I Just Don't Understand

Ah, of course, it would be a different story if Horikita Manabu were willing to spend money to buy such a Protection Points for her sister.

Unfortunately, he didn't contribute any money.

The third grade is a crucial time with the final exams approaching. Although there are surplus points, it is clear that the more Private Points one has, the more reassured one feels, as these can act as a form of insurance.

Of course, as a way of supporting and appreciating his sister's change, he did have a brief discussion with Asakusa Toru, planning to leave some of his personal points with Class A as insurance.

Of course, Horikita Suzune herself must not know.

If she finds out, things will change. The purpose of insurance is simply to provide protection, not to give her undue courage.

Therefore, after eliminating Horikita Suzune, a woman who would never have been an option in the first place.

There are only two candidates to consider.

Kushida Kikyo, or Karuizawa Kei.

The former is because if left unattended, she will inevitably become that option; the latter is because her insecurity necessitates her becoming that option.

What is right and what is necessary.

Asakusa Toru chose the former.

Isn't the sense of security I provide enough?

Thus, the list of holders of Protection Points was determined.

However, the Class Vote is not only about choosing the first place, but also about choosing the last place.

Four students from four classes would have to drop out. If all of them were saved, it would cost 80 million, enough to transfer students from four classes.

If everyone were a beautiful girl, Asakusa Toru might not have been so stingy with this little bit of effort.

Unfortunately, no.

Therefore, in some classes, someone is destined to drop out.

Kanji Ike, who was last in Class 1-A and transferred to the class during the exam period, was shocked and dropped out of school.

In First-Year Class B, the last place went to Kito Hayato, who was widely expected to be the best student. Sakayanagi Arisu didn't have enough Private Points and was expelled.

Yuya Tokito, the last-place student in First-Year Class C, was expelled from school by Ryuen Kakeru Tokito Yuya, a dictatorship that was arbitrary and without reason.

Class 1-D, Grade 1, last place, Koenji Rokusuke.

Under incredulous gazes, and with a vote that met with universal acclaim.

Koenji Rokusuke was forced to drop out of school.

It's quite interesting that the most powerful person was expelled from the Class D, which he despised the most, due to their perceived flaws.

This was the most interesting part of this otherwise dull Class Vote.

It's a pity that Koenji Rokusuke Asakusa Toru didn't get to witness Koenji Rokusuke's embarrassing behavior after being expelled from school.

It must have been a truly magnificent scene.

What?

As the son of a chaebol family Koenji must have received a considerable amount of credit as collateral, so why was he still expelled from school?

Just kidding. Even if it were a scam, he'd only ever received ten million over the years. Even if he's a chaebol heir, even if he made countless promises to his seniors.

The money for senior students is limited; only the funds in their personal accounts can be directly transferred. Those that cannot be transferred will have to wait until the end of the final Special Exam before the funds are transferred.

At least for now, there's no way he can get 20 million to cancel his withdrawal from school.

It was also his fault for being too complacent. Because things had calmed down, he didn't do much. Although the biggest flaw, Yamauchi, had been expelled, he thought, "Don't we still have Kanji Ike and Sudo Ken, Yamauchi's two teammates in Yamauchi Group Class D?"

Surely he wouldn't drop out of school on his own initiative, would he?

In fact, this judgment is reasonable.

Kanji Ike did indeed replace Yamauchi Haruki as the most disliked person in Class D. The resentment that was once directed at Yamauchi was also directed at Kanji Ike. Similarly, the responsibility for Hirata Yosuke's voluntary withdrawal from school was also placed on his shoulders.

If Koenji Rokusuke to lobbied a little, suppress his excessively narcissistic nature, and humble himself a bit... to get closer to some people, or promise them a little benefit.

That would make it easy to concentrate the votes on Kanji Ike.

And that's exactly what he did.

Unfortunately, this happened while the exam was in progress.

Before the result is determined at the most crucial moment.

In a showdown-like, threatening manner, Asakusa Toru approached Kanji Ike.

"You know you should be expelled, right?" he said.

"As expected, isn't it?" Asakusa Toru spread his hands toward Kanji Ike: "From the moment Yamauchi Haruki withdrew from school, or more precisely, from the day Hirata Yosuke, who voluntarily withdrew after Yamauchi Haruki's withdrawal, disappeared, you should have anticipated this outcome."

"If the Special Exam includes an option that leads to expulsion, you will inevitably become that sacrifice."

It is obvious that although there are many flawed products in Class D, they have formed distinct small groups one by one.

Kushida Kikyo is the leader of a network of relationships that spans the entire first-year student group.

A group of gyaru (gal) girls led by Karuizawa Kei.

The group is led by Hirata Yosuke and includes both men and women.

And finally, there's the trashy group with Yamauchi Haruki as the absolute core, consisting of lower-ranking male members.

We're all flawed products, so there's no question of one discriminating against the other.

But it is precisely because everyone is a flawed product that there is even more severe discrimination and contempt.

This stability could be maintained while Hirata Yosuke was still around, but without him, Hirata Yosuke would erupt without any attempt to conceal it.

In fact, Kanji Ike had already felt obvious exclusion and bullying, but it did not escalate into direct bullying because of the cameras.

I'm staying here purely because I can't bear to give up the tuition-free education and the school environment, or perhaps because I might take another cruise next year.

But upon closer examination, does he really want to endure two years of bullying because of this?

Chapter 291 is completely incomprehensible.

The answer is naturally no.

The psychological trauma of being bullied is difficult to heal, and even though he had never been bullied, Kanji Ike was well aware of this.

He absolutely, absolutely, absolutely would not expect to be bullied.

So he had to escape before that happened.

Now, with first grade coming to an end, is a very opportune time.

There was just enough time for him to prepare for his transfer to a second-year school. Although he hadn't studied very hard throughout the year, he had experienced a series of exciting and enriching school activities, including a cruise ship trip, Uninhabited Island visit, Sports Festival, and Forest School. That was enough for him to brag about.

Of course, compared to these later considerations and deliberations...

The real deciding factor, however, was this statement by Asakusa Toru.

"Do you want to 'get revenge' on those people?" he said.

"Let the high and mighty son of a chaebol become a sacrifice chosen for expulsion by the flawed members of Class D, let Koenji Rokusuke become the first ultimate failure to be evaluated as a flawed individual and expelled by the combined efforts of all the flawed individuals, and at the same time, let your dear classmates bear the chaebol's son's hostility."

"What? If you drop out of school with Koenji, will he retaliate against you?"

"It's okay. Just spread the news that he was expelled from Class D all over the internet, and he'll stop."

Of course, not necessarily.

But who cares?

No one cared whether Kanji Ike would face retaliation after dropping out of school.

Including himself.

Therefore, before the final voting results were announced, Kanji Ike was transferred to Class A.

All the Criticism Vote written by Class D against Kanji Ike were invalidated, while the Criticism Vote written by Class A in advance became valid.

This is a judgment result that has been confirmed in advance using Private Points.

The Class Vote has now concluded.

Number of students dropping out of school.

4 people.

In fact, if the normal procedure is followed, the class should lose 300 Class Points for each student who withdraws. Similarly, canceling withdrawals will also result in the same outcome.

The entire grade will lose 1200 Class Points, excluding Class D.

It is a huge injury.

But perhaps it was because of the teachers' reasoned arguments, or perhaps it was because Tsukishiro, who implemented this Special Exam from the beginning, never intended to use it to suppress students' Class Points.

This additional Special Exam will only result in expulsion of students, and will not deduct Class Points.

After all, although this school has committed many evils, the forced expulsion of students is indeed unprecedented.

Therefore, the current distribution of students in each first-grade class...

Class 1-A, Grade 1, 43 students.

First-Year Class B, Grade 1, 38 students.

First-Year Class C, Grade 1, 38 students.

Class 1-D, Grade 1, 35 students.

I didn't readily transfer Private Points to another class after the Sports Festival because I was worried about unpredictable results in this Class Vote.

Logically speaking, if Asakusa Toru didn't want his expulsion to affect the class, he should have voluntarily chosen to be expelled during this Special Exam.

After all, dropping out after this point doesn't offer the same benefit of not losing Class Points; it requires a real loss of 300 Class Points.

But he stayed anyway.

Even if he only stays for less than a month.

Well...

It's okay if I transfer to Class D first and then drop out.

Anyway, there are no points to deduct from Class D.

The Class Vote is long over; let's go back to March 8th.

The final Special Exam for first graders has begun.

"Now I will begin announcing the final exam of the year."

Hoshinomiya Chie spoke these words as she stood on the stage.

'Event Selection Exam'

That's the name of this Special Exam.

Project selection, project selection.

First, the class collectively decides on ten items to choose from.

Anything is fine: board games, sports, culture.

You can fill in any area you feel you have a winning advantage in.

Of course, it's not entirely free; schools will selectively judge the legitimacy and popularity of the items submitted.

For example, doing ○ is a very common but improper activity in schools.

Another example is the analysis of Asakusa Toru's diary, which seems legitimate but is not a mainstream project.

In short, whether something is popular or not, legitimate or illegitimate, is determined by the school. The school will be lenient to a certain extent, but will not blatantly disregard the justice of the rules.

In other words, you can increase the legitimacy of a submitted project by spending money, and you can also decrease the legitimacy of another project by spending money.

Of course, these are all small tricks that can be used in fair competition during exams.

But for Asakusa Toru at this moment, such methods were no longer necessary.

The reason he waited until this moment was not only to bring his Advanced Nurturing life to a perfect end at the end of his first year, but also because what he wanted was a stage like the Event Selection Exam.