Considerate Nagumo Miyabi!

"Mm." Nakano Yuu nodded.

He could finally put his plan to earn some points from this exam into action.

First- and second-year students were taking the same exam, and the format was the same too: they would be tested on old questions.

The first-years could basically only swindle money from Ryuuen Class, but he hadn't made a move on the second-years at all yet.

After messaging the other members of his group to tell them that there would be no tutoring after school today and they could take the day off, Nakano began to act.

He headed straight for the Student Council Office.

It was probably office hours, because the council members were all there, and the Student Council President was leisurely looking through some documents.

At the vice president's desks nearby, Vice President Miyabi Nagumo and another vice president named Kiriyama were present.

There were also two secretaries and one treasurer.

"Everyone's here!" said Nakano Yuu.

He was just an ordinary student visiting the Student Council, but he showed none of the nervousness or unease other students felt when they came here.

"What do you want, Nakano Yuu of Class 1-D?" Horikita Manabu looked up from a document, his sharp gaze sweeping over him.

He lightly pushed up his glasses.

"I do have something to discuss. I'm here to do three things," said Nakano Yuu.

Chapter 41: Considerate Nagumo Miyabi!

A student from Class 1-D had come to the Student Council and declared that he wanted to do three things.

Wasn't that a little outrageous?

You were at the Student Council. Weren't you supposed to be asking for its help?

But that was exactly how he looked.

Miyabi Nagumo also turned his attention away from his computer screen and looked over.

He recognized the student's face. Nakano was good-looking, and Nagumo considered himself one of the handsome second-years, so he tended to pay more attention to other handsome students.

After all, they might be rivals.

Second, the other student also had a very pretty girl named Suzune with him.

That had caught Nagumo's interest.

So he'd taken the initiative to add his junior as a friend.

But after they'd parted ways that day, he'd sent Nakano several messages, and Nakano hadn't replied to a single one.

It was as if he'd blocked Nagumo completely.

That had annoyed him a little.

Still, he was a senior, not some petty, small-minded person, so he hadn't gone out of his way to cause Nakano trouble.

And now the President had spoken, so he didn't interrupt.

However.

Katsuragi, another first-year who was sitting at his desk, raised his head to look over.

He hadn't spoken to Nakano directly, but he'd bought the Student Council Secretary position from him. That meant Nakano had the President's approval, so Katsuragi paid him extra attention.

But why had Nakano come to the Student Council today?

Had he regretted selling the secretary position and come to take it back?

That had to be it.

Points at this school were all-powerful. As long as you could pay the price, you could buy anything.

Including his Student Council Secretary position.

So it was entirely possible that Nakano wanted to buy back the position he'd sold.

There were plenty of opportunities to be had by joining the Student Council, and after joining, Katsuragi had also learned some inside information.

For example, about this Special Exam.

His class had already begun studying in full swing. His classmates were all quite capable students, so he wasn't worried. But when he'd visited the library, he'd noticed that the upperclassmen weren't studying at all.

That was strange.

It made sense for the third-years, since they weren't taking a written exam. But it was odd that the second-years weren't studying either.

So...

When he'd been on duty two days ago, he'd noticed some second-year girls come to the Student Council to report that a first-year had tried to buy their test papers.

Well, that was certainly something.

Katsuragi saw an opportunity, so he'd also decided to buy some upperclassmen's test papers. He'd already obtained them.

He was planning to send them to his classmates as study materials over the next couple of days.

It was a small perk for the students who supported him in the Katsuragi Faction.

Of course, he'd also considered sharing the papers with the Sakayanagi Faction, but he worried they might interfere or even report him.

So he still hadn't made up his mind.

"First, I want to check the transaction records on Katsuragi Kohei's Student ID Card's private account," said Nakano Yuu.

"..." Katsuragi.

Katsuragi had been deep in thought, but hearing his name called, he hurriedly looked over.

"I'm reporting him!" said Nakano Yuu. "Katsuragi owes me a million points, but his account has had transactions totaling over a million points this month, and he only paid back 500,000. That's failure to repay a debt."

Ah.

Katsuragi froze.

Then he understood. The matter with Ryuuen must have come to light.

At the beginning of the month, he'd indeed gathered a million points. He had twenty-five supporters in total, and everyone in the class received more than 80,000 points in monthly allowances. Adding what they'd saved from the previous month, each student could give him 40,000 points without affecting their daily lives.

But when it came time to repay Nakano Yuu the million points for the Student Council Secretary position, Katsuragi hesitated.

He chose to pay back only half.

He planned to repay the rest next month, while keeping several hundred thousand points on hand to deal with any problems that might arise.

But his subordinate Yahiko had suddenly suggested that they use the points for now to hire Ryuuen.

The previous month, Ryuuen had apparently gone out of his way to make life miserable for their class. Yahiko hadn't been able to hold back and had punched Ryuuen in the face. It had happened under a camera, too, so their class had lost points on the conduct exam.

Katsuragi knew Yahiko wasn't one to think things through. He wanted to retaliate against Ryuuen and have him attack the other classes through fighting.

But the plan wasn't entirely without merit.

First, Yahiko thought that if there were another conduct exam this month, Ryuuen and the other classes would lose points.

Second, even if there wasn't, Katsuragi thought they could give it a try and test the abilities of Classes B, C, and D.

So he'd agreed to the plan and given the remaining 500,000 points to Ryuuen.

But Ryuuen's attacks on Classes B and D were already over.

Ryuuen had come away empty-handed.

The students in Class B had a certain amount of strength, and there had been witnesses when the students in Class D were attacked.

So the matter had gone nowhere, and of course, the money couldn't be recovered.

Still, they'd gathered some information on the strength of all three classes.

Katsuragi had accepted that the matter was over.

But...

Had Nakano Yuu learned from Ryuuen that Katsuragi had paid him instead of repaying his debt? Was that why he'd come to the Student Council to make a scene?

"Katsuragi, is that true?" Horikita Manabu looked over.

"President, about that..." Sweat had already appeared on Katsuragi's forehead.

He'd joined the Student Council back in middle school and even become vice president. He was more than capable of handling the secretary position.

But right now, he felt under pressure.

If Nakano exposed in front of the President that he'd used 500,000 points to hire Ryuuen and had instructed him to attack the other classes, the President's opinion of him would surely fall. Then, if Nakano asked to buy back the secretary position, the President would very likely agree.

And if he lost the secretary position, the Katsuragi Faction would certainly be affected. The Sakayanagi Faction would take the chance to smear him, and the conflict within Class A would become even more severe.

At the thought, Katsuragi was sweating profusely.

And the President was still waiting for his explanation.

"I don't personally have that many points. Those points were given to me by the students in my class," Katsuragi said with difficulty. "They were class funds collected to prepare for the Special Exam."

"And Nakano, I had no intention of dodging my debt. I'll definitely repay the 500,000 points I still owe you."

"Oh," said Horikita Manabu, his tone as calm as ever.

"So you came here to follow up on the points you paid for the Student Council position," said Horikita Manabu.

Listening to their conversation, Miyabi Nagumo began paying attention.

So this was Nakano Yuu's fault?

The President had sold the Student Council position to someone who couldn't afford it?

Nagumo had heard that Katsuragi had bought the secretary position. He'd assumed a first-year was bold enough to fully embrace the principle of "ability first, points first."

And that the President had approved of him.

But now it seemed the person who'd originally obtained the secretary position wasn't Katsuragi. It was the first-year junior from Class D standing right in front of him.

He really was from Class D.

Nagumo felt he'd misjudged him.

But...

"I don't think we need to let things get so tense," Nagumo said suddenly from his seat. "How many points does Katsuragi owe you? I can pay it for him for now."

"He still owes me 600,000," said Nakano Yuu. "Right, Katsuragi?"

600,000?

It was clearly 500,000. Had Nakano Yuu decided to tack on interest at the last minute?

Katsuragi was puzzled, but when he looked at Nakano Yuu, he noticed him wink.

So that was what he meant by padding the amount.

He understood.

Nagumo was willing to pay on his behalf, and since he'd given points to Ryuuen and repaid 500,000 to Nakano Yuu, Katsuragi had no points left.

For someone as cautious as him, that wasn't a good situation at all. It would even make him anxious.

So he could get 100,000 points to keep on hand.

"600,000?" Nagumo didn't speak right away when he heard the amount. Then, when Katsuragi looked over too, he smiled. "Sure, I'll cover it for now."

"Just pay me back next month. You can manage that, right, Secretary Katsuragi?"

"Yes!" Katsuragi replied at once.

"Good." Miyabi Nagumo nodded. "President, may I cover the payment for Junior Katsuragi?"

"This is a dispute between the two of you. The Student Council won't get involved," said the President.

But he raised his left hand, as if resting his chin on it.

Nakano Yuu knew the President had already begun to grow suspicious.

Since today's update is done!

PS: Time to pay your dues, brothers—cough it up!