Chapter Summaries

Nangong Cheng bonded with the reversal system on his first day at Advanced Nurturing High School and assigned Kikyo Kushida her first task. Kushida completed it and discovered that her new system could reward her with points to spend on extraordinary abilities.

• On the bus, Nangong Cheng saw Horikita Suzune and Kikyo Kushida and received the reversal system, which let him assign tasks to eligible girls.
• Nangong Cheng assigned Kikyo Kushida the task of helping an elderly lady find someone willing to give up a seat.
• Kikyo Kushida received a task from her Perfect Life System, and a boy stood to give the elderly lady his seat before Kushida’s time limit expired.
• Kikyo Kushida introduced herself to Nangong Cheng, then questioned the system and learned that it selected her because of her powerful obsession.
• Kikyo Kushida browsed the System Shop’s extraordinary abilities and learned she could obtain items by completing tasks.

Nangong Cheng examined the Reversal System and tested its compulsory penalty by issuing Horikita Suzune a task she refused to complete. After the system forced her to embrace him in public, she stormed off, while Nangong Cheng left satisfied with what he had learned.

• Kikyo Kushida used Stress-Relief Gum and experienced its soothing effect.
• Nangong Cheng reviewed the Reversal System's limits and shop, then learned that subsystem holders could harm him.
• Horikita Suzune confronted Nangong Cheng about looking at her, and he issued her a task to ask whether he liked her.
• Horikita Suzune ignored the task, so the system forced her to embrace Nangong Cheng for thirty seconds.
• Horikita Suzune tried to slap Nangong Cheng, but he caught her wrist and warned her that making a scene could attract the student council's attention.
• Horikita Suzune glared at Nangong Cheng and hurried away.

Nangong Cheng used his task system to make Horikita Suzune question Sae Chabashira about next month’s point deposit, and the teacher’s evasive reply made the class suspect the school was hiding something. Horikita followed Nangong Cheng after homeroom and tried to get him to reveal what he knew, but he left her unanswered.

• Nangong Cheng introduced himself to Class D and used his system to inspect Karuizawa Kei and Sakura Airi.
• Sae Chabashira explained the school’s rules, and Nangong Cheng issued Horikita Suzune a task to ask about next month’s points.
• Horikita asked Sae whether 100,000 points would be deposited next month, and Sae refused to specify the amount.
• Sae ended homeroom, leaving the students uneasy about the point system and the school’s evasive answer.
• Horikita followed Nangong Cheng and asked him to explain what the school was hiding, but he kept walking without replying.

Horikita Suzune activated the Perfect Life System and learned the secrets behind Advanced Nurturing’s class rankings, private points, and special exams. She resolved to use that knowledge to change her Class D placement, while Nangong Cheng’s system began scanning students at the opening ceremony.

• Horikita Suzune demanded information from Nangong Cheng, but he insisted she apologize properly and pay him for any intel.
• The Perfect Life System introduced itself to Horikita Suzune and explained that Nangong Cheng was her most compatible partner and would feature in many of her tasks.
• Horikita Suzune bought Advanced Nurturing Secret Intel for 50 points and learned that class rankings determined monthly point deposits, special exams could change class positions, and private points could buy transfers.
• Horikita Suzune discovered the school had assigned her to Class D because it judged her an extreme individualist, then decided she could prove the assessment wrong and tell Horikita Manabu what she had learned.
• At the opening ceremony, Nangong Cheng’s system scanned Shiina Hiyori, Ichinose Honami, and Sakayanagi Arisu as potential romantic interests.

Nangong Cheng chose Karuizawa Kei for his final quest of the day and asked her to help him pick an outfit in exchange for lunch. Karuizawa’s newly awakened system rewarded her with 100 points, and she discovered it could grant real-world rewards when she exchanged them for private points.

• Nangong Cheng decided to approach Karuizawa Kei, believing her need for a dependable protector made her a suitable quest target.
• Karuizawa Kei accepted Nangong Cheng’s request to put together an outfit, and her Perfect Life System assigned her the task.
• Karuizawa and her friends chose clothes for Nangong Cheng, completing the quest and earning her 100 points.
• Karuizawa opened the Exchange Shop and used her 100 points to exchange for private points.
• Karuizawa received a notification awarding her 100,000 private points as a new-student welcome package.

Karuizawa Kei read the System User Manual while Nangong Cheng treated her group to lunch, where Kikyo Kushida joined them and sought to get closer to her fated partner. Meanwhile, Horikita Suzune used what she had learned from the system to question Horikita Manabu about the school’s point system, leaving him impressed but uncertain about her growth.

• Karuizawa Kei bought the free System User Manual as Nangong Cheng led her and Sato Maya’s group to the cafeteria and paid for their meal.
• Kikyo Kushida, having accepted the system’s Gift of Fate, joined the group and exchanged contact details with Nangong Cheng.
• Kikyo Kushida tried to charm Nangong Cheng and offered to help him, but he left the table when she began another performance.
• Horikita Suzune followed Horikita Manabu after the opening ceremony and asked him about Private Points, Class Points, and the class rankings.
• Horikita Suzune admitted that someone had given her an idea, and Horikita Manabu considered whether she had grown during their two years apart.

Horikita Suzune learned that her brother wanted her to observe Nangong Cheng, then sought him out to compare information about the school and discuss cooperation. Nangong Cheng confirmed their information matched but refused to cooperate, leaving Suzune questioning why he would accept staying in Class D.

• Horikita Manabu praised Suzune for recognizing the school's problems but told her to observe Nangong Cheng and learn from him.
• Suzune checked her system panel, saw Nangong Cheng listed as her Fated Partner, and decided to find him.
• Kikyo Kushida used the school's phone GPS to bring Suzune to Nangong Cheng at a café.
• Suzune asked Nangong Cheng to compare information she had obtained from an upperclassman, and he said it matched his own.
• Suzune sent Kushida away so they could talk privately, then asked Nangong Cheng to cooperate.
• Nangong Cheng refused, and Suzune asked whether he was willing to remain in Class D despite knowing the truth about the school.

Nangong Cheng challenged Horikita Suzune’s plan to raise Class D together and promised to demonstrate how to exploit an information advantage. The next morning, he approached Sakayanagi Arisu and Class A with a deal based on information about Advanced Nurturing, leaving Tomoya Mashima stunned by his proposal.

• Nangong Cheng called Horikita Suzune’s class-first strategy idealistic and conservative, then told her he would demonstrate a winner’s approach the next day.
• Nangong Cheng checked his system panel, found he was short of the points needed for the first Gene Enhancement Serum, and planned to earn them.
• Nangong Cheng brought Horikita Suzune to Class A and asked Sakayanagi Arisu to arrange a discussion about a business proposition for her class.
• Nangong Cheng handed Tomoya Mashima Horikita Suzune’s written information about Advanced Nurturing and asked him to verify it before he made a deal with Class A.
• Tomoya Mashima recognized Nangong Cheng’s plan from the information and was deeply shocked.

Nangong Cheng sold Class A a document about Advanced Nurturing’s secret for 2,000,000 private points, and Arisu Sakayanagi correctly inferred that the classes were competing for graduation benefits tied to Class A. After Arisu completed a mysterious task to obtain Nangong’s contact information, she discovered a shop offering a temporary cure for her illness and struggled with whether to use it; meanwhile, Nangong and Suzune Horikita brought the information to Class B.

• Arisu Sakayanagi deduced that the school’s four classes were competing for Class A’s position and that graduating from Class A brought special benefits.
• Kohei Katsuragi backed Arisu’s reasoning, and Class A agreed to pay Nangong Cheng 2,000,000 private points for the document, with Tomoya Mashima overseeing the transaction.
• Arisu Sakayanagi accepted a task to request Nangong’s contact information, completed it, and unlocked a shop displaying a 50-point time-limited panacea that could make her body healthy for one hour.
• Nangong Cheng and Suzune Horikita arrived at Class B and asked Chie Hoshinomiya to witness their sale of the same secret information.
• Chie Hoshinomiya confirmed the information’s authenticity and estimated its value at around 2,000,000 points, then asked Honami Ichinose to handle the negotiations.

Nangong Cheng sold Class B a document revealing the school’s hidden graduation conditions, while Ichinose Honami gained a mysterious system that tasked her with winning over her fated partner. After enhancing himself with a potion, Nangong went to Class C to demand the same deal.

• Ichinose Honami and Class B voted to pay Nangong Cheng 2 million points for the document, then shared it in their class chat.
• Ichinose completed the system’s task by inviting Nangong Cheng to lunch and exchanging contact information, unlocking the Exchange Shop.
• Ichinose learned that the system was created by an extraterrestrial civilization and that its price was making her fated partner fall in love with her.
• Nangong Cheng used a Gene-Enhancement Potion and tested his increased strength while traveling with Horikita Suzune.
• Nangong Cheng entered Class C, identified himself as Kiyotaka Ayanokoji of Class 1-D, and urged Kazuma Sakagami to convince the class to pay 2 million points.

Nangong Cheng used his upgraded Master's Task system to plan further schemes and issued Sakura Airi a task that led her to exchange contact information with him. The chapter left Sakura bound to her own Perfect Life System and considering the Personality Awakening Potion in its shop.

• Ryuuen agreed to pay Nangong Cheng two million points after recognizing that something was wrong with the school.
• Nangong Cheng checked his upgraded system, which now allowed five daily tasks, and planned to use anonymous accounts to spread information about Class C.
• Nangong Cheng issued Sakura Airi a task to exchange contact information with him, then gently helped her complete it.
• Sakura Airi unlocked the System Exchange Shop and discovered a Personality Awakening Potion that could create an ideal personality.
• Sakura Airi's Perfect Life System bound to her, and its AI assured her that the shop's products were exceptional.

Nangong Cheng used system-issued tasks to steer Sakura Airi and Ichinose Honami while Class B discussed an alliance with Class D. Ichinose postponed cooperation for a month and resolved to win Nangong Cheng over.

• Nangong Cheng issued Sakura Airi a task to send him a selfie as Shizuku and ask which version of her he preferred.
• Nangong Cheng met Ichinose Honami and Class B students at lunch, where they proposed working with him and Horikita.
• Nangong Cheng questioned what Class B could offer in return and issued Ichinose Honami a task to ask whether he had a girlfriend.
• Ichinose Honami asked Nangong Cheng whether he had a girlfriend, and he said he did not and that he and Horikita were only cooperating as classmates.
• Ichinose Honami delayed the proposed alliance for a month and told Amikura Mako and Ryuji Kanzaki that Class B needed to win Nangong Cheng over.

Nangong Cheng learned that Sae Chabashira wanted him to help Class D rise in the rankings, but he planned to leave the work to Horikita Suzune. After directing Horikita toward the student council recruitment event, he met Kikyo Kushida and her friends at a café, where he used his Chinese conversation with Wang Meiyu to provoke Kushida.

• Horikita Suzune told Nangong Cheng that Chabashira-sensei had questioned her about his idea to sell information and wanted her to lead Class D upward.
• Nangong Cheng asked Horikita Suzune to pass along a message at the club recruitment event, then said goodbye to Sakura Airi.
• Kikyo Kushida received Nangong Cheng's message to meet at the café and persuaded her friends to go with her instead of attending recruitment.
• Nangong Cheng greeted Inogashira and Wang Meiyu at the café and spoke fluent Chinese with Wang Meiyu, who eagerly discussed her life in Japan.
• Kikyo Kushida pressed Nangong Cheng about speaking privately with Wang Meiyu, and he promised it would not happen again.

Nangong Cheng turned down Kikyo Kushida’s request to connect with Horikita and privately warned Wang Meiyu to beware of her. He helped Sakura Airi choose clothes over messages, earning 500 points when she completed her mission, while he considered how to keep her new confidence exclusive to him.

• Kikyo Kushida asked Nangong Cheng to arrange a meeting with Horikita, but he refused and pointed out that talking did not mean they had a good relationship.
• Nangong Cheng exchanged contact information with Wang Meiyu and sent her a Romanized warning to beware of Kikyo Kushida.
• Sakura Airi asked Nangong Cheng to help choose clothes, and he recommended a white open-back sweater for wearing in her dormitory.
• Sakura Airi sent Nangong Cheng photos in her chosen outfit and asked whether he preferred her current look; he told her both versions were appealing, though her current look was more charming.
• Sakura Airi completed her mission and received 500 points.

Nangong Cheng rebuffed Sakayanagi Arisu’s attempt to recruit him, then received Ryuuen’s payment and sent him information while telling Horikita Suzune to get to work. That night, an internet post triggered a wave of public attention as Nangong counted his Mission Points and reviewed his system.

• Sakura Airi asked Nangong Cheng to keep her new appearance secret and invited him to help her buy a digital camera, but he was unavailable until the next day.
• Sakayanagi Arisu approached Nangong Cheng with Kamuro Masumi, probing his plans and offering Class A’s help in exchange for his cooperation.
• Nangong Cheng told Sakayanagi that Class A would need his help, not the other way around, and she left with Kamuro to investigate his background.
• Nangong Cheng received Ryuuen’s money, sent him prepared information, and messaged Horikita Suzune that it was time to work.
• A post appeared online and spread rapidly, while Nangong Cheng checked his Mission Points, task recipients, and Exchange Shop.

Nangong Cheng explored the System Shop, bought Beginner Acting for security, and confronted Class D over the leaked information and the 6 Million Points he had earned. He demanded 50,000 Points from each classmate, and Horikita Suzune, Sakura Airi, and Karuizawa Kei paid while Kei defended his right to keep the money he earned.

• Nangong Cheng reviewed the System Shop's goods and pricing, then spent Points to acquire Beginner Acting.
• Kikyo Kushida told Nangong Cheng that students suspected he and Horikita Suzune had sold information for 2 Million Private Points and exposed it on the Campus Forum.
• Nangong Cheng addressed Class D and demanded 50,000 Points from each student.
• Horikita Suzune and Sakura Airi each sent Nangong Cheng 50,000 Points.
• Karuizawa Kei also paid and argued that Nangong Cheng did not owe the class a share of the money he had earned.

Nangong Cheng collected Points from Class D, returned money to several students, and began planning to target Miyabi Nagumo. After arranging to meet Horikita Manabu, he invited Sakura Airi to lunch, leaving her anxious about his intentions as he offered her a proper meal.

• Karuizawa Kei challenged the students who were laughing, and Kikyo Kushida and Yosuke Hirata helped persuade Class D to pay Nangong Cheng, with Hirata arranging IOUs for those who were short.
• Nangong Cheng collected the Points, returned the money to Sakura Airi, Karuizawa Kei, and Wang Meiyu, and kept Kikyo Kushida's share while deciding Horikita Suzune's fate separately.
• Horikita Suzune told Nangong Cheng that her brother wanted to meet him, and Nangong Cheng planned to meet Horikita Manabu at the Student Council and target Miyabi Nagumo next.
• Nangong Cheng invited Sakura Airi to lunch, issued her a task to accept, and took her to the Rooftop.
• Nangong Cheng offered Sakura Airi a boxed lunch and urged her to eat more nutritious food while she nervously wondered why he had brought her to the Rooftop.

Nangong Cheng completed a task involving Sakura Airi at lunch, then joined Yosuke Hirata, Horikita Suzune, and their classmates in discussing how Class D should respond to the morning’s events. Karuizawa Kei spoke in support of Horikita, leaving Horikita surprised and reconsidering her view of her.

• Sakura Airi shared lunch with Nangong Cheng, fed him by hand, and completed her task for 500 points.
• Yosuke Hirata asked Nangong Cheng and Horikita Suzune to discuss what Class D should do next.
• Horikita Suzune urged Hirata to speak with students who might undermine the class, then challenged Kikyo Kushida’s sincerity.
• Yosuke Hirata tried to defuse the tension as Kushida insisted she wanted everyone to enjoy their school years.
• Karuizawa Kei argued that the class should not keep coddling students who repeatedly caused problems, and Horikita Suzune was surprised by her support.

Nangong Cheng reassured Class D about retaining points, then met with Horikita Manabu to discuss the school’s conduct exam and Horikita Suzune’s future. He left the siblings alone to address their conflict and messaged Ichinose Honami about the Student Council.

• Nangong Cheng urged Class D to follow the rules and work together, while Horikita Suzune left without challenging his explanation.
• Nangong Cheng promised Sakura Airi he would take her camera shopping the next day and issued Karuizawa Kei a mission to send him a selfie.
• Nangong Cheng met Horikita Manabu and chose to approach the matter he had reported privately before filing an official case.
• Nangong Cheng told Horikita Manabu that Horikita Suzune was imitating her brother and needed to find her own path, then left them alone to talk.
• Nangong Cheng messaged Ichinose Honami that the Student Council had issued slots for people to claim.

Nangong Cheng offered Ichinose Honami a Student Council spot in exchange for completing a task, then asked her to let him call her “Mom.” Ichinose was shocked, and Nangong offered a discounted private-points deal if she refused.

• Ichinose Honami met Nangong Cheng after he summoned her to discuss a Student Council spot.
• Nangong explained that President Horikita had offered him a place and that he wanted to trade it rather than take it himself.
• Nangong issued Ichinose a task worth 2,000 points in exchange for helping fulfill a difficult-to-voice wish.
• Nangong asked Ichinose to let him call her “Mom,” explaining that he felt maternal warmth from her.
• Ichinose reacted with shock, and Nangong offered to sell her the spot for 1.6 million private points instead.