Kanji Ike suddenly felt his heart sink.
But he couldn't confront his two friends about it. After all, Sudo really had tried to get him to study, and Yamauchi had been reprimanded by Hirata right alongside him.
But no, seriously, bro, are you for real?!
I thought you were just saying that!
Can we start over? Can we have another shot? Next time—next time, I'll definitely do my best!
"...Come to think of it, now that exams are over, won't we get some points next month?" someone in class suddenly said.
The gloomy atmosphere quickly lifted, replaced by excited talk about next month's deposit.
"I want to go shopping!"
"I want to eat something good!"
"I want to pay back my debts..."
"Ah." At the quiet remark from someone, the atmosphere in class froze again.
Most of Class D still owed money, to some extent, to classmates who hadn't spent their points recklessly.
Even if they got a hundred Class Points next month, that would only give each student ten thousand Private Points.
For two whole months' worth of expenses, it wasn't just a drop in the bucket. It was practically useless.
"N-no, it's okay. I know everyone's having a hard time. You can take a few more months to pay me back..." With a strained smile, Kushida Kikyo spoke up. She was the biggest creditor among the girls in class, and an absolute sucker who had even borrowed money from students in other classes to lend to her classmates.
"I'll figure out how to persuade the students from the other classes."
If nothing else, she could ask that idiot Asakusa Toru for a loan. He could definitely spare over a hundred thousand points.
Better to have all those favors concentrated on him than owe a bunch of other people.