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Kamio Tatsuya also broke into a smile, extremely happy as he looked at the balance of 7.5 million private points.

"I'm sorry, Kamio-kun."

After Ryuen left, Shiina apologized to Kamio Tatsuya once again.

"You shouldn't have anything to apologize for, right?"

"If it weren't for me, Kamio-kun wouldn't have lost three million private points."

Damn, even you don't believe me? Am I really that untrustworthy?

Shiina, trust me, I really am making money off you guys!

I just hope you won't blame me when the time comes...

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Chapter 60: Ryuen, You're Such a Good Kid

And so, time passed, and soon the day of the exam arrived.

Kamio Tatsuya notified Ishizaki and the other two, telling them to just come to the exam normally today, not to ask or say anything else, and to minimize contact with others on exam day.

In Class C, just before the exam started, Ryuen finally saw Ishizaki and the other two arrive at school.

Seeing this, Ryuen's eyes narrowed, finding it somewhat unbelievable.

How the hell did he do it?

Did he spend money to get the Student Council to revoke the punishment for Ishizaki and the others?

Ryuen had thought of this method before, but the price was even higher than retaking the exam, since the verdict had already been handed down.

Although Ryuen was puzzled, since the exam was about to start, he set the question aside.

In Class D, Chabashira-sensei pushed open the front door of the classroom, holding the exam papers in one hand, and walked in.

"For you, this is the first hurdle after enrollment. Are you ready?"

"Everyone has studied very hard these past few weeks. I don't think anyone in this class will fail!"

Hirata Yosuke was quite confident, but the people you believe in might not believe in themselves.

"Hirata, you're really confident."

Chabashira-sensei teased him, then took the exam papers out of the clipboard and handed them out.

"If no one fails this exam or the final exam in July, I'll take everyone to a southern island for a vacation over summer break."

"A vacation?"

"That's right. I'll let you spend a week of dreamlike life on an island surrounded by the sea."

Meanwhile, in Class C, although everyone was puzzled by Ishizaki and the others' appearance, no one spoke up.

Class C's homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma, also found it very strange when he saw Ishizaki and the others show up.

Had their punishment been revoked?

But he hadn't received any notice. Could it be that they'd slipped through the cracks because today was the midterm exam?

Whatever, this was the Student Council's business. Why should he care? As long as Ishizaki and the others could take the exam smoothly, that was fine.

Then, Sakagami Kazuma began distributing the exam papers row by row.

When he opened the paper, Ryuen realized the midterm exam questions weren't the previously announced past exam papers.

Sure enough, the past papers released earlier were a trap.

At the same time, he felt smug about his order for Class C students to study hard.

But because the exam had clearly outlined the key points, and the scope was limited, some classic questions still appeared on this exam paper.

At the same time, in Class D, several students were sweating profusely.

Although Class D had been holding study sessions, some people had been clever enough to assume the past exam papers posted on the forum were the actual midterm questions.

So they'd slacked off during their studies, and when they saw the exam questions weren't the past papers, they were momentarily dumbfounded.

Still, after nearly twenty days of intensive study, and since the exam questions weren't that difficult, they slowly started working on the problems.

After the first subject exam ended, Class D immediately erupted in a flurry of discussion.

"What's going on?"

"Why aren't the midterm questions the past exam papers?"

"I'm done. I don't feel confident at all."

"Damn it, it's all that Anonymous Poster's fault for misleading us."

Hearing these wails of misery, Kamio Tatsuya sneered coldly in his heart. If you fall for such an obvious trap, who else deserves to lose but you?

Right then, Kamio Tatsuya's phone buzzed with a text from Ryuen.

[How did you do it?]

[Don't ask. You'll find out soon enough.]

The Five Subject Exam was held consecutively, each subject lasting fifty minutes with a ten-minute break in between.

After all five subjects ended, it was nearly one o'clock.

"The exam is over. No classes this afternoon. Pack up your things and you can head straight home."

After collecting the Final Exam Paper, Chabashira-sensei explained the next arrangements and then left.

Kamio Tatsuya packed up his stuff, planning to grab a meal first, but the moment he stepped out of the Teaching Building, Ryuen blocked him with Ishizaki and the other two, who were supposed to be suspended.

"Hey, what exactly did you do?"

"What did I do what?"

Seeing Ryuen's bewildered expression, a smile crept onto Kamio Tatsuya's lips.

Watching him feign ignorance like that, Ryuen was seething with rage, but damn it, he couldn't vent it.

Given the schemes Kamio Tatsuya had shown so far, Ryuen Kakeru, though unwilling to admit it, had to acknowledge the guy was formidable.

If he acted rashly, he might just fall into the other's trap again.

Besides, even after racking his brains for so long, he still couldn't figure out how Kamio Tatsuya had gotten Ishizaki and the others to come to school.

Even asking Ishizaki and them yielded nothing, because all they knew was one thing.

That Kamio Tatsuya had told them to just show up for the exam today and ask nothing. As for Shiina, she was completely clueless when questioned.

"Don't rush. You'll find out soon enough."

As if to prove Kamio Tatsuya's words, Ryuen's phone rang at that moment.

After glancing at Kamio Tatsuya, Ryuen picked up the call.

"What's up, Sakagami?"

"Are Ishizaki and the others with you? Get them off campus immediately!"

"What happened?"

"Ishizaki and the others' punishment hasn't ended at all! And because they came to school during their suspension, they've ignored the school's disciplinary action! The Student Council considered it their first offense, so they only extended the suspension by two more days, but Class C has been docked another two hundred Class Points because of this!"

Sakagami Kazuma was practically fuming. He'd thought of many possibilities, but never this one.

Who the hell dares to ignore the school's punishment like that? What kind of people are they? How are they so bold?

In serious terms, this was damn near a prison break!

And Ryuen, upon hearing Sakagami's words, immediately narrowed his eyes and fixed them on Kamio Tatsuya.

Kamio Tatsuya, guessing what the other had heard on the call, burst into laughter, doubling over.

"Ryuen, oh Ryuen. You blatantly break school rules without a care, yet you made them obediently follow the school's punishment. Do you disrespect the school, or do you respect it? I really want to know."

Whenever people do anything, they pay a price. For example, when Ryuen used violence against Kamio Tatsuya, the cost of being caught was a one-week suspension for Ishizaki and the others.

So what's the cost for disobeying the Student Council's verdict and coming to school during suspension?

Kamio Tatsuya hadn't known before, but now it seemed they wouldn't be expelled. Or maybe the mess they'd stirred up wasn't big enough, so they weren't expelled.

As for what if Ishizaki and the other two actually got expelled for ignoring the school's punishment?

Expelled is expelled. At worst, Shiina would hate him for it...

As for Ryuen's subsequent revenge, Kamio Tatsuya wasn't bothered. If he could get three expelled this time, he could get three expelled next time.

If you're not afraid, go ahead and try.

He'd already offended them anyway; he didn't mind making it worse.

But the result didn't go as Kamio Tatsuya expected. The school only fined Class C more Class Points.

Two hundred points. Another two hundred gone.

He remembered Class C had four hundred and ninety points before. Now they only had ninety left, just ninety more than Class D.

Chapter 61: Midterm Exam Results

After calculating Class C's remaining Class Points, Kamio Tatsuya felt a bit emotional.

Damn, he'd originally wanted to coast along, but before he knew it, he'd narrowed the gap between Class D and Class C.

Dog Ryuen, it's all your damn fault. Why'd you have to overreach and provoke me? Now look at you, happy!?

As for Ryuen, he was nearly sickened by Kamio Tatsuya's sarcastic taunts.

But he couldn't argue—after all, he was the loser. The loser eats dust, and that was that.

"You did this because I interrupted your time with Hiyori, didn't you?"

"No. Even without Shiina, you'd have found some other excuse to come after me, right? So I just struck back in passing. I'm not the type to take a loss and shut up quietly. Your thoughts, your next moves—all of it was within my expectations. Guys like you are just too easy to read."

Kamio Tatsuya said with a chuckle, "But don't worry. I'm not interested in class competition. I just want to spend three years here peacefully. As long as you stop bothering me from now on, I won't go out of my way to mess with you."

Though Kamio Tatsuya spoke lightly, Ryuen felt a chill run down his spine.

Just a counterattack in passing, and it nearly pushed me into a corner?

Just a counterattack in passing, and he took 4.5 million Private Points and 400 Class Points from me?

In that moment, Ryuen deeply realized just how terrifying the guy in front of him was.

At the same time, he reflected on his own mistakes. But no matter how he turned it over in his mind, it all came down to one thing: he had underestimated Kamio Tatsuya and hadn't shown up in person on the day of the operation.

If he had been there that day, maybe none of this trouble would have happened.

If only he could turn back time!

Still, Ryuen didn't dwell on it for too long. He recovered quickly.

This probe wasn't without its benefits—at least now he knew this guy wasn't someone to mess with. So until he came up with a foolproof plan, it was best not to provoke him again.

Of course, that didn't mean Ryuen was afraid of Kamio Tatsuya. He was just lying low until he had a sure hand.

Once the opportunity came, Ryuen would strike without hesitation.