COTE: Popularity System

Class 1-D.

"Why?!"

"Why did our class points become 0?!"

The dissatisfied voices of the Class D students echoed throughout the classroom.

They had 50 class points just a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, it became 0.

Doesn't that mean the private points they receive each month will still be 0?

"Heh, can't you even understand such a simple logic?"

Chabashira Sae leaned her hands on the podium, her gaze fixed on the students below. "You've been in the classroom for so long, haven't you noticed a desk missing at the back?"

After her reminder, the students in the class turned their heads and noticed that a desk in the back row was indeed empty.

"That seems to be Sudō's seat."

"Could it be that he was expelled?"

Chabashira Sae said with a smirk, "You guessed right. Sudō had another violent incident during his suspension and was caught on surveillance cameras, leading to his direct expulsion by the school."

"But before being expelled, he was still a part of Class D, and his actions would affect the entire class's evaluation, which is why your few class points became 0."

"Can you understand this explanation?"

Chabashira Sae's final question seemed to be mocking them, as if laughing at the Class D students for still not understanding the school's style.

"Why?! It was just Sudō who arbitrarily hit someone, why do we have to be punished with him?" Yamauchi Haruki raised his fist and shouted in dissatisfaction.

Chabashira Sae said with a smile, "Yamauchi, don't say that. If I recall correctly, in the first month's character assessment, you deducted the second-highest number of points for the class, second only to Sudō. If you have an issue with Sudō, then everyone in the class has an issue with you."

"Ugh..."

Yamauchi lowered his fist, his head bowed. "Then I have no complaints."

Even someone as foolish as him understood that if he continued the discussion, he would surely be cursed to death by the entire class.

"Sensei, why isn't Hirata-kun here today?"

Just then, a petite girl with short purple hair and twin pigtails raised her hand, asking in a slightly trembling voice.

"Wang Meiyu, while it's just personal advice, I hope you can speak a bit louder when asking questions in the future, so it's easier for me to hear and answer."

Chabashira Sae looked at the only Chinese exchange student in the class and replied, "Hirata seems to have a severe summer flu and has requested leave from me."

"That's good." Wang Meiyu breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She had thought that Hirata Yōsuke had also been expelled.

"Will that affect class points?" Someone in the class raised their hand and asked.

Chabashira Sae said, "Don't worry, the school isn't that heartless in this regard. However, if the leave of absence is too long and there's no relevant proof, the school will still deduct Class Points as a punishment."

"After all, if the school didn't care about academic discipline, there would be no need to set up the first month's character assessment."

The only difference was the scale of the punishment.

After hearing the reason for Hirata Yōsuke's absence, Kushida Kikyo's eyebrows subtly arched.

There's even this trick!

A good friend from the same class being expelled, so sad that he doesn't want to come to school. Such an action would definitely highlight her innocent and kind side.

Learned something new!

Kushida Kikyo would not believe the claim that Sudō was just expelled and Hirata immediately got the summer flu, the latter's body was definitely very healthy.

"Are there any other questions?" Chabashira Sae looked at the students below, her tone as serious as ever.

"Sensei, our class points became 0. Is it really just 0, and not negative?" Horikita Suzune's voice rang out.

Negative points?

The students in the class were slightly startled to hear her words.

Didn't class points just go down to a minimum of 0?

Chabashira Sae's expression softened a bit. "Horikita, I'm pleased you have this sense of crisis. You can rest assured, in this situation, negative Class Points will not occur, the minimum will only be 0."

Horikita Suzune looked towards the podium. "So, there are situations where Class Points can become negative? Can you elaborate?"

Chabashira Sae shook her head. "No, I can't."

This information was related to the special exam and could not be revealed so easily.

"Is that so?"

Horikita Suzune stopped asking questions and instead spoke in a quieter voice to the brown-haired boy next to her, "Ayanokoji-san, this is different from your guess."

She had chosen to help Sudō, firstly because she valued his athletic ability, and secondly because she was worried that if he were expelled, it might lead to negative class points, making it difficult to compete in subsequent exams.

And the idea that expulsion might lead to negative points was proposed by Ayanokoji.

"Horikita, you also said it was a guess." Ayanokoji's expression was calm, as if his friend's expulsion hadn't affected him.

Last night, he had been pondering the reason for this setback. The conclusion he reached was that Sudō was too foolish. Or rather, he hadn't accounted for his foolishness.

When he was training in the White Room, all his allies and competitors were experts. Even if they seemed foolish, it was an act, and they were still experts in reality.

This was the first time Ayanokoji had encountered a truly foolish person like Sudo.

Indeed, one could learn more outside the White Room. He would absolutely not make such a mistake again.

(End of Chapter)

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