Classroom of the Elite, I Can Add Points Infinitely Chapter 21

Therefore, they only need to be left with ten to twenty thousand personal points per month for daily living expenses, while the excess points should be offered up to him, allowing him to put them toward more meaningful endeavors.

This applies not only to Class D; if possible, he hopes to keep the other three classes, excluding Class B, in a state where their class points are high, but the personal points they receive each month are barely enough to survive on.

High class points give them the hope of a comeback, and leaving them with ten or twenty thousand personal points a month to buy what they want ensures they won't just give up and let their class points hit zero.

Only in this way can Class B continuously siphon resources from the other three classes.

It is a pity that maintaining this situation is extremely operationally demanding, and Aragaki Shun cannot guarantee that future developments will go as he wishes, so he can only try his best.

After finishing a day of auditing in Class D, Aragaki Shun returned to his loyal Class B.

As it happened, Himeno Yuki and Kanzaki Ryuji, who had gone to audit Class A and Class C respectively, had also returned. All the students in the class were tacitly waiting in the classroom, so Aragaki Shun walked directly to the podium to draw everyone's attention.

"Everyone in Class B, I'm back."

"Aragaki-kun~"

"Aragaki-kun, is there any difference between the classes in Class D and Class B?"

"Aragaki-kun, I heard that the people in Class D are a mess. It must have been really tough for you."

"That's great, Aragaki-kun..."

After exchanging a few pleasantries with his classmates, Aragaki Shun signaled for everyone to be quiet.

Once the class had returned to their usual homeroom state, he pointed at Kanzaki Ryuji, signaling for him to stand up and report on his impressions of auditing Class C that day.

"I think Class C has major problems. Many of them were fidgeting during class; it seems they haven't discovered the various hidden rules of the school yet."

"More importantly, after class, a group of ill-intentioned Class C students deliberately surrounded me, trying to intimidate me in that way. The leader of them, a student named Ryuen Kakeru, even attempted to use violence against me in secret..."

Kanzaki slowly recounted what he had seen in Class C, subconsciously shaking his arm as if recalling the confrontation with that group of people who worshiped violence.

It was fortunate that he was the one who went to Class C to gather intelligence; otherwise, he couldn't imagine how terrified the students in his class would have been by those audacious guys in Class C.

"What? They actually dared to lay a hand on Kanzaki!"

"Isn't this school bullying? Doesn't the school do anything about it?"

"Hiss~ Is this Class C? What kind of people did the school let in?"

Hearing Kanzaki Ryuji's account, the students of Class B were in an uproar. For the students of Class B, who generally have normal values, it was truly hard to imagine that they were attending the same school as such vicious people.

Aragaki Shun's expression also tightened. If the school had truly deliberately recruited a group of students who worshiped violence and assigned them all to Class C, it could only mean that the school's tolerance for inter-class competition might be even greater than he had imagined.

Perhaps even the direct use of violence was considered a manifestation of strength in the eyes of the school, as long as it wasn't discovered.

"Normally, shouldn't there be cameras installed in every classroom?"

"The cameras in Class C have been blurred with paint. I heard it was done accidentally during a scuffle."

Aragaki Shun was speechless. Isn't that excuse a bit too perfunctory?

And the school actually accepted this reason?

It was clearly a hint that as long as there wasn't too much of a commotion, a certain degree of violence was permitted.

Fortunately, he had a fair amount of confidence in his own combat ability. He would go to Class C tomorrow to see what kind of situation those people were really in.

Of course, before that, he had to give the students of Class B a reminder.

"From now on, when people in the class walk around outside, it's best to find someone to go with. Do not go to areas without surveillance alone."

"Keep your phones ready to record audio and take pictures at all times. Be on your guard whenever you encounter people from other classes."

43. Countermeasures for the Transfer Ticket

Class C was in such a dangerous state, appearing to be the complete opposite of Class B. He wondered what the situation was like in Class A.

Aragaki Shun signaled to Himeno Yuki, and the girl stood up decisively to explain what she had seen that day.

"Whether in class or after school, the students of Class A consciously do things befitting a student. Not only do they listen carefully during class, but they never make excessive noise after class. Even when they saw a stranger like me in the classroom, they only came over to greet me a few times without gathering together to do anything else."

"If we only look at self-discipline, I think Class A is stronger than us, but the divisions among the students in Class A seem too obvious. They are directly split into three factions, two of which are led by Katsuragi Kohei and Sakayanagi Arisu, while the last faction remains neutral..."

According to Himeno Yuki, Class A was currently in a stage where Katsuragi Kohei and Sakayanagi Arisu were competing for leadership of the class.

This actually surprised Aragaki Shun a little. He had thought that in Class A, Sakayanagi, the daughter of the board chairman, would be the one calling all the shots.

It sounded like this student named Katsuragi Kohei had quite a lot of ability. Facing the daughter of the board chairman, he was still able to maintain such a high approval rating in Class A and stand on equal footing with Sakayanagi Arisu.

Oh~ not quite on equal footing. According to Himeno Yuki, the group supporting Katsuragi Kohei in Class A was larger in scale than the one supporting Sakayanagi Arisu.

Was Katsuragi Kohei that capable, being able to go against the opponent's home-field advantage and suppress Sakayanagi Arisu?

After Himeno Yuki finished introducing the situation in Class A, Aragaki Shun also recounted his own experiences in Class D that day, mentioning in passing that he had changed his strategy to trade the school's hidden rules directly with Class D.

"Hiss~ Is Class D really that ridiculous?"

"These rules were collected by Aragaki-kun himself, so naturally, it's up to Aragaki-kun to decide how to handle them."

"I trust your decision. Our enemies are primarily Class A and Class C; there is no need to suppress Class D directly at the moment."

Although all of this was Aragaki Shun's arbitrary behavior, the characteristic of Class B was obedience. Therefore, everyone was just amazed by what Aragaki Shun had seen in Class D that day, and no one had any objections to his approach.

Seeing this, Aragaki Shun didn't know whether to call it worry-free or helpless. Compared to students in other classes, the students of Class B did indeed seem to lack a bit of individuality.

In this way, they only needed to obey orders as executors, while he, as the leader of Class B, had far too much to consider.

Sighing inwardly at the hardship of shouldering the future of everyone in Class B, Aragaki Shun pressed his hand down, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

From the podium, he could take in the entire classroom at a glance.

The young man scanned the faces full of trust below, unable to help but shake his head to himself.

Given his personality, it was truly difficult for him to trust others wholeheartedly like they did; after all, mountains crumble and water flows away—in the end, one can only rely on oneself to face any predicament with composure.

However, he accepted this trust.

When it all comes down to it, every class ultimately needs a leader.

Rather than letting this group of people without their own opinions be led astray by others, it was better to let Class B become a tool in his hands to earn Source Power.

At the very least, being used by him would not harm them, and he had both the confidence and the strength to provide them with the returns they desired.

"Before leaving Class D, I used Transfer Tickets to send Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji to Class A and Class C, respectively. Starting tomorrow, for the next month, they will change their status to become temporary members of Class A and Class C. All their rights, including class points, will be tied to Class A and Class C."

"Kanzaki previously volunteered to use a Transfer Ticket to go to Class A and cause trouble, but I rejected him on the grounds that there might be unknown dangers. Now that I have sent two talents from Class D to scout the path, Class A and Class C will eventually realize the utility of the Transfer Tickets. Therefore, we must block this path first to prevent other classes from using the same methods against us."

It wasn't that Aragaki Shun looked down on Kanzaki Ryuji; the fact was that when it came to causing trouble in a class, ten Kanzaki Ryujis couldn't compare to those two oddballs from Class D.

Even if Kanzaki were to intentionally violate rules and cause class points to be deducted after joining another class temporarily, he would at most think of ordinary methods like being late, leaving early, talking loudly in class, playing on his phone, or passing notes.

But Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji were thick-skinned geniuses who could openly discuss which girl had the largest breasts and conduct a ranking in front of everyone in their own class.

When it came to bringing shame upon a class, he had never seen anyone in this school surpass those two.

Once they arrived in Class A and Class C, they wouldn't even need to do anything intentionally; as long as they performed normally every day, it would be more than enough to give those two classes a headache.

Of course, Aragaki Shun didn't really care how many class points those two oddballs could cause Class A and Class C to lose.

The strategy he chose for Class B was never centered on depleting the class points of other classes.

After all, their competition at Kodo Ikusei Senior High School would last for three years, and the class points obtainable from each exam were arranged by the school. If he were to deplete the class points of other classes too much in the first two years, who knew if the school would tilt the exam questions directly to maintain the competitiveness between classes.

The reason he sent Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji to the other two classes was, in essence, just to let the school see how much destruction the use of Transfer Tickets could bring to class competition.

Only when the school realized this would they be willing to agree to his approach at a lower cost when he later provided a way to "patch" the system.

"I'm sorry, I thought about it all day, but I still couldn't come up with a way to counter other classes using Transfer Tickets."

At this moment, Kanzaki Ryuji stood up, looking somewhat ashamed. "I only thought of one idea that I'm not sure will work: using personal points to repatriate students who use Transfer Tickets. However, the consumption of personal points would be quite high, and it might eventually evolve into a competition of wealth between classes."

"Repatriate them directly?" Aragaki Shun nodded. "If it were a permanent transfer costing twenty million personal points, the school probably wouldn't agree to this operation, but if it's just to deal with a one-month temporary transfer, the school will likely agree."

Since Kodo Ikusei Senior High School was a simulation of society, many social operations could naturally be carried out within the school.

If one viewed the Transfer Ticket as a way of personnel movement between different countries, then imitating social countermeasures—applying for the repatriation of those who disrupt the order of one's class—should also be reasonable in the eyes of the school.

However, given the nature of this school, reasonable or not, they wouldn't let a single personal point go uncollected.

Therefore, Aragaki Shun would not choose this method.

44. The Class B Rules and Regulations Formulated by Aragaki Shun

"Let's forget about spending a large amount of personal points on repatriation."

As Aragaki Shun spoke, he took a thick stack of papers filled with text from his books.

"A Transfer Ticket is worth two million. If the person transferring earned that many points on their own, it is enough to prove their strength. I would still hope that such excellent talent could integrate into our group as much as possible and become a part of Class B's strength."

Before the class could wonder how one could turn such troublemakers into friends, Aragaki Shun distributed the materials to the students in the first row and had them pass them back, ensuring every student in the class had a copy.

"Take a look at this first. This is the Class B rules and regulations I have roughly organized over the past few days. If you think there is anything inappropriate, or if there are parts that need to be deleted, modified, or added, speak up now."

Hearing Aragaki Shun say this, everyone in the class couldn't suppress their curiosity and urged the students in front of them to pass a copy to them quickly.

After Ichinose Honami thanked the person in front of her, she quickly passed the extra materials back, then opened her eyes wide to carefully browse the Class B rules and regulations in her hand.

[Article 1: Once the class leader makes a decision, class members may discuss it before an exam or question it after an exam, but it is strictly forbidden to intentionally act in defiance during an exam, damaging the interests of the class.

Once discovered, the first offense will result in a deduction of personal points, the second offense will result in the forfeiture of class protection rights, and the third offense will be treated as a traitor and processed for expulsion.]

Seeing the word "expulsion," the pink-haired girl swallowed subconsciously, her breathing becoming slightly heavy.

But after reading the first rule repeatedly and fully understanding its content, Ichinose confirmed that it was not harsh. At least in her eyes, everyone in Class B was not the type of black sheep who would intentionally sabotage class decisions.

Since that was the case, there was no need to worry about this rule.

[Article 2: Everyone in the class shall pay class fees into the class account.

When class points are greater than eight hundred, half of the personal points issued to each person every month shall be collected as class fees.]

For this rule, everyone in the class basically scanned through it quickly.

After all, Aragaki Shun had already mentioned the matter of collecting class fees when they first learned about the school's hidden rules at the start of the semester; it was just that the class hadn't determined exactly how many personal points each person would pay per month.

[Article 3: When someone in the class earns class points for Class B through personal strength, the class shall provide appropriate rewards. Up to half of the corresponding personal points from these class points can be taken from the class funds as a reward for the contributor.

Conversely, when someone in the class uses class information or class power to obtain a large amount of personal points, they must contribute half of the amount related to the class back into the class funds, depending on the degree of effort.]

"Is this encouraging contributions to the class?"

Kanzaki Ryuji thought for a moment, then nodded gently. "It's only right. Only by rewarding merit can we improve everyone's enthusiasm. Besides, in terms of merit in the class, the one with the most is Aragaki himself."

However, since the rewards were written down, the corresponding punishments could not be missing either.

Sure enough, the fourth rule everyone looked down at concerned punishments.

[Rule 4: When a class suffers a loss of interests due to an individual's mistake, the offender must contribute personal points equivalent to the loss into the class fund to compensate for the loss of all students in Class B;

If the offender's mistake severely damages the class's interests, the individual cannot provide compensation, or if more than half of the students in the class believe they are intentionally disrupting class order, the class leader has the right to further hold them accountable or even apply to the school for expulsion arbitration.]

Wait, applying directly for expulsion arbitration?

When Kanzaki Ryuji saw this clause, it wasn't that he thought there was a problem with the regulation; as the heir to Kanzaki Heavy Industries, he wasn't that naive.

Rewards for merit, punishments for faults.

Even a three-year-old could understand such a simple principle.

What Kanzaki found somewhat puzzling was whether this clause was the means Aragaki Shun intended to use to counter the Transfer Ticket.

But how exactly would he operate it so that these Class B rules would also apply to those transferring in?

Carrying this doubt, Kanzaki Ryuji moved his gaze to the fifth and final rule on the paper.

[Rule 5: The above system shall be signed by all students of Class B, supervised by the homeroom teacher, notarized by the school, and implemented with the entirety of Class B as a unit; all students in Class B, including transfer students, must comply!

Note: Before a transfer student joins Class B, the school has the responsibility to inform them of all the class rules and regulations.]

Kanzaki Ryuji: "Huh?!!"

The transfer students mentioned in this rule haven't even appeared yet; would the school really approve such an agreement?

Wait, the sense of déjà vu is quite strong.

Hiss~ This doesn't seem like simple class rules anymore; is that guy Aragaki trying to run Class B like a company?

Only a company can reasonably dismiss employees who join midway based on its own internal regulations.

Is this so-called school notarization actually company registration?

Kanzaki Ryuji thought of this, then recalled the nature of this school, and finally confirmed that the school would likely approve this last rule; the only point of doubt was how many personal points it would cost to have the school notarize it.

"How is it? These five points are the Class B rules I've drafted. Does anyone think any part of them needs to be modified?"