Chapter Summaries

Sakamoto Shunichi, a famous gamer from another world now living as the son of a powerful family, visited Advanced Nurturing High School and met Chairman Sakayanagi. He chose to attend the school and was assigned to Class 1-A.

• The principal welcomed Sakamoto Shunichi to the school and escorted him to meet Chairman Sakayanagi Narumori.
• Sakamoto presented Sakayanagi with calligraphy written by his father, recalling their trip to Mount Lu.
• Sakayanagi discussed the poem’s perspective and encouraged Sakamoto to experience the school for himself.
• Sakamoto’s butler confirmed that the Sakamoto family supported his decision to enroll.
• Sakayanagi confirmed that Sakamoto would attend Class 1-A.

On the first day at the school, Sakamoto observed his Class A classmates and recognized several important figures from the game. After Sakayanagi Arisu drew the class’s attention, she turned her gaze toward Sakamoto.

• Sakamoto skipped the opening ceremony and watched the Class A students from his chosen seat by the window.
• Katsuragi Kohei entered the classroom, met Sakamoto’s gaze, and sat down without showing an obvious reaction.
• Hashimoto Masayoshi introduced himself to Sakamoto, who politely greeted him after a brief silence.
• Sakayanagi Arisu drew a crowd of classmates, while Sakamoto and Hashimoto discussed her and Katsuragi explained that students were curious about her connection to the chairman.
• Sakayanagi turned her attention toward Sakamoto.

Sakamoto reunited with Sakayanagi and met Yamamura Miki, drawing the attention of the other girls in Class 1-A. Their homeroom teacher, Tomoya Mashima, then introduced the school’s rules and point system.

• Sakayanagi greeted Sakamoto, and Sakamoto told Hashimoto they had met a few times as children because their fathers were friends.
• Yamamura Miki nervously introduced herself to Sakamoto, who reassured her and claimed he had learned her name from her student ID.
• Other girls approached Sakamoto, while Hashimoto and the boys watched with envy.
• The students fell silent as Tomoya Mashima arrived and introduced himself as their homeroom teacher.
• Tomoya Mashima explained that students would live at the school, receive personal points through the S System, and use them at school facilities before leaving the classroom.

After a system prompt gave Sakamoto Shunichi a choice, he warned Class A that their monthly 100,000 points might not continue and that students could be eliminated. The system activated, and Sakamoto left the anxious classroom before someone called after him.

• A system prompt appeared, and Sakamoto chose to reveal a possible trap in the school's point system.
• Class A students introduced themselves, including Katsuragi Kohei, Hashimoto, and Sakamoto Shunichi.
• Sakamoto explained that the school had never promised to deposit 100,000 points every month and suggested that students who failed to meet its requirements could be eliminated.
• His warning unsettled the class, and the system announced that it had activated.
• Sakamoto left the classroom, and someone called, "Wait, Sakamoto!"

Hashimoto Masayoshi confronted Sakamoto about the school’s expulsion system and asked for his support in graduating from Class A. Sakamoto recruited him by offering a future job at the Sakamoto Group, and Hashimoto accepted before leaving with him.

• Hashimoto Masayoshi caught up with Sakamoto and asked him for support in graduating from Class A.
• Sakamoto explained that only students who graduated from Class A received the school’s career benefits, strengthening Hashimoto’s resolve.
• Sakamoto offered Hashimoto a satisfying job at the Sakamoto Group and introduced himself as the chairman’s only son.
• Hashimoto accepted Sakamoto’s offer, and the two left the school building together.

Sakamoto sent Hashimoto to watch Horikita Suzune and anyone who interacted with her, then challenged Chess Club member Yamada to a match for all their points. The chapter ended as Yamada reacted with shock to Sakamoto’s proposed wager.

• Hashimoto complained as he carried the shopping bags, while Sakamoto called the errand training and left him to haul everything back.
• Sakamoto spotted Horikita Suzune at an intersection and ordered Hashimoto to watch her and note who approached her.
• Sakamoto entered the Chess Club and watched Yamada lose a match before introducing himself to the second-years.
• Yamada challenged Sakamoto to a chess match, and Sakamoto accepted.
• Sakamoto proposed that they wager all their points, leaving Yamada stunned.

Sakamoto provoked Yamada into a chess bet and defeated the coordinated team of Yamada and Saito. He refused their points and tore up the agreement, leaving the real match still ahead.

• Sakamoto taunted Yamada into betting all his personal points on a chess game, and they signed an agreement before a teacher.
• Yamada and Saito secretly coordinated as a team, confident that their combined skill would beat Sakamoto.
• Sakamoto overwhelmed them with his chess play and checkmated Yamada.
• Yamada offered his 130,000 points, and Saito offered his points as well, admitting they had played together.
• Sakamoto refused both offers and tore up the agreement, declaring it invalid because they had played as a team.

Sakamoto gave Yamada and Saito his points and was asked to teach them chess before Sakayanagi arrived at the Chess Club to challenge him. He refused to play, taunted her, and left, while Sakayanagi resolved to defeat him another time.

• Sakamoto offered Yamada and Saito his points, and Saito asked him to teach them chess.
• Sakayanagi arrived late at the Chess Club and faced Sakamoto, whom she had remembered as a childhood chess rival.
• Sakayanagi invited Sakamoto to play, but he refused and said she was too weak to interest him.
• Sakamoto patted Sakayanagi's head and left after denying that he had agreed to meet her.
• Sakayanagi watched him go and vowed to defeat him at chess in the future.

Katsuragi tried to unite Class A and establish himself as its leader, but Sakamoto warned that their apparent strength might not last and declined to compete for the position. Sakamoto then went to the library with Hashimoto, while Sakayanagi assigned Kamuro to look into him and the library.

• Katsuragi proposed uniting Class A under a leader, and Totsuka Yahiko declared that Katsuragi should lead it while Hashimoto mocked him.
• Katsuragi cited Sakamoto’s deductions and the Class-Splitter Victory Theory, but Sakamoto warned that other classes had powerful students and said he did not want to be class leader.
• Sakamoto left for the library with Hashimoto, and Sakayanagi Arisu had Kamuro report on Sakamoto and investigate the library.
• At the library, Sakamoto read books about pastry-making and psychology while Hashimoto struggled to understand their connection.

Sakamoto accepted Class A’s invitation to karaoke and discussed the other classes’ standings and students with Hashimoto. After noticing someone spying on them, Sakamoto and Hashimoto moved to confront the hidden observer.

• Chabashira announced that Class D had fallen to zero class points, and Sudo kicked a desk before leaving the classroom.
• Mashima explained the class-point changes and exam rules, easing Class A’s anxiety; Shibata invited Sakamoto to karaoke, and he accepted.
• Sakamoto told Hashimoto that two second-year students had given him 100,000 points and asked about the investigation into the other classes.
• Hashimoto described the leaders of Classes B and C and Class D’s disorder, then reported that Horikita kept to herself and mostly spoke with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
• Sakamoto spotted a hidden observer by the glare from his watch, and he and Hashimoto approached the figure after a phone clattered to the ground.

Sakamoto and Hashimoto caught Sakura Airi eavesdropping and checked her camera, then Sakamoto reassured her and gave her his contact information. Later, while discussing whether she would reveal what she heard, Sakamoto said she would not and showed Hashimoto an image of Shizuku.

• Sakamoto found Sakura Airi hiding with her camera after she overheard his conversation with Hashimoto.
• Sakamoto asked Sakura to hand over her camera, and she reluctantly agreed after Hashimoto urged him to check it.
• Sakamoto deleted a blurry photo that had accidentally captured the two men, then returned the camera and helped Sakura to her feet.
• Sakura's glasses fell off as she repeatedly apologized, and Sakamoto cleaned them, gave her his contact information, and left with Hashimoto.
• After dinner, Hashimoto asked whether Sakura would leak their information, and Sakamoto said she would not before showing him an image of Shizuku.

Sakamoto and Hashimoto lured out and caught Kamuro Masumi, who had been following them for two days. Sakamoto covered a nearby surveillance camera and told Kamuro it would no longer be a problem.

• Kushida asked Ayanokoji to invite Horikita to a café, and he agreed.
• Hashimoto questioned Sakamoto about his plans as they headed toward Class D.
• Saito offered Sakamoto four hundred thousand points to teach the Chess Club, but Sakamoto refused.
• Hashimoto seized Kamuro Masumi after Sakamoto signaled that it was time to catch her.
• Sakamoto covered the nearby surveillance camera with his hat and told Kamuro it would no longer be a problem.

Kamuro Masumi left Sakamoto and Hashimoto behind and attended a Class A KTV gathering, where she ran into Kushida Kikyo. Kushida tried to befriend Kamuro and draw her into her plans, but Kamuro distrusted her and left.

• Sakamoto refused to visit Sakayanagi, leaving Kamuro to face her anger after she had been sent to follow him.
• Sakayanagi waited in her room for a response that never came, while Kamuro went to the KTV with Class A students.
• Kamuro left the private room and collided with Kushida, who apologized and then turned down her classmates’ invitation to join them.
• Kushida approached Kamuro and offered to listen to her troubles, but Kamuro sensed her insincerity and fled.

Sakamoto left the KTV after noticing Kushida’s distressed expression and went to buy a camera, where he encountered Sakura Airi being harassed by a clerk. He intervened and left the store with Sakura after she agreed to let him call her his girlfriend.

• Sakamoto saw Kushida briefly drop her cheerful facade outside the KTV, then left to buy a camera.
• Sakamoto found Sakura Airi at an electronics store, where a lecherous clerk was making her uncomfortable.
• Sakamoto challenged the clerk, bought a thirty-thousand-yen camera, and stepped between him and Sakura.
• Sakamoto called Sakura his girlfriend and invited her to leave with him.
• Sakura nodded in agreement, and Sakamoto led her out while the clerk stood stunned.

Sakamoto took Sakura on a date at the mall, encouraging her to embrace photography and show her confidence. They kissed before parting, and Sakamoto returned home carrying Sakura’s photo and new recording equipment.

• Sakura wondered about Sakamoto calling her his girlfriend, and Sakamoto invited her to the mall, which she thought was a date.
• Sakamoto took Sakura to an insect pet store and explained how a Dimension-Mimic Spider hunted its prey.
• Sakamoto asked Sakura to photograph him, then encouraged her to pose for a photo herself, and she gave him a sweet smile.
• Sakura thanked Sakamoto for protecting her, and they kissed as the evening grew late.
• Sakamoto returned home with a camera and recording pens, gave Hashimoto one of the pens, and kept Sakura’s photo in his pocket.

Horikita’s effort to organize a study group for Class D ran into her refusal to rely on Kushida, even though Kushida’s help was necessary to bring the Three Idiots. The chapter left Horikita’s plan stalled as Ayanokoji considered another way to get the group together.

• At Patere Cafe, Horikita saw through Kushida’s staged encounter and left after telling Kushida she did not want to be friends.
• Kobashi Yume invited Sakamoto to a study group, and Katsuragi revealed that Sakamoto had earned one perfect score and zeros in every other subject.
• Hirata organized a study group for Class D, but Sudo, Yamauchi, and Ike did not attend.
• Horikita asked Ayanokoji to persuade the Three Idiots to attend her study session, but they only agreed when Kushida invited them.
• Kushida offered to help bring the Three Idiots in exchange for joining the study session, but Horikita refused her offer.

Horikita’s study group ended after she insulted the struggling students, and Kushida left after Horikita turned her hostility on her. Ayanokoji saw Kushida’s angry outburst and was caught in Sakamoto’s blackmail attempt, leaving Kushida facing a meeting with him that night.

• Horikita insulted Sudo, Yamauchi, Ike, and Okiya until they left the library, then drove Kushida away as well.
• Ayanokoji followed Kushida and saw her kick the school railing and curse Horikita before she threatened to accuse him of molesting her.
• Sakamoto appeared with a camera and said he had recorded Kushida threatening Ayanokoji and damaging school property.
• Kushida tried to make Ayanokoji claim they were lovers, but he denied being in a relationship with her.
• Sakamoto told Kushida to meet him in Room 404 at nine that night, then left with Ayanokoji as a storm began.

Kushida went to Sakamoto’s room to demand that he destroy a recording, but he outmaneuvered her, exposed her middle school secret, and used his Castling ability to erase the recording. With her evidence gone and expulsion looming, Kushida resorted to one last desperate move.

• Kushida entered Sakamoto’s room after seeing Ayanokoji leave and demanded that Sakamoto destroy the recording.
• Sakamoto caught the recording pen Kushida had hidden behind her back, but she soon snatched it from the table and claimed they were back at a stalemate.
• Sakamoto reminded Kushida of her middle school scandal, leaving her stunned and making her recording pen fall.
• Kushida threatened to send the recording to the Student Council if she was expelled, then discovered that the pen contained no recording.
• Sakamoto’s Castling ability had swapped the recording pen’s contents, and Kushida, desperate to avoid expulsion, began removing her uniform as she reached for a last resort.

Sakamoto had Kushida sign a contract that protected her secret while binding her to pay him points and fulfill his requests. After Kushida left believing the matter was settled, Sakamoto revealed that he intended to use the arrangement to push her toward a deeper crisis.

• Sakamoto covered Kushida with her clothes and gave her a contract that required her to pay him half her monthly personal points and obey certain requests, while barring him from revealing her past.
• Kushida accepted the contract rather than risk expulsion, then accused Sakamoto of exploiting her for points.
• Kushida asked about Ayanokoji, and Sakamoto said he had an agreement preventing Horikita from revealing her past and forbidding Kushida from harming Horikita or Ayanokoji before second year.
• Kushida restored her cheerful persona and left Sakamoto's room.
• Sakamoto released a hunting spider and admitted that his contract was a trap meant to push Kushida toward an even deeper crisis.

Sakamoto spent the morning bored by his easy classes before Kushida brought him to meet Chabashira Sae about their contract. Chabashira noticed him in the teachers’ office, leaving their first meeting just beginning.

• Sakamoto reviewed the system’s newly unlocked achievement tab, then breezed through class and meditated while classmates watched him.
• Kushida found Sakamoto and took him to Chabashira, patiently answering classmates who asked why she needed him.
• Kamuro Masumi watched Kushida and Sakamoto leave, while Sakayanagi Arisu appeared to act as though she had not been watching them.
• Kushida brought Sakamoto to the shared teachers’ office, where Chabashira raised her head and noticed him.