Chabashira Sae's Anxiety

In the quiet office, Chabashira Sae crossed her black-stockinged legs and examined the personal file in her hands with a headache.

Jingu Byakuya, average grades, average athletic ability, possesses an outstanding appearance.

Formerly the only son and first-in-line heir to the Jingu Group.

Had an ambiguous relationship with his homeroom teacher in elementary school, and was entangled with several girls in middle school.

Currently being raised by a mysterious person; other details unknown.

This file was handed to her by Chairman Sakayanagi, who had strictly warned her that this person's identity was special and that she must not provoke him.

Of course, based on this file alone, there was nothing particularly frightening about Byakuya's identity.

Even if he once held a noble status, that was in the past; those who fall from grace still get beaten all the same.

The reason he could be treated so solemnly by Chairman Sakayanagi might be due to other factors.

After all, this was the heir to a once-great conglomerate. If he could be wiped out by other families, one could imagine how deep the influence of those people ran. Is it even possible for this public heir to still be alive today?

Are they not afraid of him making a comeback?

She knew that the backgrounds of these prominent families were extremely complex. Even if a family disappeared for a time, no one knew how many powerful figures with connections remained hidden in the shadows.

It was impossible to round all these people up; doing so would shake the very foundations of society.

And since this heir—the most critical piece of the puzzle—was still living well, his background might be... even deeper than those enemies.

Thinking of this, Chabashira furrowed her brows deeply.

She hadn't expected the Chairman to toss such a bomb into her class.

Perhaps the Chairman's willingness to accept this person had something to do with a special familial relationship with that individual.

Sigh.

Just then, the office door knocked.

"Come in." Chabashira set down the file and took a sip of her coffee.

The person who entered was Horikita Suzune from her class.

To be honest, Chabashira thought quite highly of this person. She had excellent grades, was talented in all sports, had been a top-tier student since childhood, and was also the younger sister of Horikita Manabu.

If handled correctly, she could be the primary force for this class to rise.

However, although she thought highly of Horikita Suzune, she still had to suppress her on the surface. Anyone could see that this girl was quite arrogant; such a personality was not a strength, but the greatest obstacle to her growth.

"Is there something you need?" Chabashira asked indifferently.

Horikita's complexion was not good, and the eyes looking at her carried a trace of faint anger.

"Teacher, I would like to ask about the class distribution in this school."

"Oh?" Chabashira raised her eyes slightly. To have discovered the difference in this school after only one week forced her to look at the girl with renewed interest.

"Why didn't you tell us at the start of the term that Class D is the worst class?" "Why did you induce us to think that points were useless and to spend them freely?" "Are you a spy for another class, Teacher?"

Three questions in a row made Chabashira frown involuntarily.

"Horikita, let's take this slowly. First, the school never said Class D was the worst. At the very least, every class is equal for the time being."

"You mean the Class Points." Horikita interjected.

"You even know about that?"

"Someone I know told me. Let's put that aside for now; what about the second question?"

Horikita hadn't understood at first, but after Chabashira's hint, she realized that according to Byakuya's analysis, every class had a basis for scoring Class Points, and every class started out the same.

This was why Chabashira had answered that they were currently 'equal.'

At the very least, before the points changed, A, B, C, and D didn't represent anything on the surface.

"The second question..." Chabashira Sae tapped her fingers on the desk. "I just gave a casual reminder. What you do is your own business. Besides, even if I really did that, I didn't violate any school rules. What can you do to me?"

"..."

For the first time, Horikita felt that this seemingly cold teacher was actually quite thick-skinned.

"As for the third question, even if I were to act as a spy for another class, I wouldn't gain anything. On the contrary, if you could study hard, my bonus would be higher. I truly hope you can study seriously, but go look at the attitude in the classroom, go look at the attitude in other classes—what difference would it make if I said anything or not?"

"That's them; it has nothing to do with me." Horikita said coldly.

"If those leaders shared your current mindset, they would have stepped down long ago." Chabashira said with disdain.

Horikita glared at her, wanting to retort, but couldn't think of anything to say.

However, leaders?

Could it be that Chabashira wanted her to lead this class?

"Go back. If you only came to vent your emotions to me, you've succeeded. You can leave now."

"Hmph!"

Horikita turned and left.

Though she had vented, her expression remained incredibly gloomy, and there was a trace of worry in the depths of her heart.

"What if my brother sees this..."

Setting aside whether it would disappoint her brother, if others found out she was the younger sister of that person, she would have no face left to remain at this school.

The younger sister of the most outstanding student council president in history is actually a student in Class D? If this news were to leak, his reputation would surely take a massive hit.

She did not want to disappoint her brother.

But she had no other choice; even if she were to reveal the information to her classmates, they... probably wouldn't listen to her anyway.

Unless—

A person suddenly crossed her mind.

Kushida Kikyou...

If it were her, the students in the class would surely be happy to believe her words.

Besides, Kushida had been trying to get close to her for a while now...

As if she had made up her mind, the furrow in Horikita's brow gradually smoothed out.

After school, Kushida accepted Horikita's invitation, and the location they agreed upon was actually...

"Why is it in my room?" Bai Ye leaned against his bed, looking at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

Unfortunately, no one answered him, so he could only continue looking at the novel in his hands.

It seemed to be Horikita's first time in his dormitory, and she looked around, taking in her surroundings.

As for Kushida, although she had been here once before, she had been kicked out within minutes and hadn't been able to observe anything closely, so this time she looked around curiously, even lifting the blanket to check under his bed.

He swatted Kushida's hand away and said irritably, "There's nothing there for you to see."

"What kind of things?" Kushida blinked like a curious child, putting on an innocent act.

"Nothing."

"Alright, let's get started." Seeing that there really wasn't anything to look at—it was even cleaner than her own room—Horikita said, "Kushida, I brought you here today to tell you something very important. It's like this..."

Horikita didn't bother with small talk; in reality, she was very anxious. The sooner the class knew about this, the more points they could potentially gain.

After Horikita finished speaking, Kushida said with some surprise, "Are you sure this information is true?"

"Yes. Class points aren't that easy to hide. Although the school intends to keep them secret, it's quite easy to investigate if you're determined."

For example, by posting fake information online about how to increase class points, if someone clicks on it—even if it's fake—as long as those people don't deny the existence of class points, it becomes easy to deduce.

Then, one could purchase information from students in other grades about how many class points their classes had; since this information wasn't very valuable, it didn't cost many points to acquire.

Horikita showed her the information on her phone regarding the points of Class A, Year 2.

"1030?" Kushida tilted her head.

"That's right." Horikita nodded. "According to my deduction, 1 class point is equivalent to 100 individual points. We were each given 100,000 points at the start of the term, so it should be 1,000 class points."

"I see." Kushida nodded. "But, Horikita-san, why are you telling me such important information? Do you trust me that much?"

"No, actually, he discovered most of these things; I'm just relaying them to you."

Horikita pointed her finger at Bai Ye, who was reading on the bed.

Bai Ye put down his book and said, "I was just guessing, and I'm not even sure if it's correct. You're the one who really figured it out, Horikita."

"So that's how it is." Kushida walked over and grabbed his hand with a look of admiration. "Jingu-kun is so smart! You were able to figure out so much just by guessing!"

"It wasn't just a guess..."

"That makes it even more impressive! Jingu-kun is so humble, completely different from the other boys in class~"

Watching Kushida's somewhat infatuated expression, he felt goosebumps rise all over his body.

If he didn't already know Kushida's other side, he might have actually believed her.

However, this was an opportunity.

"Horikita, I have something important to discuss with Kushida. You can head back for today."

"Something important?" Horikita narrowed her eyes, looking at him suspiciously, then glanced at Kushida. Seeing that she didn't deny it and that her face was slightly flushed, the strange look on Horikita's face deepened.

Could it be that these two were having an affair?

But...

It had nothing to do with her anyway, and she couldn't be bothered to get involved.

It was just that she felt a bit annoyed; she was the one who had called everyone over, so how did she end up being the irrelevant party?

Although she knew the information was essentially unrelated to her, she couldn't help but glare fiercely at Bai Ye before leaving.