Chapter 262: Ryuen: How About Joining Our Class?
"DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!
Boss! I can't take it anymore!!
Can I take him out?"
Ishizaki Daichi turned toward the wall and punched it repeatedly to vent; jealousy had made him unrecognizable!
Albert was rubbing his palms and fists, ready to launch a "lethal base-strike" at any moment.
"Heh~ Hahahahaha!
I'm truly impressed, you dead-fish-eyed shitty glasses-bastard!!"
Ryuen Kakeru threw his head back and held his forehead, letting out strange, continuous sneers.
"You don't say—I'm even getting a little jealous of myself.
Hee-hee!"
The corners of Hikigaya's mouth couldn't stop curling upward. This was reality, not a dream!
"Tch~ look at you getting all cocky!" Ibuki Mio looked at him with a face of disgust.
"Hachiman-kun looks very happy." Shiina Hiyori gave a knowing smile.
Ryuen Kakeru's eyes darted around, and suddenly a spark of inspiration flashed in his mind!
"Hey, bast—... Hikigaya. Since you're so happy, why don't you just join our class!"
Ryuen Kakeru's ability to flip his face was definitely first-class.
One moment he loathed the guy with deep-seated hatred, and the next, his attitude did a 180-degree turn. It was truly jaw-dropping!
"That's right. If Hachiman-kun could come to our class, that would be wonderful." Shiina Hiyori nodded quickly, her eyes full of expectation.
"We have 20 million points collected, isn't that just enough?" Ibuki Mio chimed in.
"Enough your head!"
"Do you think points grow on trees?"
Ryuen Kakeru was utterly speechless internally. 20 million was the entire fortune their class had accumulated over a semester; how could he easily spend it all at once?
His plan was to have Hikigaya collect 20 million Private Points himself and voluntarily transfer to Class C.
To others, gathering 20 million was out of reach. But in his view, Hikigaya's ability to harvest points was very powerful.
He guessed Hikigaya's current personal savings were between 4 and 5 million.
Gathering 20 million for a transfer fee in the future wasn't just empty talk.
"No, if you want me to pay my own money to transfer, that's absolutely impossible."
Hikigaya's solemn words cut off Ryuen Kakeru's fantasy: "I plan to exchange these points for Japanese Yen and take them with me right before graduation."
He had already asked around; it was common for past graduates to exchange their Private Points for cash right before leaving the school.
If the school recovers the points, the exchange rate is 10:6. If traded between students, the rate can go as high as 10:8.
Regardless of the ratio, Hikigaya would choose to cash out.
He planned to take this money after graduation and go home to spend it on his little sister. And his future girlfriend... of course, provided he actually got one!
"Hachiman-kun's idea is quite good.
He's a good man who cares for his family~"
Shiina Hiyori could find an interesting topic at any time.
"I almost forgot, this guy is a super sis-con." Ibuki Mio looked speechless.
"Tch~ you really know how to put on airs..."
After careful and comprehensive consideration, Ryuen Kakeru decided to temporarily shelve the invitation for Hikigaya to transfer.
"A wise choice. For the upcoming special exam, there are plenty of places where points will be needed." Hikigaya evaluated seriously.
"Yo~ since when do you care about our class?
Worrying about points—are you treating Class C's property as your own?" Ryuen Kakeru said irritably.
"It's getting late; let's go grab a meal." Hikigaya was rare in his generosity: "My treat!"
"Eating with you would only ruin my appetite!" Ryuen Kakeru refused, then led Ishizaki Daichi and Albert out of the cafe.
"Whew~ that group of annoying guys is finally sent off."
Hikigaya proactively invited the two girls beside him: "Let's go eat, just the three of us."
Over the next few hours, Hikigaya proactively took the two girls to dinner and even went to see a movie.
He was quite happy... Could this be a date? Hikigaya wasn't quite sure.
But he was indeed quite happy.
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The next day's homeroom.
Chabashira Sae officially announced the matching rules for the final special exam. The students would be paired based on their quiz scores: the highest-scoring student would be matched with the lowest-scoring student, the second-highest with the second-lowest, and so on...
Unsurprisingly, at Chabashira Sae's words, the whole class exploded!
"First place matched with the last place?! That's too unreasonable!!!
If the partner fails, does that mean the person in first place is also expelled along with them?" Yukimura Teruhiko was the first to jump up, expressing his inability to accept it.
"Don't be in a rush, I haven't finished yet."
Chabashira Sae glanced at him. She thought that for being honor students, Horikita Suzune's temperament was much more stable.
In her memory, when they first enrolled, Horikita Suzune was just like Yukimura Teruhiko—someone who couldn't stay calm and would make a fuss the moment something didn't meet her expectations. It seems she has been significantly influenced by the person beside her.
Chabashira Sae looked thoughtfully at Hikigaya, who was sitting next to Horikita.
"This quiz is to test the students' mastery of basic knowledge. The questions will be limited to a junior high school level."
This explanation sounded like nonsense at first listen...
Hikigaya had already guessed the key to it. Low quiz difficulty meant it wouldn't reflect each student's true level.
For the underachievers, it might not matter much. But for those with grades in the middle or top tiers, it would be impossible to distinguish their actual ability.
For example, in a normal exam, an elite student might score 100 while a mid-tier student scores 70. But if the paper is only at a junior high level, the elite student will still score 100,
and the mid-tier student might also score 100. The school specifically arranged this quiz clearly to disrupt their matching!
This "garbage" school was like this, digging holes for students everywhere...
"Chabashira-sensei, may I preside over the rest of this homeroom?" Hirata Yousuke proactively volunteered to take the podium. Chabashira Sae nodded and stepped aside.
"Using past exam results as a reference, I hope to focus on taking care of those students whose grades are in the danger zone. Let them be paired with the top ten students."
Despite his drastic change in personality, Hirata Yousuke still held onto his belief, dedicating himself to maintaining the integrity of the "class collective."
"But, how exactly are we going to do that?" Sudo Ken scratched his head in confusion: "Didn't you say the quiz is only junior high level? If that's the case, I might even make the top ten. I can't be matched with someone at the bottom, can I?"
As someone who was once an underachiever but had reached the middle-tier of the class through self-improvement, Sudo Ken did not want a single exam to result in expulsion and make all his hard work vanish into thin air!
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