"What's so surprising about that?"
"I think ninety percent of the students in our class feel that getting one hundred thousand personal points every month is… off."
Is Year 1, Class D really so lax that they haven't noticed anything?
To that, Natsuki Subaru says no.
Many, if not almost everyone, found it absurd and strange that the school would give them personal points worth one hundred thousand yen as pocket money every month. What's more, the academy itself provided room and board, and covered utilities.
Adding up all these costs, two hundred thousand yen might not even cover it.
This was Tokyo, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold. Even for a small student dorm room of a dozen or so square meters, the rent was very expensive.
Not to mention that the monthly utility bills were not an expense that could be casually ignored.
Speaking of which, Natsuki Subaru looked at Suzune Horikita with a cheerful, knowing smile and asked, "Why is Horikita-san suddenly talking to me? If I remember correctly, the last time we chatted was last week."
"Don't misunderstand."
"I'm not trying to talk to you specifically."
Hearing Natsuki Subaru's teasing, the expression on Suzune Horikita's face didn't change at all. She shifted her gaze away and said flatly, "I was just surprised by your grades."
"You, who has never paid attention in class since the start of school, actually possess such academic ability."
It was just as Natsuki Subaru had surmised.
The reason Suzune Horikita was speaking to Natsuki Subaru again after a week was because he had demonstrated his excellent academic ability in the latest quiz.
As for the strangeness of the school itself, that was merely a pretext.
"Well, I did say it before."
"My academic ability is alright. If it's just knowledge for the high school level…"
Natsuki Subaru smiled at Suzune Horikita and said, "It should be as you said, Horikita-san, 'with ease,' right?"
"So, you still haven't answered."
"After noticing this school's abnormality, your choice is to just waste time like this?"
Suzune Horikita didn't continue with Natsuki Subaru's topic, instead returning to the original one.
She wasn't particularly surprised that Natsuki Subaru could get high scores without seeming to study. There were always geniuses in the world who could surpass the efforts of ordinary people tenfold or a hundredfold just by glancing at something casually.
For example, Suzune Horikita's older brother, Manabu Horikita.
Besides, the act of 'never having studied seriously' was itself very superficial.
Perhaps Natsuki Subaru had already finished studying all the high school material back in middle school.
Or perhaps, while Natsuki Subaru didn't study seriously in class, he studied like crazy as soon as class was over or when he returned to his dorm.
Although she had only interacted with Natsuki Subaru a handful of times, Suzune Horikita was aware that he liked to go to the library and read whenever he had nothing better to do.
"Waste time?"
"Does Horikita-san think I should be doing something?"
"Didn't I just say it?"
The smile on Natsuki Subaru's face didn't fade. His gaze swept across the many noisy figures in the classroom as he said, "It's not that everyone in Year 1, Class D hasn't noticed something's wrong with the school. It's that they don't care, they're indifferent."
"At a time like this, if I were to stand up and shout, 'This school is very strange, everyone stop being so lax,' you don't actually think that would have any effect, do you, Horikita-san?"
"I don't."
Suzune Horikita shook her head and said, "I just think you're wasting your time."
Suzune Horikita wasn't criticizing Natsuki Subaru for not taking action despite having noticed the school's strangeness early on.
In fact, Suzune Horikita didn't care about most of the people in Year 1, Class D, much less feel any pity watching them sink into mediocrity.
What Suzune Horikita truly couldn't understand was simply Natsuki Subaru's inaction.
Before the quiz results came out, Suzune Horikita had thought Natsuki Subaru was just another mediocre student no different from most of the class, so she didn't care about his behavior.
Now, Natsuki Subaru's strength and value had been recognized by Suzune Horikita, which was why she was questioning him as an equal.
After all, for the past two weeks since school started, Suzune Horikita had been constantly trying to observe and discover things.
Although she had no results, she had indeed been trying.
Suzune Horikita couldn't understand how Natsuki Subaru, a capable person, could slack off like these mediocre talents.
"Never mind, that's your own business."
"Do you think the school will continue to let these people go on like this?"
Not dwelling too much on whether Natsuki Subaru was wasting time, Suzune Horikita's tone suddenly became serious.
Although half a month had passed and Suzune Horikita had basically made no progress, she certainly didn't believe this academy would give every student one hundred thousand points a month in pocket money all the way until graduation.
Two heads are better than one.
Since she couldn't figure it out after half a month of thinking alone, perhaps pulling someone else in to think and contemplate with her would yield good results.
"They won't."
Natsuki Subaru nodded.
Going by the pattern of points being distributed once a month, if nothing changed, the results would probably be out next month.
The one hundred thousand personal points in the first month was a sweetener, a welcome gift for every new student.
After that, they would probably start emphasizing this school's creed of 'meritocracy'.
Those without sufficient ability would most likely have to start using the free meal plan provided by the school.
"You think they won't either, right?"
"Then, do you think…"
"I'm not interested in this topic, Horikita-san."
The moment Suzune Horikita opened her mouth, Natsuki Subaru knew what she was going to say.
If this continued, Suzune Horikita would definitely start asking some questions that crossed a line, so Natsuki Subaru directly refused.
"Hey, last time you teamed up with Kikyō Kushida to…"
"You're wrong about that, Horikita-san."
Seeing Suzune Horikita about to bring up the time he teamed up with Kikyō Kushida, Natsuki Subaru said with a smile, "If you said Ayanokōji-kun and Kikyo-san teamed up to do something to you, I wouldn't have an opinion."
"But as for me, I was just accompanying Kikyo-san for a cup of coffee."
"You can't say I teamed up with Kikyo-san to do something, Horikita-san."
As Natsuki Subaru's voice fell, Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, who had been sitting in front of him the whole time, finally stirred.
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