Chapter 480

Hachiman: She didn't hold back either. I've already confirmed her score.

Sakura: Huh? I... I don't understand. But is this okay Hachiman? Will it affect you?

Hachiman: Thank you for your concern.

Hachiman: Actually, neither she nor I held back this time. The results we're seeing now aren't the real ones.

Yukimura: You mean the grades are fake?

Hachiman: To be precise, I paid 50,000 points in the hope that the school would conceal my grades and then correct them one day later.

Hasebe: Why do you do this?

Hachiman: This is a test of the school's rules, to see if anything can be done using points. And where the school's bottom line lies.

Hasebe: Is that so? I always feel like you want to do something rather dangerous.

"..." Hachiman.

It's not really dangerous.

It is a test.

However, the test was not for the school, but for Ichika Amasawa.

He requested the school to delay the release of his grades, and to only count his 1 point.

He learned from Chabashira-sensei that this time, only the total score of the two people in the team would be announced, and the scores of each subject would not be announced separately.

In other words...

We can only estimate the score; we cannot know the actual result.

But.

His score counts as 1 point, and his final total score is 501 points.

The remaining 500 points are Ichika Amasawa's score.

So.

Ichika Amasawa really can score 500 points.

He's a top student, a genius.

Certainly.

Spending 50,000 yen on something like this is a bit much, so another reason Hachiman did this was to get Ichika Amasawa to come to him.

In other words, make her interested in him.

Based on the information currently available, there is more than one White Room student.

Hachiman also wants to make a fortune in the first-year students' usual Uninhabited Island Exam, but the involvement of White Room student will make things more complicated.

Because he couldn't be sure whether the seeded player he had prepared could really defeat White Room student.

White Room student was appointed by the Acting Chairman Tsukishiro, to deal with Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Once White Room student is removed, then the Acting Chairman Tsukishiro, will probably have to leave the school as well.

Therefore, he no longer had such convenient conditions.

Therefore, the only solution is to have Acting Chairman Tsukishiro, then have White Room student stay, and then deal with White Room student's disruptive behavior...

That is... the best solution is to bring in a White Room student to stand guard.

In other words, once he discovers that other White Room student threaten his plans, he will send out a known White Room student.

Use magic to defeat magic.

Hachiman was not White Room student, and he didn't know how he was trained there.

But.

When faced with dangerous situations, shouldn't we usually seek out professionals to handle them?

So.

Using White Room student to counter White Room student.

However, this was just a precaution. Hachiman was planning to make a fortune in the Ryuen's class, even going so far as to gamble with Hōsen, which was quite a huge investment.

Therefore, we do not want any unexpected events to occur.

That's how this came about.

Hachiman volunteered to have his grades concealed by the school, and they were temporarily recorded as having 1 point.

Let's see if Ichika Amasawa will take the bait.

Since the other party took the initiative to expose herself, it shows her attitude towards the mission, and... that she didn't really like life in the White Room.

Although I learned on the 2nd that the exam rules were dangerous.

But now the exam is over.

So the second-year students breathed a sigh of relief.

They quickly returned to their normal lives.

Then I just wait for my living expenses to be deposited tomorrow, the 1st, and that's it.

For the girls in Second Year Class B, today was a good day; no one failed, and all the first and second graders passed.

Meanwhile, Karuizawa and the others were returning to their dormitory.

The student dormitory is an E-shaped building consisting of three relatively independent dormitory buildings.

Each grade has its own building.

There is a long corridor leading from the main building to your own dormitory building.

Then, students entered their respective dormitory buildings from three points along the corridor: the front, the middle, and the back. Although they were now in their second year, their dormitories had not been moved.

First-year students went directly to the vacant third-year dormitories.

"The fried shrimp at this restaurant is really good."

A group of girls, all looking very cute, walked towards the dormitory building. Although the girls were all adorable, they seemed to be consciously or unconsciously focusing on a girl with a single blonde ponytail in the middle.

And it was she who spoke just now.

Kei Karuizawa.

That's one way of putting it.

A girl named Maya Sato, with long, brown, flowing hair, touched her flat stomach through her clothes with some distress, saying, "But if I eat like this every day, I'll definitely get fat."

"That's true."

Kei Karuizawa nodded slightly, after all, it's common knowledge that fried foods are fattening.

"Mo, what more could you want? You have such big lumps of fat!"

Shinohara looked at Maya Sato and Kei Karuizawa with envy and jealousy, her gaze fixed on their chests, and she looked indignant.

Although Kei Karuizawa and Maya Sato's breasts aren't particularly large, and while they can't compare to Sakura, or even Horikita and Kushida, they're still above average.

After all, they had only just entered high school.

She was the only one who, while not entirely without underwear, only wore boxer briefs.

"Well, it's because of genetics."

Maya Sato waved her hand dismissively, but the smile playing on her lips betrayed her delighted mood.

"Well, it's also possible that it's because you're not getting enough nutrition, Satsuki."

Karuizawa also had a faint smile on her face, but it was slightly more restrained than that of Maya Sato.

"You two have gone too far!"

Satsuki Shinohara looked at the two of them with a face full of grief and indignation, baring her teeth and brandishing her claws.

"That's none of my business."

Maya Sato shrugged and said seriously, "I can't control things like genetics."

"Hey, you bastard!"

Satsuki Shinohara completely exploded, rushing forward and reaching out to touch the girl's waist, gently scratching it with her small hand.

"Haha, no, no..."

Maya Sato's body seemed excessively sensitive; stimulated, she writhed and struggled, trying to break free from Satsuki Shinohara's restraints.

Meanwhile, Kei Karuizawa, standing to the side, had a hint of relief on her pretty face.

Although teasing between friends is a sign of intimacy, Kei Karuizawa instinctively felt fear and repulsion.

Perhaps it was the psychological trauma caused by overreacting to something she couldn't see, or perhaps it was because she didn't want to expose her embarrassing past. But Karuizawa still insisted on refusing any direct and extensive physical contact.

And Satsuki Shinohara and the others clearly knew this as well—

Unlike Karuizawa's facade, the two of them are genuinely outgoing and even tomboyish. Therefore, they are true gyaru (gal) girls, which is why they stand out from Karuizawa.

Of course, they were just students and couldn't see through Karuizawa's disguise; they just felt something was off.

But I know that Karuizawa very reliable.

And speaking of reliability...

"Speaking of which, Hachiman is going to Second Year Class D soon," Shinohara brought it up.

"It was bought by Ryuen, right?" Sato joined the conversation.

"Yeah, that means our class is one person short again," Karuizawa said. "It's a little disappointing."

"Actually, I think it would be good for Hachiman to go to Class D." Matsushita said at this moment.

So everyone looked at her.

Sure enough, he was looking at her.

Matsushita had just returned with the three of them, felt like he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

But now, I've finally found a sense of existence.

She had previously kept her presence low-key simply to facilitate the release of water.

But if there's really nothing particularly outstanding about it, the result is indeed quite unremarkable.

"Because Hachiman actually quite amazing, isn't he?"

"So maybe going to Class D would allow him to better utilize his abilities," Matsushita said.

"Just do your best..." Karuizawa continued. "Speaking of which, in last year's Uninhabited Island Exam, our class got points in the guessing the team leader segment, right? I think that was thanks to Hachiman."

"So, is it possible that we've lost a key player?" Karuizawa asked.

Actually, she also felt a little regretful that Hachiman had left her class.

But as long as you don't abandon her, that's fine.

"But now that they've gone to another class, how will you handle the relationship between Hachiman and Horikita?"

"Will they break up?" But Sato was paying attention to other things.

"Breakups are something like this—" Chiaki was about to join the conversation when she suddenly looked in a certain direction.

Matsushita's gaze suddenly fell upon a handsome, sunny, and gentle young man standing outside the dormitory on the first floor.

"Speaking of which..."

"That first-year student is here again," Chiaki Matsushita said.

A first-year student.

He reunited with Kushida at an exchange event and immediately became a big fan of Kushida.

Yagami Takuya from First Year Class B.

Then, it seems that he began to pursue Kushida with considerable fervor.

It seems that Kushida has blocked my phone number, but I still stand at the dormitory entrance hoping to run into Kushida.