Classroom of the Elite, Just Want to Be a Slacker

Chabashira-sensei had indeed said that. Class D's Midterm Exam average was 77, so logically, they should have received 77 Class Points.

That meant every Class D student should have been issued 7,700 Private Points on the first of the month.

Kamio Tatsuya truly hadn't paid attention to those points.

Whenever he checked his balance now, he first looked at the number of digits. Once he confirmed it was Seven Digits, he checked the first three digits and ignored the last four.

So he genuinely hadn't known that Class D hadn't received any Private Points at first.

But now he knew.

And the first thought that came to his mind after learning it was—

Dog Ryuen had actually set his sights on Class D?

Chapter 70: Kamio Tatsuya: I Hope You Are

While the Class D students were all wondering what had happened, Kamio Tatsuya was looking forward to seeing what tricks Ryuen would pull this time.

After his seduction tactic had been countered by Kamio's Diverting the Calamity, what move did he plan to use this time?

Come to think of it, that guy seemed especially fond of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

"From that expression, did you think of something?"

Before Kamio Tatsuya could figure out Ryuen's scheme, Horikita Suzune's voice reached him again.

"Why are you always watching me? Fallen for me?"

Kamio Tatsuya turned and teased her.

"If you can lead Class D up to Class A, then maybe I really will fall for you."

Startled!

Kamio Tatsuya stared at her in shock.

You're not Horikita Suzune! Who are you?

Whoever you are, get out of Horikita Suzune's body!

"What kind of look is that?"

"No, I just thought that didn't sound like you."

Kamio Tatsuya answered honestly, and Horikita Suzune fell silent for a moment.

"Quiet down. I'll begin the explanation now."

Chabashira-sensei interrupted the Class D students' hushed discussion and pinned the sheet of paper in her hand to the blackboard.

"These are this month's Class Points. Honestly, your efforts have been refreshing enough that I have no choice but to acknowledge them."

The paper posted on the blackboard listed the Class Points for all four classes.

Class A: 1,110 points

Class B: 722 points

Class C: 145 points

Class D: 77 points

Class A's Class Points had reached 1,110?

Kamio remembered that Class A had only had 994 points left last month. Now they had 1,110, which meant they had gained 116 points all at once.

What kind of joke was that? The highest possible Midterm Exam score was 100. If the points gained were based on the average score, could Class A's average possibly have reached 100?

There was something shady going on!

Apparently, Kamio Tatsuya wasn't the only one who had noticed this.

"Chabashira-sensei, why did Class A gain 116 points all at once? No matter what, the Midterm Exam average shouldn't be able to exceed 100."

Horikita Suzune immediately raised her hand and voiced the question.

"Because in addition to receiving Class Points equal to its average score, Class A also received an extra 20-point bonus for placing first in average score. Do you understand now?

"Likewise, Class B placed second in average score, so it received an additional ten points. As for Class C and Class D, neither received any bonus points."

Horikita Suzune fell silent, then understood.

That was true. There was nothing unreasonable about giving extra rewards to classes that performed well.

The Class D students were also delighted that their Class Points were no longer at zero. Although they had previously obtained a sum of points by extorting other classes—

Because of that incident, quite a few students always felt unable to hold their heads high when facing students from other classes.

Seeing the excited Class D students, Chabashira-sensei immediately poured cold water over them. "This is merely a reward for First-year students who made it through the Midterm Exam. Every class will receive it. Naturally, you won't have such good fortune in the future."

"Ah, who cares about that? What I'm more concerned about is why we clearly have Class Points, but no Private Points were issued to us."

The topic returned to square one.

"There was a minor dispute this time, so the First-year students' points will be distributed later than usual. I apologize, but please wait a little longer."

Chabashira-sensei's words drew dissatisfied murmurs from most of the students in the class.

It was just sent out late. What were these guys complaining about?

Wait? Last month, everyone got 40,000 Private Points from the other classes. Surely these guys hadn't already squandered it all again?

Kamio Tatsuya's expression turned strange. If they still did not receive any points this month, he was not going to extort the other classes again.

"Quiet. This is the school's decision, and there's nothing I can do about it. Once the dispute is resolved, the school should distribute the points—provided you still have any left."

As expected, Ryuen was stirring up trouble again.

Why could he never stay still?

But if he really managed to wipe out Class D's Class Points, wasn't he afraid Class D would try to scam them again?

Class C probably did not have much money left for living expenses either.

Or was Ryuen planning to go all the way and face them head-on...?

Come to think of it, given the current gap between their class and the others, Ryuen really might do something like that.

When the time came and all four classes were sitting at zero, that would definitely be quite a sight.

He suddenly felt like laughing.

Yeah, hold it in. If his guess was wrong, wouldn't he be laughing for nothing?

The morning classes ended quickly, and Kamio Tatsuya got ready to leave with the rest of the students.

But just as he stood up, he saw that his deskmate beside him had already put away her textbooks and taken out a wrapped lunch box from her bag.

Sigh. He had said he would start cooking for himself, but two months had passed and there had been no progress at all.

You've gotten lazy, Kamio Tatsuya.

"If you keep looking at me like that, I'll get embarrassed."

Horikita Suzune had been about to open her lunch box, but when she noticed Kamio Tatsuya staring at it, her hands froze.

"And even if you want to eat my lunch, I'm not giving it to you."

This was kind of fucking impossible to explain.

"Unlike you, I'm not a vegetarian."

After saying that, Kamio Tatsuya turned his head and noticed that, besides Horikita Suzune, several others had brought lunch as well. The closest one to him was a girl he had spoken to a few times before.

Sakura Airi. She was an extremely shy girl. On the first day of school, Kamio Tatsuya had asked her to wake him up on the bus, but they had not spoken since.

She cooked for herself too?

Sigh. He had spent the past month studying hard and had not noticed details like these at all.

Before long, there were only a few people left in the classroom. Kamio Tatsuya was also planning to head to the cafeteria and grab something to eat.

Then his eyes met those of Horikita Suzune's deskmate.

Ayanokoji Kiyonaka. Of everyone here, he was the one Kamio Tatsuya least wanted anything to do with.

"Kamio, do you dislike me?"

You know that, and you're still asking!?

Do you have any social awareness at all?

"No."

Kamio Tatsuya said that and prepared to leave the classroom for lunch, but Ayanokoji just would not let it go.

"Then why do you deliberately avoid looking at me?"

"I'm not deliberately avoiding you. I just have a condition where looking into another man's eyes for too long makes me feel sick."

Bullshit!

Both Ayanokoji and Horikita Suzune silently complained in their hearts.

"Normally, wouldn't that mean you dislike me?"

"I don't dislike anyone."

Kamio Tatsuya continued to insist.

"Is that so? But not long after school started, you beat up Yamauchi."

As Ayanokoji said this, Kamio Tatsuya happened to notice Sakura Airi, who was eating two rows ahead. Her body visibly trembled.

"That guy doesn't count as a person in my book."

"That's harsh..." Even so, Ayanokoji Kiyonaka's tone remained completely flat. "You don't think I don't count as a person too, do you?"

Fuck.

How was he supposed to answer that?

Say no?

That obviously would not work. He was afraid of getting beaten up.

But in your current state, how am I supposed to say it against my conscience!?

After thinking for quite a while, Kamio Tatsuya gave his answer.

"I hope you are."

Chapter 71: Once People's Hearts Scatter, the Team Becomes Hard to Lead

Kamio Tatsuya sincerely felt that Ayanokoji barely counted as a human being. There might have been some prejudice involved on Yamauchi's side, but when it came to Ayanokoji, he had completely confirmed the answer.

Saying Yamauchi wasn't human was an insult.

But saying Ayanokoji wasn't human was genuinely a description of him.

Human emotions were vibrant and varied. Even Yamauchi and Ike had all kinds of psychological shifts, their moods rising and falling with the events around them.

But Ayanokoji... all this time, Kamio Tatsuya didn't think he had ever sensed any emotional fluctuation from him.

Whether it was when he had invited him to eat together before, or when they had been summoned to the Counseling Room by Chabashira-sensei.

That state made Kamio Tatsuya suspect that even if someone stabbed him, he would still look exactly the same.

So even if Sakayanagi hadn't said anything, he would probably have chosen to keep a certain distance from him unless absolutely necessary.

After Kamio Tatsuya answered that question, Ayanokoji fell into a brief silence.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Kamio Tatsuya quickly left the classroom.

When he returned after eating, Ayanokoji was already sitting in his seat, seemingly no different from before.

Horikita was also sitting there reading as usual. He had no idea where she found so many books to read every day.

After school, Chabashira-sensei held the usual class meeting. She said a whole bunch of meaningless things; he had no idea why there were so many meetings every day.

"Sudo, come with me. Everyone else may leave."

Before the meeting ended, Chabashira-sensei kept Sudo behind alone.

"Huh? Why me? I've got basketball practice next," Sudo said listlessly.

Looking at the dispirited Sudo, Kamio Tatsuya's thoughts began to wander again.