Chapter Summaries

Yagami Shizuka agreed to take Kiryuin Fuka out for her birthday after a prompt warned him of danger, and he left fifty thousand points with Sakayanagi Arisu for safekeeping. He met Kiryuin outside the dormitory that afternoon, still dressed in his school uniform, and prepared to go out with her.

• Kiryuin Fuka told Yagami Shizuka that the Student Council had questioned her and invited him to spend the afternoon with her for her birthday.
• A prompt warned Yagami Shizuka that refusing Kiryuin could endanger him, so he accepted her invitation and promised to treat her.
• Sakayanagi Arisu confronted Yagami Shizuka for treating Kiryuin, but accepted his explanation and agreed to hold fifty thousand of his points.
• Yagami Shizuka reassured Sakayanagi Arisu that he trusted her with his points, easing her worries about his outing with Kiryuin.
• Yagami Shizuka met Kiryuin outside the dormitory, removed his uniform jacket, and briefly returned to his room before they set off.

Yagami Shizuka spent several days shopping and singing karaoke with Kiryuin Fuka, then realized his poor stamina could hinder him in the upcoming Uninhabited Island survival test. He chose the system’s combined training and enhancement-drug plan, and the chapter ended with Sakayanagi Arisu teasing him about his time with Kiryuin.

• Kiryuin Fuka declined most of Yagami Shizuka’s offers to buy her things, chose a hairband, and spent an evening singing karaoke with him.
• Kiryuin asked Yagami about confessing to Sakayanagi Arisu and turning down the Student Council President position, and Yagami admitted she had guessed his motives correctly.
• Yagami accompanied Kiryuin on more shopping trips over the next two days and spent roughly 3,500 points on outings and casual clothes.
• On Monday, Yagami felt exhausted and worried his physical condition would hamper him during the Uninhabited Island survival test.
• Yagami selected the system’s combined training and enhancement-drug plan to become the strongest person at school.
• Sakayanagi Arisu teased Yagami about being worn out by Kiryuin, and he complained that she had drained his wallet.

Yagami Shizuka borrowed money from Sakayanagi Arisu and gathered classmates for the first Seven Star Gathering, where he explained his plan to unite the class. He began by asking Katsuragi Kohei to set aside internal conflicts and work for the class.

• Yagami Shizuka asked Sakayanagi Arisu to lend him 500,000 points, saying he wanted to help restore her health, and she offered up to 350,000.
• Yagami Shizuka told Sakayanagi Arisu he would raise money from the class and help her take control, then invited her to coffee.
• Yagami Shizuka contacted Hashimoto Masayoshi, Katsuragi Kohei, Shiraishi Asuka, Nishikawa Ryoko, and Morishita Ai to join a meeting at Palette.
• Yagami Shizuka called the meeting the class's first Seven Star Gathering and explained that the name represented capable people working together on a plan.
• Yagami Shizuka told Katsuragi Kohei he did not want to be class leader and asked him to put other concerns aside so the class could stand united.

Yagami Shizuka gathered a small group and proposed uniting Class A, then explained to Sakayanagi Arisu why he had chosen Shiraishi Asuka and Nishikawa Ryoko. He revealed that Shiraishi was from the White Room and that Ryoko's gossip network would be vital to his plans, while keeping his own methods and the group's next move secret.

• Yagami Shizuka asked Katsuragi Kohei, Hashimoto Masayoshi, and the girls to cooperate with him, then proposed uniting the class through a seven-person group chat.
• After the others left, Sakayanagi Arisu asked Yagami why he had chosen Shiraishi Asuka and Nishikawa Ryoko.
• Yagami told Sakayanagi that Shiraishi had started the false rumors about herself and was from the White Room.
• Yagami explained that Nishikawa's love of gossip and broad network made her useful for spreading information and exposing the class's weak points.
• Sakayanagi accepted Yagami's reasoning but questioned how he could make Shiraishi follow his orders, and he refused to explain his methods.

Yagami Shizuka explained how he planned to use the Katsuragi Faction for Class A, then canceled Shiraishi Asuka’s mission to monitor Ayanokoji and recruited her to assist him. He claimed Ayanokoji’s father wanted to test Ayanokoji rather than expel him, and promised to prove he could outmaneuver Ayanokoji before Shiraishi asked whether he would force Ayanokoji to leave school.

• Yagami Shizuka told Sakayanagi Arisu that appealing to the class’s greater good would keep Katsuragi and his faction useful and compliant.
• Sakayanagi Arisu recognized Yagami Shizuka’s tactic as Dao King Qin Wang and left, saying she would wait to see what he did next.
• Yagami Shizuka read hints warning that Shiraishi Asuka might fall for Ayanokoji and become his mole if he only threatened her with her secret.
• Yagami Shizuka met Shiraishi Asuka in a secluded walkway and told her that her mission was canceled and she should assist him instead.
• Yagami Shizuka claimed Ayanokoji’s father had lied about wanting Ayanokoji expelled and said he could defeat Ayanokoji, prompting Shiraishi to ask whether he would make Ayanokoji leave school.

Yagami Shizuka recruited Shiraishi Asuka to help oppose Road Tyrant’s plans by keeping Ayanokoji from graduating Class A without forcing him back to the White Room. Later, he proposed that Class A pool its points and introduced his plan to create an R System.

• Yagami Shizuka told Shiraishi Asuka to keep his identity secret and explained his goal of defeating Ayanokoji while preventing him from returning to the White Room.
• Shiraishi Asuka agreed to help Yagami Shizuka and realized he had noticed the recording device she carried.
• During Class A’s independent study period, Yagami Shizuka proposed that students pool their personal points each semester, keeping only the points from the first month.
• Class A students debated whether their first-month points would cover their expenses, while Yagami Shizuka suggested Sakayanagi Arisu hold the pooled points.
• Yagami Shizuka announced that pooling points would bring another benefit and said he wanted to create an R System.

Yagami Shizuka persuaded Class A to adopt his R System and pool points, then used staged sign-up numbers and social pressure to bring the class together. By the end, all forty students had joined, and Sakayanagi Arisu recognized how he had guided them into his fish trap.

• Yagami Shizuka proposed the R System, urged the class to pool points, and requested 500,000 points to support their first Special Exam.
• Morishita Ai, Katsuragi Kohei, Shiraishi Asuka, Sakayanagi Arisu, and others contributed enough points to reach the target.
• Yagami Shizuka said students who refused to join would not receive help if they faced expulsion, and he asked Morishita Ai to track sign-ups.
• Yagami Shizuka had Morishita Ai inflate the tally marks and suggested that late joiners could be prioritized for expulsion, while Nishikawa Ryoko spread the warning.
• Social pressure prompted the remaining students to sign up, filling all eight sets of tally marks by the end of the afternoon.
• Sakayanagi Arisu understood how Yagami Shizuka had manipulated the class, and he described his plan as a fish trap.

Yagami Shizuka’s plan united the class, and Sakayanagi Arisu challenged him to a quiz contest. He chose to score exactly one point below her, aiming to win her over without becoming her rival, as the class awaited the next day’s judgment and points deposit.

• At the café, Morishita Ai, Katsuragi Kohei, and Hashimoto Masayoshi praised Yagami Shizuka for uniting the class, while he credited Sakayanagi Arisu and explained to Nishikawa Ryoko that she had helped spread his message.
• Yagami Shizuka’s warning prepared the group for a surprise quiz on the last day of the month, and he reported Sakayanagi Arisu’s cane as a weapon before Mashima Tomoya began the test.
• Sakayanagi Arisu challenged Yagami Shizuka to a score contest, offering a date if he won and asking him to consult her if she won.
• Yagami Shizuka chose the option that let him control his score and decided to finish one point below Sakayanagi Arisu, telling her he had never wanted to beat her.
• That evening, students went to karaoke to unwind before the next day’s judgment and points deposit.

Yagami Shizuka’s Class A celebrated earning 990 points in the first stage of the assessment, while Class D received zero. After the class pooled its points with Sakayanagi Arisu, Yagami proposed exam rewards and a small penalty for the midterm.

• Mashima Tomoya announced the assessment results: Class A earned 990 points, Class B 650, Class C 490, and Class D zero.
• Mashima confirmed that Yagami Shizuka’s explanation of the point rules was correct and warned that students who scored below 35 on exams would be expelled.
• Katsuragi Kohei and other classmates credited Yagami and Sakayanagi Arisu for the victory, and Yagami thanked the class for trusting him.
• Yagami asked everyone to transfer their monthly points to Sakayanagi Arisu, and the class completed the transfers.
• Yagami proposed using part of a future 100-point gain to reward midterm achievers, with extra prizes for the top three and a 1,000-point penalty for the student who placed last.

Yagami Shizuka announced that students could suggest larger exam rewards, then watched Class D struggle after spending all their points. When Sakayanagi Arisu confronted him about losing to her by one point, he hinted that he had deliberately arranged the result and left before she could question him further.

• Yagami Shizuka let the exam’s first-place winner request a reward of up to 200,000 points after the results came out.
• Tachibana Akane told Sakayanagi Arisu that the student council wanted the class representative to visit after school, and Arisu wondered whether Yagami Shizuka had intentionally scored one point below her.
• Yagami Shizuka and Morishita Ai laughed as they watched Class D students beg for points or hurry back to their dorms after spending everything.
• Yagami Shizuka collected nearly 500,000 points’ worth of imported supplies so he could experiment with mixing medicines.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Yagami Shizuka to attend the student council meeting, but he told her to go in his place and questioned whether she truly wanted him on the council.
• After Arisu reminded Yagami Shizuka that he had lost to her, he claimed he had worked hard to achieve a score that would make him lose, then left before she could press him.

Yagami Shizuka’s score left Sakayanagi Arisu frustrated, while the Student Council tried and failed to recruit him through her. The chapter ended with Yagami Shizuka preparing to make a dangerous body-enhancing medicine.

• Horikita Manabu questioned why Yagami Shizuka had skipped the Student Council meeting, and Sakayanagi Arisu explained that he would not join because he disliked power and found it troublesome.
• Horikita Manabu invited Yagami Shizuka to join the Student Council anytime, and Sakayanagi Arisu left angrily, insisting she did not want him to join either.
• Sakayanagi Arisu complained that Horikita Manabu had denied her class praise and vowed to beat Yagami Shizuka on the next test, still unsure how he had scored one point below her.
• Yagami Shizuka prepared to make the body-enhancing medicine, practiced the injection process with colored drinks, and began working with the real ingredients.

After making and injecting two enhancement drugs, Yagami Shizuka ran to endure the painful changes in his body and tried to avoid being identified. His flight drew the attention of Koenji, the soccer club, and Student Council vice president Miyabi Nagumo.

• Yagami Shizuka spent three hours making body- and nerve-enhancement drugs, then injected them both and endured their painful effects.
• Yagami Shizuka ran laps around the track, where Koenji Rokusuke spotted him and chased him for a while.
• When Koenji waited ahead, Yagami Shizuka chose a plan to evade him and the surveillance cameras by relying on his heightened concentration.
• Yagami Shizuka ran onto the soccer field, dribbled past ten players, scored an astonishing goal, and escaped before anyone could identify him.
• Miyabi Nagumo pursued Yagami Shizuka, who began darting around to avoid him and the cameras.

After an extraordinary display of athleticism drew a crowd, Yagami Shizuka recovered, ate heavily, and began training to adapt to his strengthened body. Horikita Manabu investigated the mysterious figure but found no clear images, while Shizuka kept his identity hidden.

• Yagami Shizuka performed an elaborate series of basketball moves, evaded the crowd, and returned to his dorm, leaving the basketball club and two Class A students wondering who he was.
• Yagami Shizuka recovered, ate several servings at the cafeteria and shopping district, then began following the system’s exercise instructions the next day.
• Students at the track traded rumors about the mysterious athlete as Yagami Shizuka ran ten kilometers without tiring and passed them unnoticed.
• Horikita Manabu and Tachibana Akane reviewed camera footage, but the figure had avoided clear shots and used the basketball and camera blind spots to conceal himself.
• Horikita Manabu ignored a tearful call from his younger sister, while Yagami Shizuka continued keeping a low profile and exercising.

Yagami Shizuka read at the library with Shiina Hiyori and arranged to offer Horikita Suzune paid help for Class D. Nearby, Horikita and Sudo argued over studying until Sudo quit in anger.

• Yagami Shizuka used his enhanced concentration to read quickly, and Shiina Hiyori admired his academic ability.
• Yagami Shizuka told Shiina Hiyori that Sakayanagi Arisu was his future wife, leaving Shiina disappointed.
• Yagami Shizuka asked Shiina to tell Horikita Suzune he could help her if she returned to the library.
• Horikita Suzune insulted Sudo's academic ability and his dream of becoming a professional basketball player.
• Sudo grabbed Horikita by the collar, but Kushida Kikyo restrained him, and he then quit studying in anger.

Yagami Shizuka brought Sakayanagi Arisu to the rooftop to record Kushida Kikyo revealing her hidden anger toward Horikita Suzune and threatening Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. He arranged for Sakayanagi to use the recording to extort Kushida, then prepared to secretly watch another event that night.

• Yagami Shizuka dismissed Shiina Hiyori’s suggestion that he help Horikita Suzune immediately, saying she needed time to grow and Class D could still be saved within a week.
• Yagami Shizuka caught Sakayanagi Arisu following him and carried her to the rooftop to watch Kushida Kikyo vent her hatred of Horikita Suzune.
• Kushida Kikyo discovered Ayanokoji Kiyotaka nearby, forced his hand against her uniform, and threatened to accuse him if he revealed what he had heard.
• Yagami Shizuka and Sakayanagi Arisu recorded Kushida Kikyo, and he planned to get forty thousand points from her while Sakayanagi handled the approach.
• Yagami Shizuka carried Sakayanagi Arisu back to her dormitory, then went to find a hidden place to watch another event that night.

Horikita Manabu tried to drive Horikita Suzune away from school, but Ayanokoji intervened when Manabu threatened her. Yagami Shizuka then confronted Manabu over his treatment of Sakayanagi Arisu and forced him to promise a public apology on Monday.

• Horikita Manabu told Horikita Suzune she would never reach Class A and tried to make her leave the school.
• Ayanokoji stopped Manabu from striking Suzune, and Manabu told her to struggle if she wanted to move up a class.
• Yagami Shizuka confronted Manabu and said he had recorded him laying hands on Suzune and scheduled an article with photos to be published.
• Yagami demanded that Manabu apologize to Sakayanagi Arisu for his past treatment of her and speak politely to her from then on.
• Manabu agreed to apologize to Sakayanagi Arisu in the classroom on Monday after Yagami threatened to post the recording repeatedly on the School Forum.

Yagami Shizuka persuaded Horikita Manabu to consider paying him twenty million points to secure Horikita Suzune’s path to Class A. On Monday, Manabu publicly apologized to Sakayanagi Arisu, leaving her and the first-year class puzzled about his sudden change.

• Yagami Shizuka offered Horikita Manabu two ways to use twenty million points to help Horikita Suzune reach Class A, and Manabu said he would decide when he graduated.
• Yagami Shizuka promised he would help Manabu gather the points and left, while Manabu reflected on how cleverly he had been persuaded.
• On Monday, Horikita Manabu entered first-year Class A with Tachibana Akane and bowed deeply to Sakayanagi Arisu to apologize for his earlier rudeness.
• The students and Katsuragi Kohei wondered why Manabu was apologizing, while Sakayanagi Arisu suspected Yagami Shizuka was involved.
• Yagami Shizuka asked Sakayanagi Arisu whether Manabu had done something awful to her, and she wondered why he seemed unaware of the earlier incident.

Yagami Shizuka forced Horikita Manabu to apologize to Sakayanagi Arisu, then got her permission to meet Kiryuin Fuka after school. He reunited with Kiryuin, who inspected his increased strength and guessed that he had gained weight.

• Yagami Shizuka pressed Horikita Manabu to apologize to Sakayanagi Arisu for dismissing her contributions, and Sakayanagi accepted the apology.
• Horikita Manabu left with Tachibana Akane, while students speculated that Yagami Shizuka had made him apologize.
• Sakayanagi Arisu thanked Yagami Shizuka for defending her, and he admitted he would protect her from anyone who bullied her.
• Yagami Shizuka asked Sakayanagi Arisu for permission to spend time with Kiryuin Fuka to discuss the midterms and his remaining points, and she approved.
• After school, Kiryuin Fuka greeted Yagami Shizuka, struck his back, and remarked that he had become much sturdier.

Yagami Shizuka spent time with Kiryuin Fuka, who offered to repay the points she had borrowed, but he insisted that friends should help each other. He asked her for last year’s exam papers and revealed his plan to use them in his class’s R System, leaving Kiryuin wondering whether he believed he was as capable as she was.

• Kiryuin Fuka teased Yagami Shizuka about dating her, but he hurried them toward Keyaki Mall, where they sang karaoke together.
• Kiryuin offered to repay the 2,300 points she had borrowed, but Yagami refused and told her he considered her a friend.
• Yagami asked Kiryuin for her midterm and final exam papers from the previous year, and she offered them for free if he explained his plan.
• Yagami told Kiryuin he had pooled his class’s points into an R System and had already chosen the top scorers, despite planning to share the practice papers with the class.
• Kiryuin questioned how Yagami could guarantee the rankings and asked if he thought he was as good as she was.

Yagami Shizuka prepared Sakayanagi Arisu for the midterms and sold Horikita Suzune information to help her classmates pass. He revealed that Class D had been studying the wrong exam topics, leaving Horikita to reconsider their preparation with ten days remaining.

• Yagami Shizuka obtained Kiryuin Fuka's exam papers, made a review guide, and persuaded Sakayanagi Arisu to study it by promising a post-exam outing.
• Horikita Suzune and her classmates studied basic material for two days, encouraged by Kushida Kikyo's promise of a date with whoever scored highest.
• Shiina Hiyori introduced Horikita Suzune to Yagami Shizuka, who offered information that could help her classmates pass.
• Horikita Suzune paid Yagami Shizuka twenty thousand points, and he showed her that the exam topics had changed and her class was preparing for the wrong material.
• Yagami Shizuka explained that the school was testing students' ability to think and gather information, and that the other classes had figured out the real topics themselves.