Chapter 78

After Kanzaki left, Shiranami Chihiro at the desk in front of her, couldn't help but laugh and say, "Aragaki-kun still likes to dump his work on Kanzaki as always."

Knowing that the two were discussing serious matters, the white-haired girl had remained silent until now.

She simply rested her hands on the table, palms against her cheeks, her eyes fixed on Aragaki Shun as he casually arranged the future of the next class.

Shiro-nami felt that the boy's confident and commanding demeanor was simply too much.

Ugh~ No, I really want to get close to Aragaki-kun, why isn't school over yet...?

With a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Aragaki Shun watched as Shiro-nami clasped her hands together in front of her heart, her entire upper body seemingly about to lean over the desk and touch him. Speechless, he poked her forehead with his finger.

"Hoshinomiya-sensei has entered the classroom. If we don't turn around soon, we'll be late for her meeting."

At the school-wide assembly early this morning, the school announced most of the results of the handling of the rumor-mongering incident.

There's only one question the school hasn't answered yet: should Sakayanagi Arisu, being a defective student, be placed in Class D?

The school stated that they had developed two plans, and the final decision would be made by a vote of all first-year students.

The specific details of the two plans haven't been revealed yet.

I don't know what they're trying to keep in suspense.

141. Sakayanagi goes to Class D; Koenji goes to Class C?

"Hoshinomiya-sensei, the school said that all first-year students will vote on whether Sakayanagi Arisu needs to be transferred to Class D. What are the specific details of the vote?"

Seeing Chie Hoshinomiya walk into the classroom with a big smile, the students in Class A all recalled the school's previous notice.

If the school could reassess Sakayanagi Arisu's true abilities and then have the opportunity to transfer her from Class B to Class D, they certainly wouldn't show any mercy.

Who told that guy to have nothing better to do than deliberately spread rumors about Aragaki Shun and smear their class monitor's reputation?

"Yes, hurry up and release the voting results, it's too late for us."

"Since the school is letting us vote, it proves that the two proposals are of roughly the same value; otherwise, there would be no need for this extra step."

"Never mind, I think it's better to send Sakayanagi to Class D. Given her physical condition, she definitely won't stay in Class D for long before she's expelled."

Seeing the students below looking so eager, Chie Hoshinomiya clapped her hands, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Ahem~ Everyone, please don't get excited. This vote not only concerns Sakayanagi Arisu's future, but also the final compensation that all first-year students will receive. Please understand the details and think carefully before making a decision."

As the homeroom teacher, Chie Hoshinomiya already knew the voting details, knew that the school's arrangements were not so simple.

Right now, everyone in Class A is clamoring for Sakayanagi Arisu to Class D, but once they actually see the two different options that require a vote, they won't have that idea anymore.

"Previously, some people questioned whether the school's determination of defective products was influenced by external factors, resulting in some students who should have been in Class D being wrongly assigned to Class A."

"This kind student also suggested that the school reassess the true abilities of each first-year student to avoid damaging the reputation that Kodo Ikusei Senior High School has built up since its founding due to the incorrect class assignment of a few students..."

Chie Hoshinomiya delivered the above in an unusually awkward tone, causing everyone in the classroom to instinctively turn their gaze toward Aragaki Shun.

Anyone who visited the School Forum yesterday knows that the person who led the questioning was Aragaki Shun, and the so-called "individual students" refers to Sakayanagi Arisu, who suffers from a heart condition and has difficulty moving around.

Aragaki Shun pointed out that the other student was the biggest flaw among the first-year students, and that the other student was assigned to the original Class A through back channels because the Board Chairman abused his power... Most people in the school agreed with this.

"Teacher, please stop wasting your time. Please release the voting results quickly. Sakayanagi has been suspended from school. It's better to resolve the controversy she caused so that everyone can return to a normal school environment."

Despite being teased by Hoshinomiya, Aragaki Shun remained unfazed, only urging the other to quickly turn his attention back to the important matter at hand.

Yesterday, under Sakayanagi Arisu's barrage of rumors, Aragaki Shun turned the tables and detonated the bombshell on her, causing several problems for the school and forcing the school to intervene.

In summary, yesterday's media battle can be roughly divided into four key and noteworthy topics.

The trigger for this was, of course, the rumor-mongering incident carried out by Hashimoto Masayoshi under the direction of Sakayanagi Arisu.

This matter is the simplest. After Aragaki Shun found something that would be enough to get Hashimoto expelled from school, he has already signed a contract with Class B to settle the matter privately.

The second topic was the issue of the successor of the Sakayanagi family, but this was the Board Chairman's private matter. Aragaki Shun brought it up specifically to annoy Sakayanagi Arisu. In reality, the school would not deliberately get involved in this matter.

The third issue that the school must address is the leak of students' personal privacy. The public outcry caused by this incident has put the entire Advanced Nurturing Board of Directors in a very passive position.

This led to the suspension of the Board Chairman and the suspension of Sakayanagi Arisu.

At this point, the whole matter was almost completely over. After the Board Chairman was suspended, the last topic, namely the issue of Sakayanagi Arisu in through connections, was no longer of much concern to most students.

After all, even someone of Advanced Nurturing High School's stature, the Board Chairman, had to step down because of this!

Moreover, all the students from the original Class A have been demoted to Class B. It's just that the original Class A is unlucky; the students from other classes are watching and laughing at them.

The school seems to want to make this process as airtight as possible, which is why they added a voting step.

After all, it's a vote, and whatever the result, it's the choice made by all the first-year students themselves. If there are any complaints later, they can't blame the school.

However, based on Aragaki Shun's experience, in this situation, the two options presented by the school were likely pre-designed, and the outcome of the vote was probably predetermined from the start.

"Okay." Hoshinomiya pouted, looking aggrieved. "Aragaki really has no patience."

"First, the school's initial proposal was to transfer Sakayanagi Arisu to Class D, move Koenji Rokusuke to Class C, bring Shiina Hiyori to our former Class B, and finally, transfer Aragaki to the former Class A."

"Based on this, the school will add 50 Class Evaluation Points to each of the four first-grade classes. The corresponding Private Points will be fully paid by Chairman Sakayanagi."

After explaining this option, Hoshinomiya stopped talking and looked at Aragaki Shun below the stage with a serious expression.

She knew that none of the students in the class would accept this plan, but the key question was: what did Aragaki Shun himself actually think?

"According to the school, if all first-year students vote that Sakayanagi Arisu should be moved to Class D, then the school can make a minor adjustment."

"The above personnel adjustments were selected by the school after a comprehensive assessment of the abilities of all first-year students, and represent the adjustment method that best aligns with the original class assignment process."

To be honest, Hoshinomiya was definitely not satisfied with this, but he had to admit that the school's adjusted class assignments seemed to be more reasonable.

As the strongest first-year student, Aragaki Shun should have been assigned to the original Class A from the beginning; Shiina Hiyori her gentle personality and need to improve her social skills, was also suitable for the original Class B; then, since the other classes all had second-generation students from wealthy families, it would be reasonable to assign Koenji Rokusuke to Class C; finally, there's Sakayanagi Arisu, whose flaws are too great, so normally he could only be placed in Class D.

If the allocation had been based on this result from the beginning, the situation in the first grade would probably be different now. At the very least, the class rankings would not have been completely reversed in the first month.

Thinking about it this way, the school's solution seems pretty good; it's a case of better late than never?

Not bad my foot!!!

When Chie Hoshinomiya heard this suggestion that morning, she immediately wanted to curse.

I'm about to have three years of happiness, and now you're telling me you're going to ban my cheating software?!

142. A bribe of up to one hundred million.

While Hoshinomiya was only internally cursing, after hearing the school's suggestion she relayed, the students of Class A immediately started cursing on the spot.

"What does the school mean by this? Are they out of their minds? They actually want to move Aragaki to Class B?!"

"Next, this option doesn't even need to be considered."

"It's reasonable to transfer Sakayanagi Arisu to Class D, but the school has also tied Aragaki to this plan. Are they sure we won't choose this option?"

"It seems the school is still under the jurisdiction of Sakayanagi. The Board Chairman of the board really has a lot of influence!"

After Hoshinomiya finished explaining the first plan, every single student in Class A couldn't help but raise questions on the spot.

This plan is outrageous! It was clearly Sakayanagi Arisu the mistake, yet they want to implicate their class president? Have the school's higher-ups lost their minds?

"Ahem... Although the teacher also thinks this plan is terrible and makes people unhappy, from the school's perspective, it is indeed reasonable."

Seeing that the atmosphere below the stage was getting out of control, Hoshinomiya, as the homeroom teacher, had no choice but to step forward and fulfill her duty to calm the students on behalf of the school.

"If we really want to move Sakayanagi Arisu to Class D, then we need to consider the problem of the original Class A being short one person while Class D is short one person, which would lead to an imbalance in strength among the four first-year classes."

"Therefore, the school decided to select the most suitable student from Class D to go to Class C and transfer him to Class C. Then, following this pattern, the extra students from Class C were first transferred to our class, and then Xiao Aragaki from our class was transferred to the original Class A."

That is, the reshuffling will be completed in the order of the original Class A → Class D → Class C → original Class B → original Class A.

In this way, the number of students and their abilities in each class can be adjusted to the most correct class division model in the past.

As for directly swapping Sakayanagi Arisu Class A with someone from Class D, the school did consider it, but ultimately decided against it.

This is really not good; it leaves too much room for speculation.

If this were to happen, the students would secretly speculate whether the person who swapped with Sakayanagi Arisu should have been in the original Class A, but was instead relegated to Class D by the Board Chairman using his power for personal gain.

However, this is not the case. From the school's perspective, the students in Class D were not assigned to classes incorrectly; each of them had a reason to be considered a "defective product."

At least procedurally, the arrangement of Class D is absolutely reasonable; at most, the quality of students this year is even more exaggerated than in previous years.

"According to the school, Koji Aragaki has already proven his ability."

"As the strongest student in the first year, if his strength were to be reassessed, he should have been placed in the original Class A at the beginning of the semester. This is just putting everything back on track."

"Well said, you don't need to say it again next time!" Shiranami Chihiro interrupted Hoshinomiya-sensei directly, her voice full of dissatisfaction and anger. "What do you mean by 'back to normal'? Aragaki-kun won't leave us. Teacher, just hurry up and tell us the next plan."

"That's right, this plan is completely worthless. I hope the next plan from the school won't be this kind of deceptive nonsense."

Kanzaki Ryuji looked somewhat troubled. He felt that the school was deliberately making things difficult for Class A, a sentiment shared by everyone in the classroom.

"Hoshinomiya-sensei, please release the second plan quickly. I'd like to know what the school administration really means."

Aragaki Shun leisurely rested his chin on his hand, a playful smile curving his lips.

This somewhat outrageous plan must be the Board Chairman's final arrangement.

Now that he's pulled this stunt, what will he offer to appease the numerous first-grade students?

If I'm not mistaken, the answer should be in the second option.

"The second option is simpler: add 200 Class Evaluation Points to each of the four first-grade classes, with the corresponding Private Points deducted from Chairman Sakayanagi's salary."

"Tsk tsk~ That's quite a sum." Aragaki Shun curled his lip, casually calculating the enormous sum of money. "200 Class Evaluation Points, equivalent to 20,000 Private Points per person per month. There are 160 students in the first year, that's 3.2 million per month."

"Only two months have passed, and there are still 34 months left in the next three years. The Board Chairman has suddenly given away 108.8 million Private Points."

Every penny of the budget for Advanced Nurturing needs to be carefully calculated, and the school cannot help the Board Chairman personally bear this extra expense.

Therefore, if the Board Chairman wants to push the school to implement this decision, he must first transfer over 100 million Private Points from his personal account to the school's account before proposing this plan.

Otherwise, other senior officials at the school would certainly not agree to such a proposal.

That's not quite right either. The Board Chairman has already contributed 100 million yuan just for the students' compensation. Under such circumstances, the real cost he will have to pay to push through this voting campaign will only be much higher.

Is this the world as seen through the eyes of a top-tier doting father?

"The situation is quite clear; the school wants us to choose the second option."

Kanzaki was somewhat speechless. "The Board Chairman really went to great lengths."

"Ennn... I really can't understand what these big shots are thinking. Why would they be willing to pay so much money to keep their daughters in this school?"

"What if this amount of money is just a small sum for them?"

"That just shows my limited perspective; I can't even imagine how rich people in high society can be."

Poke~ Poke!!

Aragaki Shun suddenly felt someone touch his waist and turned around to look at Himeno Yuki in confusion.

What does Aragaki think?

"What else can we say? The Board Chairman is trying to bribe me with this 100 million."

"Tsk tsk~ 20,000 Private Points per person per month, that's clearly a benefit the Board Chairman is giving to all first-year students, but you're talking like it's all going into your own pocket."

"Is there a difference?" Aragaki Shun retorted. "Isn't this just a matter of time?"

He currently holds most of the first-year Private Points. If the current trend continues, he will naturally consume most or even all of the one hundred million points in the future.

Therefore, while the rise in Class Evaluation Points for all four first-year classes may seem beneficial to everyone, in reality, due to the first-mover advantage, at least 90% of the benefits will be absorbed by Aragaki Shun and his Class A.

With the Board Chairman's vision, it's impossible that he couldn't see this trend. Therefore, this 100 million can be seen as a bribe he specifically gave to Aragaki Shun.

"This is really a difficult situation..."

If the vote results in Option 1, given the Board Chairman's favoritism towards his daughter, wouldn't he likely expel her from school immediately?

143. The publicly stated ten million; Class B wants to take a gamble.

Why is it difficult?

Himeno Yuki asked, puzzled, "Why don't we just choose option two? Everyone in the class will get an extra 20,000 Private Points per month. That's a ready-made benefit."

"I was just thinking, should I try to achieve Option 1, and then use Twenty Million Personal Points to transfer back to Class A?"

"Huh~" Himeno Yuki's eyes widened, first puzzled as to what the point of doing such a thing was, then she suddenly realized, "Compared to 100 million Private Points, you would still rather transfer Sakayanagi Arisu to Class D?"

"The Board Chairman would never allow Sakayanagi to attend Class D," Aragaki Shun said with unwavering conviction. "If we choose option one, the final result will definitely be that Sakayanagi Arisu out of school and leaves Kodo Ikusei Senior High School."

"So it's just a thought. Although this plan is interesting, it's actually detrimental to our Class A. At most, we can just watch Sakayanagi Arisu fun."

From the perspective of the Leader of Class A, the decision should obviously be made in Option Two.

In any case, the 200 evaluation points given to each class are a real benefit that can be converted into Private Points.