Class A Study Session, Class D Dispute

Afternoon.

Dokuho Kouya arrived at the library.

The library at Advanced Nurturing covers a vast area, likely large enough to fit the entire grade level inside.

Dokuho Kouya searched for quite a while before he finally found his classmates from Class A.

"Welcome to our study group, Kouya-kun."

Honami Ichinose, acting as the class representative, clapped her hands lightly, her eyes curving into lovely crescents. "Everyone in the class was so happy to hear that you were willing to join us."

"That is truly an honor." Dokuho Kouya smiled.

After turning down the seniors from the Shogi Club and the Chess Club who kept asking for his guidance, he found himself with a lot of free time.

Consequently, when Mako Amikura invited him to join the study group, he chose to accept.

It wasn't because he was unable to refuse a young girl's invitation.

He simply knew that the students from Class D often held study sessions in the library, and he was wondering if he could "leech" off the plot.

"Kouya-kun's grades are excellent, so you'll have to play the role of a tutor in this study group."

Honami led Dokuho Kouya to a table, where he saw two girls studying.

They were his classmates, Chihiro Shiranami and Kozue Minami.

Both of them were the type who struggled with academics; the former was also socially awkward, while the latter excelled in both sports and social interaction.

"Chihiro-chan and Kozue-chan are both good girls, so they shouldn't cause you too much trouble, Kouya-kun," Honami said with a smile.

"I'll be happy as long as they don't mind me."

"How could they? I'm sure Chihiro-chan and the others will be very happy."

Honami walked over to the girls and whispered a few words to them; the two girls arched their brows slightly before nodding.

Even without listening, one could guess the content of their conversation.

It was likely Honami asking them to accept Dokuho Kouya's guidance, and the two girls having no objections.

Seeing Chihiro Shiranami agree so readily, Dokuho Kouya was actually a bit surprised.

In his impression, this girl was supposed to have a crush on Honami.

Could it be that in this world, her sexual orientation is normal?

Dokuho Kouya thought to himself.

Just as the boy was pondering in secret, the pink-haired girl walked back and said with a gentle smile, "Kouya-kun, I've already spoken to Chihiro-chan and the others. I'll leave the rest to you."

Dokuho Kouya nodded slightly. "Thank you for your hard work."

The process of teaching Chihiro Shiranami and Kozue Minami was easier than he had imagined.

Although neither of them had great academic grades, just as Honami had said, they were good girls who didn't cause trouble.

Whenever they encountered a problem they didn't understand, they would humbly and patiently listen to Dokuho Kouya's explanation.

"Kouya-kun is truly amazing."

Kozue Minami arched her brows slightly. "It's one thing to have good grades, but you're even good at teaching others. You could probably apply to be a teacher right now and have no issues, right?"

"I'm still far from that level," Dokuho Kouya said modestly.

Students from the White Room, it is said, are already learning high school material while still in their childhood.

The White Room's greatest masterpiece, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, is even proficient in educational psychology, helping the students around him grow in various ways throughout the original story.

When he read the book in his previous life, he didn't pay much attention to such settings.

But now that he was in the same universe as people from the White Room, he felt that his own level was indeed quite mediocre.

Although he was already on par with the monsters raised by the White Room in terms of board games and physical combat.

In other aspects, there was still a significant gap.

That was why he had to prioritize increasing his popularity.

Compared to graduating as a Class A student and landing a good job, it was more beneficial to enhance his own strength through the system.

The "God on the Chessboard" skill alone, obtained from the system shop, was enough to place Dokuho Kouya at the pinnacle of professional chess players.

He would have no worries about money for the rest of his life, even if he didn't graduate from Class A.

Not to mention, he had also obtained the Kyogoku Makoto Body, allowing him to achieve incredible feats through sheer physical prowess alone.

As long as he continued to stay at this school and increase his popularity through his performance on camera, Dokuho Kouya could become even more exceptional.

Time to grind!

"You guys are truly hopeless!"

Just then, a girl's voice filled with dissatisfaction rang out not far away.

He saw a girl with long black hair knitting her brows, looking at the few boys at the table with annoyance.

"You're already high school students, yet you don't even understand elementary school material."

"Have you people actually ever studied before?"

Horikita Suzune criticized them in a low voice, stopping just short of calling them elementary schoolers to their faces.

"What business is it of yours whether I've studied or not!"

The red-haired man slammed his hand against the table in anger upon hearing this.

"You're just a woman, what exactly are you acting so high and mighty for?" After slamming the table, Ken Sudo shoved his hands into his pockets and turned to leave.

"Sudo-kun, are you refusing to participate in the study session?"

"That's right! I don't need to be taught by a stinking woman like you!"

After shouting his harsh words, Sudo left the study area with a lazy, slouching gait.

Immediately following him, Kanji Ike and Haruki Yamauchi, who were also part of the study session, stood up as well.

"We can't stand Horikita's attitude either."

"As for studying, we'll be just fine on our own."

Kanji Ike and Haruki Yamauchi had also had enough of Horikita's cold remarks, and seeing someone else take the lead, they followed suit and left.

"I hope you won't regret this in the future."

Horikita Suzune was also fuming at this point and had no intention of stopping the students as they walked away.

The first study session she had organized had successfully ended in failure.

"Brothers, you're being foolish. A sharp-tongued beauty is offering to tutor you for free and you're complaining? Are you even human?"

"Sudo-kun is such a small fry. He doesn't even understand problems that elementary schoolers could solve~"

"The claim that Class D is full of defective goods is spot on. If you fail, you get expelled, yet you still need others to push you to study."

"Don't worry about that, the passing threshold for this school is half the average score, which means you only need to score in the 30s to pass."

"If it were me, I'd probably be able to pass by studying just one week in advance."

The anime was currently airing, and the viewers' comments were becoming quite active.

The next moment, the camera shifted to Dokuho Kouya's side.

"Money Brother is on screen again!"

"He's got two more girls with him!"

"This show is truly magical. The protagonist is surrounded by three men, while the side characters keep getting more and more girls around them."

"Money Brother has five girls around him now, right?"

Seeing two new faces, Chihiro Shiranami and Kozue Minami, beside Dokuho Kouya, the topic of the comments began to veer off course.

"That red-haired student... he said such an awful thing." Chihiro Shiranami said weakly.

She was a girl, after all.

Hearing Ken Sudo say that Horikita was just a woman made her feel very uncomfortable.

It felt as if he were talking about her, too.

"It was indeed very excessive." Kozue Minami nodded and said with a sense of relief, "It's a good thing we ended up in this class."

Everyone in their class was very kind, and even if there were occasional arguments, they were at most just minor squabbles.

No one had ever spoken such blatantly sexist words like Sudo had.

"Oh, Kouya-kun, where are you going?"

Seeing the boy beside her stand up, Kozue Minami asked in confusion.

"I'm going to go comfort Suzune-san." Dokuho Kouya explained with a light chuckle.

The opportunity to farm popularity points had arrived.