Points issued with a delay?

Time flew by, and it was already the third month since the start of the school year.

During this period, Onizuka and Sakura Airi were in frequent contact via LINE.

Their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds, reaching the point where they addressed each other by their first names.

However, despite their increasingly frequent interactions, Onizuka could still sense that Sakura seemed to have some reservations, as if there was still a thin veil of paper separating their hearts.

Regarding this, Onizuka felt it was best to let things take their natural course; he was in no particular rush.

In the classroom, some students began to pay attention to the points deposited by the school this month, only to find that it was still zero.

Perhaps they had already grown accustomed to a life without points?

Faced with this result, their reactions were far more indifferent than before, lacking the previous anger or disappointment.

Instead, there was a sense of dead silence, or perhaps, despair.

As the morning bell rang, the classroom gradually quieted down.

Sae Chabashira entered the classroom right on the chime as always.

The rolled-up paper in her hand drew the attention of most of the class, their gazes fixed on her hand, anticipating the news to come.

Seeing the students' posture, Sae Chabashira raised the paper in her hand.

"It seems you are all quite concerned about your results for this month, aren't you?"

"Of course! Sae-sensei, this concerns our happy life for the month, after all."

"We worked really hard last month! No one dropped out during the midterms either. If the school doesn't reward us with some points, that would be completely unreasonable, right?"

Bang!

Hearing Ike say this, Yamauchi, who was sitting nearby, could no longer contain his emotions; he slammed his desk and stood up abruptly.

"Stop struggling, Ike! I've already checked, the points deposited for us this month are still zero. Stop being a fool!!!!"

Ike looked at Yamauchi in disbelief.

"Huh? How can that be? We worked so hard, didn't we?"

"Who cares! No points mean no points! We might as well just give up!"

The classroom suddenly fell into a somber mood. Several students looked at each other, and the atmosphere became heavy.

Although everyone had worked hard, this result seemed to cast a shadow of doubt over their expectations for the future.

Standing at the podium, Sae Chabashira did not stop them immediately upon seeing this scene.

After letting them calm down for a good while, she tapped the lectern firmly to draw the students' attention.

"Well~ anyway, don't be so pessimistic. As of now, you actually do have some points; your hard work last month wasn't in vain."

She then posted the paper in her hand onto the blackboard.

Class A Class Points: 1013
Class B Class Points: 660
Class C Class Points: 600
Class D Class Points: 82

Onizuka also lifted his head to look at the current class points. Class A had already reached four digits—should one expect anything less from Class A?

And their Class D was not the zero everyone had guessed, but had actually increased by quite a bit.

Seeing this, the students in the class fell into chaos once again, starting to discuss the points. Voices of dissatisfaction rang out in the classroom:

"Hey, Sae-sensei, what is going on? If there are class points, why aren't the personal points being distributed?"

"With eighty-two class points... that's eight thousand two hundred personal points for everyone! Finally, we don't have to scrimp and save!"

"Yeah, yeah! I don't want to eat the wild vegetable set meal anymore!!" someone complained, clearly frustrated with the school cafeteria's menu.

Sae Chabashira's face remained calm, and she replied expressionlessly:

"Due to the school discovering some very serious issues regarding this month's point distribution, the release of points will be delayed for a period of time. Please be patient."

"Of course, if you cannot, please feel free to report it to the Student Council or directly to the School Chairman. There is nothing I can do about it."

Sae Chabashira then ended the homeroom session and turned to leave the classroom, leaving behind a group of confused students.

Hearing Sae Chabashira say this, the corners of Onizuka's mouth curled slightly; he understood that Ryuen and his group must have started their move.

In this school, he couldn't think of any other incident that would cause the school to delay point distribution, other than violence, that could be labeled as a "very serious issue."

However, he was not in a hurry yet. He would wait until Ryuen fanned the flames even higher—until it was too big for them to easily clean up—that would be the time for him to take action.