The Plan Succeeds

After the class points were announced, the atmosphere in Class D during lessons changed significantly. Various rule-breaking behaviors decreased, which led Hoshino to refrain from doing anything too blatant, at most staring blankly out the window.

However, while the situation in class had improved, in other respects, things were actually more serious than Hoshino had imagined.

The class was currently in a state of falling apart, with no clear leader. Of course, this didn't mean they had to listen to any one person, but the entire class needed to have a common goal, and that was not the case for the current Class D.

Although there were some students who wanted to advance the class and were working hard to restrain themselves, there were also many students who had no thoughts of class advancement, such as the tall, blonde student sitting in the middle of the classroom, who was rumored to be the heir to the Koenji conglomerate.

Seeing such a person attending school here, Hoshino could only feel that he was here for kicks. He couldn't imagine any reason why he would work hard.

Of course, the influence of one person on the whole was limited; the main issue was that the class had already split into several groups. Although they talked to each other and had decent relationships, there were inevitably some conflicts at times, and furthermore, there were quite a few "lone wolves." This was already a terrible situation, and one could only hope that no one else would become a drag on the class.

The most unstable group, Hoshino felt, had to be the one with Sudo and Yamauchi. Not to mention Sudo's volatile temper, which easily led to trouble, the content of their usual conversations would likely offend many girls; Hoshino found it hard to imagine them becoming a viable fighting force.

"Sigh—" Hoshino let out a breath and pulled back his thoughts.

Anyway, he was a "lone wolf" himself, so he didn't need to take any responsibility for the class's affairs.

The preparation phase was finally complete, and one after another, many people came to consult Hoshino and Sotomura, although most did so through the dedicated account.

In just a few days, Hoshino had acquired many items: hairpins, bags, clothes, shoes, game consoles, toy figures... all sorts of miscellaneous trinkets.

Because those who came to inquire were basically in a state of extreme point deficiency, they were looking to sell items they had purchased not long ago. Coupled with the fact that there was basically no competitive pressure, Hoshino had plenty of room to drive down prices.

There were also quite a lot of buyers. Although Hoshino's pricing was quite high, it was still several thousand to tens of thousands of points lower than the original price, and most of the goods were in 90% new condition, having been used for less than a month.

Most of the people who came to buy were upperclassmen in their second or third year; there were very few first-years. It seemed that the first-year students had also realized the importance of private points and had begun to become cautious.

Among all the items, the one with the highest profit was undoubtedly that game console from Yamauchi. After a subsequent investigation, Hoshino discovered that the original price of that game console was actually 85,000 points! It was sold to a third-year student for 65,000 points, yielding a profit of a full 20,000 points.

It really was profiteering! Hoshino sighed with some emotion.

However, this level of second-hand trading would only happen this once. It was only because the situation in Class D this year was so exaggerated that this occurred; after all, most of the acquired items came from Class D!

Although there were some from other classes, those were just a drop in the bucket.

In the following weeks, Hoshino began a "regular" life: attending classes, chatting, trading, sleeping...

During these days, the messages on Hoshino's phone never stopped, which meant that even during the twenty-minute breaks between classes, he had to reply to many messages, and after school, he had to run to many places. If he hadn't trained before, Hoshino felt he would have collapsed long ago.

During this period, Ayanokoji also tried to find Hoshino a few times to discuss some things, seemingly about the study group, but Hoshino's mind wasn't on that, and in the end, he brushed him off with a few words.

In the blink of an eye, the month was about to pass, and points would be distributed again tomorrow!

Hoshino, holed up in his dormitory, sat at his desk and began to review the past month.

Overall, in one month, counting everything, the net profit had actually reached about 600,000 points. This was truly an exaggerated figure!

Looking at the 600,000 points displayed on his phone, Hoshino finally felt a sense of security in his heart. Sure enough, what gives people the most security is money.

During this month, Sotomura had also put in a great deal of effort! Every day after rounding up people, he had to run errands and make deliveries. Overall, he was quite responsible, although he would inexplicably slack off at times, but that was all trivial.

Thinking this, Hoshino transferred 100,000 points to the Professor. Then he dialed Sotomura's number: "Hey, Sotomura, did you receive it?"

"100,000 points? Received! Thank you! Hoshino! But, isn't this too much..." Sotomura's excited voice came through, followed by some hesitation.

"It's not. By the way, from today on, you don't need to promote it anymore."

"Eh? Are we not acquiring anymore starting today?"

"Yes, there's no need."

The items that should have been sold had already been sold, and everyone's point spending would become very cautious from now on. There wouldn't be any valuable items to acquire anymore, so there was no need to continue.

"Hmm—that's a pity!" As a participant in the plan, Sotomura could calculate a little and knew there was a significant profit. Since he could get 150,000 for himself, Hoshino must have earned at least 150,000 or more.

But what the Professor didn't expect was that the net profit could reach as much as 600,000!

Although there were still some useless little things left in his hands, such as hairpins and pens, these things were trivial.

After chatting with Sotomura for a bit, Hoshino hung up the phone, lay on the bed, and looked at the phone in his hand.

The 600,000 points displayed on the phone.

These days had really been a bit dull. For a month, attending classes, eating, and the thing he spent the most time on was second-hand trading. Every day he had to chat with many people for a long time, then meet for transactions, though everything was settled online, so meeting offline was just exchanging money for goods and making small talk. For Hoshino, who wasn't very good at socializing, this was relatively friendly. The results were also huge; this month hadn't been in vain!

"Right! Speaking of points, that guy Ryuen is too careless! Is he trying to muddle through? I must go urge him tomorrow." Hoshino muttered to himself indignantly.

However, Hoshino seemed to have forgotten one important thing!

The next morning, Hoshino entered the exam room with a blank expression...