In fact, after the information is refreshed, they always want to attack me!

Isn't the other person's father the chairman of the school's board of directors? If Sakayanagi Arisu had really investigated, his identity would probably have been exposed long ago.

However, Shimizu Akira still believed that this was just a test from the other party—a proud person like Sakayanagi Arisu hated it most when people said that she relied on her father's power.

Akira Shimizu: Who is your father?

Sakayanagi Arisu: My father is the school's chairman of the board of directors—Sakayanagi Narimori.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Hehe, regardless of whether you are that person or not, let me tell you something interesting that happened at noon today.

After reading all the messages sent by the other party, Shimizu Akira replied: Your Class A hardly deducts any class points, so there's no need to spend 300 million points to rent surveillance cameras, right? This deal isn't worth it.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Testing me again? You know perfectly well I hate being spied on. What I value isn't the surveillance itself, but the data from the past two weeks. Two weeks is enough time to analyze the personality traits, habits, and academic performance of most people in our class. Everyone's conversations, whispers, and private information—that's the most important intelligence. If that mysterious person sells it to other classes, even though we're Class A, we'll likely struggle to gain an advantage early on. After all, knowing your enemy is half the battle.

Akira Shimizu's gaze lingered on the line "two weeks" for a few more seconds.

It seems that the other party really couldn't find her chairman father.

But only he knows that there is actually only this week's data.

This kind of information is naturally not something that can be given to the other party separately; it would simply mean losing the initiative.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Well then, I should go and have a serious talk with that mysterious person about this. Goodbye.

After saying that, Sakayanagi Arisu went offline.

Immediately afterwards, a message came from his alternate account.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Can I rent it for just one day?

Akira Shimizu was slightly taken aback; the other party was quite clever.

Class A doesn't care about being monitored or about losing points; the only thing they care about is past monitoring data.

A 24-hour access period is sufficient for the other party to delete the data.

Yueqing: You wish! I refuse. I don't offer any service here.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Can I use 500,000 personal points to have you delete all the surveillance data of Class 1-A since the start of the school year?

Yueqing: Little princess, stop testing me. I'm telling you clearly, it's only rented as a whole.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Heh... Is that really so? Then let me ask you another question: have you already sold our Class A surveillance footage to other classes at a high price? If that's the case, I won't rent it out.

Upon hearing this, Akira Shimizu fell into deep thought.

So that's what the other party was worried about.

After all, he had the authority to monitor the situation, and the recorded footage was valuable intelligence that could be sold for money.

If Shimizu Akira had already leaked the surveillance footage of Class A to other classes, then there would be no point in her spending money to buy the surveillance rights now.

However, Shimizu had considered this point earlier; he never intended to sell any of the surveillance footage from the beginning.

Yueqing: I don't sell the surveillance footage itself, I only rent the entire surveillance system.

Sakayanagi Arisu: This is somewhat unexpected! You're not deliberately lying to me, are you?

Yueqing: You can ask the student council; they will ensure fairness for both parties in the transaction.

— Shimizu was prepared for this.

Sakayanagi Arisu: "A neutral student council? Hehe, I'll ask about it tomorrow."

She paused, then asked, "By the way! Besides Class A, which other classes did you lease the surveillance rights to? I wonder if there are any other classes besides Class A in the first year? You didn't notify all four classes, did you?"

Akira Shimizu could not possibly answer such a question—it clearly went beyond the scope of a transaction.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Heh... But seriously, even if you had the monitoring rights for first-year classes C, D, and B, I couldn't afford to buy them this month. And next month, your so-called monitoring rights might be completely invalid. After all, the school recently announced a ban on using points to purchase or rent school equipment. Even if you're the first to do it, at most you're just subletting. I'm curious, how long will your rented access actually last?

Akira Shimizu raised an eyebrow.

It must be said that Arisu Sakayanagi is indeed very intelligent, as she easily deduced that the surveillance rights he held were actually rented.

However, after thinking for a moment, he slowly typed out eight words.

Akira Shimizu: If you don't want to rent it, fine, I'm going to sleep.

He maintained control over the surveillance from beginning to end.

Even if they don't sell, the official guarantee is 40 yuan per unit, so this deal is guaranteed to make a profit from the start.

Chapter 80: 078 Today's Information: Shiina Hiyori will guess Shimizu Akira's identity.

It's Friday.

When Akira Shimizu finished his morning exercise, fine beads of sweat still clung to his forehead.

He picked up his phone and first sent a text message to the student council president, Horikita Manabu:

[The leaders of several classes should be at the student council to sign the formal agreement before 7 PM tonight. Thank you, President.]

After sending the message.

Akira Shimizu then realized that he had indeed troubled the chairman quite a bit these past few days. Although the chairman had said he owed him a favor... but today was Friday after all, and it felt really bad to make someone work overtime.

The phone vibrated quickly. Horikita Manabu's reply was brief and to the point: [Understood.]

Akira Shimizu stared at the screen and muttered something to himself.

"As expected, I made him work overtime again..."

(How about...taking care of his sister?)

He narrowed his eyes, as if he could see a relieved smile that might appear beneath the president's serious face.

But upon closer reflection, I realized that it must have been my own fantasy.

Horikita's smile is truly terrifying.

That serious-looking man doesn't seem like the type to laugh.

When he returned to his seat in the classroom, the familiar system notification sounded right on time:

[Ding~ Today's information has been updated]

1. Kikyo Kushida's blood type is A.

2. In May, the first person to deduce that Shimizu Akira was disguised was Shiina Hiyori from Class C of the first year.

[The points system at Advanced Development High School 3 is designed to simulate society and includes a lending function linked to the social credit system, automatically deducting outstanding debts when points are distributed at the beginning of each month.]

Akira Shimizu rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had misread the second piece of information—his name had actually appeared on the intelligence system?

Who says that Akira Shimizu's intelligence isn't intelligence? That doesn't seem to make any mistake.

But the other party actually saw through his disguise? Does that mean they saw through his alternate account?

"A student like this in Class C of the first grade? Shimizu Akira couldn't help but mutter to himself."

It wasn't that he looked down on Class C, but when he watched the surveillance footage yesterday, all he saw was Long Yuanxiang dominating the entire room like a tyrant. As for the others, he really didn't pay much attention.

(Shiina Hiyori? Deduction... Could it be that the other party is a detective-like character? It seems that Class C isn't as weak as I thought.)

After reading this, Akira Shimizu continued to read the third one.

(Hmm? You can even borrow money? That's interesting.)

He was wondering what to do if other classes couldn't pay out their individual points, but he didn't expect the school to have this policy.

After all, this is a simulated society; if you think about it carefully, these kinds of rules already exist in real society.

Student loans are not uncommon.

"Remember to come to your tutoring session on time after school today." Horikita Suzune's cool voice suddenly came from beside her.

"Yes, I remember," Shimizu Akira replied softly, his gaze still fixed on the textbook in his hands.

They did indeed arrange their tutoring schedule for this week.

"Your math and English scores are clearly excellent," Horikita Suzune frowned slightly, her fingertips lightly tapping the table, "so why is your Japanese score so bad?"

As her deskmate, Horikita Suzune had witnessed all of this.

In English class, when Akira Shimizu answered the teacher's questions, his English was even more standard than the teacher's; in math class, she often had to ponder his answers for more than ten seconds before she could understand them.

Akira Shimizu was clearly not stupid; on the contrary, he was quite clever.

For some reason, his Chinese language grades were always not very good, and this extreme imbalance in his studies was really puzzling.

"Hmm... I guess you're just naturally good at one subject at another." Shimizu Akira gave her a simple reply, but his gaze fell on the rice ball in her hand—the rice ball didn't have the convenience store packaging, it was just in a plastic bag.

"Could it be handmade rice balls?"

“…! After all, I gave you all my points.” Horikita Suzune put the rice ball in her mouth and chewed slowly.

After thinking about it, Shimizu Akira realized that the other party probably really couldn't even scrape together 5,000 points.

That's really pitiful.

For her brother's sake, and also because she's supposed to be my future tutor, I should treat her to a nice meal.

"I'll take you out for a big meal tonight," he said after a moment's thought.

"...Reason?" Horikita Suzune was taken aback. She wanted to refuse, but then she remembered that she really should learn to change her personality, so she asked the question.

"Just flattering you, my 'teacher.' After all, I don't want to fail the exam either. This way, I'll feel more at ease, and ultimately, it's for my own sake," Shimizu Akira replied casually.

"...Flattering me? Well, that depends on how much you're willing to bleed." After hearing this, Horikita Suzune thought for a moment and then agreed.

Some people are indeed the type who feel uncomfortable if they don't treat others to a meal when asking for favors.

It's highly likely that Shimizu Akira is lying, but in the blink of an eye, Shimizu Akira has already taken 10.5 of her points. It's really no big deal to have a meal with him.

"I should be able to fill your stomach without any problem." Shimizu Akira thought to himself that he was about to earn a large sum of points, so he wouldn't have to worry about spending them anymore.

During a break in their conversation, Kikyo Kushida suddenly coughed lightly and slowly walked onto the podium.

"Um, everyone, starting today, I will be the class monitor of Class D in the first grade."

Hirata Yosuke also stepped forward, smiling as he said, "This time I've completely lost to Kushida-san. This month I'll be her assistant, helping her with her work."

"Congratulations, Kushida!"

"Damn it, Shimizu Akira beat me to it!"

"I also want to go on a date with Kushida-kun..."

Some students applauded, while other male students looked at Akira Shimizu with envy.

"A date? You campaigned for her?" Horikita Suzune asked, her gaze fixed on Shimizu Akira.

This wasn't out of jealousy, but purely an instinctive alert to this unusual behavior.

After all, based on her understanding of that person, he was definitely not the type to make a losing deal.

"She paid some money," Shimizu Akira explained briefly.

"...How many?"

"Eighty thousand..."

"Eighty thousand?" Horikita seemed to have thought of something and casually added, "I'll pay for it. Help me campaign for class monitor next month."

Her tone was resolute, clearly indicating that she had already calculated the value of the deal.

"...You also want to run for class monitor?" Shimizu Akira immediately understood, his voice tinged with surprise.

"Of course." Horikita Suzune straightened her back. "Didn't I tell you? Now that I've been assigned to Class D, I will lead this class—to the top of Class A."

"Pfft~" Shimizu Akira couldn't help but laugh when he saw the other party's serious expression.

He had previously said that Horikita Suzune might become one of the leaders of Class D in the future.

But right now, she is clearly far from reaching that level.

Is Horikita Suzune drinking fake alcohol or something? And how many peanuts?

What are you laughing at?!

"It's nothing, I was just laughing at you."

Chapter 81: 079 You're just not as good as Kikyo Kushida.

Horikita Suzune narrowed her fox-like eyes slightly and coldly swept them over the other person.

Are you questioning my abilities?

Akira Shimizu's expression remained unchanged. "Your academic performance is indeed outstanding, but you're far behind in other areas. The simplest example—you don't even know basic conversation skills; how can you expect people to believe you?"