Ohe deeper rules of the school were revealed, the entire Css 1-B fell into a heavy silence.
The school's educational philosophy—ohat resembled a survival-of-the-fittest system—was shog, leaving many unsure of how to respond.
Acc to Hoshinomiya-sensei, only Css 1-A was guaranteed a secure path to graduation. The other csses had no such certainty.
It didn't take much imagination to uand what this meant—an intense, unfiving css petition.
At first gnce, Css 1-B ositioned advantageously. As long as they could surpass Css 1-A, they would seize victory. But based on the school's css pt rules, the students in Css 1-A were undeniably the most well-rounded and capable. Overing them would be no easy feat.
And they weren't the only threat.
The two lower-ranked csses, Css 1-d Css 1-D, wouldn't sit idly by either. If they wao climb the ranks, the natural stepping stone in their way was Css 1-B.
With that in mind, if Css 1-B wao move up, they couldn't just focus on surpassing Css 1-A—they had to prevent the other two csses from overtaking them as well.
This was, without a doubt, exactly what the school intended.
A system that forced all students to pete at their absolute limits.
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Seated at her desk, Iose could sehe temosphere settling over the css.
Seeing her cssmates looking uneasy, her strong sense of responsibility was immediately triggered—she wao step up and lead.
However, just as she was about to take a, her seatmate, Hikaru, stood up first.
"Hoshinomiya-sensei, we don't have any more csses this m, correct?"
"That's right," Hoshinomiya replied with a smile. "After this homeroom session, you're all free to return to your dorms. Formal lessons will begin tomorrow acc to your schedules."
"In that case, could you spare a moment? There's something I'd like to discuss with the css."
Hoshinomiya tilted her head slightly, clearly intrigued by Hikaru's proactive attitude.
"You want to take the stage?" she asked pyfully. "Alright, go ahead. But since you're taking up css time, you'll have to help me move some teag materials ter, okay?"
"..."
Hikaru fell silent for a moment before relutly agreeing.
Although he wasn't particurly strong, there was something he absolutely o firm with Hoshinomiya-sensei, so she had to be present.
"I help with that too," Iose quickly added.
Sihe start of homeroom, she had been looking for a ce to speak with her seatmate. Not just out of curiosity, but for the sake of Css 1-B's future.
"Alright, then it's settled. You two will help me ter," Hoshinomiya nodded.
She had already noticed earlier—aside from Hikaru, Iose was aandout student in Css 1-B.
A girl who could and influen the very first day of school was no ordinary student.
"Sensei, I'd like to borrow the bckboard."
Hikaru stepped to the front of the and picked up a piece of chalk.
His cssmates immediately shifted their focus to him.
After all, it was Hikaru who had uncovered the hidden rules of the school just moments ago. Naturally, everyone was curious about what he would say .
"What I want to discuss is simple—css petition."
Hikaru deliberately spoke in a serious tone.
This wasn't something he usually did, but if he wao increase Iose's stock value, he had no other choice.
Just a moment ago, after Iose's stock price rose to 50 points, Hikaru had used a special item from the Trading Shop:
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[Stoalyzer]
Cost: 1 unit of capital per use (limit: 5 per month)
Effect: Analyzes the characteristics of a listed stod provides strategies to increase its value while minimizing risks.
After using it on the pink-haired girl beside him, the system provided a detailed report:
Iose Honami Stock
Stock Traits: A girl trusted by her cssmates. Gentle and kind, she stands up against injustid speaks out with ce. Though she maintains friendly retionships with everyone, very few truly uand her.
Stock Growth Strategy: Help Css 1-B rise in ranking, uhe css, and prevent cssmates from being expelled.
Stock Price Drop Risks: Lying to her, ag against the css's is, or betrayirust.
With this knowledge in mind, Hikaru decided to act first.
"After listening to Hoshinomiya-sensei's expnation, I believe everyone here should now uand what matters most in this school."
He turo the bckboard and wrote two key terms:
Css Points and Private Points.
"These two factors determine everything."
"Our css just spent 2,000,000 Private Points to obtain knowledge of the school's hidden rules. That was a huge expense, and it could impact our future petitiveness."
"Yeah, half of our css's Private Points were wiped out in one go..."
"I was thinking the same thing..."
Some students murmured in agreement. It was clear that a signifit number of Css 1-B students shared simir s.
Hikaru ighe background chatter and tinued.
"That's why I believe we o maximize the value of the points we spent and minimize our losses."
"You have a pn?"
The question came from So Shibata, a short-haired athletic student. Hikaru recalled that he had been in a sports club during middle school and had spoken to Iose before.
"Yes, I call it The Phased Points Harvesting Pn."
Hikaru wrote the name on the board.
"And the key to exeg it? Selling the school's rules."
"Selling the rules?"
Iose frowned slightly.
"Are you suggesting that we resell the information we bought to students from other csses?"
"Exactly."
"But aren't the csses peting against each other? If we sell them the rules, wouldn't that eliminate our advantage?"
"That's the differeween a direct sale and a trolled transa."
Hikaru wrote A, B, C, D on the board, then expined further.
"If my guess is correct, the advantage of knowing the rules will only st for one month. Ohe round of Private Points is distributed, teachers will likely expin the system to their students anyway."
"Our advantage will disappear either way."
"Right, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"
"That's correct," Hoshinomiya affirmed, looking amused as she let him take the lead.
"Soal is to use this one-month window to maximize our profit from the information gap."
Hikaru poi the letter "A."
"Css 1-A students are the most elite. Even if they don't know the hidden rules yet, their behavior isn't likely to viote schutions often."
"By month, their dedus will be minimal—maybe just a few Css Points."
"In other words, knowing the rules won't actually ge their behavior."
A purple-haired male student suddenly caught on.
"In that case, we sell the rules to Css 1-A without w about them getting ahead of us. We get our points back, and they gain nothing!"
"Exactly."
Hikaru smiled. Finally, someone was catg on.
"And to ehey don't turn around and resell the rules to other csses..."
He turned back to Hoshinomiya-sensei.
"Earlier, you mentioned a special method of enf agreements, right?"
Hoshinomiya's eyes gleamed with i.
"You're talking about tracts, aren't you?"
"Correct," Hikaru grinned.
"We'll require Css 1-A to sign a tract—forbidding them from reselling the information."
"And just like that, our first profit cycle is plete."
As the realizatioled in, Iose's stock price updated.
[Iose Honami aowledges your strategy. Stock price +10. Current stock price: 60.]
