Selling Hidden Rules

Male Dormitory Building, Room 415.

Qiuyue sat in a chair, staring at the contact information of several people on his computer, muttering to himself.

"It's been a week since I arrived at school, and the class leader positions are pretty much settled. Ryuen has already taken over Class C with violence."

"Although I hacked into the student council's computer to steal student info and recorded the contact details and numbers of each class's leaders, should I contact Katsuragi or Yanagibayashi for Class A?"

"Hmm... I'll go with the white-haired loli instead. Lolis are truly wonderful."

Qiuyue took out the phone he bought at the chairman's office, started composing a message, and after finishing, selected send.

Hirata, who had just finished training with the soccer club, packed up and was on his way back.

Ding--

"Hmm?"

Hirata pulled out his phone from his bag, opened it, and his expression immediately turned serious.

"Whether it's true or not, I need to discuss it properly. It's too late today; I'll talk to the class first thing tomorrow morning."

Ding--

Inside a KTV private room, a man with medium-length red hair sat in the center, legs crossed, a bit of gauze still on his face, holding red wine in one hand while reading a message on his phone with the other.

"This is really interesting! Though I'd love to know how you got my number, what you're saying is even more intriguing to me! Hahaha!"

A blue-haired girl beside him glanced over, frowned, and said with some disdain, "Ryuen, what's wrong with you again?"

Ding--

"Sigh..."

Ichinose stopped in her tracks, staring blankly at the message on her phone.

"Honami-chan~ What's wrong? Why are you standing still?"

"Honami-chan?"

Ichinose held up her phone.

"Everyone, take a look at this message."

The girls gathered around.

"Honami-chan, can we really trust a message from an unknown source?"

"Yeah, yeah, it's probably just spam."

"But if what this message says is true..."

"I think so too. Better safe than sorry. If it's real and we ignore it, wouldn't that be a huge loss?"

The girls immediately started discussing among themselves. Seeing this, Ichinose quickly clapped her hands to interrupt, smiling.

"Alright, everyone, let's stop for now. We'll discuss it slowly in my room when we get back, and then tomorrow morning, the whole class can vote on it. How about that?"

All the girls agreed.

"Then let's head back!"

Ding--

Clatter...

In a room where two girls were playing chess, a phone rang beside them.

"Sakayanagi, someone sent you a message. Go check it out."

"Don't rush, Kamuro-san. Let's finish this game first before looking."

"Ugh! Sakayanagi, are you a demon? We've been playing for so long, and I haven't won a single round! Spare me!"

"...Fine, Kamuro-san. Let's call it a day. Then, if you don't mind, Kamuro, could you bring me my phone?"

"...Here."

Sakayanagi smiled faintly, took it, and read the message. After finishing, her smile widened.

"Oh my, oh my~ Looks like the campus life ahead just got a bit more interesting~"

The next morning, Class D of the first year gathered early because Hirata had said in the class group chat that he had something important to discuss in person and hoped everyone could arrive at the classroom early.

Almost everyone in the classroom was present, except for the trio who hadn't shown up.

Hirata stepped up to the front, looked over the class, and when his gaze landed on the trio's empty seats, he sighed and began speaking.

"Everyone, listen up. Because of time constraints, class is about to start soon, and we can't wait for Yamauchi and the others. So I'll say this now."

"Yesterday, I received a message that said:

'I know the hidden rules of this school. I can sell them to you and your class for 800,000 personal points. I can guarantee this rule will be of great help to you and your class.

Of course, I know you might not believe me. As a reminder, points can buy anything you want. You can ask your homeroom teacher to purchase the hidden rules for 2 million personal points, while I'm only asking for 800,000 personal points.'"

There's no contract. If you trust me, just send 800,000 personal points to this account, and I'll send you the info by text.

I'm worth your trust, because this won't be the only deal between us.

"So, what's everyone's decision?"

The students in the classroom had already erupted into chaos—surprise, confusion, and shock all mixed together.

"Of course we're buying!"

A very firm voice declared loudly.

Everyone in the class turned to look, and saw Horikita standing with a resolute gaze fixed on Hirata.

Qiuyue watched Horikita like that, inwardly ecstatic.

That's right! Just like that! I'm counting on you for my 800,000 personal points! Horikita! Atta girl! Keep it up!

Sarcastic remarks started spreading through the class.

"Easy for you to say, but that's 800,000!"

"Yeah, split it up, that's 20,000 per person. I'm kind of reluctant..."

"Exactly..."

"..."

Horikita looked at these people, her eyes full of that 'you're a lost cause' feeling.

"I still have 85,600 personal points. I can use all of them to buy this information."

Mm~ Well said, right to my heart~

"Whoa, do we really have to buy it..."

"But..."

Come on, can Class D get it together? What's there to hesitate about? Class C bought it last night already. It's not a loss waiting for Ryuen to finish organizing the class before I start selling the hidden rules. Hehehe~ 800,000.

Seeing that the discussion was going nowhere, Hirata finally spoke up. "Everyone, the first class today happens to be Teacher Chabashira's. Let's go ask her to confirm whether there really are hidden rules."

"If there really are hidden rules, I think we should buy them. It'll benefit the class, and we'll get another 100,000 points next month, okay?"

With that, the girls in the class started echoing Hirata, and the boys had no choice but to agree.

At that moment, Qiuyue glanced back. He shook his head helplessly, then sat back down, pulled out his phone, and started reading.

Sigh... That trio probably won't agree. They're still not here yet...

Ah, Class A and Class B's money came through. Mm~ Not bad, not bad. As expected, Class A and Class B are way better than Class D. They act decisively when it's time. Now, I just need to send them the pre-written info.

One minute before class started, the trio showed up. They sat down directly and started chatting.

"Everyone, sit down. Class is starting."

"Teacher Chabashira, can we take a few minutes to ask a question?"

Chabashira looked slightly surprised at Hirata, then replied with a faint smile. "What question? Go ahead."

"Are there hidden rules at this school?"

Teacher Chabashira's smile grew more pronounced, as if to hint that we'd asked the right thing, but her words answered differently.

"I can't answer that question."

Hirata tried rephrasing. "Then what if we use points to buy the school's hidden rules?"

"2,000,000 personal points."

Teacher Chabashira shot back instantly.