Classroom of the Elite, It's Not About Meritocracy, It's About Me Ruling the World! 40

Once Kijima Tsukur is firmly within her grasp, she'll see if he can still be so arrogant.

On the other side.

Behind the corridor wall, Morishita Ai turned her head to glance at Yamamura Miki beside her.

She whispered:

"Yamamura Miki, Kijima Tsukur seems to be complimenting you."

"Hmph... at least he still has a conscience."

Yamamura Miki tilted her little head up, feeling inexplicably proud.

Thinking about it carefully, she had been adjusting the portion sizes for his breakfast and the flavors for his dinner every day for the past few days!

She was practically the greatest philanthropist in the world, so being complimented was only natural, right?

Besides.

Strictly speaking.

This was something Kijima Tsukur should have been doing himself.

Thinking of this, Yamamura Miki shot another fierce glare at Kijima Tsukur's figure.

Morishita Ai, observing this drama queen from the side, was speechless:

"Yamamura Miki, why do I feel like you're so strange?"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"You're timid yet fierce."

"I am not."

Yamamura Miki's pretty face flushed red, and she muttered to herself: "It's even stranger that you call people by their full names like that."

"See..."

Morishita Ai instantly sensed what she was thinking.

However, her observational skills were already outstanding, and she roughly understood the reason why Kijima Tsukur had asked her to interact more with Yamamura Miki...

No matter how sudden or strange she acted, Yamamura Miki never once had the thought that she was disgusting or anything of the sort.

Not even once...

"Fine, I'll consider you qualified for now."

Morishita Ai thought for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, and nodded with some distress:

"For the sake of you being timid yet fierce, I'll just call you Miki-chan!"

"I don't want that!"

Chapter 37: May, We Have a Traitor in Our Midst!

May 1st.

Time flowed by, a month passed quickly, and the new month had finally arrived.

During this month, although everything seemed harmonious on the surface, if one observed carefully, Class A had roughly split into three factions.

The Sakayanagi Faction, led by Sakayanagi Arisu, Kamuro Masumi, and Kito Hayato.

The Katsuragi Faction, led by Katsuragi Kohei, Totsuka Yahiko, and Machida Koji.

The Kijima Faction, led by Kijima Tsukur, Yamamura Miki, and Morishita Ai.

Among them, the Kijima Faction had the least strength; strictly speaking, it seemed to consist of only those three.

Although the Katsuragi Faction also supported Kijima Tsukur, it was basically out of trust in Katsuragi Kohei.

However.

Once Kijima Tsukur failed, it would also deal a huge blow to Katsuragi.

The two sides could be considered to share the same glory and the same losses.

Of course.

There was also a free agent—Hashimoto Masayoshi.

Although he had been in contact with Kijima Tsukur and the others, he had recently started getting closer to Sakayanagi Arisu as well.

At this moment, in the first-year Class A.

Everyone's faces were filled with smiles, and Kijima Tsukur was also looking at the phone in his hand.

Private Points: 172,983.

Including the 20,000 Private Points paid by Ichinose Honami, Kijima Tsukur originally possessed over 90,000 Private Points.

However, he had transferred 20,000 for living expenses to Yamamura Miki along the way.

According to Yamamura Miki, the 20,000 for living expenses transferred later hadn't been fully spent yet, and he wasn't quite sure when they would run out.

This morning.

He received another 98,000 Private Points deposited by the school.

It was indeed different from the 100,000 Private Points at the start of the school year.

This also proved that, the information Kijima Tsukur had was indeed accurate.

Over this past month, Class A had retained 980 of their initial points.

Precisely because of this, the faces of those in Class A were beaming with smiles.

Some even, secretly suspected, that the 20 Class Points deducted, might have all been caused by Kijima Tsukur playing with his Rubik's Cube.

Such suspicion was not without reason.

After all, everyone in Class A were model students; even if their grades weren't up to par, they could still fake basic classroom etiquette, whereas only Kijima Tsukur was unbridled.

But since his grades were very good, no one said anything.

For Class A, everything was simple.

As long as the grades were okay, then everything was easy to discuss, and the class atmosphere was one of harmony and joy!

As the school bell rang.

Everyone returned to their respective seats, took out their textbooks, and waited for class to begin.

Click, clack, click!

Accompanied by the sound of Mashima's leather shoes, he walked into the classroom carrying a roll of poster-like paper.

Looking at the joyful and confident smiles on everyone's faces, even Mashima's stern face couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile.

"It seems you have roughly figured out the rules of this school!"

"..."

"However, I will still explain them to everyone once."

Next.

Mashima explained the rules of this school in general, which were exactly the same as what everyone had already understood.

In fact.

Everyone knew even a little bit more.

For instance, Mashima did not explain the matter of transferring classes for 20 million Private Points.

"Alright, are there any other questions? Hmm, Classmate Sakayanagi!"

"Teacher."

Receiving permission, Sakayanagi Arisu lowered her small hand and smiled: "Please tell us when the next special exam will be, and besides special exams, are there any other opportunities to increase Class Points?"

"Hmm, as expected of Sakayanagi."

Mashima nodded and smiled: "This question is indeed crucial, but let's talk about that later. Are there any other questions regarding the rules?"

No one responded.

The general rules were already known, and the questions they wanted to ask had been clearly covered by Sakayanagi Arisu.

During this period, Sakayanagi Arisu had been very active.

To summarize, it boiled down to four points.

Maintaining conflict, stating her position, demonstrating strength, and recruiting personnel.

Whenever there was an opportunity to perform, Sakayanagi Arisu would be the first to step forward.

Even if she couldn't deal a fatal blow to Kijima and the Katsuragi Faction, she had gradually gathered quite a few people around her.

"Since there are no questions, let's start the next phase. Although your grades are very good, even the best in history, and you have maintained the status of Class A, however..."

"The students in the other classes this year are not to be underestimated, so you must not be careless."

Homeroom teacher Mashima stuck the sheet of white paper onto the blackboard and secured it with magnets, displaying the current class points for each class.

Class A (Kijima Tsukur): 980 class points

Class B (Ichinose Honami): 930 class points

Class C (Ryuen Kakeru): 690 class points

Class D (Ayanokoji): 0 class points.

As soon as this paper appeared.

The smiles on the faces of the Class A students froze, and they could no longer laugh.

Although they knew that by disclosing information during the initial phase, the performance of the other three classes would certainly improve.

But now...

Setting aside Class D and Class C, Class B was simply outrageous.

There was a clear gap between Class B and Class C.

This indicated that the Class B led by Ichinose Honami far surpassed the other classes in terms of organization and discipline, perhaps even exceeding Class A!

No!

It was almost certain.

In terms of discipline, Class B was absolutely superior to Class A.

If not for the lead they had established in the first three days, they would have almost overtaken Class A already!

They might have fallen from Class A within the very first month!

Thinking of this.