Chapter 78: Class D's Current State!
At that moment, Sakura Airi stepped into the Class D classroom. Now wearing plain glasses, her presence was extremely faint, so faint that almost no one noticed her.
Except Yuto.
Yuto's gaze followed her as she entered the room.
The moment she stepped inside, Airi's eyes immediately sought out Yuto's seat.
She saw Kushida Kikyo practically leaning against Yuto's shoulder, her alluring chest pressed against his arm.
Even so, Airi didn't show a hint of jealousy. Instead, she discreetly winked at Yuto, who had looked her way, as a silent greeting.
Yuto nodded back at Airi. His girlfriend really did not seem to get jealous at all.
There was a saying that girls could skip meals, but they would never skip jealousy. But when it came to Airi, that saying clearly did not apply.
The warning bell rang, and the cheerful, energetic Kikyo said goodbye to Yuto before returning to her seat. The moment she left, Karuizawa Kei, who sat in front of Yuto, turned around, her honey-colored hair swaying lightly with the movement.
Kei looked at Yuto and pointed at herself with her pale finger. "Kei!"
"Huh?" Yuto looked at her in confusion.
"Shimizu-kun, from now on, call me Kei, and I'll call you Yuto!" Kei said, gathering her courage.
"...Fine. Nice to meet you, Kei."
"Mm! Nice to meet you too, Yu... Yuto!"
Perhaps because the address was too intimate, Kei became shy. She hurriedly turned back around and stopped talking to him.
Yuto smiled faintly. This girl dressed like a gyaru was surprisingly bold, but afterward, she would get embarrassed by her own boldness.
She was still completely a fresh, inexperienced girl.
With a smile still on his face, Yuto looked toward Horikita Suzune, who had been secretly paying attention to them since earlier.
"Suzune."
"Don't call me by my first name! I'm not that close to you!" Suzune instantly snapped back at him.
At that moment, Suzune's cheeks carried a faint blush. Whether it was from anger or embarrassment was hard to say.
It was probably the former. After all, Suzune was a proud snow fox, so there was no way she would blush that easily.
Yuto's teasing gaze made Suzune secretly grit her teeth. However, Chabashira Sae had already strode into the classroom with her usual dignified air, so Suzune could not continue arguing with him.
Annoyed, Suzune could only slam shut the copy of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold she had opened, then take her history textbook from her desk.
Yuto smiled and looked away from Suzune, turning his gaze toward Chabashira, who stood sharply at the podium.
Looking at his cool and composed homeroom teacher, Yuto felt a strange, subtle sense of... achievement.
Who would have guessed that just a short while ago, this very teacher had been in his apartment, crossing her alluring, black-stockinged legs?
This created a sense of déjà vu for Yuto: dignified in front of others, seductive in front of him.
Standing at the podium, Chabashira looked around the Class D classroom. The four empty desks in the left corner made her brows furrow almost imperceptibly.
Four students were late.
However, Chabashira felt no inner disturbance over their tardiness. Late was late. In any case, that troublesome brat Shimizu had already made a contract with her, and he would act to lead Class D to Class A.
Because of that, Chabashira no longer felt anxious or despairing over the students of Class D.
She parted her glossy lips and slowly said, "Class is starting. Open your textbooks..."
On the third official day of school, Chabashira no longer spoke about learning policies or let the students study by themselves. Instead, she began teaching properly.
About ten minutes into class, the four late students finally hurried to the Class D classroom door.
"Sensei, we went to the wrong school building, so we were late!" Ike Kanji shouted from outside the door.
There was not the slightest trace of guilt on his face, as if he were stating a fact. However, everyone could tell from Ike and the others' messy hair, disheveled clothes, and dark circles that they had stayed up all night gaming again.
Holding her chalk, Chabashira glanced at Ike and the other three standing at the door. It had been them yesterday too, hadn't it?
However, the self-centered Koenji Rokusuke was not late this time.
"Come in," Chabashira said flatly.
She could not be bothered to pursue Ike's excuse. Even if she wanted to press them or warn them, she could not do so, because this was still the first month after the new students enrolled.
After receiving Chabashira's permission, Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, Sotomura Hideo, and Sudo Ken all showed relieved expressions and entered the classroom. They were probably feeling lucky that their homeroom teacher had not scolded them.
Yuto glanced at Sudo. The delinquent had quite a few bruises on his face and looked rather miserable.
'This guy probably fought Oda and the others,' Yuto guessed.
Last night, Sudo had suddenly gone crazy and asked Yuto to teach him basketball. After being rejected, he became angry out of embarrassment and spoke rudely.
As a return gift, Yuto had told him that Oda had no intention of letting him join the basketball club. Although Yuto had not personally beaten Sudo, Oda and the others seemed to have done it for him.
Otherwise, Sudo would not look so bruised and battered right now.
After returning to their seats, Ike and the other three looked as if they were seriously listening to class. But as time passed, the sleepiness from staying up all night surged over them like a tide, directly swallowing all four of them.
Unable to keep pretending, Ike collapsed onto his desk and began sleeping soundly.
Chabashira glanced at the four who were already sleeping on their desks. Then, as if she had not seen anything, she continued teaching on her own.
The first class ended, and Chabashira decisively picked up her textbook and handouts before leaving the classroom.
Second class.
Ike and the others were still sleeping.
Although the teacher had already noticed them sleeping, he showed no intention of reminding the four of them at all. Because their snoring was annoying, the nearby students also lost interest in class.
One by one, they secretly took out their phones and started reading light novels and manga.
In an extremely relaxed atmosphere, second class ended.
By the time third class arrived, Ike and the others had slept enough. After whispering among themselves for a while, they made an important decision.
Skip class!
They still had not cleared the game they played last night.
Since the teachers did not care about them anyway, there was no need to keep wasting time in the classroom.
Good grief. A student's duty was to study properly, but in Ike and the others' eyes, studying properly was actually a waste of time.
Under Ike's urging and the temptation of the game, Sotomura, Yamauchi, and Sudo all agreed to skip class and return to the dormitory to keep playing.
Therefore, during third class, Class D was missing four students.
Although four students were absent, the other students in Class D felt indifferent about it. Some were even happy.
For excellent students like Horikita Suzune and Yukimura Teruhiko, who wanted to focus on studying, it was better if the poor students who only disturbed class left the classroom. Without them around, they could concentrate more on class.
"The students of Class D really are beyond my expectations..." Yuto murmured.
At this point, Class D had already fallen into a state where classroom discipline was barely being followed. The cause was the influence brought by Ike and the others sleeping in class and skipping class.
Most of the students in Class D were not the kind who would obediently listen to lessons. Once they discovered that the teachers did not care even when Ike's group skipped class, their thoughts began to wander.
Quietly, stealthily, they stopped following discipline.
Only one day had passed since Yuto's reminder. Yet the students of Class D seemed to have already forgotten what he had said about "personal points being linked to discipline."
"I really shouldn't have signed that contract with Chabashira-sensei. Does Class D really have any chance of rising to Class A? It might be safer to earn twenty million points ahead of time," Yuto muttered with disgust.
Through mind-reading and retrospect, Yuto knew that the school assigned students according to their individual qualities. Because of that, most of the students in Class D were problem students.
But he had not expected that after receiving his warning, the students of Class D would stop following discipline after only one day.
At least hold on for one or two weeks!
Do not make his disappointment sink all the way into despair!
During lunch break, Airi sent Yuto a message, then hurried back to the apartment.
Yuto did not stop her. The shy Airi definitely did not have the courage to eat lunch with him anyway.
Besides, since she had decided to return to the apartment during lunch break, she had even left the lunch box Chabashira prepared for her back there.
After replying to Airi with "be careful on the way," Yuto looked at the lunch box Chabashira had prepared for him and fell into thought. Then he sent Chabashira a Line message with his school phone.
[Chabashira-sensei, where are you right now?]
[In the faculty office. Shimizu, are you planning to urge me to work again?!]
As expected of Chabashira-sensei.
Her instincts were sharp!
[Yes. Airi went back to the apartment, so you should head there later and clean too!]
Yuto's immediate answer made Chabashira's mouth twitch in the faculty office.
Sending her to the apartment now meant she might discover the bedsheets from his and Airi's "passionate" night together.
But since Chabashira-sensei already knew about their relationship, it didn't really matter if she saw Airi washing the sheets.
[Right now, Class D's classroom discipline is almost collapsing because some students are skipping class. I deeply regret signing that contract with you, Chabashira-sensei.]
[I'll go clean your apartment right now!]
In order to stop this troublesome brat from backing out, Chabashira could only obediently follow his orders.
"Wow. Sae-chan looks full of resentment right now."
At the neighboring desk, Hoshinomiya Chie looked at Chabashira's resentful aura with slight alarm. She did not even dare casually tease Chabashira right now, afraid that Chabashira might bend her fingers back.
Chabashira chewed the food inside her lunch box. The way she gnashed her teeth made it seem as if she were imagining some troublesome brat as the food in her mouth.
Even though Class D's discipline was worsening, Yuto had no intention of reminding them or changing anything.
He was waiting.
Waiting until one month passed.
Waiting until the students of Class D learned how cruel and cold this school was.
Only after Class D witnessed the school's cruelty would Yuto step forward, tame them, and become the leader of the class.
However, to rule and lead the students of Class D more smoothly and easily, Yuto needed to increase his reputation and prestige among the student body during this month.
How could he increase his reputation and prestige?
That was simple.
He would keep challenging clubs.
By challenging clubs, Yuto could not only make a name for himself and establish authority, but also satisfy his desire to earn points. It was killing two birds with one stone.
Therefore, from that point onward, whenever class ended, Yuto went to the club building, actively searched for clubs, and issued challenges.
Every club welcomed a first-year "fat sheep" who came over to bet points. But honestly, Yuto was rather disappointed.
Because the points the club seniors wagered against him never exceeded three hundred thousand.
This situation disappointed Yuto deeply. After all, Honda Bin, the president of the chess club, had wanted to bet five hundred fifty thousand points with him before, and Yuto had even found that somewhat lacking.
After wandering around the club building for a while, Yuto discovered that third‑year seniors were far more willing to accept point bets than their second‑year counterparts.
Points could only be exchanged for real money after graduating from the third year, but the exchange rate was much lower than their on‑campus value.
Because of this, third‑year seniors were more inclined to wager points against Yuto. Although each individual bet was modest, the combined total quickly added up. Over the course of that week, Yuto earned four million five hundred thousand points from club seniors.
Adding that to the points he already had, his personal points now totaled twelve million four hundred thousand.
"Only twelve million four hundred thousand points, huh."
Yuto looked helplessly at the personal points displayed on his student ID.
Twelve million four hundred thousand was certainly a huge sum, but it was still seven million six hundred thousand short of twenty million. Yuto had originally thought he could gather twenty million points from the students in these clubs.
He had been too optimistic.
At this point, Yuto could no longer earn points through club challenges and betting.
Because now, his reputation had become far too overwhelming.
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