See? Easy, Right? A World Where No One Gets Hurt Has Been Achieved! (Part 1) / Kikyou Kushida: "Hikigaya, You're Doing This for the Class, Right?"

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Look, wasn't that easy? A world where no one got hurt had been achieved! (First update)

The first years had indeed exploded.

Today was the sixth day since the new students had enrolled.

Most of them were still immersed in fantasies about how amazing the school was—no tuition, free housing, living expenses provided, direct advancement after graduation. It was practically paradise, and they hoped to have a wonderful school life here.

Then—

They were suddenly hit with complete confusion.

The first person to notice Student Council members arriving at the lower-year teaching building was Katsuragi from Class A, First Year.

Yesterday, he and Yahiko had gone to the Student Council to submit their membership applications.

The Student Council at this school held considerable authority. Sometimes, it could even represent the school administration. From what they had learned from upperclassmen while arranging club memberships, the Student Council President even had the authority to directly interfere with special exams.

That was terrifying.

Because the essence of this school was to make students compete against one another by class.

The specific method was through one special exam after another. Based on the points earned, the students from the class that could maintain its Class A status by their third-year graduation would graduate as representatives of the school.

They would then receive a series of rewards from the school.

And rise to the peak of life.

So after discovering this, Katsuragi had set his sights on a Student Council position.

He did not necessarily need to become the Student Council President. As long as he became a member, he would be able to obtain more information.

Then he could perhaps serve his class with it.

Of course, he might also have a chance to compete for the presidency later.

After all, the president was also a student and would eventually graduate.

So joining the Student Council early might allow him to seize the opportunity.

Katsuragi was a cautious man.

So when he noticed Student Council President Manabu Horikita deliberately coming to the lower-year building during lunch break, he immediately paid attention.

Now—

He stood among the first-year students watching the Student Council members at work.

He saw Manabu Horikita personally writing on the small blackboard beside the bulletin board.

Class A, First Year: 996 points

First Year Class B: 834 points

First Year Class C: 611 points

First-year Class D: 530 points

Hmm... he knew what these numbers were.

They represented the evaluation scores of the four classes.

The school's class rankings were fluid. Only class evaluation scores served as the sole standard for class placement.

Whichever class's evaluation score surpassed Class A would be crowned the new Class A.

Likewise, if the original Class A was surpassed by another class, it would fall.

After learning from Majima-sensei that class evaluation scores were the standard of judgment, he and Yahiko had investigated.

The two had visited the first floors of the second-year and third-year buildings, where they had seen the small blackboards and the numbers written on them.

They had confirmed that the second and third years were indeed competing in this regard.

Among them, Class A always managed to pull ahead of the classes behind it.

Just like now.

Class A, First Year was exceptionally outstanding. Out of the base score of 1,000 points, only four points had been deducted.

It was a reasonable result, but also an unbelievable one.

Because it suddenly made people realize that, according to the information they had received, weren't the scores deducted over an entire month based on the four classes' behavior supposed to be announced only after the month ended—on the first day of the following month?

And yet—

Why had they been announced directly now?

Had the exam ended early, or had something happened?

Over in First Year Class B—

The Class B students had also heard that Student Council members were filling in data at the bulletin board.

"Ichinose..."

Coming downstairs alongside the Class B students was a cute girl with short golden hair.

She was Kikyo Kushida from First-year Class D. She was popular and exceptionally approachable.

Recently, she had begun interacting with students from other classes. Or rather, it was not merely interaction—she had already become friends with Honami Ichinose from First Year Class B.

It should be said that Kushida also preferred interacting with students from other classes.

Because the Class B students were of high quality. Nearly every one of them was a little angel—kind, innocent, and optimistic, as though they were all winners in life.

The atmosphere in Class B was excellent. Though only a few days had passed, the students of Class B had spontaneously come to trust one particular student.

In other words, someone like the central figure of the class.

That person was Honami Ichinose.

She had long golden-pink hair, exquisitely beautiful features, and a fantastic figure.

But what drew the most attention was her approachability.

Kushida already considered her own friendliness maxed out, but even she felt slightly inferior to Ichinose in that regard.

Though school had been in session for less than a week, the number of Ichinose's friends had already exceeded fifty.

That was truly irritating.

Of course, she had now also become friends with Ichinose in secret.

So that was at least something she could use to comfort herself.

"This is..."

Honami Ichinose of Class B stared at the small blackboard being filled in by the Student Council.

She saw that First Year Class B had 834 points.

"This is..."

Ichinose noticed Kushida looking at the information on the bulletin board.

The bulletin board?

She hurriedly looked over as well.

Then she also discovered the information written there.

Hachiman Hikigaya of First-year Class D had damaged a surveillance camera, causing Class D to lose 50 class evaluation points.

"This school..."

"Perhaps it truly isn't simple," Ichinose said.

In other words, though she did not say it aloud, she also felt that there were all sorts of things at this school that required attention.

Over in First Year Class C—

There were no students from First Year Class C at the scene.

Well.

First Year Class C was still in the process of consolidating itself.

So although it was the class closest to the bulletin board, not many people were paying attention to it.

Meanwhile, in the restroom—

"Ryuen, you bastard—have you no shame?!"

"Shut up! Obeying me is your only option!"

A man with red, center-parted hair grabbed the neck of the man shouting at him and slammed him against the wall.

This was Sho Ryuen of First Year Class C. After arriving at this school and seeing the generous rewards given to students—

He had brought out his usual methods.

He had been a delinquent thug in middle school.

And now—

He was using a thug's methods—violence—to bring the class under his control.

He was a strong fighter, but it was useless if he was the only one who could fight, so he had targeted the strongest fighter in the class.

Albert.

He was two meters tall, mixed-race, incredibly muscular, and looked like a giant. His strength was real, too.

Of course, Ryuen had been defeated by him on the second day, but that did not matter. Ryuen had used harassment tactics, harassing Albert in every possible way, even attacking him while he was using the restroom.

And now—

Albert had fallen into despair and obeyed Ryuen's orders.

Now, Ryuen was bringing Albert along to subdue the boys in the class.

As for the girls... heh. With half the boys in the class already under his control, did they really have any other choice?

Soon, Sho Ryuen would be the only person whose voice mattered in First Year Class C.

Elsewhere—

The rooftop.

Kikyo Kushida: Hachiman, You Did It for the Class, Didn't You?

Elsewhere, on the rooftop of the teaching building.

There were two benches here. One of them was shaded, and Hachiman remembered that Sakayanagi Arisu had sat there before.

But Hachiman had not come here to sit on the bench Classmate Sakayanagi had previously used.

There were three people present.

Hachiman Hikigaya, their homeroom teacher Sae Chabashira, and a black-haired, fox-eyed girl standing on the rooftop with her left hand resting on her right elbow, looking down at the crowd around the bulletin board.

Suzune Horikita.

The three people who wanted to climb to Class A had met here.

Chabashira-sensei folded her arms and looked down from above.

The Student Council members had already left.

"That was quite an operation," Sae Chabashira commented.

"Because you committed an offense that required Student Council intervention, the scores that were originally supposed to be announced next month have now been revealed."

"There was no other choice." Hachiman spread his hands. "If they hadn't intervened now, then following the normal procedure, our class evaluation score would probably have been deducted to zero by the first of next month—and that's assuming negative scores don't exist."