In Classroom of the Elite, My Romance Stock Market Only Wants a Full Position Chapter 12

"So..." Ichinose paused intentionally before writing the words Special Exam on the blackboard with chalk. "The second part of the content is the Reward Operation for the Special Exam."

Hearing the word "reward," the students in the class instantly perked up. They all remembered that just this morning, Hashiba Hikaru had been rewarded with 500,000 Private Points by the school.

"The rules are simple. According to Hoshinomiya, we will frequently participate in Special Exams organized by the school in the future, and each Special Exam will reward the class based on their ranking."

"Although we currently only know that Class Evaluation Points will appear in the rewards, we cannot rule out other content, such as Private Points."

"And the reward mechanism is..."

Ichinose Honami suddenly turned around and pointed at Hashiba Hikaru, who was sitting nearby. Everyone followed her gesture and cast their gazes toward the boy.

"Me?"

Hashiba Hikaru looked confused. Weren't they talking about the rules? Why was it suddenly about him?

Ichinose Honami blinked her beautiful eyes at him and said briskly.

"Take this incident where Hashiba-kun exposed the school's rules, for example. Our Class 1-B gained a total of 100 Class Evaluation Points, and Hashiba-kun also received 500,000 Private Points."

"The reward mechanism for the Point Collection Plan is that if a student can help the class in future Special Exams and demonstrate outstanding performance..."

"Then that student will not need to hand over half of their Private Points for that month and can keep them all," Ichinose Honami explained to everyone. "After all, the contribution they make allows the entire class to benefit, so they naturally deserve to enjoy the protection of Expulsion Protection."

"I see. As long as we perform well enough in the Special Exams, we can both enjoy future insurance against expulsion and not have to hand over our Private Points?"

"Yes," Ichinose Honami nodded. "As for how to determine whether students have made contributions in the Special Exams, the relevant details will be deliberated by everyone together, which is fairer."

When this reward system was explained by Ichinose, everyone in Class 1-B understood it immediately.

This rule was thought up by Hashiba Hikaru this morning, and it was very simple to operate.

If you want to slack off, you just hand over half of your Private Points every month as usual. But if you work hard and help the class gain evaluation points in future Special Exams, you don't have to pay the Private Points and can even receive other rewards.

After all, the 20 million points are collected by everyone together. If you want to obtain Expulsion Exemption, you have to pay a certain price.

"That's right," Ichinose Honami showed a bright smile on her face. "What does everyone think of this plan?"

Chapter 20: Information Regarding Class C

After Ichinose Honami finished explaining all her plans, her gaze swept over the students in the classroom one by one. Soon, a chorus of responses echoed through the room.

"I agree!"

"This plan is great. There are gains and losses, so we can all wholeheartedly contribute to the class."

"Yes, this rule sounds very fair, and everyone can understand it."

Once everyone in Class 1-B grasped the essence of this reward system, they all immediately unified their stance. After all, no one wanted to be at a disadvantage. If they wanted to use the expulsion-exemption opportunity accumulated by their classmates with a clear conscience, they either had to pay points or help the class.

"Very good, thank you all for your support."

Ichinose Honami bowed to everyone in Class 1-B and then walked to Hashiba Hikaru's side.

"Thank you, Hashiba-kun. With these two plans, I believe no one in our Class 1-B will be expelled!"

Looking at the relieved and relaxed expression on the girl's face, Hashiba Hikaru nodded along with her.

"I think so too. Thank you for your hard work, Ichinose-san."

"It was all Hashiba-kun's idea; I'm just executing it." Ichinose Honami's pretty little face couldn't help but show a look of longing for the future as she whispered, "If we could always..."

"What?"

Hashiba Hikaru didn't hear the sentence clearly, but just as he was about to press Ichinose for an answer, a new notification suddenly popped up on his system bar, drawing all his attention.

[The two plans you devised to help Class 1-B have been recognized by your classmates. Ichinose Honami trusts you more and more. Ichinose Honami Stock Price has risen by 10 points. Current stock price: 120]

When Ichinose Honami heard the boy's question, her heart suddenly skipped a beat. She quickly realized she had almost blurted out the inner thought that she wanted Hashiba Hikaru to stay by her side forever, so she hurriedly explained: "It's nothing, forget I said anything. It wasn't important anyway."

"Hashiba-kun, can you let everyone disperse now? After all, the students need to start taking action, don't they?"

"Indeed."

Hashiba Hikaru didn't dwell on whether he had missed something; he was satisfied enough to see the stock price rise. So, with a smile, the boy stepped onto the podium again and said loudly to everyone.

"Then, today's group meeting ends here. Everyone can start acting freely according to the plan I just mentioned."

"Remember, do not leak our plans."

"Understood, please rest assured, Hashiba-kun!"

After Hashiba Hikaru announced the end of the meeting, the members of Class 1-B began to leave the classroom in batches. Everyone found classmates they were familiar with to form small teams and then discussed their chosen locations.

Hashiba Hikaru didn't need to strictly allocate these matters that the students could coordinate freely. He didn't intend to plan every single step in detail.

He wasn't the parent of Class 1-B, and the students assigned to Class 1-B were not helpless infants either; their abilities in all aspects were quite good.

After everyone had mostly dispersed, Hashiba Hikaru glanced at Ichinose, who was still in the classroom. She was surrounded by several girls, seemingly discussing which shampoo was better.

Hashiba Hikaru had no interest in this topic, so after just walking over to say hello, he walked out of the Class 1-B classroom.

Currently, Hashiba Hikaru still knew too little about the school, so he prepared to walk around the campus and collect some information along the way.

Just like that, the day ended quickly. When Hashiba Hikaru dragged his exhausted body back to his dormitory, messages on his phone were still popping up incessantly.

He opened it to see that most of them were messages from the Class 1-B group chat. Everyone was actively sharing information, including various things they had seen and heard today, and sharing them with others.

"Isn't this pretty good?"

After saying this, the boy lay down peacefully on his single bed. The high-intensity mental exertion over the past two days had been truly exhausting; he wondered if he would start losing hair in the future.

Thinking of this, Hashiba Hikaru's mind stirred, and he opened the system's [Trading Shop]. Lines of text appeared before his eyes.

[Stock Analyzer: 1000]

[Bow and Arrow: 2000]

[Piano Performance (Beginner): 150000]

[Basketball (Mastery): 200000]

[Intelligence: 500000]

According to the system's rules, the items in the [Trading Shop] refresh once a month. Except for the [Stock Analyzer], which can be purchased multiple times, all other items can only be bought once.

"It feels like, aside from the Exercise Booster, the other items this month can wait. Intelligence is important, but it's just too expensive—500,000!"

After buying the Exercise Booster yesterday, Hashiba Hikaru's remaining system funds were 169,000. With this amount, he could only afford a few things in the shop, so he quickly closed the system page.

"Regardless, I must speed up the process of developing new stocks."

Hashiba Hikaru was silently pondering. The price of the Ichinose Honami Stock he had acquired was steadily rising. As long as he didn't deviate from the general strategy of Class B climbing upward, the stock price wouldn't have any issues for the time being.

After solving his primary physical problem by purchasing the Exercise Booster, he wanted to acquire more skills or attributes through the system's [Trading Shop] to better position himself for the upcoming class competition.

"I'll try my luck tomorrow; maybe I'll encounter a new stock."

Holding onto the anticipation of a brand-new stock in the future, Hashiba Hikaru chose to drift off to sleep early. After all, he had to wake up early for a run tomorrow.

After his workout the next day, Hashiba Hikaru walked into the Class B classroom with his breakfast, only to find that his classmates were looking at him the moment he entered, just like yesterday.

No, what is it this time?

"Hashiba-kun, this is bad!"

Seeing Hashiba Hikaru walk in, a classmate immediately called his name anxiously. It seemed to be Beppu Ryota, the boy he had tasked with investigating the situation in Class C yesterday.

"Beppu-kun, how did it go?"

"I followed Hashiba-kun's plan yesterday and went to the Volleyball Club to chat with Oda Takumi, and I learned something very important."

"What is it?"

Once Hashiba Hikaru sat back in his seat, he began to listen intently to the other's findings.

"Oda-kun said that their Class C leader hasn't been decided yet, but there is a very dangerous person who is in the process of consolidating the class, and he is about to succeed."

"Dangerous?"

Hashiba Hikaru's expression shifted, and he immediately pressed, "What do you mean by dangerous?"

"Oda-kun said there is a student in their class named Ryuen Kakeru who is using violence to force everyone to vote for him in order to become the leader of Class C, and he has already successfully secured some of the votes."

"?"

Violence?

Hearing this word, a flash of realization crossed Hashiba Hikaru's mind. He suddenly realized he might have made a very serious mistake.

Every time he formulated a plan, he did so based on preconceived notions. The boy had originally assumed that students capable of entering Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School were people who would follow the rules.

But if someone didn't follow the rules and even crossed the red line, then all his plans would need to be adjusted immediately, or else there would definitely be problems.

"I see. If that's the case, this is truly troublesome."

Hashiba Hikaru's expression turned solemn. If the future leader of Class C was a guy who loved violence, then he had to re-examine the current situation.

"Beppu-kun, don't worry for now. This intelligence is very important. I think we need to re-discuss our assessment of Class C."

"Let's wait until everyone is here."

"Understood."

Chapter 21: A Way to Break the Deadlock

When the students of Class B had all arrived, there was still some time before class started, so Hashiba Hikaru immediately called over his desk-mate Ichinose and the few students who had joined the plan early on.

This included Kanzaki Ryuji, Shibata Sou, and a few girls. Everyone gathered around with serious expressions.

After all, they had also heard about the situation in Class C and knew that Hashiba Hikaru was likely about to adjust the plan.

"Everyone has heard Beppu-kun's intelligence, right?" Hashiba Hikaru held a ballpoint pen and wrote a word on his notebook: Violence.

"Yes, and I heard some other information," Kanzaki Ryuji looked at Hashiba, his tone carrying a hint of disgust. "I heard that the boy named Ryuen used violence against his own classmates on the very first day of school."

"Seriously, how could someone like that be admitted with us!"

Ando's pretty face furrowed in a frown; she seemed quite repulsed by the act of using violence, and the girls nearby nodded in agreement.

"Regardless, the one thing we know now is that this boy named Ryuen is someone who won't follow the rules," Hashiba Hikaru paused, a sharp light flashing in his eyes. "Since he dares to use violence to consolidate the class, it means he is capable of doing many things we wouldn't expect."

Violence in schools is not rare, or rather, precisely because it is an ivory tower, it can sometimes create incentives that trigger violent behavior. Everyone is a teenager, and when blood rushes to their heads, it's not strange for them to do anything.

"Yes, that's what I thought when I first heard about it," Ichinose rested her chin on her hand, her blue eyes filled with worry. "If we go and sell the Deep Rules to Class C, maybe even worse things will happen."

"Indeed."

Hashiba Hikaru agreed deeply. Judging from the information he had heard, since Ryuen wanted to use the most straightforward method of violence to consolidate the class on the very first day, if he were to learn about the school's Deep Rules, it might trigger even more violent incidents.

After all, the rules that Class B spent two million points to purchase were very detailed, containing information not found in the student handbook, such as the methods for establishing contracts and the various ways Class Evaluation Points could be deducted.

"I think so too," Shibata, who had been silent until now, scratched his head and began to analyze, "If this guy named Ryuen really finds out about the Deep Rules of the school, he will definitely use his violent methods to threaten ordinary students into doing his bidding."

"Isn't that just school bullying? How awful!"

The girls immediately formed a united front, but after some thought, everyone turned their gazes toward Hashiba, who had been deep in contemplation.

"Hashiba, what should we do? Should we continue with the plan to sell the rules?"

Seeing everyone looking his way, Hashiba Hikaru rubbed his chin, then used his pen to draw a square box around the word "violence" he had just written down.

"This is..."

As his desk mate, Ichinose naturally saw Hashiba's handwriting and leaned in to ask, "Hashiba, have you already come up with an idea?"

"A little bit, but I still need to confirm some information."

Hashiba Hikaru looked up and called out, "Beppu, come over here for a second."

In fact, when the students of Class B saw Hashiba calling for Shibata and the others just now, they all understood in their hearts that the boy was likely drafting a new plan; while everyone appeared to be doing their own thing, their attention was actually focused on this side.

"Alright, Hashiba."

Upon hearing the call, Beppu Ryota ran over immediately, and Shibata promptly gave up the chair he had dragged over to him.

"Beppu, you just said that Ryuen hasn't fully taken control of Class C yet, right?"

"Yes, Oda said that although Ryuen uses violence in the class, he isn't invincible; there are people he can't beat."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, everyone became interested, and even the girls who detested violence had their eyes light up.

"Tell us more."