CH 37

It seems that the work of clearing away the rubble is not quite finished yet, so the school is temporarily closed.

However, it is decided that the morning assembly would be held in the schoolyard every morning to communicate information.

Today, the first day of the meeting, the vice principal stood on the stage and immediately made an announcement.

“Yes! I’m going to hand out special tickets to everyone!”

You will receive a ticket with your name on the front cover!”

With that, something began to be handed out from the front of the line of students.

But it didn’t come to me, who was standing at the end of the line, out of the group.

The vice principal continued, holding up a sample of the ticket.

It was in the form of a booklet, with a bundle of bills with strips of paper inside.

“This is called a “Slave Ticket”, and it’s distributed in the pioneer academies!”

I’ve heard of “slave tickets” …….

In pioneering schools, currency is implemented as the pioneering progresses, and it seems to be a kind of paper money.

This is a kind of currency has a set face value, just like normal currency, but it is only an indication of value.

In terms of usage, “one paper is worth one time.”

To see what one ticket is worth …….

“To put it simply, this ticket is a ‘do-whatever-you-want’ ticket!”

For example, when you want something, instead of bartering, you give this ticket to the other person.”

And you must obey whatever they ask you to do with this ticket!”

Yes, when you give a ticket with your portrait on it, you give the other person the right to order you around one time.”

However, this ticket has no coercive power, so you can refuse to do what you are ordered.”

If you do so, what happens is that the value of the ticket decreases as a penalty.”

If you continue to refuse orders, you will eventually become like a piece of paper.”

As long as you do what you are ordered, the ticket will maintain its value.”

You can continue to use it as a substitute for currency.”

Of course, you can’t do anything that would violate the school rules, let alone the law!”

If you do, your ticket will be invalidated!”

It may be useful in some ways, but there would be a lot of psychological resistance to actually using it.”

Since you have to listen to whatever they want, even if it’s only once.”

In fact, even in other pioneer schools, tickets are rarely exchanged.”

After finishing the explanation, the vice principal looks at the ticket slip in his hand and is surprised.

“No! The ticket I was using for the explanation belonged to a student of the ‘Special Training Class’!

They were just like trash, so I borrowed them for the explanation!”

The vice principal throws the ticket at me with a whoosh.

My ticket flys over the heads of the students, who look up at me and laugh.

“Look! That ticket!”

“Wow, the value is zero! It’s just a piece of paper!”

“Of course it is! No one wants a ticket from that trash from Special Training Class!”

“It’s not even a piece of paper to wipe your ass with! Hahahahaha!”

I pick up the ticket that has fallen at my feet. The ticket, covered in dust, has a single “0” and a malicious portrait of me on it.

“Yes! You can use this ticket to make a deal with everyone starting today! Of course, you can also use it to show your gratitude!”

As if he remembered something, the vice principal snaps his fingers with an “oh” in between.

“There’s one more thing I’d like to inform you of! As soon as the tickets are released, a new evaluation system will be introduced!”

Behind the stage, a plate-like object covered with a purple cloth is brought in.

When the cloth gets removed, it is revealed to be a ranking board with the title “Asset Ranking”.

However, it only has a title, and the first, second, and third places are all blank.

This means that there are no classes ranked so far.

“This ‘asset ranking’ is a ranking of the total assets of each class!”

The tickets I just handed out are also assets, but they don’t count for you or your classmates!”

In other words, only tickets given by other classmates count as assets.

Otherwise, Class 1-11, with the highest valuation at the moment, would be the undisputed leader!”

“I’m going to make all sorts of deals with them and get tickets as fast as I can!”

The vice principal happily took the inventory from his pocket.

“As an incentive, the first class to gain assets and enter the ranks will receive the ‘First Ticket Prize’!

It’s a chance to increase your assets by another 10 million Yen!”

“Oh!” The students cheered.

“In addition, Monaka and Kotone, who were very active in the last disaster, have been given special golden plated tickets!

The first student to get this gold ticket will receive the ‘First Gold Ticket Award’!”

The students buzz at the vice principal’s words.

“Wow, a gold ticket!”

“That’s what they deserve!”

“I bet the value is huge!”

“Of course they are! I’m sure there are plenty of people who would pay anything if they could command those two!”

“But don’t those two make wishes come true without using tickets?”

“Yeah, if they use the tickets, it’ll be as a sign of gratitude!”

“Wow, I wonder what kind of person would get a ticket from those two?”

“In the past, it would have been Weiss-sama, but he’s not so hot anymore, so it would have to be the hero!”

“That’s enough chit chat for now!

That’s the end of the morning meeting, you’re dismissed! Everyone, let’s continue with the restoration work!”

The vice principal claps his hands, and as if that is the signal to start, two figures rush out from the line of students.

The figures come running towards me, their long hair puffed up by the wind.

Before I can even ask what was going on, the two girls hand me a ticket.

“Please, Leo-kun! Please take all of my tickets!”

“Please, Master! I want you to use everything I have for your benefit!”

Both of them, with flushed faces, speak up at once.

Then, with their tickets protruding, they simultaneously turned their faces down.

It is like a simultaneous confession, they are making the ultimate choice.

The students, who were about to be scattered, gather their voices as if they have become one again.

“E- Ehhhhhhh!?!?!?”