The month-long "Disciplinary Inspection Month" would quantify the differences between students through their scores.
Based on past experience, barring any surprises, Class A would still be Class A a month later, and Class D would still be Class D.
However, an unexpected development had occurred. This secret exam had only just begun, yet Bai Lan had practically exposed everything about it.
It had to be said that he had not revealed a single thing the school forbade them from discussing. He had practically just recited the rules verbatim, hadn't he?
He had not broken any rules at all.
Since he had not broken any rules, the exam would continue.
It was easy to imagine that once the students learned their behavior this month would affect their living expenses next month, they would restrain themselves as much as possible.
Chabashira knew that many people in Class D were the kind who, even after realizing there was a trap, still could not keep their hands off a tempting offer and would rush over to throw themselves into it.
But to some extent, after falling into the trap and feeling a little pain, they would rein themselves in.
After all, it was their money!
Moreover, if anyone committed a disciplinary offense that caused a large number of points to be deducted, it would inevitably draw blame from the entire class and expose them to "collective violence."
Who would have thought that aside from Ayanokoji, the class was also hiding a treasure like Bai Lan?
Class A didn't seem so far away after all!
If Bai Lan knew what Chabashira was thinking, he would definitely say: You're celebrating too soon!
Bai Lan was laughing wildly inside as well.
Now it's my turn to make a move!
At that moment, the students' spirits had plummeted from the sky to the ground.
Bai Lan prepared to deliver one more kick...
"Since that's the case, I know what I should do now." Bai Lan spoke with a solemn expression.
"Classmate, have you thought of a way to lead the class in protecting our living expenses?"
A handsome, gentle-looking boy excitedly stood up and said with delight, "Wonderful! Let's work together to protect our living expenses and spend a wonderful high school life together!"
Chabashira also looked at Bai Lan with some excitement.
At that moment, Bai Lan abruptly changed direction and suddenly asked:
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"By the way, Sensei, how many times can a student skip class, arrive late, or leave early at this school before being expelled?"
Chabashira: "No comment."
Bai Lan: "You said points can buy anything, right?"
Chabashira: "They can. If you want the answer now, it's 50,000."
A few seconds later.
"Ding! 50,000 has been deposited into your account..."
"I'll take it..." Bai Lan glanced at the curious faces filling the classroom and added, "Please send it to me on my phone. Preferably right now. The faster, the better."
Bai Lan soon received the information Chabashira sent him.
After reading it, Bai Lan clicked his tongue unhappily and put down his phone.
"Classmate, can you tell us now?"
Bai Lan soon began to speak.
At the same time, however, his expression changed completely.
He went from well-behaved to unruly.
"What a joke. How could class discipline possibly be maintained alongside a bunch of insects who are either idiots or mute?"
6, Bai, there must be some serious problem with what you're doing.
As soon as he said this, the entire class exploded.
Some of the quicker students understood and shut their mouths. They would rather be mutes than idiots.
"Everyone, quiet down! Let's hear this classmate's explanation first!"
The handsome boy stood up again, attempting to maintain order.
Then another girl, cute enough to look like a little angel, stood up to help maintain order.
"Stop arguing, all of you. Stop arguing..."
Bai Lan waved his hand. "Argue! Let them argue. Arguing deducts points from everyone, which means everyone loses money.
Everyone paid for this. If someone else argues while you don't, wouldn't that mean you paid for nothing?"
The classroom instantly fell silent.
Oh, right!
Breaking the rules meant losing money.
"Classmate, please explain." The handsome boy bowed as he asked, his tone filled with respect.
This made Bai Lan feel somewhat embarrassed. He turned his head toward the window rather than looking at the other boy, then spread his hands. "Do I really need to explain?
Just as I thought, with so many brainless people who can't control themselves, points are definitely going to be deducted. And a lot of them will be deducted.
Based on past experience, a class's total score is usually around 100 points.
There are forty people in the class. Since those few mutes who aren't speaking can control their mouths, they can probably control their hands and feet too.
That leaves more than thirty idiots. Even if each idiot loses points only once a week, under a negative-score system, we'd be more than thirty points in debt.
100 points: 100,000.
One point is worth 1,000 Japanese Yen.
Next month, each of us might end up owing more than 30,000.
Of course, it's also possible that the rewards issued by the school aren't based on points, but on rankings.
At the start of the school year, everyone has a perfect score, so everyone receives the reward for first place. First place gets 100,000. I don't know about last place, but to demonstrate the difference, it should be far lower than 100,000. At best, maybe half; at worst, nothing, or even having to pay extra...
Or perhaps the two systems are combined.
Losing points costs us money.
Coming in last also costs us money..."
Handsome Boy: "Th-this is terrible. What are we supposed to do?"
"Too bad! We're going to lose points either way. Rather than letting those thirty-plus idiots cost me my money, I might as well deduct it myself. At least I'll enjoy it!
That way, I won't be so angry that I turn around and bash in the heads of the idiots who caused me to lose money.
Don't worry. I'll only deduct my own share. One hundred points divided equally comes to 2.5 points per person...
Everyone deducts their own points. Everyone is responsible, so nobody has to get angry.
For 'insurance,' I plan to break the rules three times. Don't worry. After those three times, I'll 'do my best' to be a good student!
How should I use those three violations?
I've got it! I'll skip the first two classes tomorrow morning. I'll sleep as much as I want!"
"Psssh..."
Someone began angrily hissing through their teeth.
"Skipping two classes? Wouldn't that only count as two violations?" Ayanokoji, who had maintained the expression of an apathetic passerby, played along.
"Good question. The answer is: to make it three violations, I plan to leave early today."
Ayanokoji: "Why?"
"I feel like someone wants to stuff me into a sack and beat me up. I'm afraid I won't be able to leave after class. I'm sixteen and afraid of campus violence... But don't worry, I'll attend the opening ceremony later."
After saying that, Bai Lan swaggered out of the classroom.
Chabashira did not stop him. After all, during Disciplinary Inspection Month, teachers were required not to "interfere" as much as possible with students' "normal rule-breaking."
Everyone glared angrily at Bai Lan as he left and wanted to stop him. However, there was a teacher watching them, and they had just been "warned." They were terrified that breaking the rules would result in losing their spending money and earning their classmates' hatred, so nobody dared move.
For a while, the teacher and all the students in the classroom remained where they were, staring at Bai Lan's gradually receding back.
Soon, someone sensed that something was wrong.
"What exactly is he trying to do?"
"Is he insane?"
At this time, the class would normally have been set aside for the students to introduce themselves.
However, all forty people in the class were thinking about something.
Even those with completely empty heads were afraid that, under the group atmosphere, they had to at least pretend to look as though they were thinking. Otherwise, they would be seen as outsiders.
And the fate of an outsider was just like Bai Lan's... just like Bai Lan's...
Although, come to think of it, was there really anything wrong with that?
Although there were more than thirty idiots in the classroom, there were still a few who weren't stupid.
The people who weren't stupid, along with Ayanokoji, who had escaped the "mute" label by speaking up and blended into the "idiot" group, could not help but start thinking.
Did not being stupid mean they were smart?
Why had all the people who weren't stupid acted like mutes?
They thought about why they had chosen not to speak...
What exactly was Bai Lan trying to accomplish?
When Bai Lan said the classroom consisted of either idiots or mutes, did that include himself?
Bai Lan talked quite a lot, so he clearly wasn't a mute. Then was he also calling himself an idiot?
Why did he want to be an "idiot"?
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