That's a Deal, Then / You're All My Wings!

"In that case, I'll stop joking." Ryuen straightened his expression again. "You should be able to tell, right? The average Class Points across all three grades are over 1000."

"That's right, it's easy, and the Class Points for second and third graders can be seen as a reflection of our future as first graders."

Ryuen gave Shuichi Kanda an approving look. "That's right, that's what I was thinking too. In this way, our Class Points will average out to 1,000 points per class, and each student will be able to get 100,000 Private Points per month. If we collect all these Private Points, each grade will have 12 million points per month, and three grades will have 48 million points. In just one year, we can get 576 million points."

Upon hearing Ryuen's words, Shuichi Kanda's expression turned strange.

"You're not planning to collect 800 million points so the whole class can ascend to immortality before graduation, are you? I never expected you to be so considerate of those idiots in Class C."

"That's right, this is my plan, and it's also a small reward for those guys in Class C."

What are the rewards for acknowledging you as a class leader?

"Leaving aside the possibility of your plan succeeding, there's something I want to tell you."

"What's up?"

Shuichi Kanda organized his thoughts briefly before looking at Ryuen: "You saw that blond guy on the rooftop that day, didn't you?"

"Yellow hair? You mean the current Student Council President? What happened to that guy?" Ryuen raised an eyebrow, then nodded.

"That's right, it's that guy. Nagumo is all-powerful in the second year, and he requires all second-year students to hand over 75% of their Private Points each month to him. So, guess how many Private Points he has?"

The information revealed by Shuichi Kanda was something that even Ryuen couldn't obtain; in fact, Shuichi Kanda knew about this only because of the special care of two senior members of the club.

"That guy really dares to do it." A smile of excitement appeared on Ryuen's lips.

"Although that guy pretends to be cheerful and outgoing, he ruthlessly overturned all of Horikita Manabu's achievements when he took office as Student Council. You can't possibly not guess what kind of person he is, right?"

"Hmph, I can imagine what kind of person that guy is and what he's capable of doing even with my toes."

Ryuen scoffed.

"So, if your tone is aimed at the less affluent first-year students, why not aim at the second-year students who have a lot of money?"

And so it begins again; Shuichi Kanda's clumsy attempts to instigate trouble have started once more.

"Do you have a grudge against that guy?" Ryuen asked after a brief silence. "Or do you have a grudge against me?"

"What makes you say that?"

Shuichi Kanda strange and innocent.

"Hmph, wasn't it you who instigated me to deal with Ayanokoji last time? This time, you actually want me to go and confront the Student Council President right in front of me? Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Ryuen looked displeased.

So far, the school's exams have mostly been between grades, and there have never been any exams between grades, so it's practically impossible to beat Nagumo.

The other party is the Student Council President. If Ryuen uses underhanded tactics, the other party can use their authority to deal with Ryuen severely.

That's why Ryuen was so dissatisfied, but Ryuen was also quite envious of the huge amount of Private Points that Nagumo possessed.

"You're scared."

"I'm not afraid, I've seen through your scheme."

"You're scared."

"I've come to understand the situation."

"You're scared."

"Roll!"

Seeing Ryuen's defenses breached, Shuichi Kanda achieved his goal and smiled, "Don't worry, we'll have our chance to face Nagumo eventually."

You mean, "us"?

"That's right, the second year is basically stagnant, with Nagumo holding absolute power. Right now, he's controlling the other three third-year classes to fight against Horikita Manabu. But have you ever thought about what Nagumo will be able to do after this year's third-year students graduate?"

"You're right, that guy definitely won't just leisurely spend his third year. Otherwise, what he said at the Student Council President inauguration ceremony would have been nothing but empty words."

"So when that time comes, he will definitely stir up trouble throughout the school, and that will be the opportunity." Shuichi Kanda predicted Nagumo's next move to Ryuen. "However, it probably won't be so easy to squeeze the Private Points out of him."

Ryuen nodded in agreement, saying that unless there were greater benefits, Nagumo probably wouldn't give up his core base.

"But that guy probably doesn't have enough points to reach 800 million, right?"

"Of course."

"So, my plan is going to continue, huh?" Ryuen shrugged. "How about it? Want my help? I'll help you get Class D into Class A, and you help me achieve my 8E point plan."

"You should think of a way to clean up the mess in Class C first. There must be quite a few students in Class C who are jumping off the stage after you retired, right?"

"Hmph, if I wanted to, dealing with those guys would be a piece of cake."

Ryuen snorted coldly, his face full of disdain, not taking those idiots in Class C seriously at all.

"Indeed, but wouldn't you be upset if these guys graduated from Class A too? Even I don't think all the students in Class D deserve to graduate from Class A. And I have a feeling that the exam where someone has to drop out in the first year might be coming up soon. If you can survive that exam, I'll consider your suggestion."

"If that exam doesn't come, are you planning to just keep putting it off?"

"Alright then, if there's still no exam like that when the second year starts, I'll agree to help you implement the 800 million plan, how about that?"

"Deal! Don't you dare back out."

"I, Shuichi Kanda, keep my word."

As if afraid that Shuichi Kanda might change his mind, Ryuen extended his right hand, and Shuichi Kanda also reached out and grasped Ryuen's outstretched hand.

Chapter 223 Let's Cooperate Then

The two sat down again and began discussing the plan.

"Since you're planning to acquire 800 million points, you must have some kind of plan, right?"

"Of course." Ryuen smiled, took the phone that Shuichi Kanda had put back on the table, operated it for a while, and then turned the screen towards Shuichi Kanda.

Looking at the plans displayed on Ryuen's phone, Shuichi Kanda's expression turned strange. If they followed his plans, they might actually come to fruition...

Achieve it?!

"Are you planning to feed all the students Wild Vegetable Set Meal for three years?"

Shuichi Kanda looked at Ryuen as if he were an idiot.

"It's necessary to get into Class A, isn't it?"

"Necessary my ass! While the Wild Vegetable Set Meal is nutritionally balanced, it's only suitable for the average person. People like Ishizaki and Yamada from your class, and Sudo from our class, wouldn't be able to maintain their physical fitness by eating that kind of food, would they?"

Therefore, if you want to accumulate such a large amount of Private Points, you absolutely cannot endlessly exploit other classes. Even someone like Nagumo leaves 25% of the living expenses for second-year students. Are you planning to squeeze them all out of them?

Students will always need money, and excessive pressure can backfire. If someone chooses to fight to the death, you won't be able to control the chain reaction.

Shuichi Kanda's words made Ryuen pause for a moment, then nod.

"This is just an initial plan; I'll find a way to further refine it later."

"Furthermore, I don't think that squeezing points from students to obtain 800 million is the best strategy. After all, the students are almost all penniless. If they want points, they should approach the school, since the school is the richest entity in the institution."

Ryuen's heart skipped a beat. "You mean something like the VIP Exam?"

"That's right. The school spent over 80 million Private Points on just one VIP Exam. Ten such exams would yield 800 million points. However, even so, the school probably won't be that generous all the time."

"I don't think so. Anyway, the school can always find a way to get back the points that have been issued. After all, a withdrawal spot costs 20 million."

That's true, because this isn't the first time the school has done something like this; they also reclaim a portion of the points during the Sports Festival, right?

Ryuen Shuichi Kanda nodded. Indeed, for the school, as long as students' points are not used for consumption, then no matter how many points they have, they are just a string of numbers.

These items can be easily recycled as long as Special Exam is passed.

Even if a student uses points to graduate from Class A, it only means that more training resources have been invested, and the value generated will definitely not exceed 20 million yen. Therefore, what Ryuen said may have some truth to it.

"But Ryuen, do you still remember this school's admission brochure?"

"You mean once you graduate, you can choose your preferred university or job?" Ryuen sneered. "But after only one month of enrollment, your true colors have already been revealed."

"That's right, but I don't think it's false advertising. The school is just hiding some information." Shuichi Kanda nodded. "To be precise, as long as you graduate from Class A, you can choose your desired school for further studies or be assigned your desired job. However, since the school lied to us once, they can lie to us a second time."

That's right. Although the school stated that students in Class A would be able to choose between further education or employment, if all forty students in Class A chose to go to the Tokyo University, would the school really arrange jobs for them all?

How much power would it take to influence the admissions plans of Japan's top university?

Furthermore, it's important to understand that even graduating from Class A doesn't guarantee that all students in Class A are exceptionally talented. For instance, if all students in Class D graduated from Class A and then all went on to study at the Tokyo University...

Sudo is alright; he's an athletic student, and his Basketball skills are indeed strong, befitting the reputation of the Tokyo University.

But for idiots like Ike or Yamauchi, the admissions officers at the Tokyo University would probably want to die just seeing them.

Anyone can get into the Tokyo University now?

They don't have the ability, they're not qualified, do you know that?

I think your Advanced Nurturing High School has no shame whatsoever!

There is a phenomenon in society where companies are required to compensate employees when they are dismissed, according to labor law.

However, if they don't want to pay this amount, they'll let employees choose to resign voluntarily, thus saving this money, euphemistically called "persuasion to leave"...

Therefore, Shuichi Kanda estimates that students graduating from Class A probably can't go wherever they want; their final destination is mostly decided by the school.

If the school has the resources in this area, it can certainly accommodate you. However, if your application overlaps with others, then unfortunately, it may be first-come, first-served, or based on merit.

In short, graduating from Class A doesn't mean you can rest easy.

"That's none of my business. I just promised those guys in Class C that they'd graduate from Class A. What the school does is none of my concern."

Ryuen clearly understood the school's nature, so his initial promise was simply to help students in Class C advance to Class A.

"Since you know there's a problem with the school, you should also know that previously, no student had accumulated 20 million Private Points, which is why the rule of transferring classes with 20 million Private Points was created. But if you go too far... the school itself might have to intervene."

"Heh, we'll talk about that when the time comes."

As he spoke, Ryuen stood up, put away his phone, and picked up the Jump from the table.

"I'm going back now. I hope the exam you mentioned that requires dropping out comes soon."

"I hope to see you again then."

After parting ways with Ryuen, Shuichi Kanda also picked up a Jump magazine; perhaps reading manga wouldn't be so bad.

So, Shuichi Kanda went to the front desk and bought all the recent issues of Jump. However, because there were so many, it was inconvenient for Shuichi Kanda to carry them all, so he asked them to deliver them to his door.

After paying the extra points, the clerk readily agreed, saying it was no problem, but it would have to wait until the next day because he was the only one in the store at the moment; his colleague had gone to celebrate Christmas with his girlfriend.

After giving the other person a sympathetic look Shuichi Kanda left the bookstore and headed to the restaurant.

Originally, we planned to buy groceries and cook at home, but after chatting with Ryuen for so long, it was already lunchtime, and Shuichi Kanda was also hungry, so we decided to have lunch at the restaurant.

Chapter 224 You are all my wings!

After having lunch and buying groceries, Shuichi Kanda returned to his dormitory. In front of the dormitory, he saw a familiar face pacing back and forth at the entrance, not even noticing when Shuichi Kanda approached.

No, I already said I wasn't going on a date for Christmas, but someone still waited for me outside my room.

"What are you doing, Honami?"

"Eh, ah!"

Shuichi Kanda's sudden voice startled Ichinose Honami.

"You're not so scared to see me, are you?"

"Haha, Shuichi, have you gone out yet?"

"Yeah, I went out to buy groceries. What are you doing here? I remember that Nagumo guy organized Student Council outing today, and you didn't go?"

"Since you didn't go, Shuichi, of course I won't go either."

Ichinose pouted, which pleased Shuichi Kanda greatly.

"But is there something you need from me at this hour?"

Ichinose nodded. "Yeah, I guess so."

Is this guy also trying to ask me out? And on Christmas Day? Besides, I already told her I'd be staying home all day on Christmas.

Does she want to stay inside and play with me? Never mind, I'd better listen to what she has to say first.

"Come in, it just snowed, and it's still quite cold outside."