In fact, I can add unlimited points

The three classes together have a total of 118 students. Excluding the leader of Class A, the remaining 117 students can obtain 20,000 personal points from him after the mixed training camp exam by holding an IOU.

After all, Shun Aragaki wasn't the kind of odd leader who "makes the horse run but doesn't let it eat grass." Since his subordinates were willing to follow orders, he was naturally willing to share some of the spoils after the task was completed.

Each of the 117 students has 20,000 points, totaling only 234 million points. For him, who now holds the reins of the first-year class, that's a drop in the ocean.

Starting in January, the Karuizawa class had 120 million yen, the Ibuki class had 200 million yen, and the Katsuragi class had 380 million yen. The debt of just the three classes amounted to 700 million yen.

In addition to Kazuma Sakagami's monthly income of 20 yen, class salary of 10 yen, and manuscript fee exchange limit of 56 yen, after deducting apartment rent, the monthly income of the Class A leader alone has increased to 776 million personal points.

During the winter break, he spent 800 million to purchase external communication rights, but after selling the paid time through a welfare event, he quickly recovered more than 1000 million personal points.

Therefore, Shun Aragaki really didn't care much about the mere 234 million yen in interest. After all, once he had redeemed all the IOUs, he would still have a huge amount of savings of nearly 110 million yen left.

Only by combining kindness and severity can orders be obeyed. Shun Aragaki did not want to be labeled as selfish and ungrateful for such a trivial benefit.

It was obvious that many first-year students were quite surprised by the actions of the Class A leader.

But they quickly realized what was happening, and led by a relatively poor group from Class C and Class D, they immediately erupted in exceptionally excited and enthusiastic cheers.

"Oh oh oh—Long live the boss!!"

"Aragaki-san Eternity!!"

"Haha, getting a lot of personal points without doing anything is just amazing!"

Several boys threw their scarves into the air, their excited shouts rising in waves.

The girls around Shiho Manabe and Megumi Karuizawa also had their eyes light up. For the lower-ranked class, 20,000 personal points was a considerable sum of money, enough for them to buy more cosmetics or pretty clothes.

"Indeed, you still have to follow the right person. Back when Long Yuan was still in Class C, what kind of life did we live? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that we went hungry for three days and eight meals a day."

Amid the cheers, someone made a rude remark, causing the red-haired delinquent from Class B to clench his fists, his nails digging into his palms, as if he had an urge to punch someone.

Seeing this, Katsuragi Yasuhira took a step forward, fearing that his companion might lose his temper and cause trouble.

Unfortunately, although the bald man acknowledged Long Yuanxiang's abilities, the other party's image as a delinquent leader who liked to resort to violence was also deeply ingrained.

Beside them, Totsuka Yahiko's eyes were dark, and he gritted his teeth: "...That's B-Class's money, all of which was stolen from us!"

They just forced their class to sign an unequal treaty, and then they divided the spoils right there on the spot. These bastards are infuriating!

The rest of Class B, both boys and girls, had ashen faces, but could only watch helplessly as the crowd cheered on the other side.

The cold winter wind blows, and the gloom in my heart settles into a deep chill, making me feel more and more stifled the more I think about it.

"What a clever trick of using someone else's flowers to present to Buddha..."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji murmured softly, his expressionless face revealing no emotion.

From his perspective, Shun Aragaki's methods were actually quite simple: he simply made Class B the lowest-ranking enemy, and then used a combination of kindness and coercion to force the three classes to become a community of interests to some extent—a community of interests that united to bleed Class B dry.

However, the simpler and more blatant a scheme is, the harder it is to crack.

Without a doubt, they are now completely isolated and surrounded by the other three classes, and the difficulty of secretly recruiting pawns from Class C and Class D is probably comparable to climbing to the sky.

To put it bluntly, the entire first grade probably assumes that Class B is the lowest level... Even if their class evaluation score is still only after Class A, it won't change most people's perception.

This is a really troublesome situation. Is the only option to humble ourselves, wait for the right time, and accept our fate?

.........

The victor should thoroughly humiliate the loser!

After most of the students from the three classes had calmed down, Shun Aragaki led the first-year boys back to the gymnasium to prepare for setting up suitable groups.

We can't keep dragging this out until the last minute. It would be ridiculous if every class lost 200 points for this reason.

"There are only 76 boys in the first grade. According to the exam rules, if the total number of students in the grade is between 70 and 80, the number of students in a group will be limited to 9 to 14."

Ryuji Kanzaki frowned, feeling that the current situation made grouping people into teams rather difficult.

It should be noted that, due to its unique admissions mechanism, Advanced Education has specifically adjusted the male-to-female ratio of each cohort of new students.

Normally, each class at the beginning of the school year should consist of 20 boys and 20 girls, and the entire grade should ideally have 80 boys and 80 girls.

However, after more than ten class transfers in the first grade, coupled with the withdrawal of four students due to the swimming pool and changing room peeping incident, the male-female composition of each class has suddenly become extremely chaotic.

First, in Class A, with the addition of 8 students including Hiyori Shiina, Meiyu Wang, and Masumi Kamuro, the total number of students has increased to 48, including 21 boys and 27 girls.

After losing Arisu Sakayanagi, Masumi Kamuro, Miki Yamamura, Hayato Kito, and Ai Morishita, Class B welcomed Rokusuke Koenji, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, and Sho Ryuen, leaving 38 students in the class, including 22 boys and 16 girls.

Class C lost both Hiyori Shiina and Sho Ryuen, leaving 38 students remaining, including 19 boys and 19 girls.

In the final D class, Koenji, Wang Meiyu, Horikita Suzune, and Ayanokouji voluntarily transferred to another class and ran away, while the four who took the photos were forced to drop out of school because of their crimes. But none of this changed the fact that they only had 32 members left, including 14 boys and 18 girls.

"According to the rules of this exam, if Class A wants to gain the most benefit, it needs to form two groups with Class A as the core and composed of members from the four classes. Then, let the class members take charge and win the first and second place in the final result."

Looking around at the many first-year boys waiting for his instructions, Shun Aragaki directly presented the plan that would maximize the benefits for Class A.

也就是两个由11A+1B+1C+1D总共14人搭建的小组。

However, while Class A gets the meat, the two subordinate classes at least have to leave some soup, and the remaining punishment can be given to Class B, their rival class.

After a moment's thought, Shun Aragaki quickly made a group decision.

First, determine the prerequisites:

——【男生组所有成员为21A+22B+19C+14D，而小组人数会被限制为9至14人。】

Then there are the specific pairings of the six groups:

—【Group 1: 11A + 1B + 1C + 1D;】

—【Second group: 6A+1B+4C+3D;】

——【Group 3: 1A+1B+7C+5D】

——【Group 4: 1A+7B+3C+3D】

——【Group 6: 1A + 5B + 3C + 1D】

——【Group 6: 1A + 6B + 1C + 1D】

The above six groups are precisely the group rankings that Shun Aragaki is aiming for.

Each member of the top three will receive rewards in terms of class evaluation points and personal points, with a multiplier effect.

In order to maximize his gains from this special exam, Shun Aragaki naturally had to fill the first three groups with students and also allocate more students from Class A, Class C, and Class D.

The three groups that will be punished can simply give most of their spots to Class B.

As for why Shun Aragaki assigned one A-class student to each of the last three groups... he naturally had to send his trusted confidants to keep a close eye on the situation of each group in case anything unexpected happened.

It is worth mentioning that Rokusuke Koenji, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, and Sho Ryuen were assigned to Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 respectively by him, and were also the only Class B members in their respective groups.

The implication is clear: as long as they don't cause trouble in this mixed training camp exam, Shun Aragaki won't specifically target the three of them, since there's no risk of expulsion for those in the top three groups.

But if he discovers that these three guys are up to no good in the dark, then don't blame him for instructing the team members to deliberately fail the test, and as the person in charge, dragging them down with him.

"Kanzaki, you'll be in charge of Group Six. Shibata, go to Group Five. Watanabe, go to Group Four. If any of these three groups run into trouble, just find a suitable excuse and drag one of the lucky B-class students down with you."

Upon hearing this undisguised threat, all the boys in Class B remained expressionless, seemingly having completely accepted reality.

This special exam, in which all 12 classes in the school participate and compete in terms of financial resources, was something their class simply couldn't compete with.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have had to lie flat the whole time, letting Aragaki Shun arrange the specific grouping methods.

There's no other way; fully cooperating can at least reduce some of the losses.

At least, Shun Aragaki did not fill the fifth and sixth groups, which were planned to be punished, allowing Class B to retain a considerable number of class evaluation scores and individual points.

Otherwise, with the three classes deliberately targeting them, no one could guarantee that their group wouldn't end up in last place and be dragged down with them by one of the leaders.

Class A has plenty of personal points, and they can easily get rid of the expulsion penalty by just spending a portion of their savings. Class B, on the other hand, is so poor that they are completely unqualified to compete with them in this regard.

314. Taking control of the second grade; secretly entering and leaving the girls' school building.

The six groups for first graders have been assigned.

Normally, everyone can go back to their dormitories now and have free time, and then discuss the setup of the large group with the senior students at 8 pm.

But Shun Aragaki was an efficient person. Seeing that the second and third year students had already completed their groupings, he simply led everyone to the assembly point in a large group.

"It seems that we first-year students were a bit slow this time. We apologize for keeping you all waiting."

Aragaki Shun walked up to Horikita Manabu and looked around at the group of senior leaders with great interest.

Leaving aside the third grade for now, the six groups that emerged from the second grade are quite obvious, with four of them built around the four classes.

Similar to the first group in the first grade, the main body consists of 11 members from the class, and one member from each of the other three classes is recruited from other classes.

As for the remaining two groups, they were composed entirely of surplus members from the four second-year classes, namely the mediocre group and the leftover group with little combat power.

It is obvious that the competition in the second grade is much fiercer than that in the first grade.

For example, the original Class C wanted to keep their Class A position, the original Class D longed to go further, and both the Kiriyama Class and the Nagumo Class had fallen from Class A. Their dream was to regain everything they had once had.

So after some debate, all four classes unanimously chose the option that maximized their benefits.

Of course, some of these orders were given by Shun Aragaki to Kiriyama's class.

"How about we start building the team now? That way we won't have to come back again tonight."

Horikita Manabu nodded in agreement with the first-year leader's suggestion, clearly sharing the same sentiment; otherwise, the second and third-year students wouldn't have been waiting there.

It's important to know that quite a considerable amount of time passed between Aragaki Shun instructing the three classes to isolate Class B and Ayanokouji, Katsuragi, and the others giving in.

"Yes. We do it this way too; it's more convenient."

With both the former and current student council presidents having stated their positions, others naturally had no choice but to agree to such a trivial matter.

Then Shun Aragaki became completely unreserved: he controlled all six groups of first-year students, and it was impossible to bypass him if the three grades wanted to work together to build the large group.

Therefore, he directly asked Horikita Manabu which third-grade groups he could control, and was told that there were three third-grade groups: Class A, Class D, and Class AD.

Just like the information Shun Aragaki had previously obtained, this former student council president not only directly controlled Class 3-A, but also indirectly influenced Class 3-D, who had given up the competition.

The remaining options are Class B and Class C of Grade 3 teaming up to launch an attack on Horikita Manabu's class, hoping to make a final push in the last few minutes.

After understanding the situation, the boy no longer hesitated and simply put the third grade A group together with the first grade group 1, the third grade AD group together with the first grade group 2, and the last third grade D group directly to the first grade group 6.

"Let's work together, Horikita-senpai. I hope we can cooperate to get first and second place in this special exam."

Looking at the large number of first-year A class students in the first and second groups of first-year students, Horikita Manabu smiled and nodded slightly. He couldn't be more satisfied with this situation of strong alliance and almost securing victory.

Of course, while some are happy, others are furious.

For example, there's the case of Ishikura, the leader of Class B in the third year, and Ninomiya, the leader of Class C in the third year, who watched helplessly as the two student council presidents joined forces to try and determine the top three in the exam in advance.

Indeed, in their view, Shun Aragaki's arrangement was not only aimed at the top two, but also guaranteed the third place.

After all, there are a lot of B-class students in the sixth group of the first year. Just looking at the surface data, the numbers are not too bad. Not to mention that Shun Aragaki later thought of throwing the Kiriyama group of the second year into it as well.

Even the third-grade D class that was assigned there thought so, so they happily accepted the arrangement.

But who would have thought that this large group was actually the last one in Shun Aragaki's plan?

“Wait a moment, Student Council President Aragaki,” Ishikura, the leader of Class 3-B, stepped forward, “Even if you and Horikita are on good terms, you shouldn’t place too much emphasis on personal relationships in this special exam that involves a large number of class evaluation scores…”

After glancing at the guy who had suddenly appeared and was rambling on about nonsensical things, Shun Aragaki had no intention of wasting any time on him. He then invited the former Class C of the second year to join the first group of the first year, and the former Class D of the second year to join the second group of the first year.

The former readily agreed, while the latter hesitated—they actually preferred to replace the original Class C of the second year, but faced with Aragaki Shun's assertiveness, they ultimately accepted the arrangement.

In this way, the three large groups were completed under everyone's watchful eyes.

Anyone with eyes can see that the large group formed by the first-year group led by Shun Aragaki, the third-year group A led by Manabu Horikita, and the second-year group C (who served as an accessory) is definitely the strongest team to win first place in this exam.

Then the second place will be the group containing the first grade second group, the third grade AD group, and the original second grade D group.

As for the combined strength of Grade 1 Group 6, Grade 2 Tongshan Group, and Grade 3 Class D Group... this group is not bad on the surface, and in the eyes of others, it is fully qualified to compete for third place.

According to the leaders of the second year, Aragaki Shun probably chose the strategy of guiding the original Class C, the original Class D, and the Kiriyama Class to work together to attack the Nagumo Class.

To this end, he even gave the top two spots in the second year to the original C class and the original D class, leaving only the Kiriyama class to take third place... The other party had done the same thing in the last special exam in the second year, and even took the opportunity to make the Nagumo class fall to the bottom D class.

Having already experienced this once, the leaders of both classes were very familiar with it, and naturally had no reason to refuse this plan that would maximize their class's interests.

Now all three second-grade classes have expressed their support, leaving only the Nan Yun class, which is struggling alone and has no reason to oppose it.

Soon, Shun Aragaki assigned the remaining three second-grade groups to the third, fourth, and fifth first-grade groups.

After this step, only three groups from Grade 3 Class B and Grade 3 Class C have not yet joined a larger group.

Only then did the student council president have the leisure to turn his gaze to the leaders of the two classes, and then calmly uttered a sentence:

"Choose one. There are three large groups that are still short of people. You can choose any one of them."

"However, I need to remind you that there is a time limit for setting up the group. You don't want to end up like Class B in the first year, where the school deducts class evaluation points for a major mistake before the exam has even officially started, do you?"