Chapter Summaries

On his first day in Class D, Gu Heng warned Horikita that the class’s 100,000 monthly points were not a reward and that they would lose them after the first month. He returned to his seat as Ayanokoji took notice of him.

• Gu Heng watched his classmates celebrate their 100,000 points and used his unusual ability to read their desires and risk awareness.
• Gu Heng refused a classmate’s invitation to spend points at a barbecue that night.
• Gu Heng told Horikita that Class D would receive no points next month and offered to exchange useful judgments with her.
• Horikita questioned whether Gu Heng might be wrong, and he told her the class would need someone ready to take charge if he was right.
• Gu Heng returned to his seat while Horikita kept her student ID out and Ayanokoji briefly looked in his direction.

Gu Heng explained to Suzune Horikita why he believed Class D would lose all its points, and she agreed to exchange information with him. Ayanokoji warned that someone in the class would get into trouble before the month ended, leaving Gu Heng focused on Ken Sudou as the likely first storm.

• Gu Heng argued that the school’s 100,000-point allowance was a test and that Class D’s students were already risking their points by spending carelessly.
• Suzune Horikita questioned Gu Heng’s certainty, then agreed to observe the class and exchange information with him.
• Gu Heng identified Ken Sudou as the student most likely to cause the class trouble because of his impulsiveness and disregard for rules.
• Ayanokoji joined them, questioned Gu Heng about his warning, and said someone in Class D would run into trouble before the month ended.
• Gu Heng returned to class and watched Ken Sudou, naming him in his mind as Class D’s first storm.

Gu Heng assessed Class D’s key personalities and faced Kushida’s attempt to gauge whether he would side with Horikita. After spotting Ken Sudou’s volatile temper and disregard for rules, Gu Heng decided Sudou was the first person he needed to target as the class’s first storm approached.

• Gu Heng wrote down Sudo, Hirata, and Kushida as the classmates he most wanted to deal with first.
• Kushida approached Gu Heng to probe his attitude toward Horikita and the class, and he warned that the first problem would come from someone who did not believe rules could control him.
• Gu Heng identified Hirata as a valuable buffer and wrote “Deal” for Horikita, who questioned his transactional approach.
• Sudo argued with a classmate, and Gu Heng’s assessment of Ken Sudou’s impulsiveness, pride, weak respect for rules, and suppressed anger led him to choose Sudou as his first target.

Gu Heng advised Horikita to hold back from confronting Kushida while he assessed Class D’s students and watched Hirata defuse Sudo’s growing anger. As Gu Heng moved to approach Hirata, he saw Kushida’s hidden trait flash as “Eliminate Threats 89.”

• Gu Heng explained to Horikita that he was assessing who might cause trouble for Class D, while she challenged his habit of calculating people.
• Gu Heng warned Horikita not to act against Kushida without evidence or leverage, and they watched Kushida draw classmates into a group chat.
• Sudo confronted a classmate who called him likely to cause trouble, and Hirata stepped between them to calm the room.
• Gu Heng decided to approach Hirata, whom he saw as the person best able to quiet the class, while Horikita realized he was making his first move.
• Gu Heng glimpsed Kushida’s hidden trait, “Eliminate Threats 89,” before it disappeared.

After Sudo nearly started a fight, Gu Heng struck a deal with Hirata to keep Class D stable and bring Sudo under control. He judged Sudo a top priority, while Horikita questioned his plan and Gu Heng prepared to watch Kushida and Ayanokoji as the class’s troubles continued.

• After Hirata helped stop Sudo’s confrontation, Gu Heng thanked him and asked how he would respond if Sudo actually hit someone.
• Gu Heng proposed that Hirata help keep Class D steady while he worked to rein in Sudo, and Hirata agreed to the deal.
• When Sudo began arguing with another classmate again, Gu Heng stopped Hirata from intervening immediately and explained that Sudo’s conflict reflected a deeper class problem.
• Gu Heng marked Sudo as a top priority and told Horikita he wanted to make him someone worth saving; Horikita questioned whether Gu Heng could manage it.
• Gu Heng set his priorities as stabilizing Hirata, watching Sudo, and keeping Kushida from realizing he had seen through her.

Gu Heng and Hirata agreed to track Class D’s likely reactions to the coming loss of points while Gu Heng continued trying to bring Sudo back into the class. At midnight, Class D received no new monthly points, and Gu Heng told Hirata that the crisis had begun.

• Hirata gave Gu Heng a list of classmates’ connections and vulnerabilities, and Gu Heng explained that Class D needed Hirata’s ability to steady the class.
• Gu Heng said he would help defuse half of Sudo’s looming trouble if Hirata tracked classmates likely to lose control or be influenced.
• Hirata agreed to keep accounts for Class D and brought Gu Heng a list of four classmates close to Sudo.
• Gu Heng told Hirata not to warn the class about its points yet, arguing that the students needed to recognize the cost first.
• At midnight, Class D’s students found that their balances had not increased, and Gu Heng messaged Hirata, “It’s begun.”

Class D discovered that it had received no additional personal points, and Gu Heng explained that the loss reflected the class’s conduct rather than a system error. Sae Chabashira confirmed their points were zero and told them they deserved Class D’s evaluation.

• Class D erupted in panic and anger when students found that no points had been added to their balances.
• Hirata told the class that Gu Heng had warned him about a possible points problem, prompting students to demand answers from Gu Heng.
• Gu Heng challenged the class to reflect on its lateness, classroom behavior, and failure to read the school rules, and warned that the zero points were a consequence of their conduct.
• Horikita explained that the school had been judging the class’s attitude and discipline, while Hirata and Kushida helped settle students back into their seats.
• Sae Chabashira confirmed that the system had not malfunctioned and that Class D’s additional personal points for the month were zero.
• Sae Chabashira told the class that they had earned their Class D evaluation.

After Sae Chabashira explained that Class D had lost all its personal points because of its poor conduct, Gu Heng pushed the class to accept shared responsibility and adopt basic rules. Class D tentatively agreed to his plan, and Chabashira began to view him as someone taking charge of the class.

• Sae Chabashira told Class D that its monthly personal points depended on class evaluation and that the school could recalculate them based on future performance.
• Ike Kanji and Sudo complained about the deductions, while Horikita challenged Sudo over his role in the class's poor discipline.
• Gu Heng stopped the argument and urged the class to treat its members' actions as a shared responsibility.
• After class, Gu Heng proposed rules against lateness, sleeping, and phone use, along with warnings and a ledger for repeated violations.
• Gu Heng assigned Horikita to oversee discipline, himself to keep records, Hirata to mediate, and Kushida to help present the rules; the class agreed to try the plan for a month.
• Sae Chabashira watched Gu Heng from the corridor as he recorded that the class's first survival plan was workable.

Gu Heng pushed Class D to adopt classroom discipline rules to prevent further losses of class points, with Horikita agreeing to record violations and Hirata coordinating reminders. He then argued that Sudo should be protected and given a chance to change, leaving the class to reckon with the first person their rules might bring back.

• Gu Heng addressed Class D and proposed a rule against lateness, sleeping, phone use, disruptions, and talking back to teachers, with violations recorded and reviewed weekly.
• Sudo challenged Gu Heng, but Gu Heng pointed out that Sudo could not promise to avoid causing trouble, while Hirata defended the need to contain risks.
• Horikita volunteered to keep records of violations, and Hirata offered to coordinate reminders; the class accepted the first rule for a trial period.
• When someone suggested that Sudo should be the first student written down, Gu Heng rebuked the class for treating him as expendable.
• Gu Heng argued that Sudo should be protected because his improvement could prove that the rules worked, and Sudo's anger eased slightly.

Gu Heng argued that Class D should protect Sudo and give him a week to prove he could follow basic rules, while investigating a likely conflict with Class C that might be used to push him toward expulsion. He assigned Hirata and Horikita to manage the class and question Sudo, then approached Kushida to make another deal.

• Gu Heng defended Sudo as an athletic asset and argued that abandoning him would undermine Class D's effort to help struggling students.
• Gu Heng challenged Sudo to avoid lateness and trouble for a week, and Sudo accepted.
• Gu Heng warned that Sudo had likely already clashed with Class C and that the other side might be trying to make Class D expel him first.
• Gu Heng asked Hirata to suppress rumors and Horikita to uncover Sudo's past conflicts, while planning to use Kushida to find someone willing to speak up for Sudo.
• Gu Heng sat before Kushida and told her he wanted to make a second deal.

Gu Heng investigated the rumors surrounding Sudo's fight with Class C and organized efforts to establish what happened and what evidence existed. He recruited Kushida to trace who first spread claims about the incident, while suspecting she had her own agenda.

• Hirata told Gu Heng that students were repeating nearly identical claims that Sudo would receive a major demerit, and Gu Heng told him to identify who started them.
• Horikita and Sudo joined Gu Heng, who questioned Sudo about the fight; Sudo admitted he kicked Ishizaki and described witnesses, a security camera, and Kondo holding a phone.
• Gu Heng told Hirata to reconstruct the timeline and track the rumor's origin, Horikita to inspect the scene, and Sudo to avoid further confrontations.
• Gu Heng asked Kushida to find out who first claimed a teacher saw Sudo kick someone and who first predicted a major demerit, offering information in exchange.
• Kushida agreed to investigate, and Gu Heng noticed her displayed traits suggested she intended to do more than simply help.

Gu Heng investigated the rumors that Sudo would receive a major demerit and used Kushida to test who was spreading them. The chapter ended with Ayanokoji confronting Gu Heng and asking how much he really knew.

• Hirata reported that two students were spreading claims that a teacher saw Sudo kick someone and that Sudo might receive a major demerit.
• Horikita said the camera footage and the teacher on duty could not clearly establish who started the conflict.
• Gu Heng told Hirata and Horikita that Kushida was seeking influence by staying close to the information, and that she could reach the girls faster than they could.
• Kushida told Gu Heng that the major-demerit rumors had started among the girls, and Gu Heng asked her to spread his claim that the other side might lack solid evidence.
• Kushida warned Gu Heng that multiple people were pushing the major-demerit angle, and Gu Heng left without asking for more.
• Ayanokoji told Gu Heng he had planted the claim to see who reacted first and asked how much Gu Heng actually knew.

Gu Heng and Ayanokoji discussed the investigation into Sudo’s conflict and agreed to cooperate while keeping some leverage in reserve. After Ayanokoji left, Gu Heng learned that a face-to-face confrontation was set for the next day and received an anonymous warning about Sudo.

• Gu Heng asked whether Ayanokoji had come to probe him or provide information, and Ayanokoji said he had come to do both.
• Ayanokoji told Gu Heng that the back-court conflict had been raised with staff but had not yet received a formal disciplinary decision.
• Ayanokoji questioned how Gu Heng had anticipated the cameras, duty records, and rumor timeline, while Gu Heng advised him not to investigate his reasons.
• Gu Heng said his first priority was to prevent Sudo from being labeled the sole aggressor, and he and Ayanokoji agreed not to undermine each other while their interests aligned.
• Hirata messaged Gu Heng that the other side had arranged a face-to-face confrontation for noon the next day.
• An unknown number warned Gu Heng not to let Sudo ruin what he had investigated, suggesting someone had begun looking into him.

Gu Heng guided Sudo through a disciplinary meeting with Class C, preventing the incident from being classified as unprovoked one-sided violence. As Class D left with the matter still under investigation, Gu Heng realized Ryuuen's side had noticed his involvement.

• Gu Heng gave Sudo a brief plan for the meeting and warned him to let Class C speak before responding.
• Gu Heng exposed Ishizaki's admission that Class C had insulted Class D and questioned Kondo about having a phone during the basketball practice.
• Kondo admitted he had a phone, and Gu Heng argued that the incident should be treated as a mutual conflict rather than one-sided violence.
• The teacher provisionally classified the matter as a conflict incident pending further investigation, and Sudo held back from speaking when Gu Heng signaled him.
• Hirata showed Gu Heng and Horikita a grade group chat message praising the person who had protected Sudo, and Gu Heng identified it as a sign that Ryuuen's side had noticed them.

Gu Heng realized Ryuuen was probing Class D after the class stood up for Sudo, then faced Ryuuen directly in the hallway. Back in the classroom, Gu Heng found an unsigned note arranging a meeting at seven to renegotiate the second price.

• Gu Heng told Hirata and Horikita that Class C was testing whether Class D would fall apart and who would take charge.
• Gu Heng's group encountered Ryuuen, who taunted Sudo and warned Gu Heng that fists could control a situation.
• Gu Heng answered that making someone else pay for a punch mattered more at school, and Ryuuen said he would remember him.
• Gu Heng found an unsigned note asking to meet at the dormitory flower bed at seven and trade for something else in place of the second price.

Gu Heng met Kushida to exchange information about the rumors targeting Sudo and negotiate the terms of their future cooperation. Kushida withheld the name of a boy spreading the rumor, while Gu Heng left knowing Class D’s score was at stake.

• Kushida told Gu Heng that Manabe Shiho had first spread the rumor that Sudo might receive a major demerit.
• Gu Heng agreed to be more open with Kushida about her role and the direction of his plans, acknowledging that he had used her as both bait and a blade.
• Kushida revealed that an unnamed boy outside Class C had told Manabe that something major might happen to Class D, but she reserved his name for a later negotiation.
• Gu Heng warned Kushida not to make her next terms involve Horikita, and she cautioned him against trusting Ayanokoji too much.
• Gu Heng returned to the dormitory and concluded that he needed to protect Class D’s score line, not just Sudo.

After Class D learned that a school-wide academic assessment was coming, Gu Heng organized the class into groups based on how much help they needed and assigned Horikita and Hirata to lead parts of the effort. The chapter ended with Horikita reluctantly accepting his approach as the class began to follow his plan.

• Gu Heng explained to Horikita that the upcoming assessment was the next stage of the school's screening and divided Class D into four categories based on their academic prospects.
• Hirata reported that some students had already given up, and Gu Heng assigned him to keep the most discouraged students working while Horikita identified students who could improve or pass.
• Gu Heng placed Sudo in the group focused on minimizing losses and told him to study basic guaranteed-point questions with stronger students; Sudo asked who he would be paired with.
• Gu Heng told Horikita to keep the first and second groups after school, and Horikita admitted that he managed the class better than she did even though she disliked his method.

Gu Heng organized Class D's placement-test preparation around preventing avoidable mistakes rather than guessing exam questions. After assigning study plans by category, he learned the test would take place the day after tomorrow, leaving little time to prepare.

• Gu Heng kept Categories One and Two after class, explaining that Categories Three and Four would receive separate instruction the next day.
• Gu Heng gave the remaining students a short test to identify how they lost points, then emphasized securing basic points, cutting losses on difficult question types, and managing time.
• Gu Heng assigned Category One students to maintain high scores and help one person each, while Category Two would drill basic and standard questions.
• Horikita warned Gu Heng not to spread Categories Three and Four too thin, and Hirata offered to talk with Yamauchi and Ike about feeling judged in advance.
• Gu Heng received the official placement-test schedule and saw that the test would take place the day after tomorrow.

Class D’s official assessment results showed fewer blank answers and a narrower score gap, though the class remained last and several students still struggled. As the class reviewed its next steps, the school announced a special exam orientation that required each class to choose temporary liaisons by that evening.

• Gu Heng, Sudo, Ike Kanji, Yamauchi, and the other students applied their training during the official assessment, while Gu Heng also caught a mistake during his final review.
• The school’s results showed Class D remained last, but its basic-question completion rate improved, its blank-answer rate decreased, and its gap from higher-ranked classes narrowed.
• Hirata shared both the improvements and the students whose results had not improved, while Sudo and Ike Kanji checked their personal reports and discussed their gains.
• Gu Heng removed a student from the teaching rotation when he declined to continue, and Ike Kanji, Sudo, and Sakura stated their preferred tracks and conditions.
• Horikita said Class D should judge the method by its results rather than follow Gu Heng personally, and students in Classes C, B, and A noted the narrowed score gap.
• The school announced a preliminary special exam orientation for 7:00 p.m. and said each class could submit up to four temporary liaisons.

Gu Heng, Horikita, Hirata, and Ayanokoji attended a briefing that confirmed the next exam would be an uninhabited island survival assessment but withheld its formal rules and gave the liaisons no leadership authority. After Ryuuen challenged Class D to choose who could call the shots, the four liaisons left the decision for a class-wide discussion the next day.

• Class D selected Gu Heng, Horikita, Hirata, and Ayanokoji as temporary liaisons, with the notice limiting their role to receiving information.
• The briefing confirmed the exam's island-survival direction, class cooperation, and broad assessment areas, while withholding scoring details and formal rules.
• Gu Heng, Horikita, and Hirata agreed to report what was known and unknown without privately assigning themselves leadership roles.
• Ayanokoji observed Ishizaki watching who handled and answered for the materials, and Gu Heng received Ishizaki's message relaying Ryuuen's challenge about Class D's leadership.
• Gu Heng saved and shared the message, while Class D's chat began asking who would lead and how disagreements between Gu Heng and Horikita would be resolved.