[Group Chat · First-Year Class D Boys]
Haruki Yamauchi: It's 7:44 AM, on my way to class now!
Kanji Ike: ? You're actually not late or skipping with me? The odds of that are lower than winning the lottery.
Haruki Yamauchi: Hehe, you know why.
Kanji Ike: Wait... don't tell me... you're this eager just to see the girls in swimsuits?
Haruki Yamauchi: high five You get me, Kanji!
Yosuke Hirata: While your motive isn't very pure... it's always good to be on time for school. However, both of your attendance records this week...
Haruki Yamauchi: Whatever, the teacher doesn't care anyway. Why are you worrying for nothing?
Kiyomizu silently put down his phone and sighed. These guys were truly carefree. A week had passed since school started, yet they were completely unaware of the school's hidden point deduction rules, still chirping like happy little sparrows about the upcoming swim class.
In this past week, he had witnessed over fifty infractions: being late, skipping class, chatting, secretly using phones... At the beginning of the school year, Kanji Ike was a relatively normal student, but after hanging out with Haruki Yamauchi, he had gradually become a regular truant and had unknowingly become one of Kikyo Kushida's many followers, hovering around her like a monkey in heat. It proved the old saying: he who touches pitch shall be defiled. Kiyomizu saw all this but knew he had no right to interfere with others' choice of friends. After all, they were just classmates.
Just then, a crisp notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Today's intelligence has been updated.]
[Intel 1: The school will tally the Class Points for each class at the end of every month.]
[Intel 2: Class Point standings after the first month: Class A - 940 points | Class B - 650 points | Class C - 490 points | Class D - 0 points.]
[Intel 3: Kikyo Kushida's method of venting is to kick doors and yell at people.]
He was stunned for a moment. The value of these three pieces of intel was far beyond his expectations, especially the second one. The glaring number hit his retinas like a heavy punch.
(Zero points? Class D got... a big fat zero?)
"Heh..."
A sarcastic smile twisted Kiyomizu's lips, and he suddenly let out a low laugh. There was no joy or surprise in the laugh, only the cold amusement of someone entertained by an absurd reality. The fact that he could laugh instead of getting angry was a testament to his self-control.
"I expected this class to be a train wreck... I just didn't expect it to be this bad."
Even the most pessimistic prediction should have had a bottom line. It was like having an elementary school student take the college entrance exam; they should at least be able to guess a few multiple-choice questions correctly and get a single-digit score. But zero? This meant Class D had not only achieved nothing but had likely triggered every single deduction item.
(Could it be that we got zero because there were no more points left to deduct?)
In that instant, Kiyomizu clearly felt something crumbling—not the dignity of Class D, but the last shred of hopeful expectation he had for this class.
(As I thought... this class is beyond saving.)
This conclusion, like a cold blade, decisively severed his last bit of hesitation. From the beginning, he had never held any expectations for this class. This piece of intel merely laid the brutal reality bare before him. If this rating system had a few more tiers, they probably wouldn't even qualify for Class D and would be relegated to the lower tiers of E or F.
(The gap with Class C is a full 490 points...)
It reminded him of the college entrance exams, where a single point could separate you from a stadium full of people. And now, the gap between Class D and C was 490 of those "stadiums." This was no longer just a gap; it was an almost insurmountable chasm.
Kiyomizu's situation was like being forcibly placed in a project team on the verge of dissolution. The old slackers on the team were either scrolling through short videos at their desks or counting down the minutes until quitting time. At the monthly performance review, this team would always end up with zero bonuses for having the worst attendance and failing to meet KPIs. As a newcomer, he could clearly see this dead end but was bound by contract and couldn't leave. He could only secretly take on side projects, struggling to survive in the cracks.
It wasn't just Yamauchi and Ike who were often late or skipped class; even the gyaru group led by Karuizawa often played on their phones during class. It could be said that nearly half the students in the class had broken the school rules at some point.
(The third piece of intel! So Kushida was lying? Her way of de-stressing is to kick doors and yell?)
Kiyomizu wasn't surprised. He had known for a while that she was two-faced. After all, no one was perfect, and everyone needed an outlet to vent their emotions. If negative emotions were constantly suppressed, it could easily lead to illness. Kiyomizu himself wasn't a perfect person. Right now, after learning that Class D had gotten a zero, he was feeling a bit down himself.
...
The classroom soon became lively. The moment Yamauchi and Ike entered, they eagerly started discussing the pool activities, their voices loud enough to be heard in the hallway. A group of seven or eight boys quickly gathered around them, huddled over a laptop opened by the boy they called "The Professor."
"Hey, hey, I bet Sakura is at least a D-cup!"
"No way, she's definitely an E! I'll bet 500 points!"
"Kushida is probably a D, right?"
Amidst the lewd laughter, they even created a betting odds table, completely oblivious to the disgusted looks from the girls around them.
After a week of settling in, a few key figures had emerged in Class D. The first was Yosuke Hirata. With his good looks, excellent social skills, and status as a member of the soccer club, he had won widespread recognition for his fair and gentle way of handling things. The other was Kikyo Kushida. This girl was known for her infectious, cheerful smile and her keen ability to sense everyone's emotional state. She hadn't arrived yet—otherwise, those boys wouldn't dare to discuss her so brazenly.
Hirata was already in the classroom, chatting with a few students. Noticing the commotion in the corner, he frowned slightly and walked over to the group of boys with steady steps. "Everyone," his voice was gentle but firm, "there are still girls in the room. This kind of betting isn't appropriate."
"Ah... it's Hirata."
"Alright, alright, we get it."
The boys sheepishly dispersed. As a leader in the class, Hirata's words carried weight. However, Yamauchi and Ike remained, their faces full of defiance. Yosuke Hirata maintained his gentle smile and skillfully changed the subject. "Instead of doing this, why not try to find a girlfriend?"
"A girlfriend?" Yamauchi suddenly raised his voice, then lowered it conspiratorially. "Speaking of which... Sakura confessed to me." His voice was just loud enough for everyone around to hear.
"What?!" Ike's eyes widened dramatically. "You mean Sakura, the one who always wears glasses?"
Hirata was taken aback. His gaze swept over Airi Sakura's empty seat, and the smile on his face gradually faded. He internally weighed how to handle the situation. Although Yamauchi was clearly making it up, it was difficult to expose him on the spot when the person in question wasn't present.
Just then, the grating sound of a chair scraping against the floor came from the back of the room.
"Are you sure?"
Kiyomizu suddenly stood up, his cold gaze sweeping over Yamauchi and Ike. Yamauchi's Adam's apple bobbed violently, his face instantly turning pale.
"Ahem... I must have been mistaken! It was another plain-looking girl with glasses from the class next door!"
Like a rabbit cornered by a predator, he scrambled back to his seat. Ike's reaction was slightly calmer, but he also froze when he met Kiyomizu's gaze. He gave an awkward smile and ultimately retreated to his own seat in silence.
(Kiyomizu from the boxing club... last time at the opening ceremony, Yamauchi almost got beaten up by him for saying the wrong thing. Looks like he's learned his lesson this time.)
(Is this how Kiyomizu-kun solves problems?)
Hirata thought to himself, then cast a grateful look in Kiyomizu's direction.
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