The Power Supremacy Classroom Backed by Black Technology Chapter 5

Item Effect: After depositing currency into this bank, an additional 10% of principal + interest is gained every hour, with Points usable as currency.

In other words, if Shuichi Kanda deposited 100,000 Points now and withdrew them an hour later, he'd have 110,000 Private Points.

If he didn't withdraw them, after another hour, he'd get 121,000 Private Points.

The item's effect lasts 24 hours—that's a 9.8x return. If he played it well, Shuichi Kanda might even bankrupt the school!

But you can't make bricks without straw. With Shuichi Kanda's current principal, depositing directly would be a terrible deal. He had to plan carefully.

Checking the time, it was nearly noon. Shuichi Kanda closed the School Forum, opened Line, and pulled up Akito Miyake's profile picture.

"Want to go eat?"

The message showed as read in under five seconds.

Akito Miyake, also lying around in his dorm room, saw Shuichi Kanda's message, glanced at the time, and started typing on his phone.

"Wouldn't it be too early at this hour?"

"At my pace, by the time I reach the cafeteria, it should be about right."

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's reply, Akito Miyake seemed to recall the other's performance on that short walk earlier and agreed.

"Alright then, let's go."

As he sent this, Akito Miyake rolled out of bed, walked to the entrance to put on his shoes, and before leaving, even opened the bathroom door to check himself in the mirror, running a hand through his hair.

Mm, yosh!

When Shuichi Kanda stepped out, he happened to see Akito Miyake also emerging from his room. It seemed the guy wasn't the type to procrastinate.

Shuichi Kanda really hated people who made him wait, so his opinion of Akito Miyake went up a notch.

"I just saw on the forum that this school's cafeteria offers a free set meal." Drawing closer, Shuichi Kanda started the conversation.

"Free?" Akito Miyake scratched his head. "With 100,000 Points a month, even eating meat every day should be fine, right?"

Shuichi Kanda fell silent. It seemed this Akito Miyake wasn't all that sharp. But that was fine—he was sharp enough for both of them.

"Let's check it out first. Maybe there's something special going on."

"Yeah, if I can eat for free, I can save up to buy a better bow."

Good grief, just how obsessed with Kyudo was this guy?

"You really love Kyudo, huh."

"Well, how should I put it? My family runs a dojo, so I've been practicing since I was a kid, and I don't hate Kyudo."

Whoa, a martial arts family. A few hundred years earlier, he might've been a minor noble. And judging by his physique, he was probably in good shape...

"I see. Too bad my physical condition doesn't really allow me to do sports." Shuichi Kanda sighed deliberately.

Hearing this, Akito Miyake's expression turned hesitant.

Seeing that look, Shuichi Kanda asked proactively.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, actually..."

"You want to ask about my body?"

As if caught red-handed, Akito Miyake looked embarrassed. To him, this might touch on Shuichi Kanda's privacy and pain, so he really couldn't bring himself to ask.

"If it's not convenient, you don't have to say anything."

They'd only just met, so they were sticking to surface-level topics. Shuichi Kanda's slow movement speed was bound to come up, and of course, he'd expected that.

In fact, if Akito Miyake hadn't brought it up, he'd have been a bit disappointed. That would mean Akito Miyake wasn't someone worth getting close to—just an ordinary friend.

By raising the question, Akito Miyake, regardless of how, at least showed he cared about Shuichi Kanda.

Shuichi Kanda didn't hide it. He explained to Akito Miyake how he'd been in an accident half a year ago and only woke up a week earlier.

"I see. Sorry."

"It's fine. I'm still here, aren't I?"

Shuichi Kanda gave a carefree smile. "As an apology, come with me today to try the free set meal."

"Haha, of course, no problem."

Chapter 9: Wild Vegetable Set Meal and the Temporary Supervisor

A dozen minutes later, the school cafeteria.

"Itadakimasu!" *2

Picking up his chopsticks, Shuichi Kanda took a bite of greens, and his brow furrowed slightly.

"It's not bad, and this set meal has enough nutritional value."

With that, he swallowed the greens.

Across from him, Akito was eating with gusto.

"Akito, what do you think?"

"Me? It's fine. My family's dojo is up in the mountains, so I'm used to camping sometimes. Compared to those dinners, this is passable."

With that, he took another sip of the miso soup. "Though this miso soup is a bit salty."

"Is it?"

Shuichi Kanda also took a sip of the miso soup, then glanced at Akito Miyake, who continued eating without changing his expression. Tough guy, huh.

Even though this free Wild Vegetable Set Meal didn't suit Shuichi Kanda's taste, it wasn't as bad as the forum made it out to be. At least he didn't waste any—he ate everything edible, and so did Miyake across from him.

After returning their trays to the designated spot, Shuichi Kanda and Akito Miyake left the cafeteria together.

"Want to check out the Shopping Street? Some people in our class already tested it—apparently, even spending fifty thousand points on a game console is allowed."

Miyake pulled out his phone, pointing at the class chat log.

Shuichi Kanda looked over.

[This is so awesome, I've always wanted this console! Only 50,000 points and I can buy it!]

Poster: Yamauchi Haruki.

[I bought a laptop too...]

Seeing this almost boastful message, Shuichi Kanda felt a bit speechless. He'd been trying to drill the point home in the classroom, and yet there were still idiots like this who didn't value their points and just squandered them.

"Are these guys planning to eat Wild Vegetable Set Meals for a whole month? Chabashira-sensei's attitude was pretty clear back then, right?"

"Forget it, let's just focus on ourselves. They'll learn their lesson sooner or later."

Miyake scratched his head. He hadn't spoken in the class group yet, but that didn't stop him from lurking and watching. And he saw no need to warn those people.

Still, not everyone was an idiot. For example, Hirata Yosuke, after seeing Yamauchi Haruki's boast, immediately urged everyone not to waste their points recklessly—because Chabashira-sensei hadn't guaranteed that Class Points would be distributed next month.

[Hirata, you're worrying too much.]

[Yeah, are you just jealous because we bought stuff? We'll worry about next month when it comes.]

Seeing those latest two messages almost made Shuichi Kanda laugh. What kind of clowns are these? Does this school just admit anyone it wants? Really living it up while the sun shines, huh.

Shuichi Kanda wasn't a particularly ambitious student. Even though he'd been reborn, he didn't share the grand aspirations of his fellow transmigrators.

He just wanted to live a stable life—make a few simple friends, have a simple romance, earn some simple money, get married simply, have kids simply, raise them simply, and end his life simply.

And barring any surprises, Shuichi Kanda figured he could achieve all that easily. In the second week after his transmigration, he'd already gotten a black-tech economic item like the Value-Added Bank: One Day. Who knew what even crazier stuff might show up later—maybe a Value-Added Bank: One Year.

Even if future items turned out useless, using the 10x Asset Appreciation Voucher wisely would let him live quite comfortably for the rest of his life.

Most importantly, this system didn't force missions on him. No pressure meant no motivation, which only made Shuichi Kanda want to lie low even more.

When he and Akito Miyake reached the Shopping Street, Shuichi Kanda noticed it had everything from ordinary electronics stores to cafés and family restaurants. He even spotted Chinese and French cuisine places.

Besides that, there were some less common shops too—like the one for Miyake's interest in kyudo. Not only could you custom-order kyudo uniforms, but there were also bows of various sizes to choose from.

Given the school's foot traffic, though, the net profit from these stores probably couldn't even cover the electricity bills.

But Shuichi Kanda quickly let it go. A school that handed out so many points to students for free couldn't possibly be relying on these shops for profit.

That meant these stores were the school's fixed assets, run by school staff. If so, any purchases here would be recorded, with no privacy.

How intrusive.

"Let's go get your kyudo uniform ordered first."

"You sure?"

"I don't want to carry stuff while waiting for you either. It'd be a hassle for me too."

"Then I'll count on you to keep me company. There should be a place to sit in the shop. You can rest for a bit."

Shuichi Kanda was thinking the same thing, so their first stop was the Kyudo Equipment Resale Shop, tucked away at the edge of the Shopping Street in a very remote spot.

As soon as Akito Miyake and Shuichi Kanda walked in, a senior student in a school uniform with a very refined face came over from the counter.

"Are you two underclassmen interested in kyudo?"

"What makes you so sure we're underclassmen?"

Shuichi Kanda asked casually.

"There are less than three hundred students in the second and third years combined at this school, and I've met almost all of them. You two are new faces, so you must be today's new students."

The visitor laughed heartily, then introduced himself with a hint of pride in his voice.

"I'm Sato Ken from Class A, third year. I'm the captain of the school's Archery Club and the temporary manager of this shop."

Temporary manager of the shop?

Both Shuichi Kanda and Akito Miyake were taken aback. A student managing a store?

Seeing their expressions clearly, Sato Ken explained, "Most stores hire outside staff to run them, but shops like this one for kyudo are niche, so their annual revenue is very low."

"And at this school, this shop mainly exists to serve the needs of Archery Club members and potential members. Instead of paying high labor costs, it's better to let the current Archery Club captain double as the manager."

"That way, the school saves on staffing expenses, and the student gets some extra point income."

So that's a thing, huh.

No wonder he said he was the temporary person in charge—so that's what was going on.

Chapter 10: Fragments of Information from Sato Ken

But compared to that, Shuichi Kanda was far more interested in another piece of information Sato had let slip unintentionally.

"Sato-senpai, you just said the second and third years combined are less than three hundred people?"

This school had four classes per grade, with forty students enrolled in each class. That meant each year should have one hundred sixty students, and two years combined would be three hundred twenty.

But when they first met, this Sato Ken-senpai said the second and third years together didn't even reach three hundred. So where had those at least twenty people gone?

Could they have been dumped into Tokyo Bay?

Wait, was this school actually doing something like that?

Was this place unsafe too?

Shuichi Kanda, who had expected Sato Ken to answer his question immediately, instead saw a slightly surprised expression on Sato's face.

"Speaking of which, you two are..."

Ah, he'd been smoothly redirected.

No choice—he'd have to introduce himself first. Otherwise, it really would be rude.

"Ah, pardon me. I'm Akito Miyake from Class 1-D."

"I'm Shuichi Kanda, same class."

"Class 1-D?"