Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

For Kusuo Saiki, this was a good thing, but now that the purchase of the test questions was being decided, he couldn't just sit idly by.

Even if everyone splits the cost equally, it will still cost more than a thousand points.

This amount of money is enough for him to enjoy several coffee puddings.

"Excuse me, could you give me a discount?"

Kikyo Kushida put down her phone. Since Kusuo Saiki hadn't made any move, she would have to negotiate the price herself.

"No way! It's fifty thousand, so it's fifty thousand!"

"Senior Sato immediately said."

Chapter 19: Bargain! Bargain hard!

I'm already out of points for food, so I have to find a way to earn as many as possible this time! I absolutely can't miss this opportunity! Besides, these new students seem a bit naive; I can't give them a chance to bargain! Consider this my first lesson to these new students!

Sato thought to himself, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.

'While I don't particularly care about points and such—as long as it's enough for my daily expenses—that doesn't mean I'm willing to be a sucker.'

Kusuo Saiki's gaze locked onto the other person's face.

"Senior, could you give me a slightly lower price?"

At this moment, Kikyo Kushida leaned forward, her lips slightly pouting, looking adorably coquettish.

[So cute! This junior is absolutely adorable!]

A slightly embarrassed expression appeared on Sato's face. After hesitating for a few seconds, he smiled and said:

"Well, Kushida-senpai... I'll give you a discount! Forty thousand points!"

"Hey, you were just swearing you wouldn't give us a chance to haggle, and now you've changed your mind? And you've already lowered the price by 10,000?"

For a moment, Kusuo Saiki didn't know which person to criticize.

40,000 points? Do you think I'm stupid? You bastard!

Kikyo Kushida clearly showed her displeasure with the other person, but her smile didn't diminish in the slightest.

"Sorry, 40,000 points is still too expensive. Can you make it a little cheaper?"

"We can't lower the price any further! This is truly the lowest price we can offer!"

The senior student said this with a very determined expression.

[I can't lower it any further! These points are extremely important to me! Even if the other person is a very cute girl, I absolutely cannot lower the points any further!]

"But...it's really expensive, senior, can you make it cheaper?"

"Then, let's go with thirty-five thousand! We really can't go any lower!"

Where did you go, the one who just swore to yourself that you absolutely wouldn't lower the price?

Kusuo Saiki was completely helpless.

'Thirty-five thousand... that's a significant decrease compared to the previous price, but it's still a premium, isn't it?'

Using his telepathic abilities, Kusuo Saiki gained a general understanding of the prices for the test questions. Besides this person, other upperclassmen were also buying the test questions, with an average price of around 30,000 yen, and some even lower.

It was obvious that this senior student surnamed Sato was thinking that the freshmen, including Kusuo Saiki, were unfamiliar with prices and rules, and he wanted to rip them off.

Kusuo Saiki was not prepared to give him that chance.

[Thirty-five thousand? That averages out to less than a thousand points per person, which is acceptable.]

Kikyo Kushida, standing to the side, thought the price was reasonable and was already considering agreeing to it. Just then, the usually silent Kusuo Saiki finally spoke up:

“I contacted another senior student, and they only need 30,000 points.”

"Thirty thousand points? That price is a bit too low..."

Sato's face clearly showed some surprise. He hadn't expected that these freshmen had actually been secretly contacting other upperclassmen.

[Damn it, who contacted them and offered to sell it for only 30,000 points?!]

Kikyo Kushida, who was standing nearby, noticed the change in Sato's expression and immediately chimed in:

"In that case, we'll go find some other senior students! I'm so sorry!"

After speaking, Kikyo Kushida stood up, pretending to leave immediately.

"Wait, wait, wait! Then I'll have 30,000 too..."

"Other senior students are also selling them for 30,000, and they even include the answers! I think it's better to find another senior student!"

Kikyo Kushida had already figured out from the other party's expression that the price could be lowered a little further.

[Damn it... I actually got ripped off by these freshmen... But if I don't sell to them, I won't get anything...]

Sato-senpai was clearly very anxious, and in the end, he could only manage to squeeze out one sentence:

"Twenty-five thousand points... This time, we really can't lower it any further..."

"Ah."

Kusuo Saiki turned his head and nodded to Kikyo Kushida. This guy was already considered quite reasonable.

Theoretically, the price could be lowered a little more, but for Kusuo Saiki, the price is already quite reasonable, and there is no need to haggle further.

"Then thank you so much for your help, senior!"

"It's nothing, helping our juniors is what we seniors should do..."

......

After transferring the points to each other, Kikyo Kushida and Kusuo Saiki successfully obtained the questions for the first random test. Kikyo Kushida immediately posted the news in the class group chat.

Kikyo Kushida: Everyone! We've cut the price of the test in half; it only costs 25,000 points!

Kanji Ike: As expected of Kushida-kun!

Haruki Yamauchi: Kushida Kikyo, thank you for your hard work!

......

After Kikyo Kushida sent a message in the group chat, several boys in the class replied almost instantly.

Kikyo Kushida: No, no, no, it's all thanks to Saiki!

Kusuo Saiki also saw the contents of the group chat. If he could, he certainly wouldn't want to be the focus of attention, but since he didn't want that senior student to 'rip him off' so easily, he still took the initiative to participate in the bargaining.

"Qi Mu, did you really ask other senior students?"

Kikyo Kushida put down her phone and turned to look at Kusuo Saiki with a curious expression, but the latter shook his head.

"I see, so it was just a prank on the senior! Qi Mu, you're really amazing!"

With a smile on her face, Kikyo Kushida spoke to Kusuo Shiki.

Surprisingly, Qi Mu, who seems a bit dull, turns out to be quite clever in these situations.

What kind of image do I have in your heart?

"Let's go to the school's printing shop first and make copies for everyone in the class!"

Kikyo Kushida continued,

"Although Horikita doesn't seem willing to join us, let's print out a test paper for her anyway."

[That damn Horikita Suzune definitely won't want it, but I have to pretend no matter what.]

"Whatever."

Saiki Kusuo thought to himself, but still nodded to Kushida Kikyo.

Chapter Twenty: The long-awaited exam has finally arrived!

The next day in class, Kikyo Kushida and Kusuo Saiki brought thirty-nine copies of the test paper to the classroom and distributed them to the other students.

With test questions available, there's even less reason to pay attention in class!

[This cramming test should be a sure thing! But hasn't Chabashira-sensei said anything about the test yet? Could it be that there wasn't actually a test today?]

[Just looking at this test question should be enough; the exam itself shouldn't be too difficult... But I don't understand this test question...]

With these test questions, the students who hadn't been paying much attention in class felt reassured.

However, perhaps because of the test questions, the students' learning attitude in the class did not change much.

Many students are still late every day, and many are still distracted in class. They are even less concerned about these things than before.

They only thought that class points were related to exam scores, and that with this test, the exam would not be a problem at all. They did not know that what was being assessed on class points was far more than just exam scores.

Just like many of them who were in Class D, they had achieved very good results in the entrance exam.

However, since they still studied the test questions a little, some students in Class D would gather together after school every day to study the test questions. Even students like Sudo Ken, who didn't usually study much, would ask other students for solutions to some questions.

Of course, whether or not one can understand it is another matter entirely.

......

And so, a week quickly passed, and Chabashira Sae still hadn't mentioned anything about the exam, leading some students to wonder if there would be no cram session at all this year.

However, before the first exam today, Chabashira Sae, who usually only arrives at the classroom right on time, arrived five minutes early, which was unusual.

"There's a surprise exam today. We'll start from the first row and pass the papers back."

Chabashira Sae immediately handed out the exam papers she carried with her, and a rare, meaningful smile appeared on her face.

These flawed kids probably never imagined there would be a surprise exam within two weeks of the start of the semester. I'm sure some of you will be asking why I didn't tell you about the exam and school rules beforehand—but in this world, there aren't that many things you can prepare for in advance!

Judging from your usual classroom behavior, I don't believe you can get high scores!

[When the class scores are announced next month, let me see the despair on your faces!]

"Hey, hey, hey, you're the homeroom teacher."

Kusuo Saiki thought to himself, “Normally, every homeroom teacher should be thinking about how their students can get high scores. But this teacher named Sae Chabashira is a freak in a way.”

However, reality may differ somewhat from what Chabashira Sae imagined.

[Finally, news of a surprise exam! Just as I expected!]