How to Get Promoted to Class A

The day after Sudo was called away by Teacher Chabashira, she announced the reason for the delayed points.

It was because of the fight between Sudo and a Class C student, and it was currently difficult to determine which side was at fault.

Since the incident occurred at the end of last month, class points needed to be deducted.

But since it was unclear whose fault it was, the points couldn't be distributed until the Sudo incident was resolved.

The class cast cold glances at Sudo, and some even thought it would have been better if he had dropped out last time.

Instead of restraining himself, he had once again caused trouble for the class, and class points would be deducted.

Regarding this matter, Sudo strongly maintained his claim of innocence, but the class was skeptical of his words.

Then Sudo revealed that there might have been a witness at the scene. Even though everyone was doubtful, for the sake of class points, they still helped him search for the witness.

After searching for a day, no one gathered even a shred of witness information, and the next day they started complaining to each other in class.

"Is there really a witness? Could it be that Sudo made it up himself?"

"I don't think there's a witness either."

"Exactly, I asked everyone I know, and there's no such person at all."

Everyone grumbled about Sudo, who hadn't arrived in the classroom yet, but a few people were still speaking up for him.

Those were Hirata and Kushida. Even Sudo's two buddies, Ike and Yamauchi, weren't defending him.

"Everyone, if even we doubt Sudo-kun, then who will believe him? And how will we find the witness who really exists?"

"Then... if this is his fault and Class C is the victim, then we..."

Hirata nodded under everyone's gaze and firmly told the class that no matter what, they had to help Sudo.

Qiuyue: (...Hirata's attachment to the class is too strong. In my opinion, this is Sudo's problem.)

(I don't care what happens to Sudo either. He's at most an acquaintance. There's no reason for me to give up my own interests to help him. He'll probably just be suspended, and even if he's expelled, I don't plan to help him.)

(And Hirata has only known him for how long? They've even had conflicts before. Sudo's reputation in the class isn't good either. Hirata is just still stuck in his middle school days.)

(People are so complicated. Even those who constantly talk about reason and right and wrong—once it involves someone they care about, whether that person is right or wrong no longer matters.)

(Because they care, they can twist black into white. Because they care, right or wrong doesn't matter. The scale in their hearts can never be balanced.)

(So, as long as it involves themselves or someone they care about, most people can't look at the problem from an objective perspective.)

(And Sudo, without Hirata, probably no one in this class would really want to help you. They'd all just mind their own business and stay aloof.)

(When something happens, aside from family, the people around you only offer coldness. This is perfectly natural, so I never place my hopes on others.)

(We're all high schoolers now. We should know Xunzi's theory of evil human nature.)

(If Mencius's "theory of good nature" is idealism, then Xunzi's "theory of evil nature" is realism.)

(The essence of humanity is desire. Humans are driven by desire. That's the naked truth of Xunzi's thought.)

(Therefore, any good deeds humans perform are not out of nature, but merely hypocrisy.)

(Human nature is evil. The goodness shown on the surface is only the result of acquired education suppressing that evil.)

(When the goodness taught by education encounters evil, the evil hidden in the heart will be exposed.)

(This theory, even in this world, I don't think is wrong.)

(But... this is a created world. In other words, the characters here are, in a sense, ideal characters. But... I don't want to change myself by thinking this world is different from the previous one.)

(Because the ideal characters in this world only exist within this school.)

"Ah... I wish I had been in Class A from the start. Class A gets over 100,000 points every month."

Knowing that Hirata was determined to help Sudo find the witness, Ike stopped talking about it and started daydreaming on his own.

"Want to go to Class A? Cheer up, Ike. There's a way."

Everyone was drawn to the sound of the classroom's front door opening. It was Teacher Chabashira.

"...Teacher? I didn't hear you clearly just now. Is that true...?"

"Really. There's a way for you to directly move up to Class A yourself. How about it? Want to know?"

Everyone quickly returned to their seats, eagerly awaiting what Teacher Chabashira would say next.

"Teacher, please go on."

Qiuyue: (You'd better give up. You'll never gather 20 million Private Points.)

Teacher Chabashira chuckled lightly, walked up to the podium, and said:

"Forgotten? What happened when Horikita came to buy points from me before? Still don't understand?"

"Huh... what do you mean?"

"...Teacher, could you explain it more clearly?"

Hirata, sitting in his seat, suddenly seemed to think of something. He raised his hand and asked Teacher Chabashira:

"Teacher, do you mean... you can buy it with points?"

"That's right. It costs 20 million Private Points per person. You'd better start saving."

"What a joke! How is that even possible?"

Qiuyue: (Heh, just wait until I collect them all—you'll be even more shocked then.)

"Excuse me... has anyone in this school's history ever managed to do it?"

The taciturn Horikita voiced her question.

"Regretfully, no."

"Then that means it's impossible, right? Teacher, don't make things hard for us. This simply can't be done."

Qiuyue: (Heh, ever studied math? Equal to zero and infinitely close to zero—those are two completely different things.)

After everyone grumbled to each other for a while, they gave up on this method, since even Horikita seemed to have abandoned it.

Watching Horikita like this, Qiuyue shook his head and muttered to himself in a voice so low it was barely audible.

"How foolish. Just because no one's done it means it can't be done? Giving up before you've even started—you'll never succeed that way."

"Hey, Qiuyue, did you say something just now?"

Yamauchi looked at Qiuyue.

"No, nothing. Just your imagination."

And so, until school let out, everyone split up to keep searching for that witness who may or may not have actually existed.

In the cafeteria.

"Aaaargh—I can't take it anymore! Sudo, did you really see someone there?"