plan, though Horikita’s blunt approach left her uneasy.

• Oreki offered Horikita a 10% commission for helping promote the scheme through Nagumo’s milk tea shop, and Horikita agreed.
• Oreki decided they needed a sociable student to bring others to the shop, and Horikita recommended Kikyou Kushida.
• Horikita told Oreki that Kushida persistently tried to befriend her, and she had chosen Kushida because they had interacted before.
• Kushida hurried to the shop after Horikita summoned her, greeted both students warmly, and sat beside Oreki.
• Horikita showed Kushida their plan and asked how many points Class D might earn, then said she was not asking Kushida to persuade everyone.

Oreki and Horikita Suzune recruited Kikyou Kushida to gather investors for a second-year-style shop project, while Oreki judged Kushida to be a dangerous but useful “bomb.” Three days later, Kushida had collected investment intentions and was still persistently trying to befriend Horikita, who doubted her sincerity.

• Horikita Suzune explained the second-years’ shop-opening agreement and proposed using the information Oreki had uncovered to raise funds for a shop.
• Kushida asked to join the project, and Oreki offered her a five percent reward for gathering investors while excluding Class A and Class D students.
• Oreki inferred that Kushida’s abilities and social skills concealed a serious flaw, but decided her fixation on befriending Horikita could make her useful.
• Kushida agreed to collect investment intentions from students in Classes B and C and asked for a few days to approach them.
• Three days later, Oreki and Horikita met with Kushida again, and Horikita reported that Kushida was still waiting outside her door every morning despite doubting her sincerity.

Houtarou Oreki recruited students from Classes B and C into his store-opening agreement, using their trust and uncertainty about the school’s point system to draw them in. He presented his large balance to the Class C students, who began to worry that most of the other classes had already joined.

• Kikyou Kushida brought several Class B students to Oreki, and they signed his agreement without much hesitation.
• Kikyou told Oreki that Kakeru Ryuuen used violence to control Class C, so Oreki had Horikita Suzune add a secrecy clause for Class C participants.
• Oreki messaged Hashimoto from Class A and planned to recruit Class C before Ryuuen could unite the class.
• Kikyou brought six boys and three girls from Class C, and Oreki used Horikita’s presence to make his proposal look impressive.
• Oreki showed the Class C students his 4,353,400 Private Points, leading them to suspect that students from the other classes had already joined.

Oreki presented Class C with evidence that the milk tea shop could be profitable and offered them a choice between lending him points or becoming shareholders. He warned that their participation should be kept secret from Kakeru Ryuuen, leaving Manabe Shiho and the other students to consider the proposal.

• Daichi Ishizaki questioned Oreki about the high interest and whether his offer was trustworthy.
• Oreki showed Class C the shop’s costs and revenue, while a large takeaway order demonstrated its sales potential.
• Oreki distributed a shareholder proposal that offered long-term dividends in exchange for monthly contributions and forgoing interest.
• Manabe Shiho asked why Class C could not pool points and open its own shop.
• Oreki cited the violence in Class C and said participants should keep their involvement secret from Kakeru Ryuuen.

Oreki persuaded thirty-six first-year Class C students to join his shop-opening profit-sharing plan, using their hostility toward Ryuuen to recruit them. After collecting their first payments, he arranged to transfer two million Points to Kikyou Kushida and asked her to approach Class B next.

• Ishizaki and the Class C students left to discuss Oreki’s proposal, while Oreki predicted that more than half the class would join because they disliked Ryuuen.
• That night, thirty-six Class C students arrived at the shop, and Ishizaki told Oreki they had agreed to sign the second profit-sharing plan.
• Manabe told Oreki that Ibuki had refused because she distrusted the offer, while Shiina Hiyori had declined and tried to dissuade Manabe; Manabe then asked Oreki for his phone number.
• Kikyou Kushida collected the Class C students’ first payments, totaling 1.8 million Points, and transferred them to Oreki.
• Oreki told Kikyou he would transfer two million Points to her and asked her to contact Class B students sometime that week without forcing the issue.

Oreki’s shop plan drew Nagumo Miyabi’s attention, and Nagumo revealed that he controlled the right to open shops at the school. He demanded five million points for authorization and invited Oreki to consider joining the Student Council, while his interest in Kushida and Suzune left the confrontation unresolved.

• Oreki decided to end the fundraising deadline that week, having collected 2.4 million points from students in Classes B and C.
• Nagumo Miyabi waived the group’s bill and introduced himself as Class 2-A’s representative and the Student Council Vice President.
• Nagumo explained that he had bought the school’s shop-opening rights and demanded five million points to authorize Oreki’s group to open a shop.
• Horikita realized Nagumo’s monopoly was the backup plan Oreki had not mentioned, while Kushida appeared genuinely surprised by it.
• Nagumo showed interest in Kushida and Suzune, then recommended that Oreki consider joining the Student Council.

Oreki learned that Nagumo had lost many students through expulsions and triggered a quest to disrupt Nagumo’s pursuit of Kushida and Horikita. He rejected Nagumo’s Student Council invitation, confronted him about pursuing younger girls despite already liking someone, and left with Horikita and Kushida.

• Nagumo explained the cost of opening a shop, offered Kushida a discount, and invited Oreki, Horikita, and Kushida to join the Student Council.
• Oreki asked about Nagumo’s second-year class and learned that twenty-six students had left the cohort, including ten expelled from Nagumo’s class.
• Oreki triggered a quest to disrupt Nagumo’s pursuit of Kushida and Horikita within ten days, with Precognitive Dream as the reward.
• Oreki refused Nagumo’s invitation, citing Manabu Horikita’s decision not to recruit first-years, then criticized Nagumo for pursuing younger girls while already liking someone.
• Oreki led Horikita away, and Kushida followed after giving Nagumo an apologetic smile.

Oreki warned Kushida that Nagumo Miyabi pursued cute girls and could be dangerous, then used Kushida and Horikita Suzune’s rejection of romance to complete a Side Quest and earn Precognitive Dream. A week later, Oreki, Kushida, and Horikita met to calculate compensation for their planned shop, though it had not opened yet.

• Oreki told Kushida that Nagumo was calculating, had expelled opponents, and might pester her because she had given him her full name.
• Kushida worried about Nagumo pursuing her, and Oreki received a Side Quest to ruin Nagumo’s pursuit of Kushida and Horikita Suzune.
• Oreki asked Horikita what she thought about romance, and she immediately said she would reject Nagumo if he pursued her.
• Oreki completed the Side Quest and received the ability to specify three precognitive dreams each week.
• A week later, Oreki, Kushida, and Horikita met at another milk tea shop to calculate compensation before their shop had opened.

Oreki explained that he had never intended to open a shop and had instead used the proposal to collect points from Class B and Class C students. After paying Kushida and Horikita their shares, he considered another plan to advance his 20-million-point quest.

• Horikita clarified that the shop plan had only been a way for Oreki to gather students’ initial points, and Kushida confronted them after realizing she had been misled.
• Oreki told Kushida he expected the students to cancel their agreements, bringing his total earnings to 3.06 million points and her five-percent share to 153,000 points.
• Oreki explained that Kushida had been asked to help because students trusted her, and that Nagumo’s demands would keep the failed shop plan from making her a target for blame.
• Kushida accepted the points, asked Oreki to consider them friends, and Oreki agreed before transferring 306,000 points to Horikita and returning Kushida’s two million points.
• Oreki checked his quest progress at 3,877,500 points and considered buying Nagumo’s shop-opening rights as a future way to earn more points.

Kakeru Ryuuen took control of Class 1-C and demanded that students hand over points, claiming only Class A graduates would receive the school’s promised benefits. His collection stalled when Shiina Hiyori transferred him 50,000 points, drawing the class’s attention.

• Ryuuen told Class 1-C that a second-year student had revealed the school favored Class A and that students outside it risked expulsion or reassignment.
• Ryuuen demanded 50,000 points from each student and half of their monthly school points, including from Daichi Ishizaki.
• Rei Ibuki challenged Ryuuen’s claim that strength ruled the school and demanded proof.
• Ryuuen considered Ibuki, Albert, Ishizaki, and Kaneda as possible members of his team.
• Shiina Hiyori transferred 50,000 points to Ryuuen, surprising him and the rest of the class.

Oreki used Precognitive Dream and saw Kei Karuizawa describe how he protected her from bullying in middle school and how she later came to love him. While Oreki wondered whether their future relationship was tied to his new power, Ryuuen discovered that Daichi Ishizaki had far fewer Points than expected.

• Ryuuen invited Shiina Hiyori into his small team because he believed she was wise.
• Oreki used Precognitive Dream and saw Karuizawa recall being bullied and Oreki forcefully stopping her bullies in middle school.
• Karuizawa’s dream account described her reunion with Oreki at the High School of Advanced Education and her feelings for him.
• Oreki stopped watching the dream and wondered how he could have met Karuizawa in middle school when he was already in high school.
• Ryuuen demanded 50,000 Points from each classmate, but Daichi Ishizaki showed him a balance of only 22,000 and said he had invested his Points.

After Class C students signed up for Houtarou Oreki’s shop plan, Kakeru Ryuuen confronted his class over the costly decision and considered accepting the loss. Oreki returned to school, spoke with Sakayanagi Arisu, and was then called out by Ryuuen, who arrived at Class A with Ishizaki and Albert.

• Ryuuen learned that most of Class C had joined Oreki’s shop plan, and he berated the boys who had signed up.
• Shiina Hiyori advised Ryuuen that the class might have to sacrifice its Points to preserve its chances of climbing higher.
• Oreki returned to his dormitory and found an angry note and messages from Ryuuen demanding that he open the door.
• In Class A, Katsuragi announced that the class had earned 200 evaluation Points, while Sakayanagi continued tutoring Kamuro and Oreki asked her about love and marriage.
• Ryuuen arrived at Class A with Ishizaki and Albert and demanded to know where Oreki was.

Oreki dealt with Ryuuen’s visit to Class A and received the points owed after Class C abandoned their shop-opening plan. He explained to Katsuragi how Vice President Nagumo’s offer had ended the business opportunity, leaving Katsuragi to realize Oreki had collected a large sum.

• Hashimoto blocked Ryuuen at Class A’s door, but Oreki warned Ryuuen about the classroom camera and said he did not know him.
• Ryuuen threatened revenge, then left after taking a photo of Oreki.
• Oreki received 360,000 points from Ryuuen, confirming that Class C had terminated the shop-opening plan and paid the agreed amount.
• Katsuragi asked Oreki what had happened, and Oreki explained that he had planned to imitate a second-year Milk Tea Shop but Nagumo had bought the shop-opening rights for five million points.
• Oreki told Katsuragi that the contract required early terminators to forfeit collected points and pay him 10,000 points, prompting Katsuragi to realize Oreki had amassed a large sum.

Oreki completed his first-year point-gathering scheme and planned to collect points from the second- and third-years, but first sought to learn the Chairman’s limits. Sakayanagi suspected Oreki had recognized the danger her connection to the Chairman posed to Class A.

• Sakayanagi explained to Kamuro that Oreki had never intended to open a store and had used the proposal to gather points, then told her to follow him again.
• Oreki checked that his quest had reached 4,231,100 of 20 million points and began planning to collect money from older students.
• Oreki messaged Sakayanagi to ask what kind of person the Chairman was, hoping to judge the school’s tolerance for his next plan.
• Sakayanagi described the Chairman as tolerant of student autonomy but willing to guide them, and Oreki continued to the Student Council.
• Sakayanagi worried that Ryuuen could use her relationship with the Chairman against Class A and wondered whether Oreki’s message had been a warning.

Oreki visited the Student Council office and found its members divided between Manabu Horikita and Nagumo Miyabi. After Nagumo arrived and insisted he would not budge on the shop rights, Oreki stayed, worried that Nagumo’s rise to power would put the girls at the school at risk.

• Oreki went to the Student Council office seeking Manabu Horikita, but the President was absent and Akane Tachibana explained that Oreki had been offered a Secretary position.
• Oreki noticed another Student Council member secretly contacting someone and concluded that many members were reporting to Nagumo Miyabi.
• Nagumo arrived, told Oreki that he had bought the shop-opening rights for four million and would not compromise, then asked whether Horikita Suzune and Kikyou Kushida had come with Oreki.
• Oreki considered how Nagumo might exploit Manabu Horikita’s vulnerabilities and take over the Student Council after Horikita graduated.
• Oreki decided to stay, fearing Nagumo might harass the cute girl he expected to become involved with in the future.

Oreki accepted a quest to curb Nagumo Miyabi and earn 5 million Points within three days. As Nagumo tried to sell him store-opening rights, Oreki revealed how he had collected Points from his classmates by recognizing the school's rules early.

• Oreki considered Nagumo's growing influence and accepted the hidden quest to extinguish Nagumo's arrogance and earn 5 million Points in three days.
• Nagumo explained that he controlled the school's store-opening rights and offered to sell them to Oreki for 4 million Points.
• Akane Tachibana recalled that Manabu Horikita hoped Oreki could oppose Nagumo after his graduation.
• Oreki said he had no desire to open a store because students risked expulsion before repaying their debts, making Nagumo worry about his own borrowed funds.
• Nagumo asked why Oreki was collecting Points, and Oreki explained that he had used agreements with his classmates to gather their Points early through an information advantage.

Oreki explained how he had profited from the first-years’ shop agreements and challenged Nagumo to a bet for another 300,000 Points. Nagumo wagered that Oreki would be barred from joining the Student Council if he lost, but Oreki accepted confidently.

• Oreki showed Nagumo that Class C had withdrawn from the shop plan, leaving its prior payments as compensation, and said he had earned five million Points in three days.
• Nagumo doubted Oreki could collect more Points and warned that the second-years would resist him, but Oreki estimated that half of Nagumo’s grade would side with him.
• Oreki revealed that his account held 4,231,100 Points and asked Nagumo to wager 300,000 more so it would reach 4.5 million.
• Nagumo offered the bet, stipulating that Oreki could not join the Student Council for a year if he failed, and privately suspected Horikita wanted to recruit Oreki against him.
• Oreki accepted Nagumo’s terms and said he intended to win the 300,000 Points.

Nagumo Miyabi learned that his bet with Houtarou Oreki would cost him nothing if Oreki lost, and his attempt to turn the girls in his class against Oreki only made them admire the first-year more. Frustrated, Nagumo contacted Honami Ichinose, a friendly student from Class 1-B whom he had begun considering as another romantic prospect.

• Houtarou Oreki told Nagumo Miyabi that he had already refused a Student Council position, so losing their bet would not affect him while winning would earn him 300,000 Points.
• Nagumo told the girls in his class about the bet, hoping they would dismiss Oreki, but they called Oreki cute and criticized Nagumo for targeting a first-year.
• Nagumo grew irritated as the girls discussed Oreki and showed little interest in Nagumo himself.
• Nagumo recalled his interest in Suzune and Kikyo Kushida and decided he needed to defeat Oreki to get their attention.
• Nagumo contacted Honami Ichinose, a friendly Class 1-B junior he had met while she struggled to choose breakfast.