Congratulations on Your Victory

May 1st.

This day had finally arrived.

Before even entering the classroom, Yagami Shizuka could hear the cheers of many classmates.

As the notification sound of points being deposited rang out, they could not suppress their excitement.

Although these points would soon have to be handed over, this still counted as a victory for them.

Mashima Tomoya walked into the classroom holding a poster, unable to hide his smile. "Congratulations on completing the first phase of the assessment."

Once unfolded, the poster was stuck directly onto the blackboard.

Class A's results were displayed in the first column: 990 points.

Class B had 650 points.

It couldn't be helped; Ichinose was a member of the student council, and her class was not filled with mediocre students who were hard to manage, so this score was quite normal.

Class C had 490 points.

This score was rather standard, essentially cut in half; given Ryuen's methods, having this result was already quite good.

It wasn't hard to understand: making one student back down might cost a few points that day, but if no further points were deducted afterward, that was still better than losing points every single day.

Class D, however, was a different story.

Just as Yagami Shizuka had known all along, it was 0 points, with no changes whatsoever.

The oblivious students of Class D were cast from the heaven of yesterday into hell in an instant.

That zero made many students feel a lingering fear; thank goodness that wasn't the class they were in.

Honestly, whether it was 990 points or 0 points, these two extremes were results that had never appeared before.

In the original story, Class A lost 60 points in the first month, not because of a failure in Sakayanagi Arisu's intelligence, but because the person causing the point deductions was a weirdo.

That's right, that person was Morishita Ai.

If Yagami Shizuka hadn't made contact with her from the start and established a policy of clear rewards and punishments, she could still have single-handedly caused the class to lose 60 points.

It wasn't that the current Morishita Ai didn't act strangely anymore; she just behaved herself during class, but whenever she got bored after class, she would still cause plenty of trouble.

The classmates sitting near her were the unlucky ones.

"You are all amazing! You have made history!" Mashima Tomoya truly didn't know how else to praise them.

"If you have any questions now, feel free to ask. I will answer what I can, and for what I cannot, I will still have to decline."

Because the students in his class had achieved results far exceeding his expectations, Mashima Tomoya was very happy.

"Teacher, how do we increase class points? Can you explain the details of the increases and decreases?" Totsuka Yahiko was the first to raise his hand; he was considered the second-in-command of the steady faction under Katsuragi Kohei.

Totsuka Yahiko's grades were excellent, and he was a student with a strong sense of collective honor.

"As you can see, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but these rules are things you must discover for yourselves. However..." Mashima Tomoya looked in the direction of Yagami Shizuka. "The answer Shizuka-kun gave you is the correct one."

Everyone turned their gazes toward Yagami Shizuka in unison.

"To be honest, no class has ever been able to achieve this level before. You should ask him about the details of the rules; he knows them even better than I do."

Since Yagami Shizuka had also received those 500,000 points, he didn't feel embarrassed about it.

Mashima Tomoya paused and continued, "I am not at liberty to disclose the specific rules, but I can tell you that the first exam is coming up—the midterm exam. As long as you have sufficient ability, you can earn 100 points."

"The points will still fluctuate, and exactly how many you can obtain will still depend on your strength."

"Finally, I would like to remind you of one more thing."

Mashima Tomoya opened another poster and stuck it on the blackboard. "The personal handbook has already clearly stated that students who fail the midterm and final exams will be expelled. Our school's passing threshold is half of the grade-level average for that subject, which this time is 35 points."

He circled the names of several students on the poster whose scores were below 50.

Even though Yagami Shizuka had already told them about this, there were still a few whose grades were in a very dangerous position.

Fortunately, none of them had fallen below the passing line.

Among those few people, one was Kamuro Masumi, who was on the verge of being eliminated at any moment.

Perhaps because of Yagami Shizuka's intervention, the average score for this term was slightly higher than the 32 points from the original story.

And to truly prevent falling below the passing line, it was best to score above 50.

This was already much better than the situation in Class D, and Mashima Tomoya was only giving those few a reminder.

After Mashima Tomoya left, the classroom erupted once again.

This was a complete and total victory. By securing so many points from the very beginning, they had already gained a massive advantage over the other classes.

They could already imagine the gloomy and ugly expressions on the faces of the other classes.

"Everyone, if you ask me, we still have to thank Arisu-san and Shizuka-kun. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have achieved these results." Katsuragi Kohei stood up at this moment and said.

"That's right, that's right! They are the heroes, the great heroes!"

"Aren't you going up to give a speech or something?"

"Yeah! Yeah!"

Yagami Shizuka glanced at the silent Sakayanagi Arisu before being pushed onto the podium, unable to refuse.

He straightened his clothes and said, "Thank you all for your support and trust. To be honest, I was very worried at first that you wouldn't believe in me or that it would be difficult for us to unite."

"It is because you were all willing to trust me. It wasn't me who led everyone to victory; this is the result of your own hard work."

"So humble! So humble! You're too humble!" some students shouted, egging him on.

Clap! Clap!

Yagami Shizuka clapped his hands twice, signaling for them to quiet down. "Since everyone trusts me and has received their points, let's consolidate this month's points as we previously agreed. We still have tough battles ahead of us."

"Just send them to Arisu. I'll post her account number in the group chat."

These words caused the students, who had just been full of excitement, to fall into a collective silence.

Yagami Shizuka sent Sakayanagi Arisu's account number directly to the class group chat and waited for the points to roll in.

No matter how reluctant they were, they ultimately had no choice but to compromise.

Once Sakayanagi Arisu had collected all the points, she gave Yagami Shizuka an "OK" gesture.

If it hadn't worked, he would have had to use this momentum to have a serious talk with those who were unwilling, but fortunately, there were no such people.

With the collection successful, Yagami Shizuka spoke again: "As Mashima-sensei just said, if we work hard on the midterm exams, we can earn 100 points. I also mentioned before that I want to introduce the R System."

"How about this: we take half of the monthly income from these 100 points and use it to reward students who perform well on the exams. The premise of this reward is that we must first secure those 100 points. Of course, we are bound to win this time, so there's no need to say more."

"The distribution plan will be based on 200,000 personal points. Anyone who makes it into the top ten gets 10,000 points, with an extra 50,000 for first place, 30,000 for second, and 20,000 for third."

"We'll also set up a small penalty for those at the bottom; the person in last place will be deducted 1,000 points."

The rewards and penalties were clear and not unreasonable. At the same time, only the last place was penalized, and the amount was small enough that it wouldn't make anyone feel hopeless.

This was both fair and logical.

Those with good grades would want to strive for the top ten, while those with poor grades would fear coming in last.

Students with both good and bad grades could accept this method.