Class D's Strategy / You Didn't See That Coming, Ryuen-I'd Already Started Making Arrangements for You

He wasn't lying about what he said that night.

As for why he didn't continue, it was because he saw that among Horikita's classmates were two overpowered individuals: Shuichi Kanda and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Did Horikita Manabu really think that he recruited Shuichi Kanda into the Student Council just to deal with Nagumo?

That was just a side effect. If Horikita Suzune hadn't been at this school, do you think he would have bothered with Nagumo? Anyway, I've already graduated, who cares how this lousy school develops?

This is more like a trade, exchanging the power of the vice Student Council President for Shuichi Kanda's protection of Horikita Suzune from Nagumo.

"So, is there really no chance?" Kushida, his face filled with resentment.

"Of course there is. Only if Horikita Suzune herself proposes the outcome and stakes it on dropping out of school will you have a chance to successfully drive her away."

"I don't think there'll be such an opportunity! Don't treat me like an idiot, okay?" Kushida pouted again.

"Then you really are a fool. That person is Horikita Suzune. What wouldn't she do?"

"That... seems to make sense too."

"So there's absolutely no need for you to expose your true nature to Ryuen just to get revenge on Horikita Suzune. It's not worth it."

Shuichi Kanda again tried to dissuade him with earnest words.

"But seeing how smug she was this time, I just can't swallow this!"

"That's easy." Shuichi Kanda dismissive smile. "I'll help you."

"Are you willing to help me?"

"So you should just give up on getting involved with Ryuen; it's not worth it."

"... All right."

Damn it, after all this effort, I finally managed to persuade this idiot to come back.

As expected, anyone who can become an enemy of Horikita must be on the same level, at least in terms of idiocy.

As for why he advised Kushida, it was because after school, Shuichi Kanda received a text message from Karuizawa.

Chapter 168 Class D's Strategy

After Kushida left, Shuichi Kanda finally took out his new Medical Kit. After examining himself according to the instructions, the conclusion he received was that he was physically weak and that exercise was recommended.

Indeed, it's unrealistic to expect to recover quickly through high technology.

Fortunately, after a semester, Shuichi Kanda's physical fitness has improved significantly. Although he is still not as good as the boys, he should be about as good as the girls.

Yes, that's right, that's exactly it!

The following afternoon, the students were given the freedom to use their weekly two-hour class meeting time as they saw fit. As for the two hours yesterday afternoon, they were temporarily occupied.

For the students in Class D, no one wanted to give away the more than 500 Class Points they had worked so hard to obtain, so they all took the upcoming discussion very seriously.

As soon as the class meeting started, Horikita Suzune, as if trying to escape the shadow of Shuichi Kanda, immediately stepped onto the Class D's podium before Hirata after Chabashira-sensei announced the start of the class meeting.

As for Chabashira-sensei, he stood at the very back of the classroom, seemingly not wanting to disturb the students.

"I have something to say about this Sports Festival."

Horikita Suzune's strong performance surprised the students of Class D, but it also seemed not so surprising.

Seeing that none of the students objected, Horikita turned her gaze to all the students.

"Our Class D has come a long way since the start of the semester, going from a thousand points at the beginning to the disastrous situation of losing all Class Points by the end of the first month."

However, after another semester of hard work, we finally had 511 Class Points. Now, surely no one wants to give those points away to someone else?

"Of course! I've finally managed to earn a lot of money for living expenses, I don't want to go back to those impoverished days."

"That's right, that's it."

"I also think we have to hold onto the Class Points."

Once one person spoke up, the other students in the class immediately echoed him.

"In that case, we must formulate this operation with the overall team winning as the premise." Horikita seemed satisfied with the students' reaction. "Therefore, I think both the order of the competition events and the selection of recommended participants are very important. Our subsequent practice will also need to proceed based on these decisions."

"But you said you'd decide, how do you decide?"

For Sudo, the order of appearance in the individual competition doesn't matter, because he believes he can easily take first place. He also plans to participate in all the recommended events afterward, as there are also point bonuses for winning those events.

For Sudo, who isn't good at studying, the bonus points were a godsend.

"First, there are the mandatory events. Since everyone wants to protect the hard-earned points of the class, we need to arrange the best lineup so that the most capable people can win. The same principle applies to the recommended events; let the most capable people take the points, and the others just need to not drag the team down."

This is a competency-based approach that emphasizes high efficiency, but it inevitably sacrifices students with poor athletic ability.

"I object."

Karuizawa immediately objected after Horikita made those remarks.

"Of course you can object, but could I hear your reasons?"

"The bottom ten in this Sports Festival will be penalized with point deductions. What if a student with poor grades falls into the bottom ten? Aren't you just sacrificing them? I can't agree to that."

Karuizawa's words seemed to resonate with many, immediately gaining the approval of numerous girls, including her lackey, Shinohara, who promptly chimed in.

"I can't accept that either. If I'm put in a group with people who are good at sports just because I'm not good at them, then I'm guaranteed not to win, right? The top three get special Special Favor, so I don't want to give up that possibility."

"There's no other way; we're doing this for the overall benefit of the class."

"But even for the sake of the class, does that mean we should abandon those students who are bad at sports and academics?"

In Class D, students with poor athletic ability but whose grades hovered around the passing mark actually made up a significant proportion of the class, so Shinohara's words immediately resonated with some of the students.

"So you think it's okay to give up victory and suffer a significant loss of Class Points?"

"I didn't say that. I just think the exam results from winning an award are very important, and it wouldn't be fair for me to just give them up like this."

Instead of saying such things, you should use this time to study hard. As long as your grades are good enough, you won't have to rely on those special Special Favor scores from the start.

"Not everyone is as smart as you. Don't confuse me with you."

"Reading is a daily accumulation; I hope you won't make excuses for it."

"That's right, I think Horikita has a point."

"That's right, that's right."

The two sides argued endlessly, each sticking to their own point of view. However, Horikita's efficiency-oriented proposal immediately won the approval of the students with good athletic ability and those who wanted to climb into Class A.

"If it's for the class's victory, I'll sacrifice myself. After all, only the bottom ten in the Sports Festival get points deducted, right? In that case, I'll just take the points from myself."

Teruhiko Yukimura, the top student in the class, stepped forward.

He was the kind of person who was academically very strong but physically very weak, and he was also a student who really wanted to climb into Class A.

Therefore, he is firmly on Horikita's side at this moment, and he doesn't care even if he gets the worst score in all sports this time.

"It's just a few dozen points deducted from the exam score, right?" Yukimura said, "That's nothing."

"Well, my motor skills aren't very good, so..."

After Yukimura started, another student who was good at studying but not good at sports also raised her hand; that was Wang Xiaomei.

If we then add Shuichi Kanda, whose athletic ability has always been lacking but whose results are also excellent, that makes three people, directly reducing the probability of getting into the bottom ten by one-third.

No, and Sakayanagi from Class A is also destined to be one of the last ones, so that takes up four spots. What are you all worried about?

As a result, voices supporting Horikita immediately grew louder, and even some people with average athletic ability gradually sided with Horikita. After all, there were so many first-year students; if I tried a little harder, I shouldn't fall to the bottom, right?

As the Horikita faction grew stronger, Shinohara was forced to fall silent.

Karuizawa had already made a clean getaway. In fact, what she just said was at Shuichi Kanda's behest, because it would slightly improve her positive image in the eyes of the students.

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this sooner? Besides, if we lose the game because of you Shinohara, can you take responsibility? Huh?"

Even though Shinohara had fallen silent, Sudo didn't forget to deliver another blow to vent his dissatisfaction.

Seeing that things were gradually calming down, Horikita once again shared her thoughts.

"However, to compensate for the personal points lost by students with lower rankings, I hope to achieve a higher ranking, but I don't need the personal points earned by students with higher exam scores to offset the points lost by the last-ranked student..."

"I'll cover those points. I'll pay for the points deducted from the student who came in last place at the Sports Festival."

Sudo's subsequent remarks surprised the students in the class.

Each individual event has ten groups. If all the students in Class D come in last place, they will receive 10,000 Private Points each time. The total points for the entire Sports Festival are estimated to be close to 100,000.

When did Sudo become so rich?

The students in Class D were somewhat puzzled.

However, some people do know this because Shuichi Kanda and Nagumo had a bet at the pool earlier, and Sudo, as a participant, won against Nagumo.

Shuichi Kanda also gave the points he won from Sudo to Nagumo, so he is now a wealthy man with 1 million Private Points.

Thus, Class D's basic policy for this Sports Festival was determined: to fully utilize the strength of those with excellent athletic abilities and make those with poor physical fitness the sacrifices.

With that, the mandatory projects were decided, and the next step was to arrange the recommended projects, starting with the selection of participants.

Regarding the candidates for the recommended projects...

"I want to participate in all competitions, and if anyone disagrees, I'm ready for a direct confrontation."

Sudo's assertive speech once again made the students in the class feel his powerful presence, and no one in the class raised any objections to his seemingly arrogant and domineering remarks.

Rather, it's the fact that an athlete like Sudo was willing to step forward and take responsibility that reassured many students in Class D.

Horikita, Hirata, and Miyake subsequently made similar statements.

Subsequently, as the discussion progressed, the top players from Class D were selected one by one and their order of appearance was arranged as the class's high-scoring players.

"Hey, Kouenji, aren't you going to help?"

Finally, Sudo looked at the man who hadn't uttered a word since the start of the discussion and said, "As for why Sudo went to talk to Kouenji, it's because he felt that Kouenji's physical abilities were definitely equal to or even superior to his own."

This was already proven on the Uninhabited Island; as long as he competed seriously, he could definitely achieve a very good ranking.

"I'm not interested, you can do whatever you want."

Are you kidding me?

"I'm not joking, I have no reason to be forced by you. But even if you have the right to force me, I'm not going to listen to you."

Upon hearing this, Shuichi Kanda knew that this guy probably wasn't planning to participate in this year's Sports Festival.

Because he is currently in a very safe situation, there are four students in his class on the withdrawal list, so it won't be his turn to withdraw. As for personal points, he earned a lot during the VIP Exam and the summer vacation, so he doesn't lack any.

Therefore, he might actually skip the Sports Festival altogether, with no intention of showcasing his full potential.

"I think we don't need to decide everything here yet, Sudo. Kouenji probably has things he's good at and things he's not good at, so forcing him to come might not be the right thing to do."

Hirata stepped in to mediate, but to be fair, his ability to blatantly lie has been getting better and better lately.

"At least what we can decide in today's discussion is the class policy and what individuals want to participate in the competition. We can make a proper decision later."

After listening to Hirata's words, Sudo calmed down for the time being.

Although this guy's personality has become more upright, his impulsive and easily angered temper hasn't improved at all.

Chapter 169 You didn't expect that, did you? I've been making arrangements for you all along, Ryuen.

A two-hour class meeting can't decide everything, but at least the basic guidelines have been established. The next step is to start practicing according to those guidelines.

Shuichi Kanda also took advantage of his free time to compose a text message, telling Karuizawa to meet him in the lobby on the first floor of the dormitory.

After school, the students dispersed, and Shuichi Kanda also packed up his things, stood up, and glanced in the direction of Karuizawa.

Coincidentally, the other person also looked in their direction. After their eyes met, Shuichi Kanda confirmed that the other person had received the message and then left the classroom to go to the supermarket to buy groceries.

When he returned to the dormitory lobby, Shuichi Kanda found Karuizawa sitting alone on the sofa, fiddling with his phone, and occasionally glancing up at the door.

When she looked up again, Shuichi Kanda's figure, carrying shopping bags, came into her view. Karuizawa quickly put away her phone and went to stand in front of Shuichi Kanda.

"You're back."

Karuizawa seemed a little anxious, but that was to be expected.

"Okay, come with me."