"But dropping out a pool member only has 300 points...."
"So, Yukimura-boy, do you want to drop out of school? If it was just red pool, then you could get 300 points, but, your academic ability ranks third in the class. So if I drop you out, I can get an extra 100 points, which makes 400. So, choosing you to be expelled is much more cost-effective than sacrificing my protection quota."
"...." Yukimura almost farted on his seat when he heard such disgusting words, directly and quietly sat down.
His members in the cram school group looked at him with some concern, but did not speak to him.
Because now everyone knows Koenji seems to be a little angry. Then let him bombard the pond!
"....." Ike continued to save himself, "I still can't believe that you can expel me like this. Besides, organization of group you mentioned was not done by me. So you can't put all the blame on me!"
"Oh?" Koenji looked over with mild interest, as if he found a new target.
And Ike went on to save his life, "I, I was asked by Kushida-chan. She was the one who told me that someone was in trouble and asked me to join a group that many people wanted to form and stick together."
"! ! •"
Almost instantly, Kushida-chan, who was called by Suzune earlier, gained the attention of many students again.
"Are you the mastermind, Kushida-girl behind my expulsion?"
Baaah! Scary!
The whole class gathered together.
However, the angel-like Kushida-chan made such a vote-buying move, which will undoubtedly lower her evaluation.
'Bastard! This was clearly something that some people agreed to, but now everyone is looking at me again. And Ike Kanji, do you really want me to take the blame?! Scum! This behav---!'
Never mind her grudge against Koenji, this is outright disgusting!
"Look, everyone knows it, right? It was... it was all invited by Kushida-chan. She invited me to join team, and then decided that if there was a penalty of expulsion, Koenji would bear it."
In fact, Ike's heart is bleeding.
He was also someone who had liked Kushida-chan, so now he poured dirty water on the girl he had liked, but there was nothing he could do.
Because if he doesn't do something now, will be expelled from school.
He now has two risks, one of which is the last place in OAA.
One of them was revealed to be person behind team that set up a trap for Koenji.
Let's not talk about former for now, but even the latter... is also very dangerous.
It is even possible that they will be abandoned by group formed yesterday and offered as sacrifices.
Then even their own people will rebel.
Koenji did not want to lose dropout protection quota.
This is a special exam that everyone agrees on, and if even one person objects, student cannot be expelled.
This is also Ike's self-help plan.
Even if he was announced to withdraw from vote, he would definitely vote against it.
Then stalemate lasted until end of the exam time.
That is to choose to deduct points.
Deduction of 300 points.
It looks like a lot of penalties will be made.
Anyway, Koenji no longer charges the 225 points of living expenses, so even if it loses 300 points, it won't make much difference.
So even if some points are deducted, the living expenses are still sufficient.
If you do this, you will definitely be treated as trash and scum by your classmates, and even your life in school will become miserable.
So, Ike decided to wash himself first and put blame on Kushida-chan.
At least, don't let yourself be isolated.
The blame was put on Kikyo Kushida.
Since the person who contacted other poor students was Kushida-chan, Ike was able to put the blame on people accurately.
As for the current Kushida-chan, in her heart, she really feels sorry for Hikigaya Hachiman. 'As a little angel, I helped others, but ended up being the one to take blame. However, this makes no sense. Because I have also grown up and know how to deal with emergencies!'
"I...it was indeed me who contacted everyone, but...I am innocent. I only did it because of Ike-kun's request." With so many people staring at her, Kushida-chan immediately burst into tears of regret.
Big tears flowed.
She really cried and when people looked over, her wailing got even more noisy and louder, "Because Ike-kun said that his situation was very dangerous, and if the option of dropping out appeared, he would definitely be expelled. He was very scared, so he cried and begged me. Then he suggested that we just need to choose Koenji-kun to drop out, because he has a dropout protection quota, so if he is chosen to drop out, will definitely be able to stay. So it can become a situation where no one gets hurt. Owahhhnnnn!"
Sniff! Sniff!
No no no!
In fact, there is some harm, that is, first place award and expulsion protection quota that Koenji won in uninhabited island exam with his own strength will be wasted.
Although some people think so in their hearts.
Even though Kushida-chan has done something unpleasant like helping to canvass for votes, the real culprit is Ike.
She is just too kind and was taken advantage of by Ike Kanji!
Although Kushida's canvassing activities were exposed, her reputation not damaged at all.
In addition, there were a lot of positive comments about Kushida-chan.
It makes people feel that she is victim.
"So, Ike, you are lying!"
"You still want to put the blame on Kushida-chan even at this time. Not only did you take advantage of her kindness, you also put the blame on her. Are you still human?"
"Ike, you should drop out of school!"
"That's right, a fucker like him shouldn't be allowed to be near our angel Kushida-chan!"
So, Ike who previously thought he can't be blamed at all.
Ahhhh.
This made Ike hold his head.
Now even his classmates from poor student alliance group have joined in and started to blame him.
In other words, this is a desperate situation.
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"So, you're not going to ask about our test results?"
Meanwhile, in the student dormitory, Hikigaya-kun returned to his room.
Lie in bed. The phone remains on line.
After returning to the dormitory, he took a nap and was woken up by a phone call.
It was Karuizawa who called, and learned about their exam process from her.
"What's the result of the exam? So how did you end up?"
The time displayed on phone is 13:12.
That means exam is completely over.
"No one dropped out. But it's not that Koenji-kun used the protection quota, but that boy Ike kept voting against option of dropping out. In the end, our class was deducted 300 points because we failed to complete five questions due to overtime."
Even Karuizawa's voice turned cold, as she countinued describing her story.
In other words, even though his reputation was ruined, Mr. Ike still refused to give up staying in this school.
Tuition is free, and now as a member of class, the living expenses are still very high.
Who wants to leave?
"But his reputation is ruined. Does he have the courage to stay?"
"That guy asked Chabashira-sensei if class would lose points if a student dropped out voluntarily. Then, she replied 300 points would be deducted. So, he warned others not to bully him."
'I see. Then Ike is still pretty good. He has excellent talent in not contributing to the class but dragging it down. Probably used the excuse that if anyone bullied him, he would be expelled from school, and then 300 points would be deducted, and everyone's living expenses would be reduced by 30,000 points, to deal with the possibility of him being isolated and bullied....'
"But." Karuizawa continued to ask curiously, "Do you think someone is targeting Koenji-kun in this exam? Indeed, it was possible that no one dropped out and we could still earn 100 points, but everyone was fooled by Koenji-kun and had to choose to have someone drop out. In the end, because we were unable to convince Ike, deducted points. This is indeed terrifying. But this is because Koenji-kun knows that someone is targeting him. Do you actually know all this?"
Of course, she is very chatty today, as if wanted to vent her frustrations.
Because Ike contacted Ryuen, and Ryuen has no secrets from Hachiman.
So, he checked text message on his phone.
[The exam is over, do you want to have dinner together? You have to treat me to this meal. Because of you, I lost some popularity.] by Kushida.
Even fact that Kushida-chan helped Ike contact group of poor students was at his instigation.
Although Ryuen wanted to drive Ike to harass Koenji and force him away, or take his Quota, Hachiman thought that he was already a member of Ryuen's class after all.
It is indeed a bit cruel to suppress them and keep in Class D for more than a year.
So since people in Ryuen's class want to get back their position in Class C so much, then let's get it back.
If Ryuen's class gets 400 points in this exam, and Horikita's will be deducted 300 points for delaying exam.
Then Ryuen's class will return to C.
So after figuring out Ryuen's plan, Hachiman also assisted a little.
'Because, although Ryuen wanted to use the pool, it could not be stirred without help. And facts also prove that Dragon-boy is still not thoughtful enough in terms of strategy.'
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