In Classroom of the Elite, Ichinose You Will Regret This

Uesugi Gen decisively pulled out his phone, found Kamuro Masumi's line, sent a request, and waited quietly for a reply.

So, You'll help me, won't you... The Thief Lady.

Furthermore, It has been nearly two months since I lent personal points to Horikita Suzune, and Class B's little treasury seems to have grown quite plump.

Uesugi Gen recalled the personal point balance he had seen on Ichinose's phone last time, and his heart couldn't help but stir with anticipation.

As the saying goes, when a woman has money, she goes bad. (Serious face)

Such a large sum of points definitely shouldn't be left in Ichinose's care; it would be much safer in my own pocket.

What?

Are you asking if I might go bad?

Uesugi Gen would like to say, You can rest easy on that front; it is absolutely impossible for me to go bad.

Because I was already bad to begin with.

And so, Uesugi Gen took concrete action. He walked up to the podium, nudged Ichinose aside, and under her bewildered gaze, began his performance.

"Classmates, Ichinose is right. I received specific news from the Student Council: during this upcoming vacation trip, the school will hold a special exam that could impact our Class Points by over 300."

As soon as these words left his lips, the expressions of everyone in Class B turned serious.

300 Class Points would be enough for Class B to leap straight into Class A and widen the gap significantly.

Shibata raised his hand and asked excitedly, "Then Uesugi, do you know the specific content of this special exam?"

Before Uesugi Gen could respond, Kanzaki Ryuji had already answered for him, "Shibata, that's impossible. Even if Uesugi is the Vice President of the Student Council, he couldn't possibly know something that would break the balance of the school."

That's true; if he knew something like that, it would be too much of a cheat.

The hearts of the Class B students, which had just been stirred, slowly settled down.

At this moment, however, Uesugi Gen spoke with a grave expression, "No, there is a way to know."

"My secret informant, that Nice Senior who sells me intelligence, told me that for 3 million points—just 3 million points—he can sell us the general scope of this special exam."

As soon as Uesugi Gen said this, everyone in Class B was shocked.

Could someone actually obtain intelligence of this caliber?

Himeno Yuki looked at Uesugi Gen with suspicion, "What kind of background does that senior you know have, to be able to get his hands on information of this level? Wait..."

Himeno Yuki suddenly realized: if even Uesugi Gen didn't have the clearance to know this, yet this senior did, then as far as she knew, there was only one student in this school capable of such a thing...

Ichinose also realized who that person was and looked at Uesugi Gen with concern, "Uesugi-kun, wouldn't something like this violate school regulations?"

"No, it's fine."

Uesugi Gen resolutely refuted, "Since the school claims that points can buy anything, there's no reason it can't buy exam content. All we are doing is using my authority to minimize the points required as much as possible."

Kanzaki Ryuji nodded as well, agreeing, "Indeed. According to Uesugi's explanation, this all falls within the scope permitted by the school's rules. Since that's the case, there's no reason for us not to use it."

This explanation successfully convinced the students of Class B, and they unanimously passed the proposal.

3 million personal points in exchange for the general scope of a special exam worth 300 Class Points—no matter how you look at it, it's not a loss.

At this moment, Shibata Hayate remarked with a sigh, "Still, I never expected Student Council President Horikita to do something like this. At first, I thought he was the kind of selfless, iron-faced senior."

Uesugi Gen immediately agreed and joined in on criticizing Horikita Manabu, "Yeah, I thought he was a straight-laced guy at first too. Who would have thought he's actually a repressed man who has an office romance with his own secretary behind everyone's backs."

"Huh! So that's the kind of person he is."

The students of Class B were instantly drawn in by the gossip about the Student Council President.

"I'm telling you guys this, but you absolutely cannot tell anyone else, actually..."

Chapter 50: Pre-battle Mobilization of Class B

"Survival on an Uninhabited Island!"

Uesugi Gen announced with a serious expression from the podium to the entire class.

"This is the theme of this summer's special exam."

The students of Class B stared at the large characters on the blackboard, momentarily stunned by the school's maneuver.

A voice broke the silence.

"It feels a bit shocking, but it's not entirely unexpected either."

Kanzaki Ryuji commented with a wry smile.

Although Uesugi Gen himself was unreliable, the intelligence he provided had never been wrong. Given the school's style, it wasn't strange for a topic like survival on an uninhabited island to appear as an exam.

"Still, you finally did something a vice-class representative should do. With this information, we'll have a much easier time facing this special exam."

Himeno Yuki glanced at Uesugi Gen and said.

This guy, unreliable as he was, still paid a little attention when it came to the interests of Class B.

"That goes without saying. I'm the class representative, after all. Do you think I'm the type to take your money and not get things done?"

Uesugi Gen patted his chest with a thud, looking righteous as he spoke.

He turned his head, thinking guiltily to himself, If they found out he had embezzled those 3 million private points, his hard-earned glorious image would collapse in an instant.

However, with several million points laid out right in front of him, Uesugi Gen wouldn't be able to sleep soundly if he didn't get his hands on them.

After all, as the class representative and the Minister of Revenue for Class B, he held the entire class in his heart; these points were rightfully meant for his private treasury.

It was a pity that due to a moment of carelessness, he had been sabotaged by villains, reduced to begging for a living every day (mooching off others) and being mocked to his face by his enemy (Ichinose asking him to eat with her every day).

But it didn't matter. Points in heaven and earth should belong to the virtuous, and clearly, I, Uesugi Gen, am very virtuous, so Class B's points are all mine.

Then, once they earned more private points, he would just use the same method to operate again.

Plan complete!

My money is my money, and your money is also my money.

It's mine, it's mine, it's all mine!

Returning to the topic, Ichinose rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a moment.

"Since we already know the exam is about survival on a deserted island, we should prepare directly in that direction. Does anyone in our class have relevant experience?"

Ichinose turned to face the whole class and asked, "Camping, cooking, fishing... anything related will do."

"Um, Ichinose, I used to live with my grandparents in the countryside and can identify some edible plants. Does that count?"

A student raised their hand to ask.

"Of course it counts. Any others? The more, the better."

Ichinose responded affirmatively.

"Um, Ichinose..."

"Um..."

The students of Class B spoke up one after another, actively preparing for this exam.

"Let's go help Ichinose tally up the things we can use."

Amikura Mako and a group of other girls looked at the crowd surrounding Ichinose, stood up, and walked over to help share some of the workload.

"Since that's the case, we can't fall behind either."

Kanzaki Ryuji stood up and looked at the members of the Uesugi-gumi, "We will distribute the work each person in Class B needs to do based on what they are good at."

"Then they can specifically refine the work they are responsible for, so when the special exam arrives, they can just get straight to work according to the assignments made now. This will save a lot of energy."

The members of the Uesugi-gumi nodded in agreement.

After finishing, Kanzaki Ryuji turned his head to look at Uesugi Gen, "Uesugi, do you have anything else to add?"

"Kanzaki, what do you think is the first step for a newly established team?"

Uesugi Gen did not answer Kanzaki Ryuji's question, but instead threw another one back at him.

Kanzaki Ryuji pondered for a moment before providing his answer.

"Hmm~ usually, it's to first get to know the members of the team, gain a general understanding of each member's strengths and weaknesses, utilize them to maximize work efficiency, and finally integrate them to exert an effect where 1+1 is greater than 2... hmm?"

Kanzaki Ryuji instantly understood what Uesugi Gen meant and looked up to survey the entire Class B.

"That's right, you've realized it too, haven't you."

Uesugi Gen continued, "The school's purpose in choosing such a test as the special exam at this point in time..."

"It should be to test the degree of integration within each class among the first-year students this semester."

Before Kanzaki Ryuji could speak, Ichinose, who had walked over from the side, had already provided the answer.

Uesugi Gen squinted his eyes slightly as he looked at Ichinose.

"You came—"

"Because Amikura and the others said you seemed to be discussing something important here, they asked me to come take a look."

Before Uesugi Gen could finish his question, Ichinose had already leaned over and answered with a smile.

Then, Ichinose stood beside Uesugi Gen and said in a serious tone, "Teamwork ability, integration and execution ability, the ability to respond to unexpected situations..."

"To achieve all of the above, the class must reach a consensus; in other words, a concrete leader must be chosen."

"If we can't even manage to integrate the class during this period, we have effectively already lost half of this exam."

"This is a special exam that evaluates the integration capabilities of each class over this past semester."