Transaction Fully Completed

Hoshida No returned to his dormitory—room 403 was directly across from Ayanokoji's room.

Fresh from a shower, he lay on his bed and pulled out his phone. Messages had already arrived: one from Sakayanagi Arisu, the other from Ichinose Honami. He opened Ichinose's chat box first.

15 minutes ago, Ichinose: The other party transferred 1 million private points.

Ichinose: Brother No, our class agreed to the trade. Here is the 1 million points.

5 minutes ago, Ichinose: Brother No, are you resting?

Hoshida No accepted the points and replied: Just got out of the shower, didn't see it.

As soon as the message was sent, it showed as read.

Hoshida No then tapped his fingers on the screen, sending over the rules he had obtained from Chazhu Zuo Zhi.

Only then did he open Sakayanagi Arisu's chat box.

20 minutes ago, Sakayanagi Arisu: The other party transferred 1 million private points.

Without any extra pleasantries, there was just the transfer notification. Hoshida No first sent over the school rules, then added: Ryuen Kakeru of Class 1-C is using violence to try and control his class. I also conducted an intelligence trade with him.

Sakayanagi Arisu replied quickly: You actually traded with Class C as well? Don't tell me all the classes know about the hidden rules now?

Hoshida No raised an eyebrow slightly but did not reply. He closed the chat box and found Ayanokoji to transfer the 250,000 points from the B-class trade.

However, the other party did not accept it, refusing: "I already have the 400,000 points you gave me; that is enough. After all, I didn't really help with anything."

Seeing the refusal, Hoshida No replied simply: ok.

He then opened the chat box of Kushida Kikyo, whom he had added after a chance encounter at the store a few days ago, and asked: "Are you there, Kushida-san? I'd like to discuss the school's hidden rules with you."

After 2 minutes, Kushida Kikyo replied: "Just drying my hair, I didn't see it, sorry."

Kushida Kikyo: Hoshida-san, are there hidden rules in this school?

Hoshida No: Yes, the school isn't as good as you think. I spoke with Chazhu-sensei, and she demanded 500,000 private points to tell us the rules. This concerns how many private points we will receive next month. I don't have that many points on hand, and I'm not familiar with the students in our class. So, I want your help to ask the class if they want to buy the rules.

Kushida Kikyo digested the message, then replied: Okay, Hoshida-san, I will help ask everyone about their willingness tomorrow.

The morning bell had just finished ringing, and the D-class classroom was still filled with the morning bustle. When Hoshida No and Kushida Kikyo stood on the podium together, the noise vanished as if a pause button had been pressed.

Sunlight slanted through the window, landing on Hoshida No's slightly damp hair as his calm gaze swept over the whispering students below.

His voice was clear and steady: "I need a few minutes of everyone's time. There is something regarding everyone's point income for next month that needs to be explained."

Kushida Kikyo stood by his side with her usual friendly smile, adding: "Hoshida-san discovered the school's hidden rules, but it requires a certain amount of points to obtain them from the teacher. He wanted to discuss crowdfunding with everyone~"

An uproar immediately broke out in the room.

"Hidden rules?"

"We have to pay points to buy them?"

"Isn't this a scam?" Doubts rose one after another, and a few boys who liked to stir up trouble even frowned directly.

Hoshida No did not rush to defend himself; he simply raised a hand to signal for silence, his tone carrying an unquestionable certainty: "The point distribution in this school is by no means as simple as it appears. The school issues so many points, and yet there are upperclassmen eating those free meals that taste indescribable. You might say they ran out of points, but could anyone really spend all 100,000 monthly points in less than 3 days after school starts..."

He paused, his gaze landing on Ayanokoji in the back row: "Ayanokoji-san asked those eating the free meals, and most of them are from Class C and Class D of the upper grades."

Everyone's eyes turned to Ayanokoji. Although Ayanokoji hadn't actually done this, he could only nod in cooperation.

Sitting against the wall, Yamauchi Haruki asked suspiciously: "What could be the problem with that?"

Hoshida No glanced at Yamauchi Haruki, not wanting to explain too much. Instead, Hirata Yousuke stood up and said: "Hoshida-san means that there is a gap between classes, and this gap will affect the private points received each month."

Hoshida No nodded at Hirata in affirmation, his tone flat: "Chazhu-sensei has confirmed that hidden rules exist. The school will not announce them; they are meant to test the classes and us students. By mastering them, we can at least avoid unnecessary point losses each month, and perhaps even gain extra benefits. To obtain these rules, we need 500,000 private points."

"500,000?" Someone gasped, "That's way too much!"

"There are 25 of us in the class now. On average, that's 20,000 points per person, which isn't much." Kushida Kikyo spoke at the right moment, her tone gentle yet persuasive, "And it concerns everyone's private point income for next month. If the rules are useful, we can fully recover the deducted points every month from now on."

Hirata Yousuke was the first to commit: "I am willing to contribute 40,000 private points. Since it was Hoshida-san who discovered the hidden rules, I will cover his share as well."

Seeing that both Hirata and Kushida were willing to buy the rules—and having received much help from both of them over the past two days—the others also expressed their willingness to contribute.

The voices of agreement grew, and everyone took out their phones to start transferring points to the account provided by Hoshida No.

Hoshida No and Kushida Kikyo confirmed the transfers one by one on the podium. From time to time, someone would look up and give them a grateful smile: "Thank you, Hoshida-san, Kushida-san!"

"It's a good thing you discovered this, otherwise we would still be in the dark."

In just ten minutes, the 500,000 points were collected. Hoshida No put away his phone and nodded slightly to the class: "Thank you for your trust. Once I have the rules, I will share them with everyone immediately."

As he walked out of the classroom, the morning light was perfect. Chazhu Zuo Zhi was leaning against the corridor railing, playing with her phone. Seeing him come out, she lifted her eyelids: "I didn't expect you to actually be able to persuade these students with such different agendas."

Hoshida No stopped and gestured for her to wait a moment: "Chazhu-sensei, I need you to cooperate with me. Let's go in a bit later."

His gaze swept over the students still discussing in the classroom: "Everyone's enthusiasm has been stirred up now. If you announce the rules 'officially' later, they will take them more seriously and be more willing to follow them."

Chazhu Zuo Zhi raised an eyebrow, a hint of imperceptible approval flashing in her eyes.

She had heard the whole thing from outside the door just now. Class D needed someone with this kind of leadership, and this aligned with her original intention of wanting Hoshida No to integrate into Class D.

Putting away his phone, he said indifferently, "Fine. However, once the rules are announced, I hope you make good use of them to lead Class D to some decent results. Don't waste my time."

"Naturally." A faint arc curled at the corner of Hoshida No's mouth.

Glancing across the corridor, he happened to catch sight of Ayanokoji Kiyotaka walking slowly by the door of the opposite classroom. The boy seemed to glance in their direction inadvertently, only to quickly shift his gaze away and blend into the crowd.

Hoshida No withdrew his gaze and gestured for Chazhu Zuo Zhi to proceed: "Teacher, let's go in."

As the two walked into the classroom side by side, the originally noisy room fell silent instantly, with everyone's eyes fixed upon them.

Chazhu Zuo Zhi walked to the podium and spoke in a serious tone: "Next, I will announce the school's hidden rule regarding 'Point Deductions'..."

Standing in the back row of the classroom, Hoshida No watched his classmates intently taking notes, his fingertips tapping lightly against his phone screen—Personal Points: 3.595 million.