"Wh-what?!
There's actually a rule like that?!"
Manabe Shiho was instantly stunned.
While there was indeed a rule stating that spending 20 million points allowed one to freely choose to transfer classes or be exempted from expulsion once, for most people, gathering 20 million Private Points was an astronomical, unreachable sum.
In the entire first-year grade, perhaps only Ryuen Kakeru could achieve it. Of course, being able to do it was one thing; whether it was worth doing was another matter entirely.
Even for Class C under a tyrannical rule, after more than a full sester of careful accumulation, they had only saved up about 20 million in total assets.
Ryuen Kakeru could not possibly accept bankrupting the class just to penalize Manabe Shiho—she wasn't worth it!
Therefore, after confirming the opponent held a recording device, Ryuen truly could not continue to lay a hand on Manabe.
Fortunately, Manabe Shiho herself wasn't particularly bright and hadn't thought that far ahead yet.
Taking advantage of the other party's confusion, Shiina Hiyori decisively pressed the advantage: "Manabe-san, I hope you can think about this carefully.
Has that person truly considered things for your sake?"
As soon as these words ca out, Manabe Shiho was montarily dazed.
"If he had you in his heart, why would he instruct you to betray the class—sothing with such an extrely high level of risk?"
Shiina Hiyori's analysis was well-reasoned and logical, causing Manabe Shiho to fall into silence.
After a mont.
Manabe Shiho shook her head expressionlessly and said in a heavy voice: "Even so, I believe in Kiyotaka-kun!"
"Tsk! What is this? A 'love-brain' gal?"
Ryuen Kakeru clicked his tongue with a face full of disdain.
"Ryuen, a guy like you with a head full of violence definitely wouldn't understand." Manabe Shiho looked back at him with contempt.
"What did you say?" Ryuen's face darkened.
"It's truly noble of you~ Manabe-san."
Shiina Hiyori said nonchalantly: "But please rest easy. Your friends, Yamashita-san and Yabu-san, will surely take good care of Ayanokouji-kun for you."
"Eh?! To think that even as you are being expelled, you are still worrying about Ayanokouji-kun."
This caused Yamashita Saki and Yabu Nanami, who had been silent, to look at each other with flickering, strange glints in their eyes.
"No! That's absolutely not okay!"
Manabe Shiho's hair practically stood on end. Especially at the thought of her "besties" taking her place and dating Ayanokouji, her expression beca distorted and ferocious!
"Huh? Why not...?"
"Exactly! We're actually quite close with Ayanokouji-kun too."
Yamashita Saki and Yabu Nanami expressed strong dissatisfaction.
"I said no, and I an no!
Speaking of which, are you two even human, eyeing soone else's boyfriend?"
Manabe Shiho scolded the two with a face full of indignation.
"Shiho, you say he's your boyfriend, but does Ayanokouji-kun himself know that?
Ayanokouji-kun just told not long ago that he's only 'ordinary friends' with you and told not to misunderstand."
The words of the two completely enraged Manabe Shiho, and she couldn't help but step forward to grab and scrap with them.
"You bitches, you think you have the skill to steal a man from ?"
"I say, Shiho, you should figure out your own situation first.
Since you betrayed the class, there's no longer any place for you here!"
"Heh! And so the dog-eat-dog fight begins."
Watching the three won frantically tearing into each other, a look of pleasure appeared on Ryuen Kakeru's face.
The mbers of Class C looked at the instigator, Shiina Hiyori, with a few more degrees of inexplicable awe in their eyes.
"Manabe-san, you wouldn't want to hand Ayanokouji-kun over to other won, right?"
Shiina Hiyori's words further attacked her heart.
"I—I absolutely won't!!" Manabe Shiho's face was resolute.
"Hand over all the recording materials you've collected so far.
And I will help you persuade the class to overlook your mistake of betraying us. How about it?"
Shiina Hiyori finally revealed her true goal, showing her hand.
"..."
Manabe Shiho fell into a temporary silence, a look of struggle appearing on her face.
"Can it really be overlooked?
Ryuen won't co after ?"
Manabe Shiho looked expectant, clearly moved by the offer.
"Tch! Although I hate traitors the most, considering this is your first offense and you're atoning for your cris..."
Ryuen Kakeru narrowed his eyes: "I, the Great , can consider it..."
In his heart, however, he had already made up his mind: when an opportunity arose in the future, he would definitely squeeze every last bit of value out of these three, and then have them all expelled!
Under the "carrot and stick" approach of Shiina Hiyori and Ryuen Kakeru, Manabe Shiho's mouth was finally pried open, and she voluntarily handed over the recordings.
"Listen up, everyone. This battle plan involves using points to bribe the third-years, especially those struggling financially in Class D. In the final leg of the relay, interfere with Ayanokouji..."
The recording played back the plan Ryuen Kakeru had spoken in class after school yesterday.
"Damn it!"
Ryuen's face instantly beca extrely ugly.
Just based on the contents of this recording, if it were reported to the school, it would be enough to put him at risk of being expelled.
All of this was within Ayanokouji's calculations against him!
"Good, good, good!
Things are getting more and more interesting."
Ryuen Kakeru laughed out of sheer rage.
"Alright, Ryuen-kun, since you've agreed, you must keep your promise."
"Let the past be wiped clean. I hope Manabe-san learns her lesson and never betrays the class again."
Shiina Hiyori advised earnestly.
"Yes, yes, I get it."
Hearing Manabe Shiho's indifferent attitude, it was hard to believe she had actually reflected. Hearing this, Shiina Hiyori didn't know what else to say; after all, good advice is hard for so to take.
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Class B Classroom (forrly Class C):
Promoting from Class C to Class B brought a positive change to the class morale, sweeping away the gloom brought by previous consecutive failures.
"It's just Class B, nothing worth getting too excited about."
Sakayanagi Arisu's expression was calm. Her nonchalant attitude made it seem as if winning the class competition was as easy as turning over her hand.
"As expected of our Princess!
As soon as you take action, you lead us to a higher class."
The #1 lackey, Hashimoto Masayoshi, took the lead in showing his loyalty. Everyone else nodded one after another, recognizing Sakayanagi Arisu's status as leader.
"Katsuragi..."
As the last mber of the Katsuragi faction, Yahiko felt pained. Katsuragi Kouhei himself, however, appeared much calr.
"It matters not. As long as Sakayanagi can continue to lead the class to victory in the future, I will obey her orders unconditionally."
It seed he had submitted.
"Our next target is Class A. We will take back everything that belongs to us!"
Sakayanagi Arisu was full of confidence.
Class D Classroom:
It was as noisy as ever. One wouldn't even know what they had to be so happy about.
Second place in the sports festival gave them zero class points; in the class competition, Class D was still standing still.
"Well now~ Hachiman-kun, let's have a victory banquet."
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