Chabashira turned around and sized up the student who had followed her out.
He was a boy with delicate features, but his dead fish eyes ruined his good looks.
However, in Chabashira's opinion, she believed that if he wore a pair of glasses, especially black-rimmed ones, his charm would probably go up, up.
"So, what do you want to ask?" Chabashira said.
"There are some things I cannot disclose."
"As expected, Teacher has been given a gag order, huh."
But the student said, "But sensei also said in Class just now, didn't you, that you can buy everything using point."
"Then can I also buy the answer to my question using the point on my student ID?"
Oh?
Chabashira felt that she could truly stop and see what this student wanted to say.
Indeed.
She had said in Class that anything could be bought using point.
So even wanting to know the essence of this School was permissible.
It's just.
Can you, kid, apply it flexibly right now?
"I did say something like that, and you can try to do that, but unfortunately, your 100,000 point is far from enough," Chabashira said.
"So, the purchasing power of 100,000 point is that low, huh?" The student seemed a bit down.
"Don't be so negative. You just asked three questions. I can make an exception and answer one of them," Chabashira said.
Her indifferent attitude changed.
As the Teacher, before the students arrived, she had checked the files of all the Class D students.
One Class D student who was originally confirmed had gone abroad with their parents due to a job transfer.
Advanced Nurturing High School was a School all junior high School students yearned for, and the School also publicly recruited students every year, but this was a scam, as all students were pre-determined, gathered through recommendations from junior high School principals across the country.
Therefore.
The student source had been determined half a year ago.
And now, the sudden absence of a student was a bit tricky for the School.
But at this moment, her close friend Hiratsuka Shizuka recommended a student.
And this student was Hikigaya Hachiman.
Chabashira used to be a student at this School, and Hiratsuka Shizuka was her classmate.
After graduation, the classmates went their separate ways.
And she returned to this School several years later.
But Hiratsuka Shizuka chose to teach outside.
She looked a bit like an old man, but in essence, she was a very gentle person.
Because of Hiratsuka Shizuka's recommendation.
The School retrieved Hikigaya Hachiman's file, reviewed his growth experience, personality, and how he interacted with others, and finally concluded that he could be included in Advanced Nurturing High School's training as a sample.
Then Hikigaya was assigned to Class D.
That's why Chabashira said that Hachiman was actually a student who didn't originally belong in Class D.
But looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case.
Hikigaya Hachiman was a student recommended by Hiratsuka Shizuka, and according to Chabashira's understanding of Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka might have some deeper meaning.
So Hikigaya's enrollment might... not be ordinary.
In other words... even now, she was still being worried about by the other party?
Thinking this.
Chabashira gazed at the young man in front of her.
Hikigaya had just asked three questions.
1. Will students' private point accounts still receive 100,000 points next month?
2. The source of her account's huge points.
3. Can points be cashed out and directly converted into cash?
If these three questions were to be answered, then both question 1 and question 2 would involve the true nature of the School.
But as she said, although she was the Teacher, she was also given a gag order.
However, if enough points were paid, it would be possible to counteract this gag order.
The points to be paid would be approximately 1 to 2 million.
And for the insufficient part, she decided to make up for it herself.
It was also her last struggle for her long-cherished wish.
She wondered if this young man recommended by Hiratsuka was someone she could look forward to a little.
"I see..." The student seemed to become shy.
"Teacher Chabashira said my points aren't enough... So, your exception means you'll pay the cost for it?"
Oh?
Chabashira glanced at him.
Chabashira found that this student seemed to understand social etiquette.
"Indeed, I will pay the cost, but it's not about how many points, after all, I have six million, don't I?" Chabashira said.
Actually, she realized at that moment that she had only shown her phone to the students as an example, but Hikigaya had noticed her enormous 6 million points.
So.
Isn't this little guy's observation very sharp?
"Then I'll ask," Hikigaya said.
Mm.
Ask. Ask.
If it was question 1 or 2, it would involve the true nature of this School, and she would tell him the truth, but she would pay the cost.
Although 2 million points was also a pressure for her.
But she also had some expectations.
Because this was a question posed by a student, it wasn't a complete violation on her part.
Moreover, if the students of Class D of Grade 1 knew the true nature of the School on the first day of enrollment, or even less than an hour, what kind of storm would it bring to the School and other Classes?
She wanted to see it a little.
And thinking this, she became a little excited.
Chabashira gazed at the young man.
Then she heard the other party's voice and saw the other party's opened lips.
She hadn't carefully observed a young boy's face.
But she had to admit, her heart was racing a bit now due to excitement.
Then.
She listened to the words the other party uttered.
"I want to know if points can be cashed out?" Hikigaya said.
"Then I want to convert the points into cash and send them home."
"..."
? Eh?
Chabashira was stunned for a moment.
Because.
The other party was asking question 3.
Question 3 would be informed to students upon graduation.
It wasn't a particularly secret matter.
So, if a student wanted to get the answer from their Teacher, about 100,000 points would suffice.
And she had already prepared to pay a cost of 2 million.
Now, she only needed to pay 100,000.
It saved money.
But.
Kid, did you only see the money?
Because you were told that the 100,000 points in your student ID were equivalent to 100,000 Japanese yen, and as a result... you actually want to cash them out and send them home?
Where did this family-oriented good young man come from!
"I'm just an ordinary Japanese high School student," Hikigaya said.
"My usual pocket money is only 2,000, and that's once a month. Suddenly getting such a huge sum, I want to take it home."
Saying this, he seemed a bit embarrassed.
But he still said, "I also have a younger sister at home. My sister often says her pocket money isn't enough."
Your sister says her pocket money isn't enough, and as an older brother, when you have money, you immediately thought of her?
Mm.
So, you're like that line from a recent popular anime, what was it called... 'My sister is the cutest'... Mm, a siscon, huh?
And Chabashira recalled that when she first walked into the classroom, it was this Hikigaya who was introducing himself.
The other party's words seemed to indicate he was from Chiba.
She remembered the commercials she had seen on TV.
Chiba's specialties: peanuts, sake, and then... siscons!
The local environment shapes the people.
Families in that area where boys or girls have younger sisters tend to spoil their sisters very much.
"I can answer this question for you. When you graduate, the School will collect the points in your hands with cash."
"However, it's not a 1:1 exchange, but roughly a 0.7-0.8 ratio exchange."
"And if you want to reduce the loss, you can purchase unopened electronics or similar items from the Shopping Street and take them out of School. At that time, you might get a 90% recovery rate."
Chabashira explained in detail.
Hachiman listened carefully.
"So, the School will only exchange points with us students when we graduate?" Hachiman asked.
"Yes," Chabashira nodded.
"But what if I use points to purchase the privilege of exchanging them for cash with students in advance?" Hachiman continued.
Oh?
He wants to purchase the privilege of early cash exchange?
No one has ever done such a thing.
And the other party was already extrapolating.
But Chabashira had just been a little disappointed, so she wasn't too invested.
She simply replied that his current points were not enough to purchase that privilege.
"Then, Teacher Chabashira, what exactly does the School want us to do?" Hikigaya continued.
"To be precise, after providing us students with such excellent conditions, what exactly does the School need us to do?"
"Free is the most expensive."
"I think we won't receive so many points next month, and since the School will convert the points in our hands into cash upon graduation."
"It means the School must also provide us with opportunities to obtain many points," the student said.
"I want to know the channels for obtaining a large number of points."
Oh?
Chabashira's attention was re-captured.
Because.
It seemed she hadn't misjudged him.
This child... it seems he's not just potential, but he was assigned to the wrong Class.