After Kushida left, Kamio Tatsuya took out the new item he drew in September, Golden Fertilizer. This thing can freely add four points to his stats.
Following the system's instructions to change its internal properties, Kamio Tatsuya swallowed the thing in one gulp.
Then, he immediately felt his body shaking uncontrollably.
Next, a sharp pain attacked him from all over. Kamio Tatsuya also happily had the wonderful experience of falling asleep right away.
When he woke up again, Kamio Tatsuya felt like he was the same as before.
If the Agility stat on the system panel hadn't changed to 7, he would have thought nothing had happened.
After getting up, to test how fast he was now, Kamio Tatsuya directly punched the air in front of him with all his might.
Then, the fist, moving at high speed through the air, made a clear cracking sound.
This one punch filled Kamio Tatsuya with surprise.
I heard that a cracking sound only appears when the punching speed reaches eight punches per second. Has my speed reached that level?
System, can you help me test my punching speed?
[Yes.]
After getting a positive answer, Kamio Tatsuya took a deep breath, adjusted to his best state, and then threw several punches forward with both hands one after another.
The movements might not have been elegant, but the fact that every punch made a cracking sound made Kamio Tatsuya extremely excited.
[Punching speed, 11.6 meters/second - 12.8 meters/second, please keep up the good work.]
The peak is only 12.8 meters/second?
Kamio Tatsuya remembered that the current limit of human punching speed on Earth is 13.7 meters/second.
But after thinking about it, Kamio Tatsuya understood. The system only improved his physical fitness, but didn't let him master punching techniques.
With the same physical fitness, there are still strong and weak.
Kamio Tatsuya is already happy that he got this good without any fighting training.
He believes that as long as he trains, his punch speed can definitely break 13.7 meters per second, maybe even go past it!
It's worth saying that besides his skill going up to 7, his strength also got a little better, going from three to four.
What's going on?
[To help the host get used to human limit speed, the host's body has been made stronger. The strength boost is just a bonus.]
Awesome!
I didn't think my crazy choice would get me an extra skill point.
It feels like I gained something!
It's just that last night's body upgrade was not something I want to feel again.
After leaving the dorm, Kamio Tatsuya went to school alone like before. He saw some students from Class D on the way.
But when they saw Kamio Tatsuya, they moved away from him without thinking. From their faces, it looked like they were talking about Kamio Tatsuya.
"Good morning, Kamio-kun."
A cheerful voice came from behind. Ichinose Honami, the leader of Class B, hopped over from behind to catch up.
"Morning, Ichinose."
"Kamio-kun actually went to Class C." Ichinose still couldn't believe it. "Sigh, Ryuen alone was already a headache. Now there's Kamio-kun too. I really don't know how to deal with Class C anymore."
"Ichinose, it's not good to tell me this."
Kamio Tatsuya had a new view of Ichinose.
Class B and Class C will definitely be enemies in the future. When facing enemies, you can't let them see how weak you are inside, like Zhuge Kongming's empty city trick.
But Ichinose directly said that she had a headache.
Isn't that showing your weakness?
Or are you trying to make me look down on your Class B with these words?
That's impossible. I'm not Ryuen.
A lion uses all its strength to catch a rabbit. I understand that.
"Useless testing is a waste, it doesn't work on me, and it's not like you."
Sure enough, Ichinose immediately smiled awkwardly.
"Haha, I think so too. I just didn't think I would become enemies with Kamio-kun one day."
"Oh? You're very sharp."
Kamio Tatsuya looked at Ichinose with praise.
"Yeah, I thought Kamio-kun wouldn't get involved in class fights.
But now that you're in Class C, you'll definitely help the class. Otherwise, Ryuen's 20 million points would be wasted.
I can't believe Ryuen would make a bad deal."
Of course it's not a bad deal. Ryuen got a contract from Kamio Tatsuya that he can get 50,000 points from the class every month.
It only takes ten months to get the money back.
And there are thirty months until graduation. If everything goes well, he can almost triple his money.
In the long run, Ryuen still gains.
"Ichinose, I remember you said before that protecting your class's students from being kicked out of school is more important than getting to Class A, right?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"Ichinose, if there are students in Class B who want to graduate in Class A, what will you do?"
"Well, I'll probably lead the class to fight."
"Then if there are also students who hate fighting and just want to stay as they are, what will you do?"
"Well..."
Ichinose smiled bitterly.
"That's how your class feels to me. Maybe some people want to graduate in Class A, but probably a lot of people want to stay as they are.
There hasn't been any conflict between the two sides yet, but what if one day, um, for example, one day you have to sacrifice a teammate to get to Class A, what will you choose, to go to Class A or to protect your teammates?"
"How could that..."
"This school will kick people out even if they fail a midterm exam. It wouldn't be surprising if that really happened."
Looking at the confused Ichinose, Kamio Tatsuya warned, "Anyway, think about this problem. Depending on your choice, I'll think about whether to go easy on Class B."
Changing into his indoor shoes, Kamio Tatsuya walked towards Class C's classroom.
To get to Class A, or to protect your teammates.
This is a hard choice for anyone.
But what if you choose from the root of the problem, like from the point of view of being kicked out of school?
First, why does being kicked out of school happen?
Generally speaking, the students who drop out are the ones who can't meet the standards.
Kamio Tatsuya is clear about those guys: let them drop out. Even if you save them this time, they'll still fall behind next time.
Since they don't work hard or aren't talented enough, it's better for them to die early and be reborn early.
But for those who drop out of school because of unexpected things, like protecting the class, or being set up by opponents from other classes.
You still have to save them, because it's not their own fault, but because the leaders didn't protect them.
Since you stand up to be a leader, you have to protect your classmates.
Putting aside those who drop out because they don't work hard, the losses caused by the leader's lack of ability should be the leader's responsibility.
Ryuen does this well.
Last time when Ishizaki and the others were almost kicked out, it was Ryuen's fault, but he later did his best to protect them.
In short, if you want to get to Class A, the leaders of each class have a responsibility to protect the students in their class.
But if there are guys who can't keep up with the pace, let them die on their own.
That's Kamio Tatsuya's current view.
That's also what he's going to say to Ryuen: you should give up on those who don't try!
When Kamio Tatsuya arrived at Class C's classroom, he still felt a little awkward, because now he was sitting in the last row of the classroom, without even a desk mate.
As for in front of him...
Tsk, when did Ryuen move over here, really.
"Kamio, I have some news to share with you."
As soon as Kamio Tatsuya arrived, Ryuen greeted him with a smile.
News?
Kamio Tatsuya raised an eyebrow.
"Did you find someone else's weakness again?"
"No, I got an anonymous message saying they can give me Class D's entry list."
...
Damn, is that you, Kushida!?
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