Classroom of the Elite: I Can Add Points Infinitely - Chapter 182

Aragaki Shun shrugged, seemingly having some reservations about the quality of students Advanced Nurturing Program. "Class 1-C is full of delinquents, Class 1-D year even has criminals who peep into the women's changing room. Who knows what kind of oddballs will appear in Class C and Class D in the second Third Year!"

Before Ichinose could say anything in response to the boy's mocking remarks, Sakayanagi Arisu, the Board Chairman's daughter, immediately blushed.

"Aragaki-kun, regarding the moral vetting process for new students, I will offer my suggestions once my father returns to Advanced Nurturing."

"Prior to this, many faculty and staff members at the school have been fulfilling their duties, and I believe they would not have allowed such a heinous act of violence to occur."

Ryuen Kakeru was able to unify Class C by force, and his biggest advantage came from the protection of their homeroom teacher Sakagami Kazuma.

But if the victim were Sakayanagi Arisu, then let alone letting things go unchecked, it would be perfectly reasonable for Sakagami to personally get involved in a fight with Ryuen and then help the little princess get her expelled from school.

Therefore, anyone could be threatened by force, but Sakayanagi Arisu no such worries, unless a student was willing to gamble with his own and his family's future for a moment of pleasure.

After all, given the little princess's physical condition, if she were to actually get punched, it wouldn't just be a matter of her crying; the person who punched her would definitely be kneeling down and begging her not to die.

"Aragaki-kun," the silver-haired girl frowned slightly, unable to resist asking, "Are you making fun of me again with that expression?"

"Ahem~ This kind of thing isn't important."

With a wave of his hand, the Leader of Class A resumed his serious demeanor. "Anyway, if you have connections, go and investigate more about Class 2-B. The key to the outcome of my bet with Miyabi Nagumo should lie here."

After saying this, the first thing that came to Aragaki Shun's mind was a figure that looked remarkably similar to Koenji Rokusuke.

The boy remembered that after the pool peeping incident, the other party had promised to owe him a favor.

Ichinose Honami

Why was Ryuen Kakeru able to obtain five million in compensation from Vice President Nagumo?

The truth hidden inside is actually quite simple. With just a little thought, everyone can understand that he inevitably had to pay a price, don't you think?

You know, the only business in this world that requires no capital is...

In the Student Council office, Aragaki Shun watched with great interest as the gossip on the School Forum intensified.

Although Miyabi Nagumo tried to suppress public opinion, once the story of him lending Ryuen Kakeru five million Private Points was exposed, the controversy that should have subsided became like a runaway horse, impossible to control.

Perhaps because there were too many people from Kodo Ikusei Senior High School who disliked the other side, anonymous accounts took turns to exert their influence, and various discussions became increasingly heated, with one or two brilliant jokes popping up from time to time, making the many onlookers exclaim how wonderful it was.

As the one who created this amusement, Aragaki Shun had naturally been paying close attention to the development of the plot on the forum, and now he had even dragged over a second-year senior to enjoy it with him.

"Senior Kiriyama, what do you think was the reason that Nagumo sponsored Ryuen Kakeru with such a large sum of Private Points?"

"You should know that besides the five million, Ryuen has also been transferred to Class B. In other words, the amount he has spent on this man may even be as high as twenty-five million Private Points."

Without a doubt, Aragaki Shun was exaggerating.

If Nagumo is of normal intelligence, it's impossible for him to cover all of Ryuen Kakeru's transfer fees. It's more likely that he will share the cost with Class 1-B, with each side contributing ten million.

But that didn't stop him from attributing all the expenses to Nagumo, since neither the other party nor Class 1-B could possibly disclose their transaction to the outside world.

"... Given Nagumo's temperament, he must want to extend his influence to the first-year students, which is why he's willing to pay such a high price."

Across from Aragaki Shun, a haggard-looking boy with short black hair hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up and sharing his opinion.

This person is named Kiriyama Ikuto. He is a core member of Class 2-B and was recommended to him by Manabu Horikita. He is also one of the people who have been secretly rebelling against Miyabi Nagumo.

However, according to the information gathered by Ichinose and Sakayanagi Arisu, this Kiriyama- senpai seems to have some issues with both his abilities and character.

Simply put, he wasn't the true leader of Class 2-B from the beginning. It was only after the class fell from Class A and the original leader was expelled by Miyabi Nagumo that he stood out from a group of short students and was given the right to lead the remaining students in Class B.

Not long after taking office, this core member of Class B declared his submission to Nagumo, agreeing to unconditionally cooperate with all of Nagumo's decisions during the Special Exam.

According to Manabu Horikita, Kiriyama Ikuto was lying in wait in the shadows. He appeared to be compliant on the surface, but in reality, he had never given up his resistance. Therefore, he took the initiative to contact him, the Student Council President.

However, after personally reviewing the intelligence, Aragaki Shun was immediately able to confirm it.

What do you mean by daring to be angry but not daring to speak out?

Isn't he just a fence-sitter?

254. Zero-Point Strategy activated; Kiryuuin Fuuka makes her appearance.

They're like a reed in the wind, always shifting whichever way the wind blows.

Kiriyama Ikuto in front of me is this type; he's completely unsuitable for taking on important tasks.

However, from another perspective, such two-faced individuals with wavering stances are also the easiest pawns to manipulate.

Because such people are often loyal not to a particular entity, but to greater strength and greater benefits; they will only follow the victor.

If you demonstrate strength enough and can bring them more benefits, then turning them to your side is quite easy.

"Indeed, Miyabi Nagumo wants to use this Sports Festival to extend his reach to the first-year students, so Class B, which is still fighting hard, is the easiest target for him."

With his hands crossed and chin resting on his hands, Aragaki Shun calmly stared at the somewhat haggard-looking boy in front of him, the heavy, oppressive feeling gathering in the air growing stronger.

"He spent a lot of his Private Points to protect Ryuen Kakeru and helped him transfer to Class B. These points should have come from the collective savings of all the second-year students, right?"

"By the way, I made a bet with Miyabi Nagumo: the losing side of the Sports Festival has to transfer 15 million to the winner. How many Private Points do you think he'll have left after the Sports Festival ends?"

Upon hearing Aragaki Shun's question, Kiriyama Ikuto's eyes flickered several times, and a jumble of chaotic thoughts arose in his mind.

In the quiet office, the sound of water droplets falling could be heard at some point.

Kiriyama immediately realized what was happening, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve while swallowing hard as he replied:

"Since the second grade was taken over by Nagumo, most of the Private Points allocated to the four classes by the school, apart from the basic monthly living expenses, have been required to be handed over to his personal account."

"If my calculations are correct, by early September, he should have accumulated at least fifty million in savings."

The evaluation scores for all classes in the Advanced Nurturing are public, so the Private Points each person can receive each month is also easy to calculate.

In this way, by subtracting the living expenses held by most second-year students in advance, it is easy to calculate the total number of points that Nagumo collected from the four classes.

Of course, there will inevitably be discrepancies in the results of such calculations, because Miyabi Nagumo's confidants not only do not have to hand over their points, but also receive a fairly good monthly reward. Furthermore, some people in Class B, where Kiriyama is located, are still unwilling to submit and have not obediently handed over all their Private Points.

As a two-faced individual who outwardly obeys Nanono Masaru while secretly contacting Miyabi Nagumo Manabu Horikita, and is actually preparing to sell out Class 2-B, Kiriyama's intelligence sources are much broader than imagined. Therefore, his estimate of at least 50 million Private Points should be close to the actual situation.

"Fifty million," Aragaki Shun nodded, then said without wavering, "After the Sports Festival ends and he transfers back the fifteen million he lost to me, he should have less than twenty million Private Points left."

Nagumo spent at least 15 million yen on Class 1-B and Ryuen Kakeru's side. In addition, recruiting several lower-ranked classes in the Third Year to fight against Manabu Horikita would also require a lot of investment.

Therefore, the 20 million yen surplus mentioned by Aragaki Shun was still an overestimation.

Kiriyama Ikuto had no objection to the calculation result, but after swallowing hard, he couldn't help but raise a question:

"Vice President Aragaki, are you really that confident that we'll win the Sports Festival?"

"Even if we lose, Nagumo can get fifteen million from you, completely offsetting the effort spent on winning over Class 1-B..."

As he spoke, the man's voice grew softer and softer, until it finally faded completely under Aragaki Shun's gaze.

Damn it, he'd never been this nervous, not even when facing Horikita President Nagumo.

What's going on with this first-year student?!

Seeing this, Aragaki Shun naturally wouldn't explain to the other party just how much power a mental attribute of 18 could enhance.

He simply sat calmly in his office chair, occasionally tapping the desk with his fingertips, gradually putting pressure on Kiriyama Ikuto.

"First of all, I won't lose. After all, Nagumo is already my defeated opponent, isn't he?"

Kiriyama Ikuto Ikuha was taken aback, then immediately remembered that when this year's freshmen first entered the university, Aragaki Shun had single-handedly swept through all the competitive clubs that were only for upperclassmen at the time.

He took this opportunity to earn a lot of Private Points from the seniors, and Nagumo was so excited that he went to his door to teach this arrogant junior a lesson, but ended up suffering a great defeat.

Therefore, Nagumo was indeed defeated by Aragaki Shun long ago, and even if the two only had a simple track and field match, it would not change this fact.

A flicker of interest flashed in his eyes; at that moment, Kiriyama Ikuto truly saw hope in resisting that person.

"Secondly, I need your Class 2-B to completely obey my commands during this Sports Festival!"

"I have a strategy, it comes at a high price, but it can close the gap between Class 2-B Miyabi Nagumo's class in one fell swoop, giving you a chance to be promoted to Class A again."

"What?!!"

Upon hearing this, Kiriyama immediately became restless and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"That's impossible. The evaluation scores of our class are more than 700 points lower than those of Class 2-A. Even if we win big in this Sports Festival, there's no way we can catch up in one go."

More importantly, their opponent is Miyabi Nagumo, and with the strength of Class 2-B, they have no chance of defeating his class.

If they had that kind of ability, they wouldn't be doing so poorly.

"Are you saying you're planning to mobilize the entire first-year class to support us?"

Seeing Aragaki Shun's confident demeanor, and considering a certain possibility, Kiriyama tentatively asked a question.

If, with Aragaki Shun's help, we can take first place in the winning group and then suppress Class 2-A, making them last, the gap between the two classes can immediately be narrowed to 450 points.

But would this first-year representative really be that kind?

It's important to know that, according to the reward and punishment rules of this Sports Festival, apart from the winning team, the other two grades will have to pay a heavy price.

Would the other party really be willing to pay such a high price for Class 2-B?

Of course, such a thing is impossible!

"Don't overthink it. What I mean is, be prepared to stake all your Class Evaluation Points and find a way to drag Nagumo's class down to zero."

A cold smile played on Aragaki Shun's lips as he casually sketched a cruel scene before Kiriyama Ikuto's eyes.

"According to the rules of the Sports Festival, once the entry forms are submitted, for every event a student misses, their class will have 1 point deducted from their Class Evaluation Points."

"Once the first two events are over and it's confirmed that Miyabi Nagumo's class will be ranked first in the second year, you can lead everyone in your class to ambush the students in Class 2-A and force them to miss the Sports Festival."

"As a result, with the team in the losing group finishing first and a large number of members absent from the competition, Class 2-A will have at least 700 Class Evaluation Points deducted after the Sports Festival ends."

At Kodo Ikusei Senior High School, raising Class Evaluation Points is a very difficult task, and most of the time the only option is to rely on Special Exam set by the school.

Conversely, it is extremely easy to deduct all the evaluation points from a rival class.

As long as one dares to inflict heavy losses on both sides, even a flawed Class D might be able to drag the top-ranked Class A down to hell before the Zero-Point Strategy is banned by the school rules.

"Abandoning all Class Evaluation Points and dragging Miyabi Nagumo's class into the abyss of zero points... Is it even possible to do that?"

Kiriyama Ikuto found it somewhat unbelievable that Aragaki Shun had actually come up with such an extreme strategy.

But thinking about it carefully, if the other party's plan really comes to fruition, Class 2-A might actually be dragged down by them.

First, the first-place team in the losing group will have 400 Class Evaluation Points deducted.

Then, during the Sports Festival, if any student misses a competition, their class will have 1 point deducted from their Class Evaluation Points.

It's important to know that there are a total of 13 test events in the Sports Festival. Class 2-A currently has 35 students. If none of them can participate after submitting their participation forms, in extreme cases, they could even lose 455 points.

Of course, this is the theoretical maximum score. Because one or two projects need to be left so that Miyabi Nagumo can get first place in the second year, this value will definitely not be maximized. Normally, deducting 300 points from them would be considered a lot.

As a result, starting with 400 and then 300, after one Sports Festival, the evaluation score of Class 2-A will drop by 700.

It must be said that because students are expelled from time to time, the evaluation scores of the four second-grade classes are not high.

Kiriyama Ikuto's Class B was just over 700, while Miyabi Nagumo's Class A was just over 1400. If Aragaki Shun's plan succeeds, it would be equivalent to evaporating half of the Class 2-A's evaluation score in one go.

"That's it! After the Sports Festival ends, you organize everyone in the class to ambush the students in Miyabi Nagumo's class and force them to skip class with you. Then all the evaluation scores of Class 2-A will be reset to zero."

If Kou can go, so can I!

Previously, Miyabi Nagumo had Ryuen Kakeru use this move against the first-year students, so Aragaki Shun naturally had to retaliate in kind.

The Behavioral Standards Exam in the first month of school showed that the Advanced Nurturing actually cares a lot about the most basic things, such as class attendance and small movements in class.

Even though it's not as strict as during exams, openly violating student duties will still result in a deduction of Class Evaluation Points.

In short, as long as Class 2-B Miyabi Nagumo break ties, even if the points deducted in the Sports Festival are not ideal, they can still drag Class 2-A into hell by using the Zero-Point Strategy after two more days.

"This..." Kiriyama Ikuto swallowed hard, having to admit that he was indeed tempted, but Miyabi Nagumo's formidable presence made him appear somewhat indecisive.

"Nagumo is still the Vice President of the Student Council. If those people from Class 2-A complain to the Student Council..."

Aragaki Shun dismissively said, "Horikita President and I are both here. As long as you don't start a violent conflict, what's the big deal about such a trivial matter?"

"You just need to find some suitable reasons, like making friends, looking for something, or needing relationship advice, to stop them and make them late for class."

Miyabi Nagumo is indeed the Vice President of the Student Council, but so is Aragaki Shun.

Apart from that, Manabu Horikita, as the student council president, is the one who truly steers the Student Council. As for conflicts and contradictions between different classes, as long as they are not too serious, they are usually handled by Tachibana Akane, the secretary.

It's important to understand that Student Council processes take time and go through procedures; they can't simply believe everything the appellant says.

During the investigation and evidence collection process, even a slight delay of just a few days would be enough to completely reset the evaluation scores of Class 2-A to zero.

"Of course, the school cannot tolerate the continued existence of such a tactic that ignores the difference in strength and results in mutual destruction. Once you make a big fuss, the Student Council will have to cooperate with the school to revise the rules."