Swimming Class, 5.95 Million Points, Class B's Compromise

Swimming class.

Dokuho Kouya was wearing swimming trunks, rinsing his body in the shower room.

"It's quite rare to have a swimming class at this time of year."

Norihito Watanabe, showering in the next stall, felt it was unusual. "Normally, shouldn't it be later, when summer arrives, before we have swimming lessons?"

Although spring is warm, there is still a slight chill in the air at times.

If swimming classes were held in the summer, students would feel the heat just by standing under the sun and would be eager to jump into the pool immediately.

In terms of motivation, it is indeed better to hold swimming classes in the summer.

"If this were an ordinary school, one might be able to brush it off."

Just then, the serious and calm voice of Ryuji Kanzaki rang out from another shower stall. "But at Advanced Nurturing, it's hard not to read into it."

Ever since he heard Dokuho Kouya talk about the school's hidden rules, Ryuji Kanzaki had begun observing the events occurring within the school.

He soon discovered that the school was filled with hints everywhere.

The school provides students with free meal sets and daily necessities, students in Class A are generally confident and excellent, while Class D is a pile of trash...

After learning the truth about the school, Ryuji Kanzaki felt that the school was dropping hints in many aspects.

However, if Dokuho Kouya hadn't pointed it out to them in advance, he really wouldn't have been able to make such connections.

Now, seeing the school choose to hold swimming classes at this time, Ryuji Kanzaki subconsciously believed that the school must have some profound intention.

"Kouya, what do you think the school is trying to tell us?" Ryuji Kanzaki asked.

"Kanzaki-kun, I believe I've already said that I'm not interested in these matters," Dokuho Kouya replied.

The school's choice to hold swimming classes at this time was highly likely related to the uninhabited island exam during summer vacation.

In Dokuho's memory, the uninhabited island used for the exam had rivers, but the rivers were not deep, perhaps not even as high as an adult's knees.

As long as one stood up, they wouldn't drown.

But just in case, the school still held swimming classes in advance to ensure that students learned to swim before the summer vacation, so as to avoid drowning in that small river.

"I didn't expect you to be genuinely committed to the path of individual promotion."

Hearing that Dokuho Kouya did not want to participate in the class discussion, Ryuji Kanzaki felt a bit frustrated, then asked, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to talk about it, but is your progress going smoothly?"

He had also been thinking about how to increase his private points during this period.

But after some investigation, he only learned that one could obtain private points by achieving good performance in clubs.

However, based on the points provided by the clubs, there was no way to save up 20 million before graduation.

"If I'm lucky, I'll be able to scrape together 20 million by next month," Dokuho Kouya said with a smile.

With the help of the leader of Class C in the third year, third-year students had been transferring points to his personal account one after another.

So far, 16 people had transferred 250,000 private points to him, 13 of whom were students from Class C and 3 from Class B.

As for the students in Class D of the third year, not a single one had done so.

This was hardly surprising; for Class D, the monthly living allowance they received was barely enough to get by, and they might even need the free goods provided by the school to survive.

They couldn't even afford their daily expenses, let alone save up points to participate in a lottery.

The situation with Class B of the third year was also easy to understand; they likely felt that since the new school year had just begun, they still had a chance to compete for Class A, so they weren't in a hurry, with only 3 students participating in the lottery.

However, once they were beaten up by Class A again in the next special exam, many would likely transfer their points over.

Among the students participating in the plan, Class C had the most.

This was not only because Dokuho Kouya had spoken to the leader of Class C of the third year, but also partly because the status of Class C was too awkward.

There was basically no possibility of competing for Class A, yet they had money in their pockets.

While 250,000 private points was a lot, it was only relative to students.

If they were to enter society and work in the future, any ordinary job would provide a monthly income exceeding 250,000.

Gambling on luck with less than a month's salary was an acceptable risk for the students of Class C.

It was possible that by the end, the entire Class C of the third year might participate in this plan.

Hearing Dokuho Kouya's words, Ryuji Kanzaki was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Can you tell me the specific amount of points?"

"5.94 million."

On the first day of school, Dokuho Kouya received 100,000 from the school, earned 1.5 million from the Shogi Club and Arisu Sakayanagi, and then collected 350,000 in coaching fees from the Shogi Club and the Chess Club.

Following that were the points transferred by the third-year students to participate in the lottery; currently, 16 people had participated, each transferring 250,000 points, totaling 4 million.

Dokuho Kouya's income for this month so far was 5.95 million points, and he had spent a few thousand points on food and shopping, leaving him with 5.94 million points.

"That much?!"

A boy's shocked voice rang out from the neighboring shower stall.

The one who made this sound was not Ryuji Kanzaki, but the sunny and cheerful boy from the class, Sota Shibata.

He was a member of the school's soccer club, his athletic ability was quite outstanding, but his academic performance was somewhat worrying.

However, his personality was lively and cheerful, making him very popular in class—a classic extrovert.

"Kouya, did you really collect that many points?"

Sota Shibata ran out from the shower room, his face full of astonishment as he spoke.

"If you don't believe me, I can show you my points once the swimming lesson is over," Dokuho Kouya said.

He actually needed someone to spread this news throughout the entire first year.

The matter of the lottery needed to be kept secret, but the fact that he had obtained a massive amount of points did not.

"Ah, well... that won't be necessary." Sota Shibata scratched his hair. "I wasn't actually doubting you; I was just too shocked."

Everyone was still spending the initial 100,000 points provided by the school, yet their friend was about to reach 6 million.

Anyone would be shocked if this happened to someone around them.

"Kouya, I didn't mean to doubt you either," Ryuji Kanzaki said, walking out of the shower room as well. "Ever since the day you pointed out the school's hidden rules, everyone in the class has known that you are a capable person."

"Although we don't know how you did it, if it's you, it is indeed possible to collect nearly 6 million private points in less than half a month."

"You have no reason to lie to us."

After a moment of silence, Ryuji Kanzaki said slowly, "...Also, you can just call me Ryuji from now on."

It felt strange to call someone by their first name and then add "classmate" afterward.

It would be better to just use their first name directly.

"I understand, Ryuji."

Dokuho Kouya nodded slightly.

The reactions of the Class B students were similar to Ryuji Kanzaki's; they all felt that Dokuho Kouya's previous way of addressing them was awkward, so they agreed to just call each other by their first names.

Perhaps this was similar to the compromise effect: if you first suggest opening a window, people might not be happy, but if you suggest tearing off the roof, they will agree to open the window.

After showering, the students of Class B arrived at the swimming pool, chatting and laughing.

However, listening to the content of their conversation, Dokuho Kouya felt something was off.

Strange.

They were about to swim with the girls soon.

Why was no one talking about the girls?

This was completely different from Class D.