'Over 560,000 points?'
Seeing Arisu Sakayanagi's balance screenshot, Natsuki Subaru was a little surprised.
Although he knew this academy operated on meritocracy, and there were likely many ways to harvest a large number of points like he had done, the first-years didn't have that many points to begin with.
During his previous casual chats with Arisu Sakayanagi on his phone, she had told him that the current de facto leader of Year 1, Class A was Kohei Katsuragi.
Arisu Sakayanagi was merely an unseen second-in-command, not yet involved in planning for Year 1, Class A.
This meant the points Arisu Sakayanagi had were unlikely to be class funds. Year 1, Class B's points had already been harvested by him on the second day, and Year 1, Class D's points were nearly depleted.
That only left Year 1, Class C.
And Year 1, Class C had only just reached a somewhat official conclusion today.
'Did she earn them from the upperclassmen?'
Natsuki Subaru wondered.
The first-years had only just received their first month's points, so their total was insufficient. However, the upperclassmen, after one or two years, had a very substantial total amount of points.
Earning over five hundred thousand points from such a group would be relatively easy.
For example, for information of the same quality that Natsuki Subaru sold to Year 1, Class B, he believed the upperclassmen would surely spend millions to buy it.
If it could be a decisive factor, they might even be able to gather tens of millions of points.
Natsuki Subaru: [Sakayanagi-san, finding out my point balance doesn't have to be so complicated.]
Natsuki Subaru: [Image]
Natsuki Subaru directly sent a screenshot of his own point balance.
All her roundabout questions were simply to figure out the source of his confidence, whether it was a huge amount of personal points. On this, Natsuki Subaru had no intention of hiding anything.
If you want to know, I'll tell you.
To Natsuki Subaru, it wasn't a big deal. He just disliked Arisu Sakayanagi's way of chatting, always talking to him in such a roundabout manner.
Her meaning wasn't hard to guess, but it was meaningless.
Chatting with Suzune Horikita was more interesting than chatting with Arisu Sakayanagi.
At least, Suzune Horikita was always genuinely mocking him. Natsuki Subaru quite liked this kind of sincerity, as it was at least somewhat related to a 'genuine article'.
On the other hand, it was people like Reinhard back then—he was clearly an irredeemable beast, a scoundrel with countless bloodstains on his hands, both directly and indirectly, yet Reinhard had actually shown him a sliver of pity.
That was what Natsuki Subaru could not forgive.
...
Meanwhile, in Arisu Sakayanagi's room.
Looking at Natsuki Subaru's very direct screenshot, the smile on Arisu Sakayanagi's face grew wider. She muttered to herself, "And he just sent me the screenshot directly like that?"
"Is this trust, or does he feel he doesn't need to be cautious with me at all?"
In Arisu Sakayanagi's view, Natsuki Subaru's screenshot alone was a massive, fatal vulnerability.
For Year 1, Class D, after the first month, they would never not be short on points. Setting aside the issue of where the million points came from, the million points themselves would be enough to give Natsuki Subaru a headache.
It was inevitable that other classmates short on money would ask him to borrow some.
A million points was a huge amount for an individual. Even for a Year 1, Class A student, the points they could spend personally over a year would not exceed five hundred thousand.
Because points themselves were the most direct manifestation of strength in this academy, every class would collect a large sum of points each month as class funds to be used in competitions against other classes in the same grade.
The points spent on oneself were not that many.
However, if the group in question was the entire class, then it wouldn't be nearly enough.
Faced with requests to borrow points from the entire class, would he lend them or not?
This was an issue that could cause a class to completely fall apart from within.
"Well, then again, Natsuki-kun probably wouldn't care about such things."
"Natsuki-kun is quite an independent person."
Natsuki Subaru's directness, on the contrary, left Arisu Sakayanagi feeling a bit stumped.
Arisu Sakayanagi's eyes grew brighter, and her entire aura became more spirited. She chuckled, "Besides, using such petty tricks on Natsuki-kun is too undignified."
"To truly subdue Natsuki-kun, I'll need to use other methods."
Thinking of this, Arisu Sakayanagi opened her chat with Masumi Kamuro and sent a short message.
Arisu Sakayanagi: [Check Year 1, Class B and Class C for any records of abnormally large point transactions.]
Masumi Kamuro: [?]
Arisu Sakayanagi: [Hehe, I've had a small idea and made a small gain. I'll be counting on you, Kamuro-san~]
Masumi Kamuro: [Tch, got it.]
"Kamuro-san is as cute as ever."
Looking at Masumi Kamuro's reply, Arisu Sakayanagi smiled again.
"But then again, Natsuki-kun's daily spending level is not low at all."
Although she couldn't say she had observed him every single time.
However, Arisu Sakayanagi was well aware that Natsuki Subaru's spending at lunch was quite lavish.
Masumi Kamuro was very useful. Over the past week, Arisu Sakayanagi had made good use of her to observe Natsuki Subaru for two days.
Just for lunch, his spending was around two to three thousand points.
It was a very luxurious tier in the cafeteria.
And that was just for lunch, not to mention breakfast and dinner.
By Arisu Sakayanagi's roughest estimate, Natsuki Subaru's daily spending was at least around four thousand points.
Not counting other expenses, just for food, Natsuki Subaru's monthly spending exceeded one hundred thousand.
"Even if other expenses are minimal, if he spends like this every day for a month, he'd need to prepare one hundred and fifty thousand points."
"In other words, Natsuki-kun, is your confidence rooted in this huge amount of points?"
Looking at Natsuki Subaru, who was no longer replying to her messages, Arisu Sakayanagi stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the night scenery outside. She chuckled softly and said, "The essence of Natsuki-kun's 'carefree' attitude is a temporary financial freedom from his points."
"If Natsuki-kun's points are no longer so 'free', will he officially place a piece on the board and play chess with me?"
"Hehehehe…"
"And... he obtained crucial information yet did nothing, and also gained a huge sum of points…"
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