In Classroom of the Elite, My Future Daughter Provides Assists

So it is.

Classmate Shirogane followed the adorable Cane Girl out, yet his mind was entirely occupied by thoughts of the class competition.

"Tap, tap--"

Finally, Classmate Sakayanagi came to a halt.

"What are your thoughts on being invited out by a girl for the first time, Classmate Shirogane?"

"Are you feeling a bit nervous?" Classmate Sakayanagi asked.

"The first time being invited?" Classmate Shirogane seemed somewhat puzzled. "I wouldn't say that. I was invited by Classmate Kushida from Class D before, and I didn't feel nervous then. As for now, I don't feel nervous either."

"..." Sakayanagi.

Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to freeze for a second.

However, she possessed excellent composure. A cute smile reappeared on her face.

"I apologize for previously arranging for students from my class to follow you," Classmate Sakayanagi continued.

The moment she brought this up, Shirogane recalled that he had indeed been tailed for the past few days.

However, since Shirogane already possessed the data on Class A students in exchange for Horikita, he no longer had any interest in catching the stalker from Class A.

Therefore, Classmate Shirogane got straight to the point. "So, Classmate Sakayanagi, having just returned from the Student Council, what is it that you want?"

"It seems you truly understand my way of thinking," Sakayanagi said.

I don't know if it was just my imagination, but it felt as though Sakayanagi Arisu's mood had lightened somewhat.

"Indeed," she said. "Just now, Classmate Katsuragi and I met with the Student Council President. The President gave our Class A a verbal commendation and then informed us of a piece of special information."

"It is information that one would generally only have the opportunity to obtain from teachers or upperclassmen after being enrolled for half a year or even a full year."

"That is the meaning of the points."

"When you enrolled, your homeroom teacher should have told you that the Private Points in your Student ID can be used as money, and as long as you have enough points, even unreasonable requests can be fulfilled."

"But what if the amount of points is truly massive, reaching the sum of 20 million? What do you think can be done with that?"

Chapter 053: I Hope You Will Assist Me in Defeating a Genius! Ranking 4th Update

After the freshmen enrolled, each was issued 100,000 Private Points, equivalent to 100,000 in living expenses.

However, this amount included the portion for the freshmen to purchase daily necessities after enrollment.

The life that followed required students to compete based on their own abilities, with the school issuing points according to their performance.

Take the current First-Year Class A, for example; with a remaining class evaluation score of 924 points, each person receives 92,400 points for living expenses.

Even the class of the Student Council President Horikita Manabu, known as the most outstanding in history, only had a class evaluation score of 2,330 points, equivalent to 233,000 points per person.

For an individual, 20 million is undoubtedly an astronomical figure. Especially since these Private Points can truly be spent like money.

In other words, it is equivalent to 20 million in cash.

For an adult, such an amount is a fortune that is very difficult to accumulate quickly.

Therefore.

To mention this figure while still just a student...

Classmate Shirogane looked toward Sakayanagi Arisu.

Sakayanagi seemed to see through his thoughts, so she explained, "The Student Council President said that 20 million points can exempt one from an expulsion penalty."

Exempt from an expulsion penalty.

This school is already an amazing institution for waiving tuition and even providing living expenses.

But compared to 20 million, deciding which one to choose actually carries quite a bit of pressure.

Not to mention whether one even has that kind of money, once you possess such a sum, whether you would be willing to use it to save yourself or a classmate facing expulsion is hard to say.

However, things cannot be viewed so absolutely.

Because Shirogane suddenly remembered the situation regarding the number of third-year students that Classmate Ichinose had investigated; third-year classes B, C, and D were all short on people, while only third-year Class A was at full capacity with 40 students.

Could it be understood that third-year Class A is actually using 20 million points to exempt classmates from expulsion penalties, allowing them to remain?

In their eyes, a classmate is clearly more important than 20 million points.

Moreover, they have a necessity to do so, because as long as one can eventually graduate from Class A and receive the various benefits promised by the school, this kind of opportunity to leap across social classes cannot be bought at will for ten or twenty million.

So, it makes sense that they would spend money to keep their companions.

But for other classes, these 20 million points are not that valuable; unless they value friendship highly, there is no need to spend so much money to keep someone.

Because those 20 million would be better off given directly to the person being expelled.

After all, even if they leave this school, 20 million is enough for the person to go to another school, cover their living expenses and tuition, and still have some left over.

"20 million points can exempt one from an expulsion penalty, and there is also another function: it applies to ordinary students. As long as one collects 20 million points, they can transfer to the class they wish to go to."

"In other words," Classmate Sakayanagi said, enunciating every word. "You could come directly to Class A and become a member of Class A."

Directly go to Class A, and become a member of Class A.

This is the result of using points to pave the way directly; it's not about considering how to make Ryuen Class charge toward Class A and hold onto their score, but rather the convenient option of simply going solo.

"And these are pieces of information that can only be obtained in advance as a student of Class A," Sakayanagi said.

Shirogane finally understood.

This was the reason Classmate Sakayanagi came straight here after returning from the Student Council.

"So, what do you want me to do in exchange for this condition?" Shirogane asked.

"Hehe." Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to smile slightly. "How mean, I'm not some kind of villain. I won't ask for anything excessive."

No, no, no.

You're being terrifying when you answer like that.

Because Shirogane had just made a slip of the tongue; he wanted to ask what she wanted him to do with the information she was telling him, but it came out as asking what Classmate Sakayanagi wanted him to do for 20 million points.

Yet, Sakayanagi answered the latter.

This meant Classmate Sakayanagi hadn't realized he'd made a slip of the tongue. In other words, Sakayanagi was willing to pay 20 million points to have him do something.

20 million—you have to realize that's 20 million!

And here Classmate Shirogane was still thinking about how to get into the Student Council just to get the 30,000 to 50,000 point subsidy for Student Council members!

"So, what is her goal?"

Classmate Shirogane quickly wrote in his notebook.

He didn't know Classmate Sakayanagi very well, but there was an entity that did.

And soon, he received a reply.

[She likely wants to realize a chuunibyou fantasy from her childhood.]

[During her childhood, she visited a facility aimed at cultivating geniuses, where she witnessed many children being subjected to potential-draining, forced growth. It was inhumane.]

[So, she made up her mind back then to destroy that facility.]

[Of course, she knew that was something only possible through the power struggles of adults, and there was little she could do. However, she discovered that the most successful product to come out of that facility is in this school, and is currently in Class D.]

[So, she found more things she could do, such as defeating the only qualified product from that facility. By defeating the other party, she aims to negate the existence and meaning of that facility.]

[Originally, she wanted to enter the game herself, but given her physical limitations, after much consideration, she decided to act through the hands of others.]

[She analyzed the intelligence gathered by Classmate Hashimoto during his two weeks of surveillance and identified the person capable of going head-to-head with that genius.]

[And that candidate is you, Shirogane-kun.]

[You possess potential that surpasses a genius.]

Chapter 054: Eating at the Sakayanagi Household is Too Hard! 5th Update for the Ranking Push!

Shirogane Miyuki, 17 years old, an ordinary boy who knows deeply that diligence can make up for a lack of talent, which is why he needs to study for 12 hours every day.

Now, he is considered a genius by the Narration System.

And since Shirogane had tested the Narration System and found it likely came from the future, the information it possessed was highly likely to be the truth.

In other words, what the other party said was very likely true.

So, was Shirogane Miyuki someone who possessed potential that surpassed a genius?

"I think you've probably misunderstood."

Shirogane quickly wrote in his notebook. "I'm no genius; I'm just someone who works desperately hard to keep up with ordinary people, hoping to be slightly more visible among them so I won't be left behind anymore."

"Everything is just effort, not talent." Shirogane scribbled quickly.

[You are too humble.]

[Actually, I know better than anyone, Shirogane-kun, about your talent...]

Just as the Narration System seemed prepared to say something else, Classmate Sakayanagi spoke up.

"Classmate Shirogane, I want to hire you. I have an object I need to defeat."

"I've confirmed that there is a boss in Class D. But as you know, my health isn't very good, so let alone issuing a formal challenge, my momentum would be weakened by thirty percent before I even started."

Oh.

The narration was right; Sakayanagi was indeed looking to defeat the boss of Class D.

And Shirogane also knew that Classmate Sakayanagi had always been arrogant.

She wasn't even interested in bullying Classmate Katsuragi.

But she had a flaw, and that was her frail body.

"The cost of transferring classes is 20 million points, and that amount is something even you would find difficult to achieve," Sakayanagi continued.

"Why do you say that?"

Classmate Shirogane did not answer directly.

"I admit that your class performed well last month, even achieving a strong sense of cohesion."

"However, the source of this cohesion is not you. I have had people investigate the situation of the students in your class."

"Most of them are likely students with poor reputations, so the only thing that can keep them united is some form of rule-breaking, such as violence," Sakayanagi said.

Although Classmate Sakayanagi spoke in a cute voice, she described the situation as if she had been there herself, seeing through the true nature of the Ryuen Class at a single glance.

While the results of the exam were quite good, hadn't all their weaknesses been exposed?

"A fee of 20 million is not low, but it can be generated from within the class. With 40 students in a class, if each person contributes 20,000 to 30,000 points per month, that would be 900,000. It wouldn't take three years; it might only take two years to accumulate the 20 million fee."

"However, Classmate Ryuen can do such things, but you, Classmate Shirogane, cannot."

"You couldn't bring yourself to collect protection money from your own classmates," Sakayanagi said, her eyes clear and dazzling as she spoke.

The light within them was too intense to look at directly.

Yet, Classmate Shirogane could not deny it.

Tacitly allowing, or even driving Classmate Ryuen to use violence to unite his class, was already a matter that pushed the limits. Faced with such a class, this was the only way to deal with the first month's Behavioral Standards Exam as quickly as possible.

That was an emergency measure; it did not mean that Classmate Shirogane approved of such methods.

So, what about the method Sakayanagi proposed of working to earn 20 million points?

"Since your health is poor, wouldn't it be fine to have Classmate Kamuro assist you?" Classmate Shirogane said.

Classmate Shirogane did not believe he could grow into the person the Narrator System suggested Sakayanagi expected—someone who could directly defeat a trained super-genius.

The difficulty of that was not just a little bit high; it was hell++ level.

And since Sakayanagi herself was a genius, a battle between geniuses might be more reasonable.

Therefore, since Classmate Sakayanagi was in poor health, he recommended someone who could act as her legs.

"Classmate Kamuro won't do," Sakayanagi Arisu said immediately. "Although she is quite obedient and always completes the tasks I give her perfectly, even if she isn't happy about them, it is a pity that she doesn't meet my requirements. Or rather, she doesn't have a single shred of genius in her."

"..." The girl with long purple hair.