Chapter 111

If they were to trade with the entire Class D, the 10,000 Private Points per month would definitely be spent on enjoyment, which would do nothing to improve Class A's strength.

Between gains and losses, any Akito who understands this knows what to do.

But he just couldn't understand why the other party chose Wang Meiyu, since the two were basically evenly matched in both academic and athletic abilities.

"It's okay to tell you, because after careful consideration, I've decided that Xiao Mei is the most suitable candidate."

Yukimura's resentment was so obvious that Aragaki Shun couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.

Seeing that Wang Meiyu's exchange of supplies would take time, the Leader of Class A decided to answer their questions and, incidentally, sow discord among Class D members.

"Although Class D has very poor cohesion, it does have quite a few talented students who excel in some subjects but are weak in others."

"Hirata and Kushida, who are the most sociable among them, certainly wouldn't agree to my request on the spot."

Yosuke Hirata, who had been pointed out, looked somewhat unfocused. Class D was missing another person, and it seemed like the class was about to collapse.

It's a good thing that Wang Meiyu was able to transfer to Class A; otherwise, if she had stayed in the class, she would definitely have been bullied by many people.

When faced with everyone's gaze, Kushida Kikyo could only manage a weak smile, leading everyone to believe that she was wavering because her best friend had betrayed the class.

But in reality, the girl had already cursed him out in her heart.

First it was my arch-enemies Karuizawa Kei and Horikita Suzune, and now it's my friend Wang Meiyu's turn... You bastard, are you really not targeting me on purpose?

What do you mean I definitely can't agree? How do you know I won't agree if you don't ask?

Although she knew that, for the sake of her public image, she certainly wouldn't be like Wang Meiyu, readily switching sides at the first sign of instruction...

Protruding!

Will I be left behind in this garbage dump after everyone else who can leave has already done so, constantly harassed by those idiots?

This lousy persona might as well be thrown away!

"I made a promise with Karuizawa that she would get a spot in Class A, but not now."

The girl with the high ponytail who was singled out looked embarrassed. She could sense that the entire Class D was staring at her with complicated expressions.

All I can say is that the Leader of Class A's words were far too blunt. He openly told everyone that Karuizawa Kei was a pawn he had placed in Class D to monitor the class's movements.

Once she has fulfilled her responsibilities, she can escape this misery and transfer to Class A.

Needless to say, this is yet another case of someone betraying the entire class for their own benefit.

"Then there's Horikita Suzune. Her brother is the Student Council President. As long as she figures things out, she can get support from him anytime. Class A doesn't need to waste their money on this."

Everyone in Class D fell silent.

You can't have something like this even if you want to.

Horikita Suzune herself remained indifferent, completely ignoring the others.

According to Aragaki Shun, it's perfectly normal for a younger sister to accept her older brother's voluntary help when she can do so.

She just hadn't figured out whether she really wanted to admit her incompetence.

"And then there's you, Yukimura," Aragaki Shun said bluntly, looking at the nervous top student from Class D. "In my eyes, you and Horikita Suzune are the same type of person—both are academically excellent, arrogant, and completely inept at socializing."

But Suzune has her older brother, the Student Council President, to back her up. What do you have?

"Class A is developing very well now. Everyone in the class gets along very well. This sense of unity and cooperation is a valuable quality of Class A."

"Therefore, when recruiting students from the other three classes, I need to consider whether inviting them will disrupt the atmosphere of the class."

"To be honest, neither Sakayanagi Arisu, Horikita Suzune, nor Yukimura really fit into Class A."

Upon hearing this, Yukimura Teruhiko opened his mouth to speak, but found that he seemed to have no room for defense.

Like Horikita Suzune, he was not good at lying, and he disdained to do so.

As a top student who valued academic ability above all else, he always disliked people who didn't like studying and had poor grades. In the past, he had no friends and never participated in any clubs or volunteer activities.

He wanted to join Class A, simply for the sake of his future, not wanting to disappoint his family after graduation.

In this situation, Aragaki Shun judged that he would have difficulty integrating into Class A...

Many thoughts raced through his mind, but in the end, Yukimura could only say dryly, "I am indeed not good at socializing, but I can distinguish between strong and weak. You are the leader of Class A, and if I join Class A, I will definitely follow your instructions."

Aragaki Shun believes this.

The biggest difference between people like Yukimura Teruhiko and Horikita Suzune and the Idiot Trio is that they are just arrogant, not stupid.

Once they've decided that Aragaki Shun is indeed stronger than them, these people will bow their heads and obey the orders of the stronger one.

But--

"Why should I settle for second best when there are better options?"

Looking in Wang Meiyu's direction, Aragaki Shun's answer left Yukimura completely speechless.

Compared to herself, who hadn't made any friends in Class D after a whole semester, Wang Meiyu definitely had stronger social skills.

Moreover, the other person has a gentle and kind personality. They have never lost their temper in all the time they have been in the class. If they join Class A, they will definitely be able to integrate into the atmosphere very quickly.

Of course, from Aragaki Shun's personal perspective, he would also prefer to take the opportunity to take Xiao Mei away from Class D.

After all, he was his first friend after arriving at the Advanced Nurturing, and also a fellow countryman from the mainland. Since he needed to recruit someone from Class D anyway, Aragaki Shun naturally thought of him first.

As for another acquaintance, Sakura Airi, with whom he had a fairly good relationship and who always sent him "bonus" photos... to put it bluntly, her overall qualities—academic ability, physical fitness, and interpersonal skills—were indeed rather lacking.

Aside from being a print idol, Sakura's skills are truly insufficient to meet the requirements of Class A, and even if she joined Class A, it would be difficult for her to keep up with the pace.

Aragaki Shun had considered having her participate in idol activities on campus, but putting aside her personality, Class A didn't need to take shortcuts to get ahead.

Furthermore, the other classes in the first year are all poor, most of the money in the second year is in the hands of Miyabi Nagumo, and the Third Year Sakayanagi Arisu. Even if Sakura musters up the courage to stand up and become an idol, she will probably still be unable to make ends meet.

In short, Aragaki Shun himself doesn't mind having a pretty face, but this is Special Exam, and from the perspective of class decision-making, Wang Meiyu, who has excellent grades in all subjects, is more suitable.

Perhaps there are hidden talents in Class D, but since the other party hasn't revealed them, then we can ignore them.

After talking with Yukimura for so long, Wang Meiyu had almost finished exchanging all the supplies. Aragaki Shun glanced at them and finally reminded Yukimura and the others:

"For talented individuals like Sakayanagi Arisu and Horikita Suzune who don't fit into the Class A atmosphere, my attitude has always been to let them develop on their own."

"If they can raise the money themselves to transfer to Class A and are willing to abide by the class rules and regulations, then we will naturally warmly welcome such capable comrades."

In other words, if they couldn't do that, Shun Aragaki Shun wouldn't have paid to bring in an unstable bomb.

"Alright, we're heading back to Class A's base now. If you want to deal with the remaining 100 temporary points in Class D, I suggest you go to Class B, or 50 points each from Class B and Class C will also work."

At this point, Aragaki Shun looked at the students of Class D with amusement, "I just wonder how those Private Points should be distributed?"

This was an open and aboveboard act of provocation, but many people in Class D still found their breathing unusually heavy.

According to Aragaki Shun, a class would need to consume about 100-150 temporary points to live normally on the island for seven days.

In this situation, Class D only has 100 temporary points left, so there's no point in keeping them. Selling them is the most cost-effective option.

Class B has 40 people. 100 temporary points, converted to Private Points, would be at least 12.4 million...

Thinking about this, both the ambitious students eager to transfer to Class A and the complacent students who just want to make money and enjoy life couldn't help but feel restless.

Temporary points are something that anyone in the class can redeem, meaning anyone could potentially pocket all the money...

"There's absolutely no hope!"

Seeing the increasingly strange atmosphere in the class, Ayanokoji, hidden in the crowd, shook his head, knowing that Class D was already beginning to fall apart under Aragaki Shun's influence.

The problem isn't just with this exam; the key is that after Wang Meiyu set an example, most people in Class D will likely have new ideas.

If there are any Special Exam in the future that involve a large number of Private Points, someone like Yukimura who wants to go solo will definitely sell the entire Class D without hesitation in exchange for his own progress.

Needless to say, self-centered individuals like Kanji Ike and Yamauchi Haruki would be even worse; to hesitate for even a second would be disrespectful to their dignity.

Or rather, their biggest problem is that they're not smart enough; otherwise, if they could really come up with such a way to enrich themselves at the expense of the public, they would have done it themselves long ago.

"Aragaki -kun, the supplies have been redeemed, and you have exactly 200 temporary points."

After taking inventory of all the supplies, the blue-haired girl with pigtails finally smiled broadly and ran lightly to Aragaki Shun's side, looking eager to take credit.

"Thank you, Xiao Mei," the girl's thoughts were written all over her face, Aragaki Shun naturally couldn't ignore. He smiled and invited, "You'll stay with me on the island for the next seven days, living at Class A's base. Once we get back to school, I'll help you transfer to another class."

"Mmm~ I'm willing, hehehe..."

For some reason, Wang Meiyu's lips curled up slightly, her eyes crinkling into crescents. Her smile was a little silly, but quite cute.

Looking at Class D, where the atmosphere was still somewhat tense, many of the students had their own thoughts, but because of this, no one dared to speak them out openly.

After all, not everyone is like Wang Meiyu, who can immediately run to Class A after exchanging for supplies.

"I suggest you go and discuss this with the people in Class B immediately, otherwise, be careful that Ryuen from Class C doesn't beat you to it."

Upon hearing Aragaki Shun's "well-intentioned" reminder, the members of Class D immediately erupted in chaos.

"What? Ryuen got there first?"

"How could this happen? No way, Hirata, Kushida, let's go to Class B right now!"

"Right! Right! We can't keep these 100 temporary points anyway, so let's exchange them for Private Points as soon as possible."

Amidst the commotion, the group from Class D finally managed to reach an agreement, and led by Hirata and Kushida, they hurriedly headed towards Class B's location.

In the end, besides the boys from Class A who were moving supplies, only a few people remained at the scene, including Horikita Suzune, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and Karuizawa Kei.

Aragaki Shun nodded in satisfaction. He decided to squeeze every last drop of value out of Class D, and then asked:

"Is there anyone among you who wants to stay and become the leader of Class D?"

180. Will you regret it for life, just like Chabashira? First-grade students work together.

Besides using Class D' s temporary points to exchange for supplies, Class D can also play a role in guessing the leader.

In order to squeeze every last drop of value out of Class D, Aragaki Shun had Horikita Suzune take away Class D' s Key Card.

The already withdrawn Chabashira Sae said nothing. She silently watched as the Leader of Class A arbitrarily plundered resources from Class D. Only when the members of Class A, Wang Meiyu, Horikita Suzune, and the others left did she utter a sentence in a complicated tone:

"I hope you won't regret it for the rest of your life, Wang Meiyu."

The blue-haired girl with pigtails was stunned for a moment, wondering why this teacher, who never seemed to care about the students in Class D, would say such a thing.

Is this a harsh threat directed at her?

On the way back to Class A's location, seeing that Wang Meiyu seemed a little confused, Aragaki Shun gestured for her to come closer and whispered in her ear:

"According to Hoshinomiya-sensei, Chabashira Sae and she were both students in Advanced Nurturing Class D. The strength difference between the classes in their year was not significant, and Class D also had a chance to be promoted to Class A."

"However, during a Special Exam, Chabashira Sae ruined the class's strategy due to her own selfishness, causing their class to fall into complete ruin, with no hope of recovery."

"I heard that Chabashira Sae has been holding a grudge about this. Her warning to you just now might have been triggered by the scene, but your situation is completely different from hers. Just treat that as nonsense and don't take it to heart."

In Aragaki Shun's opinion, Chabashira Sae's past experiences were nothing but laughable, leaving him with no other feelings whatsoever.

The whole class agreed that one person should drop out to improve the Class Evaluation Points, and some were even willing to sacrifice themselves. However, when they found out that the person who voluntarily dropped out was their boyfriend, they immediately changed their minds.

Isn't this insane?

If you really wanted to oppose it, why didn't you communicate it properly from the beginning? Did you have to wait until you were in a bind before trying to drag everyone down with you?

Moreover, he withdrew from school voluntarily. After completing this exam, regardless of whether the remaining students can advance to Class A, he will have all the classmates owe him an unforgettable favor. This can be considered a win-win situation.

But Chabashira, that oddball, insisted on stopping the other person's actions. There were only a few months left until graduation; couldn't they even bear to be separated for such a short time?

What's even more hilarious is that after their class graduated, Chabashira Sae broke up with her boyfriend.

Because of her romantic obsession, she betrayed her class, only to break up with them after graduation. Filled with regret, she returned to the Advanced Nurturing to try and make amends, but her two Class D students were met with passive resistance, and she even deliberately sabotaged their progress...

So what exactly is this person after?

Regarding Chabashira Sae's deep regret, Aragaki Shun had only one comment: it was abstract and hilarious, and he couldn't understand the other person's logic at all.

"Is that so?" Wang Meiyu was somewhat surprised. She had never imagined that the cold and aloof teacher would have such a past.

But after thinking about it, it really has nothing to do with her.

Why does Chabashira-sensei think that she will also regret it for the rest of her life, just like the other person?

Is there any hope for Class D to be promoted to Class A this year?

Anyone with a normal IQ wouldn't indulge in such a non-existent fantasy!

"In short, that Chabashira Sae is a rather abstract person. Our Class A Chie Hoshinomiya, was her classmate. The two broke up because of that incident in the past, and they have been entangled ever since."

At this point, Aragaki Shun reached out and stroked Wang Meiyu's twin tails, asking in her dazed eyes, "I didn't discuss this with you beforehand, and then suddenly asked you to do this. Your friends in Class D might resent you because of this. Is that okay?"

"No, it's okay," Wang Meiyu, her head lowered and her face slightly flushed as the boy teased her pigtails. "Because Aragaki reminded me, I've been making sure to keep a certain distance from everyone in Class D."

She did have friends in Class D, among whom Inogashira Kokoro and Kushida Kikyo were her closest friends.