Class C Begins to Turn

Happy times are always fleeting. Before we had chatted for long, Class C homeroom teacher Kazuma Sakagami walked into the classroom carrying a stack of documents issued by the school.

Although the bell for class hadn't rung yet, the students immediately reined in their temperaments upon seeing the teacher enter. They returned to their seats, ceased their chatter, and turned their gazes toward him.

"Everyone, welcome to Advanced Nurturing High School. I am Kazuma Sakagami, the homeroom teacher for Class C, and I will be responsible for teaching you mathematics.

One thing that makes this school unique is that you will not be reshuffled into new classes next year. In fact, you will remain classmates for the entirety of these three years.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I will serve as your homeroom teacher for these three years, and we shall learn and progress together. I look forward to working with you. The entrance ceremony will be held in the gymnasium in one hour. I hope you will maintain order and not be late on your very first day.

Before the ceremony, I must distribute these documents as required by the school. Although you were given these after your interviews, I trust that young students are unlikely to have kept them for so long. Perhaps many of you didn't even flip through them after bringing them home, and now that school is about to start, you can't find them anymore. So, consider these backups."

Teacher Sakagami's words were quite blunt, but to those who were paying attention, they were rather interesting—especially his emphasis on the importance of order and discipline.

Judging by this, the homeroom teachers of Class B and Class A likely gave their students similar subtle warnings about discipline from the start. Except for Class D; that side is truly miserable.

As for the distributed documents, there wasn't much worth looking at. They were nothing more than pictures and brief introductions detailing the school's facilities and emphasizing the school regulations.

For instance, living on campus is mandatory, and unless there are special circumstances, you cannot contact the outside world or leave school grounds without permission.

Regarding these rules, I found myself speechless, because they are actually riddled with loopholes.

"What I am handing out now are your student IDs. I trust you are all familiar with the concept of a student ID, but please keep this card safe.

Every purchase you make within the school's facilities requires its use, and it consumes a currency called 'points.' You must remember: in this school, anything available on campus can be purchased with points."

That is a lie. For example, if I wanted to buy the life of Chairman Sakayanagi, points wouldn't be enough.

"The method of using the student ID is simple: place it in the sensor area of a machine or present it to others. Furthermore, points will be automatically deposited into your ID on the first of every month. For now, each of you has been fairly issued 100,000 points, where one point is equivalent to one yen."

If the people sitting in this classroom were working adults, they would have easily identified the problem in the teacher's statement, but for students, it wasn't so simple.

After all, students are always most concerned with their studies, whereas working adults focus on their salaries. If the compensation isn't explained clearly, they would certainly raise questions.

"Finally, the school is quite sensitive regarding the issue of bullying. It is zero-tolerance, so make sure the school never discovers you engaging in bullying behavior toward your classmates."

Oh? As expected, this is the difference between Sakagami and Chabashira.

In the original work, the homeroom teacher Sakagami did not stop the violent behavior adopted by Ryuen Kakeru; instead, he subtly encouraged it.

The fact that he could essentially imply at the start of the term that "it isn't bullying as long as you aren't caught" suggests that after reviewing his students' files, he concluded Ryuen was the most likely candidate to become the class leader and unify the class, which is why he provided him with the necessary convenience.

"If you have no questions, then—"

After Sakagami finished speaking, the classroom remained silent for a while. Seeing that no one wanted to raise any questions, Sakagami, preparing to wrap up, signaled for Ryuen to come to the podium.

"Since the teacher is done, it's my turn to speak. Everyone, sit down and shut up!"

Ryuen seized the moment and walked onto the podium with a swagger.

"Listen up! From the fact that not a single one of you raised a question to the homeroom teacher just now, you have all lost the right to lead this class!

I, Ryuen Kakeru, will be your monarch!

From this moment on, cancel any plans you had in your heads about how to squander your points!

Starting now, everyone is to hand over 80,000 personal points to me. We'll start with that guy over there who looks like a total bookworm!"

After Ryuen announced his intention to become the leader of Class C with an incredibly arrogant attitude, Sakagami gave a slight nod of approval. In the eyes of the Class C students, this gesture meant the teacher also endorsed Ryuen's methods.

Furthermore, since I was the first person Ryuen chose to hand over points, I stood up with Hiyori and walked to the podium to pay.

Hiyori and I were like the lead sheep jumping into the water, and the other Class C students behind us had no choice but to board our pirate ship and hand over their points.

"I know you harbor dissatisfaction toward me, but unfortunately, you don't have the qualifications to complain!

Let me tell you the truth about this school! Teacher Sakagami, how many points does it cost to purchase the specific rules regarding the behavioral assessment for this first month of school?"

Ryuen waved his hand, turning everyone's gaze toward Kazuma Sakagami, who was standing to the side.

"Two million personal points."

Kazuma Sakagami stated this figure with great satisfaction.

"Did you all hear that? Two million personal points. If there wasn't something fishy going on, why would a simple piece of information cost a full two million points? That's two million yen when converted!

Next, I will show you why you couldn't become the class leader because you failed to ask questions.

Teacher Sakagami, how many points does it cost to purchase the specific information regarding class points and the monthly personal point distribution?"

Clearly, Ryuen was squeezing the value of the information held by the teacher role without spending a dime. It didn't matter whether the students could get an answer from the teacher or not.

As long as someone with intent could use the teacher's assistance under the rules to confirm that there was something wrong with this school, then everything would become self-evident.

"Four million personal points."

Now, the look in Kazuma Sakagami's eyes toward Ryuen was full of admiration.

"Did you all hear that? Four million personal points? That's the total sum of everyone's points in the entire class! Let me be merciful and tell you the truth.

The four classes of the first year—A, B, C, and D—are each given 1,000 class points upon enrollment, and 1 class point corresponds to 100 personal points.

In other words, we were able to receive 100,000 personal points each this first month because we started with 1,000 class points. And class points fluctuate based on certain special rules!

You can go check the class points on the bulletin boards for the second and third years later to see for yourselves.

And for this first month, the rule determining the fluctuation of class points is our duty as students—study and discipline. I don't require you to study particularly hard, but I do require you to at least look like motivated students!

Being late, leaving early, whispering in class, damaging school property, and the like—without my permission, none of you are allowed to do any of it."