Classroom of the Elite, I Can Add Points Infinitely Chapter 44

Ichinose Honami blushed; to her, calculating the Private Points of Class D students in such a manner still felt somewhat embarrassing.

However, thinking of the instructions from Aragaki Shun, she suppressed the awkwardness in her heart and voiced her thoughts, "In any case, being able to protect every student in the class is what matters most, right? Since we were fated to gather here, it is only natural that we grow together and graduate together to make it a success."

"Kanzaki's suggestion is truly too cruel. Even if this school is a bit special, friendships can still be forged between different classes. I think competition is fine, but situations like expulsion should be avoided if possible."

Kushida Kikyo: "..."

The rest of Class D: "..."

Don't think we can't see through such an obvious good cop, bad cop routine.

It's just that even if we see it, it's useless!

Yosuke Hirata smiled bitterly as he took the contract handed over by Aragaki Shun. The content was exactly as the boy had said: he would provide Class D with the accurate original midterm exam questions and correct answers, while Class D would pay Aragaki Shun 200,000 Private Points every month until graduation.

If the questions provided by Aragaki Shun were incorrect after the midterm exams, the contract would be voided immediately.

If they were correct, the contract would officially take effect the moment the midterm exams concluded.

"This contract is very fair. I personally am inclined to agree, and I will do my best to persuade everyone in the class to agree as well."

Yosuke Hirata calculated in his heart; with all the answers obtained in advance, he was confident he could score full marks in every subject.

Even if other students had poorer grades, there were still more than two weeks left until the midterm exams. As long as they were a little diligent, they could surely memorize most of the answers.

In this way, assuming the final class evaluation score was based on the class average, Class D should be able to score over 90 points.

This way, each person would pay Aragaki Shun 5,000 Private Points, and they would still have an extra 4,000 or so in living expenses for themselves.

Most importantly, this would ensure that no one in the class would be expelled.

"I have no objections either!"

Kushida Kikyo maintained her sweet and cute persona as always, "As long as everyone doesn't get expelled, that's fine."

"It ensures we won't be expelled and even increases our living expenses; this is a very cost-effective deal!"

Karuizawa Kei also felt a sense of relief in her heart. As a student whose grades were in the danger zone, she naturally wished for the contract to be finalized immediately.

And as long as these three reached a consensus, it basically represented the will of the majority in Class D.

As for the remaining troublemakers, they were either bottom-feeders like Sudo Ken who needed the past exam papers the most, or maverick honor students like Horikita Suzune standing right in front of them.

And clearly, the opinion of Horikita Suzune was not important.

91. Ryuen Kakeru needs to sign two copies

"Pleasure doing business with you. I hope we have more opportunities to strengthen our cooperation with Class D in the future."

Seeing that the three representatives of Class D had all signed, Aragaki Shun felt quite pleased and repeatedly expressed that if there were such good opportunities in the future, he would definitely continue to seek a win-win situation with Class D.

"Between Class A and Class D, there are still Class B and Class C in the way, so for a long time, there won't be any direct confrontation between our two classes. Therefore, we can have more of these win-win deals in the future."

The expressions on the faces of Yosuke Hirata, Kushida Kikyo, and Karuizawa Kei varied. Although "befriending distant states while attacking those nearby" was indeed a brilliant strategy, if they really had such deals too often, wouldn't Class D completely become a vassal of Class A?

However, the three recalled that their teacher, Chabashira Sae, had also said that since the founding of Kodo Ikusei Senior High School, there had never been a case of Class D staging a comeback against Class A.

And in the month since school started, they had indeed sensed the insurmountable gap between Class D and Class A.

The overall quality of the two classes was simply too far apart. Even though they were the relatively influential representatives of Class D, it was hard for them to ignore the facts and claim that Class D would definitely be able to defeat Class A.

Just as Aragaki Shun said, even if they really wanted to participate in class competition, they would have to lead the class to surpass the Ryuen Class and the Sakayanagi Class first before they would be qualified to challenge Class A.

What's more, the three Class D representatives in front of him each had dark histories they couldn't easily reveal.

For them, the treatment they could receive upon graduating from Class A was certainly tempting, but it was by no means something they absolutely had to have.

If cooperating with Class A could better help them achieve their own desires, then it wouldn't matter if Class D gradually lost its autonomy.

Of course, these were only the thoughts of Kushida Kikyo and the others. As for Horikita Suzune, who had been silent on the side, the dissatisfaction on her face was not hidden at all.

"You may have taken the first step this time, but don't think you can take advantage of Class D every time!"

The cold beauty was very dissatisfied with the fact that the class had to pay Aragaki Shun 600,000 Private Points every month.

Even if, after signing this contract, no one in Class D would be expelled for failing, no class points would be deducted for expulsions, and they could obtain the maximum of 100 class points... just looking at the internal benefits of the class, Class D was undoubtedly profiting.

But from the perspective of class competition, Class D was losing 200,000 Private Points every month, while Class A had an extra 200,000 to use. A gap of 400,000 every month would exceed ten million over three years.

In Kodo Ikusei, where Private Points were used as weapons, this was an absolutely irreparable and massive loss.

If she were the one negotiating, she would never have agreed to such unreasonable terms.

After all, now that she knew there was a shortcut like the original midterm exam questions, she could just go find them herself; why endure the exploitation of Class A here?

It was a pity that Aragaki Shun didn't need to care about her thoughts, and no one in the class cared about her opinion, so she couldn't do anything.

"Regardless of whether the opponent is Class C, Class B, or your Class A, I will definitely win in the end. You just wait and see!"

Speechlessly watching Horikita Suzune, who was inexplicably spouting a bunch of harsh words, Aragaki Shun ignored her thoughts and just emphasized to Kushida Kikyo, Yosuke Hirata, and the others, "Next time we discuss cooperation between Class A and Class D, please don't bring irrelevant people along."

Yosuke Hirata and Kushida Kikyo were the undisputed central figures of Class D, possessing strong appeal and influence among both boys and girls, while Karuizawa Kei was the leader of the girls in Class D.

Aragaki Shun had only invited these three representatives from Class D because he didn't want to waste too much time on that bunch of oddballs in Class D.

After all, that bunch of oddballs was just like Horikita Suzune in front of him: they had little ability but thought highly of themselves, and each was self-centered.

Having one Horikita Suzune who couldn't read the room was already annoying enough; he had no patience to deal with that scattered mess of a class.

After all, all he needed was two hundred thousand Private Points every month. As for how to persuade the others in Class D to cough up the money, or how to deal with the troublemakers who refused to pay... those were things for the three people in front of him to worry about.

"You!"

Being ignored like this was completely intolerable for Horikita Suzune, but before she could explode, the sharp-eyed Kushida Kikyo immediately walked over and grabbed her.

"Alright, Horikita-san, what we need to do now is go back and explain this deal to everyone in class, not stay here and continue provoking Aragaki-kun."

Although she felt a sense of satisfaction watching Horikita get shut down, Kushida Kikyo had to step up and play the good person for the sake of her "little angel" persona.

Besides, the contract had just been finalized and they had already received the original test questions. Now, she just wanted to return to class to assert her presence and, incidentally, start splitting the two hundred thousand Private Points from the contract as soon as possible.

After all, she knew exactly what kind of people were in her class!

If she didn't get the majority of Class D to sign off on this quickly, those shameless people—once the threat of expulsion for failing was gone—would absolutely be capable of swallowing the midterm test questions and leaving the three of them to shoulder the burden of two hundred thousand per month.

"Nobody wanted her to come; it's just that Horikita doesn't understand human speech and insisted on following us. We couldn't exactly kick her out, could we?"

Karuizawa Kei first glanced at Horikita Suzune and curled her lip, then looked at Aragaki Shun with some hesitation. "Aragaki-kun, could you exchange contact information with me? If you have similar matters to invite us to next time, just send an email."

Aragaki Shun looked at this unexpectedly eager girl and, without much hesitation, displayed his contact information. "That is naturally no problem. Hirata-kun, do you want to add me as well?"

As for Kushida Kikyo, he didn't bother; she had already taken every opportunity to build connections with the vast majority of people in the school last month.

"That is indeed necessary. I'll trouble you, Aragaki-kun."

Yosuke Hirata put on a very grateful expression.

For him, as long as everyone in the class could coexist harmoniously, that was the most perfect outcome.

Even if Aragaki Shun's contract was clearly exploiting Class D, one could not deny that this deal would indeed ensure no one in the class was expelled.

That was enough!

"Bang--!!"

Just as Aragaki Shun finished exchanging contact information with the two, a loud crash came from the doorway, causing everyone present to turn their gaze toward it.

"Why is someone from Class A hanging out with the trash from Class D? Aragaki Shun, did you call me over just to watch how you exploit these defective goods?"

"Ryuen Kakeru!"

Aragaki Shun looked coldly at the red-haired delinquent who had intentionally kicked the door of the Class A room, then reached out to take two contracts from the desk.

"Don't worry, they only have one deal, but you need to sign two."

"Let me sign two?"

Ryuen Kakeru walked over with a swaggering gait, casually took the two contracts, and was about to tear them into pieces without even looking at them.

"I, Ryuen Kakeru, never accept threats!"

"If you tear them up, then I can only have you expelled!"

Aragaki Shun watched indifferently as Ryuen's movements suddenly froze.

He wasn't joking. If Ryuen really tore up these two contracts, he would have no choice but to treat it as a refusal to negotiate and proceed directly to the next step.

Expelling Ryuen Kakeru wasn't a simple matter, but as long as he paid a sufficient price, it was something he could achieve; it was just a matter of whether it was worth it.

An invisible pressure spread, making Aragaki Shun's words particularly convincing, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly grew heavy.

The four members of Class D who were about to leave also stopped in their tracks. They held their breath, silently watching Ryuen Kakeru and his two lackeys face off against Aragaki Shun, a desire to watch the drama rising in their hearts.

Their Class D had just signed an exploitative contract with Aragaki Shun, and now it looked like Class C was about to enjoy the same, if not worse, treatment. It really made one curious.

Ryuen Kakeru stared at Aragaki Shun with sinister eyes. When he was threatened by Aragaki Shun just now, a flash of retreat had actually risen in his heart—this was simply a disgrace!

He clearly shouldn't have the emotion of fear in his heart at all, so why was he intimidated by the other's aura in that instant?

Pushing this confusion aside for the moment, Ryuen Kakeru glared at Aragaki Shun and let out a wild, mocking laugh. "Heh, it seems you think you've got a handle on something that can get me expelled at any time?"

"Who told you to always play those dirty, rule-breaking tricks, Ryuen."

Aragaki Shun feigned contempt to provoke the delinquent opposite him.

"If it weren't for your Class C homeroom teacher constantly shielding you, everything you've done since enrollment would have been exposed by the students of Class C long ago, and you would have been thrown out of Advanced Nurturing."

"...What are you talking about? I don't understand at all!"

Ryuen Kakeru sneered, completely refusing to engage with Aragaki Shun's topic.

What kind of person he was, all the students in Class C knew, but so what?

As long as there was no evidence, and as long as the Class C homeroom teacher kept shielding him, those things didn't matter. He could still use violent means to rule Class C.

"Honestly, I don't care what you've done to your classmates in Class C," Aragaki Shun said to himself, knowing full well that Ryuen wouldn't admit his actions in public. "After all, heaven helps those who help themselves. If thirty-nine of them can be threatened by your violence alone, what else can anyone say?"

"But you shouldn't have—you absolutely shouldn't have—sent those thugs from Class C to provoke and harass the students of our Class A."

"Your group of delinquents in Class C might not care about grades and play stalking games on the streets every day, but we in Class A don't have that much time and energy to waste."

"Hmph~ what a hypocritical act."

Ryuen Kakeru scoffed in disdain and sat directly on a nearby desk. "Should I say as expected of the model students of Class A? I heard you all pay 400,000 a month for tutoring classes. You really do have too much money to burn."

"You could put it that way," Aragaki Shun nodded and admitted directly, "After all, our Class A's class points are more than triple those of Class C, and you have to transfer a third of your Private Points to me every month."

Ryuen Kakeru's expression turned excessively gloomy in an instant; calculating it out, the 400,000 Private Points that Class C transferred to Aragaki Shun each month happened to equal the amount Class A spent on tutoring every month.

"It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, Ryuen!"

Watching the indifferent look on the other side, Aragaki Shun took out his phone, sent an email, and then showed it to Ryuen.

"I've reported your kicking of our Class A door just now to the Student Council President Manabu Horikita. With the surveillance footage inside the classroom, I trust the Student Council will handle this conflict fairly."

"Huh?"

Ryuen Kakeru's mind didn't turn the corner for a moment.

Even if kicking a door were classified as intentional provocation, at this school, it would at most result in a deduction of some class evaluation points; otherwise, he wouldn't be so arrogant.

"You're going to the Student Council over such a trivial matter? Are you still an unweaned elementary school student?"

Ignoring the mockery, Aragaki Shun continued, "By the way, I had all the Class A students who were followed and harassed by Class C this afternoon record Class C's actions with audio and video, and I also had them ask the Class C students if it was you, Ryuen, who ordered them to provoke us."

"Now these recordings and videos have all been reported to the Student Council. Congratulations, Ryuen, you've achieved the record of having your name mentioned to the Student Council thirteen times in a single day."

Ryuen Kakeru fell silent all of a sudden, a bad premonition rising in his heart, "You're deliberately raising my profile in the Student Council? But what use is that?"

"Under normal circumstances, of course, it's useless. At most, it just lets the school administration constantly confirm that you're nothing more than a thug who likes to stir up trouble."

The key was that this wasn't a frame-up, but a fact that couldn't be any more real!

"Everyone in Class A has decided that every time Class C provokes us, we will help you refresh your presence in the Student Council."

"Of course, because of insufficient evidence, these records can make you a key subject of attention for the whole school, but they won't be able to get you expelled directly. To achieve that, Class A still needs to find crucial evidence that can deliver the final blow."

Saying this, Aragaki Shun looked at Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert beside Ryuen Kakeru, "Student Ishizaki and Student Yamada, do you have any evidence in your possession of the times Ryuen Kakeru has resorted to violence?"

"Ah! Me?"

Ishizaki Daichi looked around in disbelief, finally pointing at himself. Is this a joke?

Yamada Albert: "..."