I have a life simulator.

Karuizawa Kei wasn't sure if her efforts would actually help the other person.

But trying is always better than doing nothing.

She knew very well that if she failed to challenge Class 2-A on the day of the sports festival, even if she could use 20 million points to avoid being expelled, she would inevitably be in the most embarrassing situation in Class D, because it would mean that Karuizawa Kei had deceived everyone in the class.

It might be even harder than what Horikita Suzune is going through now.

Karuizawa Kei let out a deep sigh.

But there is no way.

Liking someone is something that can't be helped.

Chapter Sixty-Six: The First-Year Joint Plan

"Vice President Nan Yun has received an anonymous whistleblower letter."

Honami Ichinose walked through the student council's doors. Today's duty officer was Miyabi Nagumo. Although she felt a little uncomfortable, she took the work into consideration and went up to report.

The student union has a channel for students to report violations. Whistleblowers can choose to send their letters to a designated mailbox or send them anonymously to the student union's email address. This time, the letter received was a written complaint.

[Rokusuke Koenji, a student in Class D of the first year, secretly engages in irregular point transactions with upperclassmen.]

Because the text was printed out, it cannot be judged by the handwriting. The whistleblower must have taken this into consideration when choosing to print it out.

"Koenji from Class D, Grade 1?"

Nan Yunya held the letter thoughtfully. A few days ago, a second-year student had indeed told him that this person was looking for upperclassmen to buy and sell points, but he hadn't taken it seriously at the time and had tacitly agreed to it. However, now that someone had anonymously reported it to the student council, it was time for the student council to get involved.

After all, he is currently in a critical period of transition between two student council presidents. If he ignores the anonymous reports from his classmates at this time, Horikita Manabu might seize the opportunity to use them against him.

Moreover, this matter is not difficult to resolve; all that's needed is for the school to add a relevant regulation.

Having come up with a solution, Nagumo Masaru smiled and stopped Ichinose Honami, who was about to leave, asking kindly:

"Ichinose-san, how are your Class C's preparations for the sports festival going?"

"Everything is progressing steadily, so there's no need for you to worry about it, senior."

Honami Ichinose's heart skipped a beat, but she kept a straight face and answered cautiously with her head down.

Ever since she learned that Nagumo Masaru was a treacherous person who had revealed her secrets, Ichinose Honami has become more wary of him. Although she is overly kind, it doesn't mean she will let others manipulate her.

"Really? Did Ichinose-san have a class she particularly disliked in her first year?"

Nan Yunya, feigning concern, rested her chin on her hand and asked:

"For example, is it Class B, which pushed your class into Class C, or Class A, which is only two hundred points behind you?"

He displayed a warm and caring attitude towards the younger generation:

"This sports festival is going to be a full-school battle. If Ichinose-kun wants, I can get the second-year students to attack them."

Unwittingly revealing her dominance over the second-year students and her strong confidence, Nan Yunya also spoke with a smile.

"No need. I think that even though it's a mixed battle between students from different grades, it would be better if the two sides stayed within the same grade."

Honami Ichinose took a half step back and blinked as she spoke.

"Ichinose-san, are you worried that I'm being too harsh on the younger students?"

"Actually, I'm more worried that the senior will fail. After all, when a senior challenges a junior, all seven events will be chosen by the opponent. Although the second-year students are strong, they might still be tricked and lose the competition."

Honami Ichinose's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, which inexplicably made Masaru Nagumo, who was in a fairly good mood, feel a little annoyed.

Despite having openly labeled Ichinose Honami as part of the "Nagumo faction" over the past semester, and her attitude towards him having always been one of obvious admiration, Nagumo Masaru noticed that Ichinose Honami had started to become distant from him since the summer vacation.

Originally, his plan was to first steadily increase Ichinose Honami's affection for him, then use her dark history to create momentum, and finally take advantage of her when her defenses crumbled. However, he did not expect such a change to happen in the middle of the process.

Seeing that Nan Yunya's expression was somewhat uncertain, Ichinose Honami quickly slipped out of the student council's door. If she hadn't been asked to hand in the letter of complaint today, she wouldn't have wanted to face Nan Yunya alone.

Stepping out of the student club building, although it was already September, the "autumn tiger" was still raging, and the temperature on the street was still very high. The girls passing by were holding up parasols, wearing sandals, and having ice cream in their mouths, as if only by doing so could they barely keep out the heat.

Ichinose Honami was also quite tempted and walked to the convenience store by the roadside to buy an ice pop for herself. Unexpectedly, as soon as she pushed open the door of the convenience store, she bumped into Kitagawa Ryo, who was carrying a large bag of groceries and was queuing in front of the counter to pay.

"Fan Bo."

At the same time that Honami Ichinose noticed Ryo Kitagawa, Ryo Kitagawa, who had come out to buy groceries, also spotted Honami Ichinose walking into the convenience store and waved to her.

Good afternoon, it's cool.

Honami Ichinose smiled and responded to Ryo Kitagawa's greeting. She walked to the freezer and picked out her favorite popsicle without hesitation, intending to join the queue at the end of the line.

"Get me one too, I'll just pay for it all at once."

Kitagawa Ryo saw Ichinose Honami's actions and had an idea. After all, he was almost at the front of the line. If he directly asked Ichinose Honami to hand over the popsicles he bought to pay for together, the other party might feel embarrassed. So he came up with this idea.

"...Thank you for your help. I'll send the points to Liang in a bit."

Holding the two popsicles, Honami Ichinose hesitated for a moment. If she insisted on arranging them from the end according to her original plan, it would trouble Ryo Kitagawa to wait for her a while. If she only gave him his popsicle, she might as well give him both of them at the same time.

Therefore, she eventually obediently handed both popsicles to Kitagawa Ryo.

"Hamina, did you just come out of the student council building...?"

Because this convenience store was closest to the club building, Kitagawa Ryo easily guessed the other party's whereabouts.

Together with Kitagawa Ryo, they tore open the popsicle wrappers, savoring the cool and slightly sweet taste that bloomed on their tongues. Ichinose Honami, with her eyes half-closed, replied:

"Yes, I just came from the student council."

"That must have been really tough."

Kitagawa Ryo ate the popsicle with large, sweeping bites, almost several times faster than Ichinose Honami. It felt like only a moment later, Kitagawa Ryo had already eaten about 70-80% of the entire popsicle.

"Ah."

Honami Ichinose responded, and as the two walked around a corner together, she suddenly spoke up:

"This year's sports festival may present challenges to the upperclassmen."

"This was expected, since the theme this time is a full-grade melee."

Seeing that Kitagawa Ryo didn't seem to take her words seriously, Ichinose Honami said somewhat anxiously:

"Don't you think there's something fishy about this sports festival, Ryo?"

"Compared to previous years' sports festivals, it's like a completely different one."

"Fanbo is a member of the student council, so he should know more about this than I do."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head, threw the leftover stick in his hand into the trash can by the roadside, and said:

"I've heard some rumors about the student council before, and this sports festival is indeed a bit unusual."

"If I were to define it."

Kitagawa Ryo stroked his chin thoughtfully and said:

"It's probably a second-grade attempt at a full-scale attack on the first and third grades."

“I remember that your student council vice president, Nagumo, controlled the entire second year.”

Seeing the somewhat surprised look in Ichinose Honami's eyes, Kitagawa Ryo chuckled and said:

"Although I've been in a relationship for the past two days, it doesn't mean I've become deaf and blind."

"Besides, I clashed with this Nagumo once when the semester started. At that time, I used a few seniors who were not in Class 2-A, but in the end, it was Nagumo who came forward to negotiate with me."

“From that moment on, I realized that the other party’s control might cover an entire grade.”

Stretching, Kitagawa Ryo let out a big yawn:

"But speaking of which, being able to manage an entire grade sounds pretty impressive."

"This means that every special exam at the school is essentially providing personal points to Nan Yun, and the rewards and punishments for class points are all decided by him personally. For example, if someone could control the entire first year, they could have monopolized more than 80 million personal points in the preferential exam."

"There's no need to go through all that trouble, signing contracts with this class and threatening that class."

Honami Ichinose also agreed with Ryo Kitagawa's words. If Manabu Horikita was the strongest student council president in Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, then Masaru Nagumo was the strongest student council vice president. If Manabu Horikita hadn't performed so well, Masaru Nagumo wouldn't have had to wait until almost graduation before taking over as student council president.

"However, there's no need to imagine things to be too difficult."

After acknowledging Nagumo Masaru's abilities, Kitagawa Ryo smiled easily again:

"The fact that they can unify an entire grade means that there are no talented people in the entire second year..."

"Let's use the first year as an example again. Fanbo, do you think our year will produce someone like Nan Yunya who can unify the entire grade?"

Honami Ichinose frowned and thought for a moment before answering somewhat uncertainly:

"Probably not."

"It's not that it shouldn't happen, it's that it simply won't happen."

Kitagawa Ryo switched the bag containing the ingredients from his right hand to his left hand:

"Because every class has some really troublesome guys."

"In other words, many first-year students simply don't want to be subordinate to anyone else."

"If a second-grade class can be controlled by one person and one class, it means that the other three classes are too weak."

This information was obtained from Kiryuin Fuuka. In fact, if Nangumo Masashi could win over Kiryuin, Kitagawa Ryo would think more highly of him. But unfortunately, Kiryuin Fuuka had no interest in the student council or Nangumo Masashi.

The fact that such an unconventional senior could stay in the second year so far, not to mention the many frightening things Nan Yunya did about dropping out of school, shows that he simply has no way to control truly capable people.

So, while Nagumo Masaru seems aggressive in targeting both first-year and third-year students at the same time during this sports festival, it's highly likely that she'll end up gaining nothing from either side.

Putting everything else aside, Kitagawa Ryo was certain that even if Class 2-A were to choose seven projects, they would likely still be no match for Class 3-A led by Horikita Manabu.

If Kitagawa Ryo were in Nagumo Masaru's shoes, he would definitely avoid Class 3-A and instead have other second-year classes send points to Class 3-B.

As for the failure of the class commander being expelled, then all that's needed is to designate the student with the worst overall quality in the class as the commander from the very beginning.

In any case, the goal is just to lose.

The most likely scenario on the day of the sports festival is that Horikita Manabu's Class 3-A will directly challenge Class 3-B.

Because Class A of Grade 3 has no room to compete with Grade 2, they only need to limit the class points of Class B of Grade 3.

So on that day, the first grader would face immense pressure from the entire second grade and the remaining two and a half years of the third grade.

After listening to Kitagawa Ryo's account, Ichinose Honami was also deeply shaken:

"Then when will we..."

"Actually, the best way is for the first-year students to attack each other, at least they won't end up being attacked by the upperclassmen."

Kitagawa Ryo casually said:

"For example, let our class play against Class A of the first year, and your class will play against Class D of the first year."

"But this is a rather ideal state."

"why?"

"Because Class A of the first year is very likely to choose to challenge Class D of the second year."

Kitagawa Ryo knows Sakayanagi Arisu's personality quite well. Although the other party always likes to talk about competing with him, he would never do it at the sports festival.

After all, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't bully Sakayanagi Arisu, who had a physical defect and was rated "E-" by the school.

If Class A chooses to appoint Arisu Sakayanagi as Commander, then Class A will directly lose the Commander's ability to [directly interfere].

If Class A chooses to have Sakayanagi Arisu participate in the group project, it will be equivalent to losing one person.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Class A of Grade 1 was at a natural disadvantage.

Sakayanagi Arisu wouldn't go against Class B from the previous year under these circumstances, so it would be more advantageous for the girl to directly challenge the bottom class of the second year.

After all, you can directly select seven battle events. Instead of choosing between Class C and Class D, where you might lose, it's better to target the upper grades.

The softest and easiest persimmon to squeeze in the upper grades is naturally Class 2D.

"Therefore, Class A of Grade 1 will not participate in the battles within the Grade 1 students. In other words, one of the three classes, B, C, and D, will definitely face off against the upper grades."

Honami Ichinose was also somewhat worried. Their Class C had good overall physical qualities, but there were only a handful of top athletes. In terms of high-level combat strength, they might not even be able to beat Class D. If they were to face older students, even if they could choose their own events, it would be difficult to guarantee victory.

Is there any way to cool down?

"Have."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded affirmatively:

"First graders work together as a group."