Does Chabashira Sae have a problem psychologically?
Hachiman made a judgment.
This was deduced from the information given by Horikita Manabu.
Chabashira Sae is not very old, and Teacher Hiratsuka is her classmate, so their ages are similar, probably in their late twenties.
And from the experience of an ordinary person, it takes time to graduate from high School and university.
It's unlikely that Advanced Nurturing High School would hire someone who hasn't attended university to be a Teacher, let alone a Teacher.
So Chabashira must have attended university.
And after graduating from university and then getting a job, coupled with Chabashira's statement on the first day of enrollment that she would be their Teacher for the next three years, she should have already led a batch of students.
So.
Finally, considering what Horikita Manabu said about Teacher Chabashira's monthly salary being 200,000.
One year is 12 months, salary 2.4 million, three years is 7.2 million.
But her account had 6.02 million remaining.
Does that mean she lived extremely frugally?
While it's unlikely elsewhere, it's possible at Advanced Nurturing High School, because the School provides relief to students who have lost their points.
So Chabashira could also receive some relief.
However.
This doesn't seem right at all.
Because.
So stingy and frugal, yet because of his arrival, she gave 200,000 for investigating a student?
So generous.
Like a top donor or a rich woman, she would even take out a loan to give a reward after living so frugally?
Does she like him?
That's certainly not it.
So, then.
All signs pointed to one thing—Chabashira Sae was willing to pay such a price, so there must be something she absolutely needed to accomplish.
And the fact that she had been saving for three years also showed her determination to complete this project.
Thus, Hachiman came to a conclusion.
Class D had many problem children, but Chabashira Sae, their Teacher, was the biggest problem child of all.
...
However.
Now, the black-haired Teacher with a ponytail gazed at the dead-eyed boy in front of her.
Her pupils were a beautiful golden, and her fingers were long and slender.
But her gaze was sharp; being stared at by her felt like being targeted by a hunter, yet Hachiman didn't move.
Instead, Chabashira herself looked away first.
"An obsession, perhaps...?"
"Why do you think that?"
Chabashira took a lady's cigarette from the pocket of her suit, lit it directly, but didn't inhale.
"You should know I'm an adult. If I have health issues, I'll deal with them myself."
So, that's what adult demeanor means, handling your own problems?
However.
"But some people become hopelessly obsessed," Hachiman said.
"Heh heh..."
Chabashira seemed to smile slightly, but now she found it tricky.
"If I say I have no problems, how will you handle it?" Chabashira said.
"I'll probably return the two point cards you gave me," Hachiman said. "And then our transaction... might just end there."
For Hachiman, this was also a regrettable decision.
After all, being in Class D and losing the channel to acquire points from Chabashira was a significant loss.
However.
Knowing the other party had problems, he couldn't bring himself to take the money they had saved through frugality.
At this point, he might have to look into school clubs or other places to see if there were other ways to earn money.
However, the upperclassmen had already been harvested by Sakayanagi, so he would probably only get a little bit of the leftovers.
But being kept by Sakayanagi or something like that... he'd rather not.
Hachiman felt that that trashy loli wasn't sensible; for example, when eating with her, she'd say 'kept, kept' but when he suggested splitting the bill, she immediately agreed. She truly said one thing and did another.
Hachiman took it as a serious warning.
...
"You brat." Chabashira put out her cigarette at this point. "Why did you suddenly interrupt the transaction?"
"Because Chabashira Sae actually has the students' files, right?" Hachiman said.
"..." Chabashira. "You're really interesting. Indeed. As a Teacher, I have files, but what's in the files might differ from reality, so isn't it reasonable for me to ask for your help?"
It was reasonable.
However.
"The price you're paying is too high, and your salary is only 200,000," Hachiman said.
"Only...? Are you worried I don't have money?"
"Indeed."
Chabashira Sae seemed to adjust her wording and said, "My salary isn't very high at this school, and as you surmised with the 'merit-based' idea, we Teachers are also merit-based."
"As the Teacher of Class D, my salary is only a mere 200,000."
"But this is also where this school differs from the outside world. I was still at the same university as your Hiratsuka Shizuka, but I didn't choose to work at a local high school with your Hiratsuka Shizuka precisely because of this."
"Because the school gives all students the opportunity to climb up, so as your Teacher, although my starting point isn't high, if you can advance to Class C, my salary will double, and if you advance to Class B, it will double again."
"And this is something that cannot be achieved outside."
"So, this is my ambition. To get greater rewards, what's wrong with making some initial investments now?" Chabashira said. "I admit, asking for your help is partly to complete the Teacher's task of evaluating students."
"At the same time, I also hope you can discover excellent students, and then climb up together."
"This is a win-win-win solution."
She admitted that her transaction with Hachiman was to make Hachiman unite the potentially problematic children in the Class.
Although these problem children were bombs, it was undeniable that their underlying abilities were still good.
So there was a possibility of climbing up.
And Chabashira's frugality was also for the purpose of investment.
Was she trying to use points to motivate students to climb up?
It seemed both inspiring and opportunistically utilitarian.
However.
"You're lying," Hachiman calmly and mercilessly judged.