Chapter 55 The Result that wouldn't Change

"Is it true that Sudou Ken's achievements can help increase our class points?"

"What do you mean?" wondered Kushida Kikyou, who asked the question.

"Don't you know about this?" replied Ichinose Honami in surprise.

"The school evaluates the students' club activities, and if a student performs well at the competitions and gets good results, the school will not only distribute private points as a reward to the participants, but also evaluate the classes the students belong to, and increase their class points accordingly."

This was the first time that Kushida Kikyou heard of this news.

"Do you really not know about this?" Ichinose Honami looked genuinely surprised and said, "This is something that every homeroom teacher has notified their class about. Hasn't your homeroom teacher told you?"

She really hadn't.

Chabashira Sae had never mentioned this matter at all.

This homeroom teacher had only given the most basic instructions to class D, and had not proactively mentioned anything else, only answering questions from students who came to ask.

For example, the failing score line for this school is calculated by dividing the average score of each class in half for that class. Chabashira Sae only mentioned this on the day the grades were released.

As long as it wasn't necessary to explain, Chabashira Sae wouldn't kindly explain anything proactively.

This includes the matter that Ichinose Honami mentioned.

"I had no idea," Kushida Kikyou replied in a bewildered tone.

Then, Kushida Kikyou seemed to recall something and turned to look to the side.

There, Fang Li, who had heard the news, showed no surprise and remained calm.

This made Kushida Kikyou understand.

"You knew about this all along, Nanaya-san?"

Kushida Kikyou's question did not change the nonchalant attitude of Fang Li.

"Isn't it easy to guess?" Fang Li said casually. "As Chabashira-sensei mentioned before, the S system created by the school is a real-time monitoring and scoring system for students. If a student's performance in extracurricular activities is poor, then just like being late or absent in class, points will be deducted."

Since it is a real-time monitoring system, a student's performance in extracurricular activities will also be recorded.

"So, just as there are rules for point deductions, there are also rules for point additions, which is normal."

And these rules for point additions will undoubtedly be based on how active a student is in extracurricular activities.

Just like what Ichinose Honami said, if a student can achieve good results in competitions, they will be rewarded with private points, which will also increase their class's points.

That's why Ichinose Honami said that Kushida Kikyou's decision was wise.

"I don't know much about Ike and Yamauchi, but I heard that Sudou has already caught the attention of the basketball club's advisor, and even though he's a first-year, he has the potential to become a regular player," Ichinose Honami said.

"With that kind of ability, he will definitely become a valuable asset to the class in the future."

That was Ichinose Honami's view.

Kushida Kikyou could only force a bitter smile.

"I didn't think that much, I just wanted to help my friends."

That was Kushida Kikyou's statement.

Unfortunately, how much of this is just talk, only Fang Li who knows the true face of her would know.

However, this statement may not be entirely wrong, right?

Perhaps Kushida Kikyou did not place much importance on the three people, Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken, in her heart, but as she just said, she should at least maintain a good appearance on the surface.

For this reason, Kushida Kikyou had to stand up.

This is the price she has to pay to choose to be friends with everyone and maintain a good appearance on the surface.

For the sake of "friends" and "image," no matter what, Kushida Kikyou must come forward.

Ichinose Honami, who didn't know this, could only admire Kushida Kikyou.

"Kikyou-chan is really gentle."

Ichinose Honami was easily fooled by Kushida Kikyou's appearance.

"It's not like that." Kushida Kikyou said embarrassedly, "And I just gave some points, Nanaya-san is the one who is really kind."

"Me?" Fang Li was suddenly surprised.

"Isn't that right?" Kushida Kikyou tilted her head and smiled, "If it weren't for Nanaya-san explaining the school's future exam policy and private point remediation measures, we wouldn't have been able to do anything."

That's true.

If it weren't for Fang Li's disclosure, Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken would have already been expelled. No one would have thought it was a bad thing to leave them behind, and no one would have known that private points could be used to buy grades and cancel failed results.

Even if Fang Li didn't help pay any private points, his contribution in terms of intelligence gathering was not insignificant.

However...

"Even if I didn't say anything at that time, the result wouldn't have changed."

Fang Li said indifferently, leaving Kushida Kikyou and Ichinose Honami stunned.

"The result... won't change?"

Kushida Kikyou and Ichinose Honami looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Fang Li shrugged and reminded Kushida Kikyou, "Think about it carefully, Kushida. Who made me reveal this information back then?"

With that, Kushida Kikyou suddenly realized, "Chabashira-sensei..."

Yes.

If it weren't for Chabashira Sae's question, Fang Li would never have spoken out about that information, and would have simply watched from the sidelines.

In the end, Fang Li only provided that information because of Chabashira Sae's questioning.

Furthermore, before Fang Li, Chabashira Sae also asked Horikita Suzune and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka the same questions.

What does this show?

"That homeroom teacher was trying to induce the appearance of this information, right?"

Fang Li made such an assertion.

"Even if I didn't say anything at that time, Chabashira-sensei would continue to ask others and use other means to induce this information to appear in front of Class D."

After all, those who knew about this information in Class D were not just Fang Li.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka knew, and even Kouenji Rokusuke seemed to know about it.

Even if Fang Li didn't reveal any information, wouldn't Chabashira Sae continue to induce these two to answer?

In that case, the result would not change at all, right?

"So, Chabashira-sensei didn't really want to see Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudou expelled, so she wanted someone to bring out this information?" Kushida Kikyou realized.

"It's possible. Because the teacher seemed unable to reveal too many rules, our homeroom teacher could only induce students to discover and speak out on their own," Fang Li explained.

Ichinose Honami also believed this explanation because...

"At this school, the homeroom teacher's evaluation will be determined by the class they have at graduation."

Ichinose Honami revealed another important piece of information.