Being targeted by Class D's racketeering strategies... and since Class D has no class points, they won't be deducted?
That is not important.
So what if we are infinitely targeted by Class D's scams?
Even if Class C's class points are reduced to an extremely low level due to Class D's provocations, or even eventually become zero just like Class D, so what?
As long as the point gap between the classes can be truly shortened, Ryuen simply does not care.
Even if the final class points become zero, as long as the class points of Class A and Class B are also zero, Ryuen is perfectly willing to accept it. Because Ryuen has one hundred percent confidence.
He is confident that he can easily lead Class C to become the ultimate victor under the condition that everyone starts from the same starting line.
"I see."
After he explained it to this extent, Ibuki finally nodded with some realization.
Although the prospect of likely having no personal points to use in the future made her feel somewhat uncomfortable, there was no doubt that Ibuki was willing to follow Ryuen naturally because she possessed the ambition to ascend to Class A.
If this was the price that must be paid to reach Class A, then Ibuki could accept it.
"Do I need to do anything?"
Having thought it through, Ibuki's expression became slightly more serious.
"Not for the time being."
"Let me observe for a while and see exactly to what extent Class D can go."
Ryuen glanced at Ibuki, looking somewhat at ease.
In Ryuen's view, the current Class D had merely performed an amusing act. The reason Ishizaki and Komiya fell for it was entirely because they were caught off guard.
They completely didn't expect that Sudo would actually resort to physical violence directly.
Overcome by anger in the heat of the moment, they engaged in a brawl with Sudo right in a public setting.
Once everyone is fully prepared, Class D will likely encounter a situation similar to what Class C faced before—being completely helpless against a well-prepared Class B.
This would result in Class C having more class points deducted than Class B.
Although Class D's current situation is different from Class C's, if the point deductions happen too slowly, there is no meaning for Class C to call the bet. Class C's class points are also very precious.
If there is no possibility of dragging Classes A and B completely down, then there is no significance in following suit.
At the same time, on the other side, inside the Student Council President's Office.
The news of the mutual brawl that occurred in the cafeteria at noon had already spread rapidly to this place.
"Manabu."
Tachibana walked in somewhat hurriedly. Looking at Manabu Horikita, who was quietly sitting in front of the desk processing documents, she spoke with a hint of anxiety: "Year 1, Class D seems to have taken some incredible action."
"Incredible action?"
Hearing Tachibana's words, Manabu paused for a moment.
Tachibana had been his assistant for a long time, and it was rare to see her reveal such an expression.
However, the words "Year 1, Class D" still quickly attracted Manabu's attention.
After all, his younger sister, Suzune Horikita, was in Year 1, Class D.
"Yes."
Tachibana also knew the weight Suzune carried in Manabu's heart.
Having spent more than two years with Manabu, she knew that if Manabu truly didn't care about Suzune, he wouldn't maintain such a high level of attention on Year 1, Class D at all.
Especially since Year 1, Class D had a student who was completely incomprehensible—Subaru.
Thinking of this, Tachibana quickly handed the documents to Manabu and said, "The specific details of the event are already in the file. Should the Student Council step in to handle this matter?"
"If things really blow up, it might be difficult to wrap up."
As her voice fell, a worried expression appeared on Tachibana's face.
Love me, love my dog; knowing that Manabu cared about his sister, Tachibana naturally felt some worry as well.
Once the matter truly escalated to an irreversible degree, causing the school's official higher-ups to intervene, Suzune, as the initiator of this plan, would definitely not have a good outcome.
It was even possible that she would be directly expelled.
This would absolutely be a significant blow to Suzune.
"Hmm... no need to rush."
"I'll take a look first. Things shouldn't be as bad as you think, Tachibana."
Manabu took the file from Tachibana's hands.
Although he said there was no rush, his movements were not slow at all; he immediately opened the file and began to look through it.
After a short while, Manabu understood what Tachibana meant by "incredible action."
"A simple but very bold plan."
Looking at the document in his hand, Manabu pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose with his middle finger and said indifferently, "If manipulated well, perhaps it really could allow Class D to return to the poker table."
Year 1, Class D's plan was very simple and clear: relying on the fact that their class points were already zero, they wanted to forcibly drag the other three classes down to roughly the same starting line as themselves.
After understanding the specific situation, Manabu was no longer anxious.
"Huh?"
Tachibana looked at Manabu's reaction with some strangeness.
"Is that it?"
"The commotion in the cafeteria just now was really fierce."
Tachibana emphasized to Manabu, "The surveillance footage has also been sent to your email, Manabu."
'Although the plan is unusually simple and crude, given Suzune's current strength... she doesn't have the ability to come up with such a plan yet. Is there someone helping Suzune?'
While watching the recording in his computer email, Manabu began to think.
'No, this can't be counted as help... if Suzune does this, she is instead standing at the heart of the storm.'
'If the plan is too successful, what Suzune will have to face in the next three years is the absolute malice of the three classes in the same grade... Is it Subaru?'
'It doesn't quite fit the personality traits Subaru has displayed...'
The plan itself had no problems, but Manabu did not like Suzune becoming the leader of this plan.
As the old saying goes, cutting off a person's source of wealth is akin to murdering their parents.
In the competition between different classes in the past, perhaps the ultimate victor could only be Class A, but this did not mean that the other classes had absolutely no way out or were absolute failures.
If their academic grades were good, they could still test into a very good, or even top-tier, university.
It was just that compared to entering society in the future, they would lack a bit of critical initial support.
Moreover, even if they couldn't graduate as Class A, the standard of living in this academy was quite comfortable: fully furnished dormitory apartments and tens of thousands of yen in personal points every month, to say the least.
Even if one couldn't reach Class A, it was still a pretty good situation.
But the self-destruct plan led by Suzune was different. Because Suzune would leave the other classes with absolutely no income. When the time came, not only would they fail to become the ultimate victors, but they wouldn't even have pocket money for daily expenses. Who could endure that?
Suzune would definitely become a thorn in the side and a needle in the flesh for many people.
Time passed minute by minute.
Manabu continuously watched the recordings in his email. He watched not only the one from the cafeteria but also the recordings of Year 1, Class D's other racketeering squads launching charges against Class A and Class B.
"Tachibana."
Manabu frowned slightly and said, "Can you find the real-time surveillance of those from Year 1, Class D who are currently participating in the racketeering activities?"
"I'll look for it."
"At this time, their locations should be relatively easy to find..."
Tachibana quickly opened her laptop.
Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School didn't just have simple surveillance cameras.
It also had an AI system with extremely high computing power and precision. One only needed to state their requirements to quickly locate targets in positions covered by surveillance.
"Found them."
"Manabu, take a look..."
Just like that, another ten minutes or so passed. Manabu observed the overall action logic of Year 1, Class D and closed his eyes slightly.
'The plan has no problems, but the execution is somewhat unsatisfactory...'
'The person who formulated this plan should have considered this point...'
'It seems they didn't intentionally push Suzune into the heart of the storm. In that case...'
Manabu quickly began to analyze.
Because Suzune was a student of Year 1, Class D, Manabu understood the basic information of almost everyone in that class.
It was precisely because of this that Manabu held no hope for Suzune and hoped she would drop out to attend a normal high school.
"Tachibana."
"Judging by the current situation, this matter won't blow up."
Manabu made his judgment.
Regarding Year 1, Class D's plan, the Student Council decided to ignore it.
Or rather, not to intervene excessively.
...
The following half-month could basically be described as a chaotic half-month.
Whether it was Class A, Class B, or Class C, all of them suffered from varying degrees of racketeering and self-destruct attacks.
However, aside from Sudo appearing somewhat radical at the very beginning, the later actions were not that extreme. Overall, it was still within a range that could barely be coped with.
The three classes each lost over a hundred class points. Class A and Class B were basically the focused targets of Class D's concentrated fire, losing one hundred and forty points and one hundred and ten points, respectively.
Class C lost just over a hundred, having one hundred and five class points deducted.
The bulk of that came from Sudo's initial provocation. Ishizaki and Komiya couldn't withstand Sudo's provocation and fought him directly in public, which resulted in a heavier deduction of fifty points.
As for the subsequent time, it was okay. Since Class D focused most of its attention on Classes A and B, and coupled with Class C's rich experience, they were hardly caught off guard again during the half-month period.
There was only one instance where Kei led her friends into a slightly fierce conflict with Class C's gal group, which ultimately resulted in Class C losing thirty class points.
Class B's situation was similar to Class C's; they had relatively rich experience in dealing with this.
If not for Class D having absolutely no scruples, Class B should have been able to minimize their losses. And then, a scene that surprised the entire grade and even the entire school appeared.
The first-years who were experiencing it, as well as the second and third-years who were watching, discovered with some astonishment that the three classes of A, B, and C—who originally somewhat loathed Class D—actually began to gradually accept and even actively guide this racketeering war.
It was true that Classes A, B, and C had each lost over a hundred class points. That was no problem.
But the biggest issue was that Class A, because Sakayanagi knowingly failed to report the situation and left them completely mentally unprepared, bore the greatest losses unexpectedly during this racketeering tournament organized by Class D.
Their original 1011 class points were deducted by 140 points, becoming 871 class points.
Meanwhile, Class B, which originally had 985 class points, only had 110 class points deducted because they had experience dealing with this situation, becoming 875 points.
Just like that, they inexplicably became Class A, while the original Class A inexplicably fell down.
Now, the original Class A no longer wanted this matter to end so simply.
"The success of this half-month can be said to be very significant."
Monday, inside the Year 1, Class D classroom.
With a trace of excitement on her face, Suzune Horikita spoke seriously, "Although our Class D's class points are zero, our actions have successfully disrupted the situation of the entire first year."
"Not only did we successfully lower the class points of every class by an average of over one hundred points, but we also successfully achieved a position swap between Year 1, Class A and Class B."
The key focus on attacking Class A, aside from the fact that Class A had the most class points, was primarily to drag Class A—which held a somewhat transcendent status in the first year—completely into the murky mud.
Now that the people from the original Class A had fallen from the position of Class A, it would not be so easy for them to maintain that previous transcendent status. Perhaps the people from the original Class A not only didn't want this chaos to end but actually wanted to intensify it further, thereby making the current Class A fall from the position of Class A.
At the same time, the current Class A, having ascended to the top, would also face more pressure.
From the overt Class D, as well as the covert original Class A, and even Class C, with whom conflicts had arisen at the very beginning.
"We worked hard for half a month, but it feels like there wasn't much of a major effect."
Kanji Ike looked at Suzune standing on the podium, showing no excitement on his face.
Not only was there no excitement, but there was also a bit of uncontrollable fatigue.
Most people in Year 1, Class D behaved similarly to Ike.
In the beginning, they were barely able to get fired up to cause trouble because of Suzune's speech.
As time went on, the enthusiasm naturally faded gradually.
Moreover, the other three classes were also improving. The class points reduced were only slightly higher at the start; by the last week, everyone had basically become desensitized, and it was hard to achieve any results.
The extorted points they had originally fantasized about were nowhere to be seen, leading to the current state of affairs.
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