Kushida Kikyo's Collapse

The compass in Horikita Suzune's hand instantly stabbed toward Tenyo Yagetsu's side. She had had enough of Tenyo Yuyuki's attitude. With a helpless sigh, Tenyo Yuyuki's right hand immediately seized Horikita's wrist, smoothly lifting it upward and pulling it back behind her.

Horikita Suzune lost her balance and fell into his arms, making it look as if she had actively thrown herself into Tenyo Yuyuki's embrace.

Breathing in Tenyo Yuyuki's scent and feeling the warmth radiating from his body, Horikita Suzune's expression instantly shifted.

"You bastard, let go of me right now."

"Calm down." Releasing his grip, Tenyo Yuyuki smiled. "What would I gain from messing with you? I can naturally tell you the information, but you have to agree to one condition first."

"Tenyo Yuyuki, don't bother bringing up something like a date. There's no way I'd agree to that."

Horikita Suzune quickly stepped back several paces as she spoke, though perhaps because this was her first time being so close to the opposite sex, she seemed a little lacking in confidence.

"Of course I know that." Tenyo Yuyuki sat back down on the bench and glanced at the spot beside him. "Sit down and talk."

"If you do anything strange again, don't blame me for being rude."

After hesitating for a moment, Horikita Suzune still sat down beside Tenyo Yuyuki.

Horikita Suzune felt no fear toward Tenyo Yuyuki. Their brief exchange just now hadn't been serious on her part either, so it didn't mean anything.

Having studied martial arts, Horikita Suzune remained extremely confident. If the two of them were to truly settle things, Tenyo Yuyuki stood no chance against her.

"Naturally not."

Tenyo Yuyuki said indifferently, taking pen and paper from his bag. He quickly wrote out a contract and handed it to Horikita Suzune.

"As long as you sign this contract, I'll give you the information for free!"

"Tenyo Yuyuki, what do you mean by this?"

Looking at the contract in her hands, Horikita Suzune slowly furrowed her brows.

The content of the contract was very concise.

One: When faced with any question from Kushida, Horikita Suzune must answer with "So what?"

Two: Prohibited from disclosing any information about Tenyo Yuyuki to outsiders.

Otherwise, she would have to pay Tenyo Yuyuki 50,000 Private Points.

Simply put, it was a contract to take the fall!

Horikita Suzune didn't really care about that either. There was only one thing she still couldn't figure out.

"Who is Kushida Kikyo?" Horikita Suzune said coldly. "And also, what exactly is your goal, Tenyo Yuyuki? What consequences will this contract bring me? If I don't understand that, I won't sign it!"

"Are you serious?" Tenyo Yuyuki said, a little speechless. "Kushida Kikyo went to the same middle school as you and is now your classmate. You should have heard her name during the self-introductions."

"Then what?"

Hearing Tenyo Yuyuki's explanation, Horikita Suzune did recall Kushida Kikyo, but only to the extent of knowing her name.

She didn't care about Kushida Kikyo at all. She was more concerned about what consequences or losses Tenyo Yuyuki's plans would bring her.

"Fine."

Tenyo Yuyuki smiled nonchalantly. "Sign this contract, and you'll face Kushida Kikyo's hostility. For the three years of high school, she'll probably target you relentlessly."

He paused briefly, then added with a teasing tone, "50,000 Private Points or signing this contract—both will get you the information you want. Horikita Suzune, which will you choose?"

"There's no need to choose!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Horikita Suzune directly signed the contract!

There was even a hint of glee in her heart.

Before the transaction had even begun, she had already obtained two pieces of information.

[Points can buy anything] and [Contracts]. From Tenyo Yuyuki's attitude, she could judge that this contract definitely had strong binding power and was recognized by the school!

Moreover.

There was no need to care about Kushida Kikyo's hostility. At worst, it would be some bullying, violence, or rallying a group of girls to isolate her!

After all.

Horikita Suzune had never planned to build relationships with anyone anyway. She only wanted to get closer to her brother. As for bullying and violence, Horikita Suzune had enough confidence in her own physical abilities.

The other point.

Keeping Tenyo Yuyuki's identity secret was even less of a concern.

Simply put.

Horikita Suzune felt that this contract caused her no loss at all, and she could get Tenyo Yuyuki's information for free!

What a steal!

"Alright, where's the information?"

"What a surprising choice!"

Taking the contract from Horikita Suzune's hand, Tenyo Yuyuki feigned astonishment.

Horikita Suzune tucked a strand of her beautiful hair behind her ear and said coldly, "You probably wanted to use this contract to scare me off, forcing me into a dilemma where I'd buy the information with 50,000 Private Points. But unfortunately, the 'wrecking house effect' doesn't work on me!

And I have no interest in everyone getting along nicely. Tenyo Yuyuki, you miscalculated!"

"Fine!" Tenyo Yuyuki shrugged, glancing at the two bottles of black tea beside Horikita Suzune.

This time, Horikita Suzune handed one of the bottles to Tenyo Yuyuki. "Alright, now it's time to tell me the information."

In this negotiation, Horikita Suzune believed she had won and should be magnanimous.

"Of course, I'm not the kind of man who would breach a contract."

Tenyo Yuyuki toyed with the black tea as he spoke. "First, starting next month, the school will no longer distribute 100,000 Private Points. Instead, it will use the S System for comprehensive evaluation!"

"S System?" Horikita Suzune immediately seized on the key point.

"That's right."

Tenyo Yuyuki nodded and continued, "It's a system that scores based on each class's daily performance and various exam results. The points earned are Class Points, also called S Points."

"I see. So that's why there are free items."

Horikita Suzune frowned, somewhat displeased. "You mean the class's overall performance affects individual points. What's the ratio between Class Points and Private Points?"

"100 to 1."

Tenyo Yuyuki smiled lightly, fully understanding Horikita Suzune's displeasure.

Horikita Suzune, with her excellent individual abilities, was very dissatisfied, feeling she would definitely be dragged down by the others in her class.

"No wonder Chabashira-sensei said strength is everything."

Horikita Suzune analyzed to herself. "To make students fully understand the importance of money, if they want a wealthy school life, they must exercise self-discipline, improve their grades, and grow to earn points."

Finishing her muttering, Horikita Suzune looked at Tenyo Yuyuki again. "Is there any other information?"

"Of course."

Tenyo Yuyuki stood up and casually tossed his empty can into the trash can before continuing:

"Students are divided into four classes: A, B, C, and D. Only graduating from A Class makes you an elite, with the freedom to choose any major company.

The other classes are merely fertilizer for A Class's growth, and D Class is even rated as flawed goods."

Hearing his words, Horikita Suzune abruptly stood up, her cold, sharp gaze fixed on Tenyo Yuyuki.

"Is this true?"

Her grades were among the best even across all of Sakurajima, and her athletics were the same. She could freely choose any key high school in Sakurajima.

Yet.

In this school, she was considered flawed goods—it was simply incomprehensible. As for the power to choose a career, Horikita Suzune didn't value it much.

"That's how it is." Tenyo Yuyuki replied flatly.

After a moment of silence, Horikita Suzune gradually calmed down. Since she didn't start in A Class, she just needed to climb to A Class to prove herself.

"I see. So this is the truth behind the meritocracy."

She could fully imagine that the exams in this school wouldn't be as simple as in middle school.

Moreover.

In Sakurajima.

The importance of a resume went without saying. Even being labeled with 'dismissed' made it extremely difficult to find a new job.

Failing to graduate from A Class could even earn you the label of 'failure.' From this perspective, graduating from B, C, or D Class could even count as a negative evaluation!

"Suzune, that's all the information. Do you have any more questions?"

Tenyo Yuyuki picked up his shopping bag again, already planning to return to the dormitory.

This information would be common knowledge in a month, so there was no need to hide it. Of course, Tenyo Yuyuki wouldn't tell her anything more important.

Horikita Suzune sneered faintly. "This is information that should be proactively shared with the whole class, yet you used it to make a deal with me. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Not at all."

Tenyo Yuyuki smiled indifferently. "After all, I have no interest in promoting to A Class, and no need to assist the class."

He paused briefly, then added, "And now that you know this information, how you use it is your freedom."

"Is that so? Wanting to enjoy a pleasant high school life is your freedom, but from now on, you'd better not get in my way."

Horikita Suzune finished speaking and, without any hesitation, picked up her shopping bag and returned to the dormitory.

Having learned all the information, she had no interest in why Tenyo Yuyuki didn't want to promote to A Class, nor any desire for further conversation.

As long as she could promote to A Class and show Horikita Manabu her growth over these three years, she was sure her brother would be proud.

"Suzune is still only at this level, huh."

Watching Horikita Suzune's back, Tenyo Yuyuki muttered to himself.

Though promoting to A Class was a basic condition of the Tenyo Family's assessment, one should never let others know what you want—that would become your weakness.

He had originally prepared how to handle Horikita Suzune's follow-up questions, but he hadn't expected her to completely disregard him.

This wasn't just a matter of narrow vision; arrogance, conceit, and other flaws were clearly visible in Horikita Suzune.

Of course, Tenyo Yuyuki had also noticed many of her strengths. Her logical analysis was good, and her ability to grasp key points was so strong it almost felt like intuition.

Outwardly consistent, inwardly the same—only his gentleness comes off as a bit contrived, a sharp tongue with a soft heart.

The most critical point was that Horikita Suzune possessed extremely high initiative, even stronger than Ichinose and the others, along with a never-give-up-until-the-goal-is-reached attitude. As long as she was properly trained, she would make an excellent leader!

After waiting a while.

Tenyo Yuyuki returned to the dormitory carrying a shopping bag.

Room 402 was the single-person dormitory the school had assigned to him.

Although it was a single room, it came fully equipped with a kitchen, toilet, bathroom, bedroom, and balcony—a school backed by the nation really did have deep pockets.

"Only over 10,000 Private Points left."

Staring at the number on his phone, Tenyo Yuyuki lay on his bed, feeling a bit helpless.

On the very first day of school, he had spent over 10,000 Private Points. Besides buying an untraceable account from Chabashira, he had also purchased a Punching Bag.

"All the preparations are done. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow."

Logging into the account he had bought from Chabashira, he posted a thread on some school forum.

Tenyo Yuyuki immediately abandoned that account completely.

This account, which had cost 50,000 Private Points, had successfully fulfilled its mission.