Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 055: Mother Yosuke Saves the Day! Suzune: Did Someone Steal My Job??

Sakayanagi Arisu was contemplating whether she had become a traitor.

However…

She did notice the gazes of her classmates around her.

Was it because they realized that their current situation couldn’t give them an advantage? Were they now thinking that relying on the steady Katsuragi might not be reliable and wanted Arisu, the more radical one, to lead them?

Did they want Arisu to lead them to pull ahead of the other classes and then be assured?

Arisu understood their thoughts.

But students, the one you were hoping for has already aided the enemy, Hachiman, twice.

From this perspective, it was indeed a little embarrassing.

Arisu thought to herself.

But since it was something she had set up, she should finish it off properly.

And now, the homeroom teacher Mashima had handed over the stage after announcing that the behavioral norms assessment would continue.

Arisu glanced over at Katsuragi. Katsuragi was frowning deeply.

Once the students were divided into the factions of Sakayanagi and Katsuragi, the boundaries became very clear.

Katsuragi’s faction sat closer to the classroom door.

While Sakayanagi’s faction sat by the windows.

Even the classroom desks had been moved into two distinct directions.

Each faction had two rows of desks.

Katsuragi’s faction had 20 members, while Sakayanagi’s faction had 16.

The remaining students, who were neutral, had been pushed to the back.

“May I say something?” After thinking for a moment, Sakayanagi Arisu spoke.

As she said this, she had already stood up, leaning on the desk.

“I don’t think there’s any need to worry.”

“We are Class A students. Whether the exam is open-book or closed-book, we will still score high.”

“But for the other classes, I don’t think they have the same level of self-discipline. Like Class B, even if they know the exam rules, they’ll still lose at least 150 points.”

“So, even if we do nothing, we can still create a gap of nearly 300 points between us and Class B.”

In other words, is Class A still at an advantage?

Yes.

The requirements of the behavioral norms mostly focus on self-restraint, and if students from other classes had this level of self-control, they would have been placed in Class A.

And we’ve only lost 4 points in 6 days.

So, even if this exam continues, we can still score over 950 points.

This score has never been achieved in the history of this school, not even by the most outstanding student president, Horikita-san, from the previous Class A.

So, our highest score is already secured.

But the other classes will only continue to lose points.

“Right now, I still suggest that we don’t do anything, and instead focus on getting the high score that belongs to our class.”

Finally, Katsuragi, the steady one, spoke up.

In other words, Class A would continue to face the exam calmly.

After informing them of this, Sakayanagi Arisu sat back down.

Putting aside the thought that she might be a traitor, Arisu raised her left hand lightly.

Supporting her cheek.

As she had said to Kamuro, even if the closed-book exam becomes open-book… as long as the students don’t self-discipline, their scores will continue to be heavily deducted.

So Hachiman, how will you control your classmates who can deduct 500 points in just five days?

If you want to unite the group, the only way is to become the enemy. So, will you choose to become the enemy of the whole class?

And even if you do that, your classmates won’t listen to you, the enemy, next time.

So, how will you handle such a dilemma?

…

But Hachiman hadn’t done anything yet.

He hadn’t gotten into any trouble.

While Class A had finished their briefing, things weren’t going smoothly for Class D.

Because,

As soon as they learned that next month’s living expenses would not be 100,000 yen, and that the 100% employment and graduation rates were also false…

The students in Class D exploded.

So they couldn’t care less about listening to Chabashira’s explanation of the behavioral norms assessment.

“This… This is too much! This is fraud, this is a scam!”

Immediately, a student protested.

“Yeah, wasn’t it said that entering this school would waive tuition fees, and then that the graduation and employment rates would be 100%?”

Hmm.

These students were focused on that point.

Chabashira, at least, felt a bit relieved inside.

“By the way, next month’s living expenses will only be 48,000 yen. This is barely enough!”

“What should I do? I only have 10,000 points left. I won’t get more until the 1st of next month!”

But quickly, the conversation shifted to this topic.

Because it was related to next month’s living expenses.

Very materialistic, these students from Class D.

Hachiman sat at his desk, noticing that Suzune Horikita beside him had taken out a small notebook and began to write down the important points Chabashira had announced.

Although she had already seen them on his phone, she still diligently wrote them down.

What a serious person.

And Hachiman knew that her private account still had 93,000 points.

Meaning she had over 90,000 points left.

She was very frugal.

Compared to that…

It was the sixth day of school, and after the students received the huge sum of 100,000 points, they immediately began spending, spending, spending, buying, buying, buying.

It wasn’t just the girls; the boys were doing the same.

Various mangas, bought!

Various doujinshi, bought!

Various light novels, bought!

Then there were game consoles, computers, clothes, and all sorts of food, etc.

In short, everyone’s living expenses were quickly running low.

Because they were thinking that they would get another 100,000 points next month, so they were all spending without any restraint.

For example, the little angel, Kushida, bought several kinds of perfumes.

Her funds were probably running low now.

And now,

It turned out that they would only receive points on the 1st of next month, and there would be no 100,000 points but only 48,000 left? That was a direct halving!

“By the way, didn’t the notice say that Hachiman was deducted 50 points?”

Ike suddenly said. “Kushida, you saw that, right?”

“Ah… yeah.” Kushida didn’t expect to be mentioned, and a hint of hesitation appeared on her face.

Because if she brought up the Student Council’s announcement now, Hachiman might be attacked by the classmates.

After all, he had been deducted 50 points.

And these 50 points came from the class. This deduction affected everyone in the class.

As a result, Hachiman had deducted 50 points all on his own.

So, was Hachiman about to fall into a deadlock?

This thought made her hesitate.

But after Ike pointed it out, most of the students turned their attention to her.

At that time, she was with Ichinose, and she was one of the first to notice the Student Council’s punishment announcement for Hachiman.

But given the current situation, she realized she could do nothing to help.

So, she just nodded.

Yeah.

Hachiman understood.

Kushida wasn’t reliable.

Only Suzune was reliable. So Hachiman looked toward Horikita Suzune.

Suzune noticed his gaze.

She seemed to sigh lightly before putting down her pen.

“About this…”

But just as Suzune was about to stand up to intervene, someone else stood up and spoke.

“I’d like everyone to quiet down.”

“First of all, Chabashira-sensei is still in the process of delivering the announcement.”

“Then…”

“I don’t think we should involve Hachiman in this. Although he damaged the camera, if it weren’t for him, would Chabashira-sensei and the others have informed us about the real situation of this school?”

Saying this, Hirata looked toward Chabashira.

Hirata was very popular in the class, and he had helped many people during this time.

As a result, both the boys and the girls trusted him very much.

So everyone turned to look at Chabashira.

Chabashira nodded. “According to past procedures, the notification would have been made on the 1st of next month.”

Hirata seemed relieved and then continued to speak to everyone.

“So, if it weren’t for Hachiman, we might still be in the dark about everything.”

“I think this is Hachiman’s merit. So, we shouldn’t target him. After all, with 1000 points, we have all lost over 400 points in these six days.” Hirata continued, “So, what we should be thinking about now is what to do next.”

Hirata’s argument was reasonable.

At the same time, he directly pointed out that everyone was losing points, and by distributing the responsibility for the 50-point deduction from the broken camera, he spread the blame across the whole class.

Hirata’s words made Ike, who had initially brought up the 50-point deduction, seem a bit embarrassed.

But Hachiman noticed that the girl with black hair and fox-like eyes sitting next to him had been staring at him.

Her gaze was sharp.

It seemed like she was asking:

You already have someone who’s helping you, so why do you keep involving her as well? Isn’t it unnecessary?

But,

It wasn’t like that.

Hachiman’s expression conveyed that message.

Because,

Hirata wasn’t actually someone Hachiman had arranged.