Volume 2 Chapter 3 Part1 (1/2)
The unexpected witness
TL: qbomb
Editor: Candy-Sama
Note: this is largely self-edited and will be completely edited later Read at your own risk
The nextPart of the class, which consisted of Hirata and Kushi+da's groups, was in a hurry to exchange information Ike and his friends hated Hirata due to his popularity with the girls That being said, they were idly chatting and enjoying the onto Hirata However, as I listened to their conversation, it appears that they didn't get the infor the na ood to be true for someone to actually come after school
As for h I can talk to Kushi+da, I still couldn't handle groupsSo, I asked her to tell roup
Meanwhile hbor, who had rejected Kushi+da's invitation, was preparing for class with a nonchalant expression
The person actually involved in the matter, however, was not at school
”Hah… Can we actually prove that it was class C's fault…?”
”If we can find a witness, it's not impossible to prove Let's do our best, Ike-kun”
”Before we start 'doing our best', is there actually a witness in the first place? All Sudou said is that he vaguely recalled there being one, right? Isn't that just a lie? After all, he's violent and tends to provoke people often”
”If we keep doubting hiree?”
”Yeah that ht be true, but… If Sudou is at fault, all of our points will be revoked, won't they? We'll be back at zero and return to our difficult lives without any pocketable to play to our heart's content will remain a dream”
”Then we can start saving up again It's only been threeof the year”
The girls in the class blushed while listening to Hirata's honest words The hero of our class, as always, gave splendid advice without wavering Karuizawa looked proud of her wonderful boyfriend
”I think our points are precious It's tied with ourto defend those class points Even if we're defending only 87 points”
”I understand how you feel However, I think it's dangerous to be so adaht of reality Thefor us is to cherish our close friends”
Ike looked at Hirata with a suspicious gaze
”Even if Sudou was at fault?”
It's natural to feel horrible if an innocent person was punished
However, Hirata nodded without hesitation It looked like he was saying that such a self-sacrifice is a trivial htoverawed
”What Hirata-kun is saying is completely natural, but I still want et around 100,000 points a month I'm really envious There are people who buy a lot of stylish clothes and accessories Compared to them, aren't we just pitiful?”
Karuizaas sitting on a desk while dangling her legs Our classe difference between the classes
”Why couldn't I have been in class A fro the tiht now”
”I wish I was in class A too I could be playing around with my friends all the time”
I realized that the people who iven up
No one noticed other than hter because of Ike and Karuizawa's delusions It looked like she wanted to say that they wouldn't have been able to start in class A even if they tried
Horikita i not to be distracted by the noise I looked at the cover; it was Dostoyevsky's Deood choice
”It'd be great if there was a trick to get to class A in an instant It's so difficult to save up class points”
The difference between our class and class A is a thousand points Needless to say, it's a massive difference
”Luckily for you, Ike, there is a way to become class A in an instant”
A voice called out from the entrance of the classroom It was Chiyabashi+ra-sensei, who had come 5 minutes before the start of class
”Sensei… what did you say?”
Ike, who had practically fallen off his chair, composed himself and asked
”I'et up to class A, even without class points”
Even Horikita looked up fro
”You're kidding~ Sae-chan-sensei, don't make fun of us”
The usual Ike would've taken the bait, but he laughed it off this time
”I' serious There are such special methods in this school”
However, it didn't see around
”It doesn't see to cause chaos…”
There are times when Chiyabashi+ra-sensei omits information, but she usually doesn't lie
Ike's laughing gradually stopped
”Sensei, what are those 'special methods' you speak of…?”
Ike asked in a polite tone, trying not to offend her
All the students that were in the classroo at Chiyabashi+ra-sensei
Even the students who didn't care about getting to class A are probably thinking that it wouldn't be bad to know the method
”On the first day of school, I said that there's nothing you can't buy with points In other words, if you use your private points, you can force a class change”
Chiyabashi+ra-sensei glanced at me and Horikita We put her ”special ht after the exam, and it worked
Our class points and private points are linked If we don't have any class points, on't get any private points everySince we're able to transfer points, in theory, we can get private points even if we don't have class points
”S-Seriously!? How many points do we need to make that happen!?”
”20 million points Do you best to save up Then you'll be able to get to the class you want”
Hearing the absurdly high number, Ike completely fell off his chair
”If it's 20 million… isn't that just impossible!?”
The whole class started booing Everyone's hopes were crushed
”It's usually iet to class A, it's only natural that the price is high Even if you reduced the nuit, there would be a hundred class A students graduating every year Then there would be no point in having a 'class A'”
Even if ere able to maintain the monthly 100,000 points, it's not a number that can be easily achieved
”I'm just curious, but… has there ever been a class that successfully bought their way out?”
An obvious question to ask Koudo Ikusei High School has been in existence for about ten years Thousands of hundreds of students have struggled their way through this school If anyone accomplished it, there would still be word of it today
”Regrettably, there has never been such a case The reason is as clear as day If you save up for three years by et about 36 et up to 4that can be done”
”Isn't that the sa impossible…”
”It's very close to being i distinction, Ike”
However, about half the class had already lost interest
For class D, ished for 100,20 million was a far-fetched dreaination
”May I also ask a question?”
It was the observant Horikita who raised her hand It seems like she decided it would be helpful to know more about the details
”Ever since the founding of this school, what is the highest number of points that a student saved up? I would like to know for reference”
”A very good question, Horikita It was about three years ago, but it was a class B student that was close to graduating He saved up about 12 million points”
”T-Twelve million!? And a class B student on top of that!?”
”But before he could reach 20 million, he was forced to leave the school He was expelled because he was carrying out a large-scale fraudulent scheme”
”Fraud?”
”He went to the new first-year students one by one and scaather 20 et to class A, but the school couldn't overlook his actions Although his objective wasn't bad, the school had to punish his actions that broke the rules”
Far fro a point of reference, it was a story that made the feat sound even more impossible
”So you're saying that even if you resort to shady methods, 12 million is pretty much the limit”
”Give up on this method and try to cooperate with your class to move up”
Horikita resu her hand
In this world, offers that seeood to be true
”Oh, right None of you have gotten points from club activities, huh”
Suddenly re about a different topic
”What do you mean?”
”There are cases where points are given to individuals for participating in club activities and for their contribution to the club For exaraphy club wins a prize in a competition, the school will award them points that correspond to the award”
The classmates were taken aback from the new information
”W-We can get points for participating in club activities!?”
”That's right The other classes probably know about this already”
”Hey, that's mean! Why didn't you tell us earlier!?”
”I forgot about it However, clubs don't exist just for you to get points So, learning of this fact earlier wouldn't have helped”
Chiyabashi+ra-sensei said without any shame
”No no no, it definitely would've helped If you said so earlier, I—”
”Are you saying you would've joined a club? Do you think you would've been able to achieve anything by joining a club and going out to competitions with such a ill?”
”That's—that ht've happened!”
I can understand what both Chiyabashi+ra-sensei and Ike are trying to say In the first place, if so points, they would probably be unable to create any results Also, joining a club and putting in half-hearted effort would just hinder the serious club members
On the other hand, so points and then find that they have a talent for that activity
What I can say is that our ho deliberately mean
”Thinking back on it, it was pretty obvious”
”What do you mean? Hirata-kun”
”During swiashi+yaot first place would receive 5000 points, right? Even that hints towards the fact that doing club activities give points”
Ike said ”I don't re his head
”If we got points, I probably would've done calligraphy or some kind of art class”
It see at the positive side; in reality there's obviously so else involved
If someone didn't participate seriously and slacked off, therethe easy ill only destroy you
However, it's great that we learned that results in club activities also gave points
”Horikita Doesn't this show that there's so Sudou?”
”Are you saying that we should save him because he plays basketball?”
”You heard the other day that he was the only first year being considered as a regular, right?”
Horikita ht back on it
”If he was speaking the truth…”
Somehow, it looks like she's still in doubt
”It's better to have a lot of points Right? We can support our own grades, and help others like we did with Sudou's test”
”I don't really think you're the type of person to spend your own h”
”I' that it's beneficial to have a lot of points You understand, right?”
It's good to have a lot of points, both class and private
It's never harmful
Also, we don't know et points in the first place If our chances of getting points increase with Sudou being in the class, then it would definitely contribute to our class effort Horikita sank into silence because she couldn't think of any other way to increase our class points
”I' to say that I'll help, but it is necessary for nize Sudou's existence”
Horikita was being harsh, but she recognized and understood her own interests
The facts should be accepted as facts
I didn't think I needed to say
For a short while, I looked at Horikita ponder over the issue and passed the time in silence
1
The class was temporarily excited, but quickly returned back to reality Like yesterday, they were trying to get information about witnesses
On the other hand, I was standing in the back of a rooroup and Kushi+da for being able to casually converse back and forth
It was as clear as day that I, who can’t even talk coherently, wasn't fit for the job of looking for witnesses How can they talk so easily to strangers? They're monsters
During the investigation, they gathered not only names but also asked for contact addresses Kushi+da's presence probably pro asked That's also a great talent…
Even though Kushi+da and her group alking to the second-year classroo all the upperclassmen, there haven't been any leads
As ti, the nu When we stopped passing by other students, we decided to call it a day
”We didn't find anything today either…”
In order to revise our strategy, everyone returned to my room
Soon after, Sudou came by and joined in the discussion
”What happened today? Was there any progress made?”
”Sadly, no progress was made Sudou, was there actually a witness?'
I understand Ike's feelings of doubt Even after the school reported the same information, there was no indication at all that a witness actually existed
”Hah? I never said that there actually was a witness I only said that I thought there was a witness”
”Is… is that so?”
”Certainly, Sudou-kun didn't say 'I saw' He said that he thought someone was there”
”Couldn't that just have been a hallucination? You s”
No, that's a bit too far… Sudou put Ike in a headlock
”Hey—! I give, I give!”
While the two fooled around, Kushi+da and Ya over the situation
After the discussion continued on for tencome up with a new idea
”I think it e the direction of our efforts For exaht've witnessed the incident”
”Look for a witness that witnessed the incident? Isn't that kind of useless?”
”Are you going to look for the people ent into the building that day?”
”Yeah What do you think?”
The idea's not bad Thereon that day, but the entrance is pretty easy to spot In other words, if so the special building, ould be getting closer to finding the witness
”That sounds like a good idea Let's do that immediately”
When I noticed, Sudou was using up his staot addicted to recently It looked like it was called the ”Generation of Miracles” so After winning the match, he made a triumphant pose[1]
Even though Sudou really couldn't do anything in the present situation, Ike and Yaruntled However, since they were scared of Sudou's counter-attack, they decided not to point out their own dissatisfaction Both of the
It’s al usefulon the weekend
In other words, the actual time we have to find a witness is very short
The bell rang and a visitor appeared at my door
The sularly visit athered, so it was probably that person
”Has progress been made?”
Horikita asked with a condescending attitude even though she probably knew the answer to her own question
”No… not yet”
”I'—”
While she was talking, she realized there were a lot of shoes lined up at the doorway
She turned around and held herself back in a panic
Kushi+da popped out, probably worried that she would head back quickly
”Oh, Horikita-san!'
Kushi+da waved at Horikita with a s at her cheerful attitude, Horikita naturally let out a sigh
”You can't run now, you know?”
”Seems that way…”
Horikita entered the room reluctantly
”O-oh, Horikita!”
Of course, Sudou was the happiest to see her He put his game on pause and looked up
”Did you decide to help? I'lad you decided to join”
”I don't intend to help After all, you haven't found the witness yet, right?”
Kushi+da nodded her head dejectedly
”If you didn't come to help, why'd you come?”
”I ondering what kind of plan you guys had”
”I' to listen to the plan I wanted advice as well”
Kushi+da then told her about the plan that she cao Horikita's expression was stiff throughout the whole explanation
”It's not a bad plan It h time”
Time is definitely the issue here It's doubtful if we'll be able to get anything done in the few days we have re
”Now that I've checked up on the situation, I'll be leaving”
In the end, Horikita decided to leave without even sitting down
”Did you think of so?”
When she was standing at the door earlier, she clearly had so to say
She's not that amicable to have come to my room for no reason
”…I'll give one piece of advice to help your weak efforts It's hard to see what’s right in front of you, after all If there really is someone that witnessed the incident, then that person is most likely close by”
The infornificant than I thought it would be
She's talking as if she already found the witness eren't sure existed in the first place
”What do youyou found the witness?”
Surprise and doubt came first before joy for Sudou It's understandable
Everyone, including me, was in disbelief until she replied
”Sakura-san”
An unexpected name came from Horikita
”Sakura-san, from our class…?”
Yalances They looked confused as to who Sakura was That was probably expected, though I also had to think about it for a bit
”The witness is that girl”
”Why do you say that?”
”When Kushi+da-san was asking the class for witnesses, she looked down A lot of the students were looking at Kushi+da-san, but she was the only one that looked uninterested She wouldn't have acted that way if she actually was unrelated to the incident”
I didn't notice at all Horikita's powers of observations are really impressive
”Since you're one of the people that were staring at Kushi+da-san, it's only natural”
What a sarcastic tone
”So, you're saying that this Sakura, Kokura so person is probably the witness?”
Sudou said so reasonable, unlike the role of a boke
”No, Sakura-san is definitely the witness Her actions h shefor”
Horikita was acting like her usual self
All of us werethis for the class
”Did you really do this for my sake…!”
Sudou looked especially moved
”Nope I just didn't want to waste this time and look shameful to the other classes That's all”
”Uht?”
”You can interpret it however you want, but I'”
”Don't lie~ You're just a tsundere, Horikita~”
Ike hit Horikita's shoulders playfully, but she threw his arround
”Ouch!”
”Don't touch me There better not be a next tiraduate”
”I-I won't touch… even if I tried to touch… O!”
She pinned him down in a headlock Unfortunate, but he deserved it
At any rate, those weren't the irl Since her older brother does karate and aikido, does she do martial arts too?
”My a-arm is…!”
”Ike-kun”
Horikita talked to Ike, as on the floor in pain Isn't this just overkill?
”Should I revise it to, 'Despising you until we graduate won't cut it?'”
”Uu! Sho cruel!”
Ike was defeated by those final words
But Sakura, huh… Of all people, it was a class D student
It's hard to say whether or not this is a good thing
”Isn't that great, Sudou? If it's a class D student, we definitely have testimony!”
”Yeah I'm happy that there is a witness, but who is this Sakura person? Do you know her?”
Yamauchi replied in surprise
”Are you being serious? She sits right behind you”
”No, that's wrong She's diagonally in front of you to the left, right?”
”Both of you are wrong… she's diagonally in front of Sudou-kun to the right”
Kushi+da corrected them with a pout
”Diagonally in front to the right… I don't reh”
That's obviously a given If the seat diagonally in front to the right was ee
This girl, Sakura, certainly doesn't stand out It's a big problem that we don't knoho she is
”I probably know her, but I don't exactly knohere I've heard her name”
I can't quite put er on it
”Tell us how she looks like”
”Well, would it help if I say that she has the biggest boobs in the class? Excessively big, you know?”
Ike, who looked lively again, told us her physical characteristics, but I don't knoho she is with that explanation
”Oh, that plain glasses girl, huh?”
How'd you understand with just that…? I drew back a bit
”It's bad to remember people like that, Ike-kun That's pathetic”
”N-No, it's different, Kushi+da-chan I'ht reht? It's just like that! The only difference is that I' other people by a different characteristic…!”
Ike tried to smooth over the situation when Kushi+da quickly lost faith in him But it's too late
”dairl like her! Don't misunderstand!”
No, I don't think there are any s here
Everyone else shi+fted the topic towards Sakura as Ike broke down crying
”Then the next step is to find out how much Sakura-san knows Does anyone know?”
”Hmm, I'm not sure We'll have to ask her directly”
”Can't we go to her rooht now? We don't have much time”
The proposal from Yamauchi seems safe, but it also depends on her personality and character
Sakura is an unusually shy girl If people she didn't know very well suddenly appeared at her doorstep, it's easy to iine that she would be confused
”Then should we call her?”
Speaking of which, I forgot that Kushi+da has everyone's contact addresses in the class