Classroom of the Elite: I Can Gain Points Without Limit

The students encouraged each other with smiles. After more than a month of training, they believed that the first grade would definitely be the winning group in this sports event, and Class A would become the number one among the 12 classes in the whole school.

Under the leadership of our invincible class monitor, as long as everyone is united, our class will have no rivals.

Aragaki Shun was naturally extremely satisfied with this high fighting spirit.

That's the kind of unwavering belief we should have!

From any perspective, Class 1-A is the strongest among all 12 classes in the school.

Because the class had an excess of fighting power, Aragaki Shun thought long and hard and even specially assigned some good athletes to help out in Class 1-C and Class 1-D first year.

"Kanzaki and Suzune, you two will be in charge of Class 1-D."

Upon hearing the instructions from the Leader of Class A, the two nodded, then beckoned to the four classmates beside them, and together they gathered at the front of Class D's group.

They were greeted by Karuizawa Kei, Kushida Kikyo, Yosuke Hirata. Class 1-D had too few people, and now with six more decent fighters, they wouldn't be the ones dragging the first year down.

"I really didn't expect that Aragaki-kun would have something like Employment Ticket. It's great that everyone in Class A can temporarily join Class D's team to help out."

The short-haired brown girl patted her chest, looking quite relieved.

A signature angelic smile spread across her face as she cheerfully waved to the familiar girl with long, straight black hair.

"It seems we can still fight together, Horikita."

"The first-year students must be in the winning group, and your Class D is the weakest link. I hope you can realize this and give it your all in the competition."

Horikita Suzune's expression was indifferent, and the girl's matter-of-fact reference to "your Class D" almost made Kushida lose his composure.

Damn it, just because you have an older brother who's the Student Council President and got sent to Class A doesn't mean you're all that!

You forget where you came from as soon as you get ashore, but is that your own ability?

The atmosphere on the field became somewhat awkward for a moment. Seeing this, Kanzaki Ryuji nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that he wouldn't need to play the bad cop this time. Horikita Suzune's natural performance was much more realistic than his deliberately feigned coldness.

"Horikita is still so serious."

Sensing the atmosphere, Yosuke Hirata immediately stepped forward, laughing and promising on behalf of everyone in Class D, "Don't worry, everyone has trained hard this past month, and we're sure to achieve great results at the Sports Festival."

"That's right, anyone who dares to slack off or slack off in this situation will be the first one I don't let off the hook!"

Karuizawa Kei crossed her arms, scanned the class, and issued a stern warning.

Normally she's all smiles and laughter, but now that her host Aragaki Shun, has officially assigned her a task, Miss Parasite will really turn on anyone who tries to cause trouble in front of her.

"Hmm~ I hope we can cooperate well today and work together to achieve good rankings in all competitions."

Kanzaki Ryuji stepped forward and took over command of Class 1-D. He was aware of Aragaki Shun's arrangements for the three classes, so he naturally had to find a way to maximize the effectiveness of Class D.

Those who took the same action as Kanzaki and his group were Shibata Sou and Kamuro Masumi, who came to help Class 1-C.

Unlike Class D, which only had 32 students and whose six combatants were not enough to fill the student quota, Class C, which had lost Ryuen Kakeru, still had 38 students. Therefore, Aragaki Shun only sent two students over.

In this way, Class A will still have 40 people left, enough to fill all the rounds of the individual competition events, and the same applies to Class C.

There are still two vacancies left in Class D, but compared to the second and Third Year, the number of participants is already quite high, second only to Class A of the Third Year.

"Phew~ The competition is really about to begin."

Standing next to Aragaki Shun, the Literary Girl looked somewhat anxious. "The first event should be the [100m Dash], right?"

"That's right, because of time constraints, the school arranged a bunch of running events."

Gently stroking the girl's hair, the Leader of Class A softly comforted her, "Hiyori, you don't need to worry too much about your grades. The outcome of this Sports Festival was already determined in the competition among the three grades before the game even started. Everyone just needs to do their best and not put too much pressure on themselves."

"I know, I'm just a little nervous. After all, I've never been very good at this, and it would be terrible if I embarrassed Aragaki-kun and Class A."

With the comforting words of her fellow readers, Shiina Hiyori gradually calmed down, and her disordered breathing became more relaxed.

Upon seeing this, Aragaki Shun moved his hand down her silver hair until he firmly grasped the Literary Girl's small hand. "Everyone has areas of strength and weakness. Class A is a group, and it's only natural for us to learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses. Hiyori doesn't need to belittle herself because of this."

Perhaps it was the warmth of her hand that gave Hiyori a blush, and all other complicated thoughts vanished from her mind. She simply lowered her head and softly murmured "Mmm," all her unease dispelled by the support beside her.

Seeing this, the many Class A students waiting to go on stage were speechless. Why were they all being subjected to this public display of affection at a time like this?

Fortunately, the Literary Girl knew they were in a public place and quickly realized what was happening. She pulled out a thick book from somewhere, used it to cover her face beneath her eyes, and shyly took two steps back to avoid the teasing gazes of everyone.

As for the male protagonist, Aragaki Shun, he didn't seem embarrassed at all; on the contrary, he was still righteously reprimanding the innocent bystanders.

"The 100m Dash is about to start, and you guys aren't even warming up yet? Are you trying to slack off here?!"

The students were speechless. They could only shrug and run to the open areas around them to complain about the class monitor's shamelessness.

In the end, all that remained in front of Aragaki Shun was Sakayanagi Arisu, who couldn't play, and Ichinose Honami, who was comforting her beside her.

The pink-haired girl felt a pang of envy at what she had just witnessed, but she knew that now was not the time for romance, so she suppressed those thoughts for the time being.

"By the way, Kanzaki and Shibata went to Class C and Class D respectively. I wonder if they'll be able to coordinate well with the students in both classes. I've heard that boys tend to become more hot-tempered during these kinds of sporting events."

"It's alright. The three classes have already trained together for a month. If something still goes wrong, then it's definitely not Kanzaki's fault."

Aragaki Shun waved his hand dismissively, completely unconcerned about Ichinose's concerns.

Although the underlying issues in Class C and Class D were indeed somewhat poor, the biggest problem children in these two classes have been expelled from their respective classes through withdrawal and transfer.

The remaining students were all selected by Aragaki Shun. Even if they didn't have particularly outstanding talents, they at least had a certain level of self-awareness and were willing to obey orders... That was more than enough!

"Hehe~ I really didn't expect Aragaki-kun to have such a trick up his sleeve. This must be the first time that Employment Ticket have been used on campus, right?"

Looking at Kanzaki Ryuji who were directing Class 1-D, as well as Shibata Sou and Kamuro Masumi who had just joined Class 1-C, Sakayanagi Arisu's face showed obvious admiration.

According to the school's rules, the deadline for submitting the entry form is 5 PM the day before the Sports Festival, and no changes are allowed after that date for any reason.

But no one expected that when filling out the competition forms, Aragaki Shun would unexpectedly reassign the eight extra students from Class A to Classes Class C and Class D.

The reason they were able to do this was because of the Employment Ticket that the other party had prepared in the first month of the semester.

What is this, being prepared for a rainy day?

"It's just a matter of being prepared," Aragaki Shun said calmly.

He hadn't expected that the other first-grade classes would be so weak, almost all of them failing after just one semester.

If it weren't for the Advanced Nurturing Sports Festival that pitted 12 classes from three grades against each other, he wouldn't know how long he would have had the 9 Transfer Ticket he bought from the school.

"So this is why Aragaki-kun gave up on Class B from the very beginning and was confident in taking on the second and third years with Third Year classes."

A satisfied smile appeared on her small face. Sakayanagi felt that she had gained a deeper understanding of the man in front of her.

This kind of grand and upright style, relying on absolute strength to crush the opponent head-on, is completely different from her.

There's nothing that can be done about it; after all, she has a serious physical defect that makes her an easy target.

Such comprehensive and flawless strength is truly enviable.

"Well, if Miyabi Nagumo doesn't extend her reach to the first-year students, then I won't bother to team up with Class 2-B."

"Ultimately, even if all four second-year classes were to become one unit, our first-year students would still have the highest chance of winning in a contest based on pure skill."

If Katsuragi Class doesn't tank, then with their numerical advantage and top-tier players like Aragaki Shun, Koenji, and Ayanokoji, the first-year students will definitely be able to easily win this Sports Festival.

Even if Katsuragi Class is excluded from the beginning, it doesn't mean that Aragaki Shun, with his three classes, will be at a disadvantage in the competition with the upperclassmen.

The nine Employment Ticket he prepared at the beginning of the semester were for temporarily joining another class for one week, and he could not share any benefits of joining the new class. If he violated the rules of conduct, the evaluation points of the original class would still be deducted.

From this perspective, Employment Ticket are only beneficial to classes that are temporarily joined, so it is necessary to negotiate the relevant conditions with the employees in advance; otherwise, no one will be willing to go and work like a slave.

Under normal circumstances, due to the competition between classes, this kind of product is rarely used.

But now that all three classes are under Aragaki Shun's command, he can arrange everything as he pleases.

Overall, Class A's 48 members were far too many, especially in team battles. Given their overall strength, they only needed to send 40 members to secure first place, so the extra strength was essentially wasted.

On the other hand, the 32 students in Class D not only lost 8 rounds of points in individual competitions, but will also find it difficult to achieve a high ranking in team competitions, since seventh place and below in team competitions means 0 points.

This is where Employment Ticket come in handy.

Distributing the extra combat power to Class C and Class D will not only significantly improve the overall grades of the first year, but will also not affect Class A's ranking in the winning group.

Moreover, Aragaki Shun could use this opportunity to draw blood from both classes again.

After all, the last place in the winning group was reserved by Class B, and the second and third place winners could plunder 450 and 300 Class Evaluation Points from the upper grades respectively... With so much to gain, it was natural to show some appreciation. Aragaki Shun took out eight Employment Ticket at once, which was quite a considerable expense.

Starting in October, the debt owed by Class D increased from 1.01 million to 1.2 million per month, while the debt owed by Class C, which had fewer employees, increased from 1.92 million to 2 million.

In addition, these two classes also have to give each of the temporary hires 100,000 Private Points as a reward for their hard work that day.

To be fair, compared to previous situations, his conditions this time seem particularly lenient in the eyes of both classes... If nothing unexpected happens, after the results of the Sports Festival, each student in Class C will receive an additional 45,000 yen in living expenses per month, while Class D will receive 30,000 yen.

From this perspective, Aragaki Shun really only extracted a small part of it, which made Kanzaki Ryuji look at him with a bit of a strange expression.

Aragaki Shun did not explain this, but he knew the answer in his heart—

After this Sports Festival ends, Class 2-A and Class B of the second year will both fall into the zero-score hell, and the remaining two classes will not have much evaluation score left either.

Seeing this situation, the school will most likely not arrange for the three grades to compete against each other in the next Special Exam, but will instead return to the competition within each grade, trying to reduce the excessively high score for the first grade.

With this in mind, Aragaki Shun didn't draw much blood from Class C and Class D.

Since they are all his subordinates anyway, he should leave some resources for his two vassals to withstand the Advanced Nurturing.

The school gets all the bad guys done so they can reap their gratitude.

257. Aragaki Shun's successful start; Manabu Horikita's difficult situation.

[The first event, the 100m Dash, is about to begin. Participants, please take your positions.]

While the Leader of Class A was chatting with Sakayanagi Ichinose, a notice from the faculty suddenly came over the school's loudspeaker.

Seeing that it was time, Aragaki Shun greeted his classmates and then headed straight for the starting line.

That's right. In order to boost the morale of the three classes, he directly arranged himself to be the first to perform when filling out the competition form, so as to ensure a good start.

"The school seems to be taking this Sports Festival very seriously; they've even set up cameras to record the results."

As Aragaki Shun arrived at his starting line, he suddenly heard a lukewarm voice beside him. It was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, representing Class 1-B.

This Masterpiece of the White Room points to what appears to be the end point, where rows of cameras can be seen.

"Is this to indicate that the school absolutely must avoid misjudgments and vague conclusions?"

Aragaki Shun was somewhat puzzled. While it was clear that the school had put a lot of effort into preparing for this Sports Festival, the key issue was—

Are you trying to talk to me?

Since entering the Advanced Nurturing, this Masterpiece of the White Room has not made much of a splash.

Ironically, his most notable act on campus was almost getting him expelled as an accomplice of several voyeurs, including Yamauchi Haruki and Kanji Ike.

Of course, Aragaki Shun didn't really care about the other person's identity.

Ayanokoji had never spoken to him before, perhaps because she didn't want to get involved with him and disrupt his peaceful school life.

He's actually changed his style now, which is quite unusual.

"Hmm~" A look of confusion appeared on Ayanokoji's stoic face. "Did I say something wrong? This is how classmates who aren't very familiar with each other should interact, right?"

"No! My intuition tells me that your act is incredibly fake. If you're not really upset, don't pretend in front of me."

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Aragaki Shun met the brown-haired boy's golden eyes directly, his gaze sharp as if trying to tear away all his outward disguise.

Faced with this overwhelming pressure, the Masterpiece remained calm, but secretly analyzed the message conveyed in the other party's words.

It's truly frustrating that we'd be wary of something as illogical as "intuition."

"Never mind..." After a dozen seconds, Aragaki Shun took the initiative to look away. He didn't want to stare at a grown man for long. "I didn't expect Class B to send you to the front. Are you interested in a match with me to show off the strength of the only finished product of the White Room?"

Faced with this invitation, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's eyes flickered, but in the end, he mechanically shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Koenji and Katsuragi have already decided on a strategy. I just need to follow orders and not disrupt the class's plans."

"So, you've reached a cooperation agreement with Miyabi Nagumo, meaning you can only go through the motions in this Sports Festival without actually putting in any effort, right?"

Having bluntly stated this conclusion, Aragaki Shun curled his lip, finding this development utterly uninteresting.

So he stopped interacting with this so-called Masterpiece, refocused his attention on the starting line, and glanced at the other competitors on either side.

Thanks to the school's special arrangements, the stadium has twelve running tracks, just enough to allow runners from all twelve classes to run together at the same time.

However, in the first round of the [100m Dash], it seems that the other classes did not intend to send out their strongest athletes directly.

Leaving aside Class C and Class D in the first year, whose entry forms were filled out by Aragaki Shun, the entire Class B was prepared to slack off and do nothing, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka naturally wouldn't put in much effort in this competition.

Of the eight athletes from the second and Third Year, he didn't see any familiar sports talents among them. To put it arrogantly, as someone who swept all the competitive clubs at the beginning of the school year, Aragaki Shun didn't think there were any hidden strongmen in the upper grades that he had no recollection of.

It seems that neither Manabu Horikita Miyabi Nagumo intended to compete with him for the first round of the match; otherwise, they would likely have personally taken to the field.

In other words, they knew they were doomed to lose, so they decided to use the strategy of "Tian Ji's horse racing" (a Chinese idiom referring to a strategy involving the loss of a horse by defeating another opponent), essentially sending a bunch of mediocre opponents to him.