Kiyomizu no longer had time to pay attention to Kushida's reaction because Manabu Horikita had finally sent the text message he had been waiting for.
Manabu Horikita: Call me immediately.
The short message was as crisp and direct as ever. Kiyomizu's eyes narrowed. He stood up without hesitation, left the classroom, and quickly walked to the relative privacy of the restroom.
After the call connected, Manabu's signature calm voice came through the receiver. "The school has approved your application. It's basically as I predicted."
"Four classes, eight surveillance devices, a lease term of three weeks, starting from this Monday and expiring completely at the end of this month," Manabu paused. "However, the school has attached four conditions."
"First, because there is no surveillance data from last week, the class points the four of you have already lost in the first week cannot be changed."
"Second, you can only lease the surveillance rights to the class where the cameras are located. You cannot lease them to other classes, and you must sell them within three days. If they are still in your hands after that, the school has the right to reclaim these rights. In return, the school's buy-back price is 400,000 points per device."
"Third, you need to pay a lease fee of 1,200,000 points."
"Fourth," Manabu's voice held a hint of amusement, "the chairman is very interested in you and wishes to speak with you personally. You should be able to accept these conditions, right?"
On his end of the line, a slight smile appeared on Kiyomizu's lips. "I can."
The price was much lower than he had expected. It seemed the president's judgment had been off. He had thought the school would directly approve a one-month lease, but in the end, they had only given him three weeks. But after some thought, Kiyomizu realized the school's reasoning made sense. If the surveillance covered a full month, the point difference between the four classes would likely be greatly reduced, which would make the competition meaningless. If the school really allowed students to completely eliminate infractions through surveillance, they might end up having to pay a high reward of 100,000 points to each of the 160 new students. This would clearly be an unbearable financial burden for the school. Just based on the point deductions from the first week, it was enough to determine which classes were A-rank and which had fallen to D-rank.
"In that case, Class D is probably still at the bottom!" Kiyomizu immediately realized. Thinking about it, in the first week of school, Class D had been late or absent dozens of times. But considering it was only the first week, the class points should still be more than half, not completely gone.
As for the second condition, the school's intention was clear: they wanted the students to earn points in moderation, not to treat other students as surveillance targets, and certainly not to affect others' normal studies. The subtext was: Watch your step, make good use of these three days of sales opportunities, and don't even think about monitoring other students, or the school will revoke your surveillance rights. However, with the school's buy-back price of 400,000 points per device, he would still make a profit no matter what. In fact, Kiyomizu had never intended to hold the surveillance rights for a long time. Making a quick profit was enough; there was no need to do anything extra. As for the 1.2 million point rental fee, it wasn't actually that much.
"The chairman is right next to me. He wants to talk to you now. Is it convenient for you?" the student council president's voice came through the receiver again.
Kiyomizu was taken aback. "Of course." Although he didn't know why the chairman wanted to see him, he was the head of the school; he had no right to refuse.
"Kiyomizu-kun, hello. I am the chairman of this school, Narimori Sakayanagi."
The voice on the other end was gentle and refined, with the characteristic warmth of an elder. Kiyomizu's eyebrow raised slightly. For the chairman of the school to introduce himself so humbly to a student was quite unexpected. Whether this kindness was genuine or not, at this moment, he had developed a slight fondness for the chairman he had never met.
"Hello, Chairman Sakayanagi. I am Kiyomizu Akira from First-Year Class D," he replied with appropriate courtesy, his voice neither servile nor overbearing.
"You've been enrolled for over a week now, Kiyomizu-kun. Are you adjusting to school life here?" Narimori Sakayanagi's tone was like that of an elder concerned about a junior.
A slight smile appeared on Kiyomizu's lips. He understood this kind of leadership-style pleasantry. "Thank you for your concern. The school environment is excellent, and I have fully adapted."
"Is that so? By the way, how has your health been recently? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
"I've always been in excellent health. To be honest, I've never even had a cold since I was a child."
"Oh?" the chairman let out a meaningful sigh. "It's rare for a young man to have such a good constitution. Speaking of which..." his tone suddenly changed, "...you have a habit of morning runs, don't you? I happened to see you running on the track from my office window a few days ago. If I'm not mistaken, you run at least ten kilometers each time, right?"
"Yes, it's one of the habits I developed since I was young."
Kiyomizu was taken aback. The chairman's office window did indeed overlook the entire track. But the question was, how did he recognize him? Being seen by chance was one thing, but to be recognized and remembered by the chairman at a glance meant that he had long been on his radar. He didn't think he was special enough to warrant such attention from the chairman of the school.
"Maintaining exercise is a good habit!" On the other end of the line, Narimori Sakayanagi's voice was suddenly filled with genuine emotion. "As a parent, the greatest wish is for one's child to grow up healthy and safe..."
Kiyomizu keenly caught the unconcealable melancholy in his tone. This was no mere pleasantry. The chairman seemed to have an unusual obsession with "health."
(Could it be... he himself is in poor health? Or could it be...)
He decided to probe. "Forgive my impertinence, Chairman Sakayanagi. I know a student named Arisu Sakayanagi. I wonder if she is..."
A faint intake of breath came from the other end of the line, followed by a bitter chuckle. "She is my daughter... a frail child since she was young."
Kiyomizu's eyes widened. My father, the Chairman? Wait, Arisu Sakayanagi had a father who was the chairman!
"Don't worry, Kiyomizu-kun," Narimori Sakayanagi's voice regained its composure. "I have always advocated for fair competition and will not interfere in class affairs due to personal relationships."
"Kiyomizu-kun, I had thought you were a student with poor academic performance. It seems I was greatly mistaken. I hope you can continue in this vein." With that, Narimori Sakayanagi ended the call.
Kiyomizu held his phone, a sense of dissonance washing over him. The other hadn't even asked about the surveillance. Instead, he had asked a lot of trivial daily questions. This overly concerned manner of inquiry strangely reminded him of a matchmaking session arranged by an elder.
"I must be overthinking it..." Kiyomizu shook his head and put his phone back in his pocket. After all, wasn't it normal for older people to be a bit long-winded?
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