I have a life simulator.

It can only be said that Horikita Suzune's six months of service in the student council was definitely worthwhile. Unlike the other students who were still scratching their heads and struggling with the title and format, she finished a decent proposal in just ten minutes and handed the paper directly to Ichinose Honami, who was in charge of reviewing it.

"Fanbo, what do you think of this proposal?"

"Huh? Is Rinne that fast?"

Honami Ichinose seemed surprised that someone could write a proposal in such a short time. After a moment of stunned silence, she took the proposal into her hands and read it carefully, word by word:

"According to the data in Appendix 3 from the school, the majority of the guests at this sports festival were men in their forties and fifties. If we conduct user surveys and profiles on this group, we will find that art forms such as drama account for a more prominent proportion of their daily life and leisure activities compared to younger groups, representing a considerable potential consumer group."

"According to the fan profile of my student Kitagawa Ryo on social media, his popularity and influence among young people (mainly women) is quite outstanding compared to other theater actors. His fan base covers a wide age range. In a performance a year ago, there was even an incident where a 60-year-old audience member scolded a high school student in the front row for bringing his own support light stick into the theater, accusing him of not coming to watch the play but only to chase stars. This was widely reported by the media at the time, who believed that Kitagawa Ryo was leading the trend of younger theater audiences and the downward shift of the audience age."

"In conclusion, I believe that this cultural festival can focus on Kitagawa Ryo and other members of the drama club, perfectly leveraging Kitagawa Ryo's personal popularity to seize the high ground and launch a dominant attack on other related projects and industries within the cultural festival..."

It has to be said that after serving in the student council for so long, Horikita Suzune really knows how to write this kind of thing. If Ichinose Honami hadn't also served as the student council president for a long time in junior high school, she probably would have been completely confused by the various long and difficult sentences in it.

"So, what Suzune means is to put on a theatrical performance."

"Yes, it is like that."

Horikita Suzune nodded, and then added:

"However, due to the tight schedule, I have only finished the first half of the proposal, which is about the feasibility of this plan. If Fanbo thinks it is okay, I can finish writing the specific implementation plan for you tonight."

"What does Liang think about this plan?"

Ichinose Honami didn't answer Horikita Suzune immediately, but instead waved the proposal in her hand slightly towards Kitagawa Ryo, wanting to know his thoughts on it.

“It’s not that I can’t do it, but I’m a little worried that it will take up too much time.”

Kitagawa Ryo pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered Tsukishiro Tsunehiro as a ready-made scapegoat:

"Actually, before the sports festival, I was entrusted by the current acting chairman, Tsukishiro, with a matter that could only be carried out on the day of the cultural festival. This matter was quite important to me, so I was a little worried that it would affect the theatrical performance. After all, this project is the kind of project where once you're on stage, you really can't leave."

"I see."

After hearing Kitagawa Ryo's explanation, Ichinose Honami believed him without hesitation, nodding with a smile:

"Since this is something very important to Ryo, then Ryo can do it with peace of mind. Leave the cultural festival-related matters to me."

After saying that, she turned around and helped Kitagawa Ryo comfort Horikita Suzune, the one who proposed the project:

"Lingyin's proposal is well-written and feasible, and the expected profits are also considerable. But as you said, the core of this project is Liang. Since Liang is currently unavailable, well... I can only apologize."

"...If Liang Du has said so, then there's really nothing we can do."

Horikita Suzune also looked a little disappointed. Her slightly drooping eyes and dejected tone made Kitagawa Ryo feel a little sorry for her, so he quickly added:

"Actually, it's not like I can't help the class at all during the sports festival. If it's a facility or event that's convenient or that I can help with in advance, I should be fine."

As soon as he said that, Horikita Suzune, who had just looked down because her project had been rejected, immediately ran back to her seat and started writing furiously again, as if she had caught Kitagawa Ryo in a compromising situation.

Kitagawa Ryo returned to his seat, subconsciously glancing at Horikita Suzune, who was sitting next to him, a couple more times:

"Regarding the possibility of fully utilizing the outstanding pastry-making talent of our class, Kitagawa Ryo, and opening a dessert shop during this cultural festival..."

Thinking of the dessert shop called 'Hotaru' that Horikita Suzune kept mentioning, which occupied a significant portion of their simulation, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't help but shake his head with a slight smile.

Wow, so that's what they were aiming for from the start.

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Meanwhile, in Class B of the same year.

"That concludes the explanation of this cultural festival and OAA."

After explaining these two important matters, the homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya Chie, lazily yawned on the podium. Although she didn't know why Ichinose Honami had returned the five million points she had borrowed so quickly after the sports festival, nor did she know how much Karuizawa Megumi had profited from this sports festival, these were all irrelevant to Hoshinomiya Chie.

She didn't even care that Class B had dropped back to Class B from Class A.

Anyway, Kitagawa Ryo didn't transfer classes in the end, and Chabashira Sae stayed in Class D obediently, which means everything is fine, so why think so much?

It was under her indifferent atmosphere that the students in Class B of the first year didn't seem to care much about the reality of their class dropping in rank. After all, they were assigned to Class B when they entered school, so instead of being anxious about it, they were more interested in discussing how to get through the upcoming cultural festival in a harmonious way.

For the students in Class 1B, this special exam with only rewards and no punishments was undoubtedly the most to their liking, a happy playtime without any psychological burden.

Similar to Kitagawa Ryo's situation in Class A, Karuizawa Megumi, also a well-known theatrical actress, was naturally nominated by the other students in the class, but she declined the nomination with some reluctance.

"Hey, besides me, it seems like only Kanzaki in our class knows a little bit about drama, and even then, he only has theoretical knowledge. I can't just go on stage and perform a solo act, can I?"

"Indeed, sigh, I really regret that I can't see Karuizawa and Kitagawa on stage together again."

Ryuji Kanzaki sighed heavily, his tone revealing deep emotion.

As the vice class representative of Class 1-B, he was well aware of the class's specific profits during the sports festival. By enticing school staff to participate through private betting, Karuizawa Kei's initial investment of five million yen eventually doubled, resulting in a net profit of approximately seven million personal points, which is now deposited along with the initial investment in a card specially opened by Karuizawa Kei.

A profit of seven million is by no means small. After all, Long Yuanxiang took such a big risk and went all in on five million, only to get a profit of seven million. However, even with the five million principal, the figure of twelve million is still far from the twenty million transfer fee. It seems that the remaining difference can only be obtained through the special exam later.

Furthermore, so far, neither he nor Karuizawa Kei know the extent of Ichinose Honami's profits at the sports festival. Apart from the girls' team's horseback battle, the other party has not left any other obvious clues. Under these circumstances, even if they have saved up 20 million yen, they probably cannot make any rash moves.

Therefore, it's better to focus on the current cultural festivals for now.

"Speaking of which, could we collaborate with other classes for this cultural festival?"

Perhaps because Kitagawa Ryo from another class was mentioned, or perhaps because the students of Class 1-B have always valued the concept of cooperation and mutual benefit, it wasn't long before a girl naturally asked:

"For example, organizing joint exhibitions or something?"

"This doesn't seem to work. Apparently, it's because it would be difficult to calculate the final revenue that way. The school specifically stated that students from each class can only appear and participate in the facilities and programs of their own class."

Karuizawa Kei shook her head and explained, but immediately raised a finger to offer some of her thoughts on the implications of this rule:

"But it's not that there's absolutely no way to cooperate. The specific method was already demonstrated by Ryuen from Class C during the special exam on the deserted island."

"Hui means not to provide manpower assistance, but to directly support relevant supplies, right?"

As soon as Karuizawa Kei spoke, Himeno Yuki quickly realized what was going on.

Similar to the special exam on the deserted island, this time the students held personal points specifically for the cultural festival. These points were allocated by the school to them as preparation funds for the cultural festival and to pay for the venue. Although inter-class transfers were not allowed, it was entirely possible to negotiate with other classes in advance, purchase the necessary materials, and then deliver them to them through a roundabout method.

"Well, while students aren't allowed to help with other classes' facilities or programs, it's fine if they're guests. Ryo came to the Tokyo Advanced Educational High School's cultural festival more than two years ago, before she even enrolled, and even made a guest appearance in a program for Horikita's former student council president's class."

After Karuizawa Kei revealed the two pieces of information she knew, the other students in Class B began to discuss them, only to be stopped by her after a while:

"So in my opinion, this cultural festival is not as simple as we initially thought. There must be quite a few hidden rules, and finding and utilizing them as much as possible is one of the keys to the class's victory."

After saying that, Karuizawa Kei offered another idea to spark discussion:

"The semi-openness of this cultural festival to the public may not be limited to visitors entering the school on the day of the festival. Do you remember this rule? If the school does not have the necessary supplies or materials, we can purchase them from outside. If used well, it can be a rare channel for communication and contact with the outside world."

At this point, Karuizawa Kei couldn't help but recall Kitagawa Ryo's story about Katsuragi Kohei giving his sister a gift. Perhaps this rare opportunity could be used to send the sister's letter and gift to her brother from the outside world into Tokyo Advanced Educational High School.

Anyway, she figured Kitagawa Ryo was definitely going to do it, and it could be said that this was probably a kind of mutual appreciation between two sister-complex friends.

Chapter 320: Shiina Hiyori is remembering

Unlike Class A and Class B, which had a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, Class C, which had lost a full 150 individual points at the sports festival and was just a hair's breadth away from falling to Class D, was still shrouded in a visible silence even after their homeroom teacher, Kazuma Sakaue, finished explaining all the relevant rules and left. Everyone was waiting for Ryuen Sho to speak.

After suffering a major setback at the Sports Festival due to his lack of understanding of people's hearts, Ryuen Sho gradually began to reflect on his past shortcomings. Although his absolute violent methods did help him forcibly bring together the disorganized Class C at the beginning of the school year, they also planted various hidden dangers in the class at that time, which eventually erupted completely with the special exam on the deserted island and the Sports Festival as an opportunity.

This is why Ryuu Sho was finally able to make up his mind to exchange his 12 million personal points for the debt contracts of the C-class students with Matsushita Chiaki. With gentle words on his lips and a sharp blade in his hand, he began to try to wield both carrot and stick, using a more conciliatory approach to lead the class than before.

But it must be said that this move was surprisingly effective.

As it turns out, the gamblers' courage and madness only exist for a brief moment before and after the dice are rolled. At that time, the C-class students who dared to band together and challenge Ryuen Sho at the sports festival lost all the money they had borrowed, and also lost all the blood and courage they had finally mustered up.

With Class C's class points down to just over a hundred, Long Yuanxiang could easily expel them all if he wanted to. After all, once the class points drop to zero, there's nothing left to deduct. Besides, the neighboring Class D, now Class A, has already demonstrated the feasibility of this operation to everyone. They expelled six students in the first semester, but haven't they been promoted back to Class A?

It was precisely under such unease that Long Yuanxiang successfully used these debt contracts to control these unruly students. He held the reins of control, just as Nan Yunya had previously controlled almost the entire second-year class. Long Yuanxiang had once again returned to the position of leader of Class C.

Even so, Class C still had students who progressed at their own pace, just like at the beginning of the semester, and even Ryuen Sho couldn't interfere with them.

For example, there's Shiina Hiyori, who goes to the library or the tea ceremony club every day after school without fail.

Watching the silver-haired girl pack her bag on her own, leave her seat, quietly greet Ibuki Mio next to her, and then walk out of the classroom in her indoor shoes right in front of him, Ryuen Sho said that he didn't see anything and everyone should just pretend that nothing happened.

After all, Shiina Hiyori didn't owe him any points, and in a sense, Ryuen Sho also needed the other party's existence to help Class C maintain its connection with Class A and the possibility of future cooperation.

However, Hiyori Shiina didn't care what Ryuen Sho was thinking. After reading through the rules of the cultural festival, she also realized the hidden rule that Karuizawa Kei had mentioned, and was now preparing to verify it.

She strolled leisurely to the faculty office in the staff building, where the teachers in charge of managing the cultural festival were located. Shiina Hiyori then cut to the chase and made her request to one of the teachers who was working there.

"Huh? Are you planning to apply to purchase supplies from external stores so early?"

Because today was the day the rules for the cultural festival were finally announced to the students, the somewhat unprepared female teacher adjusted her glasses in surprise.

"Excuse me, student Shiina from Class 1-C, what kind of supplies do you want to purchase for the cultural festival? Although our rules do allow students to order from outside shops, if it's something that can be purchased on campus, our application won't be approved."

Faced with such a dedicated teacher, Hiyori Shiina simply nodded slightly:

"Our class needs to use the works of mystery novelist Mikami Nashii for this cultural festival, but I checked the school library and couldn't find the books I wanted, so I wanted to buy them from an outside shop."

"The works of mystery novelist Mikami Nashii...?"

The female teacher briefly repeated the somewhat tongue-twisting name, following Shiina Hiyori's words, and then opened the program on her computer:

"Wait a moment, let me take a look."

After entering the author's name, "Kikuni Meishii," into the software used to search for library books, the final search result was indeed a blank zero.

Because she was a little worried that the girl might have just made up a name, the female teacher clicked the mouse to open a search engine and searched for the name. As a result, she found the corresponding results. There really is a mystery novelist in the world with this pen name, and he has already published several works. However, probably because he is not very popular, it seems that he has not been included in the library of Tokyo Advanced Educational Junior High School.

After all, even if we narrow the category to mystery novels, there are many masterpieces in the literary world that are better than the works of this unknown mystery novelist.

Although the female teacher really wanted to ask Shiina Hiyori what she was going to do with the thing, she didn't ask because she thought it might involve the other class's cultural festival program preparations. She simply approved Shiina Hiyori's application according to the rules, and then took out a tablet and handed it to Shiina Hiyori, indicating that she should operate it in front of her.

However, Hiyori Shiina was also prepared. After opening a shopping app that mainly sold books, she easily found a small shop with low popularity and casually ordered two books by Shiina Mikami. She wrote her name in the recipient field and filled in the address according to her teacher's instructions.

"That solves the problem. Thank you, teacher."

After dealing with all these matters, Shiina Hiyori politely thanked the teacher in charge of such matters, and then stood up to leave.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

Just as Shiina Hiyori picked up her schoolbag and walked out of the room, there was a gentle knock on the door, followed by a voice that Shiina Hiyori knew all too well.

"Please come in."

"excuse me."

After receiving permission from the teacher inside the room, the door was gently pushed open, and the two boys who walked in were Kitagawa Ryo from Class 1-A and Katsuragi Kohei from Class 1-D—a pair that seemed a little odd when they stood up.

"Hmm? Is Hiyori here too?"

As soon as he entered, he saw Shiina Hiyori, who seemed to be about to leave. Kitagawa Ryo was also a little surprised, then patted Katsuragi Kohei on the shoulder and whispered to him:

"No problem, just say what we agreed on. I'll leave for a bit."

After saying that, Kitagawa Ryo naturally took Shiina Hiyori's hand and led her outside the room, gently closing the door behind him.

"What are you doing here, Liang?"

After walking a distance away to ensure their conversation wouldn't be overheard by the people in the room, Shiina Hiyori lowered her voice and asked with some curiosity.

"I came here with Katsuragi. Hiyori, do you remember what I told you before about Katsuragi's sister? If you make good use of the rules in the area where you purchase supplies at this cultural festival, you can help Katsuragi receive a return gift and a letter from his sister. I came here to help him with that."

As Kitagawa Ryo spoke, he also lazily yawned:

"After all, Nagumo is now the student council president, so our drama club can't just leave school as freely as before. It's not bad that we were able to solve this problem in this way."

"Oh, me too, because I really want to receive a reply from my parents, and they happen to have something they want to send me."

After listening to Kitagawa Ryo's purpose for coming, Shiina Hiyori nodded again and explained her own purpose for coming here.

Although Tokyo Advanced Educational High School prohibits two-way communication and contact between students and the outside world, one-way information transmission is not really restricted. After all, it is impossible to isolate students from the world for three years. Browsing news and watching short videos are allowed by school rules. Sharing photos or text on public forums without revealing school-related information is not a big problem. The only problem is that they cannot reply to messages or comments from the outside world.

Kitagawa Ryo, on the other hand, was a student who skillfully navigated the boundaries of rules within the entire Tokyo Advanced Educational High School and communicated with the outside world almost freely. Naturally, Shiina Hiyori, who was next to him, quickly learned the corresponding skills and soon connected with her parents on a reading app used to share reading notes and recommend good books.

Although both sides have to use a lot of tricks to hide their questions, thoughts, and answers in their reviews and reflections on various mystery novels, it's more like a fun interactive game for families where the father is a mystery novelist and the daughter is a mystery novel enthusiast.

"I see. I have other things to do here, so see you at dinner time. I'll probably make stew today, since the weather is getting colder every day."

"Hmm, I was just planning to participate in the tea ceremony club activities. It seems that a senior student got some really good tea. I'll bring some back for Ryo to try after the club activities are over."

After a brief chat about dinner, Shiina Hiyori said goodbye to Kitagawa Ryo, who was hurrying along, and slowly began to walk towards the tea ceremony club. Perhaps because she was quite diligent in the club, or perhaps because Kitagawa Ryo had won over the stomachs of the other upperclassmen in the club before her, she still received a pretty good score in the social contribution rating section related to club activity in the OAA system released today.

Thinking of this, Hiyori Shiina subconsciously turned on her phone and opened the OAA video that she had already watched during the day.

[Class 1-C: Hiyori Shiina]

[First-year grades (up to the end of the second-semester sports festival)]

Academic ability: A (87)

Physical ability: C (53)

Flexible thinking ability: B+ (79)

Social contribution: A- (83)