I have a life simulator.

It was just to give someone in the class a surprise.

Just as Horikita Suzune was becoming somewhat numb, she learned that Kitagawa Ryo had used 20 million personal points to get a student status for a cat.

Horikita Suzune's view on money has been almost completely overturned by Kitagawa Ryo. She had to save every penny she earned in a semester, and it wasn't even enough for a single drone show.

"You're really generous."

By the time he came to his senses, he had already uttered this somewhat ambiguous statement.

Seemingly realizing the inappropriateness of her statement, Horikita Suzune quickly turned her head to peek at Kitagawa Ryo's reaction.

To her relief, Kitagawa Ryo seemed to be focused on the formation of drones in the sky and didn't hear her at all.

Shaking her head, comforting herself that her biological clock had been disrupted these past few days and her mind wasn't quite clear, Horikita Suzune turned her gaze back to the sky.

"That's the fun of this school."

As the drones began to descend in an orderly fashion, Kitagawa Ryo inexplicably spoke up.

Didn't you hear that?

Feeling a little embarrassed, Horikita Suzune simply stopped hiding it and nodded in response:

"But I thought you would use the points you get from winning Werewolf for promotion in class."

From Horikita Suzune's perspective, Kitagawa Ryo seems to be someone who is single-mindedly focused on leading Class C to Class A. In fact, during this process, he has framed Class D and other classes several times. After a semester, Class C has not only been promoted to Class B, but is also less than 200 class points away from Class A.

But suddenly you feel that Class C's pace, no, it should be said that Kitagawa Ryo's pace has slowed down.

"If it were Rinne, she would probably use these points to go straight to Class A."

"After all, your brother is also in Class A."

Kitagawa Ryo immediately captured Horikita Suzune's attention with his first words:

"Actually, Rinne doesn't need to care about Class D at all. You just need to show your growth, just like in the last Werewolf game."

“As long as you truly learn something, even if you remain in Class D until graduation, your brother will still approve of you.”

This was the first time Horikita Suzune had heard Kitagawa Ryo speak to her in such a gentle yet incredibly serious tone. In the past, Kitagawa would either provoke or tease her when facing her, leaving Suzune somewhat at a loss for words.

Seeing Horikita Suzune cross her arms and remain silent for a long time, her face flushed red, Kitagawa Ryo shook his head helplessly.

He had initially made a two-way agreement with Horikita Manabu: he would help Horikita Suzune "grow," and Horikita Manabu would assist her to the best of his ability.

However, Kitagawa Ryo has become somewhat indifferent to such thoughts now. Since he figured out some things last time, his mindset has changed.

It would be incomprehensible to the average person to squander more than 20 million points in such a ridiculous way.

But for Kitagawa Ryo, he was now trapped in an atmosphere that felt unreal.

During this long simulation, he brushed shoulders with many people.

Genius, idiot, artificial genius.

Vulgar, pretentious, eccentric.

Although he knew there would be problems in seeking truth in a fake world, he still chose to date Hiyori Shiina.

Just like he said back then, "Let's give it a try."

Even if it's just a little bit of truth.

"One more test and we can call it a day."

Pulling his somewhat chaotic thoughts, Kitagawa Ryo glanced at his phone to estimate the time, and then instructed the two to resume the cleanup and the second test.

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"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to contact me."

Lazily stretching her shoulders and neck, Sakayanagi Arisu looked at Karuizawa Megumi sitting opposite her with great interest.

"It took three days, so can I assume that it only takes a girl three days to get over a breakup?"

"I didn't come here today to hear you say these things."

Karuizawa Kei closed her eyes for a while, and when she opened them again, the hesitation and doubt from before were gone.

"You said before that you wanted me to help Liang, what exactly did you mean?"

"Who is the enemy? What strategies will they use? Since you were so confident back then, you must have some understanding of them, right?"

Her azure eyes stared directly into Sakayanagi Arisu's purple eyes, observing the changes in her expression.

"It seems you're not interested in that group photo."

"Or have you already remembered?"

When she spoke her second sentence, Sakayanagi Arisu deliberately lowered her voice, her tone carrying a hint of seduction and probing.

"None of that matters."

Megumi Karuizawa took a deep breath:

"You said last time it was an internal student council issue... Is it that Vice President Nagumo?"

"Looks like you haven't been isolating yourself in your room for the past three days."

Sakayanagi Arisu glanced at Karuizawa Megumi with considerable surprise. She had only mentioned it briefly, but she hadn't expected the other party to follow the trail to Nagumo Masaru.

"Do not talk nonsense."

Karuizawa Megumi's gaze turned even colder. She didn't know when it had started, but when facing a girl with such a powerful aura, like Sakayanagi Arisu, whom she would never have dared to approach in the past, she no longer felt any fear.

"To be precise, it was him."

"To put it simply, there is a difference in ideology between Nagumo and student council president Horikita, and the two each occupy their own factions and are evenly matched."

"It's roughly equivalent to Class A last semester, except the location is now the student council."

Sakayanagi Arisu stopped teasing and took the initiative to explain the situation.

"Horikita will step down next semester, and Nagumo will take over as student council president."

"However, President Horikita is worried that the student council or even the entire school will be changed by Nagumo, so he hopes to find an outstanding candidate among the first-year students to deal with Nagumo."

"Is this person Liang?"

In response to Karuizawa Megumi's question, Sakayanagi Arisu simply shrugged:

"It's a bit complicated, I'm not quite sure."

"The fact is that Ryo has not entered the student council, but Nagumo has already privately regarded Ryo as an obstacle to his progress."

"What's this about the sports festival?"

"The student council has the right to modify some of the special exam rules, and the most recent special exam for us was the autumn sports festival."

"Nagamo will most likely make his move at that time."

"And it's not just targeting first-year students; he also seems to be planning to prove his abilities to Horikita, a third-year student."

Sakayanagi Arisu shared all the information she knew with Karuizawa Megumi.

"I see."

Karuizawa Kei did not ask Sakayanagi Arisu about how she should act. In fact, from the moment Sakayanagi Arisu spoke, she had already analyzed the whole situation herself.

"Actually, if the other party wants to drop out of school, don't we each have 20 million points?"

Faced with Karuizawa Megumi's probing, Sakayanagi Arisu smiled and took a sip of the black tea in front of her:

"Will it really work?"

Both of them understood each other's meaning. Although they each possessed a large amount of personal points that they could use to transfer classes or prevent dropping out, they absolutely could not use them to save Kitagawa Ryo.

Because whether it's transferring to another class or dropping out, students in Class A and Class D have little reason to interfere, since they earned the points themselves.

However, if the 20 million were spent on canceling the expulsion of leaders from other classes, it's conceivable that whoever made that decision would find it difficult to maintain their position in their own class for the next two years.

and--

The two continued to discuss the sports festival with smiles on their faces, but they both thought of the same thing.

If you spend 20 million personal points, the other party may very well force you to transfer Liang to class A/D.

"Have you heard? Class C of the first year is having a party tonight, and a lot of students from other classes are planning to go."

"Huh? Where is it? I didn't expect there would still be fun things to do even though summer vacation is almost over."

"I think it was near the special teaching building."

The conversation between two girls who walked out of the coffee shop reached their ears.

"..."

"..."

Sakayanagi Arisu and Karuizawa Kei both fell silent, one with her head down studying the patterns on the porcelain plate, and the other with her eyes up counting the patterns on the ceiling.

It is precisely because of failure that the past seems meaningless.

Because everyone prefers to share their memories with their loved one under the starry sky, even if it's bitter, it will feel sweet.

"It's a confession, isn't it?"

"It's a confession."

The girls unanimously made their own judgments.

Sakayanagi Arisu glanced sideways at the somewhat dejected Karuizawa Megumi, who had just been so sharp and competitive with her.

She pursed her lips, but in the end, she could only sigh.

At that moment, even Sakayanagi Arisu, who had just mocked Karuizawa Megumi, clearly understood.

She, like the other person, harbored a sliver of hope...

Lovelorn.

Chapter Sixty: Summer is Over

"It's so lively."

"I didn't expect so many people to come."

"It seems that in addition to us first-year students, the upperclassmen have also come."

As soon as Ayanokoji Kiyotaka arrived at the open space, he was taken aback by the massive crowd of people in front of him.

"Hey, isn't this Ayanokouji?"

Turning around, I saw Hirata Yosuke and Sudo Ken from my class. It was a rare sight to see them together. The one with sharp eyes who first noticed me and greeted me was Sudo, who was still eating something.

"Good evening you two."

Now that he'd been discovered, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji simply walked over and joined the two boys from his class. Yosuke Hirata smiled and said:

"I didn't expect Ayanokouji-kun to come here too."

"Because I am genuinely curious."

Hirata Yosuke nodded in agreement with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's reason. The recreational facilities at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School were indeed limited. Otherwise, the whole school wouldn't have been so excited and lined up for a fortune teller from outside the school a few days ago. For students confined to this place, anything new is interesting.

Just like the various snack stalls stretching out like a long dragon along the roadside right now, or the small activities that students are very familiar with, such as target shooting, ring toss, and goldfish catching.

What might have seemed a bit childish to high school students in the past is even better for students at Tokyo Advanced Ikusei Junior High School.

And it seems that the older they are, the more fun they have.

"Although Kitagawa from Class C is always causing trouble, the party tonight was really generous."

Sudo Ken tore at a snack resembling a meat skewer in his hand, then gulped down a mouthful of his drink and remarked that he had just participated in a competition outside of school as the only official member of the first-year students with the school's basketball club. Although the final ranking was not good, the school still gave him some personal points as a reward, so he was not exactly struggling financially.

Moreover, in such a lively atmosphere, the points seemed to matter, and no one at any of the stalls seemed to be trying to save money.

"I heard that Beichuan contacted off-campus personnel through the student union and then paid points to obtain permission from the school."

"But they are much richer than our Class D students."

The three walked and chatted, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka also bought some snacks, following the trend. Although food is only for maintaining the normal functioning of the body, delicious food can indeed make people feel happier.

"Except for the lack of fireworks, the whole atmosphere was basically a fireworks festival."

Hirata Yosuke casually took the bag from Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and walked to the roadside to throw away the trash along with it.