I have a life simulator.

Tomoya Mashima has served as the homeroom teacher of Class A for four terms at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, and all four classes of Class A have graduated as Class A students. However, Mashima does not take all the credit for himself, because the inherent advantages of Class A allow them to be in a superior position from the very beginning.

So, as a teacher at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, Tomoya Mashima initially couldn't quite understand the school's so-called "merit-based" teaching policy. In his view, the premise of competition is rules that everyone agrees on, and the premise for rules to be agreed on is relative fairness, but Tokyo Advanced Educational High School didn't seem to have achieved either of these.

The students in Class A of the first year have a huge initial advantage. If the competition between classes is likened to playing cards, the best students are just a small joker. However, under the special rules that the school deliberately set for Class A in the first month, Class A will get the big joker called "Class Points" after the first month.

In every previous year, Class A would take a significant lead after the first month, with their class points consistently above 900. It would take lower-ranked classes a whole year just to catch up with the gap created in the first month. It seemed like an unfair game.

Therefore, Mashima Tomoya often felt that he hadn't played a significant role. He wasn't just the English teacher for Class 1-A, but was responsible for teaching English to the entire first grade. As a result, he could often notice students in other classes who were particularly attentive.

Before becoming a teacher, Tomoya Mashima had already decided to take every student seriously. However, the system at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School indirectly tied homeroom teachers to the school, making them the representatives of a particular class. In the later stages of intense competition, not only were there infighting among the students, but even among the homeroom teachers themselves.

Some were motivated by the huge bonus they would receive after becoming the homeroom teacher of Class A, while others hoped that their favorite students could achieve better futures. However, Mashima Tomoya always felt that this did not align with his initial vision of the teaching profession.

Chabashira Sae was known for being a slacker before this year; Majima Tomoya even witnessed her arguing with students from her class in the office. Hoshinomiya Chie seems to have a good relationship with Chabashira Sae, but whenever Class D has a glimmer of hope, she always crushes it without hesitation, showing little concern for whether her class can be promoted to Class A. Sakagami Kazuma, on the other hand, is overly concerned about his class, even deliberately concealing violent incidents within the class in order to help it advance, and even covering them up and assisting in such incidents.

After becoming the homeroom teacher of Class D, Majima Tomoya finally noticed these things that he had previously overlooked.

Not only the students, but even the homeroom teachers have been distorted by the system of Tokyo Advanced Educational High School.

"Well then, that concludes today's class. Final exams are just around the corner, so please study hard, since summer vacation is just around the corner."

After tidying up the lecture notes on his desk, Majima Tomoya left Class 1-D. Since the midterm exams, the learning atmosphere in Class 1-D could barely be considered a normal class.

The deterrent effect of the six expulsions and the sight of even Sudo studying diligently made many ordinary students in Class D begin to adjust their mindset. After all, since the start of the semester, they hadn't found a second way to increase their class points besides passing exams, and could only focus on the final exams. Although most people had indeed given up hope for Class A, being expelled in disgrace was still a difficult thing to accept, and it would have a significant negative impact on their future lives if it were recorded in their files.

Besides, nobody wants to keep eating bland and tasteless vegetable set meals.

However, as news spread that Kitagawa Ryo had won a competition and received personal points as a reward, the students in Class 1-D who had been tormented by personal points suddenly saw hope. The students in Class 1-D who joined various clubs suddenly became incredibly motivated, as if they had been injected with adrenaline. Although it was uncertain whether this was just a passing fad, things were definitely moving in a positive direction.

Just as Kitagawa Ryo once said to Sudo Ken, Tokyo Advanced Educational High School is an excellent platform. Even if you can't use it to advance your studies, it's definitely worthwhile to learn more there.

"So Ryo has been planning to keep Class D's points at zero all along?"

Horikita Suzune stopped writing and looked up to ask Kitagawa Ryo.

"Do I look like the kind of person who can manipulate class points at will?"

Kitagawa Ryo answered, turning around to ask:

"Is the situation in Class D really that bad right now?"

"It's not that it's bad, it's just that we're all in a marginal position."

Honami Ichinose took over the conversation; she was probably the one who understood the psychology of the students in Class D the best among those present.

"It's only the second month now, and everyone still has 100,000 points left from last month, so we're just barely managing to get by."

"Next month should be fine, but things will get worse the month after that."

Honami Ichinose sighed and said:

"If we had known it would be like this, it would have been better to have the school distribute the 100,000 points in four installments of 25,000 each time."

"The contrast is indeed too great."

"I remember Liang said there would be a special exam this summer vacation, right? If possible, it would be best to increase the class points."

"Then why not just increase personal points?"

Kitagawa Ryo countered that he did indeed have a way to make Class D the absolute winners in the two special tests, the deserted island test and the preferential treatment test, but in his view, class points were a burden.

The only purpose of class points is to provide class members with a fixed number of personal points each month and to rank the class. However, apart from being promoted to Class A in one go, it is basically useless for completing a transformation from D to C, and it doesn't mean that the teaching resources or classroom environment will be better.

"That's right."

Ichinose Honami then realized what was going on, which was understandable, since the school had been instilling the concept that "class points are the most important" in every new student since the rules were introduced. But if you think about it from a different perspective, it doesn't seem to be entirely true.

"Come to think of it, I've never been to a deserted island before."

"Although it is said to be an uninhabited island, since it was used to conduct special exams for students, it must have been dealt with internally long ago. So it's not really about 'surviving in the wilderness.' It's more like a tourist attraction with a relatively good ecological environment."

Horikita Suzune, standing to the side, calmly stated that, in fact, as a student council member and having an older brother who was the student council president, she had also been exposed to some information, both overtly and covertly:

"So just relax and there's no need to be so nervous."

As Horikita Suzune spoke, she kept an eye on Sakayanagi Arisu's expression. She had just seen the exemption application submitted by the other party a few days ago. As a student in the same class, Horikita Suzune herself had also confirmed that Sakayanagi Arisu's situation was true. Therefore, she was well aware that the other party was most likely to miss this special exam.

Perhaps because the emotions in her memories have influenced part of reality, Horikita Suzune now sees Sakayanagi Arisu with a subtle sister-in-law feeling no matter how she looks at her. Since they are family, she will usually take care of Sakayanagi Arisu's feelings, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Ichinose Honami noticed Horikita Suzune's gaze and, considering her physical condition, didn't continue the conversation, causing the atmosphere to become somewhat somber.

"finished!"

Sakura Airi let out a sigh of relief after taking off her earplugs. Her slightly excited remarks broke the awkward atmosphere. Having wasted two years of her studies, she managed to pass the last midterm exam by doing a lot of practice questions, and now she was sprinting towards the final exam, the big boss.

"What were you talking about just now?"

With a puzzled look on her face, Sakura Airi was becoming more and more like the most student-like person in the whole room.

A student's duty is to study!

Oh, so everyone else here is a top student in the grade. Oh well, that makes sense.

"Nothing much, just let's discuss the current situation of Class D."

While skillfully correcting Sakura Airi's test paper with a red pen, Kitagawa Ryo casually replied:

"Did Airy make any discoveries?"

"Class D, huh..."

Upon hearing Kitagawa Ryo's question, Sakura Airi tried hard to recall what had happened in the past month:

"It seems like nothing's going on in Class D, but there's a lot of news from the other classes. For example, Class A has a really bad atmosphere lately with lots of arguments, and Class B suddenly made a guy named Ryuji Kanzaki their vice class president, and so on."

Sakura Airi's social network is actually quite comprehensive, but she's too lazy to manage it. Her status as a former well-known professional idol is enough for her to easily gain the favor of a large number of high school students. She doesn't even need to actively try to get information out of them; she hears all sorts of rumors every day.

At this point, people actually stop caring about Sakura Airi's identity as a member of Class D.

Just like when Kitagawa Ryo saw Koenji Rokusuke dominating the entire grade and even the upperclassmen in the simulation, no one cared whether he was in Class D or not, let alone call him a "defective product".

While it's not impossible that some fools might actually treat the four classes (A, B, C, and D) as some kind of caste system, thinking that being in Class A makes them Brahmins or something similar, Kitagawa Ryo remembers that Totsuka from Class A seemed to have this kind of tendency.

Thinking about it carefully, without Sakayanagi Arisu's presence, Katsuragi Kohei is now riding high in Class 1-A. In that case, Totsuka Yahiko might be even more brainless than before, and we might be able to take advantage of him in the future.

"I'm sorry, but I probably won't be able to go to the deserted island exam this time."

Just after Sakura Airi finished speaking, Sakayanagi Arisu, who hadn't said much until now, finally spoke up. Her tone was as calm and even as ever, without any emotional fluctuations.

"Because we're considering that Ryo might have some plans, we'd like to let you know in advance."

"Please exclude me from the plan when you're setting up the restaurant. There might be other consequences, such as some punishment if I don't participate. Being flexible is also important."

For some reason, Sakayanagi Arisu's words gave off a fleeting, ethereal feeling, like the first snow.

I will participate.

Kitagawa Ryo silently said this in his heart.

Moreover, you will become the undisputed leading lady that time.

This stage was set up from the very beginning.

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Tokyo Advanced Educational Junior High School, First Year Office.

After experiencing the most unexpected and chaotic first month since the establishment of Dongyu School, the first-year students were much more well-behaved in the second month. Except for Class A, who had to swallow their pride, all the classes passed the midterm exams peacefully on the surface. The first three classes passed peacefully, and Class D of the first year dropped out of school peacefully.

Although the school had assigned the cheating method of "buying answers" in advance, it seemed that all four first-grade classes ignored or did not notice this shortcut, and the result was not surprising.

After six students dropped out due to failing the midterm exam, Class 1D now has only thirty-four students left, and the class score remains a solid zero.

However, considering that this is Class D of the first year, it seems understandable.

Homeroom teacher Tomoya Mashima stared at the glaring zero with a bitter face. After the midterm exams, each class received at least 100 class points as a reward from the school for the freshmen who passed the midterm exams. However, for Class D, which had six students who dropped out, it was impossible to retain such a score.

As a teacher who has taught here for many years, Tomoya Mashima is also well aware that before the special exams in July, there are almost no ways for first-year students to increase their class points. In other words, all the students in Class 1D will have to spend the rest of the semester with zero class points.

Just as Majima Tomoya was frowning and worried about the students in his class, Chabashira Sae, the homeroom teacher of Class 1-A, suddenly walked up to him.

"What's up?"

Mashima Tomoya was a little puzzled. After all, Chabashira Sae had devoted himself entirely to Class 1-A since becoming their homeroom teacher. Originally, he, Chabashira, and Hoshinomiya were quite familiar with each other and would often have a meal together whenever they had free time. But now, apart from necessary work-related communication, the three of them hadn't had any private contact for a long time.

Each of the three had their own unease, and their relationship naturally cooled down.

Just as Majima Tomoya was wondering if Chabashira Sae had come specifically to show off Class A's midterm exam results, Chabashira Sae took a deep breath and handed a document to Majima Tomoya with a rather conflicted expression.

Majima Tomoya shifted his gaze in that direction with some curiosity, then suddenly looked up in shock, his pupils shrinking slightly, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

How could such a thing possibly happen?

Chapter 79: Cat owner, this is a high-level game!

"I'm so tired..."

Kitagawa Ryo rolled over in bed, burying his face in the soft pillow and letting out a weary sigh.

With difficulty, Kitagawa Ryo reached out his right hand and grabbed his phone from the bedside table. He glanced at the time, then put the phone down with a sigh of relief. He used his foot to hook the blanket that he had kicked off halfway in the middle of the night, casually pulled it up to cover his stomach, and then closed his eyes again.

The effects of the simulation on Sakayanagi Arisu were more severe than Kitagawa Ryo had imagined. Every morning when she woke up, she felt uncomfortable all over, and her thinking seemed to have become much slower.

Thinking about it this way, if Sakayanagi Arisu successfully completes the simulation on her first try like Horikita Suzune, then [Heaven's Jealousy] will be retained as a fixed talent...

However, while the negative effects of [Heaven's Jealousy] are quite severe, the positive benefits are also quite significant. Kitagawa Ryo, who spent over a decade researching congenital heart disease in Horikita Suzune's simulation without any results, achieved his final breakthrough in less than five years with the blessing of [Heaven's Jealousy]. Although his experience over the previous decade also provided assistance, the most crucial step was indeed completed with the blessing of [Heaven's Jealousy].

For a long time, congenital heart disease, or heart disease in general, was considered an incurable illness, so much so that heart-related surgeries remained a medical taboo for a long period after the advent of surgery.

"To perform surgery on the heart is a desecration of the art of surgery, and anyone who attempts to perform heart surgery will end up disgraced."

Kitagawa Ryo murmured these words, which were the evaluation of heart surgery once made by Theodore Bierroth, the Austrian physician revered as the "father of surgery".

At first glance, it sounds like a rather old-fashioned and conservative argument, but that's not entirely true.

Without life support, without extracorporeal circulation, without comprehensive postoperative care... heart surgery is nothing short of murder.

That's why Kitagawa Ryo chose "Heaven's Jealousy." He didn't consider himself a genius in the medical field. His purple talent "Physician" was enough to make him a professional doctor, but not enough to completely cure Sakayanagi Arisu's congenital heart disease.

Based on the achievement "Healthy Heart" obtained after the simulation, the solution I developed should be effective.

Thinking about this, Kitagawa Ryo felt a surge of energy return, and he sprang to his feet like a carp leaping out of the water.

"get up!"

Startled by her owner's sudden outburst, Hotaru peeked out from her nest. This was a cat house that Horikita Suzune and Kitagawa Ryo had built together one day last month using a model as a base. A small flag was also fluttering on the roof.

"Meow."

Shaking its head, Ying climbed out of its nest and nimbly jumped onto the windowsill to feel the warmth of the sunlight. Today should be a good day.

Meanwhile, Kitagawa Ryo, who had already gotten up, didn't hesitate at all. After quickly changing into her school uniform, she started washing up in front of the mirror.

It must be said that the feeling of being able to take care of oneself can only be truly appreciated after experiencing it once.

Just thinking about those days when he ate, drank, and relieved himself all on one bed and was taken care of the whole time, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't help but shudder, and his brushing of his teeth became even more meticulous.

Ying felt that her pet owner's behavior had been very strange lately, often waking up early and giving herself a strange smile in front of the mirror.

It wasn't like this the last few times...

Ying lay on the windowsill, unable to think of a suitable adjective. After pawing at the edge of the windowsill for a long time, she decisively gave up trying to think of a better one.

The cat sighed.

If Ying could speak, she really wanted to have a proper talk with her pet owner about what happened after the last time.

Thinking about this, Hotaru couldn't help but shiver, just like Kitagawa Ryo.

"Meow meow meow meow meow."

Kitagawa Ryo, of course, had no idea what Hotaru was thinking. He looked at Hotaru, who had been calling him incessantly since early this morning, with some surprise, patted her head, and said uncertainly:

"This is a haircut..."

"Meow!"

Hotaru gave Kitagawa Ryo's hand a paw-prick punch without any hesitation. The cat immediately bristled and jumped back into its den from under Kitagawa Ryo's hand, only showing a wary look in its eyes.

"I wish I could draw a talent that allows me to communicate with animals."

Kitagawa Ryo looked at the cat's huge reaction and stroked his chin thoughtfully. Ever since he discovered that Hotaru had participated in every simulation, his curiosity about Hotaru had been rising sharply these past two days.

However, the talent [Firefly] is already at the highest level of gold, so it seems that cat-eared girls and the like still don't exist.

Sensing the malicious look in her owner's eyes, Ying shrank back into herself.