Chapter 335

Instead, they're trying to steal seats from Class D?

Are you kidding me? They've all skipped their own classes, why would they care about something so trivial?

Using violence to drive them away from taking seats?

The homeroom teacher just stated that the students' conflict is a student's conflict, but it cannot escalate into violence.

Try to persuade them kindly and patiently to give up their seats.

Such a subservient attitude will only invite more excessive attacks.

Therefore, there is only one option left.

"... I'll transfer you the money, can you give me back my seat in return?"

Gritting his teeth, Katsuragi Kohei uttered the words he should never have said.

Bribe.

Yes, that's right. All first-year students are equal. If Class A received 100,000, the other classes will naturally receive the same amount, so theoretically, bribery is meaningless.

However, on the other hand...

Since the points are linked to the evaluation, and since A, B, C, and D represent the positions students occupy for different evaluations.

Therefore, those who consider themselves excellent enough should, in theory, have a greater initial advantage than other classes.

So, if we think about it from this perspective...

Bribery can be useful.

But.

The fact is, after he said that...

Yamauchi Haruki's eyes suddenly lit up with a brilliant light.

Greed is evident in this.

He guessed right.

Class D is short of money.

The last piece of the puzzle is now complete.

Yes, it's motivation.

The reasons why Class D did this, the motivation of Class D, why Class D was so eager to lower the evaluations of other classes, even at the cost of clearing its own evaluation.

There is only one reason.

They are well aware that they lack inherent advantages.

Therefore, we need to bring everyone back to the same starting line and determine the winner again.

Once the puzzle pieces are pieced together to reveal the full picture of the current situation, then we can rethink it.

The choices available are obvious once the road appears before us.

Verbal persuasion, military conquest, and exchange of benefits.

The paths for the first two have been blocked.

Only the latter remains.

Therefore, Katsuragi Kohei made the worst choice.

"... I'll transfer you the money, can you give me back my seat in return?"

A brief silence followed, then a burst of laughter.

"Pfft, hahahahaha--" It was Asakusa Toru who laughed loudly, saying, "Katsuragi Kohei, how could you make such a suggestion? How could you say such a thing?"

"You're in too much of a hurry."

The laughter abruptly stopped, Asakusa Toru said this.

How much can you give? How much can you contribute?

"Five hundred? One thousand? Three thousand? Just for giving up a seat once, just for changing seats once, is this the price you have to pay?"

"Or are you planning to offer a price to make Yamauchi stop being so fixated on your chair? And what price are you willing to pay? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?"

Asakusa Toru opened his hands.

"What's the point? There are forty people in Class D. Can you offer four hundred thousand as a bargaining chip? Even if you drive away Yamauchi, there are plenty of people who can take your place."

"Katsuragi Kohei, you made the worst choice."

He said.

The mocking words echoed in Class A, Katsuragi Kohei, which was about to grab his Personal Terminal, froze.

This, this, this...

Can't we trade together with the whole class?

"No." As if seeing right through him and reading his thoughts, Asakusa Toru's smile vanished, and he said coldly, "I already said this is a 'Special Exam,' so you should be prepared to treat this game as Special Exam."

"Desertification is not allowed; do not even attempt to change the outcome."

"Everyone got zero—that was the inevitable result."

Asakusa Toru once again made a solemn announcement.

And so, the train carrying Class A roared towards its final destination in hell.

The train roared off.

The "All-Member Zero-Point Special Exam" is divided into two stages.

Phase One.

'Musical Chairs'

The rules are simple and clear: there are attacking and defending teams. The attacking team, Class D, needs to capture as many chairs as possible and for as long as possible within the allotted time, while the defending team needs to find ways to protect the chairs from Class D for as long as possible.

The time limit, penalties, and rewards consist of the initial 1,000 Class Points allocated by the school.

Continue removing until all is gone.

In this Special Exam, there were no winners; it was a classic lose-lose situation.

For most students, there are no rules or alternative ways to Musical Chairs.

If there's any way to resolve the situation in the first half, perhaps the only thing we can do is pray that the school will step in and directly stop this behavior.

After all, although it was called Special Exam, it was not an official Special Exam prepared by the school; it was just Special Exam that Asakusa Toru arbitrarily announced on his own.

Although Advanced Nurturing Special Exam often carry a degree of malice towards students, and countless exams result in forced expulsion, none have achieved this level of destruction.

The worst and most egregious form of Advanced Nurturing exam is nothing more than Class Vote, but that's far too simplistic.

Asakusa Toru actually looked down on these Special Exam where students dropped out of school just for the sake of dropping out.

The school may not stop the Musical Chairs immediately at the beginning, but it will definitely react and take action within three days to a week.

After all, it's too egregious for an entire class to be completely absent.

More importantly, the fact that all students in Class D were absent from the opening ceremony was a blatant disregard for the school's authority and caused the leaders to lose face on stage.

Therefore, the school's actions will be somewhat faster.

The first step is to question the responsible homeroom teacher.

"What exactly did you say to the students?! Can't you control your students, Chabashira?!"

"I was just following the rules. If you have any objections, you can choose to access the surveillance footage or my terminal recordings. I will accept any punishment."

Unfortunately, the homeroom teacher doesn't seem to want to take the blame.

During the Entrance Ceremony, Chabashira Sae calmed herself down a bit.

After calming down and thinking it over, I suddenly realized...

Perhaps, perhaps this really is the simplest, most convenient, and quickest way for someone from Class D to Class A.

As Asakusa Toru said, the average quality of Class D is really too poor. If they were to compete head-on with other classes, there would be no way they could achieve better results than Class A in the first month's Behavioral Norms Exam.

Then, the only option left is to take the wrong path and resort to unorthodox cultivation methods.

Yes, that's Asakusa Toru's current plan.

'Everyone got zero points'

Let's all clear the scores and the Class Points together.

Then, as long as I get the highest score in the next Special Exam, I can turn things around in one fell swoop.

Although we don't know what the next Special Exam will be, it's at least more likely to be a test that tests purely on aptitude than Behavioral Norms Exam.

Besides, he just wanted to play around, didn't he? Asakusa Toru just wanted to play this kind of plan.

If he's had his fun, had enough, and is satisfied...

Wouldn't that mean they'd start working on improving Class D's performance?

With this in mind, Chabashira Sae decided to stand entirely on Asakusa Toru's side.

Besides holding the homeroom teacher accountable, the school also needs to review a large amount of surveillance footage.

Aside from the points deductions that still need to be implemented even in such situations, the remaining concern is whether such behavior will escalate into more serious conflicts.

If there is no violence and the students are not injured, it may be allowed. But if something happens to the students, the school will bear a heavy responsibility. Even without any procedures, they must stop such activities immediately.

This is an emergency response during a crisis, and also a reason or excuse to intervene.

However, the problem is...

It seems, perhaps, probably.

These guys always kept themselves on a safe line.

They've done a lot of provocation and a lot of manipulative things.

But not a single person actually laid a hand on the victim, nor did anyone choose to report others for using violence.

Therefore, for the school to stop this farce, the only option is to see what the leadership decides to say.

To be precise...

It depends on the chairman's thoughts and attitude.

"Arisu, you haven't been harassed, have you?"

The caller on the other end of the line was the one who had called immediately.

"Your body isn't suited for intense conflicts with others, so please be careful. Just tell me directly if anything happens."

Words of concern, care, and worry.

Despite sending Sakayanagi Arisu to his own school, Sakayanagi Narimori still keeps a close eye on his daughter's health.

This is evident in his decision to Sakayanagi Arisu stay in a separate room during the Sports Festival.

He didn't mind exercising the powers befitting a chairman in such a place.

Regarding the so-called Special Exam announced by individual students, and the so-called "Musical Chairs" game, his attitude was actually more inclined towards "whether Arisu will get hurt."

Can the security of Special Exam conducted without a teacher be guaranteed?

If not, either Arisu withdraw from the exam in advance to protect her, or simply stop this Special Exam that wasn't even held by the school in the first place.

"Isn't that more interesting?" Sakayanagi Arisu said casually, "Just let him play until he's satisfied. Once he's satisfied, everything will be over smoothly."

"No need to interfere, do not interfere, must not interfere."

Yes, there is only one condition for ending, and there has only ever been one.

Sakayanagi Narimori: "..."

Although he cared a great deal about the "him" his daughter mentioned, he couldn't ignore the fact that his intelligent and proud daughter would say such things.

So.

"I see."