In fact, I can add unlimited points

Although changing policies frequently is a serious taboo for those in power, it is still better than stepping down immediately after the exam.

Not to mention, if Aragaki Shun really managed to create the huge mess of giving every first-year student a protection point, the highly developed council would immediately shift all the nominal losses onto him.

He was absolutely certain that, given their shamelessness, they would demand that he invest 30 billion in cash into advanced training to cover the deficit... Even if they could gradually strip away these protection points later using special exam rules, the council would not hesitate to use this excuse to make him and the White Room bleed money!

That's 30 billion yen. Even if he has a considerable fortune, he couldn't possibly come up with that much cash flow all at once.

The value of the White Room may be far more than 30 billion, but it is mostly intangible assets, shares, real estate, connections and influence. If Ayanokoji Atsuomi loses so much cash as soon as he joins the company, he might be torn apart when he leaves.

Therefore, when faced with two evils, he chose the lesser one. Since the consequences of continuing the class vote had become unbearable, he had no choice but to cancel the temporary exam.

Anyway, this thing isn't part of the inherent competition in high-level development, so whether to continue or cancel it is entirely up to him.

However, power originates from the hearts of the people, and such frequent changes in orders could easily damage his prestige as chairman, so it is best to avoid going to that point.

"Today is only my second day on the job. If I miss it this time, I can design a special exam at a suitable time in the future, depending on the situation. I'm not in a hurry."

It is obvious that Tsukishiro Tsunehira has the mindset of a mature working person, and he does not have the awareness to give up everything to complete the mission for Ayanokoji Atsuomi.

Or rather, in his own perception, Tsukishiro is actually more like a Yorozuya (Odd Jobs Shop), only contacting clients with mutual value, and discarding them without hesitation once they can no longer provide value.

"Well, that's fine. If you're not in a hurry, then I'm not in a hurry either. Let me see what kind of grand scheme Chairman Yuecheng will devise in the future."

At this point, Aragaki Shun stood up, as if to leave.

Tsukishiro Tomonari rubbed his temples, a headache throbbing. Knowing that the student council president truly didn't care about the class vote, he finally sighed and couldn't help but lower his head.

"Hey~ Let's be frank, what are Aragaki-san's real conditions?"

Human nature is always about compromise. Even though Tsukishiro knew that Aragaki Shun had made two impossible requests in a row, just to lift the roof before opening the window, there was nothing he could do.

After all, the one who is currently being pressured is Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, while the student council president, who has already grasped the trend of advanced education and is in charge of two grades, can naturally sit back and relax.

"Hehe~ Do you really want me to tell you?" Shun Aragaki's voice was particularly teasing. "You know, once is okay, twice is okay, but not a third time!"

Yuecheng Changcheng: "..."

"Don't worry, if we still can't reach an agreement this time, I will immediately announce to all faculty and staff that all ongoing exams are canceled."

Although doing so would immediately cause his prestige at the Advanced Education Center to plummet, and he would likely be looked down upon by many mid- to high-level personnel, he might face considerable resistance from faculty members if he wanted to continue to solicit their services.

But now that things have come to this, there's no time to worry about that anymore.

Having understood this, Shun Aragaki smiled knowingly, looking quite pleased.

"Alright, then my final condition is..."

.........

As the saying goes, "things shouldn't be done more than three times," and after the final negotiations, Tsukishiro Tsuneaki agreed to the conditions proposed by Aragaki Shun.

Thus, with the encouragement of the chairman of the board and the student council president, this class-based voting exam was officially established and quickly implemented.

Two more days passed, and it was March 2nd.

Hoshinomiya Chie walked up to the podium with a serious expression and began the class meeting.

"Everyone, I have some bad news to tell you."

Gone was his usual carefree smile; the A-class teacher's tone was unusually somber.

"As is customary, the final special exam of this academic year will begin on March 8th, just as I told you yesterday. After this special exam, everyone will be considered to have advanced to the second year."

With his back to the Class A students, Hoshinomiya picked up the chalk and began to write and draw on the blackboard.

"However, the situation this year is a little different from that of last year."

"Isn't it the same?" Sensing that the matter was of great importance, someone in the class asked the question with unease.

"Yes, not a single first-year student has dropped out during special exams so far, which is unprecedented in Advanced Education."

Hoshinomiya's voice sounded somewhat helpless. After a pause, she continued, "...Because it differs from the original plan, as an exceptional measure, the school has urgently decided to hold additional special examinations starting today."

The homeroom teacher of Class A wrote down Tuesday, March 2nd, and the additional special exam on the blackboard, looking dejected, indicating that she was powerless to do anything about it.

Upon hearing this, all the students in the classroom were somewhat taken aback.

Because the first-year students are all excellent and no one has dropped out, a special exam is added... Isn't this logic a bit strange?

Everyone instinctively turned their gaze toward the core of Class A, their leader.

"It's alright, the matter has already been decided and cannot be changed. Let's listen to the exam rules first."

After receiving a calm and composed reply from Aragaki Shun, everyone felt reassured. It seemed that the class monitor had made arrangements in advance, so everything was fine.

Seeing that the students in the class were not panicked, Hoshinomiya Chie breathed a sigh of relief, and her face once again showed the energy of a young girl.

"The content of the special exam is extremely simple, and the dropout rate is less than three percent based on the class. Only students who can pass this special exam can participate in the promotion exam on March 8th."

The dropout rate is less than 3%?

In other words, some students may drop out of school during this special exam.

This is really bad news.

"What exactly is being tested? There are only a few days left until March 8th. Is it even possible to complete a special exam in such a short time?"

“Regarding this,” Hoshinomiya Chie turned around again and began explaining as she wrote the rules, “the name of this special exam is the [Class Voting]. The school wants you to evaluate your classmates over four days. On the day of the official exam, what you need to do is…”

The class teacher of Class A briefly introduced the assessment content: Each student must select three classmates who deserve praise and three classmates who deserve criticism within their class, and then select one classmate who deserves praise from the other three classes. The vote will be held on Saturday, the day of the exam.

In the final exam results, regarding rewards and punishments, the rule that the person who voted last would be expelled remained unchanged, but the reward for the person who voted first changed:

"...In short, the student who receives the most praise votes will not receive personal points from the school, but will be rewarded with one [Protection Point] or one [Permanent Transfer Slot]. You can choose one of the two, but once you decide, you cannot choose again."

At this point, Hoshinomiya Chie subconsciously glanced at Aragaki Shun.

As the first-year homeroom teacher assigned to Yuecheng Changcheng on the very day she took office, she was certain that the first-hand rules she obtained did not include the "permanent transfer quota" in the reward program.

In other words, did that child, as the student council president, negotiate with the acting chairman for the relevant terms?

Sensing the gaze of his homeroom teacher, Shun Aragaki nodded slightly to Chie Hoshinomiya, as if in response to her question.

That's right, the condition he negotiated with Yuecheng that day was to change the first-place reward to a choice between protection points and a permanent transfer slot.

Protection points are not entirely useless, but for Shun Aragaki, who has already dominated the first-year class, they are practically useless.

However, if he were to switch to a permanent transfer slot, he could recruit three more combatants from lower-ranked classes, further increasing the number of students in Class A.

Not to mention, he also accepted the 20 million personal points promised by Yuecheng Changcheng without hesitation.

Finally, if anyone from Class C or Class D drops out during this class vote, Moon City is willing to provide them with cash subsidies after they leave Advanced Education.

In this way, the last place in Class A can be offset with 20 million, and Classes C and D only need to find two students from average families who voluntarily drop out of school. All of these expenses will be paid by the generous Chairman of Yuecheng.

In this class vote, Shun Aragaki essentially gained three more fighters for Class A without contributing anything.

The only problem is, whose names should be filled in for these three spots?

In short, the student council president is satisfied with the result, while the acting chairman may face some criticism from the school's higher-ups, since Class A of the first year will inevitably become even more powerful and difficult to manage after this incident.

However, Yuecheng Changcheng wouldn't stay in the advanced training center for long. Once he achieved his goal, he would pack up and leave, and there would be no need for him to care about the so-called competitive balance that the school's higher-ups needed to be concerned about.

Therefore, Yuecheng's bottom line is that he cannot make a big mistake and be forced to step down.

In this situation, after some consideration, Shun Aragaki ultimately decided not to use the [Special Examination Rule Modification Permission (One Time)] —

In any case, this class vote was not part of the school's original plan. If the consequences were too serious, Tsukishiro would definitely cancel the operation and choose other methods to put pressure on the Grand Masterpiece.

To maximize the benefits of this privilege, it seems we'll have to wait for the next opportunity, such as the deserted island exam or the preferential treatment exam.

"...Protection points and permanent transfer slots?"

While Shun Aragaki was lost in his memories, the other classmates were somewhat confused by the two rewards proposed by Chie Hoshinomiya.

Although the punishment for being last in the class is severe, Class A's rules and regulations have long stipulated relief measures for this situation, and they have enough personal points to implement them, so no one is worried about being expelled for it.

On the contrary, the two-option reward, the permanent class transfer quota is easy to understand, but is the protection points what you think it means?

Everyone was very interested in this.

"The so-called protection points are the right to invalidate a student's status in case of expulsion. The number of points determines how many times the points can be used to invalidate the status. Like the permanent transfer slot, they are both worth exactly 20 million. However, neither of these rewards can be transferred to others."

Upon hearing this explanation, everyone in the classroom couldn't help but have a variety of thoughts.

The person who gets the most votes receives either protection points or a permanent transfer to another class, while the person who gets the least votes is expelled. In a way, the values ​​are equal... at least that's true for Class A, who has enough personal points to avoid expulsion.

"By the way, we're already in Class A, so no one should want to transfer to another class, right? So we can only choose protection points, and it's better to vote for Aragaki in first place."

Shibata Hayate suddenly raised his hand to make a suggestion, which was immediately approved by everyone in the classroom.

In the minds of the Class A members, as long as Shun Aragaki doesn't fall in some unexpected event in the future, their positions are unshakeable.

Therefore, protection points should naturally be given to the other party as a protective charm.

Shun Aragaki was pleased with this scene, but then decisively refused:

"No need! Before the official vote, just use two million to temporarily bring someone over, and then give her a permanent transfer slot."

"Protecting points is meaningless. With such a good opportunity, of course we should add three more combatants to Class A."

Of course, it could also be four?

328. The sacrifice of Class 1-B; Hashimoto Masayoshi should drop out of school.

In the first grade, all four classes need to vote to determine the first place, and in the end, there will be a total of four permanent transfer slots.

Of the three, Shun Aragaki has decided to select suitable fighters from Class C and Class D to transfer to Class A.

As for that spot in Class B... if Rokusuke Koenji can't even control his own subordinates, he certainly wouldn't mind poaching someone from elsewhere.

Although Yuecheng Changcheng did not agree to add a mechanism for each student to receive a criticism vote from another class, the rules regarding praise votes from other classes still exist.

Shun Aragaki controls a total of 118 students across three first-year classes, which is equivalent to 118 votes from other classes. He can randomly vote for any student in Class B and make them the number one student, securing a permanent transfer spot.

In this situation, if the leader of Class A were to pay another 20 million to help them break the contract they had previously signed with Koenji, would the other party be willing to switch sides and join the victor's side?

Hehe~ He's really looking forward to it.

"I see. You can use two million personal points to temporarily bring in someone before the official vote, and then cast all the praise votes for that person."

Upon hearing Shun Aragaki's words, everyone in the class's eyes lit up.

"In this way, once the other person becomes number one, they can use the permanent transfer slot to officially become a member of Class A."

This approach is equivalent to achieving the effect of a 20 million permanent transfer fee with only 2 million transfer vouchers.

Compared to the protection points, which are not very useful for Class A, this strategy is indeed more in line with the class's interests, since everyone has already fully experienced the benefits of having a larger class.

Currently, there are 48 students in Class A of the first grade. If three more strong fighters can be added in this class vote, the number of students in the class will immediately become 51. Coupled with Class A's huge class evaluation score, even just looking at the increase in the monthly class fee, there will be considerable benefits.

Therefore, all the students in Class A of the first year readily accepted Aragaki Shun's arrangement for first place.

However, there seemed to be some doubts about the punishment of expulsion for the last-place student.

"Teacher, I want to ask, what should we do to offset the punishment of being expelled for being last in the class? Also, will there be any additional impact on the class because of a student dropping out?"

Ryuji Kanzaki, who was in charge of the class funds, stood up and asked this important question with great concern.

During the mixed-campus exam, any student who drops out of a class will have 100 class evaluation points deducted. In addition to 20 million personal points, 300 class evaluation points will also be consumed to cancel the dropout penalty.

In other words, in that assessment, a total of 20 million personal points and 400 class evaluation scores were needed to provide relief to those who dropped out of school.

I've heard that the rules for each special exam are different, and the cost of offsetting expulsion varies. So what about this class vote?

"Don't worry, everyone. Even if there are students dropping out this time, the class itself will not be punished."

Hoshinomiya Chie pouted and couldn't help but complain, "After all, this special exam was arranged on short notice so that each class could identify students who would drop out. If the school were to deduct class evaluation points, that would be too unreasonable."

"Therefore, by spending only 20 million personal points, everyone can save the student who came in last place in the vote."

Upon hearing this answer, all the students in the classroom breathed a sigh of relief.

Class A may not have much else, but they have plenty of individual points. Since the school is still allowing relief, there shouldn't be any major problems with this special exam.

"Fortunately, I thought the school thought Class A's evaluation score was too high, so they wanted to use such underhanded methods to deliberately target us."

Kanzaki gave a cold smile, clearly displeased with the school's sudden action.

From his perspective, the first-place winner in the class vote gets a permanent transfer spot, while the last-place winner has to pay 20 million to avoid being expelled. On the surface, it's neither a gain nor a loss, but this kind of unpredictable situation involving expulsion is still too frightening.

However, it's not the worst-case scenario—if the school directly stipulates that canceling the expulsion penalty requires consuming one or even two thousand class evaluation points, then Class A's excellent situation will be immediately cut in half.

Of course, it's unlikely that the school would be so shameless. If this were to happen, he would have to suspect that someone above him was deliberately targeting him and Aragaki.

"Haha~ This special exam that was added on the spot is indeed a bit strange, but it shouldn't be targeting our class."

Hoshinomiya Chie couldn't help but smile as if she had thought of something interesting.