Isn't This Girlfriend Thing a Total Rip-Off?

Class B of the first year.

Mashima Tomoya entered the classroom with the score report in hand and walked straight to the podium.

"Now, I'll announce the results of this Final Exam."

The classroom fell silent, everyone's eyes fixed on the report in his hand.

"In this exam, in the class competition against Class A, Class B's overall average score was twelve points higher, securing victory."

"According to the exam rules, Class B receives one hundred Class Points, while Class A loses one hundred points."

Mashima Tomoya turned around and wrote the latest rankings on the blackboard.

[A Class: 1653 points]

[B Class: 1135 points]

[C Class: 270 points]

[D Class: -100 points]

"Those are the latest point totals for the four first-year classes following the Final Exam."

After a brief silence, Class B's classroom erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

"We won!"

"A full hundred Class Points!"

"Nice! Kitagawa wasn't invincible after all!"

"Princess Sakayanagi finally pulled off a win!"

It had been a long time since they had heard a story of Class B's victory.

Now that they had defeated the top-ranked Class A head-on, no one could hide their excitement.

Someone even pointed at the blackboard and cried out, "Holy crap, Class D's negative one hundred points can actually be useful like this! Maybe we can work with Class D next time too."

The celebration in the classroom continued for quite a while.

Katsuragi Kohei never joined in.

After carefully examining both sides' average scores, he flipped through the grades for each subject, his expression gradually turning serious.

Sakayanagi Arisu noticed the problem as well.

She signaled with her eyes to Hashimoto Masayoshi, who was howling and cheering alongside everyone else.

Hashimoto immediately understood.

The boss was about to give her victory speech.

He instantly wiped away his playful