Classroom of the Elite, I Can Add Points Infinitely Chapter 32

"If they don't even dare to confront me head-on, which piece of trash do you expect to compete against Class A and Class B?"

Having spent these days together, Ryuen Kakeru had long known that Nishino Takeko was a straight shooter, the kind of stubborn person who didn't care at all about being ostracized in class. There was no benefit in confronting her, so he simply launched a group taunt at everyone in Class C.

Sure enough, some of the more settled students in Class C were immediately incensed, but their anger was fleeting; they didn't dare stand up to challenge Ryuen Kakeru for the leadership of the class.

After all, this was no longer the time when they had just enrolled.

After a month of consolidation, Ryuen had basically subdued the top fighters in the class, such as Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert, while the academic pillars of Class C, like Kaneda Satoru and Shiina Hiyori, had also tacitly accepted his status as the leader of Class C.

As a result, even if the other students with little presence felt resentful, they had no standing to challenge Ryuen's position in Class C.

"Pah! A bunch of losers!"

"That's enough! Ryuen! If you have any ideas, just say them. Is it really that fun to bully your own people?"

A blue-haired girl with purple eyes and a formidable aura slammed her hand on the desk, stopping Ryuen Kakeru from continuing his taunts against the crowd.

Ibuki Mio felt a deep-seated resentment toward Ryuen's use of violent, dictatorial methods to dominate Class C.

But as he had mocked, in this school that prized competition, Class C had no one stronger or more suitable to lead them in opposing the other classes.

"Ibuki, huh? Heh, it seems not everyone in this class is spineless."

Ryuen Kakeru glanced at Ibuki Mio, who showed no fear of him, and nodded as if he truly appreciated her, only to be met with the girl's look of disgust.

"You don't need to know the specifics of my plan for now. You just need to listen to my instructions and carry out my orders!"

"It's just 400,000 Private Points, right? Watch me get them back for you twofold!"

As he made this boastful claim, Ryuen Kakeru's gaze shifted toward the corner of the Class C classroom, where Ike Kanji was huddled, keeping such a low profile he might as well not have existed.

The people of Class C were not as frugal as the original Class A. With the temperament of these thugs, it was impossible for them to be generous enough to pool 25,000 Private Points each just to send back the trash from Class D.

Therefore, last month, he had no choice but to take Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert to block the door of Ike Kanji's dormitory, using intimidation and threats to force him to return to the Class C classroom and behave himself.

However, it was precisely because this series of operations was so time-consuming, and involved quite a few rule-breaking actions, that their class evaluation score had ended up at a pathetic 330.

One had to remember that they had learned all the school's rules in the second week of the semester because of some bastard.

But now it seemed that this piece of trash sent by Aragaki Shun still had some value as a tool.

"Hiss~"

Huddled in the corner of the classroom, Ike Kanji, who had been trying to minimize his presence and avoid the attention of the Class C students, shivered instinctively.

"What's going on? I have a bad feeling about this."

Ike Kanji instinctively looked around, thinking that some Class C students were planning to bully him again.

Ever since those guys found out that Class C had been forced to deduct a large number of class points because of his arrival, the class had not been friendly to him at all.

He had long regretted agreeing to Aragaki Shun's request to come to Class C and cause trouble, all for the sake of those 100,000 Private Points.

It was fine at first; he followed the other's advice and only showed his face in Class C once, after which he skipped class to play games in the dormitory with Yamauchi.

But within two days, Yamauchi had been expelled by Class A, leaving him alone in the dormitory.

As a result, he was just out for a walk because he was bored when he was dragged into a secluded spot by those terrifying guys from Class C and beaten up. They even threatened that if he didn't behave, they would make him live in fear for the next three years.

In the end, he had no choice but to listen and return to the Class C classroom, trying his best to act like a law-abiding, obedient student.

But even after doing all that, the people in Class C still stared at him with cold eyes every day, constantly putting him under pressure.

If not for the fact that he only had to endure this for one month, he didn't know if he would have chosen to drop out due to the cold violence.

"I don't know! I don't know anything!"

"Only one week left! In another week, I can go back to Class D!"

"Once I'm back in Class D, I'll be a hero of the class, and I'll definitely be able to get a pretty girlfriend..."

Ike Kanji kept his head down, trying to encourage himself, but he didn't see how cold the look in Ryuen Kakeru's eyes was on the other side of the room.

To think you dared to collude with Aragaki Shun to do something like this; then I'll start with you.

Class D, just you wait!

As for Class D, which Ryuen was obsessing over, it was currently in a state of chaotic wailing.

"How is this possible? Why do we only have 310 class points?"

"We only have a little over 30,000 Private Points this month, and we still have to transfer 10,000 to the people in Class B. How are we supposed to live for a month on just 20,000?"

"It's all your fault, Yamauchi! You and Ike Kanji deducted the most points in the first week. It must be the two of you who drained all our class points."

"How can you say that? Ike and I were heroes who went to attack other classes. Look at Class C ahead of us; they only have 20 points more than us. That's all thanks to me and Ike!"

"What does it matter to me how many points Class C has left? I just know that you two caused me to not even have enough points to eat this month!"

The students of Class D kept arguing, shifting the blame onto each other, while Chabashira Sae, as their homeroom teacher, simply stood on the podium, watching the scene before her with indifference.

She had originally thought that this year's Class D had some hope.

But in the end, they were still just a bunch of hopeless trash!

69. Chabashira Sae only wants to find a powerful backer.

When she first learned the overall grades of the first-year students, Chabashira Sae admitted that she had been harboring a certain fantasy.

The good news—Class D was only 20 points behind Class C; perhaps after just one more ordinary exam, they would be able to promote to a higher class.

The bad news—this wasn't achieved through Class D's own abilities, but because they had been manipulated by the ace of a rival class, serving as a wallet for the other side to collect Private Points.

The worse news—even after being spoon-fed by a rival powerhouse who provided all the information, the class still only had 330 points left, no more than previous iterations of Class D.

In other words, if Aragaki Shun hadn't provided information in time, or if the timing of the intelligence trade had been delayed by a few days, this group of people could easily have squandered all 1,000 class points!

Facing this group of oddballs, who stood out even among the historical records of Class D, Chabashira Sae felt truly disheartened.

If it weren't for a few students with special circumstances in the class who allowed her to barely retain a glimmer of hope, she would have fallen back into a state of total apathy, waiting solely for a new opportunity three years later.

But it wasn't time for that yet; although this year's Class D was the worst in the history of Kodo Ikusei Senior High School, it also contained the most hidden talent!

They were only assigned to the bottom-tier Class D because of flaws in their personalities or major dark histories they had hidden during middle school.

But as long as their personality issues could be resolved, these students with various talents could absolutely become the top aces for Class D's promotion to Class A. Once Class D unleashed its full strength, it would be no weaker than any other class in the first year.

Therefore, the key now was to find a way to make those talented individuals in Class D step up and contribute to the class.

Thinking of this, Chabashira Sae first glanced at Koenji Rokusuke. As the heir to the Koenji Conglomerate, his true strength might not be weaker than the current leader of Class A, Aragaki Shun.

But given his family background and personality, she simply couldn't find a way to drive him to contribute to Class D.

Then, Chabashira Sae shifted her gaze to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. Information on this student was mysterious; she only knew that he had scored exactly 50 points on every subject during the entrance exam and had given the same result during the last monthly quiz.

Clearly, he was actively controlling his scores for unknown reasons, but it was certain that his academic ability could not be underestimated.

However, this person was a recluse, and no desire to promote to Class A could be seen in him.

After hesitating for a moment, Chabashira Sae finally bypassed Kushida Kikyo and Yosuke Hirata, the two visible leaders of Class D, and set her sights on the cold, long-haired girl sitting in the classroom.

Horikita Suzune, a girl whose paper grades and athletic ability were among the best in the first year.

Most importantly, she had an older brother who was in Class A of the third year and served as the Student Council President.

Coupled with the fact that over the past month, it was clear that Horikita Suzune was dissatisfied with the school's arrangements and had repeatedly intervened in various Class D affairs, showing a desire to promote to Class A on her own.

Adding all these conditions together, she was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate in Class D at the moment.

As long as she could be guided to set aside her arrogant personality, learn to value the strength of other classmates, rely on Yosuke Hirata and Kushida Kikyo to unite the majority of Class D, and then find a way to make top talents like Koenji Rokusuke exert their strength...

Then Class D would definitely have a chance to sprint toward graduation as Class A!

Chabashira Sae was immersed in her beautiful fantasy, but the next moment, Horikita Suzune's standing up to speak was like a bucket of cold water, mercilessly extinguishing her reverie.

"Chabashira-sensei," Horikita Suzune's cold voice carried anger, "Since the facts have already proven that the school made a clear mistake when initially assigning classes, does the school have no further response to this?"

"Providing compensation for class evaluation points only to Class A while leaving other classes as they are—is this the explanation the school gives?"

She paused, her sharp gaze sweeping across the classroom, and continued: "Shouldn't the school be re-evaluating the true abilities of all students and restoring the reasonable rights of those who were treated unfairly due to the sorting error?"

"By letting the mistake continue and allowing excellent students to be forced into lower-tier classes, is this how Kodo Ikusei Senior High School cultivates talent?"

Horikita Suzune's words were sharp. She furrowed her pretty brows and clenched her fists tightly, her face flushed with anger.

Undoubtedly, she considered herself one of those students who had been treated unfairly due to the sorting error.

Whether it was her grades at the time of enrollment or her performance during the interview, she could ensure that she had received an excellent evaluation.

After arriving at this school, she spent more than ten hours a day studying, never arriving late or leaving early, and maintained the basic qualities of a student both in and out of class, never recklessly triggering the school's various rules.

Why should she, someone who could be considered excellent in every aspect, be assigned to the worst Class D along with that bunch of idiots in the class?

After learning the truth about the school, Horikita Suzune had been holding back, just wanting to prove her strength during the Behavioral Standards Exam.

As a result, that bunch in Class D was simply hopeless. Many things that should have been obvious were done poorly, they didn't follow instructions, they were all self-righteous, and they didn't have the slightest bit of self-awareness.

After the evaluation scores for the four first-year classes came out, she was almost furious to death. How could there be so many slackers in this world who could score so poorly even on an open-book exam!

She couldn't stand it anymore!

If she continued to be dragged down by these people, she could see no hope of promoting to Class A. If she had to sink in the worst Class D for the next three years, how could she face her brother in Class A of the third year!

She had to change classes and leave!

The school had already admitted that the initial judgment of student ability during sorting was inaccurate, so why should she be kept in the same class as these defective products?

"Exactly, exactly!"

"I support it! The school should re-sort the classes!"

Hearing Horikita Suzune's words, a large group of people in Class D began to clamor. Yamauchi Haruki had already raised his fist and shouted loudly, "I am a talent recognized even by the current leader of Class A! Those guys from the original Class A were respectful to me! How could someone as excellent as me be assigned to the worst class!"

Damn it, you trash who can't even cause trouble properly have the nerve to say that.

Horikita Suzune stared coldly at Yamauchi Haruki. That group of his was the biggest tumor in the entire class. It was a stroke of genius for Aragaki Shun to dump him and Ike Kanji into Class A and Class C.

But defective products were, after all, just defective products!

If these two pieces of trash could have just put in a little effort and exerted the ability to drag others down that they showed when they enrolled, the nameplate for Class D would have been changed to Class B by now.

70. Karuizawa Kei Made Up Her Mind

"Do you think being assigned to Class D is not your own problem, but the school's fault?"

Chabashira Sae crossed her arms, responding to Horikita with an equally cold gaze.

For some reason, everyone in the class felt that the expressions on these two people's faces during their confrontation bore a subtle resemblance.

"Isn't that the case?"

Horikita Suzune said as a matter of course, "Even setting aside my entrance exam scores, I am confident that I have followed the rules and regulations over the past month and have not caused the class to lose any points."

"The teacher should have the violation records for everyone in the class. Please disclose the points deducted from everyone on that list during the Behavioral Standards Exam."

As soon as these words were spoken, the few students in Class D who studied diligently voiced their support, but most of the others looked grim, as if they had no desire for such things to be made public.

However, their worries were unnecessary; Chabashira Sae clearly had no intention of entertaining Horikita Suzune's suggestion.

"You've been living at this school for a month now, and yet you've had a third of the class's funds extorted from you. Horikita, have you still not learned how to utilize the rules of this school?"

Chabashira Sae let out a cold sneer, yet her mocking expression seemed to be hinting at something.

She was the homeroom teacher, after all; how could she be so arrogant as to order her around?

Besides, was the basis for the school's student evaluations something that could be seen just because one wanted to?

"...Does it require spending Private Points?"

Hearing about a third of the class's funds being extorted, Horikita Suzune clenched her fists tightly under the desk.

When Aragaki Shun first came to trade the school's hidden rules, asking for every student in Class D to transfer five thousand Private Points to him each month, Horikita Suzune was the first to agree to the contract.

In fact, looking solely at the gains brought by this contract, they hadn't suffered a loss at all.

After all, if they hadn't learned about the school's inter-class competition intelligence in advance, given the chaotic state of Class D, it was highly likely that their class evaluation points would have already hit zero.

It was just that no one expected that only a few days later, Aragaki Shun would arrive with two contracts signed by the original Class A and Class C, forcing them to increase the monthly Private Points transfer to ten thousand per person, or else the remaining Transfer Ticket would be used on Class D.

At the time, they thought that with a total of 1,000 class evaluation points, previous iterations of Class D had managed to retain around 200 to 300, so even if they had accidentally lost too many in the first week, as long as they fulfilled their duties as students afterward, they could surely retain at least 500 points by the end of the exam.

By then, the original Class A and Class C would certainly lose a massive amount of class points due to the dead weight of Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji.

They might even be able to promote directly to Class B next month.

Thinking of this, the members of Class D, led by Hirata, Kushida, and her, agreed to increase the Private Points in exchange for Aragaki Shun not sending anyone to their class for one year.