Selling Information

After Chihaya Rei returned to the classroom, he saw Horikita Suzune sitting at her desk, previewing the new textbooks.

She truly lived up to the reputation of someone who claimed to study sixteen hours a day.

However, if he told her that Ichinose Honami from Class B next door had taken a half-year leave of absence before the entrance exams and still managed to score first place in the entrance results for Advanced Nurturing High School, he wondered what she would think.

"Horikita, Kushida Kikyo said she wants your contact information."

Chihaya Rei initiated the conversation.

Horikita Suzune turned her head, a question mark inevitably popping up in her mind.

Having spoken with Chihaya Rei twice now, although she had ended up on the losing side both times, Horikita Suzune still considered him someone she could hold a conversation with.

"I already rejected her this morning."

"So she wanted me to help."

"And you agreed?"

Chihaya Rei gave a slight nod, not mentioning the deal he had made with Kushida.

Horikita Suzune understood the situation; she lifted her chin slightly, crossed her arms, and said:

"Then she really made the wrong choice."

Because Chihaya Rei did not have her contact information either.

And now that she knew Chihaya Rei would give her contact information to Kushida Kikyo, she was even less likely to share it with him.

Chihaya Rei naturally saw through Horikita Suzune's thoughts and spoke with a relaxed expression:

"Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions, Horikita-san. It's not the first or second time you've shown a frustrated expression in front of me."

"How about this: if I can tell you information that moves you, will you give me your LINE?"

Horikita Suzune fell silent for a moment, feeling a bit tempted.

She also felt there were many strange aspects to this school, and Chihaya Rei knew more than she did.

But since he wasn't willing to tell her easily, this was an opportunity.

"Fine, go ahead."

Horikita Suzune nodded, then added with a serious expression: "Provided that I judge the information you provide to be of value to me."

"After school this afternoon, the school will hold a club orientation at the gymnasium."

Chihaya Rei said.

Horikita Suzune frowned slightly.

Although she didn't know how Chihaya Rei had learned this in advance, she didn't feel this information was particularly useful.

"Even if what you say is true, the school will surely announce it before the end of the day, so I would have found out sooner or later. Besides, I have no intention of joining any clubs."

Horikita Suzune replied with a voice full of confidence.

This time, she felt she had finally regained some ground.

Previously, she had always fallen into his rhythm without realizing it; she had even forgotten to retort when Chihaya Rei mocked her yesterday for only having herself on her mind.

Chihaya Rei's smile remained unchanged:

"Then what if I told you that the Student Council President, Horikita Manabu, will also be at the scene to recruit for the student council?"

He emphasized the name Horikita Manabu.

Upon hearing this, Horikita Suzune's pupils shrank slightly, and the relaxed expression she had just held suddenly tightened.

Chihaya Rei saw this and said calmly:

"It seems this news is sufficient."

Consequently, Horikita Suzune accepted her defeat and took out her phone.

She felt a bit awkward when she realized Chihaya Rei only took down her contact info and had no intention of adding her as a friend.

She sighed silently in her heart.

Her original intention was to extract some information from Chihaya Rei, but she had only ended up with this piece of news.

However, for her personally, the Student Council President Horikita Manabu was her brother; since her brother would be appearing, she definitely had to go take a look...

Chihaya Rei, meanwhile, casually sent Horikita Suzune's LINE ID to Kushida Kikyo.

As for whether Horikita Suzune would accept Kushida's friend request, Chihaya Rei didn't know.

Regardless, the cooperation between the two had been achieved.

However, Chihaya Rei felt that if Horikita Suzune didn't want to be harassed by Kushida Kikyo frequently, she could just block her after accepting the request.

As for the club recruitment after school, he didn't plan on wasting time on club activities, so he didn't intend to go.

For the next two days, Chihaya Rei slacked off.

It wasn't until Thursday noon, after finding a secluded spot, that he began his operation of selling information.

He mainly figured that after these few days, Katsuragi and Ichinose should have established a firm footing in their respective classes and were gradually being pushed forward as leaders.

Ryuen Kakeru might still be lacking a bit.

But that is not a major issue; as long as he can gather the points and hand them over, that is enough.

Chihaya Rei intends to sell the school rules—which will only be announced in a month—along with the behavioral code exam for the first month, as a package deal for 800,000 points.

He has already written the content into a document in advance.

If he can successfully sell three copies, that would be 2.4 million points.

Staring intently at the contact information for the three individuals on his phone, a flash of light crossed Chihaya Rei's eyes.

As the saying goes, pick the softest persimmon first.

Let's start with you, Ichinose Honami.

Suddenly, the catchy, hypnotic melody of "Mambo, Mambo" echoed inexplicably in his mind.

Chihaya Rei hurriedly shook his head to clear out the noise.

He then used an anonymous account to send a friend request to Ichinose Honami, adding the note: "You wouldn't want your classmates to drop out, would you?"

Ichinose accepted the friend request almost instantly.

[Ichinose Honami: Hello, fellow student. May I ask what exactly you meant by that?]

Because she saw that the other party's account was anonymous, Ichinose wisely refrained from asking about their identity, focusing instead on the more important issue.

[Anonymous 114514: Exactly what it sounds like, Ichinose-san. This school eliminates students through various exams.]

Chihaya Rei also gave her a slight hint in that sentence.

"Various exams"—Ichinose would definitely follow up on that.

[Ichinose Honami: Um, may I ask what kind of exams? Could you tell me?]

[Ichinose Honami: I can pay points to purchase the information.]

Ichinose Honami had also vaguely guessed the other party's objective.

The corners of Chihaya Rei's mouth curled up slightly.

He knew Ichinose Honami had taken the bait; or rather, talking to smart people is always pleasant.

[Anonymous 114514: 800,000 points. I will tell you everything I know about the school rules and the content of the exam currently underway.]

[Anonymous 114514: My price isn't expensive. If you don't believe me, you can go ask your homeroom teacher how many points it would cost to buy this information from her.]

[Ichinose Honami: Okay, I understand. Please wait a moment.]

Chihaya Rei had also asked Chabashira; buying it from a homeroom teacher would cost 2 million points.

As it turned out, Ichinose Honami did not disappoint him.

After spending some time confirming with Hoshinomiya Chie, she decided to spend the 800,000 points to purchase the intelligence.

The students of Class B were also very supportive of her decision.

Thus, Chihaya Rei sent the document he had prepared in advance to Ichinose.

Of course, in the electronic transaction contract, he also restricted Class B's right to resell the information.

The next target Chihaya Rei chose for a transaction was Katsuragi.

As for why he didn't look for the Phantom God of Civil War?

The Phantom God of Civil War would come looking for him on his own.

Katsuragi, that guy, had actually vaguely sensed the competitive relationship between the classes.

At first, he didn't want to spend so many points to buy this information.

Because Katsuragi believed that their class could simply adopt a strategy of "remaining unchanged to meet all changes"—simply put, doing their duty as students for this month was enough, and waiting for the information to be revealed slowly.

But after Chihaya Rei threw out the screenshot of his transaction with Ichinose Honami.

Katsuragi Kohei, that conservative, had to reconsider carefully.

What if, because of his conservative strategy, he didn't buy Chihaya Rei's information?

And if all the other classes were persuaded by Chihaya Rei, causing Class A to fall behind the others, then his guilt would be immense.

In the end, he agreed and successfully persuaded the class to pool their points for the purchase.

[Ryuen Kakeru: Heh! Do you think I absolutely have to buy your information?]

Chihaya Rei only started chatting with Ryuen last.

This guy started off with a very tough attitude.

It seems putting him last was the right choice.

Chihaya Rei naturally gave a blunt response.

[Anonymous 114514: Of course, otherwise you wouldn't have accepted my friend request, Dragon Boy.]

[Ryuen Kakeru: Shut up. Don't let me hear that disgusting nickname again.]

[Anonymous 114514: If you won't let me call you Dragon Boy, should I call you Sho-ko instead?]

Just as Ryuen fell silent.

Chihaya Rei, fearing he might drive Ryuen away, began to persuade him with a mix of soft and hard tactics.

Look at that, it's all because the tyrant has too many nicknames.

[Anonymous 114514: I know you intend to have the students in your class test the school rules, but you will regret it if you actually do that.]

[Anonymous 114514: Or is it that you, Ryuen, haven't even fully taken control of your class yet? Dithering over a mere 800,000 points for this long—the leaders of classes A and B are far more decisive than you.]

[Anonymous 114514: It seems I overestimated you; someone who only knows violence is inferior to them after all.]

There was a reason why Chihaya Rei spoke this way.

In truth, Ryuen Kakeru had not yet fully consolidated his rule over the entire class.

This was primarily due to a Black student in Class C named Yamada Albert.

This man possessed an exceptionally large and powerful physique, and Ryuen Kakeru simply could not defeat him; every time he challenged him head-on, he would be swiftly taken down.

Therefore, Ryuen had no choice but to resort to underhanded and devious methods to slowly wear Albert down.

It is said that he finally succeeded in subduing him only by ambushing him while he was in the restroom.

At this very moment.

Standing in a corner of the campus, Ryuen Kakeru felt deeply irritated by every word from Chihaya Rei, to the point where he wanted to smash his phone.

This bastard hiding his identity seemed to see through every one of his moves.

Not only did he know he used violence to rule his class, but he had also correctly guessed his plan to use his students to test the school rules.

He had even deliberately mentioned that the other two classes had already made their purchases, forcing him to make a decision.

In the end, Ryuen Kakeru chose to compromise.

[Ryuen Kakeru: Bastard, you've taken so many of my points—you'd better hope I never find out who you are.]

Seeing that Ryuen Kakeru was still arrogant enough to leave such a harsh threat.

Chihaya Rei's lips curled upward, and he immediately replied.

[Anonymous 114514: Keep the insults on the internet; if we ever meet in reality, I'll make sure to beat you until you're on your knees!]