Among the second-years, there was one exception.
That was Utsunomiya and Yuki Tsubaki from Second Year Class B.
"There's something wrong with these group assignments," Hachiman said.
Utsunomiya had a B in Academic Ability and even received an A rating in physical ability, so it was rather unusual that he had not been assigned to Group 1.
"So this was the scheme of that underclassman Utsunomiya? And this Yuki Tsubaki—at the school bulletin board, she was switched in for her younger sister, Sakurako Tsubaki, right? Yuki Tsubaki also carried a price tag of thirty million. Obviously, if she had to pay thirty million and still remain here, perhaps she wasn't as capable as her younger sister. She doesn't understand the importance of points," Ryuen assessed.
"That Yuki Tsubaki should count as Utsunomiya's secret weapon, much like how I once treated Kiyotaka Ayanokoji as a secret weapon. Yuki Tsubaki is probably worth 0.5 to 0.7 Ayanokojis," Hachiman said.
Half a Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.
What kind of concept was that?
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji could outperform Kōenji physically, and in terms of intelligence or other aspects, Ryuen himself had interacted with him and felt that Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was probably a boss. That could be confirmed by what he had said when he was automatically expelled.
What did he mean by saying that only once Ryuen became more outstanding could they meet again?
He had acted as though he stood high above everyone else.
But that attitude was not fabricated. It gave Ryuen a sense of a difference in their levels.
So—
If this Yuki Tsubaki was as strong as half a Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, then she was already extremely troublesome for ordinary students, wasn't she?
"..." Ryuen.
"..." Kanzaki.
"Could you not reveal something like that in advance?" Kanzaki complained.
Since Kanzaki was connected to the