After drawing a picture, Suzune poked the student in front of her again.
Ryouma accepted the note and revealed a satisfied smile.
【Suzune Horikita】
He slowly tore the paper into pieces.
Naturally, he understood that getting Horikita to draw a cute expression was practically impossible.
However, he wasn't so childish that he would engage in meaningless behavior.
If he wanted to control Horikita, he first needed to leave a profound impression on her.
Otherwise, given her personality, he would inevitably become nothing more than a passing acquaintance.
Although the method was a little childish...
'As long as it works, who cares?'
Looking at Horikita's icy gaze, Ryouma calmly handed her the booklet.
Suzune coldly scrutinized the boy sitting in front of her.
However, her attention quickly shifted toward the smartphone-like student ID.
Still...
If the teacher hadn't been explaining the school regulations, Suzune would absolutely have stabbed him with her compass!
Meanwhile, at the podium...
Sae had witnessed everything.
However, she made no attempt to intervene.
Instead, she continued explaining in her usual indifferent tone.
"Personal points are automatically deposited on the first day of every month. By now, each of you should have received an equal amount of one hundred thousand points. One point is equivalent to one yen."
The classroom instantly erupted into noise.
Even Suzune looked somewhat surprised.
An ordinary Japanese high school student received around five thousand yen in monthly allowance.
Even including income from part-time jobs, earning thirty thousand yen a month would already be considered pretty good.
Yet this school was handing every student a hundred thousand yen in spending money!
"Are you surprised by the amount?"
Sae's voice carried a hint of amusement.
"This school evaluates students based on their abilities. The fact that you've been admitted means you all possess that much value. So don't hold back. Feel free to spend your points however you like."
After waiting for a while and seeing that no students had any questions, Sae glanced toward Kiyotaka.
A trace of disappointment appeared in her eyes. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
Then she left the classroom.
Ryouma rubbed his chin, feeling somewhat surprised.
Although the teacher hadn't explained the school's regulations in detail, there were still several obvious clues hidden in her words.
For example...
She had said that points would be deposited on the first day of every month.
However, she had never guaranteed that students would receive one hundred thousand points every month.
It really wasn't difficult to notice the problem!
And yet...
Not a single student in Class D had raised a question.
'Looks like there really is a reason why we were assigned to Class D.'
Ryouma thought to himself.
Every generation of Class D was indeed considerably weaker than the other classes in terms of basic ability.
Sae had clearly intended to use this method of explanation as a test.
"This school is seriously amazing! Where should we go after classes?"
"With all these points, we can buy whatever we want!"
The moment Sae left, the students became excited.
After all, this was the first time most of them had ever possessed such an enormous amount of money.
"Everyone, could I have your attention for a moment?"
A blond-haired boy stood up from his seat.
With a refreshing smile on his face, he turned toward the rest of the class.
"Starting today, we'll all be living and studying together as classmates. So how about we take this opportunity to introduce ourselves? It would be wonderful if we could all become friends."
"Besides, we still have some time before the entrance ceremony. What do you all think?"
Perhaps because he had taken the initiative, his suggestion quickly gained everyone's approval.
The blond boy smiled confidently.
"Since everyone agrees, I'll go first."
"My name is Yosuke Hirata. Feel free to call me Yosuke. I enjoy all kinds of sports, but I'm especially good at soccer. I'm planning to join the school's soccer club. I look forward to getting along with everyone!"
Meanwhile, Ryouma carefully considered every word Hirata had spoken.
Yosuke Hirata.
Back in middle school, one of his childhood friends had suffered from bullying.
However, despite being his friend, Hirata hadn't taken the matter seriously and had chosen to look the other way.
Ultimately, that friend committed suicide.
And yet...
The bullying at school didn't disappear after the incident.
Instead, it grew even worse, eventually spreading to Hirata's own classmates.
In the end...
Faced with bullying that seemed to have no end...
Hirata chose to suppress the entire school's bullying through violence.
His reasoning was simple.
If he inflicted equal suffering on both sides and established himself at the very top of the school's hierarchy, bullying would disappear.
Unfortunately...
Bullying wasn't the only thing that disappeared.
The smiles of every student in the school vanished as well.
Hirata alone stood at the top of the hierarchy.
Everyone else was treated equally.
Whenever an incident occurred, Hirata would inflict the same amount of suffering on both parties.
The once-cheerful students became little more than walking corpses.
They attended school and returned home every day, living under Hirata's terrifying control.
Ryouma quickly noticed something interesting.
Every sentence Hirata had spoken earlier had been phrased as a question.
He had constantly sought everyone's opinions and approval.
Despite appearing cheerful, confident, and socially successful, Hirata was incapable of making decisions on his own.
The student named Yosuke Hirata wasn't simply some excessively kindhearted good guy.
Compared to individual classmates, what Hirata truly cared about was the concept of the "class" itself.
A smile appeared on Ryouma's face.
'Hirata could practically be considered the perfect pawn.'