COTE: Horikita Is My Childhood Sweetheart

Chapter 24: Chabashira Sae becomes happy

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"…"

Rin Matsuoka's words immediately silenced Chabashira Sae.

After all, the assessments from the admissions office for both Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki were shockingly poor!

Haruki Yamauchi:

Academic Ability: E+

Intelligence: D

Judgment: D+

Physical Ability: C-

Teamwork Ability: C-

Ike Kanji:

Academic Ability: E+

Intelligence: D-

Judgment: D+

Physical Ability: C-

Teamwork Ability: C

A is the highest grade, while E is the lowest.

For high school students, a passing grade is typically a C, but three out of the five evaluation items for both Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki were below the passing grade!

Especially in academic ability, where they were directly assessed at an E+.

Fortunately, they weren't rated E-, or their academic skills wouldn't even be comparable to those of elementary school students…

Rin glanced at Chabashira Sae, who had fallen into silence. He asked, "Chabashira-sensei, are their evaluations that bad?"

"...Yes."

"How bad are we talking?"

"Based on what I've seen from the admissions staff, both of them seem like hopeless cases."

"That's really bad!"

After hearing the school admissions office's evaluation of the two, Rin spread his hands wide and remarked, "So, the top management of this school can't be foolish enough to spend so many personal points on students who have no potential value."

"So, here's the thing."

"If the school truly spends 100,000 points every month to train students, then those students must have been carefully selected by the school, having gone through several layers of evaluation."

"If the selection process is that stringent, then mediocre students like Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki wouldn't have been admitted to this school at all!"

"And yet, the school admits students like them."

Rin pointed at Chabashira Sae and continued, "That's why I think, Chabashira-sensei, that you are hiding something from us regarding personal points."

"Hmm..."

Chabashira Sae, who was pointed at by Rin, made a sound that was a mix of amusement and frustration, which made her seem a little bit playful.

Rin, intrigued by her reaction, pressed on, "Chabashira-sensei, just tell me if you're hiding something."

"Yes," Chabashira Sae, unable to find an excuse, admitted readily.

Horikita Suzune, standing near the door of the teacher's office, smiled slightly. She seemed quite pleased with the conversation between Rin and Chabashira Sae.

However, what Rin said about Chabashira left her speechless. What did this have to do with you, Horikita Suzune?

Are you feeling proud?

But that boy in there is not even your boyfriend.

"Then, Chabashira-sensei, you should tell me what you've been hiding," Rin said with a smile.

"No."

"Why not?"

Chabashira Sae smiled and glanced at the surveillance camera in the office. She replied, "Because the school imposes many restrictions on teachers. We are not allowed to disclose information that should not be shared with students."

Rin also noticed the surveillance camera and clicked his tongue. "Tsk, ever since I saw all these cameras, I felt something was off about this school."

"Well, Rin, you don't need to rush to uncover the peculiarities of this school," Chabashira Sae said with a hint of mystery. "Maybe one day the information you want to know will reveal itself."

Rin Matsuoka rolled his eyes. By then, it would be too late. The narration system had specifically instructed him to uncover the truth about personal points today.

Suddenly, an idea struck Rin, and he asked Chabashira Sae, "Chabashira-sensei, earlier in the classroom, you mentioned something."

"As long as it belongs to this school, I can use my personal points to buy anything, right?"

"That's correct," Chabashira Sae nodded.

"Then, that means the information about personal points that you deliberately concealed can also be purchased with personal points, right?"

"Heh." Chabashira Sae chuckled and shook her head, looking at Rin with a hint of admiration. "Alright, but Rin, have you forgotten what I said afterward?"

"I remember," Rin replied. "You need to have enough personal points."

"What a good memory," Chabashira Sae remarked, her satisfaction with Rin, this handsome student, evident as she restrained the smile forming on her lips.

"Unfortunately, the 105,000 personal points you have aren't enough to buy the information I'm withholding."

"What if I add the 100,000 personal points I have on hand?"

A voice interrupted from outside the office. Both Rin and Chabashira Sae turned their heads and saw Horikita Suzune's cold, slender figure.

"Hmm? Horikita, why are you still here?" Rin asked.

"…"

Horikita Suzune shot Rin a glare. Is this guy clueless? she thought.

I'm trying to help you here! Not only do you fail to thank me, but you also have the nerve to ask why I'm still around!

That's too much!

Chabashira Sae glanced at Horikita Suzune as she approached, but shook her head. "Even if we add Horikita-san's 100,000 points, it's still not enough."

"What? Two hundred thousand personal points aren't enough?" Rin exclaimed.

"Yes," Chabashira Sae confirmed in a decisive tone.

In truth, the information about personal points wasn't particularly expensive.

However, no matter how many personal points freshmen like Rin and Horikita Suzune were willing to spend, the teachers would never sell it to them.

This was because the school had a strict rule: during the first month of enrollment, no student or faculty member was allowed to disclose any significant information regarding S points to students.

And the most crucial of that information was about class points.

On the first day of each month, the school would remit individual points to the students.

However, the personal points transferred by the school were not fixed at 100,000!

The school multiplied each class's points by 100, and the resulting figure determined the amount of personal points each student would receive.

For example, Rin's Class D had 500 class points, so next month, each student in the class would receive 50,000 personal points.

However, if a class's points dropped to zero, the personal points allocated by the school for the following month would also be zero!

Since the school explicitly prohibited the disclosure of class points to students during their first month, no matter how many personal points Rin and the others were willing to spend to buy the information from Chabashira Sae, she could not sell them the "class points."

"Chabashira-sensei, if you won't tell me, then don't. I will find a way to uncover the information you're hiding," Rin declared.

The cool and composed Chabashira Sae smiled and replied, "If you think you can, then go ahead. I look forward to seeing what you can do."