In Classroom of the Elite, Ichinose You Will Regret It

Feeling the gazes of everyone, Uesugi Gen said with annoyance, "Why are you looking at me? I didn't do it this time; I only suggested that the school remove the past exam papers."

No wonder Hoshinomiya was smiling so happily earlier; it turned out someone from Class D had been expelled.

At this moment, a classmate who had just pushed the door open added weakly, "Um, everyone is saying that the three people expelled were expelled because they offended Uesugi-kun, so Uesugi-kun used his authority as the vice president of the student council to make the school remove the past exam papers."

Uesugi Gen was dumbfounded.

The ones expelled... couldn't be those three idiots from Class D, could they?

Hearing this, Uesugi Gen suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes, feeling as though a massive scapegoat had been dumped onto his head.

At this moment, Class D had already fallen into chaos.

Yamauchi: "I don't want to be expelled, that would be so lame."

Sudo: "How... how could my dreams just end here like this?"

Ike: "Expulsion, no way! Being expelled just a month and a half into the school year, I'll definitely be laughed at by my old classmates."

Horikita Suzune also lowered her head with an ugly expression; having worked so hard for so long, only to end up with this result, it was truly pathetic.

"Right, it's all Class B's fault! It must be that bastard from Class B. He clearly promised us he wouldn't increase the difficulty of the exam, but in the end, he went back on his word. We... we should go report this to the school, and then they'll definitely cancel our expulsion notices. That must be it!"

Yamauchi Haruki shouted incoherently, as if grasping at a straw.

"Don't talk nonsense. Haven't you noticed that the difficulty coefficient of this exam is much lower than the past papers? This is already the result of him showing mercy. At the end of the day, this is because you yourselves aren't strong enough; otherwise, you wouldn't have needed those past papers in the first place."

Horikita Suzune mercilessly shattered Yamauchi Haruki's delusions.

To her, a loss was a loss; she wouldn't look for excuses to cover up her failure.

"Ho... how could this be!"

Immediately, she turned her head and blamed Sudo Ken with resentment, "It's all your fault, Sudo! Why did you have to go and scream in the library for no reason, attracting his attention? Now look what happened—he swapped out the past papers, and now we're all going to be expelled."

Ike chimed in from the side, "That's right, it's all your fault, Sudo. I've always hated your impulsive personality. Now you've gotten us killed."

"I... I didn't know it would turn out like this. If I had known, I would have just knelt and apologized to him back then."

Sudo Ken shouted from the back, his face full of despair.

He never expected that the smiling guy would actually have such power, enough to make the school change the exam papers directly.

"I don't want Sudo-kun and the others to be expelled. Isn't there any way to fix this?"

At this moment, the "accomplice" lady shed a few fake tears with top-tier acting skills and cried out hypocritically.

She hadn't complained any less about those three idiots to Uesugi Gen than anyone else.

"That's right, there must be some way. There must be some way to keep Yamauchi-kun and the others from being expelled."

Hirata Yosuke, who had been keeping his head down with a broken expression, muttered to himself.

"It's impossible. Hirata, stop talking nonsense. Didn't you hear Chabashira-sensei say earlier that they would be expelled as soon as their guardians arrived?"

"Shut up! That's not true. There must... there must be a way!"

Hirata Yosuke shouted, unable to accept reality.

Just as Class D was descending into further chaos, A cold, clear voice pulled Class D back from their panic, "Points. Chabashira-sensei once said that personal points can buy anything in the school. If that's the case, then scores must also be purchasable. We can pay personal points to buy back Sudo-kun's score."

Horikita Suzune said with a gloomy expression while looking at her phone.

At the same time, she cast a glance, without leaving a trace, at a certain unremarkable presence in Class D.

A glimmer of hope ignited in everyone's eyes.

"I see, so there is a way to solve this? Horikita-san, you're so smart! I'll go find Chabashira-sensei right now."

Hirata Yosuke walked toward the teachers' office in excitement.

But soon, he brought back a message of despair: one point on the midterm exam costs 100,000 points, and the three of them from Class D needed a total of 26 points—which meant 2.6 million points.

Having spent all their personal points within a month, they knew full well what an astronomical and hopeless figure this was for Class D, whose class points were already at -100.

Moreover, Class D was not as united as Class B; not everyone was willing to save these three people.

"Why should we use our points to save them? At the end of the day, isn't it just because they didn't work hard enough?"

"That's right. Our class points were deducted to zero because they never followed the school's rules during class."

"If people like that want to be expelled, let them be. I will absolutely not use my personal points to help them."

"No... absolutely not. I will never allow any classmate to be expelled in front of me. If you don't agree, I'll go borrow them. In any case, Sudo-kun and the others must not be expelled."

Hirata Yosuke let out a roar, pushing back his classmates with the sheer force of his presence.

Afterward, he walked out of the classroom without once looking back.

In the end, even after exhausting all of his personal connections, Hirata Yosuke had only managed to borrow 700,000 private points.

During this time, the trio who had found their lifeline began to turn on each other.

"Hey, Hirata, save me first, save me! Everything is Sudo's fault anyway. I didn't do anything wrong, so save me first!"

"What do you mean you didn't do anything wrong? You're the one who has caused the most class point deductions since the start of school! As for Sudo, if he hadn't provoked the Student Council Vice President first, we wouldn't be in this mess. So, you have to save me first!"

"I... I..."

Sudo Ken lowered his head, unable to say a word. A month ago, he had been so arrogant; now, he was just as pathetic.

"Everyone, everyone please don't panic. We can definitely save everyone, we really can. Let's think of another way."

Chapter 35: I Support You

Class B classroom, "So, you ran all the way to our class?"

Uesugi Gen sat on the teacher's podium in the Class B classroom, looking at the few people who had arrived, and asked with a strange expression.

"Yes, please, I'm begging you."

Hirata Yosuke bent at the waist and bowed respectfully to Uesugi Gen.

Uesugi Gen rubbed his chin and said casually, "It shouldn't just be our class that can come up with these points. There are classes in the second and third years that could provide them. What exactly is the reason that led you to come to me, the culprit behind all this?"

The entire Class B looked at Uesugi Gen with bizarre expressions.

He admitted it! He actually admitted that he was the culprit!

Hirata Yosuke kept his eyes closed as he spoke, "The seniors in the third year are graduating in less than a year. They don't believe that we, as Class D, can pay back these 1.9 million points within a year, so they all decisively refused us."

"As for the second year, Nagumo-senpai said their grade is currently in the midst of its most intense struggle and they don't have any spare private points to lend us. But in the end, he was kind enough to lend me 200,000."

Uesugi Gen curled his lip. Setting the third years aside, that guy Nagumo Miyabi in the second year certainly had millions of points, if not tens of millions. It was clear he just didn't want to lend them and had simply used 200,000 to brush off a junior from his own club.

"Sakayanagi-san from Class A agreed to lend us the points, but she couldn't unify the entire class. She couldn't convince the other students in Class A, so we failed."

Hey, hey, can't you tell? That girl Sakayanagi was absolutely just toying with you.

"Uesugi-san, your Class B is our last hope. Please, I'm begging you."

Uesugi Gen looked speechlessly at this man who had begged the entire school for the sake of his classmates, and said, "Hirata Yosuke, right? Why... why go to such lengths for them? You've only known them for less than two months, right? And I've heard your relationship with them isn't even that good. Wouldn't it be more beneficial for your status in the class to just let them get expelled?"

"No... no, that's not it. I just... I just don't want to see any more classmates get hurt."

Hirata Yosuke shouted, his emotions spiraling out of control.

Uesugi Gen covered his face with his hand.

The reason this guy is doing this isn't because of his personality, but simply because he is obsessed with not letting any more classmates get hurt? Another guy with a severely flawed personality.

Listening to the description from the accomplice, I originally thought it was Ichinose from Class D.

Wait...

Uesugi Gen's expression suddenly darkened. He had just thought of a possibility.

I need to find a time to go to Hoshinomiya-sensei's office to verify this.

"Where is your class representative, Ichinose?"

Horikita Suzune asked with her arms crossed, clearly believing that Ichinose would be easier to talk to than Uesugi Gen.

"Oh, she was just called to the office by Hoshinomiya-sensei to help out. This matter has been left entirely to me to handle."

Uesugi Gen answered nonchalantly.

Of course, she had been tricked into going to Hoshinomiya-sensei's office for tea after Uesugi Gen received the news in advance. Hoshinomiya-sensei would help cover for him, and there were two members of the Uesugi-gumi watching over there; if anything happened, they would contact him immediately.

You didn't expect this, did you, Ichinose? You've already been sidelined by me.

By the time you get back, this whole thing will already be over!

Uesugi Gen felt ecstatic inside.

The rest of the Class B students remained silent, looking at Uesugi Gen on the podium, slowly forming a question mark in their minds.

?

Did Ichinose ever say anything like that?

But at this moment, no one spoke up to ask; instead, they chose to believe Uesugi Gen immediately.

Horikita Suzune took in the entire situation regarding Class B, letting out a silent sigh in her heart.

The gap was simply too vast; compared to the infighting-plagued Class D, the difference in overall cohesion between Class B and Class D was like heaven and earth.

At this moment, Uesugi Gen looked at Sudo Ken, who was hiding behind Hirata Yosuke, with a smirk that didn't quite reach his eyes.

"Tell me, Redhead, how did you end up in my hands again?"

"I... I..."

Sudo Ken couldn't manage to say a single word for a long time.

He had now deeply realized the darkness of this society; in his eyes, Uesugi Gen was a terrifying demon king who had easily crushed his dreams.

Watching Sudo Ken stand there like a stunned goose, Uesugi Gen lost the desire to toy with him any further.

"Forget it. What about you, Hirata Yosuke? I'm curious how you actually convinced your class to save these three people."

As far as he knew, Class D was not a peaceful class; it was a mixed bag of people with all sorts of personalities. What kind of price had Hirata Yosuke paid to convince the entire class to agree?

"It didn't cost anything. As long as we can prevent Sudo and the others from being expelled, it's all worth it."

"Hirata..."

Sudo Ken looked at Hirata Yosuke with a touch of emotion, knowing that to prevent his expulsion, Hirata Yosuke had gone to each and every student in Class D, begging them until they finally agreed.

"So, Uesugi-san, I'm begging you."

Hirata Yosuke bowed and pleaded once more.

"No, I refuse."

The four words were spat out ruthlessly from Uesugi Gen's mouth.

"1.9 million private points is not a small sum, even for our Class B. Why would you think we'd lend them to you? Do Ichinose and I look like total suckers to you?"

"No, but since we've already come here, we've prepared ourselves to be fleeced. So, just state your conditions clearly; no matter what they are, we will agree to them."