Ryuuen, Hurry Up and Scrape Together 20 Million to Buy Me! 8k

Has Hachiman done a lot?

Actually, he did do a lot.

"Your plan was simply to determine which group Secretary Akane Tachibana was in, and then have a total of 19 students from your second and Third-year Class B participate in things that dragged you down," Hachiman said.

"Yes." Nagumo held his breath. "I let them go easy on them, their individual scores should be so bad that even their mothers wouldn't recognize them. So, out of a group of 36 people, 19 of them are dragging the team down. I can't imagine why they're not last."

"It's very simple," Hachiman said. "You determine the composition of the group that's currently at the bottom."

"Composition... components?"

Miyabi Nagumo frowned, then took out a small notebook that she always carried with her.

"You write it down and I'll read it aloud," Hachiman said. "In the third grade, there's 1 student in Third-year Class B, 5 students in Third-year Class C, and 9 students in Third-year Class D."

In the second grade, there are 3 students in Second-year Class A, 3 in Second Year Class B, 3 in Second-year Class C, and 3 in Second Year Class D. Then there's the composition of the first grade: 6 students in Class A, First Year, 5 in First Year Class B, and 4 in First-year Class D.

What's the point of this?

Following Hachiman's instructions, Nagumo compiled a list of the last-ranked group, which was the group led by his childhood friend Asahina Nazuna.

"Considering what I just said, Senior Akane Tachibana Akane's group had 36 people, and you arranged for 19 people to drag the team down. In this larger group, I arranged for 29 people to simply abstain."

"What!"

Nagumo almost dropped the pen in his hand; he immediately began counting the students in the last group.

The total number of students is 15 from the third grade, 12 from the second grade, and 15 from the first grade, for a total of 42. The second graders are obedient, and the Third-year Class B are partners, so that makes 13 students in total. And what does Hachiman Hikigaya mean when he says he arranged for 29 people to forfeit?

Could it be that—

"Yes," Hachiman said. "You've bribed everyone in Akane Tachibana's group who you could."

"And I bribed all the group members outside of your faction. Then, apart from your 13 people, everyone else in the large group abstained, so they were the last ones."

Day.

Nagumo almost vomited blood.

Incredible.

Nagumo had analyzed Manabu Horikita's thinking patterns and understood that he, who was constantly being dragged down by the students in his class, was likely to adopt a safe approach. Therefore, when explaining the exam rules, he took into account how Manabu Horikita would do it.

So the actual grouping began, and Manabu Horikita's grouping was indeed based on the safest plan of 14+6.

Whether it's a boy or a girl.

Therefore, his prediction was correct.

Targeting only Manabu Horikita would be pointless; that man is too strong. Therefore, Miyabi Nagumo initially targeted the girls in Third-year Class A. In other words, his intended target was Manabu Horikita's right-hand woman, Akane Tachibana.

Manabu Horikita n't just let Akane Tachibana drop out of school, so he would definitely have to use the class's Private Points to save her. This would greatly reduce Class A's financial strength. With several exams still to come, and the fact that Third-year Class A would also lose points. Therefore, Manabu Horikita's position in Class A was not secure.

Since Manabu Horikita has never given up on any of his comrades, he certainly can't stand by and watch them fail to graduate in Class A.

So he wanted to take advantage of this.

That was the original plan.

In order to prevent Manabu Horikita from realizing that he wanted to attack the girls, he deliberately declared war on Manabu Horikita, saying that boys should fight. He also deliberately went to the first-year students' dormitory every night, making it seem like he wanted to cause trouble, in order to divert Manabu Horikita's attention.

The result went smoothly. Last night, the second-year students in Akane Tachibana's group reported to him that Akane Tachibana had not gone to Manabu Horikita to give any report, which means that Akane Tachibana is indeed too young.

Although she was in charge, in this exam, even if the last person in charge was responsible, they could drag others down with them, so she naturally assumed that the students in other classes wouldn't dare to make a move, right?

She just doesn't seem to realize that if she comes in last place, she'll be expelled and lose 300 points. How could Third-year Class B possibly resist such a temptation?

So Akane Tachibana is really too young.

Only.

Despite the plan going so smoothly, Hachiman Hikigaya claimed that he had arranged for another large group to withdraw.

Another large group was assigned to the last position.

"How could you possibly do such a thing!"

Nagumo has control over all the second-year students and has even tied Third-year Class B to his side, yet now he claims that Hachiman has more people he's bribed.

The Third-year Class B and the second-year students in the current bottom-ranked group are unlikely to listen to Hachiman, and the 29 people from Hachiman Hikigaya are also excluded from this group. But does this mean that he not only bribed the first-year students, but also the Third-year Class C and the Third-year Class D?

"Aren't you a first-year student? And how could these upperclassmen possibly—and aren't you first-year students always fighting within the class? How could you all possibly listen to you?"

"It's true that they're unlikely to listen to me. For example, the students in First Year Class C are dissatisfied with me, but haven't you noticed that there isn't a First Year Class C in this large group?"

"..."

Yes.

There are indeed no members of the Banliu class in this large group.

"But here in Class A, First Year ... ah, your relationship with Ichinose— " Nagumo immediately realized what was going on and shut up.

Because Nagumo actually started trying to campaign for votes when Sakayanagi Arisu proposed to be the Student Council President.

The choice was made to divide the first-year students and make things difficult for Sakayanagi Arisu.

So he tried to give Ichinose a test paper that Sakayanagi had prepared after the test questions for Ichinose were leaked.

Although it failed.

However, when the first-year students went to the Uninhabited Island Exam, they also hoped that Ichinose's class would fail.

Then he would appear as a helpful senior student.

Then Ichinose was brought in.

Then we can win over Ichinose's class, and their votes.

However, Class Ichinose the Uninhabited Island Exam. Therefore, he couldn't make a direct move.

But Hachiman Hikigaya is actually getting Ichinose to cooperate, which means... the relationship between the two is actually... very good?

"I'm quite disappointed in Nagumo that you're still considering personal relationships even now. This is clearly about the interests of the class." Hachiman shook his head slightly.

"I don't know any of the students in Class C and Class D of the third grade, but they all cooperated with me because of the interests of the class."

The class evaluation scores of Third-year Class C and Class D in the third grade have reached a point of no return.

Even if they were given another year, they still wouldn't be able to climb the ranks. So, in this exam where the score difference is so large, if you try to bribe them, they are very likely to be bribed.

Because they will all face the same situation after graduation, they can only rely on their own studies to cope with the entrance exams, and there is no shortcut.

However, upon graduation, Private Points with real money at a certain percentage. In this way, paying points to them is equivalent to giving them real money, which is very helpful for their tuition and other expenses.

This is also what makes this school more humane.

Even knowing there's no hope of Class Advancement, they still have an advantage over ordinary schools outside the region.

So even though they know it's hopeless, the seniors in the lower-ranked third graders who find they can still earn some extra money might actually be bribed!

It's fair to say that they can now completely ignore these school exams, because they're utterly hopeless.

So even if things get worse, it doesn't matter, as long as there's some compensation.

Thus, both Third-year Class C and Class D of the third year supported Hachiman's side.

"But the person in charge of the first year is from Class D, named Shiho Manabe, right? How come she's colluding with you? Not only was she expelled, but she also got a -300 class evaluation score." Nagumo was still puzzled.

"You might not know this, but we first-year students selected our group leaders very quickly this time."

"..." Nagumo remained silent. He was in charge of the second-year students, so the teams were formed quickly. However, the first-year students came to seek to form large groups with the upperclassmen before he had even finished forming his own teams.

In other words, the first graders completed the steps of forming teams and selecting group leaders very smoothly.

"The reason is simple: First-year Class D took on all 12 group leaders in the first grade, and their class evaluation score was 0, so they were constantly starving."

"So it's perfectly understandable that you want to make some money here," Hachiman said.

"That's why. Given the predicament of First-year Class D, they trust Private Points more than class evaluation scores. So what they want is money," Hachiman said.

"Heh, as expected, you're rich and willful." Nagumo mocked. "So, aside from being bribed, you also paid for Shiho Manabe's 20 million points revival, right?"

"In your VIP Exam, there is a possibility of obtaining a large number of points," Nagumo said.

At that time, he was in the Student Council and knew that the first-year students had earned a huge amount of points from the school.

It's impossible for so many students to make money, so Nagumo suspected there was a middleman involved.

Since Sakayanagi didn't take the exam, it could only be Hachiman Hikigaya who got involved.

Therefore, Nagumo concluded that the other party had money, so Hachiman Hikigaya could easily revive a student.

"No, this time I'm not paying for it," Hachiman said. "In fact, I'm short of money, so I'm here to make some. And that Manabe, she probably chose to drop out of school because she's been going hungry all the way. She might have just accepted 2-3 million points and left. So actually, having Manabe take charge and drop out of school isn't that costly."

"But," Hachiman paused before saying, "I didn't pay for any of this."

Aren't you supposed to pay?

In other words—

Nagumo's eyes widened. Suddenly, he felt a little thirsty. "Manabu Horikita knows—"

"Yes."

Hachiman nodded, "And this time, all the expenses will be borne by Third-year Class A."

"So, it seems you understand. But you'll have to deal with the situation from here on out."

After announcing the exam results, the school allowed the students to disperse freely and gather at the gymnasium entrance in the afternoon to take a bus back to school.

At this moment, Hachiman turned and left because Manabu Horikita had already brought the students from Class A to team up and attack Miyabi Nagumo.

While Nagumo was still standing in the same spot, he noticed that a large group of Third-year Class A students had appeared around him.

Manabu Horikita met his gaze with cold indifference.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't involve other people!?"

"This..." Miyabi Nagumo understood that he was probably doomed this time. The original plan was to make Manabu Horikita's Class A suffer a crushing defeat, and then Manabu Horikita would have to rely on him in order to maintain Class A's position.

But the results of this exam...

Manabu Horikita's class not only didn't lose any points, but actually increased by about 100 points.

So, Nagumo is suffering huge losses.

Not only did the Third-year Class B, which had been supported, miss its best opportunity and may have to maintain its Class B status with little use, but he himself also had to bear the punishment of the person in charge of the Third-year Class B in the last-place group.

It will cost 20 million points to revive Asahina, and then Second-year Class A will receive -300 points because they are last in the class.

Yes.

Although Third-year Class B was willing to pay to protect their students before, that was because the plan was successful. Now, Third-year Class B has lost the ability to compete with Third-year Class A in terms of points.

Not only that.

Manabu Horikita came over, but he was carrying a voice recorder.

The voice recorder played the recording immediately after I pressed the button.

[Vice President Nagumo, aren't you worried about being held accountable for such forceful interference in other grades' exams?]

[Heh, yes, I was called in for a talk by Horikita, but things are really urgent right now, who has time to worry about that?]

Nagumo knew very well that this conversation was the one he had just had with Hachiman Hikigaya.

I never expected that Hachiman Hikigaya would record this.

Hachiman Hikigaya handed over the recording pen.

Therefore, his position Vice President is probably in jeopardy.

Ah.

I really hope this exam was just a dream.

Chapter 009 Ryuen, hurry up and raise 20 million to buy me! 8k

After the Forestry Exam, only the top two students will receive class evaluation points as a reward, while only the bottom two will have their class evaluation points deducted.

For first graders.