Noon.
Class A of the First Year.
Even after the lunch bell rang, the students in Class A stayed in their seats instead of leaving.
Before lunch, their class representative had asked them to stay in the classroom for a while because she had something to discuss.
The pink-haired girl walked lightly to the podium.
"Thank you all for staying."
Honami Ichinose looked at her classmates and began to explain what she wanted to discuss. "Since this is rather urgent, I'll get straight to the point."
"Seven students in Class D failed their midterm exams, and they urgently need personal points to buy passing scores."
As soon as she said this, the previously quiet classroom grew noisy.
"Seven people failed? That's way too many!"
"I heard the passing score for each subject in their class is only around 20. How did so many people still fail?"
The students in Class A found it hard to believe what Ichinose had told them.
The exams weren't especially difficult. If you studied hard, getting around 50 points shouldn't have been a problem.
How could anyone score less than 20?
Seeing her classmates shocked by the poor results of Class D's students, Ryuji Kanzaki, who considered himself the class's second-in-command, stood up.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Ichinose still has more to say."
Kanzaki usually came across as cold, serious, and strict.
At his words, the students who had been about to continue discussing the matter fell silent.
"Thank you, Kanzaki."
After thanking the purple-haired boy, Honami Ichinose continued explaining Class D's situation.
"According to Kikyo from Class D, they're still short 290,000 personal points to save all the students, and the school has given them until the end of the day to raise the points."
"Considering they still have classes, the only time Class