Kiryuin Fuka didn't take the opportunity to go on a shopping spree.
She might have worried that doing so would scare Yagami Shizuka off, so even without money, she knew how to rein herself in.
This surprised Yagami Shizuka. He'd thought she was going to fleece him good today.
He'd prepared himself for it, but nothing of the sort had happened.
Keyaki Mall.
It was the largest commercial district in the entire school, made up of several connected streets.
There was a large shopping district right at the front.
You could enter this shopping district from any direction, and simply walking around it took over an hour.
And that wasn't all, because this was only one corner of Keyaki Mall.
In the middle was a passage lined with all kinds of shops, and at the far end was another enormous shopping district.
Unlike the first one, this area was for the wealthy, with high-end establishments.
Compared to the first district, you spent more here and got a better experience. They didn't sell cheap things in this area.
Did he think the students would be reluctant to spend their points?
No, no!
Yagami Shizuka had already seen plenty of students having a great time here.
No matter how ruthless the school was, it wouldn't make it impossible for them to afford anything. Prices at many places were quite reasonable.
For example, a small private karaoke room cost 120 points per hour, a room for two cost 240, a large room only 480, and an extra-large room 980.
Singing didn't cost much; the real expense was the drinks.
Even an ordinary drink here started at 100 points. The drinks were more like soft drinks, making you think you were drinking alcohol when they were actually just soda with little alcohol in them.
The students thought they'd arrived in paradise. Once they'd experienced paradise, they couldn't face going back to hell, so they could only work like crazy to earn points.
The assessment exam in the first month of school was related to this too. The moment students enrolled, they were led straight into a trap.
Some students didn't want to drop out for reasons that had little to do with graduating. The main reason was that life here was just too good, and they didn't want to leave.
Whenever Kiryuin Fuka spotted something she liked, Yagami Shizuka would tell her to buy it if she wanted it.
But Kiryuin always refused. In the end, she only picked out a pretty hairband.
When choosing between karaoke and a movie, Kiryuin opted for karaoke and rented a room for two.
A man and a woman alone in a room with no surveillance—there were plenty of fun things they could get up to.
"Don't be so stiff, underclassman!" Kiryuin pulled Yagami Shizuka over to sit beside her, lifted her leg, and stroked her thigh in black stockings. "Look, I wore black stockings especially for you today. You can look all you want, and you can touch them too."
"Senpai, do you have some sort of misunderstanding about guys?" Yagami Shizuka asked, amused.
"What, do you prefer white stockings?"
"Not exactly." Yagami Shizuka hurried to correct her. "Not every guy is into girls' black stockings. That's perverted. I'm different from them. I like black stockings, white stockings, other colors, and even the natural, bare look."
"Is that so?" Kiryuin thought he was being quite the smooth talker. She reached out to touch his neck, then pulled him close by the shoulder.
"You really do say everything with a straight face."
She didn't seem to care much. She picked up a drink from the room and poured Yagami Shizuka a glass. "I heard you confessed to Sakayanagi Arisu as soon as you enrolled, and you even turned down the Student Council President position for her. Is that true?"
"You've heard about that, senpai?"
"Yeah, everyone in the second and third years knows. It's just you first-years who haven't made a peep. None of you have much experience gathering information." Kiryuin raised her glass to clink it against Yagami Shizuka's.
After clinking glasses with Kiryuin, Yagami Shizuka stroked his chin thoughtfully. "Then what do you think my reason was?"
"Who knows? Maybe you thought the Student Council was too much trouble. You went to Sakayanagi Arisu right after school started to protect yourself, and you even used her name as a shield. Am I right?"
Yagami Shizuka said nothing. She'd seen right through him.
Kiryuin didn't seem to care too much. She clinked glasses with him again. "All right, all right. Let's not talk about that today. It's ruining the mood. I don't care what you do. Just don't forget your senpai when you make it big."
"Okay! Thanks for understanding, senpai."
That night, they had a great time. The only disappointment was that the place didn't allow overnight stays, so they left shortly before ten.
But this was only the beginning.
He still had to accompany Kiryuin on shopping trips for the next two days.
She didn't buy much, but wandering around like that the whole time was exhausting.
At Kiryuin's strong recommendation—and insistence—he also had to buy a few casual outfits.
Fortunately, he didn't spend much over those two days, though the total still came to two or three thousand points.
On Monday, he stepped into the classroom and immediately felt drained, as if his spirit had been sucked dry. He slumped over his desk and didn't want to move.
With stamina like this, he'd be lucky not to hold everyone back during the Uninhabited Island survival test.
The key to winning was guessing who the class leader was, but if he couldn't keep up physically, he'd have no choice but to hand control of the class back to Katsuragi Kohei.
That wouldn't do. He'd already sensed the danger, and he had to make some changes—like starting to exercise right now.
[Thank goodness you finally realized how useless you are. Don't worry, though. I'll give you pointers to help you get stronger quickly.] [1. Start following the optimal training plan and diet now to get stronger quickly. Choose this option to unlock further tips. Please note: running ten kilometers every day is basic. So is a nourishing tonic.] [2. You can't imagine how advanced modern technology is. Drugs that can turn people into superhumans do exist. Choose this option, and I'll teach you how to make enhancement drugs from scratch. This option requires some financial backing. 500,000 points is the minimum.] [3. If you combine options 1 and 2, I'll make you the strongest person in the entire school.] [Tip: Even the world's most advanced enhancement drugs are no match for 1% of the effects of what I can provide.] [Tip: This drug will also work on Sakayanagi Arisu's body.]
After reading the tips, Yagami Shizuka immediately decided to choose option 3.
He'd almost forgotten—the system had said it was invincible in this world.
Just because something didn't exist in the scientific community didn't mean it couldn't make it.
For example, it could directly create AI software that wouldn't exist until ten years later. So what about technology from a hundred years in the future? A thousand years? Alien technology? Ancient civilizations?
If it developed those things, calling it invincible wouldn't be an exaggeration.
He'd arrived very early, and there weren't many people in class yet. After a while, he heard the clunk-clunk of a cane.
"Why do you look so drained? Did that long-legged senpai in black stockings wear you out?" Sakayanagi Arisu teased.
She'd thought Yagami Shizuka would at least contact her over the past two days, but he'd been completely silent.
So she was in a terrible mood now.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Yagami Shizuka looked up at her with a long face.
"Hmph!" Sakayanagi turned away, pretending to be angry.
She was the kind of person who was angry and couldn't be placated no matter what.
That was what she told herself, but in truth, she hoped Yagami Shizuka would apologize to her right away.
"It was my wallet that got drained." Yagami Shizuka immediately changed his tune. "Next time she asks me to go shopping, I'm not going."
"How many points did you spend?" Sakayanagi Arisu asked curiously.
"3,500." Yagami Shizuka pretended to be heartbroken.
"That's it?" Sakayanagi Arisu found what he said rather funny. Some people spent tens of thousands at a time, and they didn't seem particularly upset about it.
Did 3,500 even count as money?
That was only equivalent to 3,500 yen, or less than 200 yuan.
You had to be incredibly stingy to mourn over 3,500.
If he'd taken a friend out for fun and spent only that much, Sakayanagi Arisu would've thought he was cheap.
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