One Bad News After Another

"It seems you all understand, so we should move on to the main topic."

What Chabashira had to say wasn't limited to just personal points; the rolled-up poster in her hand was the most important part.

She took a thick sheet of white paper from it, unfolded it, and taped it to the blackboard, securing it with magnets.

The names of Class A through Class D were clearly listed, with a number marked next to each.

Class A: 940 points.

Class B: 650 points.

Class C: 490 points.

Class D: 0 points.

"This is the gap between you and the other classes. These numbers represent your class points. Class points are converted into personal points at a set ratio and deposited into your student IDs."

Looking at it this way, it was quite intuitive; it seemed that 1 class point could be transformed into 100 personal points.

However, even Shintō was somewhat surprised. Although he had considered that the gap between his class and Class A might be large, a 60-point difference in just one month was far too much.

Moreover, looking at the points of the four classes, the gap between each class, from A to D, was clearly wide open.

"Let me state this first: the school's evaluation is absolutely fair and impartial. As for why there is such a large difference, you can only ask yourselves."

"So... can you understand now why you were assigned to Class D?"

?????

Chabashira's question clearly touched upon a blind spot in the students' knowledge.

Horikita Suzune's reaction was particularly sensitive. She hadn't thought there was any difference between the classes, but now she seemed to realize that wasn't the case at all.

"What? Isn't this because of random class assignment?"

"Since it's come to this, I'll tell you. This school assigns classes strictly according to the students' level of excellence. The most excellent people are in Class A, and the most useless are in Class D. Simply put, you are the most defective products in this school."

"Class points aren't just linked to monthly personal points; this number directly reflects your class ranking. In other words, if you had 500 points right now, you would be Class C."

Putting excellent products or fresh fruit together with other excellent ones, and separating rotten fruit and useless things, certainly had its logic.

After all, bad things would spoil the good ones.

At this point, Chabashira Sae unfolded another sheet of white paper, which recorded the results of yesterday's pop quiz.

She's certainly diligent, grading all the papers in just one day...

"These are the results of yesterday's quiz. Seeing that you are all such 'talents,' I am truly delighted. Hey, hey, hey, what exactly did you learn in middle school?"

Ignoring the few students with high scores, most people's scores were hovering around 60, including Shintō Katsuya.

Looking further down, Sudō got an incredible 14 points, and Ike got 24 points, yet the class average was 64 points.

"Do you see? If this were an official exam, seven people would be expelled just as the school year has begun!"

In some schools, scoring less than half of the average results in being held back, but the Advanced Nurturing High School is different; it only cultivates elites and does not harbor trash.

"Expelled?!"

"What, did I not mention it? In this school, if you score less than half of the average on the midterm or final exams, you are considered failing, and failing students must be expelled!"

"Aaaaaaaah??"

For a moment, the classroom was filled with complaints.

After all, just yesterday they were acting like big spenders, and today they were suddenly facing the prospect of expulsion.

It was hard for anyone to accept.

"Sae-chan, stop joking! Tell me, tell me, you're just trying to scare us, right?!"

Ike even suspected he hadn't woken up yet and pinched his face hard, but the intense pain told him this wasn't a dream.

"Heh, I said there were many ugly people in this class~"

At this moment, Kōenji took the initiative to jump out and fire a broadside at everyone.

This provoked serious dissatisfaction from the failing students:

"Kōenji, what did you say?! Anyway, you must be in the failing group too, right?!"

"Heh, BOY, you had better take a good look."

Ike searched from the back to the front, never finding Kōenji's name, until he found the other party in a high-ranking position, having even scored a 90.

Chabashira Sae took a moment to catch her breath, took a sip of water from her thermos, and cleared her throat:

"Lastly, I will add one more thing. Of course, counting on you to figure it out yourselves is probably impossible. You should have all heard about this school's extremely high rate of advancement and employment, right?"

That was a given; after all, the vast majority of students came here for those two reasons.

"The school does indeed have that capability, but it cannot simply let low-level people like you ruin the reputation of those universities or companies. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Do you mean... if we want to receive such treatment, we need to rise to Class C or higher, right?"

Chabashira shook her head at this:

"No. If you want to achieve your wishes, there is no other way but to graduate from Class A. This school will not write any letters of recommendation or provide any guarantees for students outside of Class A."

Like a bolt from the blue, this piece of devastating news was the one that impacted the students of Class D the most.

The bright future they had been longing for had unexpectedly vanished into thin air within the span of a single class.

"Ho... how is this possible?!! I've never heard of such a thing! Never!!"

A thin boy wearing glasses stood up; unlike the others, he was a genuine top student. Not only had he secured the top spot, but he could also draw inferences from the teacher's classroom questions, making him quite a clever person.

Before Chabashira Sae could respond, the mocking voice of Koenji drifted over:

"How unsightly."

"Koenji! Don't you have any dissatisfaction with being assigned to Class D?!"

"Hahahaha, this is simply the school's inability to measure my Potential. I respect and acknowledge myself more than anyone else, so even if the school has any evaluation of me, it holds no meaning whatsoever."

"Besides, I have never thought about having the school solve any problems for me or fulfill any wishes. I am going to inherit the Koenji Conglomerate in the future, so whether it's Class A or Class D makes no difference to me."

It was unknown for what purpose someone like Koenji had come to this school; the elite education he had received since childhood was actually no worse than that of Advanced Nurturing, yet he had come regardless.