A few days later.
Third Year Class A.
Before class had even started, a commotion broke out within the class.
"Hey, did you guys notice our class points have become zero?"
"Haha, how is that possible? Sotomura, stop joking."
"It's true, that's what's showing on my phone."
"Ah, it's true, mine is like that too."
"What's going on? Could the phone be broken?"
"How could they all be broken? It should be some problem with the school, right?"
"That... Ayanokouji, do you know what's going on?"
Sotomura and others gathered around Ayanokouji.
Since Ayanokouji started showing his strength, at first everyone was somewhat dismissive or even blaming him.
Secretly blaming Ayanokouji for not putting in this effort from the beginning.
Otherwise.
They might have risen to Class A long ago or something.
But as the disparity in strength became more and more vast.
The strength Ayanokouji displayed became stronger and stronger, nearly in a state of invincibility, causing everyone to start fawning over him instead.
Therefore.
Now quite a few people were gathered around Ayanokouji.
Besides having a better chance of rising to Class A, perhaps they could also share a piece of the pie after Ayanokouji became successful.
Ayanokouji naturally understood this in his heart.
He didn't take it to heart and didn't become proud because of it.
People are just like that.
Regardless of the reason, these were usable people. Thanks to this, it was also more convenient for Ayanokouji to arrange countermeasures.
Hikigaya and Hasebe Haruka, who were obsessed with the past.
Failed to recognize reality.
Inside, there was still a naive part.
On the other side.
Horikita Suzune was looking at her phone.
Ever since the school began revealing the campus rules to freshmen at the start of the term.
The OAA always displayed each class's class points.
From this morning.
The class points suddenly became zero.
Whether it was Class A, Class B, Class C, or even other grades, they all suddenly became zero. It felt more appropriate to imagine it as a software BUG.
Anyway.
For a major event like this, the school should have provided notification.
Soon.
As Chabashira Sae walked into the classroom, Sotomura and others quickly voiced the confusion in their hearts.
"Teacher, our class points on OAA have become zero. What's going on?"
"Don't worry, I was just about to notify you."
Chabashira Sae stood on the podium, explaining with a cold expression:
"According to the opinion of the new Student Council President, the school has decided to restart the previous inspection system."
"That... what does that mean?"
"It means the school will inspect disciplinary issues such as being late, leaving early, taking leave, and being distracted just like before. Correspondingly, these disciplinary issues will also be reflected in the class points."
Chabashira Sae really didn't want to say it, which is why she kept talking in circles.
After all, she herself felt a great sense of unfairness, but as a professional, there was no choice.
"Teacher, can you say it in more detail? Does this have anything to do with our class points?"
"In this past week, there were a total of 107 latenesses, 13 leaves of absence, and 307 times playing with mobile phones in class, resulting in the class points being cleared."
"Wait, Teacher."
Sotomura and the others were suddenly dumbfounded.
"Didn't we agree to reduce punishments related to being late and only punish with some private points?"
"Well, it was indeed so when Hikigaya was in office. It's the new Student Council President who felt this violates a student's duty, and the school also guaranteed equivalent opinions, so the previous inspection mechanism was restarted."
"Wait."
Hearing this.
Sotomura and the others panicked.
"Even if that's the case, you should have told us in advance, right? This is too despicable."
"A week ago, the Student Council posted a notice on the bulletin board. Did you not see it?"
Chabashira Sae asked back.
In fact.
In this day and age.
Unless it's something big, almost no one stares at the bulletin board all day. Even Ayanokouji was the same.
A week ago.
Hikigaya Komachi did indeed post a notice, it was just that the notice was a bit small and was partially covered by several other notices.
Therefore, it made people completely unaware.
"Wait, this is too unfair."
Sotomura and the others were naturally unconvinced.
"We worked so hard to rise to Class A, on what basis can our class points be cleared all at once? This is unfair!"
"It's not unfair."
Chabashira Sae explained expressionlessly:
"It's just restarting the previous inspection system; it's not targeting a specific class."
"Just as you have seen, whether it is Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, first year, or second year, none have followed the duty of a student, and all class points have been cleared."
Tool.
People who can be completely self-disciplined are only a minority among minorities.
The overly loose system.
Made everyone a bit lax.
Being late and looking at phones had already become habitual, small matters like daily meals.
In this regard, there was no difference between Class A or Class D.
It was just a matter of the frequency of being late.
However.
Being late a thousand times and being late a hundred times made no difference.
It was enough to return all class points to zero.
Therefore.
On the surface, there was no unfairness, nor was there targeting of a specific class; everyone was the same.
Sotomura and the others wanted to continue saying something, but Ayanokouji already knew.
Chabashira Sae's words were a notification, not a proposal.
The school had already made a decision; their words were meaningless.
Hikigaya Komachi had already gained the approval of most people.
This was not difficult.
It was only necessary to gain the consent of the majority, which meant the B, C, and D classes of each grade. The only ones who would object were the Class A of the three grades.
Anyway, the gap was vast.
It was better for everyone to return to the same starting point.
To this end.
Hikigaya and Ichinose used all their private points, and Katsuragi and Ryuuen also mobilized half of their class private points.
Used to gain the consent and secrecy of the lower-grade Class A.
Even if class points were reset to zero, the lower-grade Class A that obtained a large amount of private points still held an advantage.
As for Ryuuen and Katsuragi.
Why they supported Hikigaya's plan.
Naturally, it was because Ayanokouji was too strong, so strong that everyone was already out of options.
It would be better to just...
Have everyone take a gamble and fight a desperate battle to fight for one last chance of survival!
However.
Ayanokouji knew even more clearly.
Even so, in the end, it still relied on individual strength!
Therefore.
Ayanokouji had no thoughts and even felt a slight hidden expectation in his heart.
Clearly.
Hikigaya had reignited the fighting spirit of Ryuuen and Katsuragi, so he had the chance to fight a full battle with everyone again.
Graduating from Class A at least?
What the hell does that have to do with Ayanokouji Kiyotaka?
From the beginning, he had no intention of leading people to graduate from Class A.
Whether it was Hirata, Sudou, Horikita Suzune, or Sotomura and others, they were all just to prove Ayanokouji Atsuomi's wrong path.
These people.
Whether strong or weak.
Had no high or low, no distinction of being above or below.
They were all just tools.
The only difference was whether they were easy to use and their priority.
Of course.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka would not hold back because of this.
He would just stand there normally, perform normally, and take the exams normally.
Then.
Stand in place.
Wait for Hikigaya and the others to launch attacks at him from various angles.
Then... obtain victory.
That's all.