Chapter Summaries

Nagumo invited Ichinose to his cafe, explained the school's class-ranking system, and offered to help Class B open a shop while trying to turn her against Oreki and bind her class to him. Ichinose hesitated, weighing how to refuse without hurting Nagumo's feelings.

• Nagumo welcomed Ichinose to his cafe and ordered them expensive coffee.
• Nagumo explained that class rankings depended on class evaluation scores and that Class A at graduation received the promised benefits.
• Ichinose blamed herself for not telling Class B about the school's system sooner, and Nagumo reassured her that the class could still catch up.
• Nagumo claimed Oreki's shop plan would fail and offered Class B help and favorable terms for opening a shop through his class.
• Nagumo planned to make Class B dependent on him through the shop and watched as Ichinose considered how to decline politely.

Honami Ichinose rejected Nagumo Miyabi’s offer to help Class B open a shop after Houtarou Oreki’s forum post accused him of demanding 5 million Points for shop-opening rights. Nagumo tried to defend himself and warned Ichinose against Oreki, but she left wary of him.

• Ichinose showed Nagumo Oreki’s viral, real-name-verified forum post accusing him of demanding 5 million Points from the freshmen seeking to open a shop.
• Nagumo claimed Oreki had misrepresented the dispute and was trying to keep the Points students had paid him.
• Ichinose asked why Nagumo had not warned Class B students about Oreki’s plan after seeing them join it, leaving Nagumo unable to explain convincingly.
• Nagumo said he had to prioritize Class A’s interests and confirmed that his 5 million Points demand was genuine.
• Ichinose decided to leave and avoid further contact with Nagumo, who urged her to stay away from Oreki and mentioned their bet to earn 5 million Points in three days.

Nagumo Miyabi realized that Houtarou Oreki had used his store-rights gambit to buy work permits from the school and offer students a way to earn money. Manabu Horikita and Akane Tachibana recognized Oreki’s perceptiveness, while Manabu predicted the school would soon prohibit the work permits.

• Ichinose warned Nagumo that he had already lost their bet, then left him standing alone.
• Nagumo found Oreki’s forum posts announcing that he had bought work permits from the school for 2 million points and was selling them to students.
• Nagumo realized Oreki had extended the points-for-permission idea from opening a store to doing prohibited part-time work, threatening Nagumo’s influence over the second-years.
• Manabu showed Akane Oreki’s posts, and they discussed how Oreki had recognized an opportunity that appealed to students broadly.
• Manabu predicted the school would prohibit the work permits because students earning money independently could undermine its special exams.

Houtarou Oreki completed the Protecting Flowers quest by earning five million points in less than a day, then met Kikyo Kushida and Horikita Suzune in the dorm elevator the next morning. Kushida asked Oreki to help her become friends with Horikita, who said she did not consider friendship important.

• Oreki promoted the transfer of work permits while Horikita handled interested students and collected points for him.
• Oreki completed the Protecting Flowers quest and received the special reward Invisibility.
• Oreki dreamed about a future in which he and Horikita were married with two daughters, then returned to his dorm room using Teleportation.
• Oreki encountered Horikita and Kushida in the elevator, where Kushida said she felt tense and asked him for help.
• Kushida told Oreki that Horikita had rejected her attempts to become friends, and Horikita replied that she did not think friends were important.

Oreki’s arrangement with Horikita drew Kushida’s curiosity, while Nagumo messaged him that their wager would be settled at lunch. The chapter then revealed that Oreki’s work-authorization scheme had brought in over twelve million points and prompted Chairman Sakayanagi and the faculty to consider how it threatened the school’s control over students.

• Horikita left the elevator after reminding Oreki that he owed her compensation, and Oreki said they would wait for the school’s decision on the final points.
• Kushida questioned Oreki about working with Horikita and wondered whether Horikita mattered more to him, while Oreki suspected Kushida was using him to get closer to Horikita.
• Oreki received Nagumo’s message confirming that their wager was still valid and would be settled during lunch break.
• At 10 p.m., staff in Chairman Sakayanagi’s office reported that Oreki’s account had risen past twelve million points as students paid 100,000 points each for work authorization.
• The faculty warned Chairman Sakayanagi that students earning points independently might stop relying on the school and participating in its special exams.
• Chairman Sakayanagi acknowledged the faculty’s concern about the work-authorization scheme exceeding the school’s control.

Chairman Sakayanagi and Manabu Horikita discussed Houtarou Oreki’s work permit scheme and the agreement he signed to surrender its privileges if they caused trouble. Oreki told Kushida that the school would likely compensate those involved, then invited her to join him in settling his bet with Nagumo; she accepted.

• Chairman Sakayanagi explained that Oreki had signed an agreement allowing the school to reclaim his work permit privileges without compensation, and Manabu Horikita praised Oreki’s insight.
• Kushida recalled how Ryuuen had cut Class C off from contact with other classes, and regretted the trouble her previous business with Oreki had caused.
• Oreki told Kushida that the school would reclaim the work permit privilege but might compensate him and the students involved.
• Oreki received a message from Nagumo about their bet and explained that Nagumo owed him 300,000 points if he earned five million in three days.
• Oreki invited Kushida to join him in settling the bet with Nagumo, and she agreed.

Houtarou Oreki waited at Nagumo Miyabi’s café to collect the 300,000 Points from their bet, while Nagumo arrived believing the school had shut down Oreki’s job permits. Oreki demanded payment, but Nagumo revealed the permits had failed, leaving the bet’s outcome unresolved.

• Oreki took Kikyou Kushida with him to Nagumo Miyabi’s milk tea shop and waited past their meeting time.
• Nagumo arrived with his childhood friend Nazuna Asahina and gloated that the school had stopped Oreki’s job-permit scheme.
• Nagumo recalled persuading sixty second-years not to buy permits, while forty had already transferred Oreki a total of 4 million Points.
• Oreki confronted Nagumo, showed him a payment QR code, and demanded the 300,000 Points he had won by earning 5 million Points within three days.
• Nagumo told Oreki that the job permits had failed because the school had intervened.

Houtarou Oreki revealed that he had expected the school to revoke the work permit and refund his purchase, then received ten million points in compensation. He surpassed his five-million-point goal and warned Nazuna Asahina that Nagumo Miyabi’s store could become a liability if Nagumo challenged the school’s interests.

• Nagumo Miyabi told Oreki and Kikyou Kushida that the school had terminated the work permit and demanded that the collected points be returned.
• Oreki explained that his agreement allowed the school to revoke the permit and that he had expected a refund after Nagumo announced the school’s action.
• The school refunded Oreki’s three million points, and a senior student confirmed that permit buyers were also receiving refunds and compensation.
• Oreki showed Nagumo that the school had deposited ten million points as compensation, far more than Nagumo expected.
• Oreki asked Nagumo to pay the three hundred thousand points he owed from their bet and advised Nazuna Asahina to distance herself from Nagumo.

After Oreki earned ten million Points from selling part-time work authority, Nagumo learned the school disapproved of his control over the second years and exploiting special exams. Nagumo lost his Student Council Vice President position, while Oreki transferred one million Points to Horikita Suzune and left Kushida regretting that she had missed his deal.

• Asahina transferred Oreki 300,000 Points to cover Nagumo's lost bet, and Nagumo received a summons from Manabu Horikita.
• Nagumo met Manabu, who stripped him of his Vice President position and demoted him to Student Council Accountant over the part-time work authority dispute.
• Oreki transferred one million Points to Horikita Suzune while Kushida watched and regretted not joining his plan.
• Oreki and Kushida returned to their classes as students across the school reacted to the part-time work authority sales.

Oreki and Sakayanagi Arisu profited from the school’s cancellation of the part-time work permits, though they used different methods. As the first month ended, Oreki realized Sakayanagi had mobilized students because she knew the Chairman’s character as his daughter.

• Students who had not bought permits regretted missing out after participants received 50,000 points in compensation.
• Katsuragi realized he had missed a chance to earn free points and looked toward Sakayanagi Arisu.
• Sakayanagi sent Oreki a note congratulating him on becoming a multimillionaire, and he asked how many points she had earned.
• Oreki deduced that Sakayanagi had organized third-years to buy permits, expecting the school to cancel them and pay compensation.
• Oreki recalled meeting Chairman Sakayanagi through Manabu Horikita and inferred that Arisu had acted with knowledge of her father’s generous nature.

Houtarou Oreki reflected on the profits from selling work permissions and examined the third-years’ class scores with Horikita Suzune and Kikyo Kushida. On May 1, as the new month began, a rumor spread that someone was offering one million points to keep Oreki.

• Oreki realized Sakayanagi may have arranged bets with upperclassmen and confirmed that his account held 13,521,100 points toward his 20-million-point mission.
• Oreki met Kushida and Horikita at the third-year building’s bulletin board and reviewed the updated class scores, noting that Class 3-D had fallen to zero.
• Kushida told Oreki about unusual classmates, including Kōenji, Matsushita, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, Sudou, and Hirata.
• Oreki suspected Kushida was persistently trying to get closer to Horikita, just as Hirata appeared unusually devoted to his class.
• On May 1, someone spread the word that one million points had been offered to keep Oreki.

Class 1-A awaited its first monthly evaluation, and Majima announced that it had retained a commanding lead with 1,230 points. The chapter ended as Oreki and his classmates received their first monthly deposits of 123,000 Private Points each.

• Katsuragi’s faction grew to twenty-eight supporters, while Kamuro noted that many students also backed Sakayanagi and Oreki.
• Oreki arrived at class tired after another forgotten dream about a girl and learned that he had been ranked among the school’s handsome boys.
• Class 1-A students voted Ryuuen to the bottom of the handsome boys ranking in retaliation for his earlier provocation of Oreki.
• Majima announced the monthly evaluation scores: Class A had 1,230 points, Class B had 570, Class C had 390, and Class D had zero.
• Majima explained that the class score determined each student’s monthly Private Points deposit, and Oreki’s class received 123,000 points per student.

Class A learned it had earned 1,230 class points, then discovered that Oreki had received an anonymous million-point transfer with a possessive message attached. Teacher Majima announced a written exam for the twenty-fourth, warning that students who failed would be expelled.

• The school deposited 123,000 points into each student’s account, giving Class A a total evaluation score of 1,230 and a 660-point lead over Class B.
• Oreki received an anonymous transfer of 1,000,000 private points with a note telling him to remain chaste for the sender during his three years at school.
• Oreki and his classmates wondered which upperclasswoman had sent the money, while Katsuragi denied making the transfer and Sakayanagi’s phone remained untouched.
• Oreki asked Teacher Majima to continue the announcements, and Majima introduced the upcoming written special exam.
• Majima said the exam would take place on the twenty-fourth, cover five subjects, award up to 100 class evaluation points, and expel students who failed.

Class A’s lead widened after the Behavioral Standards Exam, while Class C and Class B reacted to their scores and prepared for the written exams. The chapter left Class D in disarray.

• Kamuro scored over 60 points after nearly a month of tutoring, and Class A’s evaluation lead over Class B reached 660 points.
• Kakeru Ryuuen rebuked Class C for its low score, defended his decision to end its deal with Houtarou Oreki, and warned that failing the coming written exams meant expulsion.
• Shiina Hiyori reasoned that the Behavioral Standards Exam was a one-month warning, and Class C students transferred 20,000 points each to Ryuuen, giving him 780,000 points.
• Class B received 570 points, stayed optimistic and united, and planned to transfer another 450,000 points to Oreki under its shop-opening agreement.
• Class D was described as already being in complete disarray.

Houtarou Oreki discussed Class D’s zero points with Horikita Suzune and Kikyo Kushida, then proposed using the upcoming routine exam to earn about four million points. He assigned Kushida to gather information from upperclassmen and Horikita a riskier task, leaving their preparations and payment unsettled.

• Oreki met Horikita and Kushida by the fountain and compared their class scores, noting that Class D had received zero points.
• Horikita confronted Kushida for repeatedly trying to draw her into conversations, while Kushida claimed she wanted to be friends.
• Oreki told Horikita and Kushida that he had found a new way to obtain points and expected a reward of around four million.
• Oreki explained that the written exam was routine and asked Kushida to get information about it from upperclassmen.
• Oreki offered Kushida five percent of the reward and Horikita ten percent because her assignment carried a risk of expulsion.

Kushida agreed to gather information about the written exam and the upperclasswoman who sent Oreki one million Points. After Horikita received a summons from Teacher Chabashira, Oreki told her to go, considering his ties to her and Manabu.

• Kushida accepted Oreki’s request to gather information about the exam, hoping to help her classmates and earn a 5% share of the plan’s reward.
• Oreki checked Horikita Suzune’s account, then told her and Kushida about his recent transfers, including an unexplained million Points with a possessive message.
• Kushida asked what Oreki would do if she identified the upperclasswoman, and he said he would probably reject her because he wanted a mutual relationship.
• Kushida left to collect information, while Oreki asked Horikita to contact him when she learned anything.
• Horikita received a message summoning her to the academic building’s top floor, and Oreki told her to meet Teacher Chabashira.

Houtarou Oreki persuaded Horikita Suzune to refuse Chabashira’s offer to lead Class D, then went to the Student Council to ask about the Points transferred to him. Nagumo Miyabi, still resentful over his demotion, refused to engage Oreki, who had recently sold a Student Council position to Katsuragi Kohei for one million Points.

• Oreki warned Horikita Suzune that Class D was unlikely to rise and that she would have to defeat Class A, so she decided to refuse Chabashira’s offer.
• Oreki went to the Student Council to learn who had transferred Points to him and how to uncover the transfer information.
• Oreki found Nagumo Miyabi alone in the Student Council room, where Nagumo was brooding over his demotion from Vice President to Accountant.
• Oreki asked Nagumo how many Points he had accumulated, but Nagumo refused to make a wager or get involved with him.
• Oreki had sold the Student Council position he had declined to Katsuragi Kohei for one million Points, disappointing Manabu Horikita.

Oreki visited the Student Council to identify who had secretly transferred him one million points, but Nagumo could not access the sender’s information. Oreki left after paying the lookup fee, while his deliberate taunt helped show Manabu Horikita where he stood and got Nagumo assigned overtime.

• Nagumo claimed he had only a little over two million points and refused to give Oreki any, while privately considering whether paying him off would protect Nagumo’s bid for Student Council President.
• Oreki asked Nagumo to identify the person who had secretly sent him one million points and paid 100,000 points for a lookup.
• Nagumo tried to trace the transfer but found that the Student Council lacked permission to reveal the sender’s information.
• Oreki decided not to pay more to investigate and said he would keep the points unless the sender made an unwanted request, in which case he would return them.
• Oreki mocked Nagumo’s new Accountant position, and Manabu Horikita arrived to find documents scattered across the floor and ordered Nagumo to work overtime.
• Oreki reflected that he had acted deliberately because Manabu still distrusted Nagumo, using the encounter to show Manabu which side Oreki supported.

Houtarou Oreki considered taking Points from Nagumo or the second-years to finish his quest, then repaid Kei Karuizawa for her earlier generosity. In Class A, the factions continued to split as Katsuragi Kohei joined the Student Council and Hashimoto chose Sakayanagi’s side.

• Oreki saw that he needed about four million more Points to complete his quest and decided to target Nagumo or the second-years, first intending to bring Manabu Horikita onto his side.
• Oreki remembered that Kei had once given him Points and messaged her; when she offered to borrow Points for him, he sent her 200,000 Points in repayment.
• Kei accepted Oreki’s transfer and thanked him during their phone call.
• Class A students noted that Oreki was absent as the Sakayanagi and Katsuragi factions grew more divided.
• Hashimoto left Katsuragi’s group and formally joined the Sakayanagi Faction, while Katsuragi’s supporters congratulated him on joining the Student Council.

Katsuragi secured a Student Council secretary position, while Sakayanagi assigned the offered Accountant position to Kito and reasoned that Oreki had gone to the Student Council to investigate whoever had paid him. Oreki received a plea for support from Horikita Suzune, who had been unable to hold off Teacher Chabashira for even ten minutes.

• Katsuragi told Sakayanagi that the Student Council President had invited her to take the Accountant position after school.
• Sakayanagi gave the Accountant position to Kito Hayato and told Kamuro she still needed her help.
• Sakayanagi reasoned that Oreki had visited the Student Council to learn about the person who had transferred him one million points.
• Horikita Suzune messaged Oreki for support after failing to hold off Teacher Chabashira.
• The chapter flashed back to Horikita meeting Chabashira on the school rooftop, where Chabashira often went to smoke.