Chapter 233

312. Why don't they reflect on their own problems? Class B is being exploited again and again.

What kind of punishment will Class B, which is isolated by the other three classes in the first grade, face if they fail to form groups within the time required by the school?

After bringing up the idea with great interest, Aragaki Shun ignored the unpleasant looks from Katsuragi Kohei, Ryuen Kakeru, and others, and simply pulled all the boys from Class A, Class C, and Class D aside.

It was clear he was serious, not just joking.

Seeing this, some impatient students in Class B immediately became agitated.

"Wait! No! This shouldn't be happening! Disrupting the exam and wasting everyone's time, aren't you afraid the school will blame you?"

"That's right, the school certainly wouldn't expel an entire class just because of a Special Exam. You're causing trouble for the teachers, and you'll definitely suffer the consequences in the end!"

"Aragaki, are you really going to push things to the extreme?"

Faced with these accusations and threats, the Leader of Class A simply smiled and nonchalantly began to arrange the grouping of the three classes.

"My behavior is perfectly in accordance with the rules of this Mixed Training Camp. You should mind your own business first."

Even excluding Class B, the remaining three classes were still able to form groups of four students each, meeting the school's requirements.

Therefore, on the surface, the school has no reason to punish the three classes that acted reasonably and compliantly throughout the entire process.

"This Special Exam is a training camp primarily aimed at students' personal growth. The school wants to test whether students can build interpersonal relationships with people they don't usually interact with."

"As a result, your Class B couldn't even get past the initial group assignments. You've come this far and still haven't reflected on your own problems. You must have done a lot of bad things to be disliked by everyone in the other classes."

Hearing Aragaki Shun's self-righteous lecturing remarks, people from Class A, Class C, and Class D couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Pfft~ That's right, that's right, it's all because the students in Class B are too arrogant. I see them strutting around like they're the most important people in the world, so I don't want to have anything to do with them."

Shibata Sou chuckled at first, then immediately straightened his face and began to spout nonsense with a straight face.

In fact, as losers who were overtaken and dropped in rankings in the first month, what confidence did the students of Class B have to act like Celestial Dragons in front of Class A?

But before the boys in Class B could even laugh in their fury, the subsequent kicks and kicks from Class C and Class D nearly made them explode with rage.

"Aragaki is right. The people in Class B are so frugal. They not only Mountain Vegetable Set Meal, but they also get their toiletries like shower gel and shampoo from the free area. I suspect they have bad breath and body odor. I definitely shouldn't team up with them."

"I agree, especially that Totsuka Yahiko. Last time he called us trash from the lower-ranked classes. Heh~ Since he looks down on the lower-ranked classes, let those students from the upper-ranked classes go have fun by themselves."

"I don't know how the school will handle this situation. I hope something bad happens to them, and ideally, everyone in Class B should be expelled at once..."

In an instant, the atmosphere on the first-year students' side became extremely tense. Such a commotion immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the Gymnasium, including the senior students and the school teachers.

When some curious older students gathered around and heard about the situation where the three first-year classes were isolating Class B, their expressions immediately became quite interesting.

Is there really such a tactic? Three classes teaming up to isolate the last class?

The leaders of the second and Third Year suddenly had a burst of inspiration, their minds racing with countless changing ideas.

As a result, the atmosphere between not only first graders, but also second and Third Year became even more bizarre and sinister from that moment on.

Seeing this, Manabu Horikita, who was in charge of the overall situation in Class A of the Third Year, pushed up his glasses, and a helpless look appeared on his usually serious face.

He wasn't worried that his class would be isolated by the other three Third Year classes.

Even though Class B and Class C haven't given up on challenging Class A, he's still confident he can win over Class D.

In the worst-case scenario, the only option is to forgo the greatest benefit and have only two teams, A and D, compete against each other, with two small groups from B and C forming opposing teams.

The only problem is that, seeing this possibility, Class B and Class C will definitely try their best to win over Class D, and the compensation that Class A pays to Class D will certainly be much higher than originally planned.

All I can say is that this year's freshmen are really good at creating something interesting.

Then there's the second-year students, the former Class C and Class D who have already taken over the rankings of Class A and Class B... They also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to do something, but before they could even formally discuss it, they parted ways because of their respective positions.

The original Class C wanted to maintain its position as Class A, while the original Class D wanted to advance further, and there was already an irreconcilable conflict between the two sides.

Not to mention, if the three classes were to join forces to attack the last class, then deciding which class to target would be a problem in itself.

At this stage, the Nagumo Class, having lost Miyabi Nagumo, remains the most unpopular; however, the biggest threat to the original Class C is actually the Kiriyama Class, backed by Student Council President Aragaki Shun; and among the original Class D, many still want to unite with the Nagumo Class and the Kiriyama Class to isolate the original Class C, first pulling them down from their position as Class A...

Because the situation was too complicated, and people with different ideas each had their own reasons, the result was that throughout the second year, no one had the prestige to unite the three classes.

This group of people used this bargaining chip to test various things, and finally determined that only Aragaki Shun could implement this strategy with his exaggerated influence. So they all secretly paid attention to the developments on the first-year students' side, wanting to see what kind of ruling the school would make.

Seeing their class suddenly become the center of attention in the entire Gymnasium, many boys in Class B became sweaty, worried that they would be ruthlessly expelled from Advanced Nurturing for failing to form groups according to the rules.

"... There's no point in arguing any further. Let's just ask the teachers nearby how the school would handle this situation."

Seeing a group of Class B students, led by Totsuka Yahiko, arguing with students from Class C and Class D, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was speechless.

The school initially assigned these weaker students to the original Class A, clearly intending to drag the class down and balance the overall strength of the classes, right?

Otherwise, the Masterpiece simply cannot understand what qualifications this group of people, given their overall qualities, have to be recognized by the interviewers as members of the strongest class.

Upon hearing this suggestion, Katsuragi Kohei realized what was happening and immediately stopped the rest of the class from doing what they were doing.

It's clearly impossible to change the attitudes of three classes simply through arguments.

Instead of wasting time here, we should try contacting the faculty and staff to see if we can find a solution.

Feeling a little uneasy, the students of Class B subconsciously looked at Koenji Rokusuke, only to find that the chaebol heir simply took out a mirror and murmured as usual, "I'm so beautiful."

Many students in Class B had slight twitches on their faces, but they were used to this kind of scene, so they were able to calm down and wait patiently.

Unexpectedly, Koenji composed himself, the other party immediately said:

"... This Special Exam is entirely arranged by Ayanokoji Boy; just follow his instructions."

A contest with no chance from the start is futile no matter what you do, Beautiful Brother said he was too lazy to put in any more effort.

Class A's head start is too great. Class B will have to accumulate enough strength and seize the right opportunity to catch up.

This Mixed Training Camp clearly left them no room to maneuver. Rather than making some less-than-elegant struggles, they might as well pretend to admit defeat and try a different approach to see if they could gain some other benefits.

For example, the second and Third Year, these two older grades, haven't been completely overwhelmed by Aragaki Shun's influence yet, so it's unknown whether he can do anything about it...

On the other side, after Koenji Rokusuke relinquished his authority, Ayanokoji, who was being treated as a subordinate, didn't stand on ceremony. He immediately led a large group of Class B students to a corner in front of a seemingly prestigious faculty member. The faculty member and several other staff members appeared to be reporting something to their superiors on their cell phones.

"Excuse me, teachers, may I interrupt?"

Hinted at by Ayanokoji, Katsuragi Kohei approached several teachers and, adopting the demeanor of an excellent student, asked:

"We would like to inquire about the situation. Due to the deliberate isolation by the other three classes, Class B is finding it difficult to complete the group formation before the deadline. We are wondering what measures the school will take against those three classes that deliberately disrupted the exam's teamwork?"

"..."

The staff members exchanged glances, all speechless at the way the question was phrased.

It's clear that they also witnessed the whole incident firsthand.

The senior class advisor, who was at the head of the class, stepped forward and said with a serious expression:

"We have experienced many different types of situations in our Mixed Training Camp over the years, and the school has extensive experience in dealing with all kinds of unexpected events."

"In cases like this where individual classes cannot form groups according to regulations, teachers have no right to intervene as long as no one is deliberately violating the rules. This is a serious mistake on your part. If you cannot make changes before the deadline, the school will naturally punish you and force a reassignment of groups."

The faculty and staff's attitude was clear: the school would naturally not help Class B deal with the other three classes, since they followed the exam rules completely and did not violate any regulations.

On the contrary, this isolated class... less than a year after enrollment, their diplomatic relations have deteriorated so much. How did you manage to do that...?

What? The Leader of Class A on the other side is too strong, controlling all three classes flawlessly, which is why you can't even find at least two students from other classes willing to cooperate?

What's the reasoning behind this? If the gap is really that big, then the school has even less reason to support some useless people!

"This Mixed Training Camp assesses students' interpersonal skills. If the entire class can't even form small groups at the beginning, it only means that your external communication has completely failed."

Upon hearing this answer, Katsuragi Kohei and the others immediately became serious.

Although they had anticipated this beforehand, they still appeared extremely disappointed after receiving the answer and their hopes were dashed.

The exams haven't even officially started yet, and they're already being punished by the school for serious mistakes? Who can accept that?!

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, still with his usual expressionless face, looked at the group of people brought over by Aragaki Shun to watch the show, shook his head, and then asked the upperclassman homeroom teacher in front of him a question:

"What are the specific details of the school's disciplinary actions? After the disciplinary action, how will the forced reassignment to a new group take place?"

There was nothing to hide about these two questions, so the middle-aged homeroom teacher answered them quite readily.

"If the groups cannot be set up before the deadline, the school will deduct 100 points from the Class Evaluation Points for a major error, and this applies to both the boys' and girls' groups."

"After the punishment is completed, the school will order the other three classes to be reassigned into six groups, requiring the isolated class to be included in them."

We can't possibly let this Mixed Training Camp Exam be abandoned halfway through just because of one class, can we?

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Therefore, the school's attitude can be described as seeking stability, and it has a strong sense of appeasement.

Class B's serious mistake certainly warrants a point deduction, but after the punishment, the other classes should stop causing trouble and focus on getting them back to complete the Special Exam.

"So, by the time limit, Class B will at most lose 200 Class Evaluation Points, and then we have to pick them into 6 groups?"

Aragaki Shun pursed his lips, but he wasn't surprised by the result.

In Advanced Nurturing, the school is the sole referee and cannot allow students to act recklessly without any limits.

Class B is currently being isolated by the other three classes because they are not cooperative and cannot meet the assessment requirements. However, if the other classes continue to refuse to cooperate after punishing Class B, that would be a pure provocation against the school's will.

A penalty of 200 Class Evaluation Points is not small, considering that a normal expulsion would only result in a deduction of 300 Class Evaluation Points.

The key now is--

"So, Ayanokoji and Katsuragi, what are your thoughts now? Are you going to let the school deduct these 200 Class Evaluation Points?"

Upon hearing that playful tone, everyone in Class B felt a chill run down their spines, and some of the boys almost fainted.

This scene was all too familiar to them.

Over the past six months, they've gone through countless trials and tribulations, and the final result is that Class B has to provide Aragaki Shun with 3.4 million Private Points every month.

Damn it, you're here again?

You really think Class B is a fat sheep that you can't skim off, huh?

Even Ayanokoji Kiyotaka felt a strange sense of powerlessness in the face of such an open and overt scheme.

Even the Masterpiece the White Room is, it can only retreat step by step under Aragaki Shun's snowballing advantage.

In any case, the role of strategy is simply to use existing conditions to achieve great results with minimal effort, but if you don't even have that, then no matter how much you try, it's meaningless.

As for directly resorting to the ultimate fist technique... his intuition told him that he couldn't beat his opponent.

There's no way around it; it looks like the class will have to give back all the spoils they obtained during the winter break through illegal means.

313. Sharing the spoils and a community of shared interests; the victor must thoroughly humiliate the loser.

Reluctantly, after learning of the school's stance from the faculty and staff, the students of Class B, led by Katsuragi Kohei and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, chose to bow to reality.

The school stipulated that the deadline for the setup groups was 8 pm. Since today was the first day of the Mixed Training Camp, the entire afternoon was free time to allow students to complete their dormitory setup at their own pace.

Now that they had found out the specific punishment measures, Katsuragi and the others were not in a hurry to negotiate with the Leader of Class A. Instead, they went straight out of the Gymnasium and tried to contact the girls' group.

As expected, thanks to Aragaki Shun's prior instructions, the girls in Class B were also isolated by the other three classes and still couldn't find anyone willing to form a group together.

Katsuragi Kohei sighed, forced to step forward as a representative and discuss the terms with Aragaki Shun, hoping to minimize the class's losses.

After some negotiation, Class 1-B managed to avoid having 200 Class Evaluation Points deducted before the exams even officially began. However, in return, the Private Points they needed to transfer to the Leader of Class A each month successfully increased from 3.4 million to 3.8 million.

If this transaction is not carried out, Class B will directly lose 200 Class Evaluation Points, and since the class has 38 students, it will lose 760,000 Private Points every month.

Right now, all we're doing is transferring an extra 400,000 Private Points to Aragaki Shun every month... It's hard to accept, but that's all we can do.

Of course, Aragaki Shun also stated that if Class B was willing to transfer all 5.3 million yen they obtained during the winter break through the shop incident, then this transaction could be settled in one go.

But this second option was rejected outright by Katsuragi and Ayanokoji without even needing to be considered.

There are still 27 months until graduation from the first year. This contract, which costs 400,000 Private Points per month, has a total value of 10.8 million on the surface.

It seems that Aragaki Shun kindly reduced the amount by half for them, but for Class B, who are currently supporting three transfer students, they would rather accept the debt that allows for installment payments than give up the 5.3 million yen they already have in their hands.

Without a doubt, this is like drinking poison to quench thirst.

But given the current situation, what can be done?

If the immediate difficulties are not resolved, Class B will only perish even faster. They no longer have time to worry about more serious hidden dangers in the future; they can only survive and continue to eke out a living before they can talk about how to live better.

Aragaki Shun happily accepted the contract covered in signatures, not really caring what the other person was thinking.

Under the grim expressions of Katsuragi and the others, the first thing the Leader of Class A did after exploiting their class was not to form groups, but to divide the spoils on the spot.

"Come on, everyone! Each member of Class 1-A, Class C, and Class D in Grade 1 has 20,000 Private Points. Thanks to our generous Class B students, everyone gets a share!"

Because his phone had been confiscated, he couldn't transfer the money immediately. So Aragaki Shun went directly to Chie Hoshinomiya and, with the school as witnesses, issued an IOU worth 20,000 Private Points to each student who had followed instructions and completed the task of isolating Class B.