COTE: Bag And Love System

He recalled the time he had spent today with Kikyo Kushida, the qualities she had shown, her keen observation skills, and her communication skills that allowed her to quickly approach strangers. All of these traits combined confirmed that she was definitely a person with exceptional talent.

　　 But a person like Kushida was assigned to Class D by the school, which can only mean one thing.

　　 The school already knew about her past, and even though they knew that her overall quality was not low, they still assigned her to Class D.

　　"Perhaps the past was very complicated, which led the school to make such a decision."

　　 The boy smacked his lips. He had thought that the new stock to be listed on the stock exchange would be a simple girl like Ichinose Honami who could easily increase the stock price, but he did not expect to know so many things after getting in touch with her.

　　 What hidden face? Why did you ask your classmates to leave school? We're all teenagers, why do you carry so much of the past?

　　 "Forget it. There will always be a way out when you get to class D."

　　 Hashima Hikaru looked at Kushida Kikyo's newly released stock on the system interface. The starting price of her stock was 10 points. He could make a lot of money just by increasing it a little. The boy thought that if he found out that this guy was really a problem in his later contact with Kushida, he could just withdraw his money and run away.

　　 After a while, another idea suddenly occurred to him.

　　 As for Ichinose Honami, Hashima Hikaru has always been her battle partner, and the boy has some feelings for her, so she is unwilling to do anything to lower the stock price. But now that this Kushida-san has appeared, she can try it boldly.

　　[Kushida Kikyo's Shares]

　　[Suggestion for increasing the stock price: Build a trusting relationship, help her hide her past, and let Horikita Suzune drop out of school. ]

　　[Risk of stock price reduction: Frequently contact Horikita Suzune and become her partner or friend. ]

　　"If I first increase her stock price and then approach Horikita Suzune in front of her, will the stock price drop?"

　　 Hashima Hikaru leaned back in his chair and touched his chin. He had to admit that this idea immediately excited him. If the experiment was successful, Kushida Kikyo would be a qualified system fund-draining machine and would definitely produce a lot of gold coins.

　　 "I hope you won't disappoint me. See you on Monday, Kushida-san."

　　 A cheerful smile appeared on the boy's face. After the analysis, he was more excited for the day he would go to Class D.

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　　When the comfortable weekend ended, the second week after the start of school quickly arrived. Hashima Hikaru stayed in the dormitory during the break. Other than chatting with his classmates from Class B on his mobile phone, he didn't want to go out unless there was something important.

　　 After finishing his daily one-hour exercise as usual in the morning, Hikaru Hashima entered the classroom of Class 1-B. He saw Ichinose Honami sitting in her seat at a glance. The girl still had a smile full of energy on her face today, which made people feel better just by looking at her.

　　 "Good morning, Hashima-san!"

　　"Good morning, Ichinose-san," Hikaru Hashima walked to her seat and sat down, then turned to the girl and said, "We should go to Mr. Hoshinomiya's office to print out the contract first, and then go to Class D to sell the rules before school ends this afternoon."

　　"Yes, I've prepared new handwritten rules."

　　 Ichinose nodded and took out a brown notebook from her backpack. This was the task she had taken the initiative to carry out yesterday. After all, the rules that were sold to Class A last time were written by Hashima Hikaru, so she had the responsibility this time.

　　"Before we go to Class D, should we send a message to Kushida-san first?" Ichinose asked Hikaru Hashima for her opinion while holding her phone. Tell her to ask the D class students to stay after school for a while and tell them she has something to announce.

　　 "Did Ichinose-san also come into contact with Kushida-san on Sunday?"

　　 "Yes, I plan to get along with Kushida-san. After all, she is the assistant to the leader of D class, Hirata-san, and has a lot of influence in the class."

　　 Ichinose Honami had a confident look on her face and said naturally, "I received more information from Kushida-san yesterday. Would you like to hear it, Hashima-san?"

　　 "Wow?"

Seeing that the girl has started taking active action, Hashima Hikaru feels a little relieved. It seems that after that tear-filled incident, Ichinose Honami has really grown a lot. She is really taking action without telling him anything, which is really great.

　　 "Then please tell me, Ichinose-san. I am ready."

　　 "Hehehe," the pink-haired girl stared at Hikaru Hashima beside her, her eyes shining with earnestness, "Yesterday, when we were talking about studying, I heard from Kushida-san that there are many students in her class who are very good at studying."

　　 "How exactly is it? Is the total score for the subject very high?"

　　 "Kushida said that sometimes the teacher would ask some difficult questions and no one could think of the answer immediately, but there was one student who could answer it immediately, which impressed her."

　　 "Who is it?"

　　 Hashima Hikaru suddenly thought of something and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

　　 "Kushida-san said her name is Horikita Suzune and she's a very pretty girl."

　　 "..."

　　Is it really her?

　　 The boy reached out his hand and pressed his forehead, confused by Kushida's attitude. Since she wanted him to drop out of school, why did she mention his name to others? Did they have a good or bad relationship?

　　 "Does Hashima-san know about this, Horikita-san?" Seeing the boy's face show an "as expected" expression, Ichinose Honami's heart tightened and she quickly asked.

　　 "No, I don't know her. Why are you asking me that, Ichinose-san?"

　　 Suddenly sensing a change in the atmosphere, Hashima Hikaru immediately explained that he didn't really know the other person and that they had only met once.

　　 "That's good. I thought Hashima-san was hiding something from me."

　　 "Hehe... No way..."

　　When the bell rang, all the students in Class B became serious. Since last week, under Hashima Hiakaru's supervision, everyone got used to focusing on studying, so class time always passes very quickly.

　　 It was soon time to go home for Monday school. Everyone knew that Hashima Hikaru and Ichinose Honami would be going to Class D to sell the rules today, so after the teacher left, the classmates gathered around them.

　　 "Hashima-san, are you leaving already?"

　　 "Yes, we are about to move up to Class D. This is the second step of our point recovery plan."

　　 The boy smiled and took out the contract document he had printed out at noon from his desk. There were forty copies in total, the same as for Class A. He would have everyone in Class D sign them later.

　　 "Come on, Hashima-san. We are waiting for good news from you!"

　　 "I think Hashima-san will succeed. Your abilities are obvious to everyone."

　　 "Good luck, Ichinose-san. I hope you can successfully get the points."

　　 "Yes, everyone, please be calm."

　　 Ichinose Honami nodded to everyone in Class B. Time waits for no one. She had already sent a message to Kushida, so they should go there as soon as possible.

　　"Let's go, Hashima-san."

　　 "OK."

The two of them took the notebook with the rules and a stack of contracts, and walked towards the classroom of Class D under the gaze of the students of Class B.

　　As the last class, the classroom of Class D is some distance away from Class B. Hashima Hikaru and Ichinose walk side by side, becoming a picturesque spot in the hallway at this time when school ends.

　　 When they arrived at the door of Class D, Ichinose was a little nervous, but Hashima Hikaru didn't care. He encouraged the girl beside him with his gaze and entered the classroom with her.

　　 Since they had already contacted Kikyo Kushida in advance, the students of Class D didn't leave at this time. Instead, they just sat in their seats looking around impatiently. After seeing two figures entering the door, everyone looked over there.

　　 "Good afternoon to everyone in class D! I'm Hikaru Hashima from class B, 1st grade."

　　 Hashima Hikaru greeted the classmates in the classroom with a smile. He looked very relaxed. After all, they were all first-year classmates, so how could anyone do anything to him?

　　 "Hashima-san, you're here."

　　 At that moment, when Kushida Kikyo saw Ichinose Honami and Hashima Hikaru entering, she immediately greeted them with a smile on her face.

　　 "Well, good afternoon, Kushida-san."

　　 Ichinose nodded, then walked over and stood next to Hashima Hikaru.

　　 At that moment, a handsome boy walked up to the two of them. He looked at the boy and girl in front of him and asked kindly, "Good afternoon, fellow classmates. I'm Hirata Yosuke from Class D. Just now, Kushida-san asked us to wait for a while after school. So I was waiting for you?"

　　 "Yes, Hirata-san."

　　 Hashima Hikaru nodded towards the other party. It must be said that this boy was quite handsome, with a gentle demeanor and a confident aura. No wonder he was so popular with the girls.

　　 "Can we take up some of your Class D's time? We have something to discuss, so we asked Kushida-san to allow us all to stay."

　　 "I heard from Kushida-san that you have something important to tell us, right? Time is not a problem. I trust Kushida-san's judgment."

　　The boy named Hirata seemed easy to talk to. After hearing what Hashima Hikaru said, he immediately turned around and said to the Class D students in the classroom, "Please look, these two are Kushida's friends and they have something to tell us."

　　 "Is there something we should talk about now? I have club activities to attend, don't make me late!"

　　 A red-haired boy sat in his seat and spoke in an aggressive tone.

　　 After finishing speaking, two more boys followed him.

　　 "Yes, I'm in a hurry to get back to the dorm. I have something important to do."

　　 "Can you two talk faster? Is three minutes enough?"

"Hey, Yamauchi, you're in a hurry to get back to the dorm to play, right? It's okay if you delay for a while," someone complained in a joking tone, and it seemed like they had a good relationship with the boy who spoke.

　　 "You know what? Time is money. I must take every opportunity to get materials that allow me to improve my combat effectiveness."

　　 Seeing that the boys suddenly started gossiping loudly, an embarrassed expression appeared on Ichinose Honami's rosy face. She didn't expect the classmates from Class D to be so cooperative. She looked at the boy beside her with concern in her eyes.

　　 But what surprised her was that although the students from Class D had a bad attitude, Hashima Hikaru still had a smile on his face, as if he didn't care at all.

　　 "Well, can we all just be quiet for a moment?" It won't take long, please trust me.

　　 At that moment, Hirata showed his class leader aura. He looked at Hashima Hikaru, who looked calm, and said to the boys who were making a fuss, "Please stop causing trouble."

　　 After hearing Hirata's speech, the students of Class D calmed down a bit. After all, they had a good relationship with Hirata.

　　 "Hirata-san is amazing. He's worthy of being the class leader."

　　 Hashima Hikaru casually praised and walked to the podium to prepare for his speech.

　　 "Good afternoon, fellow students. Perhaps some of you were absent-minded or didn't even notice that I came in, so I'll introduce myself again."

　　 "My name is Hikaru Hashima and I'm a student of class 1B. It's our first time, so please take care of me."

　　 "If you have something to say, just say it. I'm not interested in your name! Don't waste my time!"

　　 The one who spoke was still the red-haired boy who seemed very impatient. He was tall and had an aura that indicated that someone couldn't be taken lightly.

　　 "Don't worry, fellow. I'll tell you right now."

　　 Hashima Hikaru wasn't angry about his bad attitude, after all, he came here to collect points, and since class D was considered the worst class by the school, the boy naturally had no interest in building friendships with these people, and was fine with people he didn't care about.

　　 "What I want to talk to everyone in class D about is about what makes this school special."

　　Hikaru Hashima naturally took the chalk that the teacher had left on the podium, turned around and wrote these big words on the blackboard, then looked at everyone in Class D and said, "It's been a week since school started. Don't you all feel something unusual at school?"

　　 Before coming to Class D, the boy had conceived a strategy to implement this plan.

　　 Class D is different from the excellent Class A. If you simply show them the contract, they might not believe it and even walk away, which will complicate the situation.

　　 Therefore, Hikaru planned to attract attention with some obvious questions first, then take out the contract, and finally make a transaction based on the rules.

　"Abnormal?"

　　 Hirata and Kushida, who were nearby, looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never expected Hashima Hikaru to say that.

　　 "What abnormality are you talking about? Why didn't I notice?"

　　 The boy who had answered the previous question had a look of disdain on his face, thinking that the classmate in front of him who looked like a cute boy was simply being mysterious.

　　 "Yamauchi-san, please be quiet for a moment and let Hashima-san continue talking." Hirata immediately looked to the other side and signaled for him to be quiet.

　　 "Cut!"

　　 The boy named Haruki Yamauchi muttered something but did not continue to argue.

　　 "Haha, everyone has lived here for a week and should have noticed some unusual settings in the school," Hashima Mitsuru's eyes swept over everyone, his tone calm.

　　 "For example, why are there free products in supermarkets? And why are there vegetable menus in the cafeteria that can be eaten for free?"

　　 "Think about it everyone. Points are given out every month, so why does the school have to set up a guaranteed free option?" The boy smiled. "Isn't this unnecessary?"

　　 "Has Hashima-san found something?"

　　 After thinking for a while, Hirata asked.

　　 "Don't worry, Hirata-san. Let's think about it for a moment. After all, what we're going to do requires the cooperation of all of you."

　　 Hashima Hikaru gently looked at Ichinose beside her, motioning for her to hand over the stack of contracts she was holding in her hand.

　　 "I'll continue talking after everyone has reacted. It's the best way to persuade them."

　　 "But…"

　　Kushida Kikyo was thinking quickly. She didn't know what Hashima Hikaru and Ichinose were planning to do at the moment, but she quickly thought of the situations where she had come into contact with the two of them on Saturday and Sunday.

　　 Are you trying to get information out of me?

　　 Is it just for this scene today?

　　 "What you mean is that some people won't have points to use in the future, right?"