In practice, I originally just wanted to be a slacker.

They're not ascetics, how could they possibly endure it?

"There's no other way. Patience is also part of self-cultivation. The school cafeteria will be open very late today, so I'll just wait until I get back to school to eat."

The person on the board was in a very good mood because, although Class B seemed to be the biggest winner in this exam because they successfully advanced, everyone with eyes could see that the real winner was actually the one who didn't.

The biggest winner was Class C, and it was Tatsuya Kamio.

Ryuen's decision at the time was indeed correct—to bring Kamio Tatsuya into Class C.

Chapter 258 Sakayanagi's Countermeasures

After the forest retreat ended, Gao Yu's students returned to school. The next day, Friday, however, the students did not attend classes.

The school probably took into account the students' accumulated fatigue, so it gave them a three-day holiday.

During this holiday, Tatsuya Kamio also visited the two students from his previous training camp group.

After all, they had contributed to their injuries, so after offering some words of comfort, I also told them about Gaoyuanji's expulsion from school.

For the next three days, Kamio Tatsuya spent most of his time in his dormitory. Kamuro and Shiina would also come over, mainly to finish up the first volume of Dragon Raja.

On Monday, students returned to their normal school life, including Tatsuya Kamio.

However, unlike before, during the previous forest training camp, Kamio Tatsuya could be said to have completely broken ties with Nagumo.

So he had to be careful of him from now on. Therefore, during his lunch break, Kamio Tatsuya went to a shopping mall and bought something.

Eavesdropping device.

He planned to put this thing in the student council office, not knowing what he might gain, but what if...

After all, the student council office can be considered Nagumo's headquarters. Although he wouldn't say much when Kamio Tatsuya was there, things might change after Kamio Tatsuya left.

Moreover, most people wouldn't think of installing a bugging device in this place; they're just exploiting this loophole.

After school, Tatsuya Kamio went to the student council office as usual. Seeing that the room was empty, he immediately took out the items and then found a secluded spot to put them away.

This is the latest model of the eavesdropping device. As long as you open the corresponding software on your mobile phone and pair it with the password, you can hear the eavesdropped sounds at any time.

Moreover, its one-click recording function can be activated simply by operating it on a mobile phone, making it extremely convenient for Tatsuya Kamio.

Just as he finished his work, the office door was pushed open, and Nan Yun walked in with several second-year students.

Kiriyama followed behind him.

This guy used to say he was against Nagumo, but now he's completely devoted to him.

Well, that doesn't seem quite right. It should be said that this guy has completely surrendered to Nagumo.

However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, because Nagumo's policy does indeed benefit the outstanding students in the lower-ranked classes.

Although Tatsuya Kamio looked down on Kiriyama, his abilities were actually quite good.

They are at least a step ahead of most second-graders.

"Kamio-kun arrived quite early."

As soon as Nagumo entered, he greeted Tatsuya Kamio, as if nothing had happened at the forest school.

"Good afternoon, Senior Nagumo, and all the other seniors."

Since Nagumo isn't bringing it up, and Kamio Tatsuya isn't planning to either, let's just leave it at that.

Nan Yun smiled, then returned to his seat and took out a stack of documents from his drawer.

"This is your last special exam of the third semester of first grade. Take a look and see if there's anything you need to improve."

Tatsuya Kamio raised an eyebrow.

Kamio Tatsuya was aware that the student council could interfere to some extent with the special exams held at the school.

But he didn't expect that Nagumo would ask him to start this job right now.

"Is it alright to show this to me now?"

Before saying that, Tatsuya Kamio manipulated his phone.

"Of course it's okay. This is the right of the student council vice president. Horikita-senpai did it this way before."

Therefore, Tatsuya Kamio no longer refused.

"Then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful."

The bugging device is in place and activated. Even if Nagumo uses this to frame Kamio Tatsuya, Kamio Tatsuya is not afraid.

After receiving the documents from Nagumo, Tatsuya Kamio began to read them with confidence, while the others went about their own work.

More than half an hour later, Kamio Tatsuya handed the documents back to Nagumo.

"I've finished reading the materials and also offered a suggestion."

Opinion?

Nagumo took the documents from Tatsuya Kamio and flipped directly to the last page. When he saw Kamio's comments, he sighed.

"Kamio-kun, are you planning to use the same trick again?"

"Why do you say that, Senior Nagumo?"

"This exam was supposed to be a one-on-one battle, but your change has turned it into a free-for-all for the whole grade."

Are you planning to team up with the next lower-ranked class to target this class?

"I didn't think that way. I just felt that only a class that can suppress the combined forces of the other three classes can be called a class."

"You might face backlash for doing this, is that alright?"

"It's alright. I'd get bored if I got the class seat too easily," Kamio Tatsuya said calmly to Nagumo.

"Very good, I admire your character, Kamio-kun. I will submit this suggestion for improvement. If Kamio-kun has no other comments, you can go back now."

"Then I'll have to trouble you senior students."

Kamio Tatsuya, who had no work assigned to him, was naturally happy to have some free time. He packed his schoolbag and left.

After leaving the student council office, Tatsuya Kamio took out a pair of earphones and put them on.

"Nagum, are you grooming Kamio to be the next student council president?"

No sooner had Tatsuya Kamio left than Kiriyama brought up the topic of Tatsuya Kamio.

"Why not? Of the first-year students, only Kamio, Katsuragi, and Honami have joined the student council. In terms of ability, Katsuragi and Honami are not as good as Kamio."

"He ruined your plans during the camp in the woods, aren't you angry?"

Tsk, Kiriyama, what's wrong with you?

Is TM deliberately trying to sow discord?

Upon hearing this, Tatsuya Kamio stopped at the door on the first floor and listened to the sound coming from his headphones.

However, at this point, Nagumo fell silent.

not angry?

How could he not be angry? Kamio Tatsuya alone caused Nagumo to lose 40 million private points for nothing. This could be said to be his biggest failure since coming to this school.

"I'm just not as skilled as them," Nan Yun smiled. "So if I have the chance in the future, I'll get my revenge."

Although I'm grooming him to be the next student council president, if he's expelled midway through his studies, there's nothing I can do about it.

This guy, he's still determined to kill me.

"I've inquired, and there's another scapegoat for Kamio, Sudo from Class 1-D. If you want to get Kamio expelled through the exam, you have to get rid of Sudo first."

So if you don't have a foolproof plan, I hope you won't act rashly. I don't want to see you waste 4000 million private points again for no reason.

That's a huge number of points that could save two students from the lower-ranked classes. If you fail again, the lower-ranked students will be unhappy.

So that's how it is. Kiriyama's real goal was to let more students from lower-level classes graduate as a class. What a clever move, advancing while retreating.

After that, they stopped discussing Kamio Tatsuya, and Kamio Tatsuya took off his headphones and walked towards his dormitory.

Back in his dorm, Tatsuya Kamio found a pair of shoes in the entryway. When he went into the room, he saw Kamuro sitting inside the kotatsu drawing.

"Thank you for your hard work, Masumi."

"This is the last one."

Kamuro didn't even look up, continuing to draw the original manuscript.

"By the way, Masumi, would you like to transfer to another class? I happen to have some money that can get you into Class C."

As he spoke, Tatsuya Kamio also crawled into the kotatsu.

Ah, it's so warm.

I'm talking about the kotatsu, not the kotatsu.

Upon hearing Tatsuya Kamio's words, Kamuro stopped drawing and, after a long pause, shook his head.

"No need, I think it's fine as it is."

"Aren't you worried about Sakayanagi?"

Kamuro looked up at Tatsuya Kamio.

"You seem to know everything, just like that guy."

"Hehe, you flatter me. I don't know everything, I just know you pretty well," Kamio Tatsuya said with a grin. "By the way, is Sakayanagi having a hard time in class these days?"

Katsuragi had warned Sakayanagi to be careful before the exam, but Sakayanagi still went his own way, which ultimately resulted in the class's crushing defeat.

However, Katsuragi obtained five million private points through his own schemes during the exam.

Although Katsuragi's success wasn't huge, it was still a comforting success compared to Sakayanagi's.

"Thanks to you, some people in the class have lost faith in Sakayanagi, and some even hope that Katsuragi will regain power."

Especially that Totsuka guy, he was jumping around so enthusiastically, even though Katsuragi himself hadn't said anything, and had even tried to stop him several times.

Totsuka, that guy is a loyal supporter of Katsuragi, so it's not surprising that he would do something like this.

However, what Kamio Tatsuya is interested in is Sakayanagi's next move.

In this situation, Sakayanagi is definitely thinking about how to regain control of Class B, and the simplest way is to make Katsuragi make another mistake.

However, Katsuragi is no longer the Katsuragi who just enrolled; he is much more mature than he was back then.

Furthermore, there haven't been any special exams recently, so it's quite difficult to make Katsuragi make a mistake in daily life. Therefore, there's only one way left for Sakayanagi to regain control of the class.

That is to win a victory by yourself.

Ideally, it would be a victory against Ichinose's class, to show the students in Class B that they still have hope of returning to the class.

In this way, Sakayanagi will be able to regain the trust of the students in Class B.

Unlike the Ichinose class, where everyone shares the burden when things go wrong, the Sakayanagi class is more of a quasi-dictatorship. Its advantage is that the leader can easily command anyone in the class.

The downside is that if the leader makes a mistake, they are easily subject to backlash.

Not only the Sakayanagi class, but also the Ryuen class is the same. Once Ryuen falls, there will be a backlash, and Ryuen will be boycotted by other students.

At that point, either someone else will step forward to take the lead, or the class will simply disband and never recover; there is no third possibility.

So, how does Sakayanagi plan to target Ichinose?

In the following days, Tatsuya Kamio had a relatively easy time, spending most of his free time revising "Dragon Raja".

I finally submitted the manuscript to the editor at the end of the month.

February arrived, and during this time, Tatsuya Kamio's life was quite relaxed. Every day after school, he only needed to take a stroll around the student council office, and he basically had no work.

The main problem is that the student council work is currently being done by the second-year students.

According to intelligence obtained through the eavesdropping device, Nagumo appears to be preparing to quantify the abilities of all students in the school according to several projects.

Perhaps fearing that Tatsuya Kamio would interfere, they simply excluded him from the matter.

In response, Tatsuya Kamio said, "That's wonderful."

"Did you hear that?"

One morning, as soon as Tatsuya Kamio sat down in the classroom, Ryuen turned around with a smile and started talking to him.

"I heard? What?"

"Don't play dumb, it's about Ichinose."