Chapter 181

Faced with the indifferent gaze of the frail, silver-haired girl, the Archangel of Class A felt somewhat embarrassed and subconsciously looked away, steer the conversation back to business.

"I have some friends from second and Third Year. Do you need my help?"

"No need! There's still a month until the Sports Festival, I'll take care of everything. Ichinose, you should stay in the class and help boost morale and maintain fighting spirit."

Without hesitation, she rejected the other party's suggestion. Sakayanagi Arisu glanced at the pink-haired girl, whose charm was enough to draw everyone's attention in the school, and instinctively pouted.

She knew that she had started to care about Aragaki-kun without realizing it.

However, considering the objective reality, the girl's rational mind also told her that a relationship between the two was completely impossible.

The person she was gazing at was a monster who could single-handedly sweep through all sports clubs and effortlessly date four girlfriends at the same time.

With my frail body, if I were to actually date this person, I couldn't do anything beyond the title of boyfriend and girlfriend.

Otherwise, let alone sharing a bed with her, I'm afraid that if I get too excited and my heart races, I'll have to be sent back to the high-end hospital I've known since childhood the next day.

While others might only lose money in a relationship, she pursues those sensual fantasies, and if she were to suddenly lose control, she might risk her life.

Thinking about this, the girl was already in a bad mood, and to make matters worse, this pink-haired fat woman had to come over and blatantly steal her private time with Aragaki-kun.

How utterly despicable! Does she really want to use this lewd body to seduce Aragaki-kun?!

Even when you had the upper hand, one newcomer after another beat you to it. Don't you feel any shame, you loser?

I wish I had your qualities...

"That's good then. Good luck, Classmate Sakayanagi. If you encounter any difficulties, don't forget to ask for help from everyone in the class. This is all for Class A's victory, so don't try to shoulder it all alone."

Clenching her little fists in a gesture of encouragement, and then, under Sakayanagi Arisu gaze, Ichinose, having finished her pleasantries, immediately sat down on the other side of Aragaki Shun, the two of them practically touching.

Hmph~ You don't even want to act anymore, huh!

"I heard that Ryuen from Class C recently transferred to Class B. Do Aragaki-kun think they'll pull some sneaky tricks during this Sports Festival?"

The bench beneath the three wasn't short; normally, three or four people could sit comfortably. However, the pink-haired girl seemed completely unprepared, pressing herself against the two girls so their thighs were almost touching, while casually chatting about class competition.

Sensing the strange atmosphere on both sides, Aragaki Shun was truly speechless.

Is Ichinose blind? How come she's suddenly starting to clash with Sakayanagi Arisu?

However, that's not important. The girl was willing to offer him benefits, Aragaki Shun naturally had no intention of giving up.

Her right hand unconsciously rested on Feibo's plump, rounded thigh. Even through her sportswear, she could feel the warmth and softness that belonged to a young girl.

"I also know about Ryuen joining Class B, but it was something I deliberately facilitated; it's more beneficial than harmful to Class A."

"After all, if we expel him directly from Class C, we'll lose 300 Class Evaluation Points. But if we move him to Class B first, not only will Koenji Rokusuke and the others have to spend a total of Twenty Million Personal Points, but they'll also have to bear the losses from Ryuen's expulsion in the future."

The problem is, given Class B's financial situation, how easy is it to simultaneously fund the transfer of Koenji, Ayanokoji, and Ryuen Kakeru Sho while burdened with massive debt?

Therefore, just as Ayanokoji Kiyotaka needed to collect Chabashira Sae's gold coins, Ryuen Kakeru would also need to find someone willing to take the fall and pay for at least half of his Private Points if he wanted to join Class 1-B.

Looking at the entire Advanced Nurturing, very few entities can afford such a huge amount of funding. Manabu Horikita certainly wouldn't participate, so only Nagumo Masaru, who keeps talking about defeating Aragaki Shun Miyabi Nagumo, would have this idea.

"Based on the Student Council's ruling last time, Nagumo has already paid Ryuen 5 million in compensation. Now that he wants to win over Class 1-B, he will inevitably have to spend a lot of Private Points."

"And if we also consider the 15 million bet between him and me, by the time the Sports Festival ends, I wonder how many coins this second-year leader will still have left in his pocket?"

With a playful tone, Aragaki Shun even swiped out his private account interface to glance at the data that had dropped significantly.

After passing the VIP Exam, his Private Points suddenly increased to 75.4 million. Including the 4 million compensation he received from Class C and the 7.09 million contract income he received in September, his account balance was a whopping 86.4 million.

Now, after deducting 20 million, he still has 66.4 million left, since he still needs to help his girlfriend, Yamamura Miki, transfer to another class in full.

Incidentally, among the seven new students who joined Class A, Horikita Suzune's transfer fee was paid by Manabu Horikita, Sakayanagi Arisu paid for it herself, and Yamamura Miki, like Shiina Hiyori last time, was brought over by her boyfriend Aragaki Shun.

The remaining students, Wang Meiyu, Kamuro Masumi, Morishita Ai, and Kito Hayato, all had their transfer funds paid out of class funds according to Class A's rules and regulations.

Aragaki Shun, of course, didn't mind paying Wang Meiyu's 20 million yen as well. However, based on the girl's contributions during the Uninhabited Island Exam, it would be best if everyone in the class shared the cost of her transferring to another class.

This also allows the girl to gain a small sense of accomplishment, confirming that she has truly helped her lover.

However, this has made Class A's overt financial expenditures appear somewhat precarious.

After the VIP Exam, the funds in the class fund account once reached as high as 38.95 million.

By September, the number of students in Class A had increased to 48, and the evaluation score was 2122, which meant that 5.09 million yuan could be collected in class fees each month.

After deducting management fees and some miscellaneous expenses, the class fund surplus at the beginning of September was as high as 43.8 million.

This was a pretty good figure, but it immediately dropped to 35.8 million after 8 million was deducted from the cost of the four people's Transfer Ticket.

More importantly, this transfer expense of up to 8 million will take 10 months to be fully completed, until June of next year.

Fortunately, Class A has a solid foundation. As long as the Class Evaluation Points doesn't drop, it will receive more than 5 million yuan in class funds every month. With this inflow and outflow, it's equivalent to subtracting 3 million yuan from the 38.95 million yuan each month. After 10 months, there will still be about 9 million yuan left.

Otherwise... well, it's unlikely anything bad would actually happen. After all, the class fund is only half of the class's total savings. Even after deducting monthly living expenses, everyone still has a lot left over from the other half.

Not to mention, once this Sports Festival ends, Class A's evaluation score will skyrocket, at which point there will be even less worry about not making ends meet.

"Class A collects over 5 million yuan in class fees every month, and I also collect over 5 million yuan from the other three classes every month. This shows that the monthly output of the first grade exceeds 10 million yuan."

"The situation in the second year might be a little different, after all, there are quite a few dropouts in all four classes, but Miyabi Nagumo has had an extra year to accumulate points, so his Private Points are probably not much less than mine right now."

As for why Aragaki Shun was certain that his reserves were more abundant than his opponent's... it was mainly because before his second year, Nagumo had been trying to expel those who disobeyed him, unlike him, who was able to obtain a huge number of Private Points from the VIP Exam in one go.

This Yellow-haired Senior has only been in complete control of the second-year students for six or seven months now. During this time, he has also had to use his own money to interfere in the competition among the Third Year, so his remaining savings are probably not as much as his.

"Afterwards, I'll try to contact the key figures in Class 2-B to see if I can get more detailed information."

After calculating the resources and strengths of both sides, Aragaki Shun immediately showed an expression of indifference.

Anyway, after the Sports Festival, even if Nagumo doesn't go bankrupt immediately, he'll definitely be in some kind of predicament and won't be able to be as carefree as he is now.

"They actually went out of their way to have Class 1-B empty the second-year Vice President's Private Points," Sakayanagi Arisu's eyes sparkled, looking rather cute. "So Aragaki -san had already planned this far?"

"Hmm~ There must be another consideration, which is to keep Class B in a half-dead state for quite some time to come."

Using Private Points to restrict the development of rival classes is a tactic that Aragaki Shun has consistently employed.

For at least the next ten months, Ryuen Kakeru and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka will only be a burden to Class B.

Their presence will severely restrict Class B's finances, forcing them to keep a low profile in the days to come.

Otherwise, if there's a problem with renewing the Transfer Ticket, all the previous investments will be wasted.

253. Arrangements for Class B; the grass on the wall grows leaves on the Tongshan Mountain

"In my opinion alone, keeping Class B in a half-dead state is far more effective than completely defeating and integrating them."

In response to Sakayanagi Arisu's teasing, Aragaki Shun simply gave a casual reply.

He was somewhat interested in recruiting Class B, but not much, since he always needed to leave one class in the Class A camp that could be targeted during operations.

It doesn't matter which class it is, as long as it actually exists.

This is not only to appease the highly competitive model of Advanced Nurturing and save face for the school's leadership, but also to create an adversary that can be used to divert internal conflicts.

After all, the school is still the rule-maker for all four classes, and there will inevitably be a constant stream of Special Exam over the next three years.

If all four first-year classes were completely integrated, the competition between classes would become an internal competition under Aragaki Shun's command. In order to maintain his prestige as the grade leader, he would inevitably have to spend more time on the distribution of benefits.

While it's not entirely impossible to do this, overall, keeping Katsuragi Class around and making it a target for all three classes to work against, relegating it to the bottom of the grade, would likely be more advantageous for him.

In this way, Class A stands at the top as his base, while Classes Class C and Class D continuously provide various benefits and talents to his vassals. Finally, the three classes unite to suppress the restless Class B... and everyone can have a bright future.

However, this idea seemed a bit dark, and with the Archangel Ichinose Honami by his side, Aragaki Shun decided to use a more righteous and honorable way of putting it—

"Because of me, Class A made a comeback and rose to the top in the second month of school. The journey was too smooth, and the victory came too easily."

"So I want to leave the class with an enemy that is still somewhat threatening on the surface, so that everyone won't become completely complacent and lie down and enjoy themselves for the next three years just because they've lost their opponent."

If a country has no capable ministers or advisors within, and no external enemies without, it will inevitably perish. This shows that one is born in hardship and dies in comfort.

This reason is certainly not unfounded.

In Sakurajima, a school year consists of three semesters.

If Aragaki Shun really does completely crush the other three classes in the first semester, making everyone in the class believe that their positions will no longer be shaken.

In the remaining three years and eight semesters, I'm afraid not many people will be as diligent as they are now, going to tutoring classes every day to improve their skills.

After all, once they graduate, they can choose to pursue further education or find employment. Even if they slack off, they'll still have a bright future. So why are the students in Class A still working so hard?

The school distributes so many Private Points every month; wouldn't it be better for everyone to live life to the fullest and enjoy their youth?

"Haha~ I don't think anyone in the class would do that, um... I don't think so..."

Upon hearing Aragaki Shun's hypothesis, Ichinose Honami felt a little guilty, as she seemed to have initially been a supporter of this kind of youthful sentiment.

Of course, this doesn't mean she's the kind of person who enjoys indulging in pleasure.

The main reason is that the pink-haired girl values class friendships too much and hopes to spend her high school life with all her friends without any regrets.

In Ichinose's eyes, youth is undoubtedly beautiful and free, so she often gets together with her classmates to have various happy gatherings.

In a regular university, doing this would naturally... well, it wouldn't be right either. Normal high school students would be sent to tutoring classes by their parents, and the school wouldn't specifically provide them with so much living allowance.

Only in such an Advanced Nurturing environment can fertile ground for comfort and hedonism emerge after class competition loses its meaning.

After all, with a secure future and hundreds of thousands of Private Points every month to cover living expenses, wouldn't it be great if everyone could have fun every day?

Ichinose Honami's personality, if she were to encounter such a situation, she would at most ask everyone to attend classes diligently and not let their grades slip, without making any further demands.

This doesn't seem like a problem, but then I remembered that when Aragaki Shun was finalizing the rules and regulations for Class A, he set three levels of goals for everyone in the class, the highest of which was --

No school recommendation is needed; you can achieve your dreams entirely on your own. After graduating from Class A, you can treat the Advanced Nurturing recommendation as a pure boost, using the platform to build connections and take yourself to the next level.

If they were to truly enjoy themselves for three years, they would definitely not be able to achieve this goal. In fact, since everyone was given their Class A status by relying on connections, their actual abilities are not qualified. Even if they are recommended to prestigious universities and companies in the future, various problems will arise, burying their promising future.

If that were to actually happen, Ichinose felt she would absolutely regret it.

Thinking about it this way, it's definitely better to let everyone continue striving towards their dreams as they are now.

"Let's put the students in Class B through a little hardship and make them the target of everyone in the class. Anyway, they're doing this voluntarily and haven't given up on competing with us for a spot in Class A."

While simultaneously feeling the elasticity of Honami's thighs, Aragaki Shun's tone sounded casual, yet in that quiet moment, he effortlessly decided the future of an entire class.

If it weren't for Koenji Rokusuke transferring to another class, Aragaki Shun would have had no difficulty completely conquering Class 1-B based solely on those two Special Exam during the summer vacation.

Now that they all have the guarantee of a safety net promised by the heirs of wealthy families, and can still make a living even if they are expelled from school, the Leader of Class A doesn't mind demoting them to Class D, creating a new lower class for first-year students.

In this way, the three classes will have a common goal, and the students in Class B can also develop a bond of friendship with the chaebol's only son. It's a win-win situation, and everyone in this class will have a bright future.

Is that so?

Ichinose Honami seemed a little confused, but since Aragaki-kun said so, there must be no problem, right?

Besides, now doesn't seem like the time to dwell on such things.

With a slightly flushed face, the pink-haired girl pressed down on the man's malicious hands with both hands, giving him a look that was both reproachful and angry.

Although she took the initiative before, Aragaki-kun is really pushing his luck. There were clearly problems with the time and place.

She had a slight complaint in her heart, but the girl's face still showed joy. After all, her clear response revealed Aragaki-kun's affection for her.

This must be mutual affection; it's definitely not a one-sided crush or unrequited love on her part.

Then it's okay if I feel bad for Chihiro.

Sakayanagi Arisu: "..."

The sickly little princess, who had been neglected for some time, was getting a little angry. She gave Ichinose Honami look and stood up with her cane, forcing the two who were engrossed in the ambiguous atmosphere to take notice of her.

"Everyone is training hard, so I can't slack off either. Leave the intelligence from the upperclassmen to me."

"However, I have some difficulty walking. In order to improve efficiency, Ichinose, would you please accompany me for a while?"

If I remember correctly, Ichinose Honami volunteered to help earlier, but Sakayanagi refused without any hesitation.

The thought had barely crossed Aragaki Shun's mind when he met the silver-haired girl's cold gaze.

Well, from the other person's perspective, Ichinose and I themselves seem to have gone a bit too far.

But the Archangel beside him suddenly adopted a domineering attitude, which momentarily diverted the boy's attention, making Sakayanagi feel that it was normal to feel neglected.

After all, the latter is only for looking at, not for eating.

In comparison, the Archangel not only provided food, but was also in no way inferior to the sickly little princess in terms of appearance.

"Ahem~ What do you think, Ichinose?" Aragaki Shun asked softly, his gaze shifting slightly to the other side. "This month, everyone in the class will be fully focused on training. If you have some free time, you can go for a walk with Sakayanagi."

"Also, bring Horikita Suzune and Ibuki Mio along. They both have good Combat skills, but they lack a lot in interpersonal communication and teamwork."

"Um... why emphasize Combat spirit?" Ichinose couldn't help but complain, "This school isn't that big, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere. We're just going to the upperclassmen to gather some information. Are you worried about causing a violent incident?"

"That's hard to say. Wasn't Class 1-C forcibly integrated by Ryuen Kakeru using violent means in the beginning?"