Chapter Summaries

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.