Hachiman's Meritocracy Classroom

Suzune Horikita finally understood at this moment.

This guy was making her take the fall.

And so.

Lunch break ended.

After the afternoon classes concluded, all first-year students were kept in their classrooms.

This was because their homeroom teacher had received a last-minute notice.

They would be given a lecture on the rules of this school.

"In this school, only students who graduate from Class A will receive a 100% advancement and employment rate. All other classes must participate in exams themselves. The school cultivates you through class competition.

When you enrolled, each class was given an equal base score of 1000 points, which will accumulate until graduation."

"And on the first of every month, it's time for the school to distribute living expenses."

"However, the living expenses each month will no longer be 100,000, but will be adjusted based on an evaluation derived from these base points."

"In other words, the class evaluation points announced now show that your class has 480 points remaining."

"Then, on the first of next month, the living expenses each of you will receive will be 480 x 100, which amounts to 48,000 points."

"However, these points are variable and will use the point values from the first of the month as the basis for depositing into living expenses."

"At the same time, class rankings are fluid; whichever class has the highest evaluation points will be Class A."

"So if, after any exam, your accumulated class evaluation points can surpass Class A's, then you will become the new Class A."

Sae Chabashira, the homeroom teacher of Class D, explained the rules to her students.

Meanwhile, in the old Class A.

Majima, Class A's homeroom teacher, was also explaining the same rules.

However, this was the second time he was explaining these rules. On the first day of enrollment, the current batch of students had used a massive amount of points to buy the school's rules from him, along with news of the customary behavioral guidelines assessment for the first month of enrollment.

It was equivalent to buying insider information.

Thus, by obtaining the information and developing secretly, they would ultimately achieve higher point values than previous Class A batches.

They could establish a safe gap between themselves and the lower-ranked classes.

And now.

First Year Class A: 996 points

First Year Class B: 834 points

First Year Class C: 611 points

First-year Class D: 530 points

Their Class A had already created a distance from Class C and Class D.

But Class B still had 834 points remaining.

So they hadn't pulled away from Class B yet. How much more reassuring it would be if Class B only had six or seven hundred points.

Thus.

Katsuragi, who was taking a steady approach, frowned.

This made the members of the Sakayanagi Faction look even more intently at their leader—Little Princess Sakayanagi.

And the little princess seemed to be contemplating something, her cute brow slightly raised.

However, in reality, Sakayanagi was not thinking about how to deal with exams at all.

Because she was thinking about.

How Hachiman had obtained all the school's information from her.

And how Hachiman had figured out how to make his class lose points and expose their class evaluation points was also something he learned from her.

In other words, before the class confrontation had even begun, she had aided the enemy, and twice at that.

What a complex experience.

So, could she be considered a traitor to Class A?

Arisu Sakayanagi pouted.

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Arisu Sakayanagi was contemplating her status as a traitor.

However.

She eventually noticed the gazes of the surrounding classmates.

Did you think the current situation was disadvantageous, so you decided that relying on the steady Katsuragi wasn't reliable enough and wanted Arisu Sakayanagi, the radical leader, to take charge?

Do you want Sakayanagi to lead you all to a significant lead over the other classes before settling down?

Sakayanagi understood.

However, classmates, the person you wished for has already aided Hachiman the Great Demon King.

And not just once, but twice.

From this perspective, it is indeed somewhat embarrassing.

Arisu Sakayanagi thought to herself.

But since it was something she initiated, she should wrap things up.

Meanwhile, homeroom teacher Majima-sensei, after announcing that the Behavioral Guidelines Exam would continue, had now yielded the stage to them.

Arisu glanced at Katsuragi. Katsuragi's brow was furrowed.

After the students in the class divided into the Sakayanagi Faction and the Katsuragi Faction, the lines were clearly drawn.

The students of the Katsuragi Faction sat near the door of the classroom.

The students of the Sakayanagi Faction sat near the window.

Even the classroom desks had been moved to face two different directions.

Each formed two rows.

There were 20 people in the Katsuragi Faction and 16 in the Sakayanagi Faction.

The remaining few students with neutral stances were relegated to the back.

"May I say a few words?" After a brief moment of thought, Arisu Sakayanagi spoke.

As she said this, she had already placed her hands on the desk and stood up.

"I don't think there's any need for concern."

"We are students of Class A. Regardless of whether it's an open-book exam or not, we will achieve high scores."

"However, I don't think the other classes can maintain the same level of self-control as us. Take Class B, for example. Even if they know the rules of the exam, they'll still lose at least 150 points or more."

"So, even if we do nothing, we can still create a gap of nearly 300 points between us and Class B."

In other words, Class A would still hold the advantage?

That's right.

The requirements of the Behavioral Guidelines Exam mostly pertain to self-restraint. If students in other classes truly possessed such self-control, they would have been assigned to Class A.

And they had only lost 4 points in 6 days.

Therefore, even if this exam continued, they could still achieve a high score of over 950 points.

This score had never been achieved in the history of this school, not even by Class A during the era of the most outstanding Student Council President, Manabu Horikita.

So, their maximum score had been determined.

However, the other classes could only continue to lose points.

"My suggestion now is to remain inactive and secure our class's high score first."

At this point, the steady Katsuragi finally spoke.

This meant that Class A would continue to face the exam with a calm demeanor.

After announcing this, Arisu Sakayanagi sat down.

Shaking off the thought of being a traitor, Arisu Sakayanagi lightly raised her left hand.

She propped up her cheek.

Just as she had told Kamuro, even if the closed-book exam turned into an open-book exam, as long as the students didn't restrain themselves, points would continue to be deducted heavily.

So, Hachiman, how will you restrain your classmates who can lose 500 points in 5 days?

To make a group unite, the only option is to choose an enemy. So, are you choosing to become the enemy of the entire class?

And even if you do that, your classmates won't listen to an enemy the next time.

So how will you resolve such a predicament?

But Hachiman hasn't done anything yet.

He hasn't fallen into a predicament either.

While Class A finished receiving information, Class D was not going smoothly.

Because.

Almost immediately after learning that their living expenses next month would not be 100,000, and that the 100% employment and advancement rates were also fake, the students of Class D exploded.

They had no intention of listening to Chabashira-sensei's explanation of the specific items for the upcoming Behavioral Guidelines Exam.

"This is too much! It's a scam, a fraud!"

A student immediately objected.

"Yeah, wasn't it said that once you enter this school, tuition would be waived, and that the advancement and employment rates were fake?"

Mm.

These students were focused on that point.

Sae Chabashira felt a bit of relief inside.

"Besides, our living expenses for next month are only 48,000 points. That's not enough at all!"

"What do we do? I only have 10,000 points left. We won't get more money until the 1st of next month!"

But soon, the topic shifted here.

Because it concerned their living expenses for the next month.

Very realistic, Class D students.

Hachiman sat in his seat and noticed that Suzune Horikita next to him had taken out a small notebook and started writing down the important points Sae Chabashira had announced.

Even though she had already seen it on his phone, she was still diligently taking notes.

What a diligent person.

And Hachiman knew that her private account still had a balance of 93,000 points.

Meaning, she had over 90,000 points remaining.

She was very frugal.

In comparison.