Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 058: If We Have to choose someone to Drop Out, Then We Choose Koenji!

Facing Karuizawa’s doubt…

“If it’s just the rules listed by Chabashira-sensei, I’ve followed them all,” Horikita Suzune said calmly. “I can confirm that I haven’t lost a single point, and as for you all… After just a few days, you’ve already lost so many points. Your performance is what’s truly shocking.”

These words might have been sincere.

But they were a manifestation of her lack of emotional intelligence, and yet the impact was extremely strong.

“Hey, that’s too much, Horikita!”

“Yeah, how can you say something like that, Horikita?”

“I didn’t lose that many points…”

Even the students who had been quiet until now suddenly spoke up.

They started attacking Horikita.

But Horikita Suzune remained calm, her expression unchanged.

She seemed like a person standing in the rain without an umbrella.

This made Hachiman start to think.

Actually…

A role that can unite a group is the appearance of an enemy.

To attack that enemy, even a team that wasn’t united at first can come together.

But Hachiman didn’t assign Horikita to play that role. What he had asked her to do was to help deflect the students’ attack on him regarding the points deduction.

And he had also prepared methods for later restraining the students.

However, just with a few words, Horikita had completely stood on the opposite side of the students.

Was it her bravery, or was it her lack of emotional intelligence that made her stand out?

It couldn’t be denied, though, that she wasn’t wrong.

The fault lay with the class.

Like Class 1-B in their first year; despite not knowing the rules of the school at all, after a few days, they still had over 800 points remaining. This indicated that normal students should be like that.

Not like Class D, which lost several hundred points right away.

“Regarding this…” Hachiman stood up as well.

“I also want to have living expenses next month, and I hope to earn at least 400 points in the class evaluation.”

“So, I hope everyone can try their best to follow the rules and avoid losing points,” Hachiman said.

“This is impossible!”

Immediately, a student tried to rebut Hachiman.

Because now the class evaluation points had dropped to only 480.

In other words, to keep 400 points, they could only afford to lose 80 points in the next 25 days.

Hey, hey, hey.

Only a few points per day?

How could that possibly happen!

“Everyone, please stop!”

Hirata quickly stood up again to try to ease the tension.

He had noticed that the atmosphere in the class had become lively, but it was developing in a bad direction.

“Then let’s make an agreement,” Hachiman said. “Everyone contributes 10,000 points.”

“Then we’ll all put them with Chabashira-sensei. And we’ll use them on the 1st of next month.”

“Eh!”

“What does that mean?” The classmates were confused.

Even Kushida looked over in confusion.

Based on Hirata’s earlier explanation and Chabashira-sensei’s confirmation, she had already figured out that Hachiman’s actions—like breaking the camera—were likely because he had discovered the true nature of the school. He was using this method to make the class evaluation points appear in front of everyone’s eyes.

If viewed from this perspective, Hachiman was indeed contributing to the class.

What he wanted to do was remind the students that we don’t have much left in terms of points to lose.

So, we need to save.

Everyone should work hard together, and so on.

However, now, Kushida seemed to sense something unusual in the air.

“From today until the 31st of this month,” Hachiman said. “Pay the points to Chabashira-sensei, let her supervise, and then wait until the 1st of next month for her to announce the point deductions for each student.”

“Because I don’t trust you all,” Hachiman continued. “At that time, the person with the most deductions will be punished.”

“Hachiman-kun!”

The voice that had just supported Hachiman, Hirata, now turned stern.

“We are all part of a collective, there’s no distrust here, or rather, we all trust you,” Hirata said.

But that might not necessarily be true, Hirata-kun, Hachiman thought to himself.

“In other words, I think that the motivational method can’t restrain the class, so it’s better if it’s turned into a punishment system,” Hachiman continued.

At this moment, a boy with golden hair sitting in the back row, in front of Sakura, suddenly spoke up.

“Interesting proposal, maybe it could be useful.”

“But I don’t want to participate.”

This boy had a unique appearance, with a rugged, almost Western-European look. His golden hair and crimson eyes stood out.

Rather than being muscular, his build could be described as aesthetically fit.

He had a unique sense of beauty in his muscularity.

And he was holding a small mirror, gazing at his own face, seemingly enamored by his appearance, which made him rather narcissistic.

Almost as soon as the boy started speaking, Kushida, sitting in the front row, suddenly said:

“Koenji-kun, why are you saying such things? Isn’t it better to cooperate with everyone?” Kushida asked.

This directly addressed Koenji’s name.

After all, although it was the sixth day of school, there were still some classmates whose names weren’t fully known.

Some students were still unfamiliar with the boy who suddenly spoke up.

But now that a classmate mentioned his name, everyone’s attention shifted to him.

It seemed like Kushida didn’t like Koenji very much.

Hachiman observed quietly.

“I’m not interested in your so-called efforts to save on living expenses,” Koenji said indifferently. “If you have money, just spend it. If you don’t have money, the school provides some free meals.”

“Just eat those when the time comes.”

“And as for the so-called dream of retaining class evaluation points to get into Class A, I think it’s better to give up on it sooner rather than later.”

“Horikita-san, Hachiman-kun.”

Koenji said. “I don’t think you can achieve it.”

“After all, look at this class.”

Koenji continued, then raised his small mirror to admire his face again.

“…” Hachiman.

Hmm.

Koenji had a unique perspective—he could see through the illusion of saving living expenses. It was just a smokescreen.

The real intention was to retain the class evaluation points for Class A.

But…

“Koenji! What do you mean by that? What do you mean ‘look at this class’—aren’t you part of it too!”

Sitting to Koenji’s right, a red-haired boy named Sudo immediately became upset.

But this anger likely wasn’t a result of the present situation, but from yesterday’s PE class, when Koenji’s swimming performance had outdone Sudo, who prided himself on his physical prowess.

It made Sudou realize the gap between him and Koenji.

So Sudo remembered.

But continuing to argue like this wouldn’t be good.

Therefore…

“Since you choose to refuse cooperation, Koenji-kun, would you consider dropping out?” Hachiman suddenly stood up and said. “Or, if our class has to have a dropout, can we all choose you to drop out for the whole class?”

“…” X40

All 39 students, including the class Chabashira-sensei, focused their attention on Hachiman.

Chabashira felt that this year’s Class D was different from the last.

She had misjudged.

This class’s troublemakers just kept coming.

Their offensive power was formidable.

And even Horikita, who had initially dismissed the whole class, didn’t seem so prominent anymore.