The moment Amane saw Sakayanagi Arisu, she knew what Sakayanagi Narimori was planning.
Hmph.
Trying to tie her down with just an Arisu, his calculations were a bit too good.
"Amane! I told you not to always pat my head. It'll stop me from growing taller."
Sakayanagi Arisu swatted away Amane's hand with a look of disdain.
"But Arisu, you're not tall to begin with, so patting you won't make a difference. Arisu's hair feels so nice and soft, completely different from mine..."
Amane touched her own hair, feeling a bit dejected.
Although it looked soft, her hair texture was rather tough, only slightly smooth, but not very much so.
Sakayanagi Arisu's hair, however, felt incredibly smooth, like touching silk, slippery, and it accidentally slid onto Arisu's face.
"Precisely because I'm not tall, you shouldn't mess with it."
Sakayanagi Arisu lightly tapped Amane's head with her cane.
Every time Amane saw her, she would hug her and mess her hair up.
Now, the students in Class A looked at her with a somewhat strange gaze.
And the root of all evil was Amane!!!
"By the way, Father, is there something urgent you called me for?"
Sakayanagi Arisu only then remembered that her father said he had something important for her to come to the office.
But after she arrived, her father strangely didn't say a word to her.
"It's nothing, I just haven't seen Arisu in a long time, and I wanted to see you. How have you been adjusting to life recently?"
Although Sakayanagi Narimori spoke of fairness, he still paid a lot of attention to Sakayanagi Arisu in private.
"It's alright, I quite like this place, it's just missing something…"
Sakayanagi Arisu's gaze turned towards Amane.
"Oh? Is there something incomplete with the school facilities?"
How should I put it, the saying "a father knows his daughter best" is not false at all.
With just a glance, Sakayanagi Narimori knew his daughter's thoughts.
"No, I just feel that there's a lack of confrontation between classes. If the school could strengthen the competitive aspect, I believe I could have a very pleasant time with Amane at this school."
Sakayanagi Arisu showed a knowing smile, as if Amane had already been defeated by her.
"Ah, even if the competitiveness is strengthened, your wish will probably fall through, because I'm not very interested in getting promoted to Class A."
Amane's words made Sakayanagi Arisu's expression turn grim.
"Isn't it something to be proud of, to lead the Class D, which is called the worst in history, and overcome all obstacles to become Class A?"
Sakayanagi Arisu thought this would ignite Amane's unyielding personality.
But unexpectedly, Amane just lay back in her chair and waved her hand.
"It sounds like a lot of trouble, why do we have to become Class A?"
"Then, then Class B is fine too! As long as you want to move up, you'll inevitably run into Class A. At that time, I'll crush you without mercy."
Sakayanagi Arisu looked at Amane with a serious expression.
Amane, however, still had that lazy look.
"I think Class D is pretty good."
"What's so good about Class D? This year's Class D is known as the worst class. Up until now, it hasn't even accumulated a single class point, which shows it's a place where defective products gather."
Sakayanagi expressed her disdain for Class D.
In fact, Sakayanagi wasn't wrong. Although several problematic students in the class were expelled, the remaining ones lost their fighting spirit and became listless.
If things continued this way, it would be impossible to rise to a higher class.
"As long as Class D has no points, you don't have to worry about gaining or losing points. Isn't living like that comfortable?"
Amane suddenly hugged Sakayanagi Arisu.
"Let go quickly! Father is still here."
"It's fine, it's normal for girls to play around. But it's also normal for Arisu to be thin-skinned and shy."
"I'm not shy, it's this Amane fellow…"
She was too embarrassed to say what Amane had just done to her, so she just punched Amane hard, then quickly got up and moved away from Amane's embrace.
"Since you want to wallow, I'll see how long you can wallow. If you don't get any points, you'll have to eat the wild vegetable set meal."
When school first started, Sakayanagi Arisu, out of curiosity, tried the wild vegetable set meal.
She only took one bite and knew why people said the purpose of the wild vegetable set meal was simply to keep people from starving.
"I have quite a lot of points. Even if I don't have points, if I come to Arisu for a free meal, would you really turn me away?"
Sakayanagi Arisu frowned.
Had Amane become so shameless now? If she had no points, she would go for a free meal.
She couldn't believe Amane would come up with such a method.
However, if Amane really came for a free meal, she truly couldn't just shut Amane out and let her starve.
Though she thought this internally, Sakayanagi wouldn't hold back with her words.
"Isn't that only natural? Nothing makes me feel better than seeing you starve."
…Watching the two bicker, Sakayanagi Narimori felt as if he had returned to many years ago.
He remembered Amane and Arisu arguing over the placement of a single chess piece.
What was completely different from now was that Amane back then was so aloof that one could barely detect any change in her emotions.
Only Sakayanagi Arisu was chattering and arguing.
However, even that scene made one feel very warm.
Now, looking at the very expressive Amane, Sakayanagi Narimori also unconsciously smiled.
People change, and thus possess infinite possibilities.
It was precisely because he firmly believed this that he had steadfastly remained in this position for over a decade.
His goal was to witness the growth of each student, who would eventually enter society and become valuable members of it.
To achieve this goal, Sakayanagi Narimori would actually deliberately interfere with class assignments to a certain extent in private.
Amane was assigned to Class D because of his intervention.
No one knew better than Sakayanagi Narimori what kind of students were gathered there.
He had originally hoped that Amane would understand the importance of teamwork.
But only a few months after school started, Sakayanagi Narimori discovered an extremely serious problem.
The standard of Class D was truly too dreadful.
Losing all one thousand class points in just one month was already astounding, and later, more than a dozen students failing and facing expulsion gave him a huge headache.
Although Amane also played a role in the class, due to a continuous string of negative events, no matter how hard Amane tried, she couldn't change the class's trajectory.
Gradually, the entire Class D became a scattered mess.
If this continued, Amane might really become decadent in Class D.
It seemed necessary to have Horikita Manabu lead the Student Council to organize some small activities to stimulate the enthusiasm of the entire first year.
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