A Story Starting from Classroom of the Elite

Anonymous 4 → All students of Class D, first year.

A message was sent to all first-year students.

Message content:

[Hello, freshmen. I am sure you have many questions about this school. For instance, the promise of a 100% employment and university placement rate, and the 100,000 points you received today.

I would be more than happy to answer some of them for you.

You only need to pay me 10,000 points.

Do not worry about me deceiving you; you can verify the authenticity of my information with the school authorities.

This school has precedents of students being expelled for fraud.

The payment method is to double-tap the payment link at the very bottom of this message within one second.]

Below was a link composed of alphanumeric characters, with a rapidly decreasing number to its right inside a set of parentheses.

It read, "15 seconds after receiving the message, the timer will reach zero, and the link will automatically expire."

Many students who finished reading realized that only a few seconds remained.

"Damn it, there's no time to discuss this with anyone else in such a short window."

Someone punched their bed hard, their face full of frustration.

Some paid decisively, tapping the link twice.

Some smiled, their eyes curving with delight.

After the time was up, those who paid received a second message:

[The school's promise only applies to students who graduate with Class A status.

Each class is ranked based on school evaluation, from top to bottom as A, B, C, and D.

The intuitive manifestation of this evaluation is Class Points. Each first-year class starts with 1,000 Class Points.

Every month, the school will deposit personal points into each student's account equal to the Class Points multiplied by 100.]

Fifteen seconds later, Tanaka Yukishin opened four anonymous accounts.

Class A had 350,000, Class B had 250,000, Class C had 110,000, and Class D had 50,000.

These numbers truly reflected the quality of the students in each class.

A, B, C, D—the quality of personnel declined in that order.

The most absurd one was Class D; normally, it should have been close to 10 people like Class C.

Yet, there were only 5.

He estimated that some had already spent their points below 10,000, some were too stingy, and some were out having fun and hadn't paid attention at all.

Truly, a moment when the stars of humanity shine (ironically).

The four classes combined only totaled 740,000, which wasn't even as much as the revenue from a single club.

If Tanaka Yukishin hadn't been doing this for reasons other than points, he could have used the information as a bargaining chip and bet on Class D reaching a legendary zero points.

Selling it to Class A or the second and third-year seniors wouldn't have been difficult at all to earn 20 million.

In fact, he didn't even want this 10,000 points, but some people were too stupid, and he had to do it.

People teaching people—a hundred times and they still won't learn.

Experience teaching people—once, and it sinks into the heart.

They needed to pay a price before they would take things seriously.

Transferring all the money from the four accounts into his own, Tanaka Yukishin turned off the lights and went to sleep.

"Doing this should bring about some changes. If the starting line is pulled closer, their confidence and fighting spirit should be stronger. I don't want to watch an unchanging anime plot."

The next day, 7:30 AM.

Tanaka Yukishin was still fast asleep when the door suddenly opened gently.

It was Karuizawa Kei; she had a spare key.

She had been startled by Yukishin-kun yesterday, but she wasn't angry.

It was time to show off her feminine charm.

I'll win over Yukishin-kun within three years, because I am Karuizawa Kei.

She stepped forward slowly.

What is this?

Feeling a weight on his body and a strange sensation on his lips, Tanaka Yukishin opened his eyes to find a beautiful girl giving him a morning kiss.

"Do you like it, Yukishin-kun?"

She had been moving slowly, only to realize the person beneath her had already woken up.

Karuizawa Kei's initiative had increased, and she was becoming more and more devoted.

Tanaka Yukishin reached out his hands to embrace her, letting her go only after some intimacy.

Having kissed for too long, she lacked the lung capacity and could only lie in her lover's arms, gasping for air.

But Karuizawa Kei felt wonderful inside.

"Yukishin-kun, time to get up, let's go to the classroom together."

"You go ahead first, I'm going to take a shower."

"I can wait for you."

"Be good, if you stay here, I'm afraid I'll end up showering forever."

"Oh~~~"

Finally understanding her lover's intentions, Karuizawa Kei's face flushed red, and she ran out shyly.

Getting up and grabbing a bath towel from the side, Tanaka Yukishin forcibly suppressed his physiological reaction.

There wasn't enough time in the morning; some things simply couldn't be finished, so it was better to save them for the afternoon.

An honor student after school or something...

Wait, no, Kei's grades weren't ideal, the honor student was actually me!

After taking a cold shower, the fire was finally extinguished.

He got dressed and headed to the elevator.

Tanaka Yukishin realized that after his Virgin Skill was broken yesterday, his control over his body seemed to have declined.

It was true that he had tasted the fruit and wanted more, but he wasn't a virgin in his past life, so it shouldn't be like this.

It must be that the Dragon Bloodline had triggered some changes in his body following yesterday's events.

In the first-year classroom, Class A.

Sakayanagi Arisu watched the people around her gathering to talk about what happened last night.

To verify her judgment.

"Everyone, let's first confirm the number of people who received the message and the number of people who paid."

As one of the central figures of the class, the words of the sickly beautiful girl carried significant weight.

The crowd spoke up one after another about their situations, which were recorded by the other central figure, Katsuragi Kohei.

"Everyone received it. Excluding you, 35 people paid the fee."

Sakayanagi Arisu nodded and stated her own situation as well.

"I didn't pay, because I have already clearly grasped some of the thoughts of the person who sent the message."

"But before I tell you, I want to know what you saw from this message."

The information we observed?

Hmm, although yesterday was only the first day of school.

Two groups had already vaguely formed in Class A.

The Sakayanagi Faction, led by the sickly beautiful girl leaning on a cane, Sakayanagi Arisu, and the Katsuragi Faction, led by the bald man, Katsuragi Kohei.

There were also a very small number of free agents.

"I don't think this person is doing it for the points."

"Or rather, not just for the points; there is another purpose."

"His goal should be to keep the four classes as close to the same starting line as possible."

"Deducing from this, the gap between the four classes is very obvious."

"Yes, if the gap wasn't large, there would be no need to be so anxious."

One can only say that it fits the ranking of the classes; Class A is truly worthy of being Class A.

In just a few moments, they had guessed most of Tanaka Yukishin's intentions.

Sakayanagi Arisu was fairly satisfied with her classmates' performance, but this was only the thinking of her subordinates.

Katsuragi Kohei, what about you?

Katsuragi Kohei was deep in thought based on everyone's words when he suddenly noticed that the surroundings had gone quiet.

Turning his head to look, he realized why.

"The message was sent to all first-year students, and the sender is also a first-year student."

"Katsuragi-kun, you're not bad. The reason?"

"It's simple; you only need to deduce it based on the source of the information to get the answer."

Chapter 17: 17 is a living person, thank goodness, I'm saved.

The others were confused by the words of the two class leaders.

"Next, allow me to provide a brief analysis of the sender's intentions for everyone."

Sakayanagi Arisu conducted an in-depth analysis based on the comments made by the group.

The sender was not after points; the 10,000 points were more of a symbolic fee.

It didn't matter if you paid or not.

By the time they arrived at the classroom the next day, there would always be students mentioning it.

Therefore, it could only mean that the sender wanted to convey this information to all first-year students.

However, some people were too foolish, so choosing to demand points was a way to make them understand the importance of the message.

For the same matter, people are always more attentive to things they pay for than things they get for free.

Although the message began with "Freshmen of the 2nd Year, Class 4, VII:I," the sender was also a freshman.

Only if the school administration intervened could they prevent teachers and students from other grades from leaking relevant information to them.

Thus, the person who sent the message could only be a newly enrolled freshman who met the criteria.

This was the deduction regarding their identity.

Next was the purpose of sending the information.

Assuming it hadn't been sent, there were two possible outcomes for the secret exam.

First, the gap between the four classes would not be significant.

Second, the gap between the four classes would be massive.

The former would imply that the sender was simply bored and hoped to see intense competition early on—in other words, they were just a troll.

The latter, leveling the playing field, would indicate that the gap between the four classes was already huge. If the exam didn't start early, there would be no point in playing later on.

Of course, the first and second scenarios were not mutually exclusive.