Sae put out the cigarette in her hand, then raised her gaze toward Ryunosuke.
"I heard you joined the student council? Congratulations. I never expected there would be a student in my class this impressive, truly beyond expectations."
Ryunosuke glanced at the chair beside him and asked softly.
"May I sit to talk, Chabashira-sensei?"
"Please."
After getting permission, Ryunosuke sat down and stared at his homeroom teacher. "Sensei is looking for me, what business do you have? Just get straight to the point, I don't want to waste time."
Seeing this attitude, Sae wasn't angry, instead showing an expression of appreciation. "You're quite something. During the three years I've led Class D, you're the only one who on the second day..."
"More precisely in this entire school, only you could enter the student council on the second day. You're extraordinary. I've already looked at your profile, and I'm starting to suspect, were you deliberately hiding your abilities before?"
Ryunosuke rolled his eyes lazily, thinking inwardly: (Hiding your ass! Before this I hadn't even transmigrated here, of course I was stupid before.)
However, on the surface, he answered formally.
"You're praising me too much, Sensei. I'm just an ordinary student. You're looking for me surely not to discuss trivial things like this, right? Let's get straight to the main issue..."
"Oh? Not even calling me Sensei anymore. Interesting."
Sae was just about to light another cigarette to calm her turbulent heart. How many years has it been? She had always longed to rise to Class A, but what Sae got every day was just a pile of trash. This time, she finally found one person she could rely on; it would be a lie if she didn't feel excited.
Sae inhaled the cigarette deeply, exhaled smoke rings, then said slowly, "Surely after entering the student council, you already understand this school's secret, right?"
"I want you to help Class D rise to Class A."
"Excuse me!" Ryunosuke immediately stood up and was about to leave.
Don't joke; no benefit but ordering him to do forced labor? Dream on.
This action truly made Sae who was acting calm become stunned. Seeing him almost reaching the door, she just came to her senses and shouted calling him.
"Wait!"
"You can propose any conditions. I'll help to the extent of my abilities."
Ryunosuke's steps stopped. He showed a victorious smile.
(Gotcha.)
He sat back down and stared at Sae. "Help the class rise to Class A... what benefits can I get?"
Sae looked at the person demanding compensation in front of her with slight resignation. But this was better; people like this were actually easier to control. What was frightening were those who had no ambition and couldn't be ordered around. As long as problems could be solved with conditions, then it wasn't a problem.
Sae took out her terminal device and showed it to him. Her savings points amounted to 8,050,000 points.
Ryunosuke took a deep breath, his brain starting to spin thinking of ways to get those points. Seeing his excitement that couldn't be hidden, Sae felt very satisfied.
Good, matters that could be solved with points weren't big problems. Sae immediately stated her conditions.
"Help the class rise to Class A. Every time you rise one class rank, I'll give you 2,000,000 points."
"Simply put, if you make the class rise from Class D to Class C, you'll get 2,000,000 personal points."
"Each step up, you get 2,000,000."
"How about it? Consider it. These very large personal points can be converted to the same amount of cash when you graduate later."
"The condition is, you must graduate as a Class A student to be able to take that money out of school."
"So, this isn't just about helping your class, but also for yourself."
"Want to take money out of school? You must rise to Class A. You have no other choice."
"Besides, I've already checked your personal data and profile. You... should really need money, right? Considering your parents who are like that..."
To make Ryunosuke move, Sae kept giving incentives, using every means available.
Facing Sae like this, Ryunosuke wanted to raise the stakes. He then explained how difficult it was to climb from Class D to Class A.
"Chabashira-sensei, ordering me to do something that difficult with only 2,000,000 personal points? This is a bit hard to do."
"Aren't the points a bit too stingy?"
Sae thought for a moment.
"What you say does make sense, Akasaka. But, could you wipe your drool and eliminate those money-shaped sparkles in your eyes?"
"Your words aren't convincing at all..."
Ryunosuke came to his senses. Turned out because of the temptation of 2 million points earlier, his body gave a spontaneous reaction. His drool dripped and his eyes turned into money symbols.
He hurriedly wiped his mouth. What else could he do, both in this life and the previous one, he had never seen that much money... he got a bit out of control.
He regulated his breathing to return to peak condition so as not to fall into Sae's trap, then said with a flat face.
"Chabashira-sensei, rising to Class A is indeed too difficult, I can't do it."
"I can't give guarantees, but I can try. So... may this 2,000,000 be given upfront?"
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Some time later...
Ryunosuke left the teachers' office carrying a duplicate contract; he and Sae each held one.
In the contract it was clearly written that for every class rank rise, he would get 2,000,000 points. Sae agreed to give 800,000 points as initial capital, while the remaining 1,200,000 would only be paid after actually rising to Class C.
He opened his phone and looked at his current point balance.
[Akasaka Ryunosuke, Remaining Personal Points: 1,000,000.]
The smile on his lips really couldn't be held back anymore. However, he was aware this much money wasn't enough to let him relax for life after graduation later; he still had to work hard.
Just as he was about to leave the teachers' office floor, Hoshinomiya Chie who had left earlier suddenly appeared in front of him and pulled him into her private office.
Ryunosuke arrived at Chie's workspace. Seeing this Class B homeroom teacher, he seemed to have already expected this and didn't look too surprised. Chie stared at him with an investigating gaze.
"An interesting child. Just one look and already feels different from other students. Able to enter the student council on the second day, something that's never happened at this school."
Chie stretched her body lazily, showing her perfect and sexy body curves. Although already 30 years old, her skin was very well maintained; if someone said she was in her twenties, people would surely believe it. Added to her somewhat careless nature, it added a cute impression. However, Ryunosuke knew the woman in front of him was very difficult to deal with and wouldn't be fooled by her appearance.
(This girl... is a true little devil. Equivalent to Kushida.)
Facing Ryunosuke's investigating gaze, Chie didn't mind, in fact she thought if this child wanted to work for her, it didn't matter to give him a little "bonus".
Ryunosuke immediately averted his gaze and asked flatly.
"What business does the Class 1-B homeroom teacher have looking for me?"
"I'm a Class D student. If I'm not mistaken, we're now in a competitive relationship."
"Oh?" Chie tilted her head cutely. "Only the third day, it seems Akasaka-kun already understands what needs to be understood, even knows about competitive relationships."
"But it's reasonable, people who can enter the student council on the second day surely aren't simple."
"There must be something that made that Student Council President interested in you."
"Do you know? Now many people are paying attention to you, Little Celebrity~"
Chie then touched Ryunosuke's nose playfully, as if unaware they were strangers.
Ryunosuke irritably brushed away those mischievous fingers and asked again, "If there's no business, I'll be leaving."
He stepped toward the door.
Chie hurriedly stopped him. "Don't leave yet, Ryunosuke-chan. Want to make a deal with Sensei?"
Ryunosuke's steps stopped. "What deal?"
Chie showed a smile full of hidden meaning.
"Help me destroy Class D, and I'll give you personal points in large amounts."