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

......

During the break between the third and fourth periods in the morning, Akira Shimizu's phone suddenly vibrated.

He took out his phone and saw two text messages from Masumi Kamuro on the screen:

Masumi Kamuro: Do ​​you have my shoes?

Masumi Kamuro: You haven't done anything strange, have you?

Akira Shimizu stared at the screen, his lips twitching involuntarily. He certainly understood what the other person meant by "strange things."

"What does she take me for..." he thought to himself.

My fingers flew across the screen as I typed a reply:

Akira Shimizu: I didn't do anything! By the way, your shoes are no longer with me.

The message was sent and the other party replied instantly:

Masumi Kamuro: You didn't throw it away, did you?!

Akira Shimizu sighed and continued typing:

Akira Shimizu: No, I gave it to the female staff member at the dormitory reception! Just tell her your name when you go to pick it up!

In fact, after Masumi Kamuro left, he immediately and carefully put the handmade shoes back into the shoebox and handed them over to the dormitory front desk untouched.

A moment later, the phone vibrated again:

Masumi Kamuro: You're smart... I'll go check on you after school.

Masumi Kamuro's text messages kept popping up:

Kamuro Masumi: Last time, your unauthorized actions completely disrupted my plans. I haven't even finished saying what I said last time! Listen carefully.

Masumi Kamuro: In short, your primary goal right now is to work hard to accumulate 2000 million personal points.

Akira Shimizu raised an eyebrow and tapped lightly on the screen with his fingertips.

Ironically, this is indeed his most important goal at present.

In some ways, they were thinking the same thing.

Akira Shimizu: I understand.

The other party quickly sent another long message:

Kamuro Masumi: Of course, you definitely can't save 2000 million yen by yourself! But whatever you can save, that's what matters! You need to perform well these next few months; Class A will notice your activity. Maybe if you're lucky, other classes will see your abilities and be willing to spend some points to buy you over!

Masumi Kamuro: Be prepared to endure a few more months! This kind of good thing can't happen immediately. After all, 2000 million is not a small amount for any class.

The last message carried a clear sense of urgency:

Masumi Kamuro: Okay, I'm too lazy to explain anymore. In short, just do as I say and you won't go wrong.

Akira Shimizu stared at his phone screen, then thoughtfully put it away.

(So ​​that's how it is! One of Class A's plans was to use 2000 million points to buy talent from other classes?)

He understood the other party's underlying meaning almost instantly.

That line—"Your performance is being observed by Class A"—has already become a hot topic of conversation.

2000 million points is undoubtedly a huge sum of money that is hard to accumulate for an individual.

But for a class—especially the top-performing Class A—it's not so tricky.

Even if you only spend 200 million each month, you can still raise 2000 million in ten months.

He hadn't expected that after learning about the "2000 million points to transfer to another class" deal, Class A would actually come up with the idea of ​​"buying people".

Upon closer examination, this idea does indeed have room for maneuver: acquiring talented individuals can both strengthen one's own class and directly weaken the strength of other classes.

If they can poach key figures from other classes through this process of entering and leaving, the opposing team is essentially defeated, and they will have no competitiveness afterward.

If I can't beat you, can't I at least buy it?

For example, if you have enough points, you could even spend 800 million points to "buy" the entire class—which is tantamount to turning your opponent into your own.

(This was probably Katsuragi Kohei's idea.)

Akira Shimizu didn't think this was a solution that Arisu Sakayanagi could come up with.

After all, her persona has never included this kind of team-oriented thinking.

Chapter 111: 109: Rebelling against the Heavenly Gang, Sakayanagi Arisu also sells information!

In fact, Class A didn't need to put up all 2000 million at all.

Those who are invited should have some points, right?

Like Shimizu Akira, he currently has 1000 million points—meaning that if Class A can come up with 1000 million points right now, he can transfer them immediately.

However, Akira Shimizu still had some doubts about the selection criteria for Class A.

Is it calculated based on the contribution to the original class?

Even if they perform exceptionally well, students from other classes will likely go unnoticed – after all, it's only the second month of school, and the four classes haven't officially started their competition yet.

That being said, even if Class A really had such a selection mechanism, the threshold would probably be frighteningly high.

Moreover, he never intended to join Class A in the first place—mainly because Sakayanagi Arisu was just too much trouble.

Of course, he wouldn't reveal these thoughts to Masumi Kamuro.

He hadn't forgotten that the other person had kicked his shin with their bare foot last time; he didn't know where they would kick him next time.

"I will try my best." Shimizu Akira finally gave this formulaic response, just to get by.

Then he suddenly remembered that he still owed Masumi Kamuro 10,000 points, so he immediately transferred them.

However, the other party acted as if they hadn't seen it and showed no reaction to his repayment.

Speaking of which, he's currently pondering whether or not to sell the information he has to the four classes.

However, this intelligence is far less valuable than the intelligence about the hidden rules of the S system from last month.

Akira Shimizu estimated that he could sell to at most one class this time—after all, information is the kind of thing that can't be kept secret.

So he switched to the lower account.

Unexpectedly, Arisu Sakayanagi from Class A suddenly sent him several messages, which surprised him.

Sakayanagi Arisu: You're online! I've been keeping an eye on you these past few days!

Sakayanagi Arisu: Hehe, you went online on Monday because your monitoring period was over and you wanted to see our reaction, right? Why are you online today?

Sakayanagi Arisu: She suddenly appeared after two days. Could it be that she wants to do business with the various classes again?

Sakayanagi Arisu: You made over ten million yen from the business with the four classes last time, right? Isn't that enough?

Akira Shimizu was taken aback—he hadn't expected that she would guess his deal with the four classes.

Yueqing: ?

Sakayanagi Arisu: Still pretending, huh? I specifically observed two weeks ago that the vast majority of students in all four classes went to eat the free meals—isn't that the most direct evidence?

Akira Shimizu thought about it for a moment and immediately understood.

This reasoning does indeed confirm that the four classes are short of students—after all, people only resort to free meals when they're short on money.

Sakayanagi Arisu: This month won't be so smooth for you. You suddenly came online, is it because you have a special exam this month?

Sakayanagi Arisu: Heh, I knew it. After all, the last few questions on the last test were beyond the capabilities of a first-year high school student. The homeroom teacher even said there were other ways to avoid it! It was practically an open instruction!

Arisu Sakayanagi: I've been thinking, what is the absolute way to prevent students from failing?

Sakayanagi Arisu: After thinking it over, the answer is actually just two words—exam paper.

Sakayanagi Arisu: For example, buying exam papers from a teacher. Unfortunately, I was refused after asking.

Sakayanagi Arisu: So, what are the solutions to the exam paper? Actually, the answer is quite simple: it's an old question.

Sakayanagi Arisu: I've been paying special attention to the students in Class 2D these past few days—they have no intention of getting extra tutoring, yet each of them exudes a confident and determined air.

Sakayanagi Arisu: And so! I found a second-year high school student who was short on math! I got all the first-year exam papers from him! Just as I expected! The content was almost exactly the same!

Sakayanagi Arisu: Later, I asked the teacher too! There was indeed a special exam this time, and each class could only get a maximum of 100 class points.

Sakayanagi Arisu: This time I won't let you earn points so easily, because I'm going to sell information too.

Shimizu Akira was startled.

He had no idea that the other party not only guessed the answer perfectly, but also knew the class's point system perfectly.

(Although she's just a little girl, her intelligence is top-notch.)

(Wait! She's selling information too? Are people actually stealing business these days?)

(Doesn't she have any regard for Class A's position? Selling information to other classes is practically helping their rivals strengthen their position, isn't it?)

He was different from Sakayanagi Arisu. He didn't feel a sense of belonging to Class D, but the other was, after all, the leader of Class A.

Akira Shimizu couldn't figure out for the time being whether she was telling the truth or not—perhaps she was deliberately lying to him, or perhaps she really had this intention.

Sakayanagi Arisu may not really have any particular stance.

Akira Shimizu even felt that sometimes she would rather harm the interests of the class in order to achieve certain goals for herself—in her eyes, her own interests probably always came before the interests of the class.

In any case, he certainly couldn't go along with what she said.

Yueqing: I just logged on to check, and you've already figured this out. The answers to the special exam are the test paper? Well, thanks for reminding me. By the way, are you planning to sell information that benefits other classes? I've taken screenshots. I wonder if I'll send them to Katsuragi Kohei in your class, or the other students in Class A, and see what they say.

Akira Shimizu was different from her—she was in the open, while he was in the shadows.

Therefore, he easily understood the other party's weakness, which was their authority.

As long as a screenshot is posted, Sakayanagi Arisu's popularity will inevitably decrease.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the screen before a message from Sakayanagi Arisu popped up.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Hehe, a screenshot? But do you think Katsuragi would question me over something like this?

Sakayanagi Arisu: Even if they find out, they'll just think it's part of my plan.

Yueqing: A plan? Selling intelligence to the enemy counts as a plan?

Sakayanagi Arisu: What else? Letting you monopolize information trading and watch other classes be led around by you, that would be the worst thing for Class A, and even for other classes, right? I myself really hate being led by the nose all the time!

Sakayanagi Arisu: Besides, this special exam wasn't a competition, not a zero-sum game where you gain one point and I lose one. Even if all four classes gained the same number of points, Class A's position wouldn't be shaken.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Making the information public can be an olive branch that Class A extends to other classes. Even if we tell them that, based on an average score of 60, each class can only gain a maximum of 30 class points—making the information public can serve as a bargaining chip for future cooperation, prevent other classes from forming alliances and increasing the possibility of conflict, and also earn a good amount of points. Why not?

What the other person said did seem to make some sense.

It turns out that Sakayanagi Arisu was worried that after Class A became dominant, the other three classes would join forces to target them, so she wanted to build good relationships with the other classes in advance.

Was she planning to form alliances and win over other classes?

Thinking about it carefully, this is entirely possible.

Historically, there have been many similar examples.

The average score of Class D in the monthly exam was 64 points, and the average score of other classes would only be higher than that.

In other words, a class can earn a maximum of 30 points.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to disclose the information publicly—using these 30 class points to gain the trust of other classes, plus leverage for future cooperation, is an incredibly worthwhile deal.

Class A currently has 950 class points, so they don't need those extra 30 points anyway—moreover, the points for all four classes are increasing simultaneously, so it won't affect Class A's advantage at all.

It must be said that Arisu Sakayanagi made a brilliant move.

He felt that things were getting more and more out of his control.

However—it would be more interesting if things continued to develop this way.

Chapter 112: 110 Sakayanagi Arisu: General.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Don't even think about earning a single point this month through the special exam.

Sakayanagi Arisu: Even if I don't charge points, it's perfectly fine for me to tell the other first-year classes the information for free.

Sakayanagi Arisu: As for the second and third-year students, I don't need to say anything more, right? They already knew about the tricks in the exam, and your little bit of information is worthless in their eyes.

"Ah……"

Sakayanagi Arisu looked at the chat box on her phone screen, which hadn't shown any new messages yet, and chuckled softly.