The teachers around them let out a series of gasps.
"Haha, good. This is really interesting," Chabashira-sensei laughed.
"But even so, the school might not agree."
"Your actions have seriously disrupted the school's regular teaching schedule."
"Oh, then you can't expect me to keep this secret, can you? Since the school established this evaluation, it should understand that anyone who passes deserves an appropriate reward."
Kitahara Seiichi fixed his gaze on Chabashira-sensei.
"What reward do you want?"
"Ten million personal points."
"Impossible," Mashima Tomoya replied at once.
"Is that so, Mashima-sensei? In that case, I'll have to gather points elsewhere."
"I might not reach ten million, but I won't be far off."
Just as Mashima-sensei was about to say something else, a phone suddenly rang.
After taking the call, Mashima-sensei spoke again.
"Chairman Sakayanagi has invited you to the school office for a discussion."
"Oh, so the school knows everything that just happened here, and now they're summoning me."
"That can only mean the school might agree to my request."
Kitahara glanced at the camera mounted on the ceiling and spoke calmly.
Then, led by Mashima-sensei, he headed to the chairman's office. His smile never left his face along the way, because these words kept appearing in his mind:
[Congratulations, Host. You have gained Chabashira Sae's attention. You have gained Hoshinomiya Chie's attention. You have gained Mashima Tomoya's attention. You have gained Itagaki Kazuma's attention. You have gained Chairman Sakayanagi's attention] [Issuing temporary mission reward: Mastery of High School Subjects (Note: This refers to the subjects taught at Sakura High School)]
Meanwhile, a series of sighs came from another office.
"I never thought someone like that would be placed in Class D. You're really lucky, Chabashira-sensei."
Nearby, Itagaki Kazuma tilted his head and rubbed his temples. "I'm starting to wonder if the school got its assessment wrong."
Chabashira-sensei still didn't respond, seemingly lost in thought.
Over on the other side, Hoshinomiya wore a pained expression, with a hint of unwillingness.
Kitahara Seiichi knew nothing about what had happened here.
When Kitahara arrived, the first thing he saw was a white-haired middle-aged man handling paperwork at his desk. He looked a little old, but his eyes were bright and alert.
"Chairman, this is Kitahara," Mashima said from beside him.
After the chairman asked Kitahara to come over, Mashima-sensei left.
"Hello, Kitahara."
"Hello, Chairman."
"You're the first student in Advanced Nurturing's history to uncover the secret of an evaluation on the very first day."
"You flatter me, Chairman."
"All right, let's not waste time. The school can indeed trade you the ten million points you want, but first, you have to agree to two things."
"What are they?"
"First, once you get the points, don't interfere with this evaluation."
"Sure, that's no problem. I can do that."
"And the second thing?"
"The school wants to know how you can get close to ten million points. That shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"
"Well, it's not very complicated. I just need to spend a few points to create a virtual account. After all, points can buy anything at this school, right?"
"Once I have the account, I'll post some misleading information on the first-year forum and set conditions for accessing it."
"Even if not every student buys it, any student who can think for themselves will."
"Haha, you understand the school's rules better than I expected. I suppose you're making this deal because you know how important personal points are."
"Something like that."
I can't exactly tell you that the system gave me a mission to collect twenty million points, and that I need to buy the appropriate computer equipment too. Otherwise, how am I supposed to play games?
"In that case, I'll tell you one more thing. Two million personal points will let you weather one crisis safely."
"Thanks, Chairman. Now that we've settled things, I'll take my leave."
Chairman Sakayanagi watched Kitahara's departing figure and murmured to himself.
"Arisu, looks like you've got a rival at school now."
After taking care of everything, Kitahara headed back to the classroom. Just then, an announcement came over the speakers, telling everyone to attend the opening ceremony in the auditorium.
As he turned to head back, he heard someone call out:
"Kitahara, where did you go just now? Ayanokoji said you had to leave for something." Hirata asked with concern.
"Nothing. I just felt a little unwell, so I went to the infirmary."
"That's good. How are you feeling now?"
"Uh, much better."
"After the opening ceremony, Kitahara went off on his own to buy the supplies he needed."
"But the most important thing was the computer. That was going to be my first hurdle on the road to becoming a gaming fiend."