SWNOVELXO Chapter 93
Chapter 93: The Commotion Caused by an Ape
At that moment, Hachiman’s phone suddenly received a notification of a bank transfer—1.1 million personal points. This was the first month’s personal points after the contract with Class C had been activated, meaning that in May, Class C’s class points were 550 points. That’s an increase of 60 points from the 490 last month? Was it because class points were awarded for this midterm exam?
Huh? Wait a second!
Hachiman suddenly realized something and opened his phone to check the personal points records for Class D from the previous month, May.
May 1st: +0.00 personal points!
Then he checked the June 1st record—nothing!
There were no transfer records from the school!
This meant that the school had not distributed the personal points for Class D from the previous month, so there were no transfer records!
It wasn’t because the personal points were zero!
Even if the class points were zero, there would still be a transfer record from the school, but he hadn’t found any transfer records for June.
There’s a big difference between not having personal points distributed and having personal points distributed as zero!
“Tch, as expected, it’s still disgusting!”
Hachiman immediately figured out why the school hadn’t distributed Class D’s personal points yet. Also, Chabashira-sensei’s ambiguous attitude indicated that there might still be room for negotiation, especially since Hachiman knew the “real use” of personal points.
“Damn it!!!”
Sudo was still venting his frustration, seemingly accepting that expulsion was inevitable, and decided to let out his anger and dissatisfaction. However, the students around him were the ones suffering.
“Ah!”
A book flew straight toward Sakura’s head. Just as it was about to hit her, a large hand swatted the book away.
“Hey, are you done yet?!”
Hachiman glared at the red-haired boy. He could understand Sudo’s feelings, but that didn’t mean he would tolerate his reckless behavior, especially since it was now affecting others.
In the middle of his rage, Sudo saw that the person who had interrupted him was none other than Hachiman—the quiet, marginalized student who had always been pushed to the edge. Naturally, he assumed that Hachiman was looking down on him because of his imminent expulsion, making him even more furious.
Even the other students were surprised that the most inconspicuous person in class, Hachiman, dared to challenge Sudo at this moment. After all, the usual troublemakers, Ike and Yamauchi, had already distanced themselves, clearly afraid of getting involved.
“Sudo, calm down!”
Hirata stepped forward to try to intervene, but Sudo shoved him aside, his face filled with rage. He stormed up to Hachiman and kicked his desk, clearly ready to fight.
“Eh? What’s it to you?! Watch me beat you up!!!”
“How? Do you think using violence is the only way to get respect? Or are you like a gorilla, solving problems with your fists because you don’t have the intelligence to understand why you’re being expelled?”
Hachiman remained expressionless, not backing down in the face of violence.
“Whoa!”
The class gasped in shock. No one expected Hachiman, the class’s most inconspicuous “outcast,” to stand his ground like this!
Was this really the same person who had been bullied and ridiculed by the girls, even mocked by the “foolish trio” of Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo?
The dead fish-eyed boy, who used to be so unpleasant in many people’s eyes, suddenly looked a bit more “ferocious.” Some even wondered, was Hachiman once a delinquent?
Could that be why he dared to provoke Sudo, who was so high-strung?
“Bastard! Even the most worthless guy in the class dares to look down on me?!!!”
Sudo was completely ignited by Hachiman’s words. His mentality exploded, and he raised his fist, ready to strike. But he was eventually stopped by Hirata.
“Sudo, if you hit him, there’s no turning back!”
“Let go of me!!! If I’m going to be expelled anyway, what do I care about these things?!!!”
Hachiman hadn’t expected that Hirata, this popular and handsome guy, would have the physical strength to match Sudo. Not only was he good-looking, but he also had a great build? Hachiman felt no envy whatsoever!
“Heh, you should thank Hirata. If you don’t have a brain, then at least listen to those who do. Stop acting like you’re the king of the world, just exploding every day like a fool.”
Hachiman glanced at Hirata and then mockingly spoke to the enraged Sudo.
Afterward, Hachiman completely ignored the angry “gorilla” Sudo. He tidied up his desk, shrugged indifferently, and returned to his seat.
“Bastard!!!”
The “gorilla” Sudo glared at Hachiman with anger in his eyes.
No wonder Sudo was often called one of the “foolish trio” along with Yamauchi and Ike. It was the combination of the “monkey + gorilla,” and Hachiman even had the time to throw in a little sarcastic remark.
***!
Suddenly, a sharp clapping sound came from somewhere.
“PochiBoy, well said. This whole situation is completely Redhead Boy’s fault.”
No one expected that the class’s loner, Koenji, would intervene in this matter.
Even at this moment, Koenji was still checking himself in the mirror.
“You all think you can look down on me, huh?! Bastards! I’ll make sure to beat you all up today!!!”
With Hachiman already provoking him, and now Koenji, who was viewed as a “weirdo” by the class, mocking him, Sudo had completely snapped!
Exploding gorilla!
“Heh, what an ugly sight. Not beautiful at all.”
Koenji paid no attention to Sudo’s threats and even intentionally provoked him further.
Well, in Sudo’s eyes, everything was a form of disdain and mockery.
“If you want others to respect you, you first need to look at yourself. Do you think you deserve anyone’s respect right now?”
Hachiman ignored Hirata’s pleading look and suddenly cut in, “To put it simply, you don’t even respect yourself, so you’re using us as an excuse to vent your anger. It’s utterly ridiculous!”
Although Hachiman and Koenji had never spoken to each other before, at that moment, they seemed to have an unexpected “chemistry.” Both of them spoke one after the other, directly driving Sudo’s face from red to pale!
“Hirata! Let go of me!!! I must teach these two guys a lesson!!”
“Red-haired boy, it’s really pathetic and pitiful how your eyes are covered by Fury. Until now, you still haven’t figured out why you were expelled, and you can’t even see those who tried to help you, right, Pochi Boy?”
Kouenji had his legs up on the desk, looking completely relaxed and leisurely.
Hachiman “…”
“Hey, you narcissistic bastard, what the hell are you talking about?! I don’t need you to pity me!”
Sudo, like a gorilla, was consumed by his rage and had completely lost his ability to think.
“Heh, didn’t Pochi Boy just make that very clear earlier?”
Hey, Kouenji, what’s your problem? I should’ve never offended you, right? And Pochi Boy… what kind of ridiculous nickname is that? This is so humiliating!
Hachiman couldn’t understand why Kouenji kept calling him out, but one thing was certain: Kouenji must have figured something out.
“Wasn’t Ms. Teacher’s English grade just posted? Red-haired boy, can’t you do some thinking yourself?”
Thanks to Kouenji’s reminder, everyone then noticed that amidst the series of 80s and 90s scores, there were three or four scores around 50, for Ayanokouji, Horikita, Hachiman, and Yamauchi.
Some students were confused, but others, like Hirata and Kushida, began to piece it together.
“Horikita, Hachiman, they purposely lowered their scores?”
Due to the exam questions, and a rumor that suddenly spread throughout the grade, most students scored about 20% higher than usual, which resulted in another problem: the class’s overall average score was raised!
And Sudo was one of the victims of this!
“This, this can’t be! Hachiman’s score was clearly so low, he could only get 50 points. Ayanokouji is the same, his real score is probably about the same as mine!”
Yamauchi burst out laughing, not believing that Hachiman purposely scored low. As he spoke, he looked toward the window: “What do you think, Ayanokouji? Eh? Where’s Ayanokouji?!”
The seat by the window was empty, and even the seat next to Horikita was also vacant.
“Hey, Hachiman, are you free right now? I need some help!”
Suddenly, Horikita’s voice came from the direction of the door.