Ryuen Kakeru: Targeting Me Alone?

Chihaya Rei edited the message impatiently and sent it to Ryuen Kakeru.

[Ryuen, I have a way for everyone in Class C to pass the midterm exam. It'll only cost 500,000 points. Yes or no?]

This time, he couldn't even be bothered to tease Ryuen by calling him "Dragon Boy" or "Sho-chan."

He needed to hustle Ryuen into the trade quickly; he still had a shower to take.

Or maybe he should shower first, and if Ryuen replied in the meantime, he could just leave him hanging for a while?

However, Ryuen Kakeru did not disappoint Chihaya Rei; he noticed the message the moment it arrived.

Seeing a message from the guy who hadn't been heard from since selling him information last time, Ryuen Kakeru couldn't help but feel a surge of intense excitement, like a beast lurking in the woods that had finally spotted its prey.

Unlike last time, he was now the tyrant who had completely conquered Class C!

He would make this person realize that Ryuen's points weren't so easy to take.

[Ryuen Kakeru: Heh, do you really think I'll do as you wish?]

[Anonymous 114514: That's hurtful to say, isn't it? After all, our last exchange was quite pleasant, wasn't it? Besides, this deal is exclusively for you.]

A deal exclusively for him?

Ryuen Kakeru frowned and pondered.

He quickly realized the specific implication of that sentence.

Class A and Class B had good grades and wouldn't waste private points buying a guaranteed pass from this person, and Class D had no points to spend at all.

Therefore, he was the only remaining target for a trade.

Ryuen Kakeru was so annoyed he laughed.

This bastard was clearly targeting him alone to fleece him of points, yet he spoke with such self-righteousness.

[Ryuen Kakeru: I don't need your method; I can get everyone in Class C to pass the exam on my own.]

[Ryuen Kakeru: And I will find you and completely crush the class you belong to.]

[Ryuen Kakeru: Class D's class points are at zero. You didn't seem to sell them the rules in the first month. Could it be that you're from Class D?]

Ryuen Kakeru tried to fish for some information.

But so far, he could only infer from the tone that the person was male.

Why did both Ryuen and Sakayanagi assume the person selling the rules was from Class D just because their class points were zero?

Couldn't they be hiding in Class A or Class B?

However, Chihaya Rei ignored Ryuen's probing and continued at his own pace.

[Anonymous 114514: You're certainly unruly, Ryuen. Let me guess your method then.]

Ryuen Kakeru's eyes sharpened as he stared at his phone.

[You plan to order the whole class to hand in blank papers, or write down the same answers.]

[Because you believe the school couldn't possibly expel an entire class, and that way, everyone would pass the midterm. Am I right?]

Ryuen Kakeru didn't answer immediately, but his face darkened.

The other party had guessed his plan again.

[Ryuen Kakeru: Heh, it doesn't matter if you know.]

Ryuen Kakeru didn't believe it.

No matter how arrogant this school was, could it really expel an entire class at once?

He was still quite satisfied with his strategy.

It was just frustrating to have it exposed so easily.

[Anonymous 114514: Your method has some feasibility, but is it really okay for the whole class to get a zero?]

[I mean, just in case, is there a possibility that the scores students get also affect the distribution of class points?]

[After all, this school loves to hide rules to trap us students.]

[If you do this, the gap between your class points and mine will only grow wider!]

Ryuen Kakeru lowered his head in thought.

So far, he hadn't felt trapped by Advanced Nurturing High School, only by Chihaya Rei, who had fleeced him of a massive amount of points.

But he would never admit such a self-deprecating thought to the other party.

Although, thanks to those rules, he had managed to establish some authority in Class C.

Besides, the only reason the other party was talking so much was to earn his points.

Chihaya Rei appeared to be reasoning with him, pointing out the flaws in Ryuen Kakeru's strategy, but in reality, he was spouting nonsense to swindle and mislead him.

[I have a better way for you to pass the midterm than yours. Don't you want to know?]

[500,000 private points in exchange for 100 class points is actually a great deal. Surely you understand a simple logic like that.]

A better method than his own?

This statement stung Ryuen Kakeru a little.

Chihaya Rei's words seemed to coil around Ryuen's ears like some sort of bewitching melody; he truly wanted to know what this so-called better method was.

However, Ryuen remained calm, carefully weighing the pros and cons in his mind before ultimately deciding to spend the points.

At the end of the day, if there was a better way to pass the exam, Ryuen Kakeru didn't want his entire class to turn in blank papers.

If the other three classes scored high while only Class C handed in blank sheets, who knew if the school would dock Class C's class points.

They say a man won't fall into the same river twice.

Yet, he had been taken advantage of by the same person twice.

Ryuen Kakeru etched this grudge deep into his memory.

The 500,000 points were ones Ryuen had just forcibly collected from Class C; he hadn't even had a chance to warm them up before handing them over to someone else.

[Ryuen Kakeru: If the method doesn't satisfy me, I will make you regret it.]

Ryuen Kakeru initiated a transfer of 500,000 private points.

[Ryuen Kakeru: Speak!]

Chihaya Rei told Ryuen directly that the questions and answers for this midterm exam could be purchased directly from upperclassmen.

He even generously indicated that he had already bought the answers and was gifting them to him.

Looking at what Chihaya Rei had sent, a look of sudden realization finally flashed across Ryuen Kakeru's face.

He threw a heavy punch into the air, cursing himself for not thinking of it sooner.

Next came the classic segment of trading harsh threats...

While Ryuen Kakeru was plotting how to track down this Chihaya Rei, Chihaya Rei was leisurely tallying the points in his account.

After fleecing 500,000 points from Ryuen Kakeru, his account balance had suddenly reached 3.15 million, and Hoshinomiya Chie still owed him another 1 million points.

Aside from the second-year blond Nagumo Miyabi, there shouldn't be any other student with more points than him.

Chihaya Rei felt that at this rate of earning, it wouldn't take long to save up the 20 million points needed to transfer classes or exempt himself from expulsion.

But even with 20 million private points, He would certainly have to wait until the results of the final exam in his third year were out before transferring into the Class A of that time; that would be the only way to be truly safe.

Then again, graduating from Class A or not didn't really matter all that much to him.

Perhaps in the end, it would be better to trade those cold, hard points for warm, tangible cash...