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At nine o'clock in the evening, Akira stared at his phone screen, lost in thought.
A new message notification suddenly lit up.
{This is a photo from our trip to the beach before summer vacation~}
Three more messages popped up immediately after.
{Shimizu-kun, you did well this time. This is a special reward just for you, only for you, so keep it a secret!}
{If I find out any other male classmates also have this photo... you know the consequences, right? (Smiling face)}
{I hope our next collaboration is pleasant.}
Akira's finger involuntarily tapped on the image.
In the photo, Kushida was wearing a pink bikini, standing on the beach at sunset.
The swimsuit accentuated her voluptuous figure, her long legs and graceful waist forming perfect proportions, and her wet hair clung to her cheeks, giving her a playful sexiness.
It must be said, as a man, this photo was indeed well-taken.
Akira didn't think much of it and simply replied. {Received.}
There didn't seem to be much else to say at a time like this. A girl had proactively sent a swimsuit photo, so simply accepting it was the way to go.
Being coy would be out of character for him.
'She wouldn't think I instructed Karuizawa to do this, would she?'
'Thinking about it, that possibility is quite high.'
After all, Karuizawa had given the suggestion while secretly observing his expression.
However, did the other party truly believe that being class representative was a good job? In Akira's opinion, the position of Class D representative was simply a chore.
"Now that the twenty-five thousand points in class fees have been collected, the surveillance matter should also be addressed."
Notifications about surveillance had already been sent out by other classes, but Class D had remained silent.
Now that the class representative election was settled, the other party should finally focus on this matter.
Another new message popped up on his phone.
Akira glanced at the sender—Sakayanagi.
{You're selling it for quite a price.}
Akira naturally understood what the other party was referring to.
But considering his current identity, he simply replied with a question mark.
{?}
{Still playing dumb! I've already asked my father.}
Akira was slightly startled.
The other party's father is the chairman of this school, isn't he? If Sakayanagi had truly investigated, his identity would've probably been exposed long ago.
However, Akira still believed this was merely a test from the other party—someone as proud as Sakayanagi detested being accused of relying on her father's power.
{Who is your father?}
{My father is the school's chairman—Sakayanagi Narumori.}
{Hehe, whether you are that person or not, let me tell you something interesting that happened this afternoon.}
After reading all the messages from the other party, Akira replied, {Your Class A has barely lost any class points, so there's no need to spend 3 million points to rent surveillance, right? This deal isn't worth it.}
{Are you testing me again? You clearly know I hate being spied on. What I value has never been the surveillance itself, but the surveillance data from the past two weeks. Two weeks are enough to analyze the personality traits, behavioral habits, and academic performance of most people in our class. Everyone's conversations, whispers, and privacy—this information is the most important. If that mysterious person sold it to other classes, even if we are Class A, it would be difficult for us to gain an advantage in the early stages. After all, know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.}
Akira's gaze lingered for a few seconds on the line "two weeks time."
It seemed the other party had indeed failed to find her chairman father.
But only he knew that, in reality, there was only this week's data.
Naturally, it was impossible to tell the other party such information. It would only mean losing the initiative for nothing.
{Well then, I should go and talk to that mysterious person about this in detail. Goodbye.}
After Sakayanagi said this, she went completely offline.
Immediately after, a message came from his alternate account.
{Can I just rent it for one day?}
Akira was slightly stunned. The other party was quite clever.
Class A indeed didn't care about others monitoring it, nor was it worried about point deductions. The only thing it cared about was past surveillance data.
A twenty-four-hour access would be enough for the other party to delete the data.
{You wish. I refuse. I don't offer one-day services here.}
{Can I use five hundred thousand private points to have you delete all surveillance data for Class A since the start of the school year?}
{Little princess, don't keep testing me. I'm telling you clearly, it's only available for full package rental.}
{Hehe... Is that so? Then I have one more question: Have you already sold the surveillance content of our Class A at a high price to other classes? If that's truly the case, I won't be renting it, you know.}
Akira fell into thought upon hearing this.
So that's what the other party was worried about.
After all, the surveillance access belonged to him, and the content recorded by the surveillance itself was valuable information that could be sold for money.
If Akira had already leaked Class A's surveillance content to other classes, then her purchasing surveillance access now would be meaningless.
However, Akira had already considered this point. He never intended to sell any surveillance content from the beginning.
{I don't sell surveillance content, only rent the entire surveillance system.}
{That's a bit unexpected! You're not trying to deliberately deceive me, are you?}
{You can ask the Student Council. They will ensure fairness for both parties in the transaction.}
—Akira had already prepared for this.
{The neutral Student Council? Hehe, I'll go ask tomorrow.}
She paused, then asked again. {Oh, by the way! Besides Class A, which other classes have you leased surveillance access to? I wonder if there are any other classes besides first-year Class A. You haven't notified all four classes about this, have you?}
Akira naturally couldn't answer such a question—it clearly went beyond the scope of the transaction.
{Hehe... But speaking of which, even if you have surveillance access for first-year Class C, Class D, and Class B, I can't afford it this month. But by next month, your so-called surveillance access might be completely invalid. After all, the school authorities recently announced a ban on using points to purchase or rent school equipment. Even if you were the first to try it, it's at most a sub-lease. I'm very curious, until which month can your rented access be used?}
Akira raised an eyebrow.
It had to be said, Sakayanagi's intelligence was indeed very high. She'd easily analyzed that the surveillance access he held was also rented.
But he thought for a moment, and slowly typed out eight characters.
{Don't rent it then, I'm going to sleep.}
Regarding the surveillance access, he'd maintained the initiative from beginning to end.
Even if it couldn't be sold, there was still the official four hundred thousand per unit as a fallback, so this deal was guaranteed to be profitable from the start.