Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 004: A Boy Like This—A Normie? No, Mama Yosuke

This school provides students with exceptional benefits—free tuition, living expenses covered, and even a guaranteed job placement or 100% university admission rate after graduation.

It sounds too good to be true.

And that’s because—

It is a lie.

Every year, students are divided into four classes: A, B, C, and D.

But in the end—

Only students from Class A receive the rewards that the school advertises.

All other students—

Upon graduation, they are transferred to another school’s records to make it appear as though they graduated from there.

This is how the school maintains a 100% university admission and employment rate.

After all—

Is this school a charity?

Of course not.

Advanced Nurturing High School mission is to cultivate future elites—people who can shoulder heavy responsibilities and solve society’s toughest problems.

And their method?

Competition.

By gathering select students together and making them compete as class units,

The school ensures they experience both gains and growth through repeated class battles.

The students were recommended by middle school principals nationwide,

After which the school conducted special evaluations and assessments,

Finally sorting them into Class A, B, C, or D based on merit and potential.

So, while it’s called class competition, the starting conditions for each class are fundamentally different from the beginning.

The higher-ranked a class is, the better the students’ initial abilities tend to be.

As a result, by the time students reach graduation in their third year,

Most of the students representing the school at graduation come from Class A.

Rarely do lower-ranked classes overthrow the ones above them.

Meanwhile, Class D is seen as a dumping ground—full of failures and hopeless students.

That is the true nature of this school.

And that was also what she had originally planned to tell Hikigaya if he asked,

In exchange for a huge point cost she was prepared to pay.

However—

Chabashira no longer felt the need to tell him.

His ability to notice her massive point balance,

His clarity of mind, unshaken by the school’s generous perks,

And his logical thinking, recognizing that there’s no such thing as a free lunch—

All of it made her realize:

If given time, he would likely figure out the truth on his own.

It seemed Hiratsuka had sent her a valuable student.

“Your question requires a very high point cost, so I cannot answer it,” Chabashira Sae said.

“Oh.”

“Don’t look so disappointed,” she continued.

“Let’s make a deal instead.

I can arrange for you to gain the ability to convert your points into cash in advance.”

Huh?

Hikigaya looked up at the female teacher.

Despite her usual carefree demeanor,

At this moment, her eyes… were shining.

But—

Hikigaya also had a strange feeling… like he was being targeted.

“And what exactly does Chabashira-sensei want me to do?”

Hikigaya’s private account on his student ID only had 100,000 points.

Within the school, 1 point = 1 yen in purchasing power.

However—

He suspected that next month, they wouldn’t receive nearly as many points.

After all—

Each class had 40 students,
And there were 4 classes per grade, meaning 160 students in total.

If each student received 100,000 points per month,
That would mean the school was spending 16 million points per month—just for first-years.

And that didn’t even include upperclassmen.

No matter how he looked at it, this was an enormous financial burden.

Would the school really keep giving out that much money every month?

Chabashira’s repeated refusals to answer his questions only reinforced his suspicion—

This school wouldn’t be that generous.

This school wasn’t a charity.

“As your homeroom teacher, I don’t know much about each of you personally,” Chabashira said.

“So I want you to investigate some of your classmates for me. Write up profiles on them and submit them.

For each student, I’ll pay you 200,000 points.”

“Don’t refuse.

You won’t find anyone else willing to pay you this much.”

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One profile = 200,000 points.

With 40 students in a class, that was 8 million points.

At the moment, each new student received 100,000 points just for enrolling.

It seemed like a generous offer.

However—

Chabashira’s words—”You won’t find anyone else willing to pay this much”—

Suggested that things would only get worse from here.

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After accepting Chabashira’s request, Hikigaya returned to the classroom.

After all, he was still just a student.

But the moment he walked back in—

He found that most of the students were gone.

Only two or three remained.

…Huh.

So that meant—

The students had already started forming their own cliques.

“Hikigaya-kun.”

A voice called out to him.

Turning around, he saw a boy with neatly styled greenish-blond hair sitting near the teacher’s podium.

“The others went to pick up their textbooks and already brought them back to the dorms.”

“Some students also went to the school store to check if they could use their student ID points for shopping.”

Oh.

That made sense.

After all—

While he was following Chabashira,

She had led him all the way up to the rooftop.

By the time he finally got back,

A full 30 minutes had passed.

That was more than enough time for everyone to get their books, distribute them, and leave.

And with free dorms and 100,000 yen’s worth of living expenses,

It was only natural that students would rush off to test if they could really use it.

However—

This was bad.

Because—

It meant the students had already started forming their own groups.

And he was the one left behind.

Meanwhile—

He still had Komachi’s request:

“Onii-chan, make some friends!”

And now—before he even got started—

The difficulty had already increased.

Hikigaya sighed.

“I kept your textbooks for you. It’s good that you came back in time.”

The green-haired boy, Hirata Yosuke, stood up.

“I already asked someone to bring my books to the dorms. Want me to help carry yours too?”

“Also, we made a class group chat. Mind if I add you?”

“I’ll send you an invite.”

“It’ll be useful for sharing announcements and helping each other out.”

“Ah, not that you need to worry or anything…”

“It’s just—during introductions, you got interrupted, right?”

“For some reason, I just felt like I couldn’t leave you alone.”

…Huh?

What… What kind of angel is this guy?

Hikigaya was stunned.

When he first entered the classroom—

It was this guy who had organized the introductions.

At the time, Hikigaya thought:

‘He must be a normie.’

‘He’s the kind of guy who thrives in social settings.’

‘No doubt, he’ll be super popular.’

But now—

It wasn’t just that he seemed nice.

He was actually—

A real-life male angel.

“Alright, let’s add each other as friends first.”

Hirata pulled out his phone.

But then—

His screen lit up.

It seemed like multiple classmates had messaged him at the same time.

“Ah, give me a second…” Hirata said apologetically.

Quickly, he started replying to his classmates’ messages.

Most of them were asking him—

-“What’s going on?”
-“What should we do?”

It was clear that many students relied on him.

He was extremely busy.

Hmm.

Seeing this, Hikigaya’s opinion of him shifted slightly.

Because—

He wasn’t just an angel.

He was also—

A motherly figure.