The next day.
Inside a Karaoke box at the Keyaki Mall.
Kanzaki was organizing a study session for everyone.
Although it was called a study session, it was actually just everyone doing things they were interested in.
Academics, sports, music, art, camping—all kinds of knowledge.
For this exam.
Naturally, the broader the knowledge base and the more fields one is good at, the better.
"Will they come?"
Watanabe glanced at the door, his gaze a bit apprehensive.
It had been like this for the past few days. Every time they held a study session, students from Ryuuen's class would barge in to disturb them.
Either someone was just bumped into, or something went missing.
In short.
They would look for all sorts of reasons to pick fights and affect their studying.
Not only that.
Sometimes when they met on the road, there would be things like "What are you looking at?" or "What do you mean by looking at me?"
Although everything would eventually settle down.
This kind of life was truly annoying.
It couldn't be helped.
After all, the school was only so big.
With the class as a unit.
Finding a specific person was incredibly easy.
And today.
A table was placed behind the door, intentionally blocking the room entrance.
On it were placed various computers, mobile phones, cameras, and various electronic goods—all of which were prepared props, of course.
And Ando Sayo was also putting on makeup.
It just so happened that the corner of a camera was pointed exactly at the box's main door.
At this moment.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
Hurried knocking sounds rang out.
"Excuse me~"
Ishizaki twisted the doorknob and shouted at the top of his lungs.
But the door was difficult for people to push open.
"Ah..."
Ishizaki turned back to look at several people with a bit of a headache: "What should we do? It seems they've blocked the door."
"After all, we've picked fights with them several times. They're probably guarding against us."
Kondo said somewhat bitterly.
After all.
Given a choice, who wouldn't want to be a respected good person? They didn't want to do this kind of unlikable thing either.
Unfortunately.
This was Ryuuen's order after all; they had no choice. Moreover, they couldn't think of any other way to duel against Katsuragi and the others.
The class has been able to make it this far because of Ryuuen.
At least the people here could be considered Ryuuen's confidants; they had at least that much awareness.
"What else can we do... just bash it open?"
Komiya said somewhat helplessly.
The several people looked at each other, and finally Ishizaki shook his head helplessly and spoke again:
"Really, Kaneda, what are you doing hiding inside? Sorry for the intrusion."
As he spoke.
Ishizaki's shoulder slammed violently into the main door.
This was also taught by Ryuuen: in case someone sees, it can be defined as finding the wrong room or the wrong person.
Ryuuen was no longer the Ryuuen of the past.
He indeed considers problems more thoroughly now; on the other side, he indeed arranged for Kaneda to be singing in this Karaoke place.
With a bang.
The Karaoke door wasn't locked, so it was easily smashed open by Ishizaki and the others.
The sound of things crashing onto the floor rang out continuously.
Ishizaki and the others looked at the tablets and handheld consoles on the ground and were momentarily stunned, only then realizing that Kanzaki and the others were staring at them coldly.
"Ah... my newly bought tablet..."
Nakanishi made a loud, intentional noise.
He ran in front of the several people, squatted down to pick up the tablet on the ground, and pressed it a few times in a panic.
Naturally, it was broken.
Originally, they had planned to borrow tablets and computers from the Sheep Club; as long as they applied to the Student Council, club items were allowed to be taken out.
But in that case.
Both the lender and the borrower would be responsible.
After hesitating.
Ichinose and Hikigaya decided to use the saved class funds to buy everyone some things they had always wanted.
In any case, they weren't lacking these several hundred thousand personal points right now.
After all.
Both of them were very clear.
In order not to be without options if an expulsion occurred.
Everyone had actually been enduring all along.
Even though they received a large amount of pocket money from the school every month, every time they wanted to buy a big item, they had to think thrice.
This was the situation faced by Class A. Other classes definitely couldn't imagine it, let alone imitate it.
"What are you doing? The tablet was broken by you!"
Nakanishi stiffened his neck and glared at Ishizaki.
Since his side was setting someone up, it was inevitable to feel a bit guilty; his voice sounded a bit weak.
Even with plenty of motivation.
Disliking conflict was a personality trait that was hard to change.
Fortunately.
Ishizaki was also very guilty.
Looking at the various electronic products dropped on the floor and the reactions of Nakanishi and the others, he immediately knew he had probably messed up.
"No, no... we were just looking for someone."
Ishizaki said somewhat stutteringly.
Both sides' underlings seemed rather useless.
"Looking for someone is not a reason for you to break in."
Kanzaki walked to Nakanishi's side and stared coldly at Ishizaki and the others.
"Because you forced the door open, our tablets and mobile phones were knocked down and broken. What do you say should be done about it?"
"Eh!? Eh!?"
Ishizaki and the others were suddenly dumbfounded, looking at each other in total panic.
However.
Kanzaki didn't intend to make things difficult for them; after all, Ryuuen was the mastermind, and there was no point in dealing with Ishizaki and the others.
"Pay up. But I don't think you look like you have money. Call Ryuuen over."
"Wait a second..."
Ishizaki and the others looked at each other and hurriedly took out their phones to call Ryuuen.
On the other side.
Kanzaki and the others also hurriedly took out their phones to contact Hikigaya, Ichinose, and others—strictly speaking, to contact the people from the Student Council.
After all, disputes like this were not uncommon.
Handling such disputes was basically the work of the Student Council.
While waiting.
Watanabe and the others had a faint look of excitement on their faces.
Even some schadenfreude.
Letting Ishizaki's group keep bothering them—now they could finally vent their frustration.
As for the broken tablets and such.
Just make Ishizaki and the others buy new ones.
Even if it failed, it would just be a matter of repairing them; they even had transaction records and receipts prepared.
On the other side.
Ishizaki and the others were even more apprehensive.
Guilt was natural, as they also knew what they were doing was annoying.
More importantly.
It was indeed as Kanzaki said—they had no money.
With their personalities, they couldn't save up personal points at all.
Even Ryuuen's spending was very high; the scale of every Karaoke session was exaggerated—he just knew how to make it back.
If they really had to pay.
They truly couldn't afford it...
Thinking of this.
Ishizaki and the others couldn't help but feel some fear in their hearts; even Kondo and the others felt some resentment. Had they known it would be like this, they wouldn't have listened to Ryuuen.
Fortunately.
Perhaps because they were already waiting in the Karaoke place.
Whether it was Ryuuen or Hikigaya and the others, they soon arrived at the box.