The Beloved Big Baby

"My name is Hayato Shibata. Sprints, basketball, swimming... as long as it's a sport, I can handle it with ease. I'm quite confident in my athletic abilities, so please look forward to working with me!"

"My name is Yume Kobashi. I hope we can all become friends over the next three years."

The students of Class B stood up one by one to introduce themselves, their content consisting of nothing more than their names, hobbies, and simple hopes for friendship; no one stood out or tried to be unconventional.

After the self-introduction session concluded, there was still a bit of free time before the entrance ceremony.

Honami Ichinose and Ryuji Kanzaki both proactively left their respective social circles and approached Makoto Nishikado, who was currently teasing Yuki Himeno.

Seeing this, Yuki Himeno silently moved her chair away.

These three looked like big shots; they were not to be trifled with.

"Ximen-san, I'm planning to start a group chat and add all the students from Class B. It would make daily communication easier, so you should join too."

Honami Ichinose took out her personal terminal, the screen already displaying the group creation interface.

Since Class B would be evaluated as a single entity, unity was absolutely essential.

"Of course, I'd be happy to."

Makoto Nishikado also took out his personal terminal.

He quite liked the atmosphere in Class B, which was why he had slightly controlled his scores during the entrance exam.

Now that he had successfully made it into Class B, he didn't mind making some contributions to the class.

If he were in Class D, Makoto Nishikado certainly wouldn't be willing to take the lead.

Admittedly, Class D had more characters with significant roles, which would allow him to earn more emotional points.

However, the emotional points provided by Class B students were mostly gratitude and admiration—pure and positive.

The situation in Class D was far more complex, filled with ingrates, losers, eccentric individuals, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

It was practically a den of demons.

Class B's little angels were much better.

"Ximen-san, Kanzaki-san, do you think it's necessary for Class B to collect some private points from everyone as a class fund?"

Honami Ichinose tucked her phone back into her pocket, her expression becoming much more serious as she got straight to the point.

Based on what they had seen today, private points were undoubtedly the strangest and most important thing.

At this school, private points could be used as money, and their utility was even greater than that.

However, collecting private points from classmates wasn't easy, and Honami Ichinose felt uncertain about whether they should do it.

After all, it felt like collecting protection money, which could easily cause resentment among the students.

If she hadn't realized that private points would play a key role in future class competitions, she wouldn't have brought up this request.

"I think it's necessary. We can discuss with everyone how much to collect."

Ryuji Kanzaki's expression remained unchanged.

It wasn't that he hadn't realized the problem, but rather that he didn't care even after realizing it.

In his view, since the school evaluated the entire class, class competition was inevitable.

Ordinary schools had all sorts of class rankings, let alone this peculiar school.

Only by accumulating class funds in advance could they gain an advantage in subsequent competitions.

Before coming to this school, his family had specifically instructed him to perform well.

"I agree with Kanzaki-san's opinion, but not right now. Let's gather more information for a few more days and give everyone a buffer period."

Makoto Nishikado rubbed his chin, balancing the opinions of the two.

If they talked about collecting private points at this stage, even if the students of Class B were good-natured, it would feel a bit like bullying.

"Hmm, if private points are truly that important, then we'll just have to trouble everyone."

"I think that makes sense, too. Let's settle on that."

Honami Ichinose and Ryuji Kanzaki both agreed with Makoto Nishikado's suggestion.

"If we need someone to become the class leader, which one of you will take it?"

Once the first issue was settled, Ryuji Kanzaki immediately moved on to the next topic.

He felt his own abilities were not up to par with Makoto Nishikado's, and his ability to unite the students couldn't compare to Honami Ichinose's.

He would be convinced by either of them taking the role of class leader.

"Ximen-san, are you willing to be the class leader?"

Honami Ichinose looked a bit troubled.

She actually felt that Makoto Nishikado was more suitable to be the leader.

But she also knew that she had more support within the class.

If Makoto Nishikado stepped forward voluntarily, she would be willing to help persuade the other students as well.

"I am naturally willing, but..."

Makoto Nishikado had no reason to refuse becoming the class leader.

In this way, regardless of success or failure in future special exams, he would be able to harvest a massive amount of emotional points as the leader.

He was destined to profit regardless of the outcome.

However, Makoto Nishikado keenly realized that he could earn twice as much.

Based on what he caught in his peripheral vision, many people in the class were paying attention to their side.

The one receiving the most attention was naturally Honami Ichinose.

Honami Ichinose's charisma was terrifyingly high.

She had been at this school for less than half a day, yet she had already become the most popular person in Class B.

If she spoke up and asked the students of Class B to save their private points, no one would waste them recklessly today.

Admittedly, this was because Class B was full of well-behaved students, but Honami Ichinose's charisma also played a vital role.

Makoto Nishikado considered his own performance today to be the best, but Honami Ichinose was the one who was most popular.

Thinking of this, Makoto Nishikado smiled.

While becoming the class leader, it seemed he could also incite everyone's emotions in another way.

It was just that this method would slightly lower his popularity and reputation within the class.

However, there was no need to worry too much about that.

After all, the students of Class B were all very simple, like a group of little angels; even if they had opinions about him for a moment, it would be easy to resolve.

As for Honami Ichinose, the person involved, she would be even easier to deal with.

The specific method was very simple: put pressure on the great angel, Honami Ichinose.

"Ichinose, your personality isn't suited for being the class leader. Give this position to me."

Makoto Nishikado didn't deliberately lower his voice, and as a result, he was surrounded by people in the blink of an eye.

[Incited Honami Ichinose's emotions, gained 526 emotional points.]
[Incited Asako Amikura's emotions, gained 2210 emotional points.]

"Ximen-kun, why would you say something like that?"

"Exactly, exactly! Ichinose-san has been working very hard too."

In this wave, every character with a speaking role in Class B provided Makoto Nishikado with emotional points.

Makoto Nishikado directly pocketed over 50,000 points!

Honami Ichinose, you really are a beloved treasure!

Makoto Nishikado was struggling to hold back his laughter, while Honami Ichinose was busy trying to help him persuade the other students.

Even though she was the one being provoked, she didn't show a shred of anger.

Seeing this, the other students of Class B thought even more highly of Honami Ichinose.

But Ryuji Kanzaki, upon seeing this, frowned slightly instead.

If Class B were merely being evaluated by the school as a collective, then Honami Ichinose would undoubtedly be the person best suited to unite everyone.

But if there was competition between classes, as he had anticipated, then Honami Ichinose's personality was a bit too soft.

"Ximen-kun, I understand what you mean. I support you becoming the class leader."

Ryuji Kanzaki made his decision.

"Mm, I also support Ximen-kun."

After pacifying the students in Class B who supported her, Honami Ichinose also gave her answer.

However, she looked at Makoto Nishikado, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.

Unlike Ryuji Kanzaki, she wasn't clear on the reason Makoto Nishikado opposed her.

Honami Ichinose wanted to ask, but she was afraid of hurting their camaraderie and didn't dare to speak up.

Makoto Nishikado took in everyone's reactions, deliberately not giving anyone an explanation.

"Then it's settled. I will lead Class B."