Sato Mashiki hesitated.
When he suggested entrusting the points to Horikita Manabu, he fully trusted Horikita Manabu's character.
But after Takada Hikaru ntioned that Horikita Manabu might use his power as Student Council President to forbid such an action, he beca unsure.
Although they had known each other as rivals for three years, Sato Mashiki's understanding of Horikita Manabu was superficial. He couldn't guarantee whether Horikita Manabu would raise objections to the school after learning of this news.
Sato Mashiki frowned. "Takada-kun, I am very curious. I've seen your contract. You gain absolutely no benefit from this matter, so why do you still want to get involved?"
Doing sothing so actively when there is no advantage in it. It was simply too strange—so much so that Sato Mashiki felt uneasy.
Takada Hikaru sat comfortably on the sofa and spoke calmly, "Mashiki-senpai, you are overly suspicious. Then let briefly explain my thoughts."
This was the lie he had prepared to package his persona.
Takada Hikaru asked, "Mashiki-senpai, what do you think is the deeper aning behind the statent that 20 million Private Points are enough to change classes?"
"Huh?" Sato Mashiki was stunned for a mont. "Isn't it... just the literal aning of the sentence?"
Takada Hikaru shook his head. "The true aning of this sentence is actually that by spending 20 million points, you can transfer one person to another class, provided, of course, that the person agrees."
Sato Mashiki's expression turned strange. "How is that different?"
"The difference is huge."
Takada Hikaru said, "Following this line of thought, in order to strengthen their own class, Class A, Class B, and Class C can all spend 20 million Private Points to bring strong students from lower-ranking classes into their own."
"Mashiki-senpai, you should also realize that in every class, there are people who shouldn't have been assigned to that class."
"Lower-ranking classes have excellent students, while higher-ranking classes also have poor students. I believe you, as a class leader, understand this better than I do."
Sato Mashiki nodded, his expression turning serious.
Indeed, so students seed completely out of place in their classes. Even Class D, which was often considered garbage, still had students with outstanding abilities.
Although the school claid that everyone assigned to Class D was defective, so of those "defective" students displayed abilities superior to those of so Class A students.
Logically speaking, these excellent students should have been assigned to Class A. Yes, even he, Sato Mashiki, should have been assigned to Class A.
"Even for a single class, the price of 20 million Private Points to buy one person is too expensive."
Sato Mashiki shook his head. "Sotis we encounter situations where a classmate is about to be expelled, and we need 20 million Private Points to cancel the expulsion penalty."
"Uh..."
Sato Mashiki froze, widening his eyes in disbelief.
After Takada Hikaru's reminder, his understanding of "20 million points to change classes" had changed to "20 million points can be used to bring in excellent students."
Both class transfer and canceling an expulsion penalty require 20 million points. Could this be a coincidence?
"Could it be that the school's intention is for us to abandon the useless students in our class, and then spend 20 million points to transfer excellent talent from other classes?"
Sato Mashiki broke out in a slight cold sweat. If that were true, then the approach taken by Class 3-C, and perhaps the entire Third Year group, in Advanced Nurturing High School was fundantally wrong.
Useless students should simply be discarded. The important thing was to save points, attract excellent talent from other classes, and strengthen their own class's capabilities.
For instance, Class 3-B, if they had started saving points over the last two years, should be able to afford one class transfer, bringing in excellent talent from Class C or Class D.
At that point, their hope of advancing to Class A would increase.
The sa goes for Class 3-A. Having the most points, they could even complete two transfers, bringing in two excellent talents to solidify their position.
"Mashiki-senpai seems to have clearly understood the school's intention, but let's return to the main topic."
Takada Hikaru said lightly, "Even for a class, spending 20 million points is a huge cost. Therefore, one must display outstanding ability to prompt a higher-ranking class to spend that amount."
Sato Mashiki understood. "You want to use this plan to prove your ability to Class 1-A?"
Takada Hikaru chuckled. "If Mashiki-senpai were the leader of Class 1-A, and without knowing the details, saw soone in the sa grade spend 20 million points to help an upperclassman transfer classes, wouldn't you consider them a highly capable person?"
Everyone involved in the plan must keep it a secret. Let alone the lower-grade students, even those in Class 3-A cannot be told.
The only information outsiders will receive is that Takada Hikaru used 20 million points to transfer an upperclassman into Class A.
Sato Mashiki lowered his head in thought, trying to put himself in the shoes of Class 1-A's leader. Based on the information available to him, he would indeed regard Takada Hikaru as a very capable person.
Sato Mashiki said, "But even if they realize you are very capable, Class A might not necessarily spend 20 million points to recruit you. If it were , I might even deliberately target you and force you into expulsion."
"It seems there is a reason Mashiki-senpai was placed in Class C."
Takada Hikaru stopped speaking halfway through his sentence.
It was fine to be a little cryptic once in a while. Others would figure it out themselves.
"This is the reason I was placed in Class C?"
Sato Mashiki did not refute him. Instead, he frowned, searching for the reason within himself.
If it were Horikita Manabu, upon encountering such a situation, he probably wouldn't deliberately target such excellent talent. Instead, it was genuinely possible that he would ask the entire class to gather 20 million points to recruit Takada Hikaru, thereby strengthening Class A's power.
Although 20 million points is a lot, graduating from Class A is the most important thing.
Sato Mashiki's original idea was to weaken the opponent, while the idea of the Horikita Manabu he imagined was to strengthen himself.
If they followed Sato Mashiki's idea, during the special exam, the class's energy would be focused on forcing Takada Hikaru into expulsion. As for the results of the special exam, they would naturally be affected.
If the expulsion succeeded imdiately, that would be fine. But if it failed, the class he led would be overtaken by others due to poor performance in the special exam.
But if they did the opposite—actively participated in the exam from the start, accumulated enough points, and then recruited the person...
Not only would they protect Class A's status, but they would also enhance Class A's strength and weaken the strength of other classes—it was killing multiple birds with one stone.
'So this is the gap between and Class A's leader.' Sato Mashiki understood.
Except, it was a misunderstanding.
"Takada-kun, I now know what you're thinking."
Sato Mashiki stood up from the sofa. "I will bring this matter up with my classmates, but I cannot guarantee how many people will participate. If possible, I hope you can also ntion this to the leaders of Class B and Class D."
Takada Hikaru said, "This is sothing that requires the joint effort of three classes to accomplish."
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