Classroom of the Elite, I Can Add Points Infinitely Chapter 45

"I have a permanent Transfer Ticket in my possession worth 20 million Private Points, I collect 2.26 million Private Points every month through various channels, and the class fees contributed by everyone in Class A also exceed 2 million per month."

Aragaki Shun ignored the expressions of those present and simply opened the personal page on his phone, displaying his Private Points and the Transfer Ticket.

Kanzaki Ryuji also opened the class account, openly displaying the foundation Class A had accumulated over the past two months to prove that Aragaki Shun was not lying.

"I previously transferred 10,000 Private Points to everyone in Class C. Oh, I forgot, Ryuen-kun is only worth 100."

Aragaki Shun smiled, prodding at Ryuen's nerves, "But it doesn't matter, I'm willing to increase your value now."

"20 million Private Points to get you expelled. Ryuen, how many people in this school do you think would be willing to take the shot?"

93. Threatening Sakagami Kazuma as well; Ryuen's points are stripped bare

Using 20 million Private Points to get me expelled?

I'm actually worth 20 million?!

Why don't you just give the money to me? I'll drop out and go home right now.

Ryuen Kakeru clenched his fists, stood up abruptly, and glared at the wealthy spendthrift before him with a ferocious expression.

"Don't be so agitated, Ryuen-kun."

Aragaki Shun looked at the restless leader of Class C with amusement, continuing to pour oil on the fire by openly tempting the two lackeys beside him, "I believe most people at Kodo Ikusei Senior High School still harbor a sense of justice. To encourage those poor souls in Class C who have been violently bullied by Ryuen-kun to stand up, I can personally put up 20 million as a reward."

"Think about it, Ishizaki-kun and Yamada-kun. As long as you have these 20 million, no matter how the four classes compete, you can guarantee that you will eventually graduate from Class A."

"Even if you aren't interested in graduating from Class A, you can directly convert these Private Points into gold and take them out. That would be at least 16 million yen in cash—savings that an ordinary family would have to scrimp and save for seven or eight years to accumulate after living expenses."

After thinking about it, the exchange rate seemed a bit low, so Aragaki Shun thoughtfully offered them a more suitable plan—

"Do you know Koenji Rokusuke from Class D of the first year? If you take these 20 million Private Points and trade with him, that conglomerate heir would absolutely be willing to help you convert the points into cash at a 1:1 ratio or even higher. By then, you'd also gain a small favor from a conglomerate heir..."

"Enough!"

Ryuen Kakeru darkened his face and cut off Aragaki Shun's suggestion directly. If he let him keep inciting them, never mind these two dim-witted followers, even he wouldn't be able to hold back.

After all, it had only been a month since Kodo Ikusei Senior High School opened. If he took 20 million and dropped out now, he would essentially be earning five or six years' worth of salary in just one month.

With such a large sum of money, whether he switched to another high school, dropped out to work, or just lazed at home for a few years, it was a pretty good choice.

"I'll go back and discipline those people in my class. I'll make sure they behave when they're outside and don't get into conflicts with Class A students at every turn."

Ryuen Kakeru unhappily slapped the two contracts in his hand down in front of Aragaki Shun.

He could stop the harassment of Class A, but he would not sign this thing.

As long as he was careful and cautious afterward, he was confident he wouldn't let anyone collect enough evidence to get him expelled.

But this meant he would have to be tied down in his future actions and constantly guard against any of his subordinates... Therefore, to make his future school life easier, it was better not to let Aragaki Shun publish this bounty.

Otherwise, the entire school would be watching his every move, treating him as a walking 20 million. Anyone who shared a room with him would have to turn on their recorders and cameras... that kind of scene would be too torturous.

"Oh~ Ryuen, do you think I can only restrict your future actions, but can't get you expelled right now?"

Aragaki Shun watched the still-defiant Class C delinquent with composure, while Ryuen Kakeru returned a disdainful gaze.

Wasn't that obvious? He had caused so many incidents in elementary and middle school without ever being caught by the throat; he relied on this slippery ability to escape unscathed.

"Heh, it seems I'll have to go to Class C and find a few students who have been most severely bullied by you, and let them rest well in their dorms."

"1 million in recuperation fees for each person. As long as there are more than five Class C students who can't stand the school violence and refuse to leave their dorms, do you think the school will have a headache?"

"You're doing this again..."

Ryuen Kakeru wanted to show his disdain, but as the words reached his lips, he realized what Aragaki Shun was doing. "You want to blow things up and force the school to step in?"

School bullying was a serious matter. Even if such things were common in many high schools in Sakurajima, the school would absolutely not allow such incidents to occur in the open.

In other words, as long as the situation Aragaki Shun described actually happened, the school would inevitably step in to investigate.

By then, whether there was evidence or not wouldn't matter. As long as the school determined that it was truly his doing, he would have to accept the punishment.

After all, for an organization like the school, stability was always the most important thing. Compared to the school's reputation, a mere Class C delinquent was completely insignificant.

"I'm just giving those bullied students in Class C a little support so they have the courage to stand up and seek justice for themselves," Aragaki Shun said unhurriedly. "As long as there's a confirmed chance to get Ryuen-kun expelled, I think there are plenty of people in Class C willing to take the gamble. When that time comes, I'll offer another reward to have everyone in Class C report all your violent behavior since enrollment."

"After this series of actions, Ryuen-kun, what are the odds that the school will still choose to protect you?"

All students at Kodo Ikusei Senior High School were specifically scouted by the school from all over the country. This meant the school had always retained various records of all students from their elementary and middle school days.

Therefore, even without evidence, the school would definitely be able to understand what kind of person the other party was from Ryuen Kakeru's various prior records.

In the past, it was only because things hadn't blown up that the school could sit firmly in the referee's seat, letting the students of the four classes play freely and ignoring Ryuen Kakeru's various gray-area tactics.

But once things developed to the point where the school had to step in, the school naturally wouldn't mind dealing a heavy blow to get rid of a dangerous person who used violence.

After all, all of Ryuen Kakeru's violent acts were true and accurate; it wasn't Aragaki Shun framing him.

At the same time, if things developed to that extent, those standing on the opposite side of Ryuen would be everyone in Class C plus all the students in Class A who had been harassed. Anyone could clearly see which side held more weight.

"Heh heh~ If things really develop to this point, given the school's nature, it's indeed possible they'll just throw me out to smooth things over."

Realizing the difficulty of the problem, Ryuen Kakeru's face became even uglier, but he still stubbornly said, "But do you think you can force the school to step in with such a big commotion without paying any price yourself?"

"Unfortunately, I have a few connections at this school."

Aragaki Shun nonchalantly ignored Ryuen's final struggle. "If you don't believe me, you can turn around and walk away right now, then start the countdown to your own expulsion."

"Oh, right, remember to remind your umbrella, Sakagami Kazuma, when you get back. As a homeroom teacher, he sat by and watched as students were subjected to school bullying by their own classmates. Once this blows up, he should be leaving Kodo Ikusei Senior High School right along with you."

With several students in the class hiding in their dorms to avoid school bullying, and the entire class ready to report Ryuen Kakeru's violent conduct, could Sakagami Kazuma really keep a straight face and claim he didn't see anything?

When that time comes, never mind his position as a homeroom teacher; he wouldn't even be able to keep a job as a regular teacher. He would most likely be kicked out of the school along with the rest of them.

"Hiss~"

The onlookers around them couldn't believe their ears. Was this guy actually going to go after the Class C homeroom teacher as well?

"...Fine! Fine! Fine! I'll take the loss this time!"

Under the complex gazes of Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert, Ryuen Kakeru clenched his fists in silence for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and swallowing the bitter fruit of defeat.

There was no point in arguing further.

It had only been a month since the start of the school year, and his rule over Class C was far from stable. If Aragaki Shun were truly willing to pay the price, those who had been suppressed by his violence would be more than eager to see him expelled once they saw a glimmer of hope.

He had been too impatient. He should have waited a few more months until his violent rule was deeply ingrained in everyone's minds, making it so no one in Class C would dare to betray him. That would have been the time to launch an offensive against the higher-ranked classes.

Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets now. He could only pick up the two contracts he had thrown on the table with a sour expression.

The first was for Ryuen Kakeru to personally pay Aragaki Shun 200,000 Private Points every month, with no conditions or guarantees written on it.

The reason was simple: neither the condition Aragaki Shun demanded—that Class C students were not allowed to provoke Class A students in their daily lives—nor the condition Ryuen Kakeru needed from Aragaki Shun—that he could not bribe Class C students to report his violent behavior—could be easily written into a contract for the school to notarize.

Since that was the case, it was better to leave them out entirely.

Ryuen Kakeru clearly understood this, so he didn't hesitate to sign his name on the paper.

Both of them knew that this contract was essentially just a tacit understanding of a temporary truce.

Because no specific responsibilities were listed, Ryuen Kakeru could still send people to harass Class A in the future, provided he was convinced that Aragaki Shun's threat of expulsion had lost its effectiveness.

Likewise, as long as Aragaki Shun was willing, he could bribe people from Class C at any time to get Ryuen kicked out of Kodo Ikusei Senior High School. But doing so would mean giving up the steady stream of income this contract provided.

200,000 Private Points a month, with 35 months left until graduation in three years, added up to 7,000,000 Private Points.

Adding the 20,000,000 he would have spent to get Ryuen expelled, if he tore up this contract now, his total loss would be 27,000,000.

Oh, wait, there was still one more person he could squeeze some oil out of.

"Hmm, please deliver this one to Sakagami Kazuma. I hope he can sincerely repent and try his best to be a teacher who cares for his students from now on."

Aragaki Shun pulled out another contract identical to the one for Ryuen and handed it directly to him. It also stipulated a monthly payment of 200,000 points.

Ryuen Kakeru took it expressionlessly, glanced at it briefly, and then tossed it to Ishizaki Daichi beside him.

Fine, share the blessings and share the burdens.

Besides, the two contracts combined totaled 14,000,000 points. The more he gained, the less Aragaki Shun would want to tear them up, which in turn would buy him more time to turn Class C into an impenetrable fortress.

Then, Ryuen turned his gaze to his second contract. "Original questions and answers for the midterm exam?"

Did such a thing even exist at this school?

A flash of doubt crossed his mind, but he quickly realized the truth. "Upperclassmen, the student council, or even the faculty—there are only three channels for you to get your hands on the test papers. So why wouldn't I just go find them myself?"

"You can go find them yourself if you want. At worst, Class A will report it directly to the school, and the school will just issue new test papers. We can all compete based on raw ability then."

Aragaki Shun didn't care either way, but someone else couldn't stand it.

"Wait, can these past exam papers be invalidated?"

Karuizawa Kei couldn't help but exclaim. She was a poor student with only a D- rating in academics; if the past papers were gone, the midterm exam would be dangerous.

"Why couldn't they be invalidated?"

Kanzaki Ryuji stepped up to play the villain again. "The past papers themselves are just a loophole the school left behind to favor Class C and Class D. We in Class A and Class B don't need that kind of thing."

Hearing this, even Ishizaki Daichi and Yamada Albert from Class C hesitated.

"Ryuen, this contract seems to require the whole class to sign it. We should probably agree to it, otherwise, many people in the class will definitely be expelled."

Ryuen Kakeru glared fiercely at his underling, causing Ishizaki to shrink back two steps in fear.

"I have my own way to lead all of Class C through the midterm exam. I don't need you to teach me."

"Ryuen, are you planning on having everyone in Class C turn in blank papers?" Aragaki Shun looked at the seemingly confident leader of Class C with interest, then kindly offered a reminder. "Setting aside whether anyone in Class C might betray you, even if you could pass using such a shortcut, how many class evaluation points would the school give Class C?"

"Friends from Class D, don't worry. Even if the original past papers are scrapped, I can still get the brand-new midterm exam papers. When that time comes, you'll be able to easily surpass Ryuen's class and promote to the new Class C."

"Boss Ryuen!"

Hearing Aragaki Shun say this, before the people from Class D could even react, Ishizaki Daichi couldn't hold back anymore.

They had mocked the people in Class D as "defective products" plenty of times in the past. If their class ranking were to be surpassed by Class D after the midterm exam, they really wouldn't be able to accept it!

"Shut up!"

Pushing Ishizaki aside, Ryuen Kakeru felt his anger rising again at Aragaki Shun's nonchalant attitude, but in the end, he signed the contract.

There was no other way. His rule over Class C was not very stable to begin with; it relied entirely on violence.

In this situation, if he couldn't even protect the last shred of Class C's dignity, his time as the class leader would effectively be over.

To be surpassed by the defective products of Class D—isn't that so-called promise to lead everyone to Class A just a joke?

When it comes down to it, no matter how vicious he may be, he truly lacks the strength to stand above the entire class on his own.

The reason the people in Class C are willing to obey him is ultimately because he is willing to paint a grand picture for them, giving them a glimmer of hope that they can rise to Class A.

But if they start to feel that he is only good at internal strife and useless in external battles—unable to even beat Class D—then the people of Class C, who are already suppressed to their limits, will truly explode.

"Isn't this great!"

Aragaki Shun looked at Ryuen Kakeru's final decision with satisfaction. "With this contract, you'll be able to squeeze a few more Private Points out of Class C. Otherwise, how are you going to pay back the 200,000 you owe me every month?"

Class C only has 330 Class Points. I heard that Ryuen Kakeru snatched away the 30-point remainder, yet the remaining Private Points still only amounted to 140,000.

This is completely pathetic!

94. Finally, the honest Katsuragi Kohei

Each person in Class C only has 23,000 Private Points to spend per month. He had to throw away all his shame just to force his classmates in Class C to hand over that 3,000-point remainder.

And yet, you want to strip him bare even of this 120,000 in living expenses?

What made Ryuen Kakeru want to curse even more was that even with such exploitation, he still couldn't fulfill the contract of transferring 200,000 to Aragaki Shun every month.

There is a gap of 80,000, which means he has to find a way to make each person in Class C chip in another 2,000 per month just to ensure he can pay off the debt owed to Aragaki Shun.

Calculating it this way, Class C only has 330 Class Points, but every person in the class has to hand over 20,000 Private Points to Aragaki Shun each month, leaving only 13,000 for their own free use... The math is enough to make one vomit blood!

Yet, it was precisely in this dire situation that Ryuen Kakeru tragically discovered that the midterm exam questions Aragaki Shun traded to him had truly become the key tool for maintaining his rule over Class C.

With this answer key, as long as Class C can secure over 70 Class Points from the midterm exam, he can keep everyone's monthly living expenses at 20,000 Private Points.

If Class C can perform exceptionally well in this exam and take the maximum of 100 Class Points, the losses from these two contracts could be completely offset, and he would still be able to continue squeezing a portion of their living expenses from everyone in Class C.

Damn it, how did I end up in this state, actually having to worry every day about the pocket change in my classmates' hands?

Ryuen Kakeru was on the verge of hysteria. He didn't want to see this bastard in front of him anymore. After signing the two contracts, he wanted to leave the classroom immediately, but he didn't expect Aragaki Shun to suddenly call out to him—

"Wait a moment. An honest guy from Class B is coming over later, and I think you should get to know him."