Seeing the two people before him give no response, Koenji wasn't angry.
He knew well the principle that one must be willing to give up small bait to get a big catch, so he made his offer.
"I can guarantee here that if either of you is willing to help me, when I become the head of the Koenji family in the future, I will definitely make you an honored guest."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you two. Think carefully."
Nagumo looked hesitant.
At this school, he had offended quite a few people, many of whom were children from wealthy families. While he himself was just an ordinary person; once he left this school, he would be nobody again.
Nagumo let out a long sigh and immediately made his decision. "I'm willing to give 20 million of my personal points to help Koenji-kun cancel his punishment."
Koenji showed a provocative smile toward Ryunosuke, as if saying: (Is that all you've got?)
"Hehe..." Ryunosuke laughed coldly. At the same time, he took out his terminal phone and called someone.
The three people in the room were confused.
At a time like this, who could he call that would be useful?
Before long the call connected, and they heard the voice of the most powerful and influential person at this school, the voice of the Board Chairman, Sakayanagi Narumori.
"What is it, Akasaka-kun...?"
The three people there immediately fell silent. Especially Nagumo, whose face twitched slightly. He didn't expect this kid to have a connection with the Board Chairman.
Nagumo looked at Koenji with a pitying gaze, as if saying, he too was powerless now.
There was no other choice.
Even though students might be very powerful people outside, within this school students would still be treated as ordinary students.
This was the dignity and foundation of this school.
As the most prestigious school in Japan and the center of the government's talent institution, its students were children of distinguished people.
Even if Koenji Rokusuke came from the Koenji Consortium, here he had to comply as a student. Even if a child from the Shinomiya Consortium—the heart of Japan—came here, they would still be just a student.
It was very clear that everyone was thinking of the worst-case scenario, including Koenji.
At this moment Koenji was truly shocked.
Was this kid's background that powerful? If he was really expelled... that old geezer father of his might really consider looking for a second child...
On the other end of the phone, Narumori waited for Ryunosuke's answer.
The other three also waited tensely. After all, if the Board Chairman had gotten involved, what was the point of bothering to save anyone? The referee was on the opposing side!
Facing their gazes filled with both hope and tension, Ryunosuke no longer delayed. He used the special benefit coupon belonging to Sakura Airi that he had obtained earlier on Narumori.
It was a coupon worth 20 million points that could be used either to expel someone or to save someone.
Seeing this, Nagumo, Manabu, and even Koenji breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in their chairs.
Fortunately, the referee wasn't on the opposing side. Thank goodness... the three of them thought simultaneously.
Ryunosuke glanced at them cynically. "If I had that much authority, why would I waste time playing with you all? I would have flipped this table from the start."
When they thought about it, those words made sense to them, so they returned to their normal attitudes.
The arrogant remained arrogant, those pretending to be cold remained cold.
Only Nagumo looked somewhat confused and had difficulty returning to his previous mental state... Clearly, his mental composure was far below the other two.
Ryunosuke didn't waste time. He used that special coupon to once again "expel" Koenji.
Koenji looked at him with a flat gaze.
"What's in it for you doing this? Expelling me won't give you anything."
Ryunosuke waved his hand nonchalantly. "Heeh~ don't talk like that. Just cooperating with you has already cost me 10 million of my personal points. If I don't get you expelled soon, how much more money will I have to spend in the future?"
He leaned forward and stared arrogantly.
Koenji was slightly stunned. He finally understood the reason the other party wanted to expel him. It turned out that because he had set the price too high, the opponent calculated the profit and loss and felt it wasn't worth it, so he wanted to "kick" him out...
However, Koenji remained calm.
Don't forget, there were still two people near him, one President and one Vice President who could become his "ATM machines." He didn't believe Ryunosuke's wallet could be thicker than both of them.
Koenji looked at Nagumo, his signal was clear: give out points again to save me.
Nagumo felt troubled. He had just spent 20 million points to save Koenji once. If he gave out another 20 million, his remaining points would only be less than 7 million, which wouldn't be enough to fight against Manabu later.
Seeing Nagumo's hesitation, Ryunosuke knew that person was almost out of money. This was a good opportunity to drain Nagumo's resources, so that Manabu's position would become secure.
Seeing Nagumo wavering while Manabu showed no signs of helping, Koenji gave another guarantee as well as a threat.
"Vice President Nagumo, you surely don't want to be chased by your enemies after graduation, do you? As I recall, you offended many people at this school, while you yourself come from an ordinary family. Are you... sure you don't want to help me?"
This was already in the category of a threat, but Nagumo had no choice. Originally he wanted to save these points to balance power with Manabu—because he knew Manabu also had one special ticket with the same function as Ryunosuke's.
Nagumo had saved almost 47 million points precisely to counter that.
Now... he had already spent 20 million. If he had to give out another 20 million for Koenji, he would only be left with a pitiful 7 million points. However, Nagumo finally gritted his teeth and gave out another 20 million to save Koenji.
Koenji smiled and looked back at Ryunosuke, as if asking: [Do you still have any other moves?]
Ryunosuke shrugged. In front of everyone, he took out his terminal phone and displayed the amount of personal points he had: 76,050,000 points.
He looked at Nagumo and Koenji with a threatening gaze, as if asking: [Can you two still hold out?]
Koenji immediately fell silent, while Nagumo was so shocked he stood up with an expression of disbelief. "Where did you get that many points?!!!"
"Hard work, of course." Ryunosuke answered very casually.
Nagumo trembled with anger. This time he had truly suffered a huge loss. He had already spent 40 million points but still failed to save anyone, and now all his points were gone so he could no longer compete with Manabu.
If Manabu now used his privilege to expel him, he would be truly powerless because he had no more points to redeem himself...
Nagumo collapsed onto the sofa with a desperate look. And this was what Ryunosuke wanted to see.
After Manabu graduated later, his points would become Ryunosuke's, so he didn't let him waste points carelessly. Since the potential use of Manabu's points was only to fight against Nagumo, he decided to eliminate that threat first.
On the other side, Manabu was well aware that Ryunosuke was doing this to protect him. By draining Nagumo's points, his position became secure.
Manabu noted this favor in his heart and promised to repay it someday.
If he couldn't repay it in the usual way, he would use his sister to repay it... Talent this exceptional must not fall into someone else's hands. Besides, his sister was quite pretty; if circumstances pressed, he would match the two of them. After all, facing such an excellent and frightening junior as an enemy was something he didn't dare imagine.