So You're All Overpowered, Huh! 6k (Continued)

After leaving the library, Ryuen immediately summoned Albert.

"So..."

"I'll be leaving now."

Shiina is quite perceptive.

Although Horikita was called over by Hachiman, all the agreements had already been signed, and only Horikita hadn't signed it yet.

So it seems that Hachiman has something he wants to say to Horikita alone.

So she immediately went to the second floor of the library.

Suzune Horikita remained seated in her original spot. Then she looked at him with the same piercing gaze she always had.

"Then."

After carefully putting away the agreement, Hachiman asked, "Is there anything you want to ask?"

"There are many." Suzune didn't hide anything. "Judging from the agreement, the reason you want to go to Ryuen's class is because the students in Ryuen's class can self-discipline and cooperate with the exams, and then..."

She paused for a moment. "You'll give up a lot of points earned from the exam and class rating points, right?"

"Yes." Hachiman did not deny it. "Ryuen's class has this advantage. Ryuen's class has been trained by Ryuen, and they live a life of hunger for most of the year, so I give them 50,000 yen a month for living expenses. They are satisfied with that."

"And."

"Among the four classes A, B, C, and D, it is more difficult for our class to get them to cooperate as a whole."

"For example, last year, Kōenji brought the class victory in the Uninhabited Island Exam. However, although everyone is still transferring money to Kōenji, as the class's evaluation score drops, the students may not be willing to pay after it falls below 1,000 points. The reason given would probably be that they don't have enough money to spend themselves."

Yes.

From this perspective, Second Year Class B is not suitable.

"I don't want to argue with them," Hachiman said. "Besides, you know yourself that there are too many students dragging our class down, and it's going to be hard to keep our points."

"So."

"Sometimes I can't even think about tactics for getting a lot of class evaluation points."

So you're still subject to restrictions?

Suzune pursed her lips.

"Does Ryuen really have that much confidence in you, that he's willing to take out a loan and spend money to buy you?" Suzune asked.

She felt that Hachiman Hikigaya the school and could benefit from it.

But does Ryuen also have the same confidence in Hachiman Hikigaya as she does?

I feel slightly dissatisfied.

Because she usually spends time with Hachiman, she knows his thoughts and ideas.

But how come Ryuen knows him so well?

"Yes," Hachiman said. "In fact, he got even more excited when he saw me sign with Hōsen."

Oh?

Suzune Horikita wanted to know when the two of them started working together.

Hachiman then told her what had happened.

"Actually..."

"The Ryuen's class wanted to invite me to their class last year," Hachiman said.

"I think Ryuen wants to make money, and maybe he can, but he will most likely be cheated by me, so he feels that he can't continue like this."

"But if he makes me one of his own in the class, then his money can be saved first."

"The cause was probably the Forestry Exam. His class was at the bottom of the class in the Forestry Exam, but he still got 12 million points. The points came too easily, which surprised him."

"Then I also discovered that as long as he doesn't become my enemy, or doesn't give me the opportunity to swindle his money, then his money is safe."

"Actually, that's a bit much," Hachiman said. "I never intended to swindle all of Ryuen's money."

Um.

Suzune Horikita decided to take it seriously for now.

Because of the Uninhabited Island Exam at the time, you took it to heart when you heard that Ryuen and Class A were signing a contract.

I've been keeping that agreement with Ryuen in mind.

Then, during the Sports Festival, they cooperated with Ryuen's scheme. As a result, Ryuen fell into the trap, not only losing the agreement but also incurring a debt of 8 million.

Therefore, she does not believe that this is called "I never intended to swindle all of Ryuen's money".

However, at the time, Ryuen was extorting money and trying to take advantage of her, so Suzune Horikita felt that Ryuen deserved what he got.

Hachiman then continued.

"Although this is Ryuen's way of protecting itself, I can't deny that I'm also somewhat tempted."

"You know I'm a stay-at-home dad with the goal of not graduating from Class A."

"So after completing Chabashira-sensei's task, all I have to do is slack off, then look for opportunities to make money, then just drift along, and prepare the 20 million points I need to graduate for the person who is willing to marry me and support me in the future."

"As a result, Ryuen has now offered me a way to earn tens of millions, or even a hundred million, of Private Points," Hachiman said. "And that's when I got interested."

I see.

"So, you've been preparing to go to the Ryuen's class for a long time, and actually... you've already started plotting to get the huge amount of points you mentioned, right?" Horikita felt like she was following the other person's train of thought.

"Yes."

Hachiman nodded. "And the key point is this Special Exam."

"The school broke with past practices and directly conducted cross-grade assessments for two grades in the first month."

"At the same time, it also directly tells the first-year students the essence."

"Then."

"I predict that there will be cross-grade exams in the future. And the marks they carry will likely be higher than the current ones."

"At the same time, the rewards will be more attractive."

"No," Hachiman said. "For first-year students, if they start with difficult exams upon entering school and then gain nothing, it's easy for them to drop out and quit."

"The school cannot accept this situation."

"So if you want to conduct exams that go beyond the syllabus, you have to offer corresponding rewards."

This is like boiling a frog in lukewarm water.

Horikita's opinion.

"So that's why you made a bet with Hōsen, and your goal is to take away the command of Hōsen's class, right?"

"Yes," Hachiman said. "If it's a cross-grade exam, and I have the command of Ryuen's class, and then I get the command of the first-year class."

"At the same time."

He paused for a moment. "The third-year students are leaderless because of Nagumo's withdrawal, but for the time being, I can cooperate with the current leader of Third-year Class A."

"That means it has the fighting strength of at least three classes."

"I don't believe I can't get points," Hachiman said.

I see.

Horikita nodded.

Hachiman then continued.

"Of course, if you treat the school as a sucker, then you are slapping the school in the face."

"That's how Nagumo was expelled from school."

"So, I'm only planning to do this once."

"..."

Horikita saw Hachiman's ambition.

But.

"Getting Hōsen, or rather, First-year Class D, to completely obey you won't be easy," Suzune said.

"It's alright," Hachiman said. "Because Hōsen is a very arrogant person, but he's still quite smart."

"Originally, I only had this outline, but when I saw Hōsen's classes were neat and uniform at the opening ceremony, I knew that this plan could be implemented."

"Do you remember when Hōsen found out the exam rules on the second day of school and came to our class to provoke us?"

"That's what Hachiman said."

"I learned from Ryuen that Hōsen and he came from the same place."

"Then the probability of First-year Class D being Ryuen's class is not low."

"Therefore, as long as we conquer Hōsen, we can take over First-year Class D."

"Then, I noticed that when Hōsen came to our class to provoke us, he paid attention to Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who seemed to have a very low profile."

"Even in our class, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji only received the title of 'very good at sports,' meaning she's an athlete."

"But other classes, like first graders, have never seen Kiyotaka Ayanokoji running, so it's strange that they pay attention to him."

"So I took it to heart."

"They arranged for Ryuen to come and provoke us, deliberately causing Hōsen's class to lose points."

"On the one hand, I want to use Hōsen's class, but they have too many points, which gives them leverage in negotiations, so I need to get rid of their leverage first."

"That's right."

"The class evaluation scores for first graders have been released ahead of schedule, and Hōsen's class only has 166 points left."

I see.

That said.

Suzune Horikita found this scene very familiar; it was last year, when they enrolled in school, and on the fifth day, Hachiman Hikigaya announced the class evaluation scores.

Then the school had to tell everyone the truth about the school.

However, he used the same tactic to undermine the confidence of First-year Class D.

"Then, on the other hand, it was used to test Hōsen," Hachiman said. "As I just mentioned, Hōsen is focused on Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, and I received news quite some time ago that Kiyotaka Ayanokoji had been maliciously expelled from school."

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Horikita didn't know much about him.

That is, during the Sports Festival, the opponent was used as a secret weapon by Hachiman.

However, we do see Hachiman Hikigaya occasionally talking to Kiyotaka Ayanokoji later on.

However, Hachiman Hikigaya didn't tell her, she didn't ask.

So, does Kiyotaka Ayanokoji actually have this kind of trouble?

Only.

Horikita felt that she probably wouldn't ask.

Because this is someone else's business, and she's not the type to meddle in other people's affairs.

"I suspect that Hōsen may have received a mission from Kiyotaka Ayanokoji to expel him from school," Hachiman said.

"And the reward might be very generous."

"Because if I give him advice, I can deduct all the points from his class's evaluation and then stop deducting them, and even if he gets into fights, I can give him the green light."

"He agreed without hesitation."

"So what he's after isn't just a few class evaluation points, but the large number of points from the person who gave him the expulsion task," Hachiman said.

What?!

Horikita then realized what was happening.