After obtaining Axel End’s contact information, Arisu Sakayanagi noticed the contents of the panel in her field of vision change.
[Mission Complete]
[Mission Reward: Host gains 50 Points]
[System Exchange Store has been unlocked]
Oh?
Something new?
With considerable interest, Arisu Sakayanagi watched as a dazzling array of merchandise refreshed onto the panel.
[Youth-Preserving Pill]
[Perfect Body-Shaping Serum]
[Flawless Skin Cream]
Eternal youth, a perfect figure… For an ordinary woman these would indeed hold overwhelming temptation, and Arisu Sakayanagi had to admit that if the things here were all real, then she too was stirred by an emotion that could only be called being tempted.
But setting aside whether these items were truly as miraculous as their descriptions claimed—if her heart condition couldn’t be cured, then no matter how beautiful her face or figure, it would all amount to nothing more than a handful of dust.
Yet if all of this really was true, then might there be something inside that could solve her heart disease once and for all?
Carrying that kind of hope, Arisu Sakayanagi’s gaze drifted downward—and then her pupils began to quake.
[Panacea: After consumption, grants immunity to all diseases.
Points required for exchange: 100000]
[Limited-Time Panacea: After consumption, keeps the body in a state of absolute health for one hour.
Points required for exchange: 50]
As if it could read her very thoughts, this so-called System Shop had even gone out of its way to offer her a chance to experience good health.
All of this was exactly like a trap meticulously laid by a hunter to capture its prey—simply waiting for the quarry to leap in.
But whether heaven or hell lay ahead… that was hard to say.
Because once she had experienced the state of a perfectly healthy body, could she really go back to accepting this sickly frame that needed a cane just to walk and might collapse at any moment?
The answer was… she didn’t know.
Perhaps she would refuse.
Because she could have endured the darkness, because she disliked this feeling of knowingly being manipulated yet still jumping into the pit.
But perhaps she would also accept.
Because she had seen the light, because she truly, desperately wanted a healthy body.
[Do you want to understand the meaning of life?]
[Do you want to… truly live?]
That cold, mechanical voice sounded once more in her mind, like a demon’s whisper luring a human toward ruin.
Arisu Sakayanagi pursed her lips.
“This multiple-choice question… is really hard to answer.”
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Meanwhile, Axel End and Suzune Horikita had already arrived at Class B.
Because it was an adorable little class made up of one Archangel and a flock of little angels, things would be somewhat simpler compared to the situation in Class A. This chapter was copied from novelping(.)com without permission.
As before, it was Brother End who took the floor.
“Hello, everyone.
I’m sorry to take up a little of your time.
I have something very important I’d like to discuss with you all.”
Because of the advance notice, Class B’s homeroom teacher Chie Hoshinomiya was also present in the Class B classroom at this moment.
She gazed at the young man before her with a meaningful look.
“End-kun, if you have something to say, please go ahead.”
Suzune Horikita stepped forward of her own accord and handed Chie Hoshinomiya a sheet of paper, but Axel End didn’t wait for Chie Hoshinomiya to react—he simply continued speaking.
“We have here a piece of secret material regarding the Advanced Nurturing High School.
Its authenticity has already been verified by Class A’s homeroom teacher, Mr.
Mashima, and we’ve just completed a transaction with Class A as well.”
“Now we intend to sell this material to Class B, and we’d also like you, Ms.
Hoshinomiya, to serve as witness to this transaction.”
As a former student of the Advanced Nurturing High School and now a teacher, Chie Hoshinomiya naturally understood exactly what the contents of the paper in her hand meant.
It was just that she still felt deeply shocked by it.
Because barely a single day had passed, and these two students—or perhaps just one of them—had already cracked the school’s secret, and had even chosen to convert it into personal points.
She once again cast a meaningful glance at Axel End and Suzune Horikita, then looked toward one of the students in her own class.
“Ichinose-san, you handle the negotiation.”
Huh?
Me?
Honami Ichinose froze for a moment.
“Teacher, I’m a little confused about the situation right now… What do you mean by ‘secret material regarding the Advanced Nurturing High School’?
Has the school been hiding something from us?
Could you explain?”
Chie Hoshinomiya shook her head, but she made a choice similar to Tomonari Mashima’s.
“All I can do is assure you of the authenticity of this information, and that the value of this material is estimated at around 2 million points.”
“The rest, you’ll have to judge for yourselves.”
Honami Ichinose felt truly put on the spot.
Since it seemed she wouldn’t be getting any useful information out of the teacher, she had no choice but to turn toward Axel End.
“Excuse me, could you give us a brief hint about the contents of this material?
After all, as the buyers, we should have the right to understand what we’re purchasing, don’t we?”
“…In principle, no.
But since I’m absolutely certain you’ll agree to the deal anyway.”
Axel End nodded.
“You should still remember what the teacher said during yesterday’s homeroom meeting, right?”
Honami Ichinose nodded to indicate she remembered.
“Then how did you interpret the line ‘the school will deposit points on the 1st of every month’?
Honami Ichinose fell into thought.
Her comprehension wasn’t poor at all; the other party’s meaning must be that the school was playing word games, so the points deposited on the 1st of next month wouldn’t actually be 100,000?
“Think about it carefully—this school not only requires us to pay no tuition, but provides room and board while also giving us a living stipend equivalent to 100,000 yen every month, and after graduation we can even enjoy the privilege of freely choosing prestigious schools and top companies.
The only price is that we simply live obediently at the school for three years… Such an extremely lopsided balance of effort and reward—have you never once doubted it?”
Honami Ichinose was somewhat at a loss for words.
In truth, she had harbored doubts about the 100,000-point matter from the very beginning, but subjectively she had been unwilling to let her thoughts drift toward conspiracy theories.
And now that someone had come knocking and laid the matter bare, and her own homeroom teacher’s ambiguous attitude seemed to tacitly acknowledge the other party’s claims… it was all very… sigh.
“How many points do you plan to sell it for?”
“Two million.
No haggling.” Axel End even made a point of displaying Class A’s transfer record.
Although Honami Ichinose had already vaguely grasped the gravity of the situation, this wasn’t something she could decide on her own, so she could only turn to face the whole class and ask for their opinions.
“What does everyone think—should we buy it or not?
How about we decide by vote?”
“Let’s vote, then.”
Several Class B students who were on good terms with Honami Ichinose stepped up to voice their support.
The other students had no objection to voting either.
The final result was to approve the transaction.
“You’ve made the right choice.”
After Class B completed the transfer, Chie Hoshinomiya immediately handed the paper to Honami Ichinose, telling her to take a photo and post it to the class group chat—but then noticed that the girl seemed to have spaced out?
“Ichinose-san?
Ichinose-san!”
“Ah… Sorry, I was thinking about something…”
Honami Ichinose had indeed spaced out, and the very cause of her distraction was right before her eyes—yet Ms.
Hoshinomiya, who had just been calling out to her, seemed unable to see it.
[Perfect Life System binding in progress…]
[Mission Issued: Exchange contact information with Axel End and invite him to have lunch together]
[Upon completing the mission, you will receive Points, which can be used to exchange for items in the Exchange Store]
[Failing the mission incurs a penalty: complete a one-minute French kiss with Axel End in front of everyone]
For now, let’s tentatively set the update for around eleven in the morning.
Although honestly I’d rather post it in the evening, since I really can’t get up during the day.
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