Recaps

Nangong Cheng issued tasks to Karuizawa Kei and Sakura Airi, then took Sakura shopping for a camera and outfits for photos. The chapter ended with Sakura receiving a task to invite him into the fitting room and let him photograph her trying on clothes.

• Nangong Cheng issued Karuizawa Kei a task to try his stress-relief method and submit a reflection, and she agreed to try it.
• Horikita Suzune asked Nangong Cheng about the method, but he told her it was not suitable for her as she was now.
• Nangong Cheng ate lunch with Sakura Airi, agreed to buy her a camera, and issued her a task that earned him 1,000 points.
• Nangong Cheng took Sakura Airi to buy a camera and laptop, then brought her to a clothing store and paid for outfits for her photos.
• Sakura Airi received a task to invite Nangong Cheng into the fitting room and have him photograph her trying on clothes.

Nangong Cheng persuaded Sakura Airi to model clothes for him in a fitting room, completing a task and earning Points. Afterward, he deflected her question about their relationship, then discovered that reaching Lv.3 had unlocked Daily Tasks.

• Nangong Cheng entered the fitting room while Sakura Airi changed into a cheerleader uniform and took pictures of her.
• Sakura Airi completed the task, earned 3,000 Points for Nangong Cheng, and admitted she did not hate being bullied by him.
• Nangong Cheng bought Sakura Airi dinner, and she asked what their relationship was; he told her it depended on what she thought.
• Nangong Cheng checked his panel and found that his Lv.3 ability had unlocked Daily Tasks.

Nangong Cheng considered Daily Tasks for several girls and assigned Ichinose Honami a task to prepare his meals. Meanwhile, Kikyo Kushida watched the stress-relief video he sent and was caught by Nangong Cheng, leaving her to decide how to keep him quiet.

• Nangong Cheng planned possible Daily Tasks for Horikita Suzune, Sakura Airi, Karuizawa Kei, Ichinose Honami, and Kikyo Kushida.
• Nangong Cheng issued Ichinose Honami a Daily Task to prepare him three meals a day, with points as a reward and a mouth-delivered lunch as the penalty for missed days.
• Kikyo Kushida went alone to the Rooftop, vented her anger at Nangong Cheng and the girls around him, and wondered when he would send the promised stress-relief method.
• Nangong Cheng sent Kikyo Kushida a video about releasing stress, and she opened it on the Rooftop before realizing it contained pornographic audio.
• Nangong Cheng arrived and accused Kikyo Kushida of watching porn at school, while she suspected he had followed and set her up.
• Kikyo Kushida decided she had to keep Nangong Cheng quiet and warned him not to jump to conclusions.

Kikyo Kushida tried to silence Nangong Cheng after he discovered her secret, but her attempt to gather compromising evidence against him went badly. Nangong Cheng exploited the situation, and the chapter ended with Kushida snapping back to awareness after hearing his camera.

• Kikyo Kushida grabbed Nangong Cheng's hand and pressed it against herself, blaming him for discovering her secret.
• Nangong Cheng explained that fingerprints were difficult to leave on a school uniform, triggering a task that required Kushida to obtain strong evidence to keep him quiet.
• Kushida tried to photograph Nangong Cheng and secure incriminating evidence while he continued touching her and bargaining over her secret.
• Nangong Cheng bought Kato Taka's Hand from the System Shop and claimed he could help Kushida with an Ancient Massage Technique.
• Kushida gave in to the overwhelming sensations, then jolted upright when she heard Nangong Cheng's camera shutter.

After an intimate encounter with Kikyo Kushida, Nangong Cheng tried to persuade her that he accepted her true self and urged her to choose between clinging to her constructed life and facing reality. The story then shifted back to after school, where Karuizawa Kei reflected on how nervous she had felt sending Nangong Cheng a flirtatious selfie.

• Nangong Cheng showed Kikyo Kushida photos of their encounter and received 4,000 Points for completing his task.
• Kikyo Kushida confronted Nangong Cheng about his distance from her and warned him not to interfere with her plan to reach Class A.
• Nangong Cheng told Kikyo Kushida he liked her real self and challenged her to stop hiding behind the social circle she had built.
• After Nangong Cheng left, Kikyo Kushida recalled the video and task that had brought her to the rooftop and resolved to take action.
• The story turned back to after school, where Karuizawa Kei ate with her friends and remembered feeling embarrassed and nervous about sending Nangong Cheng a flirtatious selfie.

Karuizawa Kei heard about Ryuuen Kakeru’s violence in Class C and resolved to earn enough Points to protect herself. When Horikita Suzune asked about Nangong Cheng’s stress-relief method, his video caused a public scene in the café, leaving both girls embarrassed as they departed.

• Karuizawa Kei learned that Ryuuen Kakeru had forced Class C students into a brawl and decided to maximize her task Points to buy protective items from the System Shop.
• Horikita Suzune invited Karuizawa Kei to meet privately and asked her about Nangong Cheng’s stress-relief method.
• Nangong Cheng sent Karuizawa Kei a video, which she played for Horikita Suzune in the café.
• The video played loud, suggestive sounds, and Karuizawa Kei apologized to the café patrons while blaming the prank on Nangong Cheng.
• Horikita Suzune led Karuizawa Kei out of the café and told her not to blame herself.

Karuizawa Kei completed Nangong Cheng’s embarrassing stress-relief task after studying the video he sent her, earning him 1,000 points. The next morning, Ichinose Honami arrived at Nangong Cheng’s room with ingredients to prepare his meals, and they began cooking together.

• Horikita Suzune left after telling Karuizawa Kei that her relationship with Nangong Cheng was purely transactional, and Kei decided to accept the arrangement as a glimpse of her future with him.
• Karuizawa Kei bought a new outfit and selfie stick, washed up while hiding the scar on her abdomen, and watched Nangong Cheng’s instructional video.
• Karuizawa Kei searched online to learn more, then set up her camera and completed the stress-relief task, earning Nangong Cheng 1,000 points.
• Nangong Cheng checked his system panel the next morning and saw seven available task targets and a full daily task allowance.
• Ichinose Honami arrived with ingredients, claiming she wanted to thank Nangong Cheng by making his meals, though a task had required her to prepare three meals a day for him.
• Nangong Cheng helped Ichinose Honami wash ingredients as she planned a homemade breakfast and a sushi bento for lunch.

Nangong Cheng accepted Ichinose Honami’s homemade meals and explained to Horikita Suzune that he had asked Ichinose to be his “mom” in exchange for helping her join the Student Council. After school, he began choosing someone for another task and asked Sakura Airi whether she had any dreams.

• Ichinose Honami refused Nangong Cheng’s offer of Points and said she would bring him dinner again that night.
• The dorm supervisor warned Nangong Cheng not to get anyone pregnant as he left with the lunch box.
• Horikita Suzune asked whether she could be Nangong Cheng’s mom too, then offered to make his lunch and questioned his arrangement with Ichinose.
• Nangong Cheng told Horikita to finish her daily observation journal and gave her a second assignment: figure out what else he wanted from Ichinose.
• After classes, Nangong Cheng asked Sakura Airi whether she had any dreams, and she said she did not know.

Nangong Cheng encouraged Sakura Airi to train toward becoming a virtual idol and brought Horikita Suzune to meet Shiina Hiyori at the Library. Horikita and Shiina began bonding over books, while Nangong issued Horikita a daily task to read with Shiina.

• Nangong Cheng issued Sakura Airi a daily task to spend at least an hour training for a singing career.
• Nangong Cheng asked Horikita Suzune about mystery novels and took her to meet Shiina Hiyori in the Library.
• Nangong Cheng introduced himself and Horikita to Shiina, who recognized him from their earlier visit to Class C and questioned their motives.
• Nangong Cheng encouraged Horikita and Shiina to become friends, and the two began discussing books.
• Nangong Cheng issued Horikita a daily task to read with Shiina in the Library for at least two hours, with a love-letter penalty for failing.

Nangong Cheng arranged to meet Sakayanagi Arisu and gave Ichinose Honami a heads-up that a guest was coming, while Horikita Suzune befriended Shiina Hiyori in the library. Sakayanagi arrived at Ichinose’s dorm with Kamuro Masumi, where Ichinose teased Nangong by revealing his unusual condition for helping her join the Student Council.

• Horikita Suzune approached Shiina Hiyori in the library, invited her to read together, and exchanged contact information with her.
• Nangong Cheng offered Sakayanagi Arisu the trade records involving Horikita Manabu and arranged to discuss terms at Ichinose Honami’s dormitory.
• Nangong Cheng visited Ichinose’s dorm early, where Ichinose described her Student Council role and teased him about calling her Mom.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi arrived at Ichinose’s dorm, and Sakayanagi probed Ichinose about her relationship with Nangong.
• Ichinose told Sakayanagi that Nangong had helped her join the Student Council because he wanted her to be his mom.

Nangong Cheng negotiated with Sakayanagi Arisu over Class A's use of his Student Council seat, while Ichinose Honami received a task to feed him in front of Sakayanagi and Kamuro Masumi. The deal was settled for two million Points, and the chapter ended with Ichinose feeding Nangong as the other two watched.

• Sakayanagi Arisu teased Nangong Cheng about wanting a mother, but he rejected her and suggested Kamuro Masumi was better suited.
• Sakayanagi Arisu offered two million Points for Class A to use Nangong Cheng's Student Council seat, and Nangong accepted the payment.
• Ichinose Honami received a task to feed Nangong Cheng in front of Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi.
• Ichinose Honami returned from a brief fake restroom break and offered Nangong Cheng her bowl of rice, then began feeding him.
• Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi pointed out that they were still present, but Ichinose Honami and Nangong Cheng told them to ignore the scene.

Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi speculated about Ichinose Honami and Nangong Cheng’s relationship while Sakayanagi searched for a suitable student to help her use a Student Council seat. After Nangong Cheng’s task earned him Points, he prompted Ichinose to care for herself, and she ended the night reflecting on his words.

• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Kamuro Masumi to explain Ichinose Honami and Nangong Cheng’s relationship, and Kamuro guessed that it was an arrangement involving money.
• Sakayanagi Arisu asked Kamuro to find a capable, obedient, attractive girl to join their team and offered the Student Council seat as an incentive.
• Nangong Cheng completed his dinner task and received 1,000 Points.
• Nangong Cheng urged Ichinose Honami to eat properly and be kind to herself, then issued her a task to make dinner and get a good night’s sleep.
• Ichinose Honami made and ate dinner, got ready for bed, and lay awake thinking about Nangong Cheng’s advice.

Ichinose Honami used the System Shop to send money to her mother and planned how to visit home, while Nangong Cheng enjoyed assigning her Daily Tasks. At school, Nangong confronted Haruki Yamauchi over his remarks about Sakura after having the classroom cameras covered.

• Ichinose Honami exchanged 399 Points for 399,000 Japanese Yen for her mother, Ichinose Soyo.
• Ichinose Honami found a Bamboo-Copter, Universal Pass, and Invisibility Potion in the System Shop and calculated when she could afford a trip home.
• Ichinose Honami wondered whether Nangong Cheng had caused the strange task that made her suspect he might be connected to the System.
• Nangong Cheng spent the weekend assigning Ichinose Honami household and caregiving Daily Tasks, then saw that his Master's Task ability had reached level four.
• Nangong Cheng asked Yosuke Hirata to cover the classroom cameras and confronted Haruki Yamauchi about what he had been saying about Sakura.
• Haruki Yamauchi claimed he had only been joking and tried to involve Kanji Ike.

Nangong Cheng punished Haruki Yamauchi for making crude comments about girls and organized tutoring and support for Class D. He also asked Hasebe Haruka to befriend Sakura Airi, while leaving Yosuke Hirata to reconsider how he handled the boys.

• Nangong Cheng grabbed Haruki Yamauchi, warned him to stop talking about girls, and slammed his head against a desk when he saw resentment in his eyes.
• Nangong Cheng warned Ken Sudō to study, assigned Hirata to organize remedial lessons for the boys, and tasked Horikita Suzune, Karuizawa Kei, and Kikyo Kushida with coordinating tutoring for the girls.
• Rokusuke Koenji called Nangong Cheng beautiful and said he hoped Nangong would provide entertainment.
• Nangong Cheng asked Hasebe Haruka to befriend Sakura Airi, and Hasebe agreed without accepting payment; Nangong then arranged for them to sit near each other.
• Nangong Cheng criticized Yosuke Hirata for failing to stop Yamauchi's harassment, urged him to consider the class's greater interests, and returned to his seat as Karuizawa Kei's group began messaging.

After Nangong Cheng punished Haruki Yamauchi for harassing the girls, Karuizawa Kei decided to pursue him despite his many apparent admirers. Nangong later explained his approach to Sae Chabashira and declared that he intended to get Yamauchi expelled, leaving Chabashira’s response unresolved.

• Karuizawa Kei read the girls’ group chat about Nangong Cheng and announced that she would pursue him despite hearing about his other close relationships.
• Nangong apologized to Sakura Airi for not dealing with Haruki Yamauchi sooner, and Horikita Suzune admitted that she had tried to speak up for Sakura.
• Nangong told Horikita to learn from his methods and assigned her responsibility for handling the girls in class.
• Sae Chabashira summoned Nangong to explain his violence against Yamauchi, while Chie Hoshinomiya listened in.
• Nangong argued that Class D needed Private Points to withstand expulsions and declared that he would get Yamauchi expelled.
• Chabashira remained silent after Nangong’s declaration, and the chapter ended before she responded.

Nangong Cheng agreed to attend a girls’ gathering arranged by Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, and Karuizawa Kei, while Ichinose Honami questioned him about Sakura Airi. The chapter ended with Horikita and the other girls waiting for Nangong Cheng at a KTV gathering.

• Sae Chabashira asked Nangong Cheng whether he would lead Class D if she dropped out, but he left without answering, and Chie Hoshinomiya decided to find girls who might appeal to him.
• Horikita Suzune told Nangong Cheng that Kushida Kikyo and Karuizawa Kei had arranged a gathering to thank him, and he agreed to attend while suggesting Sakura Airi and Haruka Hasebe stay behind.
• Nangong Cheng received a task to invite Haruka Hasebe to stay overnight in his room, then returned to the dorm and assigned Sakura Airi another task before leaving.
• Ichinose Honami brought Nangong Cheng dinner and asked about his relationship with Sakura Airi, claiming that a girl in her class was interested in him.
• Ichinose Honami hurried away after preparing dinner and ran into her friend Amikura Mako.
• Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, Karuizawa Kei, and their classmates gathered at a KTV room, where Kushida remarked that girls dressed up for themselves or for men.

Nangong Cheng helped Horikita Suzune join the girls’ gathering and used a task to make Kikyo Kushida sing a love duet with her. As Karuizawa Kei sang with Nangong, Horikita approached Kushida to learn more about her, leaving Kushida suspicious that Horikita was probing her secrets.

• Horikita Suzune and the other girls reintroduced themselves before Nangong Cheng arrived.
• Nangong Cheng encouraged Horikita to tutor the girls and led their applause for her offer to help.
• Nangong Cheng issued Kikyo Kushida a task to invite Horikita onstage for a love song, threatening to expose Kushida’s middle-school past if she failed.
• Kushida invited Horikita to sing with her, and Horikita gave a poor performance that helped the girls see her as more approachable.
• Karuizawa Kei sang a duet with Nangong Cheng while Kushida watched with growing irritation.
• Horikita asked Kushida to talk so they could get to know each other, making Kushida suspect that Horikita was investigating her secret.

Horikita Suzune questioned Kikyo Kushida about her stress, her feelings for Nangong Cheng, and the possibility of romance affecting class exams. After the gathering ended, Karuizawa Kei asked Nangong to speak privately and brought him to her dorm room, leaving their conversation about to begin.

• Horikita apologized to Kikyo for her earlier harshness and asked whether Nangong’s stress-relief method had helped her.
• Horikita said she had noticed Kikyo often looking at Nangong, but Kikyo denied having a crush and claimed she was interested in discussing class competition with him.
• Horikita said she would not fall for Nangong and explained that she was concerned romance could cause problems during future special exams.
• After the singing gathering ended, Karuizawa asked Nangong to talk privately, and Horikita and Kikyo left them alone.
• Karuizawa took Nangong to her room, Room 1202, and shut the door behind them.

Karuizawa Kei told Nangong Cheng about the severe bullying she endured in middle school and asked him to protect her as her boyfriend. Nangong questioned whether she could protect herself, then rejected an exclusive relationship for personal reasons.

• Karuizawa Kei confessed that she had been bullied for three years and scarred with a box cutter, and Nangong Cheng comforted her with an embrace.
• Karuizawa Kei explained that she feared renewed bullying at school and asked Nangong Cheng to be her boyfriend and protect her.
• Nangong Cheng asked whether Karuizawa Kei could now find the courage to protect herself, even if school or Special Exams separated them.
• Karuizawa Kei said her feelings for Nangong Cheng were real and promised she would not hold him or the class back.
• Nangong Cheng said he was willing to protect Karuizawa Kei but could not be a boyfriend who belonged only to her, leaving her believing he had rejected her.

Nangong Cheng rejected Karuizawa Kei’s confession because he wanted to date several girls, but reassured and kissed her before leaving. Karuizawa used her panel to redeem a Gene-Enhancement Potion, while Kikyo Kushida’s friends discussed the girls competing for Nangong’s attention.

• Nangong Cheng told Karuizawa Kei he had turned her down because he wanted to date several girls, then teased her and asked whether she wanted to experience his confidence firsthand.
• Nangong Cheng covered Karuizawa Kei with his jacket, installed a Mosquito-Fly Camera, kissed her forehead, and left her room.
• Karuizawa Kei redeemed and drank a Gene-Enhancement Potion, gaining strength, then saw she lacked enough Points for Basic Combat.
• Kikyo Kushida read her friends’ group chat as they listed girls who might be interested in Nangong Cheng and named her as a strong contender.
• Kikyo Kushida thought, “We’re accomplices.”

Kikyo Kushida resented Nangong Cheng while secretly reacting to the camera he had given her, then sent an anonymous contact information about what had happened. The next morning, Amikura Mako confronted Nangong over his deal with Ichinose Honami, but Nangong pressured her into apologizing and left the dispute poised to benefit him further.

• Kikyo Kushida denied having romantic feelings for Nangong Cheng in a group chat, cursed him privately, and sent an anonymous contact information about the day's events.
• Kikyo Kushida took out the digital camera Nangong had given her and recalled her humiliating but exciting experience with it.
• Amikura Mako confronted Nangong at breakfast, accusing him of bullying Ichinose Honami because Ichinose had agreed to act as his mother.
• Nangong argued that being a mother was a role rather than a matter of age, then warned that he could retaliate against Class B if Ichinose ended their deal.
• Ichinose tried to take responsibility for Mako's behavior, and Mako bowed to Nangong and apologized on behalf of herself and Class B.
• Nangong pretended to relent, saying he would let Mako's outburst go for the sake of her bond with Ichinose.

Nangong Cheng arranged tutoring for Class D, made a deal with Ayanokoji, and assigned Sakura Airi a daily study task. By the final week of April, his Master's Task ability had reached Lv.6.

• Nangong Cheng told Amikura Mako to accompany Ichinose Honami and help her with housework each day.
• Nangong Cheng assigned tutoring groups through Yosuke Hirata and recruited Ayanokoji to tutor students in exchange for a future favor.
• Nangong Cheng switched seats with Horikita Suzune and asked her to help Sakura Airi study.
• Nangong Cheng issued Sakura Airi a daily task to study for at least two hours, with a penalty of running ten laps for failure.
• By the final week of April, Nangong Cheng's Master's Task ability had advanced to Lv.6.

Nangong Cheng reviewed the new Bond Task system and the relationships he could use to gain benefits, while Ichinose Honami discovered that her bonds with Amikura Mako and Nangong Cheng had appeared on her panel. Torn between her feelings, Ichinose asked Mako to stop coming over with her, leaving their friendship strained.

• Nangong Cheng noted that reaching Lv. 6 had unlocked Bond Tasks and explained how bond levels could grant task and shop benefits.
• Nangong Cheng considered ways to deepen his connections with Ichinose Honami, Horikita Suzune, Kikyo Kushida, and Sakura Airi, and planned to guide Sakura toward becoming an idol for him.
• Amikura Mako admitted to Ichinose Honami that she had an unrequited crush on someone who liked his childhood friend.
• Ichinose Honami saw that her panel listed bonds with Amikura Mako and Nangong Cheng, along with locked bond bonuses.
• Ichinose Honami told Amikura Mako not to come over with her anymore, and Mako asked why.

Ichinose Honami and Amikura Mako continued helping Nangong Cheng at home, while he warned them to watch for trouble between the classes. As mock exams began, Horikita Suzune discussed preparations for Ryuuen’s likely move, and Sakayanagi Arisu turned to tutoring Kamuro Masumi and asked about Yamamura.

• Ichinose Honami reassured Amikura Mako that the household arrangement with Nangong Cheng was private, but Mako insisted on staying to protect her friend.
• Over breakfast, Nangong Cheng warned Ichinose Honami and Amikura Mako that Class A or Class C might make a move next month and offered to help if they faced a problem they could not resolve.
• Nangong Cheng told Horikita Suzune to get a voice recorder from Sae Chabashira, while she reported that her friendship with Shiina Hiyori might have drawn Ryuuen’s attention.
• Sae Chabashira announced the start of the mock exams, and Nangong Cheng planned to turn in a blank paper to make time for Horikita Suzune.
• After the exams, Sakayanagi Arisu teased Kamuro Masumi about her results, promised to tutor her, and asked whether there was a problem with Yamamura.

Sakayanagi Arisu hired Kamuro Masumi and Yamamura Miki as her subordinates, rewarding Yamamura with Points and preparing a cosplay disguise. At the library, Shiina Hiyori complained to Nangong Cheng that his tutoring arrangements had made the formerly quiet library much busier.

• Sakayanagi Arisu told Kamuro Masumi that she was the chairman’s daughter and offered her a future household-manager job, which Kamuro accepted.
• Sakayanagi Arisu’s system registered Kamuro Masumi as her boss-and-subordinate bond target, then she sent Kamuro to fetch Yamamura Miki.
• Sakayanagi Arisu hired Yamamura Miki to report to her daily and transferred her 200,000 Points as a reward.
• Sakayanagi Arisu had Kamuro Masumi help her dress as an anime character after learning that Nangong Cheng had gone to the library with Horikita Suzune.
• Shiina Hiyori told Nangong Cheng that his extra lessons had brought more students to the library and left her tutoring classmates instead of reading in peace.