Classroom of the Elite, I Only Want Your Rewards

At almost the same time, Class D was also taking a quiz.

Horikita Suzune looked at the test paper handed to her, her brow furrowing—not because of the difficulty, but because she didn't understand its purpose.

"Chabashira-sensei, I have a question."

Hearing Horikita Suzune's voice, Chabashira Sae looked lazily toward the student.

"What is your question?"

"What is the significance of this test?" Horikita Suzune asked. "You mentioned earlier that it would serve as a reference for the future. A reference for what, exactly? Class Points?"

Seeming to have anticipated these questions, Chabashira Sae sighed deeply. "Horikita, you certainly have a lot of questions. But rest assured, this test won't have any actual impact. Just perform to the best of your ability."

Horikita Suzune pondered her answer for a moment before asking again, "I would like to know if the scores of the other classes will be announced after the exam."

Chabashira Sae showed a rare trace of a smile. Even though Horikita Suzune could be a bit dense, she did have some level of competence and had begun to consider the status of her opponents.

"The scores for each class will be announced. Of course, only the average scores; individual results will not be released."

"I see. May I ask when the real exam begins?"

Horikita Suzune wanted to continue pressing, but she saw the look of speechlessness on Chabashira Sae's face.

"Sorry, I am under no obligation to answer every question you have. Don't waste any more time, Horikita."

How could she possibly tell her the answers in front of the surveillance cameras?

"Hahaha, don't worry about it, Sae-chan! Just watch me today, I'm definitely going to get a high score!" Ike Kanji shouted loudly.

"I have no expectations for you whatsoever," Chabashira Sae said with a flat tone.

"Hey, hey, hey! That's way too harsh!"

Listening to their voices, Horikita Suzune looked silently at the test paper in her hand, her face devoid of expression.

Not long ago, Hirata Yosuke had asked Chabashira Sae to verify her words in class. Chabashira Sae had confirmed them, but she hadn't mentioned anything about the rules.

She hadn't even told Class D about the possibility of buying information for two million Private Points, as if she had never expected Class D to be able to come up with that amount.

At first, Horikita Suzune couldn't understand it at all, but now she was gradually beginning to see.

Leading this class to climb higher was indeed a difficult task.

As the homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae seemed to have given up from the very beginning, to say nothing of the people in Class D.

Aside from a few students who couldn't accept it, the others, while feeling a bit reluctant and regretful, quickly accepted the reality.

After all, one hundred thousand Private Points a month was simply too much.

If they could just coast through three years like this, they wouldn't mind the school's arrangements.

Since everyone felt this way, Hirata Yosuke had no choice; he would only follow the mainstream opinion.

Kushida Kikyo didn't care, and Karuizawa Kei was even less concerned with such things; she was busy managing her own social circle.

They were the most influential students in Class D, so one could imagine the current state of the class.

Thinking of this, Horikita Suzune clenched her fists involuntarily. Even if she had to fight this battle alone, it didn't matter; she had long been accustomed to being by herself.

"Hey, Sae-chan, how many Private Points will we get next month~"

From time to time, one could still hear such frivolous remarks. They didn't take the exams seriously at all, wearing carefree smiles.

Hmm, losing points?

What a joke. They started with one thousand points just like Class A; no matter how many they lost, they would still have at least seven or eight hundred left!

Even if they did lose some, it wouldn't matter if they slowly caught up later!

Chapter 43: Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite

With the conclusion of the quiz, time quickly moved into May.

During this period, Class C remained completely still, perhaps waiting for an opportunity.

Suzuki Toru didn't care what Ryuen Kakeru was thinking; if something didn't work, he would just replace the person. There was nothing more to say.

[Private Points: 148,500]
[Class Points: 940]

At six in the morning, the long-awaited Class Points were finally updated. At the same time, a sum of Private Points was deposited, bringing Suzuki Toru's balance back over one hundred thousand.

However, according to their previous agreement, he had to transfer half of the monthly deposit to Morishita Ai's account.

Therefore, Suzuki Toru just took a glance and put his phone away, unbothered.

"We actually lost sixty points? Where exactly did we go wrong?"

Not long after arriving in the classroom, he noticed someone reflecting on themselves with a pained expression.

Of course, there were also people wondering what the exam from last month had been. Judging solely from the usual situation, there was no sign of anything the school had done to them.

Points had been deducted, but where?

As soon as Suzuki Toru sat down, he saw Sakayanagi Arisu smile at him slightly, as if to tell him that their peaceful life was about to end.

Before long, Mashima Tomoya appeared at the classroom door, holding several poster-like items in his hand.

As he walked in, the entire classroom involuntarily focused their gaze on him, including Katsuragi Kohei and Sakayanagi Arisu.

"It's time for our routine morning meeting, though looking at you all, you probably already know what I'm going to say." Mashima Tomoya didn't show much expression as he casually hung a poster on the blackboard. "These are your results for the first month of your first year; both the process and the outcome are entirely within expectations."

Suzuki Toru looked up at the blackboard, where the rankings of the four classes were clearly displayed.

Class A: 940

Class B: 770

Class C: 550

Class D: 0

Tsk, what a straightforward set of results.

A faint murmur of noise emerged in the classroom. Totsuka Yahiko stared at the score for Class B, gritting his teeth as he said, "Damn it, they actually closed the gap that much!"

However, he immediately cheered up again.

"It's hilarious, the guys in Class D really are idiots. To have even a thousand Class Points deducted to nothing, hahaha!"

It wasn't just Totsuka Yahiko who couldn't hold it in; almost everyone had a strange expression on their face upon seeing the zero for Class D.

Suzuki Toru was also somewhat stunned, wondering if Horikita Suzune would have a mental breakdown when she saw these results.

He hadn't expected things to go even more smoothly than anticipated. Logically, knowing that exams existed, they should have at least tried to act a bit more serious.

Could it be that they thought they had so many Class Points that they couldn't possibly run out?

"Mashima-sensei, may we ask for the specific details regarding the exam now?" Katsuragi Kohei asked in a deep voice.

To be honest, this was also what Class A wanted to know most at the moment.

Mashima Tomoya pondered for a moment: "The first month's exam was simple. The school wanted to see how you would perform without any information being disclosed, including your daily classroom discipline and conduct."

"Conduct?" Katsuragi Kohei looked puzzled.

"There are surveillance cameras along the way. If you engaged in any immoral behavior, the cameras recorded it," Mashima Tomoya explained. "In other words, this exam didn't look at anything else, only your individual performance. Talented people naturally must also possess the character to match."

Katsuragi Kohei was lost in thought. This exam didn't just involve the students' inherent character; it also tested their self-control.

After all, from the very first day, the teachers here had never mentioned anything about paying attention to classroom discipline, acting as if you could listen if you wanted to and ignore it if you didn't.

The reason Class A didn't have too many points deducted was because they were already accustomed to following the rules.

"However, don't get too happy just yet. From now on, if you commit acts that violate classroom discipline—such as arriving late, leaving early, or slacking off during class—Class Points will be deducted just the same. I believe that is common sense in any school."

It seemed that was the cause of death for Class D.

Class A had no particular reaction to Mashima Tomoya's words.

"May I ask when the next exam will be?" Katsuragi Kohei asked.

Mashima Tomoya let out a dry laugh: "If I could disclose that, I would have told you from the start, Katsuragi-kun."

Katsuragi Kohei thought that was fair, so he changed his question: "Will future exams also be like this, where we aren't told any of the rules?"

"It depends on the exam. The absence of rules is a rule in itself. Or rather, rules are merely the school's way of restraining you."

Does that mean as long as the rules don't forbid something, you can do whatever you want?

For the first time, Suzuki Toru saw a teacher hinting to their students that they should use any means necessary to deal with their enemies, and he suddenly became interested in Mashima Tomoya's past experiences.

At this moment, Sakayanagi Arisu suddenly spoke up to urge him along.

"Mashima-sensei, time is running out. Can we get to the main point?"

The young girl wore a smile, as if she had known beforehand that today's focus wasn't just on the Class Points, but also on another particularly important matter.

Mashima Tomoya looked at her with surprise, then hung another poster on the blackboard, revealing a list of names to everyone.

It appeared to be the results of the previous quiz, showing each person's name followed by their scores in various subjects.

Suzuki Toru saw his own name on it, ranked ninth—what an unlucky number.

Aside from those with exceptionally good grades, most students had an average score around 80.

That said, there were those who weren't good at studying, such as Kamuro Masumi, who had a pitiful score of just over 60.