Classroom of the Elite, I Can Add Points Infinitely Chapter 41

"How terrifying~"

Shiranami Chihiro looked frightened, clutching Aragaki Shun's right arm with both hands and pressing against his chest, leaving Ando Sayo, Amikura Mako, and the others watching from behind speechless.

"They might just be trying to monitor our situation in Class A, or perhaps provoke a violent conflict by harassing our classmates."

The Behavioral Standards Exam at the start of the school year had indeed concluded, but that did not mean all first-year students could completely ignore school rules and regulations and act recklessly from then on.

In reality, Advanced Nurturing High School continued to monitor students' daily conduct; behaviors that violated school rules, such as being late, leaving early, or playing on phones during class, would still result in point deductions once detected by surveillance, though perhaps not as strictly as during the first month of school.

And if violent incidents like fights were to break out among the student body, the consequences would be even more severe.

As long as the victim filed a complaint, the Student Council was required to intervene, investigate, and deal with the involved students strictly.

Students judged to be at fault would not only have a large number of class evaluation points and Private Points deducted, but might also face warnings, disciplinary records, or other punishments. In particularly serious cases, they could even face the risk of expulsion.

Therefore, he did not doubt for a second that Ryuen Kakeru would order Class C students to provoke people from other classes, forcing the provoked parties to retaliate with violence when they could no longer endure it, at which point they would turn the tables and strip Private Points from the retaliating class.

"Ichinose, go relay my instructions to the Class A group chat—from now on, everyone must be in groups of at least two when going out. When interacting with students from other classes, have your phones ready to record audio and video in advance. If a conflict occurs, make sure to preserve evidence, and it would be best to go to the Student Council to learn about the school's self-defense mechanisms."

After speaking, seeing that Ichinose had noted down all this information, Aragaki Shun simply broke away from the group and walked toward the location of the few Class C students without any attempt at concealment.

"Gulp~ What do we do, Manabe? He's coming!"

"What are you afraid of? We're just shopping like everyone else; what does it have to do with him?"

"But that's Aragaki Shun from Class A! I heard he beat up every single member of the Judo Club by himself last night."

"This is a public place. Does he really dare to hit us directly?"

Manabe Shiho, Yabu Nanami, and Yamashita Saki from Class C stood at a street corner, staring nervously at the approaching Aragaki Shun.

Recalling the boy's reputation and the scene from last month where he had ruthlessly plundered the points of everyone in Class C, their heartbeats accelerated, and cold sweat began to seep from their palms.

Originally, according to Ryuen Kakeru's instructions, they only needed to follow Shiranami Chihiro, Amikura Mako, and the other girls from a distance, creating small troubles or causing a scene only if necessary.

But who could have guessed that Aragaki Shun would be staying with these people the entire time today?

Didn't this guy always act alone after school?

However, Ryuen, who controlled his class through violence, would not care about the reasons for their failure, nor would he concern himself with whether those who disobeyed his orders were boys or girls.

They did not want to experience whether Ryuen's fists were powerful, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and trail behind the group, thinking that if they could just film a video of Aragaki Shun and the Class A girls entering and leaving a clothing store at the street corner, it would suffice as a report to Ryuen.

Yet, even after being so careful, they had still been discovered by that group from Class A.

Now that Aragaki Shun was walking directly toward them, he must have noticed their stalking and was coming to settle the score. What were they supposed to do?

"Manabe, why don't we just run away?"

"It's too late. Yamashita, toughen up! If he dares to lay a hand on us, we'll just scream that he's molesting us and get the school to expel him!"

Perhaps due to their extreme nervousness, Aragaki Shun's footsteps sounded exceptionally clear on the noisy street, each step feeling as if it were landing on their hearts.

The figure of the Class A leader gradually became clear. His face, usually appearing gentle, now wore a hint of coldness, and his eyes revealed an unquestionable sense of oppression.

The Class C trio swallowed involuntarily. Whether it was a psychological illusion or not, they truly experienced the indescribable weight of his presence at that moment, trembling subconsciously like quails being stared at by a hungry wolf.

However, it was too late to run now; Aragaki Shun's gaze had already locked onto them.

The boy stared at the three gyaru in front of him who could no longer muster any spirit, and issued his command as a matter of course, his voice calm yet carrying an irresistible force: "The three of you, come with me."

Manabe Shiho, Yabu Nanami, and Yamashita Saki looked at each other as Aragaki Shun simply walked ahead, their eyes filled with panic and confusion.

They knew that this time, there was likely no escaping.

The boy's aura left them without any thought of resistance, and they could only follow obediently behind him, silently praying that things wouldn't escalate too severely.

Aragaki Shun silently searched for a gray area in front of him where the school had not installed surveillance. He didn't care what the three gyaru were thinking, instead focusing his attention on his invisible personal panel—

[Achievement Completed: Expelled the crazed fan harassing Sakura Airi and sent him to prison, Source Power +2.]

[Source Power: 10→12 (Current efficiency: 4 units obtained per month)]

This was the Source Power gained from the electronics store incident.

However, Aragaki Shun did not invest these two units of Source Power into the talent [Turn Misfortune into Good Fortune]. Instead, after realizing that his body's instincts were becoming difficult to suppress, he attempted to add points to his Spirit attribute.

And so—

[Spirit: 10→11]

[Source Power: 12→10 (Current efficiency: 4 units obtained per month)]

This was the first time he discovered that after a base attribute reached 10, the Source Power required to increase it further jumped to 2 units per point.

This situation was within his expectations, though; after all, both talents and skills increased in Source Power consumption as their levels rose.

A base attribute of 10 was already the limit of what a human could achieve through normal training; anything beyond that was a realm no ordinary person could step into.

It involved the very essence of human evolution.

Such a miracle-like point allocation naturally required more Source Power.

Of course, while the consumption of Source Power was important, Aragaki Shun valued the changes brought about by his Spirit breaking through the limit even more.

He had been looking forward to this for a long time. If he hadn't yet figured out how to maintain an extraordinary state in a world devoid of supernatural energy like spiritual power or magic, he would have prioritized maxing out all four base attributes to their current limits before even considering talents and skills.

But just thinking about how relying solely on attribute points—even if he managed to step into the extraordinary—wouldn't be enough to withstand the high-tech weaponry of modern society in the early stages, Aragaki Shun rationally decided to max out his survival capabilities first.

Now that all his life-saving talents were fully solidified, Aragaki Shun finally had spare Source Power to strengthen his basic attributes. He chose the most mysterious of the four: spirit. How could he not be filled with anticipation?

However, just after finishing the point allocation for his spirit, he didn't notice any drastic changes occurring within himself.

Aside from the usual improvements in memory and computational deduction, Aragaki Shun couldn't find any other anomalies brought about by his spirit attribute breaking through the limit.

It felt as if this were just an ordinary upgrade; compared to previous spirit enhancements, there was nothing special about it at all.

But how could that be!

With the spirit attribute surpassing the limit of 10, he might not have truly stepped into the realm of the extraordinary, but he had definitely distanced himself from normal people. Only those with innate gifts who had left their names in history, like Xiang Yu, could compare.

Of course, the attribute Aragaki Shun had broken the limit with wasn't strength, so he couldn't feel the changes in his body by lifting a cauldron like the Overlord, but the breakthrough of the spirit attribute couldn't possibly have no other effects, right?

This doubt troubled him for a long time, until now, as he silently observed the trio of Class C gyaru following obediently behind him, Aragaki Shun finally realized something in a daze.

So, it manifests in intangible things like pressure and aura?

If I keep adding points to spirit, couldn't I just make people kneel or pass out with a single glance?

Imagining the scene in the future where he could make thousands of people collapse into slumber with a single thought, Aragaki Shun felt that this effect, similar to Conqueror's Haki once fully grown, was quite interesting.

But the next moment, a trembling voice trying to sound tough suddenly rang out, pulling his attention back to reality.

"Hey! That's enough! Aragaki Shun, where... where exactly are you taking us?"

After walking for a while and turning several corners, Aragaki Shun finally led the three Class C gyaru to a secluded alley with no surveillance and no passersby.

In front of them was a dead end surrounded by walls on three sides, and the only entrance they had come through was dozens of meters away, with the whole path being deathly quiet.

If nothing went wrong, no matter what happened here or what topics were discussed, no one outside would be able to notice.

It was precisely because of this that the three Class C gyaru finally reacted, their three little faces instinctively filling with panic and unease.

Had they been possessed today? Why, after a single command from Aragaki Shun, had they followed him without daring to resist?

Now it was too late; there was nowhere to run. Were they really going to be taught a harsh lesson?

Aragaki Shun turned his head, looking at the trio's timid appearance with interest, wondering if it was his terrifying reputation within the school or the effect of his aura after his spirit broke the limit that made these usually aggressive leaders of the Class C girls so afraid?

"Alright, there are no school cameras around here, and no one will pass by. Whatever we discuss between us won't spread outside."

"Ladies of Class C, could you tell me why Ryuen ordered you to follow us from Class A?"

"What kind of strange things are you saying! The shopping mall isn't owned by your Class A, can't we just come here to hang out?"

Manabe Shiho, with her short tea-colored hair and brown eyes, reflexively retorted aggressively upon hearing Aragaki Shun's interrogation.

Being intimidated into following him like a lost soul... this matter already made her, now that she had regained her senses, extremely annoyed. Now, being interrogated condescendingly by Aragaki Shun, the usually aggressive gyaru finally couldn't hold back.

"Aragaki Shun! Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're the leader of Class A. If you dare to use violence, we'll just run while screaming that you're molesting us. Once the commotion gets big, you'll definitely be expelled!"

"How boring. Is that all you can threaten me with?" Aragaki Shun smiled contemptuously, took a voice recorder out of his pocket, pressed the play button, and replayed the other party's words from just a moment ago. "With this, do you think the school will believe me, an excellent student of Class A, or you bunch of delinquents from Class C?"

"Besides, you underestimate me too much. If I really decided to take action, would I even give the three of you a chance to run?"

Before Manabe Shiho and the others could understand what he meant, Aragaki Shun took two steps and shifted directly behind the trio, placing a hand on Manabe's shoulder and blocking the path to the only exit.

"Do you understand now? Even if I stripped your clothes off here right now, you wouldn't have the ability to resist."

Of course, this was just intimidation; he couldn't possibly actually do that.

However, Manabe Shiho and the others didn't seem to think so.

"...I understand."

Manabe Shiho took a deep breath, looked at her two pale-faced companions, and gritted her teeth. "As long as you let Yabu Nanami and Yamashita Saki go, and promise not to use violence to hurt me, I can stay and play with you once."

"Shiho!"

"No! How can we abandon Shiho and run away?"

Yabu Nanami and Yamashita Saki were moved to tears, rushing over to push Aragaki Shun away, their arms spread wide in a protective stance.

"Let Shiho and Saki leave, let me stay instead."

"No way, I should be the one to stay."

Aragaki Shun looked at these people arguing back and forth with black lines on his forehead. Is your attitude a bit too proactive?!

"Stop it!"

His spirit, which had surpassed human limits, transformed into pressure once again, fiercely intimidating the three delinquent girls and finally putting an end to this absurd farce.

"You three, don't think you can take advantage of me using this opportunity!"

"Who, who wants to take advantage of you!"

Manabe Shiho shouted in embarrassment and anger. "Don't think that just because you're handsome, have high status, can fight, and have money, everyone wants to get involved with you."

"It was clearly you, you bastard, who threatened us with those words first!"

86. Fooling the Manabe Trio

"It was clearly you, you bastard, who threatened us with those words first!"

Manabe Shiho pushed aside Yabu Nanami and Yamashita Saki, who were blocking her, and braced herself to confront Aragaki Shun.

What did he mean by saying we wanted to take advantage of him?

Even if you are indeed quite good-looking, it's not like we're ugly.

Back in middle school, I was a top-tier beauty, and as long as I dropped a hint, a whole crowd of guys would be scrambling to wait on me hand and foot.

Even after entering Kodo Ikusei Senior High School, my ranking in this dump of a school has dropped quite a bit, but it's only my ranking that dropped, not my looks.

Now that I've put myself out there and am willing to play along with you, you're actually looking down on me?

"First of all, you were the one who said you'd scream 'molestation,' so I was just following your lead to warn you that it would be a futile effort."

Aragaki Shun waved his hand, causing Manabe Shiho to scramble back two steps in fear. "Secondly, in terms of beauty, you lot can't compare to me, so don't go acting all lovesick in front of me!"

He would have to be truly insane, driven by nothing but lust, to let his animal instincts take over with these three girls from Class C in a place and time like this.

Setting aside whether this place was actually safe, one had to remember that after noticing the Class C students tailing him, he had dragged them out and taken them away right in front of Ichinose Honami, Shiranami Chihiro, and the others.

If he really were to get involved with the girls in front of him, and they held a grudge afterward and used it to blackmail him, Aragaki Shun would end up in a very pathetic state even if he could resolve the subsequent trouble.

Unless he was willing to pull out his reserve of emergency Source Power to put the trio into a state similar to hypnosis, he would never do something so foolish—seeking momentary pleasure while inviting endless future trouble—as long as he remained rational.

Of course, Aragaki Shun actually leaned toward the idea that Manabe Shiho and her friends were the ones coveting his looks; if he really did pick one of them to "devour," the worst that would happen is being latched onto, with demands to be their boyfriend and provide them with money.

As long as he was willing to go along with their wishes and appease them, there likely wouldn't be any more serious consequences.

After all, for girls of this gyaru type, Aragaki Shun was both high-status and famous at Kodo Ikusei Senior High School; not only was he handsome and talented in both academics and martial arts, but he could also provide a large amount of Private Points, making him practically the most premium dating prospect in the school.

If they could really land such an incredible boyfriend, they would absolutely become the envy of every girl in the school; just thinking about it made them so excited they could hardly wait to make it official on the spot.

Manabe Shiho wasn't aware of the "slander" in Aragaki Shun's mind, but she naturally wouldn't admit to his accusation that she was acting lovesick.

A flush of annoyance instantly rose to the girl's face. She gritted her teeth, trying her best to appear composed, and retorted to Aragaki Shun with a tone of disdain: "Who's acting lovesick! You guy, are you some kind of narcissist to the bone?"

"With a face like yours, I wouldn't even..."

Manabe Shiho looked at the boy's face, intending to find flaws and say something demeaning, but once her gaze drifted over, the girl's voice grew smaller and smaller of its own accord.

She felt a wave of heat, and the harsh words she had prepared stuck in her throat, unable to be spoken.

Manabe Shiho quickly looked away, trying to hide her embarrassment and panic. "Hmph, I'm not like what you imagine."