Classroom of the Elite: I Can Add Points Without Limit

The three classes together have a total of 118 students. Excluding the Leader of Class A, the remaining 117 students can obtain 20,000 Private Points from him after the Mixed Training Camp Exam by presenting the IOU.

After all, Aragaki Shun wasn't the kind of odd leader who "makes the horse run but doesn't let it eat grass." Since his subordinates were willing to follow orders, he was naturally willing to share some of the spoils after the task was completed.

Each of the 117 students has 20,000 points, totaling only 2.34 million Private Points. For him, who now holds power over the first-year students, that's a drop in the ocean.

Starting in January, the Karuizawa Class had 1.2 million yen in debt, the Ibuki Class had 2 million yen, and the Katsuragi Class had 3.8 million yen. The debt of just the three classes amounted to 7 million yen.

In addition to Sakagami Kazuma's monthly income of 200,000 yen, class salary of 100,000 yen, and manuscript fee exchange limit of 560,000 yen, after deducting apartment rent, the monthly income of the Leader of Class A alone has increased to 7.76 million Private Points.

During the winter break, he spent 8 million to purchase external communication privileges, but after selling the paid time for organizing welfare activities, he quickly recovered more than 10 million Private Points.

Therefore, Aragaki Shun didn't really care about the mere 2.34 million yen in interest. After all, once he had redeemed all the IOUs, he would still have a huge amount of savings of nearly 110 million yen.

Only by combining kindness and severity can orders be obeyed. Aragaki Shun did not want to be labeled as selfish and ungrateful for such a trivial benefit.

It was obvious that many first-year students were quite surprised by the actions of the Leader of Class A.

But they quickly realized what was happening, and led by a relatively poor group from Class C and Class D, they erupted in exceptionally excited and enthusiastic cheers.

"Oh oh oh -- Long live the boss!!"

"Aragaki will live Chiaki!!"

"Haha, getting a lot of Private Points without doing anything is just amazing!"

Several boys threw their scarves into the air, their cheers rising in waves.

The girls around Manabe Shiho and Karuizawa Kei also had their eyes light up. For the lower-ranked classes, 20,000 Private Points was a considerable sum of money, enough for them to buy more cosmetics or pretty clothes.

"Sure enough, you still have to follow the right person. Back when Ryuen was still in Class C, what kind of life did we live? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that we went hungry eight times in three days."

Amid the cheers, someone made a rude remark, causing the red-haired delinquent from Class B to clench his fists, his nails digging into his palms, as if he had an urge to punch someone.

Seeing this, Katsuragi Kohei took a step forward, fearing that his companion might lose his temper and cause trouble.

Unfortunately, while the Baldy acknowledged Ryuen Kakeru's abilities, the other man's image as a delinquent leader who liked to resort to violence was deeply ingrained in him.

Beside them, Totsuka Yahiko's eyes were dark, and he gritted his teeth. "... That's Class B's money, all stolen from us!"

They just forced their class to sign an unequal treaty, and then they divided the spoils right there on the spot. These bastards are infuriating!

The rest of Class B, both boys and girls, had ashen faces, but could only watch helplessly as the crowd cheered on the other side.

The cold winter wind blows, and the gloom in my heart settles into a deep chill, making me feel increasingly stifled the more I think about it.

"What a clever trick of using someone else's flowers to present to Buddha..."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka murmured softly, his expressionless face revealing no emotion.

From his perspective, Aragaki Shun's methods were actually quite simple: he simply made Class B the lowest-ranking enemy, and then used a combination of kindness and coercion to force the three classes to become a community of interest to some extent—a community of interest that united to bleed Class B dry.

But the simpler and more blatant a scheme is, the harder it is to crack.

Without a doubt, they are now completely isolated and surrounded by the other three classes, and the difficulty of secretly recruiting pawns from Class C and Class D is probably comparable to climbing to the sky.

To put it bluntly, the entire first grade probably assumes that Class B is the lowest level... Even if their Class Evaluation Points is still only after Class A, it won't change most people's perception.

This is truly a troublesome situation. Is the only option to submit, wait patiently, and await the right opportunity?

The victor should thoroughly humiliate the loser!

After most of the students from the three classes had calmed down, Aragaki Shun led the first-year boys back to the Gymnasium to prepare for setting up suitable groups.

We can't keep dragging this out until the last minute; it would be ridiculous if every class lost 200 points for this reason.

"There are only 76 boys in the first grade. According to the exam rules, if the total number of students in the grade is between 70 and 80, the group size will be limited to 9 to 14 people."

Kanzaki Ryuji frowned, feeling that the current situation made grouping people into teams rather difficult.

It should be noted that, due to its unique admissions mechanism, Advanced Nurturing has specifically adjusted the male-to-female ratio of each cohort of new students.

Normally, each class at the beginning of the school year should consist of 20 boys and 20 girls, and the entire grade should ideally have 80 boys and 80 girls.

However, after more than ten class transfers in the first grade, coupled with the withdrawal of four students due to the swimming pool and changing room peeping incident, the male-female composition of each class has suddenly become extremely chaotic.

First, regarding Class A, with the addition of 8 students including Shiina Hiyori, Wang Meiyu, and Kamuro Masumi, the total number of students has increased to 48, including 21 boys and 27 girls;

In Class B, after losing Sakayanagi Arisu, Kamuro Masumi Yamamura Miki, Kito Hayato, and Morishita Ai, they welcomed Koenji Rokusuke, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Ryuen Kakeru, leaving 38 students in the class, including 22 boys and 16 girls.

Class C has lost both Shiina Hiyori and Ryuen Kakeru, leaving 38 students remaining, including 19 boys and 19 girls.

In the final Class D, Koenji, Wang Meiyu, Horikita Suzune, and Ayanokoji voluntarily transferred to another class and ran away, while the Four Voyeurs were forced to drop out of school because of their crimes. But none of this changed the fact that they only had 32 members left, including 14 boys and 18 girls.

"According to the rules of this exam, if Class A wants to gain the most benefit, it needs to form two groups, each centered around Class A and consisting of members from the four classes. Then, each group should have a member from Class A in charge of securing first or second place in the final results."

Looking around at the many first-year boys waiting for his instructions, Aragaki Shun directly presented the plan that would maximize the benefits for Class A.

That is, two groups consisting of 11A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, totaling 14 people.

However, while Class A gets the meat, the two subordinate classes at least have to get some soup, and the remaining punishment can be given to Class B, their rival class.

After a moment's thought, Aragaki Shun quickly made a decision about grouping them.

First, determine the prerequisites:

--[The male group consists of 21A+22B+19C+14D members, and the group size will be limited to 9 to 14 people.]

Then there are the specific pairings for the six groups:

--[Group 1: 11A+1B+1C+1D;]

--[Second group: 6A+1B+4C+3D;]

--[Group 3: 1A+1B+7C+5D]

--[Group 4: 1A+7B+3C+3D]

--[Group 5: 1A+6B+3C+1D]

--[Group 6: 1A+6B+1C+1D]

The above six groups are precisely the group rankings that Aragaki Shun is aiming for.

Each member of the top three teams will receive rewards in terms of Class Evaluation Points and Private Points, with a multiplier effect.

In order to maximize his gains from this Special Exam, Aragaki Shun naturally had to fill the first three groups with students, and also needed to allocate more students from Class A, Class C, and Class D.

The three groups that will be punished can simply give most of their spots to Class B.

As for why Aragaki Shun assigned one Class A student to each of the last three groups... he naturally had to send trusted confidants to monitor the situation of each group at all times, in case anything unexpected happened.

It is worth mentioning that Koenji Rokusuke, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and Ryuen Kakeru were assigned to Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 respectively by him, and were also the only Class B members in their respective groups.

The implication is clear: as long as they don't cause trouble in this Mixed Training Camp Exam, Aragaki Shun won't specifically target the three of them, since there's no risk of expulsion for those in the top three groups.

But if he discovers that these three guys are up to no good in the dark, then don't blame him for instructing the team members to deliberately fail the test, and as the person in charge, dragging them down with him.

"Kanzaki, you'll be in charge of Group Six. Shibata, Group Five, and Watanabe, Group Four. If any of these three groups run into trouble, just find a plausible excuse and drag one of the lucky students from Class B down with you."

Hearing this undisguised threat, all the boys in Class B remained expressionless, seemingly having completely accepted reality.

This Special Exam, in which all 12 classes in the school participate and compete in terms of financial resources, was something their class simply couldn't compete with.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have had to lie flat the whole time, letting Aragaki Shun arrange the specific grouping methods.

There's no other way; fully cooperating can at least reduce some of the losses.

At least, Aragaki Shun did not fill the fifth and sixth groups, which were planned to be punished, allowing Class B to retain a considerable number of Class Evaluation Points and Private Points.

Otherwise, with the three classes deliberately targeting them, no one could guarantee that their group wouldn't end up last and be dragged down with them by one of the leaders.

Class A has plenty of Private Points, so they can easily get rid of the expulsion penalty by just spending a portion of their savings. Class B, on the other hand, is so poor that they are completely unqualified to compete with them in this regard.

314. Taking control of the second grade; secretly entering and leaving the Girls' Dormitory.

The six groups for first graders have been assigned.

Normally, everyone can go back to their dormitories now and have free time, and then discuss the setup of the large group with the senior students at 8 pm.

But Aragaki Shun was an efficient person. Seeing that the second and Third Year had already completed their groupings, he simply led everyone to the assembly point in a large group.

"It seems our first-year students were a bit slow this time. We apologize for keeping you all waiting."

Aragaki Shun walked up to Manabu Horikita and looked around at the group of senior leaders with great interest.

Leaving aside the Third Year for now, the six groups that emerged from the second grade are quite obvious, with four of these groups being built around the four classes as their core.

Similar to the first group in first grade, the main body consists of 11 members from the class, plus one member from each of the other three classes.

As for the remaining two groups, they were composed entirely of surplus members from the four second-year classes, namely the mediocre group and the leftover group with little combat power.

It is obvious that the competition in second grade is much fiercer than in first grade.

For example, the original Class C wanted to keep their Class A position, the original Class D longed to go further, and both the Kiriyama Class Nagumo Class had fallen from Class A. Their dream was to regain everything they had once had.

So after some debate, all four classes unanimously chose the option that maximized their benefits.

Of course, some of these orders were given by Aragaki Shun to Kiriyama Class.

"How about we start building the team now? That way we won't have to come back again tonight."

Manabu Horikita nodded in agreement with the first-year leader's suggestion, clearly sharing the same sentiment; otherwise, the second and Third Year students wouldn't have been waiting there.

It's important to understand that quite a considerable amount of time passed between Aragaki Shun instructing the three classes to isolate Class B and Ayanokoji, Katsuragi, and the others giving in.

"Yes, that's what we do too. It's more convenient this way."

With both the former and current Student Council President having stated their positions, others naturally had no choice but to agree to such a trivial matter.

Then Aragaki Shun became completely unreserved: he controlled all six groups of first-year students, and it was impossible to bypass him if the three grades wanted to work together to build the large group.

Therefore, he directly asked Manabu Horikita which Third Year groups he could control, and was told that Class A of the Third Year, Class 3-D, and Third Year Group AD.

Just like the information Aragaki Shun had previously obtained, this former Student Council President not only directly controlled Class A of the Third Year, but also indirectly influenced Class 3-D, who had already given up the competition.

What remains is that Class 3-B and Class 3-C team up and launch an attack on Manabu Horikita's class, hoping to make a final push in the last few minutes.

Having understood the situation, the boy no longer hesitated and simply put the Class A of the Third Year together with the First Year Group 1, the Third Year Group AD together with the First Year Group 2, and the last Class 3-D directly to the First Year Group 6.

"Let's work together, Horikita-senpai. I hope we can cooperate to get first and second place in this Special Exam."

Looking at the large number of First Year Group 1- Class 1-A students, Manabu Horikita smiled and nodded slightly. He couldn't be more satisfied with this situation where the strong alliance had almost secured the victory.

Of course, while some are happy, others are furious.

For example, watching helplessly as the two Student Council President joined forces to try and determine the top three in this exam in advance —Ishikura, the leader of Class 3-B, and Ninomiya, the leader of Class 3-C.

Indeed, in their view, Aragaki Shun's arrangement was not only aimed at the top two, but also guaranteed the third place.

After all, there are a lot of Class B students in the First Year Group 6. Just looking at the surface data, the numbers are not too bad. Not to mention that Aragaki Shun was planning to throw the Second Year Kiriyama Group into it as well.

Even the Class 3-D that was assigned there thought so, so they happily accepted the arrangement.

But who would have thought that this large group was actually the last one in Aragaki Shun's plan?

"Wait a moment, Aragaki-kaicho Aragaki," Ishikura, the leader of Class 3-B, stepped forward. "Even if you and Horikita are on good terms, you shouldn't place too much emphasis on personal relationships in this Special Exam that involves a large number of Class Evaluation Points ..."

Glancing at the guy who had suddenly appeared and was rambling on about nonsensical things, Aragaki Shun had no intention of wasting any time on him. He then invited the Second Year Former Class C Group to join the First Year Group 1, and the Second Year Former Class D Group to join the First Year Group 2.

The former readily agreed, while the latter hesitated—they actually preferred to replace the original Class C of the second year, but faced with Aragaki Shun's assertiveness, they ultimately accepted the arrangement.

In this way, the three large groups were completed under everyone's watchful eyes.

Anyone with eyes can see that the large group formed by the First Year Group 1 led by Aragaki Shun, the Class A of the Third Year led by Manabu Horikita, and the Second Year Former Class C Group who served as an accessory) is definitely the strongest team to win first place in this exam.

Then the second place will be the group containing the First Year Group 2, the Third Year Group AD, and the Second Year Former Class D Group.

As for the combined strength of First Year Group 6, Second Year Kiriyama Group, and Class 3-D... this large group is not bad on the surface, and in the eyes of others, they are fully qualified to compete for third place.

According to the leaders of the second year, Aragaki Shun has once again chosen the strategy of guiding the original Class C, the original Class D, and the Kiriyama Class to work together to attack the Nagumo Class.

To this end, he even gave the top two spots in the second year to the original Class C and Class D, leaving only the Kiriyama class to take third place... The other party had done the same thing in the previous Special Exam in the second year, and even took the opportunity to make the Nagumo Class fall to the bottom Class D.

Having already experienced this once, the leaders of both classes were very familiar with it, and naturally had no reason to refuse this plan that would maximize their class's interests.

Now all three second-grade classes have expressed their support, leaving only Nagumo Class, which is struggling alone and has no reason to oppose it.

Soon, Aragaki Shun assigned the remaining three second-grade groups to the third, fourth, and fifth first-grade groups.

After this step, only three groups from Class 3-B and Class 3-C remain to be joined by a larger group.

Only then did the Student Council President have a moment to turn his gaze to the leaders of the two classes, and then calmly uttered a sentence:

"Choose one. There are three large groups that still need people. You can choose any one of them."

"However, I need to remind you that there is a time limit for setting up the group. You don't want to end up like Class 1-B, where the school deducts Class Evaluation Points for a major mistake before the exam has even officially started, do you?"