Chapter Summaries

Hoya advised Ryuen Shoko on how to lead Class C, and she secured the class’s submission by defeating the students who challenged her. Afterward, Hoya tended to her injuries and told her to carry herself like a queen.

• Hoya asked Ryuen Shoko whether she wanted to rule Class C as an overlord or a tyrant, and explained the difference.
• A classmate objected to Ryuen Shoko and Hoya’s exchange, so Ryuen Shoko knocked him down with a pencil case.
• Ryuen Shoko challenged the class, defeated Yamada Albert in three punches, and then beat the other students who came at her in a group.
• Hoya gave the bruised Ryuen Shoko ointment and cleaned her chair before she sat down.
• Ryuen Shoko told Hoya to apply the ointment for her.

After Ryuen Shoko defeated her classmates and claimed leadership of Class C, the housing agent helped smooth things over and questioned Kazuma Sakagami about the school’s point system and goals. He left planning to support Ryuen from behind the scenes while considering what lay ahead.

• The housing agent treated Ryuen Shoko’s visible wounds, then argued that her punishment of the class made her a king rather than a tyrant.
• Ryuen Shoko left the classroom after appointing the housing agent to handle the remaining students, who went home or helped their injured classmates to the infirmary.
• The housing agent stayed behind to ask Kazuma Sakagami about his hopes for Class C, and Sakagami said he wanted the class to improve and avoid falling to Class D.
• The housing agent deduced that the school secretly calculated class standings through points and questioned whether the monthly student allowance was connected to that system.
• Kazuma Sakagami agreed to overlook what was happening in Class C and support the housing agent as far as he could go, while the housing agent insisted Ryuen Shoko was the class leader and he would work as her strategist.
• The housing agent left to get dinner and think about the future.

Hoya met Ichinose Honami in the cafeteria and hinted that the students’ monthly points might not always be 100,000. After making Ichinose pay for more information with a bite of meat, he left her to work out what the school’s point system meant.

• Hoya chose the vegetable set meal in the cafeteria, added meat and an egg, and met Ichinose Honami when she asked why he had chosen it.
• Ichinose sat with Hoya to learn about the points system, and Hoya teased her by asking her to feed him a piece of meat.
• Hoya asked how many points Ichinose’s class had received and pointed out that 100,000 points per student seemed unusually generous.
• Hoya told Ichinose that his homeroom teacher had confirmed the monthly points were not necessarily always 100,000, then said further information would cost points.

Chukai-kun negotiated an alliance between Class B and Class C while explaining the academy’s class-ranking system to Ichinose Honami and Ryuen Shoko. Ryuen Shoko claimed the points Ichinose paid for Chukai-kun’s information, then returned them to him with a warning that he could only earn money from her.

• Chukai-kun offered Ichinose Honami more information in exchange for either 200,000 points or a 10,000-point deal that included an agreement between Class B and Class C.
• Ryuen Shoko interrupted their conversation, and Chukai-kun explained that he wanted the classes to join forces against Class A and Class D.
• Chukai-kun told Ichinose Honami and Ryuen Shoko that the academy secretly tracked students’ scores and used them to assign class rankings.
• Ichinose Honami brought up the 10,000 points she owed Chukai-kun, so Ryuen Shoko demanded that Ichinose transfer them to her.
• After Ichinose left, Ryuen Shoko took Chukai-kun’s phone, added 10,000 points to his balance, and warned him to earn money only from her.

Hoya sought out Shiina Hiyori and asked her to help keep Ryuen Shoko and Class C from making reckless decisions. Shiina agreed to act as an outside voice of reason, and Hoya left the library with a book she lent him.

• After escaping Ryuen Shoko, Hoya went to the library hoping to find Shiina Hiyori, but searched in the wrong places and picked up A Brief History of Time.
• Shiina found Hoya and teased him about looking for her, then led him to a quiet balcony to talk.
• Hoya told Shiina that Ryuen needed her judgment and explained how S-Points would force the classes to compete.
• Hoya asked Shiina to speak up if he or Ryuen made a bad choice, and she agreed to help Class C avoid battles they could not win.
• Shiina lent Hoya the physics book Arrow of Time and asked him to read it so they could discuss it; Hoya then left for the dormitory.

Hoya took Kamuro Masumi back to his dorm for drinks after catching her trying to steal beer, then told her about his own childhood shoplifting. He recounted how poverty and hunger led him to steal food from a Beijing convenience store and how his mother was forced to confront the consequences.

• Hoya spotted Kamuro Masumi trying to steal beer at a supermarket and warned her about the security camera.
• Hoya persuaded Kamuro Masumi to join him for a drink in his dorm, where he prepared snacks and explained that he wanted to tell her what happened after someone steals.
• Hoya told Kamuro Masumi that he had stolen rice balls as a child and had been caught after stealing for two months.
• Hoya recalled growing up poor in Beijing, where his parents worked long hours and his small food budget left him hungry.
• Hoya described how he began stealing food from a 7-Eleven, was caught after fifteen days, and his mother paid the shop owner two hundred yuan after begging him to reduce the compensation.

After sharing drinks with Kamuro Masumi, the housing agent helped her get breakfast and was accused by Ryuen Shoko of dating her. He then warned Class C that their monthly points depended on following school rules, just as Kazuma Sakagami arrived.

• The housing agent told Kamuro Masumi how stealing food as a hungry child had left him ashamed, and she apologized for stealing just for excitement.
• The housing agent and Kamuro Masumi drank together, got drunk, and woke up late for school.
• The housing agent gave Kamuro Masumi rice balls on the way to class, prompting Ryuen Shoko to interrogate him about their relationship and the previous night.
• Chabashira Sae began the first history lesson, and the housing agent later told Class C that S-Points affected their monthly allowance and urged them to follow the rules.
• Kazuma Sakagami arrived early and heard the housing agent explain the point system.

Hoya warned Ryuen Shoko that Class A could learn about S-Points through Sakayanagi Arisu, the chairman’s daughter, but that Katsuragi Kohei currently led the class. He rejected Ryuen’s plan to provoke Class A directly and proposed a lower-risk scheme that would use another class to strike them.

• Kazuma Sakagami reinforced Hoya’s warning that the class’s conduct would affect its S-Points, then began the morning lessons.
• Ryuen Shoko stopped Hoya at lunch and let Shiina Hiyori stay to hear their discussion about S-Points and the other classes.
• Hoya told Ryuen that Class D was unlikely to earn many points and that Sakayanagi Arisu might know about S-Points because her father was the school chairman.
• Hoya explained that Katsuragi Kohei currently held influence in Class A and argued that Class C should target the class without forcing him out too quickly.
• Ryuen proposed provoking Class A, but Hoya questioned why Class C should sacrifice points and suggested borrowing another class’s strength to hurt Class A.
• Hoya said his plan would cost only about a hundred points and indicated that Yamada Albert might be needed for the trap.

Shiina Hiyori recognized that the real estate agent was guiding Ryuen Shoko rather than submitting to her, while Sakayanagi Arisu sensed a similar aura in him. He brought Ryuen lunch, and they ate together in the classroom doorway as students from other classes watched and gossiped.

• Shiina Hiyori asked whether the real estate agent was willing to submit to Ryuen Shoko, and he said he would stay by her as long as she did not abandon him.
• After Shiina concluded he was Ryuen’s blade-wielder rather than her subject, the real estate agent bought two takeout meals and encountered Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi.
• Sakayanagi Arisu teased the real estate agent about rumors involving Kamuro, but he denied there was anything between them, accused her of bullying Kamuro, and advised her to drink less coffee.
• Sakayanagi Arisu told Kamuro Masumi that the real estate agent seemed different and had an aura much like her own.
• The real estate agent brought Ryuen Shoko lunch, and they squatted in the classroom doorway to eat while students from other classes watched and gossiped.

The real estate agent organized a study group for Class C and considered using girls in Class D as pawns in his plans against other classes. When Kushida Kikyo approached him to learn about Class C, he recognized her and began explaining the class’s leadership.

• The real estate agent and Ryuen Shoko chose Shiina Hiyori to lead a study group, and Ryuen announced it to Class C.
• The real estate agent planned to undermine Class A and weighed controlling girls in Class D, settling on Kushida Kikyo and Kei Karuizawa as candidates.
• Kushida Kikyo approached the real estate agent and asked about Class C while its students discussed the study group.
• The real estate agent told Kushida that Ryuen Shoko was Class C’s leader and described her as cool.

The Hoya real estate agent accompanied Kushida to a café, where her attempt to approach Horikita turned into a confrontation. After he drove Horikita away, Kushida stayed with Ayanokoji Kiyohime, whom he quietly assessed.

• The Hoya real estate agent invited Kushida to a café and considered how he might gain leverage over her.
• Kushida used their café visit to approach Horikita, who accused her of scheming and called the Hoya real estate agent a pawn.
• The Hoya real estate agent defended Kushida, insulted Horikita, and drove her to leave in anger.
• Kushida apologized to Ayanokoji Kiyohime for the failed meeting, and Ayanokoji said she had not minded.
• The Hoya real estate agent observed Ayanokoji's poised posture and noted her potential to strike with sudden force.

Hoya tried to redirect Kushida from pursuing friendship with everyone toward seeking popularity, then offered to help Ayanokoji experience an ordinary life after pointing out her unusual test scores. After Ayanokoji accepted his friend request and left, Koenji blocked Hoya’s path and demanded his attention.

• Hoya argued that Kushida should focus on being popular rather than trying to become close friends with everyone, and she left to think about his advice.
• Hoya questioned Ayanokoji’s unusually uniform test scores and explained that she seemed unfamiliar with ordinary school life.
• Hoya offered to become Ayanokoji’s friend and help her live a more ordinary life, and she accepted his friend request.
• Hoya sent Ayanokoji away to rest and planned to message her that night.
• Koenji blocked Hoya’s path as Hoya tried to leave and asked to talk.

Hoya invited Ayanokoji Kiyohime to his dorm for dinner and began explaining the social rules she had never learned. The chapter left them eating together as Hoya tried to teach her common sense.

• Koenji questioned Hoya about meeting girls from his class, then asked what he thought of Ayanokoji.
• Sakayanagi Arisu warned Hoya that Ayanokoji was her target, and she later asked Kamuro Masumi what kind of person Hoya was.
• Hoya bought dinner and beer, invited Ayanokoji to his room, and a neighboring boy watched them enter together.
• Ayanokoji arrived at Hoya's dorm with beer, and Hoya questioned whether she understood the risks of being alone with a man.
• Hoya explained that Ayanokoji struggled with social relationships and invited her to share a meal as a friend.

The real estate agent taught Ayanokoji Kiyohime how to blend in and drew Ichinose and Kushida into helping her socialize. The chapter ended with Kushida reacting in surprise to the story that Ayanokoji was a sheltered young lady who had run away from home.

• The real estate agent showed Ayanokoji Kiyohime the class entrance scores and exam papers, explaining how to make her scores look ordinary.
• He resolved to guide Ayanokoji while steering her attention toward Class A and away from Class C.
• The real estate agent called Ichinose and asked her to help Ayanokoji practice socializing.
• Ichinose visited the real estate agent’s room, where he introduced Ayanokoji as a sheltered young lady who had run away from home.
• The real estate agent used Ayanokoji’s phone to invite Kushida, and the three girls gathered to help Ayanokoji.
• Kushida arrived and reacted with surprise when she heard that Ayanokoji was a young lady who had been studying at home for years.

The male student from Hoya Real Estate helped Ichinose and Kushida befriend Ayanokoji, then faced Ryuen Shoko’s questions about the girls he had brought to his dorm. He began testing Class C students for a role in his plan, settled on Albert, and said he still needed to refine the details.

• The male student from Hoya Real Estate invited Ichinose and Kushida to talk with Ayanokoji, and the three girls began building a friendship.
• Ichinose and Kushida teased him about his connection to Shiina Hiyori while he read Arrow of Time.
• The next morning, Ryuen Shoko pinned him down and demanded to know why he had brought three girls to his dorm.
• After class, the male student from Hoya Real Estate told Ryuen Shoko that his plan needed a willing sacrifice and tested Kaneda Satoru by asking him to headbutt a wall.
• Albert immediately followed the same order and struck the wall, so the male student from Hoya Real Estate chose him for the plan.

The real-estate agent helped Ryuen Shoko punish Kaneda Satoru and recruited the girls in Class C to watch Kushida Kikyo for a reward. After Ryuen Shoko visited his dorm and challenged him about his schemes, she ordered him to squat, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Ryuen Shoko beat Kaneda Satoru for hesitating to follow the real-estate agent’s order, while the agent arranged soft food and later checked that Kaneda had not spilled the water he was made to hold.
• The real-estate agent persuaded Ryuen Shoko to release Kaneda and asked the girls in Class C to watch Kushida Kikyo in the dorms, offering five thousand points for a successful report of suspicious nighttime activity.
• Ryuen Shoko followed the real-estate agent to his dorm, searched his room, and teased him about his underwear and his interest in girls from other classes.
• After the real-estate agent admitted to having a personal motive, Ryuen Shoko beckoned him over and ordered him to squat.

Ryuen Shoko made the housing agent act like her dog slave, then ordered him to buy slippers and cook dinner. He secretly served her spicy Sichuan dishes, and she left his dorm after struggling through the meal.

• Ryuen Shoko made the housing agent crouch, bark like a dog, and nearly lick her foot before kicking him away.
• Ryuen Shoko sent the housing agent to buy slippers, then wore the pair he had bought for her.
• Ryuen Shoko ordered the housing agent to cook, so he asked Ayanokoji to bring rice and prepared four dishes, three of them spicy.
• Ryuen Shoko ate the spicy food, gulped down beer, and finished the stir-fried greens while the housing agent ate most of the meal.
• Ryuen Shoko told the housing agent to clean up and left his dorm looking disheveled.

Hoya followed Kushida Kikyo to the deserted back hill and overheard her cursing the school, classmates, Ayanokoji, and him. When Kushida tried to frame him by pressing his hands against her chest, Hoya warned her she was playing with fire, then shoved her down.

• After receiving a message that Kushida Kikyo had snuck out, Hoya followed her toward the back hill.
• Hoya listened as Kushida cursed the school, several students, Ayanokoji, and him for about an hour.
• Hoya sneezed and revealed himself, then teased Kushida about her hidden personality and her talent for cursing.
• Kushida threatened to accuse Hoya of harassment if he exposed her, and he challenged her to provide proof.
• Kushida grabbed Hoya's hands and pressed them against her chest, claiming his fingerprints would prove he had harassed her.
• Hoya warned Kushida she was playing with fire, and she felt a burning pain in her back after he shoved her down.

The real estate agent intimidated Kushida Kikyo into agreeing to help him control Class D, then began preparing a scheme against Class A with Ryuen Shoko. The chapter ended with him waiting to launch the plan during the next break.

• The real estate agent threatened Kushida Kikyo, stopped before assaulting her, and made her promise to follow his orders and keep Class D under control.
• The real estate agent added himself to Kushida Kikyo's contacts and offered her points for carrying out future tasks.
• The real estate agent rewarded the first girl who reported what was happening with five thousand points and planned to build authority through both intimidation and rewards.
• The real estate agent and Ryuen Shoko discussed building momentum for a plan to target Class A, and he told Kushida Kikyo to invite Karuizawa somewhere after second period for three thousand points.
• The real estate agent worried about the points he was spending, then waited for the next break to begin his scheme.

Hoya staged a bullying incident against Karuizawa so he could rescue her and appear heroic, then approached Hoshinomiya to propose cooperation between Classes B and C. Hoshinomiya remained unconvinced but was intrigued by his offer to crush Class D, while Hoya left expecting her to remember him.

• Kushida invited Karuizawa to walk with her, and three girls confronted Karuizawa after she accidentally bumped into one of them.
• Karuizawa froze as the girls intimidated her, but Hoya arrived and ordered them to leave, then promised an explanation.
• Kushida told Karuizawa that Hoya was Class C's second-in-command, while Hoya revealed that the girls had been his plants and paid them for their role.
• Hoya visited Hoshinomiya and proposed that Classes B and C cooperate, including their teachers, against Classes A and D.
• Hoshinomiya showed little interest in defeating Class A but considered Hoya's offer to bury Class D, and Hoya left after saying they would meet again soon.