Tyrant in Progress, S System Disturbs the Heart

Shiina Hiyori: "What kind of books do you like to read, Kaede?"

He chatted with Hiyori for a few moments. Relying on his approachable temperament and the art of conversation, the two of them quickly grew familiar with each other.

Hiyori used her customary opening: "What kind of books do you love to read?"

"Hmm... I like foreign web novels and domestic light novels quite a bit. I haven't read much Western classic literature, though," he replied truthfully.

"You like classic literature too? Which ones? Which books?" Shiina Hiyori's eyes sparkled.

"Haha, I'm ashamed to say I haven't read that many. Things like The Old Man and the Sea, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and The Count of Monte Cristo—just the classics that pretty much anyone would have read."

"Hmm... that's not necessarily true." Her gaze shifted slightly.

Hiyori's implication seemed to be that many of the other students in Class C had never read them.

Tennoji Kaede gave a wry smile. Looking around, there really weren't many people in the class who looked like they enjoyed reading.

Except for one person wearing glasses with a rather peculiar appearance and hairstyle.

That should be Kaneda Satoru, the academic pillar of Class C. At this moment, he was the only one in the class holding an unknown book and reading it.

Overall, First Year Class C was indeed the class with the lowest comprehensive growth attributes—the weakest, bar none.

That said, Shiina Hiyori was, in every aspect including her grades, the absolute face of all the females in Class C.

After chatting with Hiyori for a while longer, the rest of the class gradually arrived, including Ibuki Mio, who sat in front of Tennoji Kaede, and Ryuen Kakeru, who sat to his back right.

"Hey, hey, another monster just showed up! Can this really be a high school student?"

The last to arrive was actually an international student, Yamada Albert.

Tennoji Kaede sighed inwardly. Yamada's size was truly absurd; he could be ranked alongside the peculiar-looking Kito Hayato from Class A as the "High School Dual Monsters."

After Yamada took his seat, Tennoji Kaede clearly noticed Ryuen Kakeru frequently casting glances in his direction, accompanied by a certain malicious intent.

Heh, Ryuen is already picking his targets...

"Everyone, quiet down." A middle-aged teacher whose appearance, in his opinion, was no less unique than Kito's, walked in.

The classroom instantly became much quieter. Students who had just started school were usually still relatively reserved; it would be hard to say after that.

"I am Sakamoto Kazuma, your homeroom teacher for the next three years in First Year Class C. I will be teaching mathematics."

"One hour after this class meeting, everyone must go to the Gymnasium to attend the Entrance Ceremony. Now, I am handing out the rules and regulations regarding the school's most unique feature: the S System. Pass these to the back." After Sakamoto-sensei finished speaking, he began distributing the documents.

Tennoji Kaede flipped through them casually. If one were to ask who among the current new students understood this S System the best, he would dare to claim first place. Aside from a certain white-haired, sickly loli in Class A, no one else would dare claim second.

Kōtō Ikusei High School was a completely enclosed educational institution with a vast campus. Because it contained all sorts of entertainment and consumer venues within its grounds, it could be called a small, independent nation. This was also the most charming aspect of the Shijiao worldview.

"You have all encountered the rules of this S System when you received your enrollment documents, haven't you?"

"Now, everyone, pay attention to the Student Terminal Device in your hands." Sakamoto held up his own terminal.

"This is the most important item, serving the same function as a smartphone in the outside world. In this school, consumption requires a currency called 'points.' Each point is equivalent to the purchasing power of 1 Yen."

Sakamoto paused for a moment before continuing, "...Everything in this school can be purchased with points."

Tennoji Kaede nodded. The hints given by their Class C homeroom teacher were quite obvious.

Coincidentally, the homeroom teachers of Classes A, B, and D, excluding their Class C, happened to be classmates from the same year in a certain generation of Shijiao.

Because there was some personal animosity between the homeroom teachers of Classes B and D, and because Class D was the worst every year, its homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae, acted without any scruples on a daily basis—or to put it nicely, she had given up.

She almost never engaged in the kind of behavior Sakamoto-sensei was displaying, where he hinted at the school's hidden rules.

Sakamoto continued, "...This month, the school has already deposited 100000 Points into each of your accounts. They will be reissued on the first of every month."

Whether it would actually be 100000 points every time, however, was hard to say.

"Whoa!"

"Ishizaki, did I hear that right? They give us 100000 points every month? Doesn't that mean we're rich? We can buy whatever we want!"

"Hehe, coming to this school wasn't a loss. Looks like life is pretty good; we can definitely get by."

The female students were also whispering to each other, looking very happy.

Tennoji Kaede noticed that Hiyori, sitting beside him, clearly wore a puzzled expression.

Indeed. Providing tens of millions in resources to the entire student body every month—did they really think the state didn't need to make money?

Interestingly, Sakamoto-sensei seemed to have stopped talking and was silently observing something.

Tennoji Kaede glanced over and could tell he was looking in the direction of Ryuen Kakeru.

The Tyrant was as usual, a sharp, cold sneer playing on his face.

This was not surprising. Homeroom teachers could obtain the entrance exam data for all students in their class beforehand, making it easy to pinpoint the true heavy hitters in their own classes.

That was exactly how Ayanokoji had been threatened by Chabashira.

Tennoji Kaede also noticed that he, too, had caught Sakamoto-sensei's attention.

After all, with him, Ibuki in front, and Hiyori beside him—three people with blank expressions—it was hard for the person on the podium not to notice.

After the initial excitement in Class C died down, Hiyori leaned in quietly and asked:

"We did indeed receive 100000 points this month. What do you think about this, Kaede?"

[Detected failing score of 10 points for Black House work 'Ibuki Mio']

[Causal Mark for 'Ibuki Mio' has been deployed]

['Cause': Ibuki Mio is physically strong, sharp-eared and keen-eyed. At this moment, she is very interested in the whispers between you, and also has a slight interest in you, the decent-looking guy sitting in the back row.]

['Effect': Charisma +5, Leg Development +5, Causality Lock Door +10]

No way! Sister? You...

Who would want to be inexplicably locked in a dark room with someone else?

Ibuki Mio, you've really screwed me over! Great Haiya, how can you just add points to anything at random, hey!

Tennoji Kaede ranted wildly in his heart, wearing a mask of agony.

"What's wrong?" Hiyori was a little puzzled; was her question really that strange after all?

After calming himself down, he quickly whispered:

"It's nothing... Do you think it's possible for the school to give students 100,000 Yen every month?"

Upon hearing this, Shiina Hiyori and Ibuki Mio were both moved. When converted into Yen, the number 100,000 was truly even more outrageous.

Even though this was a state-sponsored high school, could the pocket money given to students every year really be this exaggerated?

Ibuki Mio reached a conclusion even faster than Hiyori: this was absolutely impossible.

Tennoji Kaede silently familiarized himself with the functions of the terminal device, staring blankly at the number 100,000.

Sakamoto Kazuma quickly finished explaining the remaining matters and left Class C.

At this time, there was still more than half an hour until the Entrance Ceremony.

Just as the students in Class C were preparing to disperse for the time being to spend their money, a man with a violent aura stood up silently.

Ryuen Kakeru let out a chilling voice, like a judge from hell:

"I said, who gave you permission to leave?"