Chapter 165 – Targeting Class D?

Shiina was too tired to resist falling asleep, and Yukio thought about preparing a somewhat late lunch for her—it was more like afternoon tea time by normal standards.

When he opened the refrigerator, he realized that Shiina hadn't stocked up on groceries, presumably planning to cover both breakfast and lunch with just sandwiches.

After preparing breakfast for Yukio, they had run out of ingredients. Seeing Shiina sleeping soundly, Yukio decided to step out of her dorm to buy some groceries.

Going out in the afternoon, he felt the breeze, carrying the last stubborn heat of summer yet strong enough to suggest the onset of autumn.

Yukio, while reflecting on the changes of seasons, waited for the elevator. When the doors slid open, he was surprised to see Chie Hoshinomiya.

Hoshinomiya was just as surprised but quickly put on a girlish act, clapping her hands as if thrilled: "Yukio-kun, I didn't expect to see you on the girls' floor!"

"Are you here to visit a girl~? Who might it be~? Would you mind telling the teacher?"

True to form, Hoshinomiya never seemed like a teacher but more like a schoolgirl herself.

Yukio entered the elevator and, pressing the close button, took control of the conversation: "Are you here to see Ichinose and the others?"

It was simple to figure out the living arrangements in the dormitory—Sakayanagi's class occupied the top floor, followed by Ichinose's, and then the girls from Yukio's class.

As the elevator carried Hoshinomiya downwards, it was clear she had just come from Ichinose's floor.

"Hmm," Hoshinomiya pouted, pretending to be upset in a playful manner: "Yukio-kun, you're being sneaky, not answering my question and asking me instead."

"But well," she switched expressions quickly, her pout turning into a smile, "considering how handsome you are and how well you performed at the sports festival, I'll let it slide!"

"Actually, my class had a victory party last night too, but not at the same place as yours. One of the girls caught a cold after partying, so I'm here to visit her."

Yukio couldn't help but admire Hoshinomiya's ability to act so youthful, carrying the fresh charm of a schoolgirl without a hint of being contrived.

If it weren't for the narrow space of the elevator, filled with the scent of gentle and mature perfume, one might easily mistake Hoshinomiya for a female high school student just by her expression and voice tone.

Yukio wasn't actually concerned about why Hoshinomiya was visiting the first-year dormitory building, but rather about the reason she was eagerly making conversation.

He keenly extracted crucial information from Hoshinomiya's deliberate answers, "performed well at the sports festival."

"Hoshinomiya-sensei thinks that I performed very well at the sports festival?" Yukio glanced at the elevator levels, which had already begun descending.

Hoshinomiya might have known that once the elevator reached the lobby on the first floor, it wouldn't be as convenient to talk, and during the cruise, she had already semi-revealed her hand.

Thus, she didn't waste time beating around the bush: "Of course~ Yukio-kun's performance at the sports festival is currently a topic of discussion throughout the entire school staff."

"However, the teacher thinks that Yukio-kun performed very well, but just a little bit shy of the best." After saying this, Hoshinomiya raised her right hand and made a "little bit" gesture with her fingertips as if indicating a tiny universe.

"Oh? Hoshinomiya-sensei, why not teach me how to be the best?" Yukio's mind became agile, listening to this, it seemed that Hoshinomiya might divulge some school information. That couldn't be better.

"Hehe." Hoshinomiya chuckled slightly, her demeanor full of girlish pride and a mature charm: "Actually, you were just a bit short because you made Sudo of Class D voluntarily drop out."

"In this school, not meeting the school's requirements or being marked down twice results in expulsion, which deducts points from the class! If one voluntarily withdraws, however, no points are deducted from the class."

The implication was that if Yukio could use leverage to force Sudo to repeatedly make mistakes during the sports festival, leading to his expulsion with two major demerits, it would result in the deduction of all of Class D's points.

But since Sudo was only forced to apply voluntarily for withdrawal, there was no penalty for Class D, just that they lost a strong sports competitor.

"And there's more." Hoshinomiya seemed not yet satisfied, guiding Yukio on how to specifically suppress Class D: "Isn't there a rule at the sports festival that the winner of each small event gets private points as a reward?"

"That Sudo from Class D won many first places in the morning competitions, accumulating over twenty thousand in private point rewards, which, because of his voluntary withdrawal, would stay with Class D."

"But if it is an expulsion as a punishment, the private points would be confiscated by the school."

Yukio hadn't anticipated that the expulsion of one person as a punishment would result in such severe penalties, directly deducting class points?

That's really a pity. If during the last student council meeting, Nagumo's proposal had been agreed upon—to expel one person for each absence at the sports festival.

Would Nagumo's class points in the second year Class A have been reduced to zero?

While thinking about past events, he joked with Hoshinomiya: " Hoshinomiya-sensei really harbors deep hatred for Class D."

It's also interesting, in the first year, Yukio originally thought that after moving up to Class A, he would be opposed by the other three classes, and he had prepared early.

But looking back, there was no such thing! It seems that in the entire first year, it was Class D, the lowest-ranking class, that attracted the most hatred.

Hoshinomiya wanted to target Class D because of Sae Chabashira, and Sakayanagi also targeted Class D to defeat Ayanokouji.

All things considered, Yukio, the one who caused the most damage to Class D, was actually not targeting them. Each damage inflicted on Class D was not deliberate but was taken advantage of when the opportunity arose.

Fate, truly indescribable.

Hoshinomiya blinked her dewy eyes, like a pair of silhouettes over a clear lake in the afternoon: "Sensei has no intention of targeting Class D, it's just that I hope Sae-chan, can forever..."

"Stay in Class D."

Yukio became interested: "So, could you tell what happened between the two teachers back then?" He had also asked his class advisor during his free time.

Unfortunately, Sakagami couldn't reveal much. He was an external teaching staff and only knew that Hoshinomiya and Chabashira were graduates of this school ten years ago.

Both female class advisors returned to their alma mater to teach after graduation, and Sakagami was unaware of any past grievances between them.

Hoshinomiya was very sly, just as the elevator reached the ground floor, gracefully lifting her hair to reveal her delicate neck: "Let teacher see Sae-chan's pained expression one more time."

"Teacher will tell you everything~ I'm looking forward to your next performance, Yukio-kun."

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