In fact, I can add unlimited points

Shun Aragaki shrugged, seemingly having some reservations about the quality of students admitted to Advanced Education. "Class C in the first year is full of delinquents, and Class D in the first year even has criminals who peep into the women's changing room. Who knows what kind of oddballs will appear in Class C and Class D in the second and third years!"

Before Ichinose could say anything in response to the boy's mocking remarks, Sakayanagi Arisu, the chairman's daughter, immediately blushed.

"Aragaki-kun, regarding the moral vetting of new students, I will make relevant suggestions after my father returns to Advanced Education."

"Prior to this, many faculty and staff members at the school have been doing their jobs faithfully, and I believe they would not have allowed such a heinous act of violence to happen."

Ryuen Sho was able to unify Class C by force, and his biggest advantage came from the protection of their homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma.

But if the victim were Sakayanagi Arisu, then let alone letting things go unchecked, it would be perfectly reasonable for Sakagami to personally get involved in a fight with Ryuen and then help the little princess get her expelled from school.

Therefore, anyone could be threatened by force, but Sakayanagi Arisu had no such worries, unless a student was willing to gamble with his own and his family's future for a moment of pleasure.

After all, given the little princess's physical condition, if she were to get punched, it wouldn't just be a matter of crying; the other person would definitely kneel down and beg her not to die.

“Aragaki-kun,” the silver-haired girl frowned slightly and couldn’t help but ask, “Are you making fun of me again with that expression?”

"Ahem~ This kind of thing is not important."

With a wave of his hand, the leader of Class A resumed his serious demeanor. "In short, if you have any connections, go and investigate more about Class B in the second year. The key to the outcome of my bet with Nan Yunya should lie here."

After saying this, the first thing that came to Aragaki Shun's mind was a figure that looked remarkably similar to Koenji Rokusuke.

The boy remembered that after the pool peeping incident, the other party had promised to owe him a favor.

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.........

Why was Long Yuanxiang able to obtain five million in compensation from Vice President Nan Yun?

The truth hidden inside is actually very simple. With just a little thought, everyone can understand that he must have to pay a price, right?

You know, the only business in this world that requires no capital is...

In the student council office, Shun Aragaki watched with great interest as the gossip on the campus forum intensified.

Although Nan Yunya tried to suppress public opinion, once the story of him lending five million personal points to Long Yuanxiang was exposed, the controversy that should have subsided was like a wild horse that could no longer be controlled.

Perhaps because there were too many people from Advanced Nurturing High School who disliked the other side, anonymous accounts took turns to exert their influence, and various discussions became increasingly heated. Every now and then, one or two brilliant jokes would pop up, making the many onlookers exclaim how wonderful it was.

As the one who created this fun, Shun Aragaki has naturally been paying close attention to the development of the plot on the forum, and now he has even dragged a second-year senior along to enjoy it with him.

"Senior Kiriyama, what do you think was the reason why Nagumo sponsored Ryuu Yuen-sho with such a large sum of personal points?"

"You should know that in addition to the five million, Long Yuan has also been transferred to Class B. In other words, the amount he has spent on this man may even be as high as 25 million personal points."

Without a doubt, Shun Aragaki was exaggerating.

If Nan Yun is of normal intelligence, it is impossible for him to cover all of Long Yuanxiang's transfer fees. It is more likely that he will share the cost with Class B of Grade 1, with each side contributing ten million.

But that didn't stop him from attributing all the expenses to Nan Yun, since neither the other party nor Class 1-B could possibly disclose their transaction to the outside world.

"...Given Nan Yun's temperament, he must want to extend his influence to the first-year students, which is why he's willing to pay such a high price."

Across from Shun Aragaki, a haggard-looking boy with short black hair hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up and sharing his opinion.

This person is named Kiriyama Ikuha. He is a core member of Class 2-B and was recommended to him by Horikita Manabu. He is also one of the people who have been secretly rebelling against Nagumo Masaru.

However, according to the information gathered by Ichinose and Sakayanagi Arisu, this Kiriyama-senpai seems to have some issues with both his abilities and character.

Simply put, he wasn't the true leader of Class B in the second year at first. It was only after the class fell from Class A and the original leader was expelled by Nan Yunya that he stood out from a group of short students and was given the right to lead the remaining students in Class B.

Not long after taking office, this core member of Class B declared his submission to Nagumo and agreed to unconditionally cooperate with all of Nagumo's decisions during the special exam.

According to Horikita Manabu, Kiriyama Ikuha was lying in wait in the shadows. He appeared to be compliant on the surface, but in reality, he had never given up his resistance. Therefore, he took the initiative to contact him, the student council president.

However, after personally reviewing the intelligence, Shun Aragaki was immediately able to confirm—

What do you mean by daring to be angry but not daring to speak out?

Isn't he just a fence-sitter?

254. Zero-point strategy activated; Kiryuin Fuuka makes her appearance.

They're like a reed in the wind, always shifting whichever way the wind blows.

Kiriyama Ikuba in front of me is this type, completely unsuitable for taking on important tasks.

However, from another perspective, such two-faced individuals with wavering stances are also the easiest pawns to manipulate.

Because such people are often loyal not to a particular entity, but to greater strength and greater benefits; they will only follow the victor.

If you demonstrate strength enough and can bring them more benefits, then turning them to your side is quite easy.

“Indeed, Nangumo Masaru wants to use this sports festival to extend his reach to the first-year students, so Class B, which is still fighting hard, is the easiest target for him.”

With his hands crossed and chin resting on his hands, Shun Aragaki calmly stared at the somewhat haggard-looking boy in front of him, the heavy, oppressive feeling gathering in the air growing stronger.

"He spent a lot of personal points to protect Long Yuanxiang and helped him transfer to Class B. These points should have come from the collective savings of all the second-year students, right?"

"By the way, I made a bet with Nagumo Masaru: the losing side of the sports festival has to transfer 15 million to the winner. How many personal points do you think he'll have left after the sports festival ends?"

Upon hearing Shun Aragaki's question, Ikuha Kiriyama's eyes flickered several times, and a jumble of chaotic thoughts arose in his mind.

In the quiet office, the sound of water droplets falling could be heard at some point.

Kiriyama immediately realized what was happening, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve while swallowing hard as he replied:

"Since the second grade was integrated by Nangumo, most of the personal points issued by the school to the four classes, apart from the basic monthly living expenses, have been required to be handed over to his personal account."

"If my calculations are correct, by early September he should have accumulated at least 50 million in savings."

The evaluation scores for all classes in Advanced Training are public, so the number of personal points each person can receive each month is also easy to calculate.

In this way, as long as the living expenses left in the hands of most second-year students are deducted in advance, the total number of points that Nangumo collected from the four classes can be easily calculated.

Of course, there will inevitably be discrepancies in the results of such calculations, because Nan Yunya's confidants not only do not have to hand over their points, but also receive a fairly good monthly reward. Furthermore, some people in Class B, where Tongshan is located, are still unwilling to submit and have not obediently handed over all their personal points.

As a two-faced individual who outwardly obeys Nanono Masaru while secretly contacting Horikita Manabu, and is actually preparing to sell out Class 2-B, Kiriyama's intelligence sources are much broader than imagined. Therefore, his estimate of at least 50 million personal points should be close to the actual situation.

“Fifty million,” Shun Aragaki nodded, then said without wavering, “After the sports festival ends and he transfers back the fifteen million he lost to me, he should have less than twenty million individual points left.”

Nangumo spent at least 15 million yen on Class B of the first year and Ryuen Sho's side. In addition, recruiting several lower-ranked classes in the third year to fight against Horikita Manabu would also require a lot of investment.

Therefore, the 20 million yen surplus mentioned by Shun Aragaki is still an overestimation.

Kiriyama Ikuba had no objection to the calculation result, but after swallowing hard, he couldn't help but raise a question:

"Vice President Aragaki, are you really that confident that we'll win the sports festival?"

"Even if we lose, Nagumo can get fifteen million from you, completely offsetting the effort spent on winning over Class 1-B..."

As he spoke, the man's voice grew softer and softer, until it finally faded away completely under Aragaki Shun's gaze.

Damn it, he'd never been this nervous, not even when facing Chairman Horikita or Nagumo.

What's going on with this first-year student?!

Seeing this, Shun Aragaki naturally wouldn't explain to the other party just how much power a mental attribute of 18 could enhance.

He simply sat calmly in his office chair, occasionally tapping the table with his fingertips, gradually putting pressure on Kiriyama Ikuba.

"First of all, I won't lose. After all, Nagumo is already my defeated opponent, isn't he?"

Kiriyama Ikuha was taken aback, then immediately remembered that when this year's freshmen first entered the university, Aragaki Shun had single-handedly swept through all the competitive clubs that were only for upperclassmen at the time.

He took this opportunity to earn a lot of personal points from the seniors, and Nagumo was so excited that he went to his door to teach this arrogant junior a lesson, but ended up suffering a great defeat.

Therefore, Nagumo was indeed defeated by Aragaki Shun long ago, and the fact remains unchanged even though the two only had a simple track and field match.

A flicker of interest flashed in his eyes; at that moment, Kiriyama Ikuha truly saw hope in resisting that person.

"Secondly, I need you, Class 2-B, to completely obey my commands during this sports festival!"

“I have a strategy, which comes at a high cost, but it can close the gap between Class B of the second year and Nan Yunya’s class in one fell swoop, giving you a chance to be promoted to Class A again.”

"What?!!"

Upon hearing this, Kiriyama immediately became restless and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"That's impossible. The difference in evaluation scores between our class and Class 2A is more than 700 points. Even if we win big in this sports festival, it's impossible to catch up in one go."

More importantly, their opponent is Nan Yunya, and with the strength of Class B in the second year, they have no chance of defeating his class.

If they had that kind of ability, they wouldn't be doing so poorly.

"Are you saying you're planning to mobilize the entire first-year class to support us?"

Seeing Aragaki Shun's confident demeanor, and considering a certain possibility, Kiriyama tentatively asked a question.

If, with Shun Aragaki's help, we can take first place in the winning group and then suppress Class 2A, making them last, the gap between the two classes can immediately be narrowed to 450 points.

But would this first-year representative really be so kind?

It's important to know that, according to the reward and punishment rules of this sports festival, apart from the winning team, the other two grades will have to suffer heavy losses.

Would the other party really be willing to pay such a high price for Class 2B?

Naturally, such a thing is impossible!

"Don't overthink it. What I mean is that you should be prepared to risk all your class evaluation scores and find a way to drag Nan Yun's class down to the zero-score hell."

A cold smile played on Aragaki Shun's lips as he casually sketched a cruel scene before Kiriyama Ikuha's eyes.

"According to the rules of the sports festival, once the entry forms are submitted, during the official competition, if any person misses a competition, their class will have 1 point deducted from their class evaluation score."

"Once the first two events are over and it's confirmed that Nan Yunya's class will be the top-ranked second-year student, you can lead everyone in your class to ambush the students in Class 2A and force them to miss the sports festival."

"As a result, as the first in the losing group, and with a large number of members absent from the competition, Class 2A will have at least 700 class evaluation points deducted after the sports festival ends."

At Advanced Educational High School, raising class evaluation scores is a very troublesome task, and most of the time the only hope is to rely on special exams set by the school.

Conversely, it is extremely easy to deduct all the evaluation points from an opposing class.

As long as one dares to inflict heavy damage on the enemy while sacrificing a thousand of one's own, even a D class full of flawed students could drag the top A class down to hell before the zero-point tactic is banned by the school through rules.

"Abandoning all class evaluation scores and dragging Nan Yunya's class down into the zero-score hell... Is it even possible to do that?"

Kiriyama Ikuba felt somewhat incredulous that Aragaki Shun had actually come up with such an extreme strategy.

But thinking about it carefully, if the other party's arrangement could really be realized, Class A of Grade 2 might really be dragged down by them.

First, the first place in the losing group will have 400 class evaluation points deducted.

Then, during the sports festival, if any student misses a competition, their class will lose 1 point in the class evaluation score.

It's important to know that there are a total of 13 test events in the sports festival. Class 2A currently has 35 students. If none of them can participate after submitting their participation forms, in extreme cases, they might even lose 455 points.

Of course, this is the theoretical maximum score. Because one or two projects need to be left so that Nan Yunya can get first place in the second year, this value will definitely not be maximized. Normally, deducting 300 points from them would be considered a lot.

As a result, first 400 and then 300, after one sports festival, the evaluation score of Class 2A will drop by 700.

It must be said that because students are expelled from time to time, the evaluation scores of the four second-grade classes are not high.

Kiriyama Ikuha's Class B score was just over 700, while Nagumo Masaru's Class A score was just over 1400. If Aragaki Shun's plan succeeds, it would be equivalent to evaporating half of the second-year Class A's evaluation score in one go.

"That's it! After the sports festival ends, you organize everyone in the class to ambush the students in Nan Yunya's class and force them to skip class with you. Then all the evaluation scores of Class 2A will be reset to zero."

Kou can go, so can I!

Previously, Nagumo Masayuki had Ryuen Sho use this move against the first-year students, so Aragaki Shun naturally had to retaliate in kind.

The behavior test in the first month of school showed that the school actually cares a lot about the most basic things, such as class attendance and small movements in class.

Even though it's not as strict as during exams, openly violating student duties will still result in a deduction of class evaluation points.

In short, as long as Class 2B and Nangumo Masaru break ties, even if the points deducted in the Sports Festival are not ideal, they can still drag Class 2A into hell by using the zero-point tactic after two more days.

"This..." Kiriyama Ikuha swallowed hard, and had to admit that he was really tempted. However, the imposing presence of Nanonuma Masako made him seem somewhat indecisive.

"Nagamo is still the vice president of the student council. What if those guys from Class 2-A complain to the student council...?"

Shun Aragaki said dismissively, "President Horikita and I are both here. As long as you don't start a violent conflict, what's the big deal about such a small matter?"

"You just need to find some suitable reasons, such as making friends, looking for something, or seeking relationship advice, to stop them and make them late for class."

Nagumo Masayuki is indeed the vice president of the student council, but so is Aragaki Shun.

Apart from that, Horikita Manabu, as the student council president, is the one who truly steers the student council. As for conflicts and contradictions between different classes, as long as they are not too serious, they are usually handled by Tachibana Akane, the secretary.

It's important to understand that student council processes take time and go through procedures; they can't simply believe everything the appellant says.

During the investigation and evidence collection process, even a slight delay of a few days would be enough to completely reset the evaluation scores of Class 2A.

"Of course, the school cannot tolerate the continued existence of such tactics that ignore the gap in strength and result in mutual destruction. Once you make a big fuss, the student council will have to cooperate with the school to revise the rules."