Chapters 250-253 (Four-in-One) (Continued)

In other words, he wasn't just aiming for the transferred Class Points.

More importantly, there was the result of 'Class D getting zero points'.

As long as Class D maintains its zero score, no matter what kind of exam it is, the competition can be manipulated to send Class D to take the fall.

Until--

"What if the school deducts Class D's Class Points to negative levels?"

Continue until the score becomes negative.

No, it won't stop until the score turns negative.

"Then it'll be a negative score." Asakusa Toru said this as if it were the most terrifying thing in Class D: "A negative score is a negative score, so what?"

"The most the school can do is stop paying students; it wouldn't go so far as to charge students money for negative grades."

Wouldn't it be more interesting if it really turned out that way?

"Besides, it's only the students in Class D who are suffering."

"... Just students from Class D?" With a hint of ambiguity, Ichinose Honami repeated half of the sentence, then suddenly asked, "What about Kushida and Sakura?"

They were also students in Class D.

If they suffer, they will suffer with them.

"... The supporting role should be done in moderation; overdoing it makes it less endearing." With a slightly puzzled look, Asakusa Toru reached out and poked Ichinose Honami's smooth forehead.

"Of course I'll raise it."

What a stupid question.

"Besides, Kikyo aside, as for Sakura, she'll soon no longer be in Class D." Asakusa Toru shrugged and said, "I plan to transfer her to Class A before the end of this month."

There's no point in staying in Class D any longer.

Unless Asakusa Toru Tetsu intends to use Sakura Airi as bait, keeping her in Class D to keep her 'best friend' Hasebe Haruka in check.

Otherwise, he really couldn't think of any other reason for Sakura Airi to stay in Class D.

The environment in Class D is terrible; staying there will only exacerbate Sakura Airi's social anxiety.

Hasebe Haruka a good friend or not is debatable; she already had some minor issues since she was assigned to Class D.

While being able to make friends with her would probably make her a rare good friend for Sakura Airi, the prerequisite is that she can actually make friends.

If they really become friends, Asakusa Toru won't stop them from seeing each other.

"As for money..." Ichinose Honami blinked.

"Take the class funds," Asakusa Toru said bluntly. "I am a dictator."

"Now that we've decided to stand on the stage, now that we've decided to lead the class to final victory..."

"Then I will become that dictator."

He spoke very bluntly, but also realistically.

Without his existence, Class A would never have become Class A. Even if Ichinose Honami n't suffered from psychological trauma due to his influence, it would still be the same.

What the class lacked was a dictator like him.

Therefore, whether it's for personal gain or for winning, as long as it's his Private Points, it's legitimate.

"That's not what I meant," Ichinose Honami waved her hand. "It's irrelevant; nobody will have any objections."

"What I meant was, we don't have enough money."

Yes, we don't have enough money. I had already calculated it a week ago when I was joking with Ryuen Kakeru. It's impossible for a class to raise 20 million points in five months.

Not to mention, they actually had expenses as well.

Yes, it was the two million yuan support given to Class D during the midterm exams.

"Furthermore, if we score Class D to zero, or even lower..." With her long, slender, pale legs dangling in the air, Ichinose Honami said, "Wouldn't the contract we signed before be basically null and void?"

Asakusa Toru: "..."

Oh right, we didn't have enough money.

If it weren't for the two million in expenses, plus the two million he had previously extorted from the school, it would be just about right as long as no one spent any money.

But if you spend money, it won't be enough.

Well, it doesn't matter. Being a month late only means losing 200,000.

It's not a big deal.

As for the contract...

"That thing wasn't originally intended to get money from Class D," he said. "It was just meant to completely cripple them."

"If you don't have enough money, then next month..."

"It doesn't seem like next month will be enough either," Ichinose Honami, blinking her cute big eyes.

Yes, if they don't spend a single penny, five months is enough time for Class A to accumulate 18 million Private Points. With the 8 million coming in next month, even after deducting 2 million in expenses, they will still have a surplus of 4 million.

But the prerequisite is that you don't spend a single penny.

Aside from the Class D, who are forced to live on a low standard of living, no one with money could endure such a life of asceticism.

Forcing all students to hand in their materials would only incite rebellion.

Therefore, Ichinose Honami always kept a 50% cut in the class fees, leaving over 40,000 yen for the students each month and collecting the rest.

Based on this calculation, their total balance is 7,192,000.

More than seven million.

Even if another four million is collected next month, it will only amount to a little over eleven million.

Not nearly as good.

Asakusa Toru: "..."

"Damn stupid school." After a moment of silence, he simply uttered a curse.

Exquisite art, extreme numbers.

Although he knew that this was an exaggerated figure set because the school never intended for anyone to transfer classes using this system, it was still really difficult for a top-tier class to raise enough money to transfer classes in five months.

Of course, using five months as a benchmark is a bit of an exaggeration. After all, although it's said to be five months, in reality, the only factors that affect the Class Points are the Behavioral Norms Exam and the midterm exam.

It was expected that the school wouldn't be able to gather enough people; it would have been strange if they had.

"..." Rubbing his temples, Asakusa Toru tapped his knuckles on the table, and sighed softly, "Then let's postpone it for another month."

He surrendered, and there was no need to reach that number within this timeframe. Since it was impossible to reach the required amount, delaying the execution by a month was understandable.

Let's just consider it as leaving Airi with a perfect summer vacation for Class D.

After all, there are only so many places in this school where you can earn Private Points.

At most... after returning to school, he could try to subtly influence the upperclassmen in clubs.

I wonder how many projects are still available in the club now that the first semester has already passed.

Quite casually, Asakusa Toru Tetsu treated the Advanced Nurturing club like an ATM.

"By the way, now that the base number of Class Points has increased, we can appropriately raise the collection rate a bit." With a snap of his fingers, Asakusa Toru added:

"Although I know that everyone has things they need to spend money on, and the need for money is endless."

"But even if 200,000 is reduced by half to the initial value of 100,000, it's still too much."

"Just collect as you see fit. We'll talk again once we've collected 20 million within two months," he said.

Actually, if I had to say, it might have been better to keep the 20 million as resurrection coins.

It's definitely important to guard against a surprise dropout exam from the school.

However, Asakusa Toru was somewhat unwilling to engage in too much scheming with the school.

The Class Vote was held in March, and it was Special Exam forcibly implemented after Sakayanagi Narimori down and was replaced by Tsukishiro.

Regardless of whether Tsukishiro still has any reason to take the stage and cause trouble, even if he does, and the target is Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, it should still begin in March as originally planned.

It's August now. Two months to transfer Sakura Airi over, and five months is just enough time to create another life-saving card.

If he wants to have fun at school, then he should play within the rules and within the school's boundaries.

School is not a place for fun...

He put on his non-prescription glasses, took the Master Key Card, and hacked into the Chairman's Office.

The invincible assassination kit is all set. If there's anything missing, it might be the cleanup tools.

Well, I guess I can just smear some black paint on it and call it a day?

With a gentle press to end the recording, and a few simple operations to divide the recording into the necessary parts, Asakusa Toru casually pulled out a few Voice Recorder, repeated the operation, and then tossed one of them to Ichinose Honami.

"If anyone asks for a reason, and I'm too lazy to explain, just throw out the recording," he said.

Putting away the Voice Recorder, and looking at the few remaining Voice Recorder still in Asakusa Toru's hand, Ichinose Honami asked again:

"What are these...?"

"I'm too lazy to repeat myself." Asakusa Toru shrugged. "This is for Ryuen and Kamuro."

"I'll have someone contact them first and schedule a time to meet and discuss things."

"You should first communicate with your classmates and collect the group lists they've written down. You don't need to relay the rules to me; I'll remember them."

"Of course, you can let me know when you send the VIP text message tomorrow."

The cruise ship has nine decks. The rooms on the first and second decks have obviously been designated as Special Exam Matoba. The third to fifth decks are all individual guest rooms. The ground floor decks one to three have facilities such as a movie theater, but unfortunately most people don't have the idea of watching movies on the cruise ship.

The fourth basement level houses important areas such as the power distribution room and server room, which are largely unused and neglected.

So--

The next day, at 10 a. m.

"... Why do you want to meet in my room?"

With a listless face that vaguely resembled that of Chabashira Sae, Ibuki Mio looked at the group of people gathered in her room and asked softly.

Ibuki Mio's room.

"--Then deduct until the score is negative."

The calm sound was reproduced in the recording, and the excerpt ended here.

Asakusa Toru put away the Voice Recorder and glanced at the people in the room.

Sitting in the chair, Ibuki Mio —oh, she didn't need to care—just felt a slight urge to glare at herself sitting on her bed, but couldn't quite muster the anger; she was in a state of flux, Two-Faced anger and resentment.

Sitting at the table, Ryuen Kakeru was deep in thought with a furrowed brow. He had originally thought that if it were Asakusa Toru, he might try to achieve result one, since that would be 80 million yen, which would be one-tenth of the plan in one go. Even if he couldn't use it all, it would still be a huge number that could transfer four people.

Unexpectedly, the result was three or four.

Was it really worth it? Wasn't he only choosing to push for this outcome to maintain the class's standing?

If all the points were transferred to their class, the Class Points would become even more irreversible.

Ryuen Kakeru couldn't help but have such doubts.

Kamuro Masumi, leaning against the doorway, was deeply shocked, her gaze shifting between Asakusa Toru and another person she felt shouldn't be there.

That's right, it's Kushida Kikyo.

She and Asakusa Toru sat at the head and foot of the bed, respectively.

Hey, aren't you the well-known little Angel? And shouldn't the representative of Class D be Hirata Yosuke? It's one thing for Ryuen Kakeru and Asakusa Toru to come here to discuss cooperation, but what are you doing here...?

And why is it that when the plan is clearly to crush Class D treat them like they're not human at all, you, the little Angel of Class D, are still acting so calm here?

Kamuro Masumi gives off a feeling that she might actually be a darker side, like Kushida Kikyo.

"... Eh, we've lost a negative score." Finally, under Kamuro Masumi's expectant gaze, Kushida Kikyo spoke up.

Quick, quickly refute him, quickly give him a hard time, quickly defend your classmate!

Despite Kamuro Masumi's inner fervor urging her on, Kushida Kikyo displayed a rather indifferent attitude: