Hachiman's Meritocracy Classroom

Hirata raised his hand and stood up to ask.

He was practically the only conscience in this class.

Even now, Hirata still took the initiative to lead everyone, which was no easy feat.

However, judging by the recent Cultural Festival, when conflicts arose among the class and he found them difficult to mediate, he chose not to intervene.

Clearly.

This kid had grown as well.

Perhaps his decision not to mediate during the Cultural Festival had been for a moment like this.

"Although this Sports Festival will also include events across different grades, it will be unlike last year's inter-grade team competition."

"This Sports Festival will focus more on the students' individual abilities," Chabashira said.

"I see."

Hirata turned around and said, "In the recent Cultural Festival, our class came in last place and lost 300 Class Points, which means everyone's living expenses were reduced by 30,000."

"So after the recent Cultural Festival, I think everyone should understand the importance of unity and cooperation."

"So, to prevent our living expenses from being reduced again, let's work together in this Sports Festival!"

Hmm.

From that perspective, Hirata really had improved.

However.

Using living expenses to motivate everyone was not some bold idea. It was... simply giving up.

But this class could only give up, couldn't it?

As she thought that.

After the materials were passed around, Chabashira noticed that one student's reaction was rather unusual.

It was the first time she had seen that person act so proactively.

Chabashira saw Suzune Horikita stand up and look in Kushida's direction.

"Kushida."

After saying that, she sat back down.

It looked very strange.

But with the understanding of a veteran like Chabashira, there had to be something wrong here.

In fact, it was not hard to understand.

Because.

"Huh?"

"The individual first-place reward