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

(His brother got lucky; he didn't get to use it.)

She glanced up discreetly at Shimizu Akira, watching him devour his food without any restraint.

His eating manners were hardly elegant—the corners of his mouth were smeared with sauce, and his cheeks were bulging as he chewed, yet strangely, it was a pleasant sight to watch.

"Wipe your mouth." Horikita Suzune finally couldn't stand it anymore and handed over a tissue.

"Thanks." Shimizu Akira took the tissue and wiped his face, then picked up a piece of freshly grilled meat. "But honestly, your grilled meat tastes much better than mine."

Horikita Suzune gave a soft hum, but the tongs in her hand involuntarily placed a few more slices of meat on the meat.

Chapter 87: 085 Now everyone in Class D owes me points.

Akira Shimizu patted his round belly, feeling rather full after eating so much.

Horikita Suzune's barbecue skills are truly exceptional.

The meat retains just the right amount of elasticity without being too tough to chew.

He then noticed that, apart from the plate he had frantically grilled at the beginning, almost all the remaining meat was prepared by Horikita Suzune.

Akira Shimizu's gaze unconsciously swept around.

The other men at the tables were all attentively serving their female companions, so it was quite rare to see a couple like his where the woman was in charge of grilling the meat the whole time.

What bothered him even more was that Horikita Suzune seemed to be only focused on grilling the meat and hadn't touched her chopsticks much herself.

"Let me do it. You should eat something too." Shimizu Akira naturally extended his hand.

Horikita Suzune paused noticeably, her fingers tightening and then relaxing slightly before handing over the clip: "...Okay."

Akira Shimizu keenly caught the fleeting reluctance in her eyes.

This discovery surprised him somewhat—could it be that the seemingly aloof Horikita Suzune would feel reluctant to part with such a small thing?

(really...)

Akira Shimizu chuckled to himself.

His initial judgment was correct; Horikita Suzune may seem aloof, but she is actually exceptionally considerate towards those she approves of.

That's the charm of unexpected cuteness.

"Speaking of which..." Shimizu Akira said casually as he turned the slices of meat, "Can I just call you Horikita from now on?"

He had been using honorifics these days, but now he felt that the distance between them had narrowed considerably.

Horikita Suzune was taking small bites of grilled meat when she heard this and looked up.

She paused for a moment, feigning deep thought, then said, "...I agree."

......

This dinner ultimately cost Akira Shimizu nearly 8,000 personal points.

As they were paying at the cashier, Horikita Suzune glanced at him with a slightly probing look, seemingly shocked by his generosity.

However, Akira Shimizu simply completed the payment as if nothing had happened, ignoring her subtle reaction.

During his meal, his phone screen kept lighting up as he received several important messages.

Student Council President Horikita Manabu sent a notice: Classes A, B, and C have officially signed a surveillance system rental agreement with the Student Council.

The attached class points transfer details show that, after deducting a 5% handling fee, the transaction brought him 855 million points, including the principal of 120 million points held by Akira Shimizu.

With the original 16 yen, his current balance is 871 million points.

He certainly doesn't lack manners.

However, this seemingly easy windfall profit was actually based on the clever use of the school's surveillance equipment.

He knew better than anyone that such an opportunity was rare and precious—if it weren't for the fact that it was the first month of the new students' enrollment, when class points were crucial for each class, this deal would never have gone so smoothly.

My phone vibrated again; three messages from different class leaders arrived in quick succession:

Long Yuanxiang: Why are the surveillance records from the first week completely blank?

Honami Ichinose: Permissions confirmed.

Arisu Sakayanagi: The data from the first week was cleaned up so thoroughly, what exactly did you do?

Akira Shimizu hovered his fingertip above the screen for a moment before finally deciding to log out of the temporarily registered account.

Let the three of them think about it.

Anyway, the deal is done.

He's not a customer service representative from Taobao, so he never said he would provide after-sales service.

......

Akira Shimizu glanced at the message on his phone screen again.

The message from student council president Horikita Manabu was concise and clear:

Horikita Manabu: What do you think about Kikyo Kushida from Class D, Grade 1 applying to pay for her 3 million points this time through a school loan?

Akira Shimizu frowned slightly, his fingers tapping rapidly on the screen:

Akira Shimizu: Chairman, could you please explain the specific loan policy?

Horikita Manabu's reply popped up quickly:

Horikita Manabu: The student council evaluates class points based on each class's past performance and formulates corresponding loan policies. The loan amount will be forcibly deducted from each student's individual points the following month. This policy was initially designed to promote products such as mobile phones and cameras, but the school believes it has social practice educational value and has incorporated it into the formal system.

Akira Shimizu pondered for a moment, then continued to ask:

Akira Shimizu: Does Class D really meet the requirements?

Horikita Manabu's reply was detailed and professional:

Horikita Manabu: All classes possess basic qualifications. Based on the performance of previous Class D classes in their first month, the average class points are 350, corresponding to a loan of 140 million points per person per class. Given the special circumstances of the other party renting surveillance equipment, the student council has raised the evaluation benchmark to 500 points per class. Based on this calculation, Class D's total loan amount this time is 200 million points (each person needs to repay 5 points next month).

Akira Shimizu astutely grasped the key issue:

Akira Shimizu: But what I need here is 300 million.

Horikita Manabu: There's still next month. If it's not enough, we'll keep deducting. Anyway, the interest increases by five percent every month.

Akira Shimizu pressed on, "What if that class's points were reset to zero?"

Horikita Manabu's reply was somewhat meaningful: "Don't worry, no class in the school's history has ever gotten zero marks for three consecutive years."

Akira Shimizu immediately understood—it seemed the school had secretly set up a safety net mechanism to prevent a class from completely collapsing.

After all, schools are only trying to select more outstanding talents for society, not to make students live on a shoestring budget for three years.

Horikita Manabu sent a new option: "You can also refuse the loan transaction and sell the surveillance cameras directly to the school for 40 yen per unit."

"I accept the loan." Akira Shimizu made the decision almost without hesitation.

He secretly calculated: given the current situation, Class D shouldn't have fallen to a zero score.

Although the points lost in the first week cannot be recovered, with the help of monitoring equipment and having figured out the rules in advance, it is conservatively estimated that at least 400 class points can be obtained this month.

If some people in Class D can't even get 400 class points, then they're really defying the heavens.

Akira Shimizu carefully read the installment repayment agreement sent by Manabu Horikita:

Horikita Manabu: The repayment plan is as follows:

Second month: Class D repays 180 million (4.5 personal points will be automatically deducted from each person per month).

Third month: Class D repays 120 million + 6 (5% interest) (3.15 personal points will be automatically deducted from each person per month).

"Does everyone in my class owe me points? That's interesting. I've become a creditor to 39 people."

Looking at the repayment plan, Shimizu Akira suddenly realized a problem—as a "regular student" in Class D, he also needed to share the repayments like everyone else.

We need to contribute 7.5 personal points as class funds.

However, these 7.5 personal points are just a drop in the ocean compared to the more than eight million points.

Chapter 88: 086 Hello classmate, I am Hiyori Shiina from Class C, Grade 1.

Just as Horikita Suzune was about to start discussing tutoring with Shimizu Akira, both of their phones vibrated at the same time.

"Kushida-kun has informed the whole class to assemble in the classroom..." Horikita read the announcement softly.

"Let's go, there's probably some important news again." Shimizu Akira winked at her, and the two quickly walked towards the classroom.

The cafeteria wasn't far from Class D's classroom, and they returned to their class in less than five minutes.

The classroom gradually filled up with people.

Kikyo Kushida clapped her hands with her signature sweet smile.

"Dear students, I have reached a solution with the Student Union to resolve the 300 million points issue. The Student Union provided a special loan service, and based on our class's estimated points for next month, we have successfully passed the review."

The whispers in the classroom gradually quieted down, and everyone listened attentively to Kushida's explanation.

"Simply put, we can use next month's personal points to pay for this." She glanced around the classroom, her tone light and cheerful. "So each student will need to pay 4.5 personal points in May and 3.15 personal points in June, with 1500 being additional interest."

"This proposal is acceptable."

"Based on our class's performance, we should be able to get seven or eight hundred class points next month, right? We only need to pay half, and we can pay it off in two months, no problem at all!"

The vast majority of students in the class readily agreed.

With a sweet smile, Kikyo Kushida added, "However, each student needs to sign off on it personally; otherwise, the student council won't approve the loan."

As she spoke, she took the student council's contract documents and began walking around the classroom one by one.

Each student cooperated and signed their name.

When she reached Shimizu Akira, she bent down slightly and handed him the documents and pen: "Shimizu-kun, we were just waiting for you~"

Akira Shimizu took the document, his gaze inadvertently sweeping across the paper—because his seat was at the back, the paper was now densely covered with his classmates' signatures.

(These are the classmates who will soon owe me money...)

(Now I have to sign my own name too, doesn't that mean I'm owing myself money?)

(I really can't repay Shimizu Akira's kindness.)

This intriguing thought made him shake his head.

He signed his name neatly and handed the document back to Kushida.

With all the class's signatures on her hands, Kikyo Kushida slowly left the classroom.

......

Akira Shimizu and Suzune Horikita walked into the library side by side.

They walked slowly along the aisles between the bookshelves, eventually finding a quiet study area deep inside the library.

Several rows of long wooden tables were neatly arranged, with friendly reminder signs nailed to the corners of the tables: "Discussion Area - Please keep your voices down."

"Shimizu-kun, why don't you go find a junior high school Chinese textbook first?" Horikita Suzune said softly, taking a brand new hardcover book out of her bag and sitting down at one of the tables.

Akira Shimizu inadvertently glanced at the English title on the cover: "And Then There Were None".

He raised an eyebrow slightly—wasn't this Agatha Christie's classic novel, And Then There Were None?

He remembered that groundbreaking work, where ten people were stranded on a deserted island and died one after another in bizarre ways... As the progenitor of the locked-room mystery trope, it inspired countless works that followed.

From "Detective Conan" to "Kindaichi Case Files", and even Ryukishi07's "Umineko When They Cry", you can see the influence of this classic.

Akira Shimizu noticed that she had changed her address from the stiff "Shimizu-kun" to the more intimate "Shimizu-kun" at some point.

This subtle change stirred something within him, but seeing the other person's aloof and unapproachable demeanor, he decided to pretend he hadn't noticed.

If this matter were brought up, given Horikita's personality, he would probably immediately revert to his aloof attitude, and the tutoring arrangement would be ruined.

His gaze swept across the spacious library once more.

The design here is truly unique—in addition to the traditional reading area, there are also several semi-open study areas.

Not far away, several older students were sitting together, discussing their research topic in hushed tones.

The library at this boarding school is really big.

The books are arranged in various categories, ranging from basic textbooks to professional works.

It makes sense, considering that in a campus almost completely isolated from the outside world, the library naturally becomes the most important source of knowledge.

Akira Shimizu walked to the information desk and asked the librarian who was organizing the books, "Excuse me, could you tell me which section has the junior high school Chinese textbooks?"