I have a life simulator.

I had dinner with my high school classmates today, and we had a great time. We're still in the karaoke bar now, so I guess I won't be able to update this.

By the way, the KTVs here have a pretty high anime/manga vibe; I actually found quite a few visual novel tracks, like Dirty Wings and Whitey 2, though there weren't any music videos. Still, it was a pleasant surprise.

Chapter 65: Liking someone is something you can't help.

"You mean you want to know the personal information of all the students in Class D when they enrolled?"

The homeroom teacher of Class 1-D, Chabashira Sae, stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray and frowned, gesturing for Karuizawa Megumi to go outside and talk to her.

After all, she wasn't the only one in the office. From the moment Karuizawa Megumi entered, Class B's homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma, and Class C's homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya Chie, had already noticed her.

The two walked out of the office one after the other, found a mezzanine under the stairs, and then, leaning against the wall, squinted her narrow eyes at Karuizawa Kei and said:

"These materials involve students' personal privacy, and the school does not allow students to view them."

"I don't want to see specific student information."

Karuizawa Kei shook her head upon hearing this. Although she herself looked down on Chabashira Sae, the homeroom teacher of Class D, Class D would still need Sae's help if they really wanted to cause trouble for Class 2-A.

“I don’t care about their past personal experiences or how they got into school, their written test scores, interview scores, etc. I only need their various ability assessments during the admission process.”

Are you looking for talent related to sports festivals?

Sensing Karuizawa Megumi's intentions, Chabashira Sae's previously troubled expression softened somewhat. After all, if Karuizawa Megumi was considering the class's victory, she could offer some assistance.

"Yes."

"Because of Ayanokouji's existence, I think there may still be some students in Class D who are deliberately hiding their abilities."

Chabashira Sae shook her head:

“Ayanokouji is an anomaly, and it is unlikely that there will be such an anomaly in Class D.”

"However, I can give you what you want, and I hope you can lead Class D to victory."

"Thank you so much."

Just as Karuizawa Megumi had achieved her goal and was about to leave, Chabashira Sae suddenly spoke up again:

"You'll be in charge of leading Class D at this sports festival, right?"

"Yes, because I still have more than 20 million personal points. Even if the class loses the battle, I can spend 20 million points to cancel the punishment of expulsion."

Karuizawa Kei was startled, but tried her best to keep her expression unchanged and replied calmly.

"is it?"

Chabashira Sae still had some doubts. She hesitated for a moment but ultimately didn't ask any more questions, simply waving her hand:

"Then you can leave. I'll send the stuff to your email tonight."

"Yes."

Relieved, Karuizawa Megumi quickly left. She was well aware of Chabashira Sae's doubts: that she, holding 20 million personal points, had not chosen to transfer classes.

Although Chabashira Sae has always harbored fantasies of being promoted to Class A, she is also well aware that given the current state of Class D, the possibility of being promoted to Class A before graduation is not 100%, but at least extremely slim.

Even though there's a saying that it's better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond, under the system of Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, apart from Class A, the other three classes aren't even considered chickens.

Under these circumstances, Karuizawa Kei actually decided to continue leading Class D forward.

Chabashira Sae watched Karuizawa Megumi's departing figure, then stood in the corner for a while, squinting as if deep in thought.

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"The Sports Festival mainly tests physical fitness, so you need to pay special attention to the [physical ability] aspect."

After taking a shower, Karuizawa Kei sat down at the table while drying her hair with a towel and began to record the files of the D-class students that Chabashira Sae had sent her a few minutes earlier on her new laptop.

Based on her usual impressions of the students in the class and comparing them with the data on their profile cards, Karuizawa Kei roughly discovered the school's judgment pattern.

C should be the average level of a normal person. If your physical data exceeds C, you are already considered to be among the best of your peers. If we use this standard for selection...

Soon, a list appeared before Karuizawa Megumi's eyes:

【Rokusuke Koenji: A】

[Ken Sudo: A]

According to the school's assessment, the most outstanding students were none other than Takeru Sudo and Rokusuke Koenji. This aligns with everyone's general impression, as these two were ranked first and second among the boys in the class during the swimming class at the beginning of the semester. Their A grades would be among the best in the entire grade or even the whole school, as evidenced by Takeru Sudo's ability to compete with senior students in the basketball club.

If they want to win the sports festival, one Sudo is not enough; they must get the help of Koenji Rokusuke.

However, when she thought about the other person's personality and style of doing things, Karuizawa Kei started to get a headache again, so she could only put the problem aside for the time being and continue to organize the spreadsheet.

[Horikita Suzune: B+]

The person who came after that was not Hirata Yosuke, as Karuizawa Kei believed, but Horikita Suzune.

Perhaps it was because Horikita Suzune's repeated failures left such a deep impression that Karuizawa Megumi somewhat forgot about her outstanding abilities. At least in terms of academic and physical abilities, Horikita Suzune was undoubtedly at the A-class level, and her B+ physical abilities should rank among the top three among all the girls in the grade, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

"We could consider setting up a few individual programs for women."

If they can make good use of Horikita Suzune, Class D's chances of getting a point are not low.

[Yosuke Hirata: B]

【Kishida Kikyo: B】

Next up are the most popular boys and girls in the class. Hirata Yosuke is a member of the soccer club, while Kushida Kikyo is known as an all-powerful little angel and is naturally quite excellent in both academics and sports. Moreover, both of them are the kind of people who will do their best for the class, so they should be the backbone of this sports festival.

Karuizawa Kei, of course, had no idea that Kushida Kikyo had already made contact with Ryuen Sho at this time. After all, the image created by the other party was too real, and it was basically difficult to notice Kushida's abnormality before she revealed a flaw.

And then...

【Akito Miyake: B】

Thinking back on this student, he seemed to be a quiet boy who didn't have many friends in class. I remembered that he was in the archery club. Although I didn't know his specific level, since his physical ability was B, the same as Hirata Yosuke's, it meant that he should also be quite outstanding. I'll find out about his archery level later. If possible, I could consider designing an individual "archery" sport for him.

[Onodera Kayano: B]

This is the last person on the list whose physical ability is above C. Karuizawa Kei has a fairly deep impression of Onodera. After all, as a girl in Class D who stands out in swimming class and is even comparable to the boys in terms of athletic ability, it is reasonable for her to be rated as B.

After some analysis, although the specifics of the opponents were still unclear, Karuizawa Kei finally figured out the distribution of strength in her class.

Adding to the list of students, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, whose rating is only [C-], Class D can field a total of eight outstanding individuals, each with their own area of ​​expertise, when it comes to physical abilities.

With proper planning, it's not impossible to score four points in seven matches.

Basketball, swimming, archery, sprinting...

While designing the project, she considered communicating with Rokusuke Koenji, and occasionally searched for useful information on the school forum. When Karuizawa Kei looked up again, she realized it was already 11 p.m.

Shaking her slightly dizzy head, Karuizawa Kei stood up to stretch her body. After sitting for so long, the sudden dizziness made her stagger two steps, barely managing to hold onto the chair to avoid falling.

She bit her lip hard, the slight stinging pain bringing her back to her senses. She wiped her face with the now-cold towel beside her, which made her feel a little better.

Karuizawa Kei knew very well that although her actual physical abilities were not as bad as the school's assessment of her as a "D" when she first entered the school, she was at most at the level of an ordinary person with a "C" rating.

In fact, looking at the data alone, Karuizawa Megumi is just an ordinary person with no outstanding features.

However, in reality, Karuizawa Megumi became the leader of Class D, while Horikita Suzune, who had excellent stats in all aspects, found herself isolated and helpless in Class D.

However, Kei Karuizawa also clearly understands that excellent data does not necessarily mean that the person is excellent, but outstanding people must be outstanding in a certain data.

Therefore, she still needs to work hard to move forward.

Just like what she's doing now.

After resting for a while, Karuizawa Megumi hugged the huge teddy bear that had been on her bedside table and continued her work.

She suddenly remembered something she had discussed with Kitagawa Ryo.

Karuizawa Kei quickly opened her phone's contacts and dialed the numbers of the two people one after the other.

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"It's hard to imagine that I would receive a call from Karuizawa girl so late at night."

Rokusuke Koenji dried himself off with a towel, his tone full of surprise, as if he had never imagined that someone would call him at 11 p.m.

"I hope you can participate in Class D's sports festival this time."

Without any preamble, Karuizawa Kei went straight to the point and stated her request.

"But I remember saying during the day that I wouldn't participate in this boring game."

Koenji Rokusuke's tone was slightly impatient. He had originally thought that Karuizawa Megumi must have something more interesting to say when she called so late, but if it was just to persuade him to participate in the sports festival... he was already prepared to hang up.

Anyway, he has found the simplest and quickest way to pass this school. Since the start of the semester, apart from the Werewolf game that he played recently and had some fun, Koenji Rokusuke has basically given up and refused to cooperate with the other exams.

"You seem so confident; you must have already bought quite a few points from the third graders, right?"

However, Karuizawa Megumi's next words made Koenji Rokusuke change his mind about hanging up the phone.

The "personal points" used by this school are useless after graduation. Therefore, the school designed a rule that the points held by graduates would be converted into Japanese yen at a certain ratio upon graduation. However, Rokusuke Koenji noticed this early on. While the students in Class D were still worrying about tens of thousands of points, he made connections with the senior students in the third year.

He used a technique that only he could use. As the heir to the Koenji Zaibatsu, Koenji Rokusuke had greater credibility and wealth than other students, so he could easily spend more money than the school could to acquire huge amounts of personal points from upperclassmen.

You can transfer to a higher class with 20 million points, and graduating from Class A means you've cleared the game.

That's why Rokusuke Koenji was so uninterested in everything about the school. He easily overcame the principle of meritocracy with his wealth, so why bother working hard?

"Looks like you know quite a lot."

Even though his secret operation had been exposed, Rokusuke Koenji showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he laughed heartily and said:

"Although I don't know whether you discovered these things yourself or Kitagawa told you, I have to say that you've at least piqued my interest in hearing what you have to say next."

"If I remember correctly, you not only bought personal points from third-year students, but you even communicated with second-year students, right?"

"really."

Koenji Rokusuke doesn't care what year the other person is in, as long as they're willing to sell him personal points.

“Originally, it wouldn’t have been a problem to only buy points from the third graders, but because of your contact with the second graders, Nagumo from Class 2-A has already noticed you.”

"Nagumo?"

Karuizawa Kei explained to Koenji Rokusuke:

"He is the leader of Class 2-A and the vice president of the student council, uniting the entire second year."

"So he would receive news about almost everything that happened in the second year."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the student council will issue relevant regulations in a couple of days. At that time, you won't be able to buy personal points as openly as before."

Rokusuke Koenji seemed unconcerned that his strategy had been exposed; he even casually whistled.

So?

"How about Koenji tries to get a little revenge on Nagumo?"

"So this is your real purpose, isn't it? So you wanted to challenge Class 2-A?"

Koenji Rokusuke responded with great excitement:

"As expected, Karuizawa girl is someone who can lie without batting an eye."

"Each each other."

"The next student council president is indeed interesting, but if you want me to take action, you'll have to add another two million points as a reward."

"My expenses have always been quite high."

Koenji Rokusuke has finally begun negotiations, which is a welcome development.

"However, I will only participate in one project. As for whether it is an individual project or a team project, Karuizawa girl, you can choose for yourself."

As expected, the other party still acted lazy and indifferent. Two million points plus the conflict created between them and Nagumo could only be exchanged for one project.

However, Karuizawa Kei had already anticipated this before the phone call, and she nodded in agreement.

"By the way, it has to be a project that allows me to compete face-to-face with Nagumo."

However, Rokusuke Koenji then made an even more outrageous request, because Class 2-A would most likely choose Masaru Nagumo as their commander, and Class 1-D had no way of predicting which project the other side would intervene in.

"it is good."

Karuizawa Kei agreed anyway.

The negotiations with Rokusuke Koenji finally came to an end.

Karuizawa Kei leaned on the desk and let out a deep breath. Her gaze naturally fell on the photo frame on the desk, which contained the half of the photo that Sakayanagi Arisu had given her, Kitagawa Ryo's 'solo portrait'. The photo, cut in half, suddenly seemed eerie in the quiet night, but Karuizawa Kei didn't care and held the photo frame in her hand, reaching out to stroke the boy in the photo.

Her fingers traced the other person's uniform, as if she could touch the specific texture of the clothing through the medium of the photo. Seemingly finding a sense of peace, she placed the photo frame on the bedside table closer to her and finally slowly closed her eyes.