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

The first grade has just started school, and the class has enough points, so they are unlikely to refuse.

So the difficulty lies in the third grade. The third grade class has more than 1,500 points, so they are not afraid of each person contributing 20,000.

However, both Class C and Class D have only around 300 class points, so it's unlikely they'll have any savings.

I wonder if Nagumo would mind paying for this money for them.

Chapter 321 Each Other's Plans

According to calculations, apart from those four classes, the other eight classes only need to each contribute 75 private points to perfectly avoid being expelled.

But don't forget that Class 2D also contributed over a hundred class points. Since they contributed those points, they naturally wanted to gain something in return.

If these points from over a hundred classes are converted into personal points, that's 36 per month. With more than a year left until graduation in the second year, that's roughly 800 million.

This portion of points, when averaged across the eight classes, amounts to 100 million per student. The first-grade students probably won't have any objections to this, since they have plenty of money.

Class D, which has less money, happened to receive an invalid card and doesn't have to pay, so it shouldn't be a problem for the first year. However, it might not be so easy for the third year.

The points from the third grade are mostly concentrated in Nan Yun's hands, and that guy might not be willing to pay for them.

After thinking for a while, Kamio Tatsuya looked at Horikita and the other two.

"I think the overall plan is fine, the key question is how many private points you plan to collect from each class."

Horikita and Hirata exchanged a glance, and then Horikita spoke.

"There are still 36 students in Class 2D. I hope that each of them can receive 200,000 yen for living expenses."

200,000, which is a total price of 7.2 million. Each class has an extra 900,000, totaling 165 million, which is about 40,000 to 50,000 per person.

To be honest, this isn't a lot, because if the students in the class had no worries, everyone could strive to be in the top 30%.

Those who don't want to work hard can also finish their exams early and return to the ship to enjoy the life of a luxury cruise ship.

"I can help you with the first year, but for the third year, you'll have to negotiate with Nanon yourself."

Ultimately, this was Horikita's plan, and the most crucial part naturally had to be completed by Horikita himself. The key point was that Kamio Tatsuya didn't want to see Nagumo's face.

In short, let Horikita try first. If Nagumo doesn't agree, then we can take further action.

"Well, I see."

"If you want to find Nagumo, I suggest you go to the student council office now. As the student council president, he should be there later. Of course, you can also contact him in advance."

That's exactly what I'm planning to do.

In addition to recording various information about the students, O also contains the students' contact information, so Horikita is not worried about not being able to find Nagumo.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. Good luck, I have high hopes for you."

With that, Kamio Tatsu left the classroom. As for persuading the first-year students, that was definitely out of the question today.

After all, apart from Class D, which is currently managed by Nanase, the heads of the other three classes, Kamio Tatsuya, have basically never spoken.

Well, let's ask Nanase to arrange a meeting with the leaders of the four classes first.

Shortly after sending the message to Nanase, I received a reply.

Leave it to me, I'll handle it. I'll contact Kamio-senpai again when we agree on a time.

That's really reliable. Now we just have to wait for news—for news from Kiriyama, for news from Horikita, for news from Nanase.

Meanwhile, Horikita also called Nagumo and expressed her desire to meet him, since he was Horikita's younger sister.

"excuse me."

Upon arriving at the student council office, Horikita saw Nagumo sitting with his legs crossed in the student council president's seat.

"Horikita-senpai, is there something you need from me?"

"Yes, thank you for taking the time."

Horikita's attitude was quite respectful, and Kiriyama, who was standing next to Nagumo, also asked her to sit down.

"Don't worry about it, I've had quite a bit of free time lately." Nan Yun smiled gently. "So, is there something you need?"

Horikita calmed himself down and then began to talk about the exam.

After listening to Horikita's words, Nagumo stroked his chin and pondered the matter. After a long while, he continued to speak.

"Horikita-senpai, is this really your idea? I see someone's shadow in this idea. Based on what I know, this doesn't seem like a solution you would come up with."

Are you referring to Kamio?

Horikita knew perfectly well that this was the conclusion she had reached by imitating Tatsuya Kamio's way of thinking.

Class D is finished now. All she wants to do is live a peaceful high school life and then achieve her goals through studying.

"Perhaps, but I can tell you definitively that this is my own opinion."

"Is that so? In this respect, you and Horikita-senpai are completely different. Even if he thought of this countermeasure, he probably wouldn't implement it."

Nagumo looked at Horikita Suzune with some curiosity. They were supposed to be siblings, but their appearances were so different.

“My brother and I had arguments, and I entered this school to resolve those arguments, but I could hardly have a proper conversation with my brother throughout the entire first year of school.”

We finally reconciled just before my brother's graduation, which made me realize that constantly following in his footsteps wouldn't lead to true growth.

Upon hearing Horikita's reply, Kiriyama, who had been silent all along, spoke to Nagumo.

"Although she doesn't look quite like her, she really is Horikita-senpai's sister."

"Indeed, I may have called you that several times already, but calling you Horikita still makes people a little resistant, so from today onwards, let me call you Suzune again."

"Please feel free to do so."

“Rinne, since you’ve chosen a different path from Horikita-senpai, let me give you some start-up capital.”

Nan Yun nodded and then gave his answer.

"I can agree to your terms. As long as you can convince the first and second year students, I will provide you with 500 million private points."

Furthermore, a third-grade student would be allowed to occupy the fourth or fifth place with an invalid card, thus relieving the third-grade students of any worries.

This is also good for me; there's no reason for me to refuse.

"In that case, thank you very much."

Horikita Suzune's face did not show any excitement; she remained very calm.

"Rin, do you want to join the student council?"

"No need, I don't want to follow in my brother's footsteps."

"That's really a shame."

After watching Horikita leave, Kiriyama looked at Nagumo.

“I thought you wouldn’t agree to her conditions, after all, it’s five million private points.”

"What does it matter? It's just five million points. A mere five million is enough to get all the third-year students to serve me without any worries. It's really a bargain."

Unlike Tatsuya Kamio, Nagumo, as the instigator of this exam, knew exactly how to get the points.

Once the third graders are free from worries, the power they generate will be incomparable, and it also saves him the trouble of preventing the third-grade students from falling into the bottom five.

So, just as he himself said, a mere five million was far too cheap.

At first, he suspected that Horikita's idea came from Tatsuya Kamio, but he quickly realized that it was unlikely.

He thought that Tatsuya Kamio might have the same idea as him, but he quickly put his mind at ease because the number of people they were controlling was different.

So, what will your next move be, Kamio-kun?

Are you planning to personally take first place?

Kiriyama continued talking about the exam.

When Nagumo heard Kiriyama's words, he understood: So you were hoping that Kiriyama would get information from me?

"That's right, there's no one else but me, right?"

"This exam involves a large number of people, so I hope you can make good arrangements. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After leaving the student council office, Horikita told Tatsuya Kamio about Nagumo's agreement to cooperate.

You're quite capable, Horikita.

Upon seeing the message from Horikita, Kamio Tatsuya smiled. Next up was the first-year students, but he immediately received a message from Kiriyama.

Haha, has Nagumo admitted it?

Did you get the intelligence so easily?

However, Tatsuya Kamio was not happy at all upon seeing this news.

Kiriyama-senpai, you really disappoint me.

Yesterday, Tatsuya Kamio proposed that kind of cooperation to Nagumo, and today Kiriyama went to ask Nagumo about the main squad that he had arranged.

What is this guy thinking?

Didn't you ever consider that Nagumo might have been deliberately misleading you?

Shouldn't we act as if nothing happened and then quietly investigate?

Enter the village quietly, don't fire your gun, don't you even understand this simple principle?

Tsk, Horikita-senpai, you've really had a tough time choosing someone like him. No wonder he got wrecked by Nagumo.

There's a reason why Senior Kiryuin doesn't want to deal with the guys in Class 3-B.

I received Nanase's message at noon on the third day. Nanase said that she had already made plans with the students from the other three first-year classes.

We've arranged to meet in the corridor of the first-grade building after school today; it's not something that needs to be kept secret.

Before long, three people gathered there: Yagami Takuya from Class B, Utsunomiya Riku from Class B, and Takahashi Osamu from Class C.

They were all leaders or close to leaders in their classes.

"I wonder if Nanase stood us up? She's the one who invited us, but she hasn't shown up yet."

Osamu Takahashi laughed and made a joke.

Takahashi's academic ability was not top-notch, only a low C+, but he was good at getting along with anyone and was often called upon to participate in discussions.

He has some friends in other grades, and even Tatsuya Kamio has heard of him, but they have never spoken.

“Nanase is different from Hosen. Something must have been holding her up. If you’re in a hurry, you can call her.”

"Since Baoquan has already dropped out of school, there's no need to be polite to him anymore," said Utsunomiya Riku indifferently, because he had never really liked Baoquan anyway.

"Well, there are still a few minutes until the agreed time, let's wait a little longer."

Just as Yagami finished speaking, two people walked in from around the corner.

One of them was Nanase, who had arranged to talk to them, and the other was Tatsuya Kamio from the second-year class.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

The three first-year boys reacted differently upon seeing Tatsuya Kamio: Yagami's expression remained unchanged, while Osamu Takahashi looked surprised.

As for Utsunomiya, he looked very wary.

Looking at Utsunomiya's face, Tatsuya Kamio felt that his previous actions must have left too much of a shadow on the child.

"Hello, I'm Tatsuya Kamio from the second year of school. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Kamio-senpai. We just met at the student council the day before yesterday." Yagami was the first to react and immediately came up with a smile to greet him.

"Hmm, are you getting used to the work in the student council?"

"Yes, thank you for your concern."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Takahashi Shuya came up.

"I've heard of Kamio-senpai before, but this is the first time we've met. I'm Takahashi Osamu from Class 1-C. Would you mind if we exchange contact information?"

Wow, this guy is quite outgoing. But he's probably better than that Hatano guy, since he was assigned to the class based on the school's survey.

"Of course, I feel very gratified to see the younger generation so energetic."

Kamio Tatsuya also spoke to people in a way that suited them, and they ended up having a very pleasant conversation.

"So, what brings you here to us first-year students, the student council vice president, the key figure in the second year, Kamio-senpai?"

And they even specifically had Nanase gather us together.