Classroom of the Elite, Starting with a Zero, Knowing the Plot I Just Lay Flat!

After all, there is a special exam every month, but the classification of students across the four classes is actually completely different.

A gap in quality already existed in the initial class assignments.

For instance, Class A students are mostly elites, Class B consists of excellent ordinary people, Class C is more like a gathering of delinquents and troublemakers, and as for Class D, it is likely the recycling bin for those left over after everyone else was picked.

Although as a student of Class D, and the protagonist's class from the original work, Class D certainly has a group of capable individuals or eccentrics, it is also true that some truly absurd people exist.

Therefore, trying to bring such a group of people together to work hard is truly exhausting.

However, it is possible to obtain points from other places.

As he thought this, Nakano Yuu's gaze fixed on the black-haired girl in front of him.

She only ordered a rice ball, which cost 100 points, and milk, which was 140 points; she only spent 240 points on breakfast.

She looks quite frugal. And her status is that of a freshman who just enrolled.

Nakano Yuu wants to get his hands on some living expenses.

Since students' living expenses are issued by the school, he can only start with the students themselves.

Needless to say, the upperclassmen already know the rules of this school, so it is quite difficult to get points from them, but the freshmen are still green.

Moreover, for the freshmen, every student received a uniform 100,000 points upon enrollment. Since only a month has passed, there must be some who haven't spent it all.

And the black-haired girl in front of him is one of the few wealthy girls among the freshmen.

Although he knows from reading his memories that his five foster sisters are very beautiful, there is still a gap compared to the black-haired girl in front of him.

She is quite outstanding.

A cascade of black hair reaching her waist drapes over her back and shoulders, with a small white ribbon tied into a dainty bow on the right side, along with a long, thin braid.

The waterfall-like black hair carries a faint, lily-like fragrance, likely the scent of her shampoo.

Long eyelashes, orange eyes like a fox's that are full of charm, and that exquisite face.

However, the cold expression on the girl's face seems to radiate an aura of rejection at every moment.

Oh.

This is Horikita Suzune.

The heroine of the Classroom of the Elite world.

In the original work, this heroine not only cooks for herself but also frequently takes free ingredients, which is why she can manage with only ten thousand or so points for monthly living expenses.

So, since it is only the 26th, Horikita Suzune should still have over 80,000 points left.

Of course, Nakano Yuu isn't an unreasonable person who would want to swindle the points others have saved; it's just that in the original work, Horikita's points end up being wasted on buying a passing grade for Sudo's failed exam.

In the original work's written exam, everyone got the test answers, but Sudo still failed, missing the passing line by one point, so Horikita and the male lead spent 100,000 points to buy that point and save Sudo.

It can be said that if you are given the test answers and still fail, and then have to have your classmates spend money to save you and pay for your mistakes, it is truly a disgrace.

Furthermore.

Hasn't that not happened yet? As long as he supervises Sudo to ensure he passes, that money can be saved.

Therefore, he won't feel any guilt at all for swindling this money.

ps: The new book is out. I'll mention the update schedule: 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM (If there are 2 chapters, sometimes if a chapter isn't split, it will just be updated at 11:00 AM.)

Chapter 003: Horikita, I want to sell you an expiring... oh no, an important piece of information!

Because he had found a wealthy target, Nakano-kun quickly finished his breakfast and then started waiting, waiting for Horikita-kun to finish hers.

Finally.

When Horikita Suzune stood up to leave, Nakano Yuu immediately followed.

"Horikita-kun! Wait a moment."

"I have nothing to wait for, and you are blocking my path." Horikita Suzune turned her head at this moment.

Although her beauty is indeed high, her attitude is just as cold and aloof as in the original work.

"I have something to discuss with you," Nakano Yuu said.

?

Horikita's footsteps paused, and she turned around completely.

"Do I have to say it? I really have no interest in romance; I only want to study," she said expressionlessly.

In other words, did she misunderstand that he stopped her to talk about romance or something?

"No," Nakano Yuu immediately expressed his denial, "I am not pursuing you. Please don't misunderstand."

"Then what is it?" Horikita was very surprised.

Because she had been pestered back in middle school and then confessed to, such behavior was just too stupid. So she almost thought Nakano Yuu was going to do the same.

"How many points do you have left right now?" Nakano Yuu asked.

"..." Perhaps Horikita didn't expect the topic to jump so quickly, but she still answered, "82,400 points."

Hmm.

Nakano Yuu nodded.

"I'm out of points. My student ID's private account only has 156 points left," Nakano Yuu said. "156 points is probably only enough to buy a cup of instant noodles."

"..." Horikita.

Upon hearing this, Horikita Suzune frowned slightly. "I won't lend you any."

"I wasn't planning on borrowing money," Nakano Yuu said. "I want to sell you the truth about this school, but you'll have to pay the price."

Nakano Yuu continued, "You have 82,400 points. I won't ask for more; just give me 80,000."

"..."

With a net worth of 82,400, he wanted to take 80,000 points!

So, even though he wasn't here to flirt, he was here to swindle her money?

Horikita Suzune was not in a good mood.

Considering that Horikita Suzune was known in the original story as an honest person, Nakano Yuu decided to throw in some extra information first.

"This school operates on a meritocracy. You heard the student council president say as much during the entrance ceremony, right? The division into classes A through D represents the students' level of ability. Class A students are mostly elites, Class B are excellent ordinary people, Class C is more like a gathering of delinquents and troublemakers, and as for Class D, it's likely the recycling bin for what's left after everyone else has been picked. And you, in Class D, have likely been classified as trash."

Watching the changing expression on Horikita's face, Nakano Yuu continued.

"At the same time, the ranking of classes A through D is fluid and fluctuates based on the class evaluation points. Class evaluation points are the values given to each class by the school after enrollment; the initial value is 1,000 points. If the evaluation points rise, the class ranking rises as well."

"Now, is this information shocking enough for you?" Nakano Yuu asked.

How could it not be shocking?

Over this past month, she had actually noticed many strange things.

For instance, although the school provided free tuition and 100,000 points in living expenses to every student, the school actually offered humanitarian aid in the form of free meals or free ingredients.

As long as one could withstand the gazes of others, one could take them freely.

At the same time, the school seemed to have no restrictions on students; chatting on phones during class wouldn't get them scolded. Teachers wouldn't even assign homework.

Chabashira, as the homeroom teacher, wouldn't interfere with students being late or skipping class.

The school was incredibly indulgent toward the students, but she had also noticed that the students in her class seemed a bit off. Logically, a school with such a good environment should recruit students who matched it. Yet, the students' performance was so poor, and the behavior of some classmates was even absurd—they looked incompetent, and the school didn't intervene at all.

This clearly defied common sense.

So, for this past month, she had always felt something was strange.

And now.

She finally understood: the school wasn't being generous; it had already graded the students. The reason the classmates around her were so poor was that she was in a very poor class herself. And if that were all, it might be fine.

One had to know, she had always been an honor student, following in the footsteps of her excellent older brother, only to be judged as having poor performance—it was simply unacceptable.

And now, she even knew that being assigned to Class D meant being judged as trash!

Why would it be like this?

"And if you collect 20 million points, you can transfer to the class you want; you can even go to Class A," Nakano Yuu added.

"Then... my athletic ability is strong, and my academic ability isn't low either. I can basically get a 94 out of 100 on the entrance exam. Why was I assigned to Class D? Or is it that everyone else is very strong?" Horikita Suzune asked, her face turning pale.

"No, no, no," Nakano Yuu said. "While some students are indeed strong, like me, some students are just as you see—like Ike or Yamauchi—who are absurdly incompetent. Others aren't strong either, and some even fail. And your assessment of yourself is also wrong. Your academic ability is strong but you can't get a perfect score, and your athletic ability is strong, but that's only compared to ordinary girls. Not to mention, if they also evaluate teamwork and the like, you, being unsociable, would basically get a zero."

"Since the school ranks students, it means you have a huge flaw within the school's grand system. So, while you think some of your performances are good enough to add points, it also means your shortcomings were penalized even more severely," Nakano Yuu said. "That is why you received a comprehensive evaluation of trash."

???

"..."

"..." Horikita Suzune.

Horikita Suzune's expression turned even paler.

"So, is that shocking enough for you? Since you're shocked, transfer the points. These are just the basics; I have one more time-sensitive... well, important piece of information I can throw in for free later."

Nakano Yuu took out his mobile terminal.

This was the condition he had agreed upon with Horikita Suzune.

She had cleverly assumed Nakano Yuu wanted to swindle her money, so she told him to sell the information first, and if it was valuable enough, she would pay.

And if it was shocking enough, she would even pay the full amount.

This was based on what the homeroom teacher told them on the first day of school: they could use the points in their student IDs to buy supplies, and as long as they had enough points, they could buy anything.

As such.

Buying information from Nakano Yuu at a price was also permitted.

But honestly, this was something Horikita Suzune had proposed herself. Nakano Yuu had only intended to swindle 80,000 from her at first. But Horikita Suzune seemed willing to contribute everything.

"..." Horikita Suzune pursed her lips.

"..."

Horikita Suzune bit her lip.

She realized her own foolishness. Was this what they meant by a meritocratic classroom?

"How do I transfer the points?" she asked after two minutes of silence.

"Like this, just scan my QR code." Nakano Yuu opened an interface. "Or you can enter my student ID."

Beep!

Following Nakano Yuu's instructions, his private point balance updated immediately.

It went from a pathetic 156 points to 82,556 points.

Meanwhile, Horikita-san's balance went from 82,400 points to zero.

What a well-behaved girl.

One had to remember that the Horikita from the original story was known for being extremely antisocial, like a high mountain or solid ice, requiring constant influence from the male lead to soften up, but right now, Nakano Yuu unexpectedly felt his favorability toward her increase by one.

"Even though you're broke now, don't be nervous." Nakano Yuu offered her another piece of information for free. "The school took into account that this is a classroom where ability is everything, and that some students would inevitably spend all their points. To ensure these students survive, the school has prepared some free daily necessities at the large supermarket. So, you can go and get some."

"I knew about that at the beginning of the month. So, the school actually took these aspects into consideration?" Horikita Suzune rested her chin on one hand.

At the time, she had felt the school was overly indulgent toward the students, providing humanitarian aid even when they ran out of points.

It was like raising parasites.

But now, it was indeed raising losers—those belonging to classes that failed in the class competition.

Only now did she realize how little she truly understood about this school.

"Because this school has been around for over a decade; what hasn't it seen?" Nakano Yuu said.

No, no, no. Today was just the first day you took the initiative to talk to her, and you swindled all her money within five minutes—the school has definitely never seen that.

Horikita felt she had encountered an anomaly.