Classroom of the Elite: I Can Add Points Without Limit
Think about it, what would the first grade look like if the school put him in Class C or Class D?
In short, Kiriyama didn't believe a word the school was telling him.
This world is so unreasonable; the gap between people is greater than the gap between a person and a dog. Some people can crush an entire group with their own strength.
"I have to consider whether this might be the only opportunity for the class!"
Now that things have come to this, what else can the homeroom teacher of Class 2-B do?
Well, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world, so perhaps their choice was right.
From then on, Class 2-B was completely under Aragaki Shun's control.
267. An extraordinary tipping point; changes that delighted the school.
The following morning.
As always, Aragaki Shun got up early for his morning run.
Feeling his powerful physique, which was constantly approaching a certain boundary in the dark after being strengthened time and time again, the boy felt so comfortable that he felt like he was about to ascend to immortality.
So he decided to continue building his path to transcendence, so that he could transcend the mundane world as soon as possible and step into a realm that no one in this world had ever touched before.
Fortunately, after yesterday's Sports Festival, Personal Panel previously depleted Source Power has become plentiful again.
[Automatic Source Power Acquisition in October: 6 Items]
[Achievement Completed: Victory Upon Victory, securing victory in a competition among 12 classes across three grades, Source Power +5.]
[Achievement Completed: Strength is Supreme, Ignoring the Difference Between Grades, Forcefully Unifying Class 2-B, Source Power +3]
[Completed Achievement: Reversing the General Trend, use strategy to change the stable situation of the second year, overthrow Miyabi Nagumo's rule, Source Power +8]
[Source Power: 10 → 32 (Current efficiency: 6 per month)]
Looking at the amount of Source Power displayed on his personal interface, Aragaki Shun's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Currently, there is 22 units of Source Power that can be freely controlled, which is just enough to raise all the basic attributes to the extraordinary threshold, allowing them to step into the true limit that mortals can reach.
Thinking of this, even with the mindset of someone who has lived two lives, Aragaki Shun couldn't help but have all sorts of complex and inexplicable thoughts arise.
Without further hesitation, he immediately allocated his Source Power to enhance various basic attributes in a reasonable manner.
[Name: Aragaki Shun
Strength: 17 → 20
Physical condition: 17→20
Agility: 17 → 20
Mental state: 18→20
Skills: Combat lv.4 (3/5), Writing lv.4 (2/5), Erudition lv.4 (3/5), Abnormal Neglect lv.5 (0/10), Miscellaneous
Talents: Danger Sense lv.5 (0/10), Immunity to Poison lv.5 (0/10), Immunity to Disease lv.5 (0/10), Turn Misfortune into Good Fortune lv.5 (0/10), Gluttony lv.5 (0/10), Sun Kin lv.5 (0/10)
Pending condensation: None
Optional Quest: Inheritance and Procreation - Offer your blessings for the birth of a true genius in this world.
Source Power: 32 → 10 (Current efficiency: 6 per month)
Strength is perfect! Physique is perfect! Agility is perfect! Spirit is perfect!
--boom!!!
The instant the Source Power took effect, there was no thunder, but a silent shockwave exploded from Aragaki Shun's heart, sweeping through his entire body along his blood vessels.
The bones trembled, the blood roared, and every cell seemed to be injected with stellar magma, burning, reshaping, and sublimating from the inside out.
It was a transformation visible to the naked eye, far more intense than any previous enhancement, like being reborn from the ashes, shedding the old body and welcoming a new one.
The muscles are subtly changing beneath the skin; the originally even muscle lines become more resilient and powerful, and every inch of skin seems to contain explosive power.
Aragaki Shun clenched his fist lightly, feeling the powerful force capable of destroying everything pulsating in his palm.
He slightly raised his hand, his fingertips lightly touching the wall. The wall cracked silently, the cracks spreading radially, but stopping the moment they touched his fingertips.
But what he valued even more than the power to shatter walls was his right hand, which remained unharmed despite the reaction force.
Having touched the boundary, the spirit, which is only one step away from transcendence, is about to emerge from the constraints of the body. One can feel that the density of the bones supporting the body has increased significantly, and each bone is as if it is forged from fine steel, both strong and flexible.
His spine cracked and popped, as if telling of the pain and joy of transformation, while his entire skeleton quietly adjusted to adapt to this new life force.
As for the more microscopic cellular level, it is difficult to observe without specialized instruments, but absolutely tremendous changes have occurred.
To verify this, Aragaki Shun raised his hand, his sharp fingernails slicing across his palm. The blood vessels congealed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the wound stopped bleeding within 3 seconds, scabbed over within 10 seconds, and the scab fell off after 60 seconds, revealing new skin without a single scar.
His gaze narrowed slightly, and the boy suddenly clenched his right fist. With a crisp "crack," his finger bone split and healed on its own. The broken bone regenerated and rejoined like liquid metal, and in less than five minutes, it was perfectly intact again.
Undoubtedly, the regenerative and repair capabilities of these cells have been elevated to an unprecedented level. Except for fatal weaknesses such as the head, neck, and heart, any damage that occurs to Aragaki Shun can be repaired in a short time, while the consumption is the massive amount of solar energy stored in his body.
At this moment, his body was no longer limited by the physical laws of mortals, but transcended these limitations, officially becoming the ultimate life form unique in this world.
"Phew~"
Feeling the morning breeze caress his enhanced body, Aragaki Shun exhaled a breath of stale air, which radiated a heat as intense as sunlight.
In this world where there is no spiritual energy or other extraordinary energies, no one knows better than him what the limits of mortal things can truly be reached.
Because the Personal Panel was something he accidentally created when he first experimented with the Golden Finger [Source Manipulation], there were too many coincidences and accidents involved, but the data still followed his original idea.
Within this system, Strongest Creature on Earth, comparable to or even surpassing all mortal beings on land in every aspect.
With a strength exceeding 10 tons, it can grab an African elephant by the trunk and fling it away; its speed far surpasses that of a cheetah, covering 50 meters in a second; and its stamina exceeds that of a galloping horse, its endurance surpasses that of a camel, allowing it to go without sleep for ten days and ten nights without any problems.
More importantly, its fundamental physical constitution boasts regenerative abilities comparable to a gecko, capable of regenerating severed limbs; its physical defense rivals that of a giant tortoise's shell or an armadillo's armor, making it impervious to blades and spears, and even able to withstand small firearms like pistols and rifles...
Undoubtedly, in this magical world devoid of spiritual energy, it is illogical to combine the racial advantages that numerous animals in the biosphere have evolved over hundreds of millions of years into one entity.
But the essence of Source Power is miracles, capable of turning decay into wonder, thus trampling on the biological and physical common sense of this world, allowing this ultimate life form, which should not have appeared in this world, to be born.
The next step is to truly transcend the ordinary and turn the impossible into the possible.
With that thought in mind, Aragaki Shun suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart and returned to his personal dormitory.
"The end of all things... is merely a new beginning, and I look forward to it..."
The boy stood in front of the mirror. His skin shone with a cold, jade-like luster, and his muscles were sculpted as if by a knife and axe, yet supple and fluid. Deep within his pupils, tiny golden arcs of electricity flashed by—a manifestation of his surging spiritual power, just one step away from being unleashed.
Almost there! We're almost there!
With all attributes at level 20, his physique and spirit, reaching the limits of mortals, are sufficient to support true extraordinary talent.
In just one or two months, he will be able to upgrade [Sun Kin lv.5(0/10)] to lv.6, taking that final step.
At that time, the veil of mystery will be forcibly torn away by Aragaki Shun, propelling him into a new world.
This is an extraordinary tipping point, a turning point of the times, which will inevitably affect the fate of countless people in the future, and may even rewrite the inherent direction of the entire world!
The journey of a hundred li is only half complete at ninety.
Holding the belief that the closer one gets to success, the more cautious one needs to be, Aragaki Shun quickly regained his usual peaceful state of mind and refocused his thoughts on the calm daily life of a normal Advanced Nurturing student.
Today is the second day after the Sports Festival ended. The school knows that all teachers and students have been working hard for more than a month to prepare for yesterday's sports events.
Now that the event has successfully concluded, it would be too unreasonable to force all students to immediately shift their focus to formal studies.
Therefore, the school did something unusual for once and generously announced at the closing ceremony of the Sports Festival that the next three days would be a holiday. All Third Year students could play freely and happily for three days, and after resting, they could get back into the swing of things and face the next Special Exam with a more positive attitude.
However, perhaps because yesterday's 13 sports games were too tiring, most of the students on campus were exhausted and preferred to sit in their rooms enjoying the air conditioning and playing on their phones rather than go out and wander around. As a result, when Aragaki Shun arrived at the shopping center, he couldn't see many of the usually energetic shoppers.
Hmm, this doesn't seem like a bad thing.
After all, he has always been a well-known figure in this school, and wherever he goes, he is always the center of attention of teachers and students from his own grade or higher. Now that there are fewer people on the street, he no longer needs to endure strange gazes from all directions, each carrying a mysterious meaning.
--After all, it was his first date with Tachibana Akane- senpai. He couldn't just keep the [Abnormal Neglect] setting to make their presence unnoticed, could he?
They haven't even established a relationship yet, and they're already playing the invisible man game. What if they scare the girl?
The sunlight, like sifted honey, flowed thickly along the tree-lined paths of the campus.
Aragaki Shun arrived at the fountain plaza in front of the shopping center ten minutes early. The fountain had just started, and the water jets shattered into silver mist in the wind, falling onto the stone steps.
But was it unexpected, or not unexpected at all? He had arrived early enough, yet he still saw Tachibana Akane standing on the backlit side of the fountain right away.
What's striking is that the senior student is no longer wearing a proper uniform, but a misty blue halter dress with straps so thin they're almost transparent, revealing two shallow dimples in her collarbone under the sunlight.
Her waistline was cinched very high, but the hem of her skirt flared out casually, brushing lightly against her calves in the wind, revealing her milky-white skin.
Looking up, the girl had even taken off her bun and loosely tied it up with a pearl hair clip, with a few strands of hair hanging behind her ears, swaying gently with her breath.
It's clear that Tachibana Akane dressed up carefully for this date; her style, different from her usual capable secretary persona, was quite charming.
Aragaki Shun's eyes flickered slightly; he suddenly felt a bit hungry and wanted to find a place to properly savor this dessert.
"... Senior, you look so cute today," he approached, placing his hand on her fair shoulder, his voice unconsciously lowering by half an octave.
Tachibana Akane looked up abruptly, her cheeks flushing crimson at a visible speed. Her fingertips unconsciously gripped the hem of her skirt. "I... I just... wanted to change my mood."
Even so, she secretly glanced at his reaction, and when she saw Aragaki Shun's amused smile, she unconsciously lowered her head again, exuding a soft and charming aura.
The last time I tried on this dress was last winter when a classmate urged me to "give it a try" in a shop window.
She turned around in front of the mirror, her heart pounding faster than when she was waiting for her exam results, but ultimately she put it back in the bag because it was too conspicuous.
Last night, thinking about going for a walk with my junior Aragaki, today, I unconsciously took it out.
The accessories included a delicate pearl hair clip, a pair of silver leaf earrings, and a small white woven bag—each item seemed tailor-made for a "first date," yet they were different from her usual style, making the girl's ears burn.
She was terrified that her classmates would find out and her best friends would laugh at her. After all, she had dressed up carefully for a date with a younger male student, and just imagining that Matoba made her incredibly shy.
But now it seems that Aragaki-kun really likes it, so her choice must be right.
Thinking of this, Tachibana Akane subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. This was her first date with a boy in her life, and if she messed it up, the girl would definitely cry.
"Changing your mood?" Aragaki Shun first feigned a thoughtful expression, then asked confidently, "So, you must be in a positive mood today being with me, right?"
The secretary's ears instantly turned bright red. She instinctively reached for her bag strap, but the boy intercepted her fingertips mid-air.
"It'll wrinkle if you squeeze it any more."
Taking the girl's small hand in his own, Aragaki Shun stopped teasing her and simply stepped aside to shield her from the wind. "Let's go. My time is all yours today. Don't disappoint me, senpai."
"Hands, hands..." she whispered softly, but seeing that Aragaki Shun was pretending not to hear, Tachibana Akane could only follow the boy's footsteps step by step, walking deeper into the mall.
"The Sports Festival just ended, and Class A of the Third Year, where the senior student is, has been narrowed to 150 points by Class 3-B. There shouldn't be any problems, right?"
Seeing that the secretary was too shy to speak, Aragaki Shun had no choice but to take the initiative to find a topic to talk about.
The biggest loser of the Sports Festival is undoubtedly Class 2-A, where Miyabi Nagumo is located. However, Class A of the Third Year, where Tachibana Akane is located, is the first in the middle group and will also have 200 Class Evaluation Points deducted. Whether from outside the grade or inside, it is a considerable loss.
"It's alright. The advantages we've built up over the past can't be lost with just one defeat. Class 3-B still has a long way to go to catch up with us."
Shaking her head, Tachibana Akane's tension had clearly dissipated considerably, probably because the discussion had turned to official matters like class competition.
However, Aragaki Shun could detect a hint of hesitation in the girl's confident words; the situation of Class A of the Third Year might be much worse than she described.
It can only be said that this Sports Festival has indeed shaken up the entire landscape of Advanced Nurturing, at least changing the situation for the second and Third Year.
However, for the school, this change should be considered a good thing.
Manabu Horikita Miyabi Nagumo's authority was shaken, and the lower-ranked classes once again raised their hopes of catching up.
How could the school not be delighted!
268. Aspiration is the emotion furthest from understanding; the composure of the victor.
The biggest winners of this Sports Festival, besides the first-year and Class 2-B, were the Class 3-B who never gave up on catching up.
Miyabi Nagumo suffered the greatest loss, followed by Manabu Horikita's Class A of the Third Year. As a result, the school achieved its goal of reactivating the fighting spirit of the lower-ranked classes.
It's fair to say that Manabu Horikita, as the "most outstanding Student Council President in history," has it tough. He has to protect his classmates from falling behind while also suppressing the ambitions of the other three lower-ranked classes for the Class A position.
It's already the second semester of the Third Year, and there are only half a year left before graduating from Advanced Nurturing. Manabu Horikita's class still hasn't pulled away from Class 3-B, which Aragaki Shun doesn't know how to evaluate.
To be fair, the other party did a good job of separating their roles as the leader of Class A of the Third Year and the Advanced Nurturing Student Council President. During their term, they were not only dutiful and responsible, but also fair and just. Apart from having a basic intelligence advantage, they rarely used the power of the Student Council to suppress rival classes.
Otherwise, judging from Miyabi Nagumo, it would be quite simple to completely shatter the delusions of the lower-ranked classes, and even to unify them.
If it were Aragaki Shun, he wouldn't be bothered by those trivial details either—why can't I use the legitimate identity I earned through my own abilities?
The Advanced Nurturing grants the Student Council so much power is essentially simulating society and cultivating the management skills of a small group of outstanding students, isn't it?