Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

Please don't do that, or I'll get ostracized by those idiots in my class.

Although Masumi Kamuro was of questionable character, Tatsuya Kamio never said that she was unattractive.

She's a total beauty.

Kamuro Tatsuya estimated that it wouldn't be long before Kamuro found out about the class; according to him, he would come to the class to find him at the latest tomorrow.

Then, because Tatsuya Kamio hooked up with a beautiful girl from another class on the third day of school, he was rumored to be jealous, antagonized, and even isolated by the idiots in Class D.

This is not a good sign.

Kamio Tatsuya is human too. Although he may not care, no one wants to go to class every day under those resentful stares.

"I think adding each other as friends would be a good idea."

Masumi Kamuro considered Tatsuya Kamio's suggestion for a moment, then nodded and took her phone out of her skirt.

After exchanging contact information, the two parted ways.

That evening, Kamio Tatsuya received a message from Kamuro Masumi informing him that Class A currently had two people designated by the homeroom teacher to be in charge, and that photos of them were attached.

One is a frail, silver-haired girl named Sakayanagi Arisu who needs a cane to walk.

The other is a steady male student with no hair or eyebrows, Katsuragi Kohei.

These were the two people that Tatsuya Kamio met at the coffee shop on his first day of school.

After thinking for a while, Tatsuya Kamio took out his phone and continued to send messages to Masumi Kamuro.

Could you help me arrange a meeting with them? Tell them I have information I want to sell to Class A.

You really know how to order people around.

Even through the screen, Tatsuya Kamio could almost see Masumi Kamuro's face, which was filled with a look of disgust.

A while later, Masumi Kamuro sent another message.

Let's meet at the library after school tomorrow afternoon.

OK, I'll treat you to dinner after it's done.

After saying that, Kamio Tatsuya happily lay down on the bed and prepared to sleep.

The next day, as soon as she arrived at school, Horikita Suzune asked Kamio Tatsuya a question.

"You said yesterday that if your intelligence was wrong, you would return all the points to me, right?"

"I did say that."

"Then please don't use up all the points that belong to me."

After saying that, he picked up his textbook and prepared to start class.

Good grief, you still want to go back.

In other words, you don't believe my intelligence, huh? Seriously.

Hopefully, when the same information is released by the school, you won't still be so stubborn.

The next day after school, Kamio Tatsuya packed his things and went to the library.

Because it was the beginning of the school year, the library near the first-year teaching building was almost empty and very quiet.

Kamio Tatsuya also casually found a spot with a good view and sat down.

Not long after, Masumi Kamuro arrived with Arisu Sakayanagi and Kohei Katsuragi.

Upon seeing the other party approach, Tatsuya Kamio stood up to greet him.

"Hello, I am Tatsuya Kamio from Class 1-D."

"Hello, I am Katsuragi Kohei from Class 1-A."

"I am Sakayanagi Arisu."

As for Kamuro Masumi, she didn't greet anyone but sat down directly. After confirming that no one was eavesdropping, the conversation began.

"Make it quick, what information do you want to sell us?"

It was Katsuragi Kohei who spoke, and his composure was evident from the moment he opened his mouth.

Since that's the case, things will be easier to discuss.

"You should have already noticed how unusual this school is, right?"

"What do you mean?"

Katsuragi Kohei asked in return with an unchanged expression, while Sakayanagi Arisu sat there quietly, listening attentively to their conversation.

As for Kamuro Masumi, she didn't even try to interrupt.

"I mean, about the 100% graduation and college admission rates."

Do you have any brilliant ideas?

"This piece of intelligence is a free gift to you..."

Then, Kamio Tatsuya explained that only students graduating from Class A could enjoy the privileges, as well as the basis for class division. However, Kamio Tatsuya did not see the slightest surprise on the other person's face.

This suggests that the other party likely also guessed this.

Kamio Tatsuya was not surprised by this; rather, he had already anticipated this situation.

"It seems you have some suspicions about this as well."

“That’s right. Although I’m not as certain as you are, I’ve also observed quite a few unusual things at the school,” Katsuragi Kohei said with certainty. “So unfortunately, your intelligence isn’t worth much here.”

Tatsuya Kamio shrugged, indicating that he didn't care.

"I already told you, this intelligence is for you."

"Then what information do you want to sell us?" Katsuragi Kohei pressed.

"Since you already know that the four classes will be competitors in the future, you must also know that the four classes will compete in some way, right?"

It was so obvious that Katsuragi Kohei nodded naturally.

"I can tell you very clearly that the way the four classes compete has been called a special exam by the school, and what I'm going to sell you is information about the first special exam."

With the probing over, Kamio Tatsuya directly revealed the products he had prepared.

Even so, Katsuragi Kohei remained unmoved, while Sakayanagi Arisu looked at Kamio Tatsuya with great interest.

Chapter Sixteen: This is an Open Scheme

At this point, Tatsuya Kamio stopped keeping him in suspense and directly revealed the content of the first special exam.

"The school will conduct a behavior and ethics test in April. If a student does something that is not in line with student conduct, points will be deducted from the class. So far, I have only told the three of you about this information."

Afterwards, Tatsuya Kamio explained to them what class points were.

However, Masumi Kamuro, who had been silent, looked at Tatsuya Kamio in disbelief.

Didn't you want to sell information?

Why don't you talk about the price first?

Why did I just say it so simply?

Aren't you afraid we won't give you any points?

However, upon hearing this information, the usually composed Katsuragi Kohei immediately frowned.

He didn't think that Kamio Tatsu had spoken out of turn without a plan; he must have had some ulterior motive.

However, before asking this question, there is another question that needs to be answered.

"How do you know about this?"

When faced with this question, Tatsuya Kamio smiled but remained silent.

At that moment, Arisu Sakayanagi, who had been observing Tatsuya Kamio, suddenly clapped.

"What a brilliant scheme, Kamio-kun. So, how many points are you planning to sell this information for?"

He had been worried that the other person wouldn't get his meaning, but now Tatsuya Kamio immediately showed a satisfied smile.

Talking to smart people is easier.

"Although I really want to say 400 million, that would be too unreasonable, so you only need to give me 300 million personal points."

Tatsuya Kamio's expectation was 200 million private points, but the saying goes, "raise the price on the spot, then bargain on the spot." If he stated his expectation right away, it would probably be difficult to get that price.

“No problem, I’ll go back and raise the money right away. I’m sure everyone in Class A will be willing to contribute.” Sakayanagi Arisu agreed to Kamio Tatsuya’s request without even thinking.

This made him somewhat silent.

Damn, that's too little.

"Wait, what are you talking about? Didn't he already reveal the information? Why are you still giving him points?"

Masumi Kamuro looked completely puzzled.

At this moment, Katsuragi, who was standing to the side, also realized what was happening. He took a deep look at Kamio Tatsuya and felt that if the class assignment rules were true, then this person's level should not be that of a student in Class D.

“I agree to the deal. I’ll give you the points before school ends on Friday.”

Kamio Tatsuya smiled and said, "Then it's a pleasure to cooperate. By the way, please keep this deal a secret."

"No problem at all."

Even after Tatsuya Kamio left, Masumi Kamuro was still very puzzled.

At this moment, Sakayanagi Arisu, who was traveling with her, finally spoke up to explain.

"Kamuro-kun, you must think Katsuragi-kun and I are crazy, right?"

Masumi Kamuro opened her mouth, but didn't answer; that was what she was thinking.

"That three million wasn't for intelligence, it was hush money."

Hush money?

What is this?

"Do you think we'll lose a lot of class points if we take the exam without knowing there will be a behavior and ethics test in the first month?"

Masumi Kamuro thought for a moment, then shook her head.

The students in Class A have nothing to correct as students; everyone studies diligently in class and there are no violations of discipline such as sleeping or talking.

They won't do anything inappropriate for students during their free time.

It can be said to be a standard student template.

"Doesn't that mean his intelligence is even less useful to us?"

“That’s not how it works, Kamuro-kun.” Ayatsu Sakayanagi’s face lit up with a smile. “While this information may not be of much use to us, it will be very useful to Class B and Class C.”

Seeing that Masumi Kamuro still didn't understand, Arisu Sakayanagi continued to explain.

"Although our Class A can still do our best even without intelligence, it's a different story for the other classes."

Putting aside classes D, B, and C, if they were to take such an exam without knowing the details, they would at least lose several hundred points.

If they knew this information, given their overall competence, they could have prevented the loss of those few hundred points. Do you understand now?

Now that things had been said to this extent, Masumi Kamuro finally understood.

Simply put, Class A spent three million points to ensure that Class B and Class C would lose that many points.

Even if students in Class A knew this information, they could deliberately induce students in Classes B and C to do things that violate school rules, thereby further weakening them.

According to the theory of relativity, weakening the enemy is strengthening oneself, so if Class A wants to take the lead, they are bound to spend the three million.

Katsuragi and Sakayanagi, who were able to excel in Class A, would never underestimate other classes, so they both felt that the three million was well worth it.

As for Tatsuya Kamio, if Class A doesn't mind him selling information to Class B and Class C, then Tatsuya Kamio naturally wouldn't mind doing so either.

In the end, all he did was create two opponents for himself in order to save 300 million points.

Then, Masumi Kamuro thought of something.

"Where's Class D?"

When Kamuro Masumi mentioned this, Sakayanagi Arisu burst out laughing.