Chapter Summaries

Kazami pressured Matsushita into tutoring Hasebe and Sakura, then introduced her to them as their new tutor. He left the three girls getting acquainted while reflecting on Sakura’s shyness and Ayanokoji’s misfortune.

• Kazami threatened to reveal Matsushita’s secret until she agreed to help tutor Hasebe and Sakura.
• Kazami tried to recruit Matsushita as a long-term subordinate, but she rejected the idea and told him to become a real leader first.
• Kazami told Hasebe and Sakura that he could no longer tutor them because he had an important undertaking, and said he had found a replacement.
• Hasebe doubted Kazami’s claim that he had serious work to do and teased him about his schemes.
• Kazami introduced Matsushita Chiaki as their new midterm tutor, and Sakura, Hasebe, and Matsushita exchanged greetings.

Kazami, Ayanokoji, and Kushida put Ayanokoji’s plan to buy past exam papers into action, relying on Kushida’s charm to negotiate a lower price. The second-year student dropped his demand from fifty thousand points to five thousand, then was won over again by Kazami’s whispered advice.

• Hasebe, Matsushita, and Sakura teased Kazami about having mostly cute girls as friends, and Kazami fled after they dismissed Ayanokoji and Hirata as exceptions.
• Kazami met Ayanokoji and Kushida at lunch to begin their plan to obtain past exam papers.
• Ayanokoji told Kushida that Horikita had devised the plan, while Kazami privately recognized the lie.
• Kazami and Ayanokoji chose Kushida as their negotiator and approached a second-year student selling a complete set of past exam papers.
• Kushida’s charm persuaded the student to lower his price from fifty thousand points to five thousand.
• Kazami coached Kushida on another appeal, and the second-year student called her an angel descended into the three-dimensional world.

Kushida obtained the past midterm papers for free, and Ayanokoji arranged for her to distribute them to Class D a week before exams. Kazami then secretly used a copy and Kushida’s contacts to launch a business selling the papers to struggling first-years, hoping to solve his points shortage without Horikita finding out.

• Kushida charmed an upperclassman into giving her the past midterm papers for free, surprising Ayanokoji.
• Ayanokoji asked Kushida to keep the papers and distribute them to Class D a week before the midterms.
• Kazami asked Kushida for a copy of the papers and a list of struggling first-years with their contact details.
• Kushida recognized Kazami planned to sell the papers, worried Horikita would be angry, then agreed to help him.
• Kazami messaged students on Kushida’s list and quickly arranged several in-person sales after promising the papers were genuine.

Himeno Yuki confronted Kazami over his embarrassing username and asked him for help, but he repeatedly lied to provoke her and farm Emotion Points. After she beat him, they agreed to talk properly, and Kazami learned she had trained in judo, Taekwondo, and self-defense.

• Himeno Yuki met Kazami at Palesa Coffee Shop and angrily confronted him about the username Don't Talk, Kiss Me.
• Kazami teased Himeno and pretended he could help her, swinging her between anger and hope to gain Emotion Points.
• Kazami admitted that his claimed connections and promises to negotiate a deal were all lies, enraging Himeno.
• Himeno chased and struck Kazami before asking to talk properly, and Kazami surrendered.
• Himeno told Kazami she had trained in judo, Taekwondo, and women's self-defense.

Kazami sold his exam-preparation method to Himeno and Class B, then negotiated separate deals with Class A and Ryuen’s Class C. Although he closed all the transactions, Ryuen haggled the Class C price down to 134,358 points, leaving Kazami exhausted and unwilling to deal with him again.

• Kazami required Himeno to sign a confidentiality contract and quoted her fifty thousand points for his method, offering a discount if she brought other buyers.
• Himeno brought Kanzaki and Ichinose, and Kanzaki negotiated a contract giving all of Class B access to the method for one hundred thousand points.
• Kazami chose Katsuragi Kohei as his contact in Class A and secured a deal after a brief negotiation.
• Kazami contacted Ryuen anonymously and endured extensive questioning and haggling before finalizing the Class C deal for 134,358 points.
• Kazami finished the cross-class sales exhausted and decided he would never do business with Ryuen again.

Kazami exploited Yamauchi and several Class D students by selling them an exam strategy, then played the role of a selfless classmate as they thanked him. He looked forward to their reaction when Kushida distributed past exam papers the next day.

• Ryuen heard that the deal was complete and reminded Ishizaki to keep studying despite their access to an exam strategy.
• Kazami approached Yamauchi, convinced him that a shortcut would guarantee he passed, and accepted Yamauchi's game console as payment collateral.
• Yamauchi shared Kazami's strategy with Sudo, Ike, and others, pretending he had devised it himself.
• Sudo, Ike, and the others cried with relief and praised Kazami for helping them.
• Kazami delivered an earnest speech about helping Class D while privately anticipating their disappointment when Kushida handed out past exam papers.

Kazami used exam-paper sales to amass around 450,000 points and rewarded Kushida for helping him. When Kushida shared past papers with Class D, Yamauchi, Ike, and Sudo realized they had paid Kazami dearly for materials the class received free, and Kazami played innocent before Horikita questioned him.

• Kazami calculated that his trading with all four classes had brought his assets to around 450,000 points.
• Kazami transferred 2,000 points to Kushida as thanks, and she accepted them after he urged her to treat him as a friend.
• Kushida shared the past midterm papers with Class D during homeroom, prompting the class to celebrate.
• Yamauchi, Ike, and Sudo confronted Kazami about the electronics they had put up as collateral, and Kazami claimed he had only wanted to help them.
• Kazami blamed the high cost of the papers on Kushida, then stormed out of the classroom while Kushida realized he was acting.
• Horikita questioned Kazami about what had happened, and he claimed he had been worried the others would fail.

After midterms, Sudo failed English and faced withdrawal, so Horikita brought Kazami to the rooftop to meet Ayanokoji and Chabashira-sensei. Ayanokoji began asking whether the world was fair, but Kazami’s interruption broke the mood.

• Kushida confronted Kazami for lying about how many points he earned from selling past papers, and he persuaded her to keep it secret.
• Class D studied Kushida’s past papers through the week before the midterms ended.
• Chabashira-sensei announced that Sudo had failed English and would have to complete the withdrawal procedures, while Hirata asked to review his exam paper.
• Horikita signaled for Kazami to follow her out of the classroom after Ayanokoji left, and she threatened him when he joked about going to the bathroom together.
• Horikita stopped Kazami from entering the girls’ bathroom and took him to the rooftop, where Ayanokoji asked Chabashira-sensei whether the world was fair.
• Kazami loudly answered that it was not, prompting Chabashira-sensei to tell him to stay quiet.

Ayanokoji and Horikita paid Chabashira-sensei to revoke Ken Sudō’s expulsion, and the class celebrated his narrow escape. After the gathering, Kazami took Kushida’s forgotten phone to return it.

• Ayanokoji offered to buy the point needed to save Sudō, and Chabashira-sensei set the price at 100,000 points.
• Horikita agreed to cover part of the cost, and Chabashira-sensei revoked Sudō’s expulsion.
• Sudō hosted a meal to thank Ayanokoji, Horikita, and Kazami, while Ayanokoji let Horikita take credit for tutoring him.
• Sudō defended Horikita when Yamauchi criticized her, then the gathering ended and the guests left Ayanokoji’s room.
• Ayanokoji noticed Kushida’s forgotten phone, and Kazami took it to return to her.

Kazami followed Kushida after realizing she had left the dorm, only to discover her hidden resentment toward Horikita and get caught listening. The chapter ended with Kushida grabbing him after chasing him down.

• Kazami noticed Kushida was missing and guessed that she had gone outside because she was jealous over Horikita.
• Kazami followed Kushida to a secluded area and overheard her angrily insulting Horikita.
• Matsushita's message made Kushida's phone ring, revealing Kazami's hiding place.
• Kushida called for the intruder to come out, and Kazami ran away while she chased him.
• Kushida caught the exhausted Kazami by the collar, and he awkwardly pretended they had met by coincidence.