At that time, a cheerful senior with short blonde hair appeared at the door of Class A first year.
Nagumo Miyabi and Akane Tachibana were given a mission by Chairman Horikita Manabu to confirm a report from a new student about secret recordings by an electronics store employee on the shopping street.
After verification, it proved to be true. The employee was fired.
The new student who reported it would receive a reward. Horikita Manabu decided to report it to the school, so an official reward would be given.
But Nagumo was ambitious.
After bringing his class up from the bottom to Class A, Horikita Manabu appointed him as the vice chairman of the Student Council, acknowledging his abilities. Upon joining the Student Council, Nagumo understood the power of the Student Council, and immediately had an idea.
The authority of the Student Council was greater than expected, and could even influence the monthly special exams.
He was moved.
Maintaining Class A was not enough. He had a new ambition: to become the Student Council president.
After Horikita Manabu stepped down, Nagumo wanted to become the next Student Council president.
Requirements to become Student Council president:
Recommendation from the previous Student Council president. Being the vice president of the Student Council, automatically becoming a candidate when the previous president steps down.
Only these two types can nominate themselves.
The final assessment is based on the votes of all students in the school. The candidate with the most votes wins.
Nagumo needed to gather votes from second, third, and first years. Even though Horikita Manabu would step down in a year, Nagumo was preparing himself.
He came to contact first-year students, gathering votes.
Of course he couldn't be direct, so he used the pretext of distributing rewards.
Two students would receive rewards: Miyama Sendoh from Class C and the girl with purple hairpins mentioned by Sendoh.
That girl, Masumi Kamuro, was a new student in Class A.
So, Nagumo chose to inform Kamuro in Class A, while Tachibana went to Sendoh in Class C to distribute rewards.
For Nagumo, Sendoh from Class C was just a reporter.
But the one who first discovered the employee recording might have been Kamuro from Class A.
Sendoh from Class C was just lucky to take the SD card and hand it over to the Student Council.
So, the one who needed to be contacted was the Class A student.
Unlike new students, Nagumo knew the nature of the school. Class A was the strongest, Class C was a lower class.
'Why bother contacting trash?' thought Nagumo.
He wanted to win over Class A students.
Contacting new students without permission could be discovered, but with an official pretext, there was no problem. Just provide contact, it would be easy later.
That was the reason Nagumo appeared at the door of Class A first year.
But unfortunately, he didn't see the cute short silver-haired girl he had met at the Student Council door.
Nagumo was a bit regretful.
"Excuse me, who are you?" asked a boy from Class A.
Nagumo turned around to see a tall, strong, bald man who gave the impression of wisdom.
"I am Nagumo Miyabi, vice chairman of the Student Council," said Nagumo. "I used to be the class representative of Class B second year, but two months ago my class was promoted to Class A."
The surrounding students were shocked.
'Strange way of speaking,' they thought.
First-year students were beginners. Nagumo suddenly saying his class had been promoted from B to A meant classes could be promoted.
Nagumo knew he would be punished for leaking that, but points could buy anything, including exemption from punishment.
Even with a little information, he estimated a fine of 300,000 yen.
'Spending 300,000 yen for one sentence, painful,' thought Nagumo.
But to win the votes of Class A, he had to make the new students pay attention.
He hoped the new students would lose points by not taking his information seriously, then know his greatness.
Or, the new students would understand his information, have a perfect month, and remember his kindness.
'With 300,000 yen, establish a relationship with Class A. Perfect,' thought Nagumo.
But, the expression of Class A students was strange.
Not doubt or thinking, but... shock.
Nagumo was confused.
'They should be wondering why Class B could become A,' thought Nagumo. 'Or worried about being moved to another class.'
"So, how can I help you? Is there a problem in our class that the Student Council needs to handle?" asked the bald man. "I'm Kōhei Katsuragi, please let me know."
Nagumo was silent.
'Initially wanted Class A students to remember me,' thought Nagumo. 'But instead I'm the one remembering Katsuragi Kōhei?'
This wasn't his plan.
Nagumo was confused. Class A had a problem.
Yesterday afternoon, Sakayanagi sent information to the class group.
She paid 1.2 million points to a senior Class D third year for that information.
The contents were:
The nature of the school. New students take a behavior test in the first month, points are deducted.
The base score is 1,000 points for all classes. Points are reduced if performance is poor.
This score becomes the basis for class rankings.
Only Class A at graduation receives the school's reward.
So, Class A must maintain its position.
The base score of all classes is 1,000 points, the same starting point.
There was urgency.
The information was from Sakayanagi, but not necessarily true.
But, Nagumo's statement about promotion from Class B to A made Class A students believe Sakayanagi's information was genuine.
Some students began to believe Sakayanagi.
Katsuragi felt the pressure. He was calm, careful. Although Sakayanagi was good, her action of asking for class points to buy information from the homeroom teacher was too bold.
Katsuragi didn't fully believe Sakayanagi.
Class A was divided: the moderate faction supported Katsuragi, the radical faction supported Sakayanagi.
"Yesterday, a student submitted an SD card, containing secret recordings of a store clerk. The school fired that clerk," said Nagumo, entering the class, approaching the purple-haired girl.
The girl was sitting, with a stern face, looking foreign despite being beautiful.
"The school gives rewards for students who contribute."
"This anonymous point card is the school's reward."
"There are 30,000 personal points inside."
Nagumo stopped in front of the girl, took out a card like a phone card with a QR code, which could be reused.
"This is your reward, Kamuro Masumi-san—" said Nagumo, smiling, ready to hand over the card.
"No, you've got the wrong person," interrupted Kamuro, looking at Nagumo with disgust. "You're blocking my view."
Nagumo was silent.