[Popularity Points: 85480]
Takada Hikaru smiled contentedly as he looked at the Popularity Points on the system panel.
It wasn't in vain that he had boasted in front of Ayanokoji just now.
Having established a powerful image in the eyes of Ayanokoji and the audience, his popularity wouldn't drop even if he didn't participate in the so-called Special Exam next.
'Speaking of which, if I do sothing that damages my image, will my Popularity Points decrease?' Takada Hikaru asked the system.
[Popularity Points cos from the audience's affection for you. If you do sothing that makes the audience dislike you, the Popularity Points will not decrease, but the difficulty of increasing it will grow.]
In other words, the audience can only increase the Popularity Points, not decrease it.
However, if Takada Hikaru makes an embarrassing blunder and is disliked by the audience, then those audience mbers might stop providing him with Popularity Points.
'It seems I still need to be careful.'
Takada Hikaru was about to do sothing that no student at Advanced Nurturing High School had ever done before. Perhaps, he could gather 20 million Private Points in the very first month.
But this matter involved deception, and the ones being deceived were not the school's students, but the audience watching the stream. If he didn't execute it well and suffered a backlash, things would get troubleso.
'If I approach it with the ntality of a Chaos Seeker, then there shouldn't be a problem.'
As long as he didn't do anything atrocious, the audience's tolerance for a Chaos Seeker was quite high.
After pondering for a mont, Takada Hikaru decided he still had to try out his idea.
Thus, he asked the people around him, "Have any of you played gacha gas?"
"Huh?"
Amikura Mako paused, then smiled and replied, "Of course I have. I even spent real money on one back then."
Watanabe Norihito nodded in agreent, "Most ani-style mobile gas these days are gacha gas, you run into them all the ti."
Andō Sayo, however, shook her head. "I don't really play gas. I find browsing forums and short videos more interesting."
In this day and age, there are many forms of entertainnt—gas, novels, and short videos—all of which provide emotional value, so it's perfectly normal for so people not to play gas.
But Watanabe Norihito's words indicated that gacha gas were still one of the current trends, and many people were willing to accept this format.
Most of the ti it's equivalent to directly buying a character. But precisely because they get lucky a small fraction of the ti, people keep pouring money into them.
"Takada-san, have you played gacha gas too?" Hamaguchi Tetsuya asked curiously.
Takada Hikaru paused, then smiled. "I just thought of sothing interesting, and it happens to be related to gacha."
— — —
The next day, at noon.
Takada Hikaru arrived at the teachers' office.
"Oh, what brings Takada-kun here?"
A cheerful and cute female voice rang out.
Hoshinomiya Chie, the horoom teacher of Class 1-B, blinked her beautiful eyes and looked over with a curious expression.
"I have sothing I hope Chie-sensei can help with." Takada Hikaru held a contract in his hand, intending to give it to her to review.
"Oh my, students these days are so forward, calling sensei by her first na."
Hoshinomiya Chie patted her cheek, acting as if she hadn't heard what he said.
"Takada-kun is so handso. If you had been around during my student days, I definitely would have snatched you up."
Heh, and then discard once you get bored, right?
Takada Hikaru scoffed at her words internally.
In his impression, Hoshinomiya Chie appeared approachable on the surface, but was actually a bad woman. It was like she changed boyfriends almost every week, always wanting to switch them out as soon as the relationship ward up.
If he were to be swayed by a few of her flirtatious words, he would definitely be terribly deceived in the future.
"Chie-sensei, about my matter..."
"I know you ca to for sothing, but I want to ask you a few questions first."
Hoshinomiya Chie looked over curiously. "How did you manage to know so much information? Even Horikita from Third Year Class A, and Nagumo from Second Year Class A—the two most outstanding students the school has seen in decades—couldn't gather this level of detailed school information by the second day of school."
As the horoom teacher of Class 1-B, Hoshinomiya Chie naturally knew what was happening in her class.
After learning that Takada Hikaru was the one who discovered the secret, she developed a strong interest in him. Originally, she had planned to use her authority as a teacher to summon him, but she never expected him to approach her voluntarily.
"Did sensei know about this because the school authorities knew, or did you learn about it from a classmate?" Takada Hikaru asked.
He had explained these things in the classroom at the ti and hadn't avoided the school's surveillance. The school must have long realized that a new student had investigated the school's rules in such detail by the second day.
They must be very curious now about where he learned all this information. Perhaps Hoshinomiya Chie was inquiring on behalf of the school.
"Actually, Honami-chan and the others asked , and that's how I found out." Hoshinomiya Chie's lips curved slightly.
"Although the school authorities were surprised by how fast you gathered information, they don't have any issue with you."
"They are also curious whether Class A will be able to surpass Class B in the next three years now that they've lost their advantage in the Quality Assessnt."
After speaking, Hoshinomiya Chie paused, then lightly punched Takada Hikaru's abdon with her fist and puffed out her cheeks.
"Honestly, I was the one who asked the question first, but I ended up answering yours instead."
"Takada-kun, can you tell sensei how you found out?" Hoshinomiya Chie widened her eyes, appearing genuinely curious.
"I asked soone."
Based on normal reasoning, for Takada Hikaru to know so clearly, he must have asked soone else.
"Who did you ask?" Hoshinomiya Chie continued to press.
"I can't say." Takada Hikaru shook his head.
This kind of behavior was perfectly normal in the eyes of others.
The school had issued a gag order to upperclassn and teachers. If they told these things to new students and were discovered, they would definitely face severe punishnt.
The school definitely knew that Takada Hikaru had obtained such detailed information from soone else, but they couldn't find out who leaked it.
Fortunately, in order to simulate a social environnt, the school had not installed caras in many areas and had even proactively provided ans to avoid school inspection.
Even if the school ultimately found nothing, they would surely assu that Takada Hikaru and the student who leaked the information had skillfully utilized the gray areas without surveillance, thus leaving no evidence.
"Chie-sensei, now it's ti to discuss my matter." Takada Hikaru handed the contract he had written to her.
"Takada-kun, a fellow who makes a woman work won't beco a good husband, you know." Hoshinomiya Chie pouted, then began reading the contract.
Upon seeing the contents of the contract, she widened her eyes and exclaid in surprise, "Takada-kun, are you trying to commit fraud?!"
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