Hosen Wasn't Reckless-He Was Just a Madman! (Continued)

I think they would be very willing to team up with us, since that way their remaining high-level combat power can freely form teams to compete for the top 30% of Private Points rewards."

"So, Kanda- senpai means that you gave up the top-ranked Class Points reward and chose to prioritize the safety of your teammates?"

Nanase Tsubasa had been silent the whole time, was the first to understand Shuichi Kanda's meaning.

"You can think of it that way. Fifty Class Points are nothing to me," Shuichi Kanda said nonchalantly.

"That makes sense, after all, your Class A has over 1300 Class Points." Nanase Tsubasa nodded.

"So what you need to do now isn't to try to squeeze points out of us, that's unrealistic. What you should do is, while ensuring the safety of your own classmates, use your highly capable students to make exchanges with the other three classes that need Class Points."

If we only consider academic ability, this year's first-year students are significantly stronger than Shuichi Kanda's class.

There are 54 students with an academic level of B or above, but there are only less than 20 students with an academic level of D or below. In the second year, there are about 20 students with an academic level of D or below. Excluding the 12 students in Class A, the rest are almost all concentrated in Ryuen.

In other words, as long as these unsettling factors in both grades are eliminated, the first-year students can use these highly capable individuals as bargaining chips to exchange resources with Class B and Class C.

After all, Class A and Class D have too many students dragging them down, so it's basically impossible for them to compete for first place. And Ichinose from Class B chose to help the first-year students from the beginning, so it's also highly unlikely that she can compete for first place. That leaves only Class C.

If Class C wants to compete for these highly capable students, they will have to pay out Private Points, but their class already pays Shuichi Kanda every month, so they probably don't have much left over.

So the first-year students are destined not to get any money from Class C. What will the final outcome be? The final outcome is that even if they are determined not to form a team, it doesn't matter.

Because the students below the red line had already successfully teamed up with the students with higher academic abilities.

Therefore, there will basically be no expulsions in either grade, and first graders cannot get even a single point of Private Points from second graders.

No, by then, the remaining first-year students will be all high-achieving students. After they learn all this, they will definitely be the first to apply to form teams in order to avoid losing that 5% of their points.

However, these are conclusions that Shuichi Kanda could only deduce after knowing the current situation of the second-year students. The fact that Class C has to pay Shuichi Kanda every month is known only to those close to Shuichi Kanda outside of Class C, so even the second-year students might not have guessed this result.

No, Sakayanagi definitely knows, since her intelligence is synchronized with Shuichi Kanda's.

As for Ryuen, he definitely knows he has ulterior motives, but he probably doesn't know the specifics. Ichinose, probably doesn't care about these things; his classmates have probably already found partners by now.

As for first-year students, especially those like Hosen who intend to use their academic abilities to negotiate, the four classes will definitely work together to target them.

Moreover, even if the plan is discovered, it won't really matter, since they haven't suffered any losses. At most, they'll feel humiliated for being tricked by Shuichi Kanda.

After hearing Shuichi Kanda's words, Nanase Tsubasa and Hosen both fell silent for a moment.

"Hmph, is this the thinking ability of someone with an A+ grade?" Hosen sneered. "Indeed impressive."

All done!

This guy seems shrewd, but it seems he's not actually like that; he believed me so easily.

"In that case, let's not delay and sign the contract directly. Our class will send five students with an academic level of D or below, and five with a B or above."

Sure enough, after Tsukishiro was asked to change the punishment for the first-year students, the exam became much easier.

After Hosen finished speaking, Shuichi Kanda glanced at Hirata nearby, and the latter immediately nodded and went to meet him.

He didn't want to get close to this guy again so easily. A wise man doesn't stand under a crumbling wall; who knows what this madman might do?

It wasn't Hosen who personally negotiated with Hirata; rather, it was Nanase, who had been by his side, who stepped in and finalized the list of ten student slots with Hirata.

However, looking at Nanase Tsubasa, who was honestly discussing with Hirata how to form a team, Shuichi Kanda felt that something was strange about what was happening today.

What exactly did Hosen Kazuomi mean? They actually did something so abrupt and unsuccessful.

"Ah, right." Hosen seemed to remember something and reminded Nanase, "Let's not team up with those two idiots with E-level academic ability. It would just be a waste of our combat power."

"What did you say?"

After being provoked time and time again, Sudo was beginning to lose his temper.

"Oh? You want to fight? Go ahead and make your move, I'm always ready." Hosen said to Sudo without the slightest hesitation.

"Don't lose your composure, Sudo. You should know this school very well, right?"

Seeing that Horikita had stopped Sudo, Shuichi Kanda nodded. Although it was a good opportunity to test Hosen, there was no other way. Horikita probably wouldn't let Sudo cause any more violence.

However, Sudo really needs to work on his temper. If no one stops him, he'll probably lose his temper if provoked a couple more times.

However, compared to when school started, he was much more composed, and even when he was angry, he was able to suppress it well.

"I know..."

After being reminded by Horikita, Sudo, though a little anxious, still prepared to step down.

Although Sudo obediently withdrew, Hosen, who was opposite him, seemed to have no intention of stopping there.

The moment Sudo turned to look at Horikita, Hosen reached out his huge hand and shoved Sudo.

"Ooh!"

In that instant, Sudo lost his balance and fell to the floor.

"It's just that he's tall; I only touched him lightly and he fell over."

Shuichi Kanda narrowed his eyes; this guy was definitely doing it on purpose.

Doesn't he know the school's rules?

Or was it that he actually acted this way precisely because he knew the school's rules?

Through his conversation yesterday, Shuichi Kanda knew that he must have been in contact with Nagumo, and that Nagumo was very lenient about fighting. Ayanokoji had beaten Ryuen up on the rooftop before and hadn't received any real punishment, let alone Hosen's behavior just now.

For something of that magnitude, there wouldn't be any punishment, or even an interrogation; at most, there would be a verbal warning.

"You bastard!"

Sudo, who was about to regain his composure, immediately became angry again because of this incident, but someone arrived at the scene before he could make a move.

What are you doing!

Daichi Ishizaki from Class 2-D is a delinquent type who's prone to arguing, but during the previous Training Camp Exam, it became clear that he's a man of great loyalty and affection.

After witnessing Sudo's ordeal, he immediately stepped forward.

"They're swarming out one after another like cockroaches!"

"There should be a limit to looking down on people, hey!"

Ishizaki reached out his arm as if to grab the other person's collar, but someone stepped forward and stopped Ishizaki.

"Stop if you don't want to die, Ishizaki."

The one who could stop Ishizaki was naturally Ryuen Kakeru, the leader of Class 2-D.

Ryuen's intervention surprised those who knew him.

"You actually stopped him? What are you planning?"

Ryuen has always welcomed such violent incidents, so Ibuki finds this very strange.

However, she overlooked one thing: Ryuen's welcome was conditional on the premise that he could guarantee victory.

Go ask him now and suggest he fight Ayanokoji, see if he'd be happy about it.

Therefore, there can only be one reason why Ryuen is stopping Ishizaki: Ishizaki can't gain any advantage against Hosen, so he's speaking up to stop him.

Ryuen dismissed Ishizaki and then approached Hosen himself.

"So, it's your turn to be my opponent this time? You seem even weaker than that idiot named Sudo over there, hey."

"I know your story very well. Because Hosen was quite a well-known figure in my middle school area, but I never expected him to look so stupid."

Just now, Hosen called Sudo an idiot, and Ryuen retorted that Hosen looked stupid. As expected of Ryuen, he's surprisingly reliable at times like this.

"Oh? Is this someone you know? Ryuen, it seems the people over there aren't very good. Are they known for producing delinquent youths?"

Upon hearing Ryuen's words, Shuichi Kanda restraint.

"Hmph, Kanda, you've been talking too much nonsense today."

Shuichi Kanda chuckled but didn't continue the conversation.

"Ryuen?" Hosen's expression turned to surprise, then he grinned broadly. "Hahaha, what an unexpected coincidence! I'm so tired of hearing the rumors about you, Ryuen. But the Ryuen of rumors is actually so thin and weak, it's truly disappointing."

"You're exactly as I imagined, all you have is muscle and no brain."

"Back in middle school, I wanted to kill you several times, but I never actually saw you. Maybe I've just gotten more afraid?"

"You're really lucky. If you saw me, you wouldn't be able to act so arrogantly in front of me now."

"Is that so? In that case, let's settle this right here and now."

Hosen clenched his huge fist, looking somewhat eager to try.

"Forget it, I don't intend to fight a gorilla without any reward."

Ryuen rejected Hosen's suggestion without hesitation and then turned and left.

Shuichi Kanda glanced at Yamada Albert beside him, then at Ryuen. He had thought Ryuen would try to test the waters, but it turned out the guy was really clever.

If even Ryuen has temporarily retreated, then it seems there's no way to find out exactly how much intelligence the first-year students have. In other words, that guy named Hosen is really troublesome.

None of the high-achieving students sent by Class 1-D achieved an A grade, so Hirata couldn't easily write down Sudo and Ike's names; it would be terrible if something went wrong.

Therefore, although the two sides reached a preliminary cooperation, it only ensured the safety of five students with an academic level of D.

Sudo and Ike are still below the red line. To ensure their safety, we need to find two people with academic abilities of A- or above for them.

Or rather, students with a B grade might not be very willing to team up with these two, since they would also worry about failing.

However, after Shuichi Kanda's words, the first-year students will definitely try to retain students with an A grade in their own class, so finding a partner for the two of them is still a long and arduous task.

"So you just tucked your tail between your legs and ran away, Ryuen."

"Think what you will. I won't do anything that doesn't benefit me. Besides, this corridor is under the school's surveillance. I don't want to lose Class Points because of fighting with you." Ryuen walked towards Class D' s classroom without looking back.

Ishizaki and Ibuki followed closely behind, but Ryuen's retreat did not stop Hosen. Instead, as Ibuki passed by him, Ibuki reached out and grabbed at her.

"Hmph, it's just fifty Class Points, do you think I care?"

After enrolling, Hosen immediately investigated the school and discovered that the scores of the second-year students varied greatly, which made him think about many things.

He also knew that his specialty was violence, so he asked his homeroom teacher Suma Norinori, early on how many points he would lose for fighting.

The response was that, depending on the circumstances, the student might be suspended from school, and fifty to one hundred Class Points would be deducted.

Hosen didn't care about fifty Class Points at all, so in order to provoke Ryuen, he directly attacked Ryuen's follower Ibuki.

Seeing Hosen's actions, Ibuki hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation; she simply instinctively reached out her arm to brush Hosen's hand away.

However, at that moment, Hosen suddenly changed the position of his hand and grabbed Ibuki by the neck.

As is well known, the neck is one of the most vulnerable parts of a human body. Ibuki, who was grabbed by Hosen's large hand, immediately struggled, but in the face of absolute strength, Ibuki's struggles were completely ineffective.

Hosen seemed to be trying to provoke Ryuen into making a move, even Ibuki up with one hand.

With his carotid artery compressed, Ibuki was already struggling to keep up.

Seeing this, Shuichi Kanda whistled, and then finally realized that the first-year student really didn't know the school's rules.

He then immediately took out his phone and filmed the scene of Hosen grabbing Ibuki's neck.

Then, he took out the armband of the Vice President of the Student Council from his pocket.

That's enough!

Shuichi Kanda's sudden words startled Hosen.

"If you want to be expelled, then keep going."

"Hmph, you think you can make me drop out of school?"

Seeing that Hosen still had no intention of releasing the person, Shuichi Kanda's eyes turned cold. Ibuki, whose neck was being choked by the security guards, was already drooling uncontrollably. If this continued, things might not be good.

This guy is insane!

"Get them there! I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong."

Before Shuichi Kanda could finish speaking, Ryuen had already made his move, launching a flying kick at Hosen's chest without hesitation. However, Hosen simply turned slightly to the side and dodged it.

On the other side, Ishizaki also made his move, but just as Shuichi Kanda had predicted, Hosen was a troublesome fellow. Even while holding Ibuki in one hand, he easily dodged the attack from both of them.

"What are you standing there for, Akito, Yosuke, go help!" Shuichi Kanda immediately directed the two guys next to him to take action. "Horikita, you go keep an eye on that girl named Nanase, prioritize saving her."

After Shuichi Kanda shouted at them, everyone present suddenly realized that they couldn't let Hosen continue under any circumstances.

Didn't you see that Ibuki was already somewhat unconscious?

If Ibuki were to lose control of her bladder and bowels at this moment, would she even survive?