After leaving behind a way to contact him, Axel End walked off without looking back, taking Suzune Horikita with him as they left Class C.
As for issuing a task to Hiyori Shiina, there was no need to rush—the library NPC could be found in the library anytime, after all.
Of course, the main reason was that his ability had leveled up, and he wanted to see what had changed.
[Host: Axel End]
[Core Ability: Master’s Task (Lv.2)]
[Experience Points: 0/100]
[Current Assignable Task Targets: 7 (Suzune Horikita, Kikyō Kushida, Kei Karuizawa, Airi Sakura, Hiyori Shiina, Honami Ichinose, Arisu Sakayanagi)]
[Current Task Assignments Available: 3/5 (refreshes daily at 00:00; if a task goes uncompleted, it doesn’t count toward the total)]
[Points Held: 200]
The biggest surprise, naturally, was that the number of tasks he could issue each day had increased—from 3 to 5.
There wasn’t much to say about the Experience Points.
Sure, they’d doubled, but until he saw the requirement for Lv.3 → Lv.4, he couldn’t really make any judgment.
But even if it doubled every single time, it honestly didn’t matter.
Three years was more than enough time for him to roll this snowball into something huge.
The Points balance was correct, too.
The 400 left over from yesterday, plus the 100 Points Arisu Sakayanagi had just contributed, and Honami Ichinose’s 200 Points—minus the 500 Points he’d spent before heading to Class C—left exactly 200.
No problems there.
“That said, going around handing out tasks face-to-face, one person at a time every single day, is still way too much of a hassle.
It’d be great if a future upgrade granted me the authority to issue daily tasks remotely—maybe even weekly and monthly ones.”
Axel End went straight to making wishes.
The two of them walked back toward Class D along the way.
Unlike the self-discipline and orderliness of Classes A and B, quite a few students in Class D still hadn’t shown up to the classroom by now.
He and Suzune Horikita were late because they’d been off taking care of actual business.
But everyone else?
Not even worth commenting on.
“What do you plan to do next?”
After witnessing the reactions of three classes’ worth of teachers and students with her own eyes, Suzune Horikita had come to fully understand Axel End’s intentions.
He was using this piece of information to secure personal gain.
With this one round, Axel End had raked in a straight 6 million points—and if he made a few more trips like this later on…
Axel End didn’t bother paying particular attention to Suzune Horikita’s reaction.
Faced with her question, he merely pulled out his phone.
First he glanced at the seven-digit balance figure—the profit from this operation.
Although on the surface the information had been provided by Suzune Horikita, and both sentiment and reason dictated he ought to give her at least a cut, this was precisely the first lesson he was teaching her.
These 6 million were the tuition fee for that lesson.
Then, he began to type.
[At lunch break, go find Sae Chabashira and spend money to buy several anonymous accounts.
Once Class C’s points have been transferred, use one account to leak the contents, then use the other accounts to post a few comments and stir up the momentum.]
Judging by the plot of the original story, if you started out in Class D, the first month might seem like a time when you could do a great deal—but in truth you could also choose to do absolutely nothing.
Because even if you reduced the loss of class points early on so you wouldn’t end up dropping to zero, in terms of results it still wasn’t as good as pulling off a “place yourself in a fatal position and fight your way back to life” maneuver. Get faster updates on novelping dot com.
After all, the barefoot man has nothing to fear from the man in shoes.
But if it could be avoided, there was really no need to play things quite so extreme—there were surely more solutions than there were difficulties.
Of course, the main reason was that Class D had no shortage of easy prey.
If the whole class collapsed into ruin, that would be rather troublesome too.
[Once you’ve done all this, just sit tight and wait until the 1st of next month.]
Axel End set down his phone.
There was only one thing he’d come to this school to do—to conquer the beautiful girls he liked.
Selling information was just a convenient side gig, because so many actions in this school required points.
Whether ascending to Class A on his own or simply enjoying life, this stuff was naturally the more the better.
Right now, he’d flipped the table ahead of schedule.
Once the beautiful girls of all four classes fell into a chaotic melee, he’d be able to fish in troubled waters all the more effectively—and then, in the manner of slowly boiling a frog in warm water, he’d use the system to gradually mold them into shapes that couldn’t live without him.
“Truly, it’s the influence of this improper system that has led someone as upright and pure as myself to harbor such wicked thoughts.”
Axel End sighed and resolved to crank up the intensity.
Up to this point, the tasks he’d issued had all been fairly proper and simple.
That was mainly to scatter bait and reel in the fish, of course—but it really was about time he started introducing some more stimulating maneuvers.
So who to pick as the target?
Airi Sakura, naturally.
In the original work, Ayanokoji merely helped fill out her personal profile once and dealt with an extremely creepy, perverted stalker fan—and that was practically enough to make this beautiful girl utterly devoted to him.
Then, during one exam, she voluntarily chose to withdraw from school in accordance with Ayanokoji’s request.
It was infuriating to watch, but considering some of the plot developments that came afterward, Axel End also felt that Airi Sakura withdrawing early was actually a good thing.
However, none of that would come to pass now.
Because Brother Axel had arrived.
This kind of sweet girl, whose eyes and even whose whole mind were filled with nothing but you—he loved her far too much.
No matter what era you dropped her into, she’d count as an endangered, near-extinct species.
If you won’t cherish her, then he will.
[Target: Airi Sakura]
[Task Issued: Exchange contact information with your deskmate, Axel End]
[Task Reward: 50 Points]
At this moment.
From Axel End’s point of view, Airi Sakura, seated to his right, was very faintly trembling—clearly a reaction from having been startled by the Task Panel.
It was all within expectations.
He knew that, with a social anxiety as severe as Goto Ichiri’s, it was highly unlikely Airi Sakura would strike up a conversation with him on her own.
Naturally, this task was one he’d have to initiate himself.
“Sakura, you look like you might not be feeling well.
Do you need to go to the infirmary and get checked out?”
Airi Sakura’s body gave a sudden violent jolt.
It wasn’t that no one had ever spoken to her on the first day of school, but because of her personality, it had ultimately reached the point where nobody was willing to talk to her at all.
Take right now, for instance—she clearly wanted to respond to this boy, yet the words caught fast in her throat right when they reached her lips.
“Relax, don’t be nervous.”
“Here, take a deep breath along with me.” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Different personalities called for different approaches.
With someone of Suzune Horikita’s type, you couldn’t afford to indulge them.
But with a girl of Airi Sakura’s type…
Ayanokoji had already provided the strategy guide.
Under Axel End’s patient guidance, Airi Sakura was finally able to force out a few words.
“S-sorry…”
“It’s fine, I understand.
There really are people like you, Sakura, who aren’t so good at communicating with others.”
Keeping his voice gentle in tone, Axel End took out his phone and gave it a little wave.
“This might be a bit forward of me, but may I exchange contact information with you, Sakura?”
“Y-you can!”
How could Airi Sakura possibly refuse?
She wanted a friend so, so badly!
Amid the girl’s flurry of clumsy fumbling, Axel End successfully exchanged contact information with her.
“We’re friends now~”
“If there’s ever anything you need help with, just say the word.
Friends helping each other out is a perfectly normal thing.”
Such a claim was naturally rather one-sided, but for someone like Airi Sakura—socially anxious, chronically lonely, and severely starved of affection—it rang true.
People tend to deeply cherish the things that are hard to come by.
And for Airi Sakura, this Axel End was precisely a hard-won “treasure.” Naturally, she took these words of his very seriously to heart.
“I-I understand.
I’ll speak up.”
But even as she said this aloud, a thought entirely to the contrary arose in Airi Sakura’s heart.
Of course, this wasn’t because she was being insincere.
Rather, it was because of that thing which had suddenly appeared before her eyes—something no one else could see—
[Task Complete]
[Task Reward: Host gains 50 Points]
[System Exchange Store now unlocked]
Within the so-called System Exchange Store, Airi Sakura saw something that might just be able to help her overcome her own personality issues—
[Personality Awakening Serum: After consumption, gives birth to an idealized personality.
Points required for exchange: 10,000]
[Note: The awakened personality will form a symbiotic relationship with the host personality.
Please use with caution.]
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