Chabashira Sae, the Bewildered Ayanokoji

On the other side.

Class 1-D.

A young female teacher stood before the podium.

She wore a black business suit jacket over a form-fitting skirt, paired with black stockings and black high heels, her graceful curves outlined perfectly by the tight professional attire.

Yet, her stunningly beautiful face bore a hint of coldness.

Much like Horikita Suzune, she was like a flower on a high cliff, giving off an aura that kept others at a distance.

She was a perfectly cold and aloof teacher.

She was likely the dream lover of many students.

She was none other than the homeroom teacher of Class 1-D—

Chabashira Sae.

Having finished her announcement.

She clicked her black high heels against the floor and left the classroom.

If it were understandable for Class C to be the worst group Kazuma Sakagami had ever led, given that one student had been absent for an entire month.

Then it was an absolute fact that Class D was the worst group Chabashira Sae had ever led.

Students with poor self-discipline.

Would inevitably become indulgent without the school's constraints.

It was normal to have some Class Points deducted.

But to attend school normally and still have their points deducted to zero was truly absurd.

It was indeed the worst group.

Fortunately.

"Just as Chabashira-sensei said."

"To be able to squander one thousand Class Points in a single month, this class is truly a bunch of hopeless idiots."

Horikita Suzune looked at the trash in her class with cold, beautiful eyes, leaving Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who sat next to her, feeling somewhat speechless.

"Um... you haven't forgotten that both you and I are members of this class, have you?"

"Don't lump me in with you; I will absolutely be promoted to Class A."

A flash of determination crossed Horikita Suzune's beautiful eyes.

"However, fortunately, the class of that delinquent you rated so highly has also had all their Class Points deducted. Before long, this class might even be promoted to Class C."

"Is that a jab at my judgment? After all, everyone makes mistakes, and it's normal to misjudge someone."

Ayanokoji was also feeling a bit bewildered.

After all.

Aside from the leader of Class B, Ichinose Honami, he knew nothing about the people in the other classes.

Prince Ganlongdao had clearly unified his entire class in just two days.

How could they have ended up with zero Class Points?

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka truly felt it was absurd.

Judging by his performance at the club orientation, his assessment shouldn't have been wrong. Even if Class C's strength was somewhat inflated, Prince Ganlongdao shouldn't have been this incompetent.

Compared to the White Room.

The outside world was truly quite strange.

With all sorts of different people, it was a real eye-opener for Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

However.

Only by graduating from Class A could one have the freedom to choose their own career.

Ichinose Honami, Prince Ganlongdao, and...

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka turned his head to look at the girl beside him.

Horikita Suzune.

And the leader of Class A—who would be the one to win in the end?

Would it be the king already assigned to Class A from the start, the highly trusted Ichinose Honami with her outstanding leadership, or Horikita Suzune, who had so much room for growth?

Or perhaps.

Could it be that Prince Ganlongdao, who had exceeded his expectations?

If he could see the ending, that would be quite nice indeed.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka thought to himself.

On the other side.

After Kazuma Sakagami left.

Quite a few people followed Kaneda toward the back of the classroom.

Before they even got close.

They heard Prince Ganlongdao, who was leaning back in his chair, mutter to himself.

"Boring..."

Prince Ganlongdao truly found it uninteresting.

He had expected this university to be something impressive—all this talk about the S System, points, and Class A. They made such a flashy show of it, only to tell him in the end that it was about exam scores?

Are they joking?

Perhaps there would be other projects later on.

But for this midterm exam, Prince Ganlongdao really couldn't muster any interest.

This wasn't even as fun as messing with Ryuen Kakeru.

Playing with Shiho Manabe would be more interesting than this midterm exam.

"Prince..."

Stunned for a moment, Kaneda didn't stand on ceremony and walked right up to Prince Ganlongdao.

Thwack.

A book slammed directly into his face.

Prince Ganlongdao said coldly:

"Call me Prince Brother. How is it that you never learn?"

"..."

Kaneda lowered his head, his gaze sinister. After a moment of hesitation, he said:

"Prince Brother, according to our agreement, I request to verify the status of the class funds. I believe no one here has any objections."

"Mm..."

The few people behind him nodded repeatedly.

The subtext was that they wanted to withdraw some living expenses for the next month from the class funds.

However.

Thwack.

Another book slammed into Kaneda's face.

This guy really wasn't afraid of anyone; he was the type who would forget the pain once the wound healed. He needed to be broken in slowly.

Prince Ganlongdao said coldly:

"Still talking about the agreement? Is that a request you're in a position to make? Do you think you can represent the others?"

"..."

Kaneda suppressed the rage in his heart.

His advantage was that his abilities were superior to those of Ishizaki and the others, and he was sensible enough to endure what others could not. As long as he could achieve his goal, he could tolerate anything.

Pain and self-esteem were completely irrelevant to Kaneda.

In fact.

As long as he didn't put on the arrogant airs of an elite who thought he was the best, Kaneda was capable of getting things done.

After some hesitation.

Kaneda still lowered his voice and said:

"Prince Brother... I would like to see the class funds. I wonder if that's possible?"

"That's more like it."

Prince Ganlongdao was finally satisfied.

But he didn't pull out his phone to prove the status of the class funds.

He just said indifferently:

"Tonight, I will transfer 30,000 Private Points to each of you from the class funds as living expenses. As for the remaining Private Points, we'll see how things are arranged later."

"I've said it before: any amount over 30,000 per month must be turned over to the class as class funds. If it's less than 30,000, I won't take a single point from you. Do you understand?"

"Thank you, Prince Brother!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Many people behind me let out sighs of relief.

It was clearly their own Private Points, yet they had to offer thanks just to get them back.

This was the effect of having the power to allocate resources.

I had originally thought it would take some effort to make Prince Ganlongdao hand over the class funds, or at least require a few words of explanation to clarify the pros and cons, followed by stating that this was the opinion of the majority.

I didn't expect it to be this simple.

The key was that Prince Ganlongdao actually hadn't embezzled these points.

Of course.

Prince Ganlongdao naturally wouldn't pull out his student ID.

To prove the income and expenditure of the class funds, nor would he care about the clauses requiring the consent of half the class to use those funds.

They were all just pretexts!

To possess the power to control everything, one must make people believe he has the omnipotent strength to do so!

Otherwise, why would they listen to him?

As long as he could use these class funds to create benefits for the class, any breach of contract was not a problem; no one would turn their back on money, at least Prince Ganlongdao hadn't met such a person yet.

"Um... also..."

The others might have been fine, but Kaneda still needed to discuss serious business.

"Prince Brother... the midterm exam..."

"We'll talk about that later. I have some things to attend to, so I'm leaving first. As for those who don't want to be expelled, you can figure it out yourselves."

Prince Ganlongdao waved his hand casually and rose from his seat to leave.

He really had no interest in the midterm exam.

With that kind of time, it would be better to go play with Ryuen.

A month had passed.

I believe Ryuen must be very curious about the changes in the outside world right now.