A Story Starting from Classroom of the Elite

"Is there something you need?"

"I want to know how you managed to get so many points, senior."

So it was about points.

Having not yet adapted to this school, she was suffering from a misalignment in her way of thinking.

Finding it quite amusing, Tanaka Yukishin decided to play along.

"Then what are you willing to pay, Honami-chan?"

Eh!?

Seeing that the senior in front of her was willing to communicate, Ichinose Honami felt quite happy.

But to call her by her first name upon their first meeting was a bit too frivolous.

It went far beyond the level of being overly familiar.

"Pay"—this mercenary phrasing also made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

"You really are a freshman. Looking at how naive and innocent you are, it reminds me of the past."

"But just because you're beautiful doesn't mean you should have beautiful fantasies."

"We've just met and don't know each other at all; it's too childish to expect to get information from me without putting in any effort."

Watching Ichinose Honami's thoughtful expression, Tanaka Yukishin added more fuel to the fire.

"Honami-chan must have tried to get information from others, but the outcome was surely a failure."

"The reason is simple."

"Although the Information Leaker opened a crack in the secrecy of the Secret Exam, there is still much that hasn't been said."

"The Secret Exam is still ongoing."

"The only change is that, at the school's request, the ban on disclosing relevant information to freshmen in any form has also been opened with a crack."

"At this point, you must use rules to counter rules."

"I believe Honami-chan has also heard from the teachers that everything in this school can be bought with points."

"So, as long as you choose to conduct your interactions with them in the form of a transaction, it will work."

Seeing that Ichinose Honami didn't take the next step, Tanaka Yukishin decided to create a little sense of urgency.

"I'm leaving then."

"Wait, what do you want, senior?"

"Honami-chan is very cute, so go on a date with me tomorrow, Saturday."

"Please don't make jokes like that, senior."

"Rejected, how sad. Then let's go with points. There are three tiers: 1 million, 5 million, and 10 million. The answers differ by tier, but I guarantee they are worth the price."

Setting aside whether his information was worth the price, she couldn't even scrape together the 5 million or 10 million amounts.

However, the points proved the senior's strength, so she decided to continue.

"So that's what you're worried about."

"I just saw your account balance; Honami-chan must be the leader of Class B."

"A class leader can, to a certain extent, represent the entire class."

"So, you only need to sign a contract witnessed by the school."

"You can pay in installments."

In this way, both the authenticity of the information and the issue of insufficient points were resolved.

But how should she choose?

Ichinose Honami was very hesitant.

This was not a decision one person could make in a short amount of time.

The points for the contract would be paid by everyone in Class B.

As the guardian of the Class B treasury and the leader of Class B, she had to be responsible for her classmates.

After waiting for a while, Tanaka Yukishin grew a bit impatient.

"If you aren't buying, go back and sing kumbaya with your friends; don't waste my time."

"Senior, I will go back and discuss it with my classmates. I'll come to your private room to buy it later. Could you tell me your room number?"

"605"

Chapter 25 Discussion

Tanaka Yukishin returned to private room 605, where everyone was having a fairly pleasant time.

Karuizawa Kei, Matsushita Chiaki, Sato Maya, Shinohara Satsuki, Ishikura Kayoko, and Sonoda Chiyo were chatting and laughing, making for a lively atmosphere.

Even someone as unsociable as Koenji Rokusuke had integrated himself slightly, out of consideration for the relationship between Tanaka Yukishin and Karuizawa Kei.

Mori Nene held the microphone, singing the opening theme song.

It was the opening theme for the anime Pretty Cure; the tune was upbeat, and the girls would occasionally sing along while chatting and laughing.

"Yukishin-kun."

Seeing her boyfriend return, Karuizawa Kei's eyes lit up. She tapped the friends she had been chatting with on the shoulder and headed over.

The girls stopped their conversation one after another, looking over to watch the drama unfold.

"Wait a moment."

He hugged the approaching Karuizawa Kei, inhaling the scent of her hair.

The appetite stimulated earlier by Ichinose Honami was reawakened, and Tanaka Yukishin felt his blood flow slowly accelerate.

Quickly settling Karuizawa Kei down, Tanaka Yukishin walked to the song selection machine and pressed pause.

The music drifting through the room vanished instantly, leaving only Mori Nene's solo singing voice continuing for a moment.

But she stopped immediately as well.

Everyone's gaze shifted toward him, and Tanaka Yukishin clapped his hands.

"Just now, when I went to pay, I ran into the leader of Class B from the first year."

"Her name is Ichinose Honami, and she's a girl."

"She mistook me for a senior student, and I found it interesting, so I just went along with it."

"She wants to buy a piece of information from me, but because the points I asked for were a bit high, she couldn't make a decision yet."

"She might bring her classmates over later, so I hope everyone can play the role of upperclassmen."

Tanaka Yukishin told the group what had just happened, albeit selectively.

Upperclassmen?

Buying information with points?

Everyone found it quite interesting after hearing this.

However, wouldn't that count as fraud?

The sender had mentioned that students in the past had been expelled from this school for that very reason.

Regarding the question raised by Matsushita Chiaki, Tanaka Yukishin gave a definitive answer.

"This is a case of the other party making a mistake, not me subjectively trying to deceive them."

"Even if you say that, if it's to be worth the price, can Tanaka-san guarantee that your information will be recognized by the school? Whether it's 10 million, 5 million, or even the minimum of 1 million, none of those are small amounts."

Matsushita Chiaki was somewhat worried.

Whether as a classmate or as the girlfriend of their small group's leader, she didn't want to see Tanaka Yukishin leave for such a dramatic reason so early on.

Most importantly, she acknowledged his strength.

Although there was no evidence, those 100,000 points from the teacher weren't fake.

Since he was one of The Big Three, he should take some responsibility.

Don't just ignore everything by saying he was forced into this school.

Matsushita Chiaki recalled Tanaka Yukishin's earlier words.

She was a little suspicious that he might be trying to use this as a way to get expelled.

But that would be too undignified.

It shouldn't be the case.

"That is my problem to handle. Thank you for your concern, Matsushita-san."

Tanaka Yukishin did not reveal any more information, instead firmly settling the matter.

Seeing this, the others didn't have any other thoughts.

The person involved had already made his decision.

Why bother making oneself disliked?

Whether he was fully confident or didn't care at all.

It didn't have much to do with them, Ling Qi Ba Qi Wu.

After all, they were just classmates who had known each other for two days.

Their relationship hadn't reached that level of depth yet.

"Oh, there's one more thing."

Tanaka Yukishin suddenly changed his tone.

Koenji Rokusuke had been planning to speak up as a reminder, but seeing that Tanaka Yukishin had realized the issue, he stayed silent.

"Although we've only been at this school for two days, it's possible that someone among them might recognize the students sitting here later."

"So, everyone doesn't need to pretend to be upperclassmen."

"I'm enough on my own."

"If they recognize me too, then it's just GAMEOVER."

You spend the money, you can fight, you're the boss, you call the shots.

Thus, the music started up again.

Everyone continued to play music and dance.

After comforting his worried lover, Tanaka Yukishin accompanied her to sing karaoke.

On the other side, Ichinose Honami returned to Room 815 with a troubled expression.

As a massive room capable of holding 40 people, the space inside 815 was very large.

With black and white as the primary color scheme, paired with light purple and light pink as transitional colors, it created a soft atmosphere.

This color combination not only appeared elegant but also added a cozy feeling to the room.

The surrounding walls and ceiling were all made of special materials with excellent sound-absorbing properties, which made the room's soundproofing very impressive.