Everyone's Training Hard, But You...

Hiyori Shiina.

"What do you think Shiina?"

Shiina had already earned Ryuen's approval, who considered him the smartest person in the class besides himself. So he decided to hear what Ryuen thought.

"With the help of students from Class B, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"I also think that Hachiman Hikigaya's class is probably the toughest class to deal with. We need to defeat him before he gets too strong."

"Trust those you employ, and do not employ those you do not trust."

"And even if we fail," Shiina paused, "We won't lose anything."

"Mm." Ryuen nodded.

He felt the same way.

The current class evaluation score for Class D is 145 points.

Their Class D is now in the Red team, meaning they are in the same team as Student Council President Manabu Horikita and also in the same team as Miyabi Nagumo from Second-year Class A.

Among the information gathered, it was found that the second-grade students all listened to Nagumo.

Is it possible for Nagumo to let his class lose?

That's obviously impossible.

Therefore...

This time, their class has a guaranteed minimum plus a 200-point bonus.

So even if the operation caused them to fall to last place, resulting in a deduction of 200 points, then there is no point deduction or penalty.

Given the strength of their class, this outcome was clearly impossible.

Therefore, their class was already in an advantageous position in this battle, and obtaining Class B's participation form would allow them to launch a targeted attack.

To take revenge on Hachiman Hikigaya.

The day after tomorrow morning, there will be a class meeting.

Hachiman is leading the class meeting.

Actually, we collected information on students from our own class and other classes, and then prepared the competition schedule.

He wrote the four characters "Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy" on the blackboard.

Hachiman said,

"Our class's physical test data has been posted in the class group. Please take a look."

"Then we'll discuss the strategy for this Sports Festival — the Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy, an ancient Chinese proverb. If we divide strength into three levels, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, then our class is 1, 3, and 5, while the other team is 2, 4, and 6. So, in terms of overall strength, we are definitely inferior to them. But if we change the order, allowing our 1 to face the enemy's 6, our 5 to face the enemy's 4, and our 3 to face the enemy's 2."

"Then we will be able to win two games smoothly and get a high score."

"That sounds reasonable."

"Maybe we can give it a try."

The students below began to whisper among themselves. In the previous few exams, Hachiman, and everyone had noticed that they had inexplicably Class Advancement, so they had a certain level of approval for him.

So no one expressed explicit opposition, but some people frowned, as if they had other opinions.

There are thirteen projects in total.

Of these, nine are mandatory to attend.

As for the recommended projects, although one person can participate in multiple ones, or even spend points to participate as a substitute, their stamina may not be able to keep up.

"So, you're saying we're going to be used as cannon fodder?"

Shinohara, a girl who usually hangs out with Karuizawa, suddenly stood up. "Winning two games is good, but what about the one who lost? Won't the loser fall to last place? They'll lose points, won't they?"

"Yeah! It seems like the last ten places will have ten points deducted!"

"My grades aren't very good, so I really can't be cannon fodder!"

"Otherwise, I'll definitely be expelled!"

Because the physical fitness test results were posted in the class group chat and visible to everyone, many students realized they were just cannon fodder. As a result, Class B started arguing again.

"Can't you guys even think about the class for a second?" Some people agreed with the suggestion.

That's Teruhiko Yukimura.

He's a top student, but his physical stamina is terrible.

However, if it's about being used as cannon fodder for the sake of the class, it doesn't seem so unacceptable; on the contrary, people feel that they've helped out.

"I'm thinking about the class, but who's thinking about me?" Yukimura was quickly retorted.

"I definitely can't fall to last place. If I lose ten points in all subjects, I'll definitely fail and have to drop out of school."

"I don't want to be expelled!"

There are many selfish people in Class B.

While this is only natural, people who are mindless and selfish are more likely to hold others back.

"Everyone!"

The ever-kind-hearted Hirata reiterated, "This is a class-wide competition. Isn't it our responsibility to prevent our class from losing all its points?"

"Hey!" Sudō stood up too. "Anyway, I'll just take all the courses and that'll be it!"

"Stop, everyone," Hachiman continued. "Don't forget, I got you all some life-saving charms."

"Even if we become cannon fodder, the existence of the Class Ichinose will allow the cannon fodder group to gain some points."

"So you don't need to worry about falling into the bottom ten."

"As for Sudō," Hachiman said, "I don't recommend you participate in all the programs."

"Ha?"

"Although our class has you and Kōenji, which is probably hard for other classes to match, our overall strength is too weak."

"However, I also have a winning strategy."

"The recommended projects do not require that each person can only participate in one, but I do not recommend that you participate in all of them. Instead, I hope you will save some energy for the Mixed Gender Two-Person Three-Legged Race and the mixed relay race for all grades."

Recommended projects are

Object Fetch Competition

Four-Way Tug-of-War

Mixed Gender Two-Person Three-Legged Race

All-Grade Mixed 1200m Relay

Because these are recommended projects, they receive higher scores. The first place in a regular project that requires full participation receives 15 points, while the first place in a recommended project receives 50 points.

One of the recommended events, the Four-Way Tug-of-War and the All-Grade Mixed 1200m Relay, is a one-off event.

However, for Mixed Gender Two-Person Three-Legged Race, each class is allowed to send 5 groups of people.

One of the recommended items has a substitute rule.

That means if a participant is unable to participate, another person from the class can be arranged to take their place.

However, a fee of 100,000 points is required for each replacement.

However, if it can be confirmed that you will get first place and a high score, then the payment can be ignored.

"So, "Hachiman said.

"Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy ensures that our class's overall score won't fall too far behind other classes. If you put all your effort into participating in the Mixed Gender Two-Person Three-Legged Race and get first place five times, you can bring the class a high score of 250 points."

"So you're saying I can boost the class's scores by a lot?" Sudō, somewhat taken aback.

He had no idea that he could score points this way.

"Yes." Hachiman Hikigaya nodded. "Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy was to preserve the points that most students could get. This point-farming, on the other hand, could potentially lead to our class's victory."

"I was worried you might not have enough stamina, so I also arranged for Kōenji ..." Hachiman paused. "Are you really not going to Kōenji?"

"I won't participate. If I do, I'm guaranteed to be number one, and I have no interest in bullying ordinary people," said Kōenji. "Besides, even if I contribute to the class this time, I won't get anything, because in the Red and White Competition, the chance of losing is 99%."

"Then how about I give you a million points?" Hachiman Hikigaya.

After Hachiman said that, the students around him immediately looked over.

Since Hachiman Hikigaya is offering a high price of 1 million, perhaps it's not Hachiman Hikigaya paying it alone, but rather the whole class paying it together?

Therefore, their own interests are involved.

So look over here if you're feeling a bit nervous.

At the same time, I was also a little worried that Kōenji would agree.

"One million?" Kōenji's hand holding the comb seemed to pause for a moment, then his gaze swept over the students around him before he shook his head. "I don't need it."

In this way.

Kushida sent the recording to Ryuen.

After the discussion ended, Kōenji promptly transferred 500,000 Private Points to Hachiman.

Chapter 172 Everyone is training hard, but you...

[Ding! 500,000 Private Points have been credited to your private account. Transferred by GYS1001]

[Current account balance: 15,024,000]

Um.

After the class meeting ended, Hachiman glanced at his phone.

This is the amount that Kōenji transferred to me after the discussion ended.

It seems the plan is progressing very well.

Hachiman's class has Sudō, a dark horse, and Kōenji, a recognized monster, so these two are not to be underestimated when facing Hachiman's class.

The Kōenji gives people a strong sense of unease during the Uninhabited Island Exam.

That's why Hachiman deliberately had Kushida leak the news that Kōenji wouldn't make a move, all to appease Ryuen.

Given Ryuen's personality, he certainly wouldn't sit idly by and wait to be killed, so he probably wants to seize this opportunity and directly bribe Kōenji.

Hachiman approached Kōenji about this matter, saying that he would agree to not participate if other teams asked him to.

However, the other class found out that he wanted half of the points he paid.

He was responsible for calming public opinion about Kōenji within the class.

And that's how things turned out the way they are now.

Kōenji didn't want to participate in the first place, but since there was money to be made, they decided to take it.

Although he was assigned to this class, he had no hope of graduating as Class A, so he chose to collect the points himself and fly on his own.

But.

There are Special Exam every month, and I'm worried that there might be exams that could influence the decision of whether a student in a particular class drops out.

At times like this, he, the creditor who gets points from his classmates every month, becomes very dangerous.

At least a third of the students in this class are mentally unstable and cannot understand things with normal thinking, so being voted out of school by these people is the greatest humiliation for him.

I don't want to spend 20 million points here.

So when Hachiman brought it up, the two immediately hit it off and reached an agreement.

If someone from another class contacts him, offers him money, and asks him to withdraw from the competition, he will give half of the points to Hachiman.

Hachiman was looking at the account.

500,000 points have been deposited into a private account.

Looking back now, Ryuen was such a cute little benefactor; he actually went to Kōenji hoping to get them to pay him so he could withdraw from the Kōenji.