Ryuen stared at them coldly, remaining silent for a long time; the atmosphere in the room was suffocating.
Zhen Guo and the other three looked at Ryuen, staking everything on this moment.
Ryuen finally spoke, his voice laced with a hint of mockery:
"4 million private points is no small sum. You must sign an equivalent agreement for me."
"From now on, you will hand over all of your monthly living expenses to me until the four of you have paid it all back."
Manabe and the others acted as if they had been granted amnesty, nodding and thanking him profusely.
Yamashita and Yabu Cai stopped crying, and Yabu Cai stood up, bowing frantically to apologize.
Ryuen told Albert, who was standing nearby, to call Ishizaki Daichi and bring him over with paper, pens, and an inkpad for fingerprints.
He also told him to call Rika over as well.
And so, the group waited awkwardly in a conference room.
It wasn't long before Ishizaki arrived with all the items.
Ishizaki looked at the three of them with a puzzled expression.
The three of them looked at Ishizaki with ashen faces.
Ryuen picked up the pen and paper and quickly wrote out the equivalent agreement.
"From here on, all monthly private points shall be voluntarily handed over to Party A."
"You must obey all arrangements made by Party A for any exams."
"The agreement shall terminate when the value of the points repaid by the four of you equals 5 million private points."
Ryuen gestured for Zhen Guo and the other two to come over and review the agreement.
Zhen Guo looked at it and said with dissatisfaction:
"Ryuen, how did it become 5 million? It was clearly only 4 million."
Ryuen swept a cold gaze toward Manabe, the corners of his mouth curling into a sneer:
"What, do you think you have room to bargain with me? Consider the extra 1 million as interest for the trouble you've caused."
Manabe looked unwilling, but under Ryuen's pressure, she ultimately didn't dare to speak up again, only clenching her fists as her body trembled slightly.
Yamashita and Yabu Cai, standing to the side, also looked fearful and didn't dare to breathe loudly; they knew clearly that only Ryuen could help them at this moment.
Seeing that no one dared to object further, Ryuen handed the agreement to Manabe:
"Sign it, and press your fingerprint."
Manabe gritted her teeth and hesitated for a moment, but eventually took the pen and signed her name on the agreement. Yamashita and Yabu Cai followed suit in turn. After the three of them pressed their fingerprints, the atmosphere in the room became even heavier.
At this moment, Ishizaki Daichi watched all of this from the side; although his heart was full of questions, he wisely chose not to ask.
Soon, Rika arrived as well.
Looking at Zhen Guo and the others, Rika roughly guessed what had happened.
Ryuen gestured for Rika to look at the agreement.
Rika gripped the agreement tightly in frustration, but ultimately signed her name and pressed her fingerprint.
Rika stared daggers at Zhen Guo and the others.
Seeing this, Ryuen dismissed them.
The group walked out the door.
Zhen Guo and the other two didn't know where to go.
Rika grabbed Zhen Guo by the throat from behind:
"You better pay back those 5 million private points as fast as you can."
"Otherwise, I won't let you off easy."
Yabu Cai and Yamashita watched, too indifferent to care, standing to the side and looking on coldly.
Zhen Guo couldn't breathe, patting Rika's hand while saying anxiously:
"I know, let go!"
Afterward, Rika left.
Yamashita and Yabu Cai cast a cold glance at Zhen Guo and left without saying a word.
Zhen Guo collapsed onto the ground in despair, unable to recover for a long time.
Inside the conference room.
Albert said:
"Ryuen, all the other planetary groups have finished."
"Only the Mercury group remains."
Ryuen flew into a rage:
"What! What is going on?"
"Could it be? Yi Chen demanded 4 million from them, and the group is basically finished!"
"It's Angela Yi Chen again, it's always you!"
Yi Chen returned to his room and looked at the message sent by the school on his phone.
Ike Kanji: Brother Yi Chen, you're amazing. As expected, you're the reliable one. The Venus group has already answered correctly, and it's over.
Hirata:
"Thank you, Yi Chen, the Uranus group is finished, and the answer was correct. I will definitely let the whole class know that this is your doing."
Yukimura:
"Brother Yi Chen, the Earth group is finished. It was indeed Kito Hayato from Class A."
"Many thanks~"
Yi Chen let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the messages and sent the current situation to Ichinose.
Ichinose:
"OK"
Yi Chen sent a message to Karuizawa:
"I asked them for 4 million private points. They should pay up, and they shouldn't make a move on you again after this."
Karuizawa did not reply.
Yi Chen returned to his room to rest and calculated his current gains.
Two VIPs from Class A plus 1 million private points and 100 class points.
Two VIPs from Class C plus 1 million private points and 100 class points.
Class D answered the two VIPs from Class C, deducting 100 class points.
Currently, a total of 100 class points and 2 million private points have been obtained.
Adding the Uninhabited Island exam, the class score has reached 410 points.
Class C's performance in this exam currently adds 50 class points and 1.5 million class points.
Class C has reached 540 points.
They are only about 130 points away from rising to Class C.
Tonight, the Cruise Ship went wild, and the topic of the seven planet group exams caused a huge stir throughout the ship.
With only the Mercury group VIP exam remaining, each class began to hold meetings.
Students from each class arrived at their respective class meeting halls simultaneously.
Yi Chen, meanwhile, lay in his room and began to rest.
Inside the meeting halls of each class, the atmosphere was tense and heated.
The students of Class A sat in a circle, each with a look of confidence and arrogance.
Disagreements arose within the class, with arguments breaking out over why such a thing had happened.
Then, they discussed the current situation of the Mercury group for Class A.
The students of Class B appeared slightly more composed, with Ichinose explaining the exam situation in an orderly manner.
In Class C, under the leadership of Ryuen, the meeting room was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.
Ryuen's face was gloomy; his plans had been disrupted by Yi Chen, and the fire of rage was burning fiercely in his heart.
"Yi Chen, you always ruin my plans! We must not make any more mistakes in this Mercury group exam."
He slammed his fist onto the table, and the surrounding students were too scared to make a sound.
Shiina Hiyori analyzed the current situation calmly from the side.
Now, every class wanted the private points from the Mercury group.
Regardless, the other groups had already finished, and it wasn't worth it for 500,000 private points and 50 class points.
Over in the Class D meeting hall, things were lively.
Hirata told everyone that his group had been helped by Yi Chen to answer correctly, and everyone was incredibly excited.
Yukimura and Osamu also told everyone that they had successfully answered correctly, and everyone cast looks of admiration at the two.
Finally, when the two told everyone that it was all thanks to Yi Chen's help, the atmosphere became even more high-spirited.
"That's great, so our class will have extra points for this special exam."
"Exactly, Yi Chen is just too amazing."
"Yi Chen is so impressive; it would be even better if he didn't have a girlfriend."
Praises rose and fell, one after another.
Ayanokoji and Horikita stood silently by the window, looking out at the calm sea.
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