No One Expelled; Horikita's Class −300 Points! (Continued)

"But if you withdraw from the school pool, you only get 300 points," Yukimura said.

"So, Yukimura, do you want to drop out of school?" Kōenji asked.

"If it were just a dropout pool, you could get 300 points, but Yukimura, your Academic Ability ranks third in the class."

"So if you drop out of school, you'll get an extra 100 points, making it 400 points."

"Choosing for you to drop out of school is much more cost-effective than sacrificing my protection title," Kōenji said.

"..." Yukimura.

Yukimura then sat down.

Yukimura's classmates in his tutoring group looked at him with some concern, but none of them spoke to Yukimura.

Because now everyone knows that Kōenji seems to be a bit angry.

Then let Kōenji bombard the pond.

And the pool.

Chi continued to try to save himself.

"I still firmly believe that I cannot be expelled from school just like that," Kanji Ike said. "Besides, the matter of organizing the group that you mentioned, Kōenji, was not done by me. So the responsibility cannot be placed entirely on me."

"Oh?"

Look over here at Kōenji.

Ike continued, "I, I was asked by Kushida-chan- chan. She said someone was having trouble and wanted me to join the group that person wanted to form so we could stick together."

!!

Almost instantly, Kushida, who had been called out by Suzune Horikita earlier, once again attracted the attention of a large number of students.

"Are you the mastermind?" Kōenji, looking at Kushida.

The whole class gathered around.

Kushida, who is like an angel to everyone, is making such a vote-soliciting move, which will undoubtedly lower her reputation.

But.

This is something that some people agree on, but now everyone is looking at it from this perspective.

And Kanji Ike, are you trying to make her take the blame?

"See, everyone knows, right? It was all... it was Kushida-chan who invited me. She invited me to join the team, and then decided that if there was a punishment of expulsion, it would be Kōenji would bear it," Ike said.

My heart is bleeding.

He had also liked Kushida, and this is how he splashed water on the girl he liked, but there was nothing he could do about it.

If he doesn't do something now, he'll be expelled from school.

He now faces two risks, one being a poor ranking on the OAA.

One of them was exposed as the mastermind behind the team that sabotaged Kōenji.

Leaving aside the former, the latter... is also very dangerous.

They might even be abandoned by the group formed yesterday, offered up as a sacrifice. That would mean even their own people would betray them.

However, Kōenji did not want to lose its spot for expulsion protection, so it did so twice...

This was Special Exam with everyone agreeing; if even one person objected, the student would be unable to withdraw from school.

Therefore.

This was also his plan to save himself.

Even if he were to be expelled from school, he would certainly vote against it.

Then the stalemate continued until the exam time ended.

That means choosing to deduct points.

300 points deducted.

It looks like they're going to lose a lot.

But.

Anyway, the 225-point living allowance at Kōenji is no longer charged, so even if we lose 300 points, it won't make much difference.

So even if some points are deducted, the living expenses are still sufficient.

But.

If I do this, my classmates will definitely see me as trash, scum, and my life at school will become terrible.

So Chi decided to wash himself first.

At the very least, don't isolate yourself.

In this way.

The blame was shifted to Kikyo Kushida.

Since Kushida was the one who contacted the other underachievers, Ike was quite good at shifting the blame.

But.

Kushida, in his heart right now, Kushida truly cursing Hachiman Hikigaya.

As a little angel, I helped others, but I ended up being pushed to take the blame.

However.

This is meaningless.

Because Kushida has also grown and knows how to deal with unexpected situations.

So.

"I... I did contact everyone, but... I'm innocent. I only did it because of Ike's request." Under the gaze of so many people, Kushida instantly burst into tears of regret.

Large tears streamed down her face.

Kushida cried as she said, "Because Ike said his situation was very dangerous, and if the option to drop out of school appeared, he would definitely be expelled. He was very scared, so he cried and begged me. He then suggested that as long as we chose to expel Kōenji, it would be fine, because Kōenji had a guaranteed expulsion spot, so if we chose him to drop out, Kōenji would definitely be able to stay."

"So it can become a situation where no one gets hurt."

No, no, no.

Actually, it's harmful because the opportunity for expulsion protection that Kōenji earned by winning first place in the Uninhabited Island Exam through his own efforts will be wasted.

Although some people think this way.

But.

Although Kushida did something annoying like helping with vote-buying, the real culprit is Ike. Kushida was just too kind and was taken advantage of by Ike.

In this way.

Although Kushida's campaigning was exposed, her reputation was not damaged.

In addition, there were many positive comments from Kushida.

It makes people feel that she is the victim.

"So, Chi, you're lying."

"Even at a time like this, you still want to frame Kushida. Not only did you take advantage of Kushida's kindness, but you also framed her. Are you even human?"

"Chi, you should drop out of school!"

Therefore, Chi cannot escape the blame at all.

Ahhh.

This made Chi press his head down.

Now even his classmates from his own "bad student alliance" group have joined in and started criticizing him.

In other words, they were in a desperate situation.

"So, aren't you going to ask about our exam results?"

Meanwhile, in the student dormitory, Hachiman returned to his room.

Lying in bed.

The phone remained in a call state.

After returning to his dorm, he took a nap, only to be woken up by a phone call.

It was Karuizawa called, and I learned about their exam process from her account.

"The results of the exam?" Hachiman then inquired. "So how did things end up?"

The time displayed on the phone is 13:12.

That means the exam is completely over.

"No one dropped out," Karuizawa said. "However, it wasn't Kōenji who used the protection slot, but rather Ike who kept casting the option against dropping out."

"In the end, our class was deducted 300 points because we failed to complete 5 questions within the time limit."

In other words, even though his reputation is terrible, Ike still doesn't give up staying at this school.

Definitely.

Tuition is waived, but as a member of this class, the living expenses are still quite high.

Who wants to leave?

"But with his reputation ruined, does he still have the courage to stay?" Hachiman asked.

"He asked Chabashira-sensei if the class would lose points if a student withdrew voluntarily," Karuizawa said. "Then Chabashira-sensei replied that 300 points would be deducted."

I see.

So, Ike is quite something. He has an exceptional talent for not contributing to the class but instead dragging it down.

They probably used the excuse that if anyone bullied him, he would drop out of school, and then he would lose 300 points, and everyone's living expenses would be reduced by 30,000 points to deal with the possibility of him being isolated and bullied.

"However," Karuizawa continued curiously, "What do you think about this exam? Don't clash with Kōenji."

"Indeed, they could have ended the school with no one dropping out and even earning 100 points, but everyone was misled by Kōenji and had no choice but to have someone drop out. In the end, because they couldn't convince Ike, they were penalized."

"That's truly terrifying," Karuizawa said. "But that's because Kōenji knows someone is targeting him, right? And did you actually know all this?"

That's for sure.

Because Ike contacted Ryuen, and Ryuen has no secrets from Hachiman.

Even.

Hachiman checked the text messages on his phone.

[The exam is over, want to have dinner together? You have to treat me, because I lost some popularity because of you.] by Kushida.

Even the Kushida helped Ike contact the underachiever group was at his behest.

Because.

Although Ryuen wanted to drive Ike to harass Kōenji and force Kōenji to leave, Hachiban was thinking that he was, after all, a member of Ryuen's class.

Suppressing them in Class D for over a year is indeed somewhat cruel.

So since the students in Ryuen's class are so eager to reclaim their Class C position, then let them take it back.

Therefore.

If the Ryuen's class gets 400 points in this exam, while the Horikita's class loses 300 points for procrastinating on the exam.

Then Ryuen's class will return to Class C.

So after deducing Ryuen's plan, Hachiman also provided assistance.

Because, although Ryuen wanted to make use of the pond, it couldn't be stirred up without someone's help.

And as it turns out, Ryuen's strategy was not thorough enough.