Woman, you have piqued my interest

Very good.

Watching the popularity points on the system interface continuously climb, Dokuho Kouya revealed a satisfied smile.

Just as he had expected, once he displayed the points he possessed, his popularity points underwent a change.

From the perspective of the animation, he was simply showing his points to Horikita Suzune.

But in reality, he was showing his points to the three-dimensional audience, demonstrating his own strength.

"How did you do that?" Horikita Suzune's eyes widened, her lips trembling slightly, her voice filled with disbelief.

She blinked her beautiful eyes, thinking she had misread the screen, but even after confirming it again, the boy's points were undoubtedly 1.6 million.

"Do I have an obligation to answer you?" Dokuho Kouya mimicked the words Horikita Suzune had just spoken, a satisfied smile on his face.

Why did he risk offending the upperclassmen to win over a million points?

It was precisely to find an opportunity to display his points in front of the audience, thereby gaining a massive amount of popularity points.

His luck today was truly excellent; he happened to run into Horikita Suzune and the others while shopping at the convenience store, allowing him to showcase his strength to the audience very quickly.

Right now, his popularity points had reached 30,000, and they were still on an upward trend.

Once this plot segment concluded, his popularity points might even exceed 50,000.

Horikita Suzune bit her lip; how could she not tell that Dokuho Kouya was deliberately mimicking her speech?

"It seems I misjudged your ability." The girl adjusted her breathing to calm herself down. "But don't get too full of yourself. Since you were able to earn 1.6 million points on the first day of school, then I can certainly do it too."

Hearing this, a playful smile appeared on Dokuho Kouya's face. "Knowing I have so many points, instead of being afraid, you want to challenge me? An interesting woman."

"In exchange for me taking the initiative to reveal my points, may I know your name?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the live comments before Dokuho Kouya's eyes became lively.

"Woman, you have caught my attention."

"Not only did you not run away, you approached me voluntarily? Jo-taro!"

"Money Brother looks like a Domineering CEO right now."

"What Money Brother? His nickname now is Domineering CEO, or Domineering CEO for short!"

Seeing an opportunity to play along with the memes, the audience began posting comments tirelessly.

If Dokuho Kouya hadn't set a minimum level for comments in advance, the scene before him would have surely turned into a white ocean of scrolling text.

"Although I don't really want to tell you my name, just as you said, since I know your point total, I do need to provide equivalent information in return."

The black-haired girl seemed to believe this was a fair trade, so she said, "My name is Horikita Suzune, Class D, first year."

Dokuho Kouya pinched his chin with his fingers, nodding slightly. "Suzune? That's a very pleasant name."

"It's a pity, though, that you were assigned to Class D." Dokuho Kouya shook his head, looking at the girl before him with a smile. "I was originally looking forward to your next move, but it seems there is a high probability that I will be disappointed."

"What do you mean by that?" Horikita Suzune caught the subtext and asked with a furrowed brow, "Is there something wrong with me being assigned to Class D?"

"That isn't information I can exchange just for a name," Dokuho Kouya said.

"Is it very valuable intelligence?"

Horikita Suzune frowned slightly, realizing that without offering actual benefits, the boy would absolutely not continue.

"If you are willing to tell me this information, then I will pay for your shopping trip this time, how about that?" Horikita Suzune tried asking.

"That is far too cheap." Dokuho Kouya held up two fingers. "To know this intelligence, it costs at least this much."

"Twenty thousand points?"

Horikita Suzune's expression relaxed.

Thank goodness, if it was only twenty thousand points, that was acceptable.

She didn't usually spend much, and on top of that, she currently had one hundred thousand points.

Spending just twenty thousand to obtain information about the school was quite worth it to her.

"No, it's two million points," Dokuho Kouya said with a light chuckle.

"Are you joking?" Horikita Suzune's face instantly turned gloomy, her vermilion eyes glaring fiercely at the other party.

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask your own homeroom teacher; they would also give you this price." Dokuho Kouya turned around, waving goodbye with his back to the girl. "I still need to go buy some daily necessities, so I'll take my leave now."

"Money Brother looks very mysterious, could he be the boss?"

"Where would a youth slice-of-life drama get a boss? You're overthinking it."

"But I saw the 'mind games' tag on the animation. Are you sure this is a youth slice-of-life?"

After buying the daily necessities he needed, Dokuho Kouya walked out of the convenience store and found that the girl from his class was already waiting not far from the entrance, holding a plastic bag in her hand.

"Kouya-kun, I saw everything," Sayo Ando said with a giggle. "In the blink of an eye, you were chatting with a girl from another class; you really are popular."

After she finished her own shopping, she had intended to notify Dokuho Kouya, but she hadn't expected to run into the boy interacting with a girl from another class.

Worried that she might disturb the boy's good time, she went to pay first and then waited for him outside.

"I was just slightly interested in that girl."

"Oh my?" Sayo Ando's face flushed slightly, her expression turning excited. "Could it be that you've taken a liking to that girl?"

"Don't misunderstand, it's purely out of interest," Dokuho Kouya hurriedly explained.

"Is that really true?" Sayo Ando looked at him with skepticism.

"Of course it's true." Dokuho Kouya flashed a sunny smile. "I thought Suzune might have also discovered the school's hidden rules, so I just did a little probing."

"Suzune, hidden rules, probing?"

Sayo Ando's pretty face was filled with confusion, her eyes blinking repeatedly.

"I can at least understand that Suzune is that girl's name." Sayo Ando's expression turned strange. "But what do you mean by hidden rules?"

"This school isn't as simple as it appears on the surface; what the teacher explained to us today was just a deceptive facade."

Dokuho Kouya explained, "We won't learn about the school's hidden rules until next month, but by then, it will be a bit too late."

"That sounds amazing." Sayo Ando's eyes widened slightly.

"I'm going to tell everyone in the class about the school's hidden rules tomorrow morning. Before that, could I ask you to keep it a secret, Sayo?"

"I suppose I can." Sayo Ando said bashfully, "I'm still completely lost anyway, so even if I tried to tell someone else, I wouldn't know what to say."

"Then thank you, Sayo."

Dokuho Kouya nodded with satisfaction.

He had a hunch that his announcement of the hidden rules to the class tomorrow would very likely become a special event as well.

He had to make good use of it.