With Suzuepping forward, Hirata and Kushida began colleg Private Points from the students of Css D.

  During this process, Hikaru also emphasized a crucial requirement—everyone must sign a tract prohibiting the resale of the rule to other csses.

  As they went around colleg the points, some students looked visibly embarrassed. They had spent too mu the past week and could only tribute 10,000 or, at best, close to 20,000, falling short of the 25,00et.

  Even Hirata hadn't expected so many cssmates to run out of points so quickly. It had been only a week, yet several students couldn't even e up with 10,000.

  After about ten minutes, Hirata mao gather around 700,000 Private Points—the most they could collect from those who were willing to pay.

  People like Yamauchi and Ike had hesitated for a long time, but in the end, they only mao pool together 10,000—g it was all they had left.

  Though dissatisfied, Hirata couldly demand to check their phone bances, so he had no choice but to trust that they were telling the truth.

  "How much are we still missing?"

  Kushida pulled out her phone, notig that she and Hirata hadn't transferred their points yet.

  "About 200,000, give or take."

  Hirata g the remaining students who hadn't paid yet. This included Kushida, Suzune, and the boy sitting beside her—Ayanokōji Kiyotaka.

  "Horikita-san, how much you tribute? I'm pnning to pay 50,000 myself."

  Hirata was not the type to waste points frivolously, but as the representative of Css D, he felt a responsibility to tribute more thahers.

  "I'll also tribute 50,000. It's a bit much, but if it helps the css uand the hidden rules, then I just be more frugal ter."

  Css D's "angel," Kushida, spoke gently, her warm expression drawing admiration from the male students.

  "Wow, Kushida-san is amazing! She's so selfless for the css!"

  "She really is incredible! Not only beautiful but kind too!"

  As some boys enthusiastically praised her, Suzune remained unfazed.

  She simply pulled out her phone and asked:

  "How much more do we need?"

  Over the past week, her life had been simple. With almost no social iions, her spending had been minimal—just food and daily ies.

  As a result, she still had over 90,000 Private Points remaining.

  If necessary, she was willing to pay a rge portion of the remaining bance.

  "We still need 152,000… but I don't want to trouble you too much, Horikita-san. Maybe we should think of another way?"

  Hirata looked at his phone, hesitant to pressure her.

  "It's fihere's still one more person, isn't there?"

  Suzune's gaze shifted to the boy sitting beside her—someone who had barely spoken throughout the entire meeting.

  The student iion held his phone casually, his fareadable.

  "Hirata-kun, I haven't paid yet."

  Ayanokōji g his phone band spoke nontly:

  "If we're short 152,000, I tribute 80,000. I don't have much use for the points anyway."

  His bance, just like Horikita's, still showed over 90,000 points left.

  "Then I'll tribute 72,000. That should cover the rest."

  Suzune gnced briefly at Ayanokōji, slightly surprised that he had so many points left.

  She hadn't expected that he had barely spent anything all week, much like herself.

  But while she found it odd, she didn't dwell on it—her main focus was unc the hidden rule.

  Transa plete

  With the final transfers made, Hirata finally had the full 1,000,000 Private Points collected.

  He stepped forward toward Hikaru, signaling that the transa was plete.

  But Hikaru remained calm and shook his head.

  "Not just yet, Hirata-kun. We o make sure everyone signs the tract first."

  His voice was ge firm.

  "Since we're selling this rule to three csses, we have to ehat none of you resell it. This is a precautionary measure."

  "Please remind everyoo sign."

  Then, as if suddenly recalling something, Hikaru added:

  "ht. There were two students who left earlier, weren't there?"

  He was referring to Sudō Ken and Kōenji Rokusuke.

  "Sihey're still part of your css, you , of course, inform them about the rule."

  "However, they must also agree not to resell it. Hirata-kun, I trust you to hahat?"

  Hikaru's tone remained polite but firm, pg responsibility on Hirata's shoulders.

  "…You have my word, Hikaru-kun. I'll make sure Kōenji-kun and Sudō-kun follow the tract."

  "Good."

  Hikaru nodded lightly.

  In truth, he wasn't too ed about those two.

  One of them was aistiarcissist, and the other had a short temper and poor judgment.

  her seemed like the type to gh the trouble of reselling the rule.

  Still, to cover all bases, Hikaru po accelerate the colle of points from Css C as soon as possible.

  Now that he had identified this small risk, he o move fast.

  If all went smoothly, he could collect points from Css D today and Css orrow.

  Ohey had the full three million Private Points, what happened afterward wouldn't matter.

  After all, Hikaru's inal goal was twofold:

  1. Recover as many Private Points as possible.

  2. Reduce Css d D's Css Points.

  Based on what he had observed in Css D today, he was fident that their Css Points would drop signifitly by the end of the month.

  And as for Css C—after f Ryūen to have three students suspeheir poiion would likely be eveer.

  Would the rankings shift month?

  Hikaru couldn't help but look forward to it.

  "Oep Closer."

  After a few more minutes, Css D's students had all sighe tract.

  With all the points collected, there was n back.

  Hikaru smiled and turo Hirata.

  "Alright, Hirata-kun, please trahe points to my partner here—Iose Honami."

  He gestured toward the pink-haired girl beside him.

  Since Iose was B-Css's financial manager, her at already held over a million Private Points.

  "Wait… B-Css's representative isn't you?"

  Hirata was visibly shocked.

  Given what he had seen today, he had assumed Hikaru was the one in charge.

  After all, he had domihe iations, trolled the flow of the versation, and outmaneuvered the entire room.

  "Don't overthink it, Hirata-kun."

  Hikaru waved off his with a calm smile.

  "You just think of me as Iose-san's assistant."

  Once Hirata pleted the transfer, Iose beamed.

  "It's done!"

  She happily showed Hikaru her phone s, firming the deposit.

  "Good. That puts us oep closer toal."

  Hikaru's words held a double meaning.

  To him, it referred to B-Css's secret pn to collect twenty million points.

  To Hirata and Kushida, they assumed he meant selling the rule to all three csses.

  Standing side by side, Hikaru and Iose looked like a perfect match—a se that caught the attention of Css D's students.

  A few of them even whispered among themselves, w if the two were a couple.

  Just as Hikaru was about to leave, a hand suddenly blocked his path.

  "Hikaru-kun, please expin the rule yourself."

  Kushida smiled sweetly.

  Hikaru g his system s.

  A perfect opportunity had just arrived.

  "Alright then, please listen carefully, everyone."

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