Hachiman's Meritocracy Classroom Chapter 29

Hachiman told her for free that the school's true nature was too cheap, just helping him get a meal, but he was inducing her to climb higher.

So, did she suspect Hachiman had ambitions?

But Horikita, you might be mistaken.

Because.

The one who truly wants to be promoted to Class A is Chabashira-sensei.

He just wanted to get a bargaining chip to negotiate with Chabashira-sensei, that wicked woman.

And that chip is you.

ps: Today's update is here, time to pay the public grain.

There's another update tonight, I'm writing it now.

Promoting a big shot's book.

Chapter 032: Damn it, Chabashira-sensei, you're even poorer than me!

8:30 PM.

Not far from the vending machine where he met the Horikita siblings yesterday, by the railing of the quiet artificial lake, a boy let out a soft sigh.

Because he had plenty of time in the evening, he had even taken a shower before coming out.

But it was indeed necessary to make some preparations.

And this boy was Hachiman Hikigaya.

He was working hard for himself.

To be precise, to earn more points.

Being assigned to Class D from the start, the plan of earning points as a class unit had little hope, so going solo was the best option. However, it was also confirmed that the Shopping Street did not allow part-time jobs, which seemed like a normal way for high school students to earn living expenses.

So, he had to find another way.

His situation was quite simple. When he enrolled, he made a deal with his homeroom teacher, Chabashira-sensei. He would be rewarded with 200,000 points for investigating a student's file.

In school, points could be spent directly like money, and upon graduation, the school would buy them back and exchange them for cash, which was very generous.

Logically, it was a good job.

However, from Manabu Horikita, he obtained unfavorable information.

He suspected Chabashira-sensei had greater ambitions.

So, he wanted to increase the price accordingly.

Thus, he was arranging to meet Chabashira-sensei, and the agreed time was 9 o'clock.

He arrived at the scene in advance.

But it wasn't to appear gentlemanly; it was to make some preparations.

For example, obtaining some information about Chabashira-sensei.

And the first thing to obtain was... her salary.

She hadn't replied to this before, but directly revealed a huge sum of 6.02 million.

Then she also produced a point card.

Hachiman swiped the point card. Both cards given by Chabashira had a limit of 200,000.

Honest to all customers.

She appeared to be wealthy and generous.

But in the end, he still had to ask.

Normally, to obtain information, one could use point transactions, which was the most direct way. For example, Class A, where Sakayanagi was, directly paid 2 million to their homeroom teacher to obtain the essence of this school.

As long as you could afford the price, there was nothing that couldn't be sold.

For example, being evaluated and assigned to Class D at the beginning was not hopeless, because by collecting points, accumulating 20 million could directly lead to Class A.

Of course.

Hachiman didn't have such great ambitions. 20 million, for an ordinary person, would take several years to earn. If the salary was low, it would even be ten years of work without eating or drinking.

Trading 10 years of work for collateral, wasn't that a good deal?

Hachiman chose to take the money.

After all, this was more direct. Because even if he was promoted to Class A and went to his desired university, would he definitely find a job after graduating from university?

Would the salary be good?

It was hard to say.

If he didn't choose to continue his studies but instead obtained a recommendation letter from the school to directly go to his desired workplace, what if he encountered economic difficulties or poor performance and was laid off?

These were all risks.

So, compared to the future he'd envisioned, the cash he chose felt more grounded.

It was like how the women he liked were all wealthy from the start.

Rather than struggling together, it was better if the other party was already well-off.

Mm.

This was all the mindset of a house husband.

Hachiman was busy with important matters.

After all, there weren't any reliable sugar mamas out there for him to latch onto right now.

It was just that during his consultation, he'd discovered some troublesome news.

Like this.

"By the way, Student Council President, are teachers' salaries high?" Hachiman typed into the chat with Student Council President Horikita.

The Student Council President, Manabu Horikita, was known as the most outstanding Student Council President in history.

He was also the class representative for Class A of the third year.

According to the points displayed on the first floor of the third-year academic building for Classes A, B, C, and D.

Hmm.

He now knew that it was called class evaluation points, which were the share the school provided to each class.

The ranking of Classes A, B, C, and D was fluid; whoever had higher class evaluation points was in the upper class.

Thus, the upper classes also felt pressure, worrying about being surpassed by the lower classes.

However.

Third-year Class A: 2530 points

Third-year Class B: 1300 points

Third-year Class C: 300 points

Third-year Class D: 20 points

Manabu Horikita's Class A was far ahead.

As the class representative, Manabu Horikita was indispensable; he was indeed a formidable person.

He was also quite self-disciplined. Even though he was discussing information about this school with his sister alone, he could have paid points without following the rules.

But he chose to enforce the rules impartially, punishing himself by paying a price of 1 million.

Of course, it was also possible that he wanted his sister to feel the cruelty of this school, where one wrong step could directly cost her 1 million.

So, it was the heartfelt advice of an older brother.

It was just that his sister didn't know it at all.

From this point of view, Hachiman felt quite good.

Because his own sister didn't require that much worrying; rather, he was the one being worried about by his sister.

Worried that he was not sociable, worried that no one wanted him, worried that he wouldn't find a job in the future.

But.

Komachi, just wait. Big brother is currently studying for free, and he's also accumulating enough living expenses during his study time so that he won't have to work part-time in the future.

Hachiman felt full of motivation.

The only downside was that when he messaged the Student Council President, he didn't get an immediate reply.

As expected.

According to the rules of this school, you could buy anything with points.

So, would he have to transfer some points to the Student Council President for a reply?

Just as he was wondering how many points he would have to transfer to purchase this information, Manabu Horikita's reply came.

[Your homeroom teacher's salary is around 200,000.] BY Manabu Horikita.

And here, his wording was very precise, saying "your homeroom teacher," not "teachers' salaries."

This meant it was possible that students' living expenses were related to the school evaluation obtained through class competition, and teachers' salaries might also be linked to the classes they led.

But Chabashira-sensei's salary was only 200,000.

Then, the 6.02 million in her private account on her phone.

"Do teachers receive benefits like free accommodation and meals? Or are there any additional bonuses?"

[···]

This time, Manabu Horikita didn't reply with text but sent three dots.

That's right, Hachiman's question was strange.

[Normally, teachers, like students, have their accommodation fees waived, but they have to solve their own meal problems.]

But your class's Chabashira-sensei is probably a very frugal person. Sometimes when I finish work late and go to the cafeteria, I see her lining up at the free window.

Sometimes I also see her getting free daily necessities. Manabu Horikita probably thought something was going on with Hachiman, so he provided more information.

Oh.

I see.

So, student council work is tough, which is why President Horikita works so late.

It's just that...

Chabashira-sensei eats free meals too.

Does that mean Chabashira-sensei is also devoted to her family... As if.

She has a salary, so why would she eat the mountain vegetable set meal that the upperclassmen find absolutely disgusting?

In other words.

Is this teacher actually saving money?

Could the 6.02 million large sum he saw actually be what she saved up from being thrifty in the past?

And yet, despite being so frugal, she investigated a student and gave him 200,000 directly.

Chabashira-sensei.

Perhaps you don't just want to climb the ranks because teachers' salaries are tied to the classes they lead.

There's something deeper.

In other words.

Like the students, are everyone assigned to Class D, both students and teachers, problematic?