I have a life simulator.

Horikita Suzune's words shattered the peaceful atmosphere that was about to return to the classroom; a dangerous glint flashed in her purple eyes.

"Anyway, Class D's current class points are zero."

"Right?"

"asshole!"

Sudo Ken, who had been suppressing his anger, finally couldn't hold back any longer and rushed towards Horikita Suzune on the podium. Because he had indeed done something wrong, he had been trying to atone for his sins for the past month. However, he didn't expect that even after a month, his classmates would still act as if they wanted to abandon him. Sudo Ken, who had long been unable to bear it, finally found an outlet for his anger. After pushing away Hirata Yosuke, who came to stop him, he punched Horikita Suzune in the face.

The fist, accompanied by a whooshing sound, rapidly enlarged in Horikita Suzune's vision. Just as her pupils slightly contracted and she was about to duck to dodge, another hand stepped in front of her, taking the blow for her.

The boy standing there lazily, despite possessing a handsome face that could easily capture one's heart, now wore an incredibly wicked smile. Although he was noticeably thinner than the muscular Sudo, his hand gripped Sudo's right fist as firmly as a steel claw.

"have you had enough?"

Along with Kitagawa Ryo's words, a dense chorus of footsteps echoed through Class D's classroom. Yamada Albert, Ryuen Sho, Ishizaki Daichi, and Ibuki Mio also entered Class D and stood side by side with Kitagawa Ryo. Meanwhile, the Class D students near the front and back doors noticed that Class C students were also standing at the front and back doors, completely blocking the exits.

"If you've had enough arguing, let's settle our accounts first."

Kitagawa Ryo smiled very gently. The morning sun shone on the students of Class D but did not bring them any warmth. Instead, it cast a deep and dark, ghostly image behind Kitagawa Ryo.

Chapter 11: The Collapse of Class D and the Arrival of Class B

"Each person gets 10,000 points. If you want to delay payment, you'd better think about whether you can pay half of the total debt next month. After all, the days of zero points for Class D will probably continue for a while. If you get expelled, there's no use keeping the points."

As Kitagawa Ryo spoke casually, he exerted force with his knuckles, causing Sudo's face to contort in pain as his right fist was gripped. However, Sudo no longer had the courage to fight Kitagawa Ryo. Every time he saw that smiling face, Sudo couldn't help but recall how Kitagawa Ryo had incited him to commit a serious mistake on the first day of school. Today, after he had made the first move, he had been subdued by Kitagawa Ryo in front of everyone. If the fight continued, he would definitely drop out of school.

With this thought in mind, Sudo could only endure the pain and maintain this somewhat embarrassing posture, desperately trying to show weakness and break free from Kitagawa Ryo's right hand. Just as he was exerting force, Kitagawa Ryo suddenly let go, and with the pull of his own strength, Sudo fell to the ground with a thud. But now the students of Class D had no mind to laugh at Sudo Ken. Kitagawa Ryo's words just now were like a heavy burden, making it hard for them to breathe.

"How about we have the students in Class D pay Class C 400,000 personal points every month? Let's all chip in!"

Kitagawa Ryo added:

"It's still early, we can wait."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji almost instantly realized the sinister intentions in the words of the leader of Class C. When the students of Class D signed the contract, everyone agreed that the 400,000 points would be shared equally, that is, each person would pay Class C 10,000 points per month. The exact amount of 400,000 points also showed that the other party had the same idea at the beginning. However, now that the debt was being collected, Ryo Kitagawa skipped the 10,000 points per person and instead used the idea of ​​a collective payment of 400,000 points.

In this scenario... those with more points left will be forced to pay points for those who have already used up all their points.

The relationships that everyone has built up over this month will also be fractured.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka looked calmly at Kitagawa Ryo, who seemed to sense Ayanokouji's gaze and returned him a malicious smile.

Sure enough, the moment Kitagawa Ryo finished speaking, Yukimura, who had finally been calmed down, erupted again, pointing at Sudo and unleashing a barrage of attacks:

“You should take responsibility for your own mistakes. I’m not going to pay for your 10,000 points.”

"...If I still had any credit, I would definitely take on the larger portion, but I don't have any credit left now."

Sudo had barely warmed his 100,000 personal points before he had given them all to his second-year seniors and Kitagawa Ryo. He even had to borrow some more from Hirata. He had barely made it through a month on the free package, but he didn't expect anyone to criticize him. However, he couldn't get angry, so he could only grit his teeth and roar.

"Then you should drop out of school!"

Yukimura responded without any politeness.

“But even if Sudo drops out of school, this contract will still be in effect. Moreover, if one person is missing, the cost that each person has to pay each month will actually be higher.”

Remaining relatively calm, Hirata Yosuke paid no attention to Sudo's earlier rude act of pushing him away. Instead, he took the initiative to comfort Sudo:

“I still have some points left from last month. After paying for the two payments for me and my classmate Gaoyuan Temple, I can still help you pay 5,000 points.”

After comforting Sudo, he then spoke to the other students in Class D:

“I know everyone is dissatisfied with Sudo and wants to blame him for all the 400,000 points, but the safest approach is for everyone to share the burden equally. This will also ensure that no student is expelled for taking on too much debt.”

Hirata Yosuke's thinking was relatively clear. He finally realized the terrible compounding effect of this contract, but unwilling to abandon anyone, he only proposed the most moderate solution. Although some classmates were still dissatisfied, they could only remain silent due to Hirata Yosuke's usual popularity.

"There must be another way, right?"

Horikita Suzune stepped out from behind Kitagawa Ryo. Her position was quite subtle, right in the center of the other Class C students, standing side by side with Kitagawa Ryo, as if Horikita Suzune herself were a student of Class C.

"Put all the debt on one or two people in Class D. By sacrificing one person each month, we can gain an extra month of time."

"Rather than willingly walking into a trap and being suppressed to death by Class C for the next year, it's better to make a clean and decisive decision."

Horikita Suzune's words inevitably touched the already despairing hearts of the students in Class D, with Yukimura being the first to agree:

"In the first month, Sudo was forced to drop out of school with debts. No, this was the punishment he deserved."

Just as the classmates were once again debating the two choices, Hirata Yosuke stepped forward in a cold voice:

"No."

Unlike his usual cheerful and gentle personality, Hirata Yosuke seems to be trapped in some kind of obsession:

"I cannot condone such a terrible thing."

"Absolutely not."

A perfect top student, a philanthropist skilled in both academics and martial arts.

Hirata Yosuke's weakness was thus revealed.

His weakness is that when he is in a dilemma, he can't do anything.

If Horikita Suzune continues to clash with him, Hirata Yosuke will surely reveal an even uglier side, jeopardizing the collective he has painstakingly built up...

"Enough. This trick won't work. The contract is between Class D and Class C of the first year. Pushing the debt onto individuals won't work."

Looking at this friend with whom he had once crossed paths, Kitagawa Ryo was already suppressing the urge to kick over the table in front of him. Kitagawa Ryo could easily imagine what the other person had gone through. In this timeline, there was no student council president Kitagawa Ryo who went to save Hirata Yosuke's friend. In other words, Hirata Yosuke witnessed his friend jumping off a building because he failed to lend a helping hand in time.

"Just like Hirata-kun said, each person gets 10,000 points. Come up and pay one by one. If you deliberately delay, you might not be able to pay next month and will have to drop out."

He ultimately didn't let Horikita Suzune continue. Kitagawa Ryo gave Hirata Yosuke one last look, then turned around and said threateningly.

Hirata Yosuke finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into his seat, feeling utterly exhausted.

Just as Horikita Suzune, who had been interrupted, was about to hand over her share of 10,000 personal points to Kitagawa Ryo, Kitagawa Ryo suddenly smiled at her:

"I've paid for Lingyin's expenses."

After saying that, he playfully winked at Horikita Suzune:

"How about it?"

The D-class students, who were just about to resign themselves to their fate, suddenly erupted in an uproar. Even the C-class students next to them stared wide-eyed, wondering what their leader was doing. Ishizaki Daichi used his "clever" brain, looked at Horikita Suzune's appearance and figure, and even nodded quite seriously. He was then given a good knock on the head by Ryuen Sho next to him. Ibuki Mio just pursed her lips, thankful that Shiina Hiyori was only outside the classroom and hadn't come in.

“I saw Horikita talking to this guy alone during the club information session last month!”

Sato Maya was already somewhat annoyed with Horikita Suzune, and immediately remembered a fact she had noticed earlier, so she spoke up loudly without hesitation.

"Horikita isn't a spy for Class C, is she?" "A traitor?" "Shameless!" In an instant, most of the students' emotions seemed to have found an outlet, and a barrage of slander was directed at Horikita Suzune. Hirata Yosuke, who had just been arguing with Horikita Suzune, stood up and took the initiative to defend her:

“When school started last month, no one knew that there was competition between classes, so it’s normal for everyone to have friends outside of class, right? Kushida and I also have very good friends in other classes.”

Hirata Yosuke really put in his all today, and only by bringing out the little angel of the grade, Kushida Kikyo, could he barely quell the boiling public opinion.

"No need, I know what I'm doing."

Once she realized what was happening, Horikita Suzune glared at Kitagawa Ryo. She had barely touched her points last month and still had over 80,000. Paying 10,000 wouldn't be difficult for her, so she took the initiative to trade 10,000 points to Kitagawa Ryo.

"Want to grab lunch together?"

As the two drew near, Kitagawa Ryo whispered something in Horikita Suzune's ear. Horikita Suzune merely responded with a puzzled look. The next second, she saw Kitagawa Ryo feign surprise and loudly proclaim:

"Wow, Lingyin actually has so many points."

"Let me count, there are still more than 70,000 left."

The instant Kitagawa Ryo finished speaking, Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji shouted loudly:

"What! Horikita still has over 70,000 points!"

"Please pay 10,000 for me, and I can lend you the game console I just bought last month to play."

Maya Sato, sitting in the front row, quickly chimed in:

"If Horikita-kun is willing to help the classmates pay their points, I believe no one will think you are a spy for Class C or anything like that."

When it came to their own interests, the students who had run out of points shouted even louder, and there was even a tendency to disown Horikita as a student of Class D if she was unwilling to pay her points.

Are you sure... you want to lead this D class to A class?

The culprit, Kitagawa Ryo, cast a playful glance at Horikita Suzune. He was enjoying watching Horikita Suzune purse her lips, her expression a mixture of disdain, persistence, and helplessness—a truly rare sight.

“I can take out half of the points first. Based on my observations this month, the points at this school play a very important role, and I must keep some as a backup.”

In the end, Horikita Suzune gritted her teeth and gave in.

"Oh, half? It seems that Lingyin still wants to live comfortably next month, after all, she can save more than 30,000 points."

Kitagawa Ryo once again used a rhetorical trap. Many students in Class D were led astray by his words and looked at Horikita Suzune with reproach, as if blaming her for only being willing to contribute half of the 70,000 yen she could have given, which seemed too cold and heartless.

[Class D's pace is so easy to manage...]

Kitagawa Ryo secretly shook his head. The only two variables were Koenji Rokusuke, who hadn't spoken up since Hirata Yosuke had taken over his debts and hadn't suffered any losses himself. As for Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he still looked like a lazy, ordinary high school student.

Because they've already been checkmated.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji watched the farce unfolding in the classroom with utter boredom. If the school didn't arrange any exams that would drastically increase or decrease class points, Class D of the first year would be suppressed by Class C throughout the entire first year. But what did that have to do with him? He had only come here to escape the White Room's pursuit.

Just be an ordinary high school student.

This time, Horikita Suzune ignored the gossip and simply transferred another 30,000 points to Kitagawa Ryo before leaving. Because she had paid the points, the C-class students outside did not stop her. Horikita Suzune left the classroom just like that. Koenji Rokusuke also packed his bag and went out, but before leaving, he glanced at Kitagawa Ryo with great interest.

The remaining thirty-eight students in Class D stared at the podium, their gazes forming a giant spiderweb. Everyone was waiting for the first person to go up, and even at this moment, many still harbored a sliver of hope.

Kitagawa Ryo waited, tapping on the table. Karuizawa Kei, who had received the message, was the first to lead her group of friends forward and voluntarily paid their debt of 10,000 points each. Unlike Horikita Suzune, Karuizawa Kei, who had been instructed by Kitagawa Ryo yesterday, had privately contacted several friends in her social circle and offered to help share the burden if they didn't have enough points tomorrow, but this matter could not be revealed to others.

Girls' cliques are inherently exclusive, and Sato and the others kept quiet about the benefits they received. Even though they all saved points and helped other classmates, Horikita Suzune and Karuizawa Megumi received completely different evaluations and gains.

Therefore, this is also part of the calculation.

Kitagawa Ryo winked his left eye almost imperceptibly at Karuizawa Kei. This small detail went unnoticed by the human wall, but Karuizawa Kei, who had been watching Kitagawa Ryo closely, still caught the signal. She immediately became shy and, fearing that others might notice something amiss, hurriedly ran out of the classroom.

With Karuizawa Megumi taking the lead, the other students in Class D had no choice but to sigh and hand over their few remaining points to Class D. Nearly half of the students had almost no points left and had to grit their teeth and incur a debt of seven or eight thousand points.

"Didn't Horikita just pay you 30,000 points? Then Ike and I won't owe you any money anymore, right?"

Haruki Yamauchi, who had just walked up, spoke in a very casual manner.

"Oh, so you really don't need to pay anything, and you don't owe any money."

Kitagawa Ryo seemed to have just casually recited three names:

"Haruki Yamauchi, Ken Sudo, and whoever else? Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, I'll use your points as payment for your ringtones."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, who was at the very back of the line and about to pay his points, looked up in bewilderment:

"what?"

"Alright, stop acting innocent after getting the benefit."

With a displeased expression on his face, and Yamauchi Haruki constantly showing off beside him, he also spoke up angrily.

"Oh."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji had no choice but to obediently leave the classroom. As soon as he stepped outside, he saw that the girls from Class D, including Sato's class, seemed to be arguing with Class C.

"The students in Class D are trash. They've lost all sense of proportion now."

"We just reached 59,000 points today, how about we go buy some of the latest cosmetics?"

"Alright, since today's money is just a tribute from those idiots in Class D, might as well spend it."

Manabe Shiho and her group of best friends stood aggressively in front of Sato and his friends, infuriating the girls in Class D, who were helpless to do anything about it.

After all, Class D is now almost completely suppressed by Class C. If it weren't for Karuizawa Megumi's help, the group of them wouldn't even be able to afford the 10,000 points.

Who would have thought that as soon as Karuizawa Kei walked away to go to the restroom, the girls from Class C followed her around and mocked her. The girls were powerless to refute her and were just surrounded and ridiculed. There were even signs that they would get physical.

"What do you want to do?"

Karuizawa Kei arrived just in time, standing directly in front of Sato and the others, confronting Manabe Shiho and the others without fear.

"Although Class C and Class D did sign a contract, there is no clause in it that class D students are inferior to students in your class."

Manabe Shiho, seemingly annoyed by Karuizawa Kei's interruption, reached out to grab Karuizawa Kei's collar, but Karuizawa Kei was faster and unceremoniously slapped away her outstretched hand.

"Trying to cause trouble?"

Karuizawa Megumi narrowed her azure eyes slightly, her expression resolute and courageous:

"This is the entrance to Class D's classroom, and there are surveillance cameras installed in the corridor."

"If you really want to make a move, Sudo will face the consequences."