20 Million Private Points

"How can you prove what you're saying? You could be someone Class A sent to deliberately mislead us."

Even though he already believed half of it, Kanzaki still made a rational assessment.

Just then, at the perfect moment, the doorbell rang.

Hoshinomiya had arrived.

And as the room's host, U Amakusa naturally went to answer the door.

As soon as he opened it, Hoshinomiya clasped her hands together, putting on a cuteness that didn't suit her age.

"Oh my~ You're Amakusa?"

U Amakusa ignored her and simply reached out, quickly tapping the camera button on his phone.

At this time, just after school, it was unusual for anyone to return to the dormitory.

After all, he'd gone to great lengths to get permission to use Sanada's room.

After taking the picture, U Amakusa checked it. There was no one there, though he'd only checked one side.

If someone was on the other side, there was nothing he could do about it. In any case, he hadn't leaned out.

"Don't worry. Your teacher's pretty good at spotting people who are following her."

Seeing U Amakusa's actions, Hoshinomiya immediately put him at ease.

"Let's hope so."

U Amakusa gave a perfunctory reply, then let Hoshinomiya into the room.

Once Hoshinomiya was inside, U Amakusa didn't give her time to rest.

"Kanzaki, I don't want to repeat myself. You can tell Hoshinomiya-sensei what I just said.

"But I can tell you that the homeroom teachers can't reveal it until the end of the first month.

"One more thing: this isn't completely confidential information. The school's hidden rules can be purchased from the homeroom teachers for 2 million Private Points."

"Amakusa's right. It really does cost 2 million Private Points."

Before Kanzaki could even ask, Hoshinomiya immediately confirmed U Amakusa's words.

After thinking it over for a long while, Ichinose made up her mind. "Amakusa, please explain your plan first."

U Amakusa smiled and returned to where he'd been leaning.

"Ichinose, based on the information I just gave you, I need you to make sure Class B doesn't lose any more points during the remaining half month.

"Kanzaki, you only have two things to do. Simply put, I need you to play the bad guy.

"First, take this information and sell it to Classes C and D in exchange for Private Points. Anything under 2 million is fine.

"Whether you can get 1.5 million or 1 million Private Points depends on your ability.

"Second, the school can sell you anything in exchange for points. Every homeroom teacher has told you that.

"What I need you to do is collect Class B's class funds: 50,000 Private Points per person each month. I know it'll be difficult, but it has to be done."

Kanzaki looked as though he badly wanted to speak, but he held back and waited for U Amakusa to finish.

"50,000 Private Points includes this month. Since there's only half a month left, Class B should still have at least 700 Class Points.

"Even so, handing over 50,000 for class funds would leave everyone with only 20,000 to 30,000 Private Points, so they'd naturally have to live more frugally.

"That's why this job needs a bad guy.

"Kanzaki, it's fine if you don't trust me. You can still work with me, even if you don't trust me for now.

"Not only because collecting class funds would bring nothing but benefits to Class B, but also because... I won't take a single point from the money you make selling the information."

At those final words, the three people present were all taken aback.

They couldn't understand it. If U Amakusa's information was accurate, then every request he'd made would benefit Class B.

Kanzaki took a deep breath and spoke slowly. "What do you really want?"

Ichinose also watched U Amakusa with a serious expression.

Only Hoshinomiya smiled. She knew this was practically a windfall for Class B.

"What I want is something far more valuable. Although I won't take any of the Private Points Kanzaki earns from selling the information, that doesn't mean he gets to keep them. The points have to go into the class fund.

"Kanzaki, according to my calculations, you'll need to sell each copy for at least 1 million Private Points.

"That way, between the 2 million Private Points from selling the information and the monthly contributions of 50,000 Private Points from all 40 students, Class B's class fund can reach 10 million Private Points in just four months—that is, one semester.

"Then my plan will be complete."

Ichinose let out a dazed "Huh?"

Kanzaki, on the other hand, gave a cold snort. "Complete? That's not even getting into why you want to help Class B so much. If you sell the information to Classes C and D, they might surpass our class—even Class A.

"According to you, every class has 1,000 Class Points. Naturally, we wouldn't want the other classes discovering these rules in the first month and widening the gap even further."

U Amakusa said, "You don't need to worry about that. Class C has already lost all the points it was going to lose during this half month. And there's even less reason to worry about Class D.

"As for my goal, I want to collect 20 million Private Points."

The first half of the month was before Ryuen took control. After he did, practically everyone in Class C became a model student.

Of course, outside Ryuen's sight, they still kicked over trash cans whenever they felt like it.

Ichinose and Kanzaki exclaimed, "20 million Private Points!?"

Hoshinomiya's eyes widened slightly. She understood U Amakusa's goal.

"Amakusa, your teacher wholeheartedly approves of that idea~"

As she spoke, Hoshinomiya wore a sweet smile and spread her arms, moving to embrace U Amakusa.

U Amakusa sidestepped, shattering the fantasy in Hoshinomiya's heart.

"Hoshinomiya-sensei, you misunderstood. It's not for me."

Ichinose looked at the two of them, puzzled. "Hoshinomiya-sensei, is there something special about Amakusa collecting 20 million Private Points?"

At Ichinose's question, Hoshinomiya explained while once again trying to hug someone, only to be mercilessly dodged again.

"20 million Private Points can be used for many things, but they're most commonly used to transfer between classes. You can go to whichever class you want~"

"Transfer classes..." Kanzaki murmured.

"It's Sakura, isn't it?" Ichinose concluded without hesitation.

"Yeah. I want Class B to use 20 million Private Points to make Airi Sakura of Class D become Airi Sakura of Class B."

Ichinose smiled knowingly. "Amakusa really is a kind person."

Half a month had passed. Sakura had made no friends in Class D, but at U Amakusa's request, she'd joined Ichinose's group.

Hoshinomiya also stopped fooling around. "By the way, just yesterday, a stalker whom even the school hadn't noticed followed a student to school, only to be dealt with by that student~

"Hmm... let me think... What was the name again? Oh, I remember. It was Sakura... Oh dear, that seems to be confidential information." Hoshinomiya playfully tapped herself on the head.

That was way too obvious...

Kanzaki and Ichinose both felt inexplicably exasperated on Hoshinomiya's behalf. She'd practically said it outright.

As for the person in question, U Amakusa, the three of them all turned their gaze on him. He fell silent for a moment.

"She doesn't need to know."