Recaps

Bai Lan tried to engineer his expulsion while earning points and stirring up trouble, but his actions led Class D to see him as a protector. He left the stretch still seeking ways to alienate his classmates, while Kushida became wary of what he might know about her past.

• Bai Lan joined Advanced Nurturing High School despite deliberately performing poorly on the entrance exam, then accepted the system’s study mission and resolved to get expelled without committing a crime.
• Bai Lan provoked Class D, sold information about school evaluations to Sakayanagi Arisu, and left Class B without a sale after Honami Ichinose and her classmates treated him kindly.
• Bai Lan beat Ryuen Kaito on camera, secured a 500,000-point settlement, and sold Ryuen Class C’s reserved information for another 500,000 points.
• Hirata Yosuke, with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s help, recast Bai Lan’s rule-breaking as a sacrifice meant to warn and protect Class D, and classmates began praising him.
• Bai Lan misread the girls’ favorable attention as romantic interest and tried to arrange a fake relationship with Horikita Suzune, who rejected him and blacklisted him.
• Bai Lan chose Kei Karuizawa as a possible fake girlfriend, then mistook Kushida’s effort to befriend Horikita for a romantic approach before agreeing to help her.
• Bai Lan taught Kushida to insult people as a way to connect with Horikita, while Kushida suspected he knew about her past and resolved to draw information from him.
• Kushida warned Bai Lan she would drive obstacles to her friendships out of school, but Bai Lan welcomed the risk of expulsion and later told Ayanokoji that joining a club depended on a person’s desires.

Bai Lan manipulated his reputation, uncovered Kushida’s past, and struck a bargain with Hirata while pursuing Karuizawa. The arc ended with Bai Lan sending Karuizawa a recording of her private meeting with Hirata, making her fear he had discovered her vulnerability.

• Bai Lan deliberately provoked Class D with his self-introduction, and Hirata persuaded the class that Bai Lan had been mocking Kogenji, Ike, and Yamauchi.
• Bai Lan paid Chabashira for competition information, while Kushida realized she had destroyed the evidence she might have used against him.
• Kushida apologized to Bai Lan and revealed how her past disclosures had caused her former class to collapse, then explained why she feared Horikita might expose her.
• Bai Lan advised Kushida to provoke Horikita, then told Hirata he wanted to drop out, after Hirata punched him, Hirata recounted his history of using violence to stop bullying.
• Hirata offered Bai Lan 80,000 points a month to hold back against Class D, and Bai Lan chose Kei Karuizawa as his fake girlfriend while secretly investigating her.
• Bai Lan followed Karuizawa and watched her ask Hirata to be her boyfriend, but he misread her fear of bullying as a threat against Hirata’s classmates.
• Bai Lan edited a recording of Karuizawa and Hirata’s meeting to make the unclear parts appear threatening, then messaged Karuizawa that he knew what she had told Hirata.
• Karuizawa recalled asking Hirata to pretend to be her boyfriend for protection, then received Bai Lan’s recording and feared he knew she was vulnerable.

Bai Lan protected Karuizawa, negotiated a contract with Ryuen, and helped Class D rise to second place. As the class faced midterm expulsions and internal disputes, Bai Lan imposed a system of rules, fines, and rewards, while Ryuen began using Class C’s hardship to secure his own contract.

• Bai Lan learned from Hirata that Karuizawa had sought protection rather than coerced him, apologized, and offered to help her address the bullying at its root.
• Bai Lan negotiated a contract with Ryuen for most of Class C’s earnings, then accepted Ryuen’s terms after setting a monthly allowance and an eighty-percent share of income.
• Ryuen deliberately lowered Class C’s points and arranged violations in Classes A and B, leaving Class D second and promoting it to Class B.
• Chabashira revealed the class rankings and warned that students who failed any midterm subject could be expelled, prompting Bai Lan to suggest controlling scores to help classmates pass.
• Bai Lan paid for the detailed records of Class D’s point deductions and proposed rules, educational penalties, fines, and rewards to control violations and fund class work.
• Bai Lan announced the fine schedule and left to study, while Karuizawa and Kushida each began emailing him and Ryuen reminded struggling Class C that he had promised to lead it to Class A.

Bai Lan settled matters with Ryuen, became entangled in Horikita Suzune’s effort to earn her brother’s recognition, and joined the Student Council as a Disciplinary Committee member. The stretch ended with Bai Lan accusing Nagumo of staring at Ichinose and defending his decision to confront him without proof.

• Ryuen offered Bai Lan a generous share of Class C’s earnings, then paid him an 80,000-point settlement and received advice on preparing for midterms.
• Bai Lan intervened when Horikita Suzune was confronted by Horikita Manabu, fought Manabu, and later agreed to join the Student Council in exchange for information about school rules.
• Suzune asked Bai Lan to help her earn Manabu’s recognition, and Bai Lan agreed while making her his shield against unwanted romantic attention.
• Bai Lan and Suzune staged frequent interactions to support their arrangement, while she pressed him for useful advice and he tried to keep his help minimal.
• Ichinose approached Bai Lan to apologize for her class’s exam results, and he asked her to help him deal with people pursuing him.
• Bai Lan proposed that he and Ichinose pretend to be a couple, but she refused and reconsidered his warnings about people who might exploit her trust.
• Bai Lan pulled Nagumo away from Ichinose, provoked him, and joined the Student Council as a Disciplinary Committee member despite Nagumo’s objections.
• When Nagumo demanded an apology, Bai Lan told Manabu that Nagumo had stared at Ichinose and said he did not regret confronting him without proof.