Next day.
All students attend school as normal.
However, it is different for students in class who have dropped out.
....But their desks are still here, reminding students of choices they made in yesterday's special exam.
This caused morale of Ichinose's class to drop somewhat.

"I think we should not ask anyone to take away Kobashi-san's chair. Although she is not here now, we cannot forget her contribution." Ichinose smiled softly and sat down in her vacant designated seat of room.
Then, all eyes inevitably turned towards Ichinose.
They wondered if this smile was just superficial, how much of the wounds from withdrawal exam remained, and most importantly, what would happen in the future.
"Um. I think it's okay." Kanzaki-kun said immediately.
"I think so too. Kobashi-san is still here, and we will definitely buy her back when we graduate...haha!"
Influenced by a somewhat more mature aura than Ichinose he'd seen until now, Shibata felt embarrassed being stared at and inadvertently averted his gaze.
Yesterday, everyone spent 200,000 personal points to delay time that Kobashi can stay in school after being expelled.
At the same time, also want to contact Hikigaya, hoping that he can redeem more than 13 million points that everyone has collected into cash in advance and then give to Kobashi.
But this was rejected by her.
She hopes that everyone will spend their points wisely.
Kobashi thinks it would be even worse if she was given points and then didn't have enough when she needed them later.
She originally wanted class to make further progress, dropped out, but ended up harming the class, which she couldn't accept.
Because you have owed money, borrowed money, and even been powerless, Kobashi understands the importance of points even more.
If you graduate in Class A, then buy her back, but if you fail to complete it, then just ignore her.
Although she said so, after Ichinose's proposal, whole class finally decided that regardless of whether they could graduate from Class A in end, each person would pay 100,000 personal points to Kobashi.
Write an IOU first and cash it when you graduate.
If everyone has worked hard and there are no points left when you graduate, you will pay it back when you work after graduation.
This point is also very likely to be applied to future special examinations.
Everyone also got Kobashi's contact information.
Considering that it might be inconvenient to contact each other after graduation, several students even wrote down their home addresses to ensure you could meet again in future.
This made Ichinose's class more united.
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As for Ryuen
"The class sign has been changed!"
As soon as students arrived at the classroom, they immediately discovered something different:
2nd Class D had become Class 2-C
In other words, I am back in Class C, which I dropped out of in first month of school!
As for people dropping out of school...it's become commonplace.
Then Ishizaki Daichi moved the desk and chair of Rika, who had just dropped out of school, to the back of the classroom.
Therefore, morale of the Ryuen's class was very high, even Mr. Sakagami straightened his slightly hunched back, and looked very energetic.
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During lunch break.
Hikigaya-kun went to cafeteria on 3rd floor.
Now that he has points, even though he is not sure who his future marriage partner will be, he has a stable, long-term meal ticket, so he is not so obsessed with points now.
So it's good to be a little nicer to yourself.
"Are you treating me to lunch?" While going upstairs, Hachiman met Kamuro-san with long purple hair, "It's a bit difficult. Because I am having lunch with Sakayanagi today."
"....." Kamuro-san. ???
'I always felt like I didn't quite understand some of it, but since he was accompanying Sakayanagi for dinner, that meant other party agreed. Sakayanagi Arisu even gave me 100,000 points, saying that I could use the money to trick Hikigaya over.....But now, I don't have to continue transferring money as planned before. It saves, and then 100,000 will be mine!' This is acceptable to Kamuro-san for time being.
So, she went to line up for food.
Five or six minutes later, Kamuro-san brought the meal to private room.
Sakayanagi is already inside, who is quite cute today, and she seems to be in a good mood since the morning.
This undoubtedly makes Kamuro-san more certain that Sakayanagi has no interest in class confrontation.
'Because, in special exam that just ended, only my Class A got 100 points, while Hikigaya got 400, and even Ichinose's class actually got 300 points. Some people chose to drop out, so they suddenly caught up. This is terrifying, isn't it? But you, Sakayanagi, don't care at all. Even in a good mood.'
Then Kamuro-san discovered that it seemed Sakayanagi was only one in private room.
Um? Kamuro-san was a little confused. 'Because I didn't see the figure of Hikigaya Hachiman who I just met.'
The super cute girl with short silver hair who was checking her phone put it down.
"Masumi-san, your ability to do things is getting worse and worse. Now you can't even just ask someone to come over?"
"....." Kamuro-san blinked hard. "I did invite Hikigaya, and he said he would have dinner with Sakayanagi."
"But Hikigaya-kun hasn't come yet. Are you sure you have invited someone?" Arisu gave her a bad look.
"• ! • ??" Kamuro-san. 'Sakayanagi is a very weird person. When she is dissatisfied with someone, will deliberately use honorifics and if it's me call by name...So now you say this to me because you must be in a bad mood.'
But Kamuro-san was not lazy, so she retorted with a straight face, "I just ran into him, maybe something delayed or he fell down the stairs."
"Is that so?" But Sakayanagi didn't believe her words, picked up the phone, "Is this what you meant by asking him to come over?"
The screen on Sakayanagi's phone showed a photo.
The photo was taken in a private room on 3rd floor, and a middle-aged man with short silver hair and a faint smile was sitting opposite dining table.
Judging from arrangement of the photo, it should have been taken by Hikigaya Hachiman.
'That is to say.....ah? So when Hikigaya said you would accompany Sakayanagi for dinner today, didn't you mean this Sakayanagi?!' Kamuro-san was shocked.
'At the same time, I also understood reason why Sakayanagi's mood swings increased today. It's because her father, who is chairman of the board, has returned. What a despicable daughter of chairman. Is it a big deal to have power?!'
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Hikigaya-kun is really accompanying Sakayanagi today.
But, it wasn't Arisu Sakayanagi.
'Today at school, I met Chairman Sakayanagi and was invited to have lunch together....And when other party comes to power, there should be only one thing.'
"Hikigaya-kun. You have robbed my school."
"• .... •"
"During months I was away. Your operation is truly eye-opening," Chairman Sakayanagi said immediately after he sat down and saw Hikigaya-kun take a sip of soup that he had someone prepare for him.
Before Chairman Sakayanagi left the school, he confirmed that Hikigaya-kun and Arisu had a good relationship.
The two of them worked together to obtain a large number of points from the school.
In last semester, Hikigaya-kun exchanged more than 50 million personal points for cash.
However, these were obtained through legitimate channels, and as Chairman of the board, he had no reason to refuse. 'Hikigaya-kun likes money so much that I think he influenced my daughter, because she now also treats the school as an ATM machine and often gets points from it. But after I came back and sorted out information, I found out that Hikigaya-kun was very independent, and even my daughter became his assistant.....'
No one knows a daughter better than her father.
It was clear why Arisu agreed to Chairman Sakayanagi's request.
He was also very conflicted about this.
Logically speaking, young people have emotional freedom and he has no right to interfere.
But he was also worried that if things progressed too quickly, Arisu's body wouldn't be able to handle it.
'However, my daughter is in poor health, and her future will be difficult if she has no one to rely on. Judging from his performance in school, the boy in front of me is worth looking forward to....'
"Before, Tsukishiro was acting as the chairman," That's why he considered his words carefully before speaking any rude things, "After all, he came in mid-term, so he lacks an understanding of school's philosophy and work experience. But now that I'm back, I might become strict with some of the lenient aspects of Tsukishiro. This is also my duty as the chairman, Hikigaya-kun. I hope you can understand."
In other words, Chairman Sakayanagi will stick to his previous work style, and he will be able to stably control the rewards and punishments given in each special exam.
But wouldn't it be a bit slow to knock now?
You know, Hikigaya-kun has already gotten the chance to make a lot of money and has also received points.
Even now, even if he does nothing, he can get 1.2 million private points from Sakayanagi's class, 200,000 from Ichinose, and even more than 1.9 million private points from Ryuen's class every month.
In other words, without doing anything, Hikigaya-kun's monthly income has reached 4 million.
There is still more than a year and a half before graduation, so he can still earn another 60 million.
Does Hikigaya-kun still need to ask for excessive amounts of money?
It seems that it is no longer necessary.
Although it may be a bit cheeky for him to say this, Hikigaya-kun already has someone who will support him in the future.
Although it is not the final stage yet to confirm partner, no matter who marries him in the future, life should be good.
So, Hachiman is still full of expectations for life.
"Of course, I know this is a bit too much," The chairman also noticed Hikigaya's thoughtful expression and thought he had embarrassed him, so he said, "So, Hikigaya-kun, is there anything you want to know about this school or other things? I can reply to you within scope of my knowledge."
This made Hachiman blink slightly.
Because he found that chairman was not here to call him to task but to give him benefits for free, so Hachiman asked for the information he wanted to know before.
"What kind of person do you think Ayanokoji's father is?"
"Ayanokoji-sensei?" Sakayanagi's father's words became final as soon as he opened his mouth.
He should have some kind of admiration for Roadhog.
"You see, Ayanokoji-sensei is a very strong person." Probably in a good mood, Sakayanagi's father introduced him directly, "He is a grassroots person, his family has no background, and no one in past three generations has worked in government. He only has a high school education. When he was young, he worked very hard, even as a gigolo, and then saved 1 million in cash to participate in the election of a councillor. But unfortunately, at that time, he had no background or strength, so it was very difficult for him to rise."
Hachiman left aside his soup.
"Subsequently, through his own efforts, he established contact with [Mr. Naoe] and became his confidant."
"Mr. Ninosuke Naoe, you may have heard of his name from TV or the news when you were a child. He was the teacher of a certain prime minister and he also ran for election himself, but gave up halfway through. Then, Mr. Ayanokoji was recognized by Mr. Naoe and was rewarded with the opportunity to establish White Room. I also met him at that time and helped him raise funds, but establishment and subsequent performance were all handled by him. And it's been more than a decade now. Although Mr. Naoe passed away a few years ago, Mr. Ayanokoji, who was originally his confidant, should have died, but he stubbornly stood firm. Not only did he inherit some of Mr. Naoe's power, but even Tsukishiro followed him."
"The Tsukishiro mentioned here is the one who just resigned. He used to follow Naoe, but now he follows Ayanokoji-sensei, so he must have been impressed by him. The teacher had a stronger ambition than anyone else, and he had the will to never give up or surrender, which is why he became so great. At one point he even planned and had power to change the country."
'In other words, generally speaking, Sakayanagi's father is a fan...So when he temporarily resigned earlier, it turns out that he made some deal with Mr. Ayanokoji. The adults are playing games.' Hikigaya-kun was busy reading between the lines, "So, do you know Butler Matsuo?"
"Matsuo... If you are talking about the one I know, then he is a very tactful and considerate person. He received me when I visited White Room. But it was a pity to hear his obituary a year ago. The house caught fire and he was eventually buried in the flames. Ayanokoji-sensei also took care of Matsuo's funeral."
Is that so? There was no change in expression on Hikigaya-kun's face.
'But I feel a little regretful inside. It seems you know nothing. Matsuo committed suicide, and his son also did same. In order to seek revenge, Nanase entered this school....This is actually a pretty bad incident. You know, Butler committed suicide. However, in order to appease the anger of master whom he had served for more than ten or even twenty years, he actually chose to commit suicide to apologize.... I guess this clearly shows what a terrible person Mr. Ayanokoji is. If he doesn't do this, there will be no way to stop other party from persecuting him. It's a pity that Sakayanagi's father reveres this road bully and thinks his rise from grassroots is very impressive..... Then his understanding of Roadhog is just a superficial side behind shown to him by that person. In other words, Roadhog (Mr. Ayanokoji) is probably the enhanced deluxe version of Kushida-san,very good at disguise, and only shows the part that is beneficial to him.'
What Hachiman thought of was that a person who could climb from the grassroots to shake direction of the country, although through words of Sakayanagi's father, he got in touch with Mr. Naoe, and then when other party died, he took his place.
'But what trade-offs must be made in order to build a tree like this? When thinking about some of Yagami's actions on uninhabited island and his operations as instructor of White Room. It's nothing more than... things that they think are commonplace and illegal. Climb up to do the dirty work. From this perspective, it may be the right choice for Amasawa to refuse to return to her original family. Those who would choose to support the investment in White Room are either people like Chairman Sakayanagi who simply admire him or want to take sides, or... they are actually the same type of people as Roadhog. Compared to a family with uncontrollable and unknown likes and dislikes, it is indeed most important to ensure your own freedom.....'
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