Classroom of the Elite: I Can Add Points Without Limit

"Therefore, after the Sports Festival ends, you will only have three to five days at most to implement your strategy. You must take this opportunity to minimize Miyabi Nagumo's losses."

In any case, a class that only knows how to skip classes every day and cause trouble for the other side is definitely not the kind of talent that Advanced Nurturing wants to cultivate.

However, this kind of competition to see who is worse is also common in society, so the school will probably prohibit it by changing the rules after this strategy is implemented.

"So, this is the only chance we have?"

Kiriyama Ikuto's breathing became heavy. He truly saw hope in challenging Miyabi Nagumo again, but as a price, the evaluation score of Class 2-B would inevitably be reduced to zero before Class 2-A.

After all, they are the ones launching the attack, and they want to intercept the students of Class A, so the number of students skipping class each time will inevitably be higher.

As a result, for the next few months, everyone in their class might only be able to use free goods and enjoy the Mountain Vegetable Set Meal.

"That's right, I can't keep track of the second-year students' situation all the time. If you want to completely defeat Miyabi Nagumo, you can only seize this opportunity."

Aragaki Shun clapped his hands, retracting his chin from his crossed arms. "To ensure this strategy succeeds, I've also found you a rather powerful assistant."

The next moment, applause broke out, Bun-haired Senior pushed open the office door. Accompanying her was a white-haired girl exuding madness, who was scanning the Matoba in the room with interest.

"Kiryuuin! It was you!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Kiriyama Ikuto's eyes widened, and he uttered an incredulous sound.

The other person's name is Kiryuuin Fuuka. She is also a student in Class 2-B and is the strongest person in the class overall, but she has never been interested in class competitions.

In Kiriyama's eyes, this person clearly possessed great strength, yet he was unwilling to act for the class, instead indulging in all sorts of willful and capricious behavior, which was undoubtedly the main reason why the class had fallen into such a state.

So, Aragaki Shun is implying that the accomplice he found was actually this guy?

Are you kidding me?!

255. The Countdown to Nagumo's Power; An Unexpected Arrangement

"Kiryuuin, what are you doing here?"

Faced with Kiriyama Ikuto's undisguised skepticism, the white-haired, purple-eyed senior with a headband nonchalantly walked past him, went straight to the desk, propped her hands on the surface, and looked at Aragaki Shun with great interest.

"I owe this junior a favor; I promised to help him out once, and I didn't expect to need it so soon."

What Kiryuuin Fuuka was referring to was the incident during summer vacation where Yamauchi Haruki, Kanji Ike, and others secretly filmed the women's changing room.

Because of the scorching heat, Kiryuuin also came to the large Swimming.

In other words, if Aragaki Shun hadn't discovered it early and exposed the remote-controlled car that those people had set up, the Matoba this senior changing clothes would probably have become a collectible for those voyeurs.

So after the matter was over and the criminals were expelled from Advanced Nurturing, Kiryuuin took the initiative to find the Leader of Class A and said that he owed him a favor.

At the time, Aragaki Shun was preparing to leave school and go home, so he didn't really care about the promise. It wasn't until he needed to use Class 2-B that he remembered the other party.

"But it's amazing you could come up with such a mutually destructive self-destruct tactic. You're really crazy, junior. You seem much more interesting than those boring second-year students."

With a light laugh, Kiryuuin extended his finger, seemingly wanting to poke the boy's cheek. This carefree attitude greatly displeased Secretary Tachibana Akane, who was about to step forward and reprimand him.

But then, Aragaki Shun swiftly grabbed the restless index finger, and with a slight squeeze of his hand, the girl wearing the headband gasped in pain.

"Hiss~ You're pretty strong, junior, but aren't you embarrassed to be so ruthless to a cute girl like me?"

"Kiryuuin, there should be a limit to your willfulness. You're not the kind of brat who doesn't even know basic manners, are you?"

With a cold expression, he released the female hooligan, a sense of speechlessness rising within Aragaki Shun.

In terms of family background, personality, and behavior, Kiryuuin is very similar to Koenji Rokusuke; both are narcissistic, arrogant, and self-willed.

However, like Koenji, the opponent's strength is beyond doubt.

Aragaki Shun, with the authority of the Student Council Vice President, was able to view some student information.

In the evaluation of Advanced Nurturing, Kiryuuin achieved A+ in both academic and physical abilities.

Incidentally, there are over four hundred students in the school. Among the second-year students, only Kiryuuin received an A+ in both categories, and among the first-year students, only Aragaki Shun received an A+. There were none among the Third Year.

In other words, judging solely from the data on paper, the school considers him to be a talent on par with Aragaki Shun.

Of course, these evaluations from Advanced Nurturing are not accurate. After all, the school's interviewers are also human, and humans have different opinions. Their scoring is easily influenced by their own personal biases and external circumstances.

For example, Koenji Rokusuke's arrogant personality displeased the faculty during his interview, so they deliberately gave him an average grade of C in terms of intelligence and judgment, and directly assigned him to the Class 1-D.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, on the other hand, likes to control his score. The information the interviewer gathers is just the level he deliberately presents, not the other person's true ability.

However, those with low scores may be suppressed or hiding their abilities, while those with high scores must have something to rely on and cannot be truly useless—they can make the interviewer take notice, whether through their own efforts or their background, which speaks volumes.

In short, as a student whose stats on paper are comparable to Aragaki Shun's, even with her personality issues, Kiryuuin Fuuka's raw strength is still the strongest among the second-year students.

Having the ability is one thing, but whether one can utilize it and whether one is willing to contribute to the class are another matter entirely.

"Let's get back to business," Aragaki Shun said, resting his chin on his hands again. "Kiryuuin said before that she was willing to help me once."

"But this operation requires absolute control over Class 2-B. I wonder if Kiryuuin can fulfill my requirements?"

Ultimately, the school's double A+ rating for him seems to put him on the same level as Aragaki Shun, only because the highest rating for Advanced Nurturing is A+.

Based solely on the data on paper, even if she is truly skilled in both academics and martial arts, it's hard to say that her opponent is actually stronger than Miyabi Nagumo, who has taken control of the second-year situation.

After all, battle reports can be deceiving, but the front lines won't.

As the original Class A, Kiryuuin was truly defeated and overtaken by Miyabi Nagumo within a year, without any power to resist.

Of course, perhaps the other person, like Koenji Rokusuke in Class 1-D, is simply not interested in class competition and occasionally does small things that violate the rules of conduct, dragging the class down... But that doesn't change the fact that the senior's class was defeated.

Given Koenji's personality, the idea that he would be initially assigned to the strongest class in the grade, only to be defeated by those below him within a year, causing his class ranking to drop, is simply not in line with his aesthetic sense.

"You must have fought Kiryuuin before Nagumo, right? What do you think of Nagumo's smug attitude of looking down on the second-year students?"

"Heh~ That's interesting, is this some kind of reverse psychology tactic?"

The white-haired senior raised an eyebrow, not particularly annoyed. She simply found a sofa nearby, sat down with a flourish, crossed her legs, and spread her arms, exuding a carefree and relaxed vibe.

"Don't worry, I will definitely keep my promise. Since I agreed to help you this time, there will definitely be no problem with this attack on Miyabi Nagumo."

"And your Zero-Point Strategy is indeed quite interesting. I'd also like to know what kind of expression Nagumo will have when he sees all his hard work crumble in one fell swoop."

After saying that, Kiryuuin Fuuka looked at Kiriyama Ikuto and teased him without any politeness:

"But to be honest, my influence in the class is indeed no match for Kiriyama. If he has already lost the courage to fight against Nagumo, then the operation planned by my junior will most likely fail to achieve its full success."

Aragaki Shun was naturally aware of this, and gestured with his eyes to Secretary Tachibana Akane beside him before calmly looking at the key figure of Class 2-B.

"I believe that Kiriyama- senpai will make the right choice. After all, he is a talent that Horikita President specifically recommended to me. He has always been determined to rebel against Nagumo and lead everyone in the class back to Class A."

"Class C and Class D in the second year are not a threat. As long as we use the Zero-Point Strategy to eliminate the gap between Class A and Class B, those two classes will be back on the same starting line. We'll have to fight for the outcome in the future."

Seeing this, Tachibana Akane also took a step forward, her face making no attempt to hide her dissatisfaction with the blond Vice President.

"Nagumo's reach has gone a bit too far. Lately, he's started getting involved with the Third Year in Class B, Class C, and Class D. The student council president and I both think he needs to be taught a lesson."

After stating her position, the Bun-haired Senior stared directly at Kiriyama Ikuto with sharp eyes.

Aragaki Shun told her that this person was a fence-sitter, so wasn't his secret alignment with Manabu Horikita's faction in the Student Council a deliberate ploy to manipulate people?

Thinking of this, Tachibana Akane's cold expression deepened, bringing layer upon layer of pressure to Kiriyama, like waves constantly accumulating.

It wasn't that he was afraid of this upperclassman, but she had the Student Council President Manabu Horikita behind her, and the Vice President Aragaki Shun was in front of her. Furthermore, Kiryuuin Fuuka, the strongest student in the class, was watching him with a half-smile.

Without a doubt, it's time to take sides. If we continue to waver, we'll really be labeled as Miyabi Nagumo's accomplice.

He couldn't even imagine what would happen to him if he were targeted by all of them at the same time.

"No need to say more, Miyabi Nagumo and I are sworn enemies. Now that there's a chance to drag him down to zero, I'll pay any price!"

Without hesitation, he made a righteous cut, Kiriyama face expressionless, as if he had made up his mind.

Although he knew that the person in front of him wanted to use Class 2-B as a pawn to win the Sports Festival and then completely destroy Class 2-A.

If Nagumo's class drops to zero points, then basically no one can compete with Aragaki Shun for the Student Council President position.

Moreover, he himself will not have to pay any price; all the losses will be borne by Class 2-B.

Regardless, this strategy has undeniably benefited their class.

The evaluation scores of Class 2-B and Class 2-A differed by more than 700 points.

Keep in mind that half of their second year of Advanced Nurturing has already passed, leaving them with only a year and a half to catch up.

With such a large difference in scores between the two classes, normally, even if they continue to win, it would take at least three or four Special Exam to catch up.

Based solely on their class's overall strength, it might be difficult for them to close the gap even until graduation.

Now that they can wipe it all out in one fell swoop, what are they still hesitating about?

The only problem is that for a long time to come, everyone in their class will have to endure the unpalatable Mountain Vegetable Set Meal.

Aragaki Shun also understood this, and therefore questioned it bluntly:

"Now that the strategy has been formulated, the key lies in its specific execution."

"I deliberately used Kiryuuin's favor to get her involved in this operation. So, do the two of you have enough control over Class 2-B?"

"I want to know, when you tell everyone in the class that in order to regain the top spot, they will sacrifice all Class Evaluation Points, how many people in Class B will support you, and how many will oppose it?"

If too few people are willing to carry out this plan, or even if some firmly follow Nagumo and directly inform on him, then the effectiveness of the Zero-Point Strategy will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it will not achieve the desired effect.

Fortunately, in response to this question, Kiriyama Ikuto gave him very good news—

"There are indeed quite a few people in the class who aspire to Nagumo, but most are filled with resentment and anger. Right now, there's a clear way to catch up with Class A, and I'm confident I can persuade everyone to cooperate."

Regardless, they were the Class A students recognized by the school at the beginning of the semester, and their class ranking was later reversed by Miyabi Nagumo, so naturally, few people in the class were willing to accept it.

As for the anger, it's quite simple: as Nagumo's primary target, several key students in Class 2-B were forcibly expelled by him.

Among the remaining members of the class, there were quite a few who were on good terms with these classmates, and everyone was holding back their anger, but they just hadn't had a chance to release it.

Kiryuuin Fuuka confidently added, "You don't need to worry about that; I'll handle it."

To be fair, in Kiryuuin's opinion, once Kiriyama Ikuto is dealt with, the other members of Class 2-B will be much easier to persuade.

After all, the ordinary students who were able to stay until this point under Miyabi Nagumo's pressure were all typical members of the original Class A, whose basic characteristics were being pragmatic and subtly self-serving.

With Kiriyama Ikuto, the core member of the class, standing up, and with her being the strongest in Class B, and with Aragaki Shun and Manabu Horikita, two well-known figures in the school, secretly backing her up, even those in the class who were inclined to Miyabi Nagumo would inevitably change their stance in the face of reality.

After all, both Manabu Horikita and Aragaki Shun have considerable prestige among the second-year students.

The former has served as Student Council President for nearly two years, while the latter swept all the competitive clubs at the start of the semester, and his clubs are full of senior students.

They want to support Class 2-B against Miyabi Nagumo. Even if there are spies planted by that person in the class, they will pretend not to know anything in the face of Kiriyama and Kiryuuin's control.

"Very good," Aragaki Shun nodded, a satisfied smile on his face. "It seems I can patiently wait for Nagumo's hard work to go to waste."

Then, after Class 2-B's operation succeeds, the Student Council will cooperate with the school to change the rules and ban the Zero-Point Strategy.

Let Class 2-A, where Nagumo is, be the only victim!

With all three grades actively preparing, time slowly passed, and soon it was the end of September.

According to the school's rules, the next step is to submit the entry form and make final preparations.

Most importantly, the order of participation for all students in the Class 1-A, Class C, and Class D was filled in by Aragaki Shun.

With the second grade already arranged and eliminated in advance, what he needs to do now is to maximize the strength of the three first-grade classes and then fairly and squarely suppress the Third Year.

Although Miyabi Nagumo definitely had plans for the Third Year, and they could become the winning team by going with the flow this time, the Leader of Class A still pretended not to be careless in front of the many students who had trained for a whole month.

So, when gathering participants from all three classes to fill out the entry forms, Aragaki Shun made an unexpected arrangement...

256. The Sports Festival officially opens; the role of Employment Ticket.

October has arrived, the summer heat is slowly dissipating, and the highly anticipated Sports Festival has officially begun.

Students in sportswear entered one after another amidst a tense atmosphere.

Around the huge playground, spectators were already scattered everywhere. They were usually busy shop assistants and teachers. The school had finally organized a lively sports competition, and they didn't want to miss it.

On the other side of the field, many teachers acting as referees could be seen inspecting the facilities with serious expressions.

It's worth mentioning that Advanced Nurturing even prepared a dedicated medical team, which seems to indicate that they anticipated the competition might be very intense.

"They've really gone to great lengths. Could it be that during a previous Sports Festival, due to class competition, there were some particularly serious injuries?"

Sitting in the group of Class 1-A, Aragaki Shun, then immediately turned to the group beside him and instructed, "Pay close attention to Class B and the older teams during the competition. If you see anyone trying to sabotage you along the way, don't try to be brave on your own; you must notify me immediately."

In response, all the students in Class A naturally echoed the sentiment.

"Clear."

"Don't worry, squad leader, we all know what we're doing."

"Yes, Aragaki-kun is right. Everyone's safety is the most important thing."