Classroom of the Elite, Starting with 0 Points, I Know the Plot So I'm Just Going to Lay Flat!

Meanwhile, Mashima, the homeroom teacher for Class A, continued to write.

First-year Class B: 710 points.

Hmm, this was a reasonable score. According to the homeroom teacher, 800-plus points at the end of the first month was the equilibrium for Class A students, so 600 to 700 was the score for Class B students. Therefore, this number was not surprising.

Mashima continued writing.

First-year Class C: 503 points.

To have 500 points deducted in the very first month—this figure indeed confirmed that Ryuen Kakeru had only obtained the information in the last few days, which was why his class had already lost a massive amount of points.

So, there was indeed a reason for them to target Class A with only this remaining value.

Katsuragi Kohei felt that everything made sense now.

Then, Mashima continued writing.

Next was first-year Class D.

"Actually, I think the one we need to be wary of is Class D," he warned Sakayanagi Arisu. He hoped she wouldn't walk a path of opposition against him, because Class A was currently crushing both Class B and Class C, giving them a clear advantage. If they were to fight amongst themselves and let the other classes catch up, it would be incredibly, unimaginably stupid.

First-year Class D: 1...

Hmm.

The homeroom teacher, Mashima, had written the digit 1.

Katsuragi frowned. It actually started with a 1.

According to the rules, all four classes started with 1,000 points. If it started with a 1, it meant that Class D had either not been deducted any points, or they had obtained some kind of bonus opportunity.

So.

Damn it.

Was Class D actually the most excellent one?

And if Class D started with 1,000 points, wouldn't their Class A ranking drop at the end of the first month?

Thinking this, he felt uneasy.

"100 points, perhaps?" Sakayanagi Arisu said.

Her voice was clear and melodious, and it suddenly snapped Katsuragi Kohei out of his thoughts.

That's right.

The data already obtained indicated that the initial distribution of students into A, B, C, and D was largely based on excellence. Even if some talented individuals had fallen into other classes, Class A still held the overall advantage.

In other words, even if someone in Class D was truly excellent and had known the nature of the school early on, his class was still filled with dead weight. So, it might not be 1,000 points, but 100!

If it was 100, then their Class A was safe!

However, under everyone's gaze, Mashima seemed to be frowning as well. He then erased the 100 points he had written and replaced them with a 0.

First-year Class D: 0 points.

"The class evaluation score for first-year Class D is 0 points." Seeing the final score the teacher had filled in, which signified that the writing was complete, Sakayanagi Arisu turned to Katsuragi. "Katsuragi-kun, what was it you said we should be careful about just now?"

Be careful of a Class D that had ended up with 0 points?

It wasn't just that they had ended up with 0 points; the information Ryuen Kakeru had sold him was likely fake as well.

Because if he had possessed intelligence early on, how could his own class have ended up with 0 points?

Mashima had probably written 100 points initially because he assumed that was the typical score for Class D in previous years—100 or 200 points or something similar.

As it turned out, no one could have predicted it would be 0.

"No, never mind what I said." Katsuragi had originally wanted to warn his classmates to be careful of Class D, but now it seemed pointless.

And to have students be wary of a class that had lost all its points within a month of enrollment?

Especially after he had so earnestly warned Sakayanagi Arisu?

Katsuragi felt that his standing in Sakayanagi's eyes would plummet. Perhaps she would think he was incompetent and then proceed to seize control of the entire class.

"That concludes the current class evaluation scores for each class. Additionally, there will be a midterm exam at the end of this month," Mashima, the homeroom teacher for Class A, said without hesitation. "The school will grant a reward of up to 100 class evaluation points to classes that perform well, and if you fail, you will face expulsion. Please attend class seriously and study hard."

In other words, it was highly likely that the various exams to follow would not offer class evaluation points as high as the 1,000 points from this first month.

So, Class A was still safe. The only one they needed to worry about now was Class B.

Having gone through a drastic psychological shift, Katsuragi Kohei finally let out a sigh of relief.

[10,000 private points have been deposited into your account. Sender: Ryuen Kakeru LY10340545. Current balance: 385,556 private points.]

Nakano Yuu checked his phone because a transfer notification had suddenly popped up.

At the same time, because of the transfer notification, a sound similar to an Alipay deposit alert rang out, signaling the arrival of the 10,000 points.

Nakano Yuu noticed the gazes of the surrounding students turning toward him.

Or rather, for this impoverished class, since there was no living allowance this month, they could only rely on what they had saved from the previous month.

And the number of students with over 10,000 points did not exceed half the class.

The sound of 10,000 points being deposited was indeed quite conspicuous.

"Thank you, Horikita-san. Now I have my living expenses for the month covered," Nakano Yuu said immediately.

In other words, had Horikita-san just transferred 10,000 points to him?

The surrounding students retracted their gazes.

That's right.

Even if they had almost no points left themselves, there were surely others who still had some, and they could ask them for a loan.

And so, after Chabashira-sensei yielded the homeroom time to them, the students immediately began their grand plan for borrowing money.

It was nothing if not desperate.

"I'll put up my PSP as collateral, just lend me 30,000 points. What, you only have 20,000 left? Then 20,000 will do."

"Kushida-san, I only need to borrow 2,000 points, please. I'll ask others as well."

"Thank you, Kushida-san..."

And so on.

The presence of Nakano Yuu's 10,000-point deposit immediately faded.

As for Horikita Suzune, she turned toward Nakano Yuu the moment he said that.

Because she knew very well that she hadn't transferred him any money at all.

"It was transferred by that big sucker from before," Nakano Yuu said. "And he included a note with the transfer: [Katsuragi from Class A asked me why you targeted them, and I told him a student from Class D sold me the information.]."

Nakano Yuu thought for a moment and added, "It seems some guy from Class C sold out my information. This is truly shifting the blame onto me."

"But whatever, we'll run into Class A eventually anyway," Nakano Yuu said, shrugging his shoulders as if helpless ╮(╯▽╰)╭. "Since we have to stay here for three years, it's impossible not to cross paths."

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Horikita Suzune didn't understand what he was talking about.

But that didn't stop her from realizing that Nakano Yuu had just used her as a scapegoat.

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Chapter 011: Taking Horikita-imouto Out Fishing, The Culprit President, Come On!

After school, although they had just experienced the shocking revelations about the true nature and intelligence of this school that morning.

But for the students of Class D, this perhaps wasn't such a big deal.

At the very least, no one chose to drop out at a time like this, so even if Hirata didn't coerce everyone into staying, they would have stayed anyway.

After all, even if they had no living expenses for this month, the tuition was free, and it would remain free for three consecutive years—something schools in the outside world couldn't offer.

Furthermore, even the dormitories provided an extremely excellent living environment.

So, there was no need to drop out.

Moreover, Chabashira-sensei had also said that not just last month, but every month from now on, there would be a special exam held during class time.

And this month's special exam was a written test, worth 100 points.

Although it was only 100 points, if they earned those points, it meant they would have an income moving forward.

If they got 100 points this month and another 100 points next month, wouldn't that mean a monthly income of 20,000... well, yen?

It was barely enough to live on.

And besides.

Kushida-san had also discovered an unexpected detail: the school provided humanitarian relief to students with no points, offering free items at both the convenience store and the school cafeteria.

The cafeteria provided free meals, while the convenience store provided certain daily necessities.

In other words, it was still possible to survive in this school.

Therefore, after school, many students ran to the cafeteria to eat the relief meals.

However, only a portion of them went; they had tasted it at noon, and it was truly awful, so those who still had points tried to avoid it. Those who knew how to cook considered using free ingredients to make their own meals, just like Horikita-san.

It was a case of "to each their own," and everyone found a lifestyle they felt comfortable with.

As for Nakano Yuu, it was simple: after eating at the cafeteria with Horikita-san, he took her to the supermarket to go shopping.

Although it had been a month since enrollment and most daily necessities had already been purchased, Nakano Yuu still had some things he needed.

Previously, he only had 100,000 points and spent most of them on food, but now that he had plenty of points, he could naturally upgrade some items to better versions.

Moreover, upon entering the supermarket, Nakano Yuu noticed that Horikita Suzune was also shopping.

According to her, she cooked for herself quite often now, so she needed to replenish ingredients frequently.

She also needed to restock some daily necessities, such as toilet paper or milk.

"Are you saying you want me to return after dropping you off? I think that would be quite troublesome," Horikita Suzune said.

Clearly, she knew she was still being employed by her classmate, and the fee was 1,000 private points, which wasn't high. But she still had professional integrity.

She didn't want to waste too much time, either.

For the past month, her daily routine had been very consistent, and at this time of day, she would basically be in her dormitory studying.

"Hmm... do as you please," Nakano Yuu said.

How should he put it? Nakano Yuu felt that Horikita Suzune was likely the type of person well-suited for managing a household.

Just like that.

After the two of them had been busy for a while, it was already past seven o'clock.

However.

"Let's go grab a coffee and take a break," Nakano Yuu said. "After all, you've worked hard today, and it's a ten-minute walk from this shopping district back to the student dorms, so it's better to rest for a bit first."

Sensing that Horikita Suzune might refuse if he put it that way, he added, "Of course, I will pay for this time as well, at a rate of 1,000 points per hour."

"As you know, apart from me, you won't be able to find any work in this shopping district," Nakano Yuu said.

When this kind of phrasing is used, the person being spoken to is easily cornered.

Horikita Suzune's expression seemed to turn somewhat unwilling.

But this was easy to understand; she couldn't get points from her class for the time being, and as a regular high school student, there was naturally one other method she could think of: getting a part-time job.

But unfortunately, she had already received an answer from the staff when they went to the convenience store and supermarket just now.

No.

They wouldn't hire students.

And the school wouldn't allow them to pay the students, either. So, despite finally reaching the age where they could work, they were unable to do so, meaning they couldn't earn points in a normal way.

Thus, Horikita could only sit down obediently.