In fact, after the information is refreshed, they always want to attack me!

Hoshinomiya Chie.

On the surface, she is a vibrant and approachable young teacher who always enjoys mingling with her students.

However, the perplexing piece of information he had received on the first day of school involuntarily surfaced in Shimizu Akira's mind:

[Information 3: If you need to satisfy your physiological needs, please knock three times on Hoshinomiya Chie's door at 2:00 AM sharp.]

(Wait a minute! That rumored "open-minded" mysterious figure is actually the teacher in front of me?! She's clearly a teacher?)

(Could it be... that I misunderstood? Perhaps the so-called "physiological needs" don't refer to that kind of thing...)

The concept of "physiological needs" is far broader than imagined—it includes not only sex, but also basic needs for life such as air, water, food, and sleep.

However, Hoshinomiya Chie keenly sensed that her conversation with Horikita Suzune was difficult to continue, and her gaze naturally turned to Shimizu Akira, who remained silent.

"Oh my gosh! Isn't this Shimizu-kun?!" She suddenly leaned closer. "He's even more handsome in person than in the photos!"

Akira Shimizu politely asked, "Does Hoshinomiya-sensei know me?"

"Of course!" She held up her index finger and wagged it playfully. "The girls have a secret 'First-Year Handsome Guy Ranking,' and Shimizu-kun is at the very top of the list!"

"Girls do this kind of ranking too?..." Shimizu Akira subconsciously glanced at Horikita Suzune beside her, who immediately interrupted him coldly:

"Don't look at me, I didn't vote." Horikita's tone remained indifferent, but his face showed no surprise, clearly indicating that he was already aware of the existence of this list.

"Shimizu-kun~" Hoshinomiya Chie suddenly leaned closer, her eyes sparkling with gossip, "A guy as handsome as you must already have a girlfriend, right? You must have received quite a few confessions from girls, right?"

Akira Shimizu subtly shifted his body, creating distance between them without making a sound: "I don't have a girlfriend yet."

"Eh~" Hoshinomiya drawled meaningfully, tapping his chin lightly with his finger, "You only denied the 'girlfriend' part... So, you were indeed confessed to before?"

"...Yes, I did." Shimizu Akira paused for a moment, then added, "But I refused."

The scene of Karuizawa Kei's confession flashed through his mind; that should also be considered a confession.

"Oh dear~" Hoshinomiya Chie suddenly drawled out, her mischievous gaze shifting between the two of them, "Shimizu-san wouldn't happen to be..."

"...We're not in that kind of relationship." Horikita Suzune interrupted reflexively, but realized her lapse in composure the moment she finished speaking.

"—You like my Ichinose, don't you?" Hoshinomiya finished with a smile, but her eyes remained fixed on Horikita's face. "Hey, I'm talking about our class president, Ichinose. After all, Shimizu-san spoke to her last week. Don't be in such a hurry."

Horikita Suzune's expression froze instantly.

She then realized that she had completely fallen into the other person's linguistic trap.

The teacher, Hoshinomiya, was staring at him, but deliberately mentioned the names of other girls.

(This name... seems familiar?)

Horikita Suzune suddenly remembered the phone friend list that Shimizu Akira had shown him last week—among those densely packed words, the name "Ichinose" had indeed appeared, and her full name should be Ichinose Honami.

(She did it on purpose, absolutely on purpose.)

Horikita Suzune's gaze gradually turned cold.

Having deliberately ignored the other party's actions, they have now clearly provoked this meticulously planned counterattack.

(These teachers are all utterly incompetent!!)

Horikita Suzune made a cold judgment in her heart.

First, there's my own homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae—the woman who always leaves work on time in high heels.

Since the start of the semester, let alone class meetings, even the most basic class affairs have been handled perfunctorily.

All the other classes have already elected class monitors, but Class D is still leaderless, like a flock of sheep being let graze freely.

And this person in front of me...

Hoshinomiya Chie was tilting her head and fiddling with the ends of her slightly curled hair. With her long legs under her miniskirt, she looked exactly like a hot girl on the streets of Shibuya.

Even more absurdly, she openly pried into the male students' romantic relationships at the entrance of the teachers' office, and even held a grudge for being ignored earlier.

Horikita Suzune took a half step back, her face cold. "The hiring standards for teachers at this school are truly questionable. Just based on your frivolous attire alone, you completely fail to meet the professional standards for a teacher."

"Waaaa~ Miniature 'Little Sae', so scary, so scary~" Hoshinomiya Chie exaggeratedly covered her chest, but laughed even more brightly.

She suddenly stood on tiptoe and pointed to the security camera in the corridor: "However, publicly questioning the school or teachers under surveillance will result in a lot of points being deducted~ It seems that Sae's plan is going to fall apart again. I'm afraid she's going to hit me again!..." As she spoke, her expression suddenly changed, her lips drooping, and she looked at Shimizu Akira with a wronged expression, "Shimizu-kun has to testify for me! She was the one who started it."

"Right! Shimizu-kun even gave me beer, so she should protect the teacher well, right? Don't worry! As long as you protect the teacher well, I will give you a generous 'reward'." Hoshinomiya Chie reached out her hand in a coquettish manner, but Shimizu Akira nimbly took a half step back to avoid it.

To his utter surprise, his first opponent after learning boxing was the frail Hoshinomiya Chie.

(I see...)

He finally figured out what had happened—those few cans of beer, given as a thank-you gift, were given by Ichinose Honami to his homeroom teacher.

The teacher in front of him took the student's sentiments for granted as a gesture of goodwill towards him.

So, the other person is an alcoholic?

(The so-called "reward"... could it really be what I'm thinking?)

This ambiguous term continued to ferment in his mind, causing his originally certain judgment to begin to waver—perhaps that "physiological need" was indeed what he initially understood it to mean.

Our advanced higher education institutions are also visibly improving.

He was extremely strict with students, but unusually lenient with teachers.

(But... this person is actually the homeroom teacher of Class B!)

Akira Shimizu suddenly realized something, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Hoshinomiya's seemingly casual words and actions just now—deliberately using a flippant tone to provoke Horikita and stirring up a dispute in a location clearly captured by the surveillance cameras—were probably all carefully designed traps.

As expected, Horikita Suzune lost her composure and had already lost some of her class points.

From the perspective of other classes, this behavior of tripping up competitors is indeed unbecoming of a teacher.

But from the perspective of the students in Class B, they should feel fortunate to have a homeroom teacher who always puts the interests of the class first.

However, overall, he didn't have a very good impression of this female teacher.

No matter what, it's highly problematic to think about teachers indirectly harming students.

Chapter 39: 039 Hoshinomiya Chie: It seems a shark has infiltrated Class D.

Horikita Suzune looked at her with icy eyes.

Every word from this B-class tutor was like a carefully prepared potion, slowly eroding her patience.

Behind those seemingly casual jokes, there was clearly a more explicit purpose—to provoke her, and then... deduct the so-called "points"?

So, what exactly does the "points deduction" mentioned by the other party mean?

This rule is clearly not in the school rules handbook—is this another hidden rule set up by the school?

Her mind raced through all the possibilities.

Does this school have some kind of point system?

If a student violates certain school rules, will a corresponding number of points be deducted?

Because of the information she purchased from Akira Shimizu, she had already paid 80,000 personal points. These past few days, she had less than 10,000 left in her account. If it was all deducted, she would have no choice but to go to the supermarket to collect free ingredients and make her own bento boxes.

Dealing with people was never her forte, especially now that she was facing an opponent who perfectly blended teacher authority with social skills.

In a purely intellectual contest, she is absolutely confident that she will not be at a disadvantage.

But even she felt somewhat helpless when faced with someone like Hoshinomiya Chie—who was both a social expert and had the advantage of being a teacher.

However, Hoshinomiya Chie's attention had already shifted away from Horikita.

After all, some of Class D's class points had already been deducted, so this aloof top student was no longer of value to her.

(Hehe... Just thinking about how angry and annoyed Sae makes me laugh so hard.)

At this moment, she was more interested in Shimizu Akira standing to the side.

"Little Shimizu~" Her fingertips playfully twirled a strand of hair, her eyes gleaming with dangerous curiosity. "I heard you took our Ichinose to see some second-year students? Tell me honestly, what did you ask them?"

Shimizu Akira took another half step back almost imperceptibly, his back nearly touching the wall of the corridor.

He simply couldn't understand why this B-class teacher was so relentlessly pursuing him.

The other side probably doesn't know that Class D has likely already scored zero points! There are simply no points left to deduct!

Could it be that... the other party has already realized that Shimizu Akira knows those information about the S system?

In order to maintain Class B's advantage, it is necessary to suppress the potential threats from other classes?

But then I thought about it again and it seemed absurd.

Their Class D is just at the bottom; Class B's real competitors should be Class A. Moreover—

(Didn't she always say that she and Kosae were best friends?)

Is this what they call "best friends"? When it comes to the interests of the class, they'd even scheme against their own best friend's student?

Akira Shimizu couldn't help but wonder if all the homeroom teachers in other classes were like this.

When facing Hoshinomiya Chie, the natural pressure from her status as a teacher truly made him feel like he had a thorn in his side.

After all, a slight misstep could lead to being labeled as "disrespectful to teachers and elders".

"Teacher Hoshinomiya! What are you doing?"

A clear voice suddenly broke the deadlock.

At the end of the corridor, Ichinose Honami was looking over in this direction, rubbing her forehead in exasperation.

Ichinose walked quickly over to Hoshinomiya Chie's side. "Please don't make things difficult for the students in other classes. Can't you see that Shimizu and the others are very troubled?"

"Oh dear~ It's my dear class president Ichinose~" Hoshinomiya Chie blinked in feigned surprise, and finally reluctantly took two steps back.

"Hoshinomiya! Don't harass my students!"

Accompanied by hurried footsteps, Chabashira Sae finally appeared at the end of the corridor.

She was slightly out of breath, her sharp gaze piercing Hoshinomiya Chie, and without saying a word, she raised her hand and lightly tapped the other's head with a chop.

"Who gave you permission to attack Shimizu Akira?" Chabashira's voice was filled with rare anger.

"Oh dear~" Hoshinomiya Chie rubbed her head, feeling wronged. "He was the one who came to find Kosae. I was just helping out while you weren't here~"

Chabashira Sae scoffed, "Just leave it alone."

She turned to Akira Shimizu and Suzune Horikita, her tone softening slightly: "Sorry to keep you waiting. It's not convenient to talk here, so you two, come with me to the counseling room."

"Let me come along too~ Just to listen in for a little while~" Hoshinomiya Chie came up to her like a clingy cat, her eyes sparkling with gossip.

"No!" Honami Ichinose grabbed her wrist quickly. "Ms. Hoshinomiya, our class has important matters to discuss!"

Chabashira Sae then revealed her trump card: "If you dare to come along, I don't mind making sure you spend the whole weekend in bed recovering from your injuries."

She added expressionlessly, "That's good, it saves you from going out partying and causing trouble everywhere this weekend."

"Waaaaah~ You two are so mean!" Hoshinomiya Chie exaggeratedly slumped her shoulders like a puppy soaked in the rain. "One is my best friend, and the other is my most trusted class representative... How could I dare disobey them~"

As Akira Shimizu and the others completely disappeared at the end of the corridor, Chie Hoshinomiya's bright smile gradually faded like the receding tide.

"Kozae..." she murmured, "She's not really planning to rebel, is she? I'd be the first to object to something like that."

"Hoshinomiya-sensei?" Ichinose Honami tilted her head in confusion. "What did you just say?"

"Oh dear~" Hoshinomiya instantly regained her usual cheerful expression, "I was just saying bad things about Kosae~"

"But aren't you best friends?"

"That's precisely why...when they're best friends...it's even more terrifying when they start tearing each other apart."

"The teacher is saying something nonsensical again..."

"Hehe~ It's too early for Ichinose to think about that! By the way, how did things go in our class last week?"

Ichinose's expression immediately darkened: "It's not ideal... A few students with lower grades have been skipping class lately because the teacher doesn't seem to care much about classroom discipline..." She twisted her fingers in distress, "As the class monitor, I can't really say anything too harsh to them, so I can only... let it go for now."

Hoshinomiya Chie sighed, "My dear class president... last week you spent four whole lunch breaks with those upperclassmen, didn't you really notice anything?"

Ichinose blinked, puzzled. "It's just making friends..."

Hoshinomiya Chie was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

(Even Ichinose, whose IQ is A, didn't notice anything amiss... Why is that student from Class D...?)

Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide as if she had caught some crucial clue.

(Wait... that girl was easily provoked by me and violated school rules, but after hearing the word "points," she looked at me with a very puzzled expression... something's not right!)