As before, everyone took advantage of the five minutes Eve gave them to discuss the videos they had seen.

Satou was currently in the back row where Ayanokouji and the others were. Meanwhile Shinohara and Matsushita gave her curious glances.

"I wonder since when Satou-san got along with them," Shinohara said while looking at the row of Ayanokouji's seats.

"Probably since being called to that meeting room. Speaking of the meeting room, we forgot to ask Satou-san what they were talking about in that room," said Matsushita.

"That's right, I completely forgot."

"We were so focused on watching the video that we forgot about it, maybe we can ask after this session is over."

"This session is over, huh. I wonder how we can rest later, it's past nine at night now," said Shinohara curiously.

"I'm also worried about that, maybe there will be an explanation from Eve later," said Matsushita.

Shinohara nodded, then the two of them turned their heads again, waiting for the break to end.

In Ayanokouji's group, they also discussed like other students.

"Hey Maya, please move a bit, it's cramped you know. And why are you even here?" Karuizawa asked Satou who was currently sitting on the armrest of Karuizawa's seat.

"No problem, right? I also want to join the discussion, by the way what are you guys talking about?" said Satou. Seeing that Satou had no intention of moving, Karuizawa just sighed and turned to Horikita who was leading the discussion.

"Rather than discussing the video just now, it's better to talk about what's to come," Horikita said.

"Which will come?" said Sudou confusedly.

"As you saw earlier, the video has reached an impromptu test which means that most likely the next video will be about May 1st," Horikita said.

"So it's about time, huh," Miyake said with a sigh.

"Yes, and there will definitely be students from other classes who laugh at us. I want all of us to work together to calm our classmates down if any of them are provoked," Horikita said to everyone.

"Okay," everyone said in unison.

After that the discussion was over and they went back to their respective affairs. Satou also returned to her seat.

A moment later the break ended and Eve's voice came over the speaker.

"Okay, everyone. We'll move on to the next part."

Classroom of the Elite

"Oh, what an interesting title. I wonder what elites are referring to here," said Sakayanagi with a smile.

"You don't know?" Kamuro asked.

"Fu fu, who knows? Let's take a closer look first."

On May 1, the morning bell rang for our very first day of class.

Everyone widened their eyes when they heard the date mentioned in the video. How not, this is the date when they find out the truth about this school. A truth that changed their lives at Advanced Nurturing High School.

"Ku ku, finally," Ryuuen said with a big grin. He had been waiting for this from a long time ago and he couldn't wait to see the destruction Horikita and the others had when they learned the truth of this school.

Just like Ryuuen, some people are also interested in what will be broadcast this time.

Soon afterward, Chabashira-sensei strode into the room, holding a rolled-up poster. Her expression today was even more stern than usual. Had she started menopause, I wondered? If I made that joke out loud, I think she would have swung an iron bat at my face with full force.

"Jeez, what were you thinking." Karuizawa said looking at Ayanokouji letting out an annoyed sigh. Some of the girls around Ayanokouji also turned to look at him.

"Hmm? What is it?" Ayanokouji asked confused.

"Well... Kiyotaka-kun, you shouldn't ask something like that of a woman, whether jokingly or not," said Kushida.

"That's right, Kiyopon. If Chabashira-sensei really was in 'that' time, I wouldn't be surprised if you got beat up by her," said Hasebe somewhat dramatically.

It was hard for Ayanokouji to believe whether Hasebe was being serious or not, but he took the warning anyway.

"I will remember it," said Ayanokouji.

"Hey, sensei, did you start menopause or something?"

Several people immediately choked and coughed at Ike's question.

"H-He actually asked that??" said Amikura not expecting.

"D-Does he have no shame?" said Kobashi.

Ike couldn't help but lower his head as everyone talked about his embarrassing behavior.

Unbelievably, Ike actually let that joke fly. Honestly, it was more shocking that I'd thought the same thing as Ike.

Several people laughed at that.

"All right, your morning homeroom is about to begin. Before we get started, does anyone have any questions? If so, now is the time to speak." Chabashira-sensei completely ignored Ike's sexual harassment. She appeared totally convinced that the students had questions they wanted answered. Immediately, several students raised their hands.

"Um, I checked my point balance this morning, but I didn't see any deposits. Points are given on the first day of every month, aren't they? I couldn't buy juice this morning."

"Fu fu, it's started," said Sakayanagi with a big smile, looking like she was in a very happy mood.

"She really enjoyed this, didn't she?" Kamuro thought while observing the class A leader.

"Hondou, I already explained this before, didn't I? Points are deposited on the first day of the month. I've confirmed that points were wired this month without any issues."

"Um, but...nothing was deposited into my account, though."

"That means 0 points are awarded to you," said a boy in class A while laughing followed by his friends.

Ike and the others glared at the Class A students after their insults, Hirata was prepared to intervene in case of a commotion according to Horikita's instructions, but fortunately his classmates managed to keep their emotions in check.

Hondou and Yamauchi exchanged glances. Ike appeared too shocked to notice them looking at each other. I'd checked my point balance that morning as well, but saw that it had remained unchanged from the day before. No more points had been deposited into my account. I'd simply thought that the points would be wired later.

"Are you kids really that dumb?"

Several people gasped at Chabashira's words, most of them were Class B students.

"Looks like they got softer behavior than us," thought Ayanokouji as he looked at the Class B students.

It's normal for students outside of class C to be surprised by Chabashira's words, because all they know Chabashira is a history teacher and homeroom teacher, they don't know Chabashira's true nature towards her own class.

"Wow, those are harsh words, Sae-chan," said Hoshinomiya with a smile.

Chabashira chose to remain silent, she already knew that Hoshinomiya would use this opportunity to mock her.

Was she angry or delighted? I was getting an ominous vibe from Chabashira-sensei.

"Dumb? What?"

As Hondou stupidly repeated her words, Chabashira-sensei looked at him sharply.

"Sit down, Hondou. I'll explain once more," she said.

"S-Sae-chan-sensei?"

Hondou, taken aback by her unusually strict tone, slumped in his seat.

"Points were deposited. That much I know for certain. There is absolutely no chance that we forgot about anyone in this class. To think so is ludicrous. Understood?"

"Well, even if I tell you that we understand, we haven't received any points..."

Hondou, still perplexed, began to look dissatisfied. Supposing that what Chabashira-sensei said was true and that points had been wired to us, then that meant...

Had there been a discrepancy, then? Did that mean that zero points had been deposited into our accounts? My vague doubts quickly grew.

"Ha ha ha! I see. So, it's like that then, teacher? I think I've solved the mystery," Kouenji boomed, laughing.

"Ho, what is that narcissist thinking right now" Ryuuen said interestedly.

Some people were also interested in what Kouenji was thinking, because as far as they could tell, he cared about absolutely nothing but himself.

He propped his feet up on his desk and smugly pointed toward Hondou.

"It's simple. We're in Class D, so we didn't receive a single point."

"He said that without hesitation," Kamuro said slightly surprised.

"He doesn't seem to care either, totally like Kouenji," said Hashimoto.

"Huh? What are you talking about? They said that we'd get 100,000 points every month—"

"I don't remember hearing that, though. Do you?" Chuckling, Kouenji boldly pointed at Chabashira-sensei.

"While he certainly has an attitude problem, Kouenji is exactly right. For crying out loud, barely anyone seems to have noticed the hint I gave you. How deplorable."

"Ku ku, that teacher doesn't hold back in insulting them," Ryuuen said with a chuckle.

"Maybe Chabashira-sensei is very disappointed with them," said Shiina.

"Just by their attitude I wouldn't be surprised if she was so disappointed," Ibuki snorted while crossing her arms.

In response to this sudden turn of events, the classroom exploded in an uproar.

"Sensei, may I please ask you a question? I'm afraid I still don't understand." Hirata raised his hand.

"Can you please tell us why we didn't receive any points? We won't completely understand otherwise."

That was certainly true.

"A total of ninety-eight absences and late arrivals. Three hundred ninety-one incidences of talking or using a cell phone in class. That is quite a few infractions over one month. In this school, your class's results are reflected in the points that you receive. As a result, you wasted all of the 100,000 points that you should have received. That's what happened."

Silence fell as they heard all the violations Chabashira mentioned, but that didn't last long as the room exploded immediately after that.

"Gosh, that's so bad!"

"Are they really high school students??"

"How did they get past Middle School?"

"No wonder they used to be Class D."

Almost all of the students were spitting out words at the Class C students, they were all too shocked to find out how bad Class Horikita's students used to be.

Class C students could only lower their heads in shame when all the insults were aimed at them, they couldn't do anything about it because this was all the result of their past foolish selves.

Well, not all Class C students feel that way.

Ignoring the abnormal Kouenji, the Ayanokouji Group were completely unaffected, they kept their bodies straight and ignored the humiliation that was going on.

"I should have explained this all to you on the day of the entrance ceremony. This school measures its students' true abilities. This time, you were evaluated as being worth nothing. That's all."

"Chabashira-sensei. I do not recall hearing you explain that to us before—"

"What? Are you incapable of understanding something unless it's explained in detail?"

"Of course. There was never any talk about reducing our points. Had that been explained beforehand, I'm sure we would have avoided being late or talking during class."

"Isn't that just common sense, we've all been taught manners in elementary and middle school," Nishikawa said as if it were the obvious thing.

"Maybe they did study it, but they ignored it because they were already affected by the enjoyment of this school," said Yano.

"That is a rather bizarre argument, Hirata. It is certainly true that I don't recall explaining the rules of point distribution. However, didn't you all learn in elementary school not to be late or talk in class? Was that not taught throughout your elementary and junior high schools?"

"Well, that's—"

"I'm sure that in nine years of compulsory education, you learned that being late and talking in class are bad things. And now you say that you can't understand this because I haven't explained it to you? I'm afraid your reasoning is flimsy. If you had simply acted properly, then your points would not have dropped all the way to zero. This comes down to you taking personal responsibility."

There was no way for anyone to refute her perfectly sound argument. Everyone knew that bad behavior didn't pay.

"Having just entered your first year of high school, did you honestly think you'd receive 100,000 points every month with no strings attached? At a school established by the Japanese government for the express purposes of training gifted people? That's unthinkable. Try using some common sense. Why would you leave it to chance?"

"If they really thought about it, they should have some suspicions about it," said Minamikata.

"What a cruel way to put it, but I agree. I also feel uncomfortable with the luxuries that the school provides, so I only use points for things that are necessary," said Amikura.

"Me too, but sometimes I also use it to hangout," said Andou, rubbing her head.

"Don't be so shy, Sayo-chan. I'm like that too," said Amikura smiling.

"I feel lucky Honami-chan told me to be frugal, otherwise I might have become a wasteful person," Shiranami said shyly.

"You too, Chihiro-chan. I was also warned by Honami-chan," said Kobashi while looking at Ichinose with a smile.

Ichinose replied with a smile hearing her friends' words, "In the end the final decision is yours, I'm just telling you. But thank God we weren't so devastated back then," said Ichinose.

Although Hirata appeared to be frustrated, he looked the teacher straight in the eye. "Well then, could you at least explain in detail how points are added or deducted? We can keep that in mind for future reference."

"I cannot tell you. We cannot disclose the methods behind our student evaluation. It's the same as any other organization. When you enter a company, it is the company's choice whether or not to tell you how it evaluates its employees. However, I'm not cruel, and I'm not trying to be cold. In fact, this situation is so pathetic that I will give you one bit of guidance."

For the first time, I saw a faint sliver of a smile on Chabashira- sensei's lips.

"Let's say that you stop being late to class and have no more absences... Even though zero points will be deducted from you this month, that doesn't mean that your points will increase, either. That means next month you will still receive zero points. From another perspective, you could say no matter how times you're late or absent to class, it doesn't matter. So, you're not really at a loss, are you?"

The bell rang, signaling the end of homeroom.

"It looks like we spent too much time yammering. I hope that you understood the gist of it. Well, it's about time that we switch to our main topic."

"Main topic? Ah that's right, class points and test points haven't been announced yet," said Komiya.

"Ha ha, I can't wait to see how many points they will get," said Kondou grinning.

"Yeah, same," said Ishizaki who was also excited.

"You guys act as if your grades are high," Nishino said bluntly after seeing the boys' behavior.

"Wh-... W-Well, at least I'm sure I got higher marks than them," Kondou said while stuttering.

"What's wrong, Nishino? It turns out you're still alive," said Ishizaki, looking at Nishino.

"Why do you say that?" Nishino asked sharply, she didn't like what Ishizaki said.

"Well, you've been quiet all along, I thought you were petrified or something."

"There's nothing I want to talk about, it doesn't mean I'm dead," said Nishino a little annoyed.

"Ha ha, sorry, sorry."

From the tube she carried, she removed a white rolled-up poster and spread it out. She stuck the poster to the blackboard with some magnets. The still-confused students stared blankly at the poster.

"Are these...the results for each class?" Horikita tentatively took a guess. She was probably right. Class A through Class D were listed. To the side was a row of numbers that went up to a maximum of four digits. Class D had zero. Class C had 490. Class B had 650. And at the top was Class A, with a total of 940. In this case, 1000 points would mean 100,000 yen, wouldn't it? Every class had apparently lost points.

"Isn't something about this odd?"

"Yeah. The numbers look too even."

Horikita and I had both noticed something strange.

"You've all been doing whatever you pleased this past month. The school has no intention of preventing you from doing what you want. Your actions, such as being late or talking during class, only affect the points you receive. The same goes for how you use your points. How you choose to spend is entirely up to you. We have not put any restrictions on point usage."

"This isn't fair, though! We can't enjoy our student lives like this!" shouted Ike, who'd stayed quiet until now.

Yamauchi wailed in incredible agony. He'd already used up all of his points...

"Ha ha, he is so messed up."

"He's also out of this school now."

Some people laughed at how sad Yamauchi's fate was.

Sudou and Ike ground their teeth when they heard their friend being insulted, but they didn't know what to do now, the reason being because Yamauchi reaped what he sowed, he was suffering from a mistake he made himself.

"Look here, morons. Every other class got points. The amount of points we gave you for the first month should be plenty for you to live on."

"B-but, how do the other classes still have points left? That's weird..."

"That's because we are better than you."

"I've already told you, there's nothing unfair about it. All of the classes were scored using the same rules. Despite that, they didn't lose as many as you. That's the truth."

"But...why is there such a difference in our point values?" Hirata also seemed to have noticed that the numbers were too tidy.

"Do you finally understand now? Do you see why you were placed in Class D?"

"The reason why we were placed in Class D? Weren't we simply accepted into this school?"

"Huh? But classes are normally divided up like this, right?"

Students exchanged glances.

"In this school, students are sorted by their level of excellence. The superior students are sorted into Class A, the least capable in Class D. It's the same system you'd find in the major cram schools. In other words, Class D is akin to the last bastion for failures. You are the worst of the worst. You're defective. This is just the result of you being defective."

"Ku ku ku, ku ha ha ha, finally the word came out," Ryuuen said while laughing his head off. It seemed he was eagerly waiting for Chabashira to say those words.

"Tch, that bastard was enjoying himself," said Sudou while glaring at Ryuuen.

"Ignore it, there's no point dealing with him," Horikita said.

"But at this rate it might bring our class down," Kushida said looking at the other Class C students.

Horikita followed Kushida's gaze and saw that almost all of Class C's students were looking down helplessly, just as Kushida said, if they continued to be insulted like this their morale would drop and the worst possibility would be their mental breakdown, it