Multiverse: SSS-Rank Treasure Chest at the Beginning

Chapter 271 271: Stat Boosting Hiyori

"Kamuro-san, you seem to be laughing very happily. Catch."

Tenya threw Arisu towards Masumi, who was hiding in the corner, covering her mouth and snickering.

"Oh dear…!"

Masumi clumsily caught Arisu, and facing the latter's smile that seemed to contain daggers in her eyes, her expression couldn't help but stiffen.

"Hey! Stop messing around with women there. Let's quickly start today's class battle." Ryuen finally couldn't take it anymore and urged impatiently.

"For the first time, I feel like Ryuen's protest is correct."

"Damn it! Bastard! I'm so envious!!!"

The boys of Advanced Nurturing High School were all incredibly uncomfortable watching.

"Cough, cough."

"Next, I will announce the rules."

"The second arena: Knight Showdown."

"Every participating player will gain a riding skill. Classes A, B, C, and D will engage in a free-for-all." Yuki explained the details of the class battle.

Tenya, having nothing to do, started chatting with Hiyori, who was beside him.

"Shiina-san, the literary girl, riding a monster into battle, I really want to see that." Tenya teased her.

"A literary girl or something, that's too exaggerated. If Yoshida-san expects much from me, then I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. My athletic performance isn't very good." Hiyori spoke truthfully.

"It's fine, I can secretly boost your stats." Tenya whispered into her ear.

"Really? This is cheating." Hiyori's eyes widened.

"Shiina, you wouldn't want to be caught cheating, right?" Tenya revealed his true intentions.

Without further ado, Tenya adjusted Hiyori's personal attribute values through the game's administrator backend.

"Eh, this was added by Yoshida-san, wasn't it?" Hiyori said with a helpless expression.

"This is the power of love."

Tenya placed his hands on Hiyori's shoulders, gazing at her with sparkling eyes.

"Hmm. You're truly a troublesome fellow." Hiyori puffed out her cheeks.

"Hey. Yoshida, what did you do to Shiina from our class?" Mio ran over aggressively.

"Ibuki, you don't understand love." Tenya teased.

"Huh? What nonsense are you spouting?" Mio was confused.

"Idiot, don't cause trouble at a time like this." Ryuen immediately stopped her.

Although he hadn't heard the conversation between Tenya and Hiyori, at this crucial time before the match, it was highly likely to be beneficial to Hiyori.

"Ryuen, you actually understand quite a bit, don't you?" Tenya said in surprise.

He had originally thought the other party was an "ambitious" individual who would only focus on class rivalries, but he didn't expect his emotional intelligence to be quite high.

"Tsk! The feeling's mutual. A man like you, with the power to climb up, yet you waste it among women, what a waste." Ryuen said with a disdainful expression.

"Hehe. Everyone has their own ambitions. You climb yours, I'll find my fun." Tenya said indifferently.

...

Players from ABCD classes were ready.

"Players, prepare…"

"Start!"

Yuki gave the command.

Players from each class used their riding skills, sitting on various magical beasts. Some ran on the ground, some swam in the water, some flew in the sky, a land, sea, and air free-for-all.

"Wow! It looks like a lot of fun." In the stands, Yui shouted excitedly.

"As the organizers of the event, Tenya-kun and his team did a great job." Miko praised.

"Let's tentatively count it as his credit." Even Yukino, who was always stubborn, gave a positive evaluation.

"Huh? Isn't that Rikka?" Rukia pointed to Rikka, who was riding a flying dragon in the sky.

"Yes, I heard that someone from B Class invited Rikka to participate as external support." Megumi said concisely.

"To actually set their sights on Rikka, it seems that the people from B Class have quite an ambition." Yumiko said in a deep voice.

"What ambition? Class rivalry?" Yui expressed her confusion.

"Idiot, what class rivalry? That big pink-haired girl from B Class wants to use her connection with Rikka to secretly approach Tenya." Yumiko hit the nail on the head.

"Eh. I guess I'm also considered a big pink-haired girl, right?" Yui felt like she was caught in the crossfire.

"Go, go! Take them down!"

The live audience watched with great enjoyment, cheering and applauding.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Hiyori's white flying dragon struck down several players from the A, B, and D classes in one fell swoop.

"So powerful! Is Shiina from Class C really that formidable?" Everyone was greatly surprised.

"Sudo, take a team to surround Shiina." Suzune commanded the operation.

"Yes!" Ken was a sycophant, and he unconditionally obeyed the former's command.

And then, he was ambushed by Ryuen and struck down to the ground in one blow.

"Useless, he's indeed a simple-minded brute." Ryuen mocked.

"Damn it! This isn't fair! Shiina's attribute values are clearly too high compared to ours, this is cheating." Suzune said with a look of indignation.

"So what? The referee likes our Shiina. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not being charming enough." Ryuen laughed loudly.

"You!"

Suzune momentarily became speechless, then glared fiercely at Tenya in the referee's stand.

"Go, Suzune." Tenya smiled and waved.

"Tenya, is it really alright for you to be so biased?" Yuki asked.

"What's wrong with it? Appropriate favoritism can incite conflict in the harem. They will then try even harder to please and rely on me." Tenya answered truthfully.

"Uh… is that your true thought? So evil, so scummy." Yuki's lips twitched wildly.

"Yuki, listen up. Nice guys are the most useless trash in the world." Tenya cracked his knuckles and said earnestly.

"So, can you please move your hand first?" Yuki glared at him sideways, annoyed.

His hand, she noticed, had somehow wrapped around her waist. She really couldn't relax her guard even for a moment. This man seized every opportunity.

"No. Don't you think a brother-sister alliance is romantic?" Tenya still had his arm around her waist.

"But we are not siblings." Yuki retorted.

"In the game, our setting is biological siblings." Tenya forcibly explained.

"You're too casual!" Yuki looked helpless.

On the other side, the second exam on the field reached a fever pitch. More and more contestants began to be eliminated in droves.

Overall Score:

First: Class C

Second: Class A

Third: Class B

Fourth: Class D

"Damn it, am I being targeted? Why were so many eliminated at once?!" The D Class students were dispirited.

'As expected, they're useless.' Ayanokōji shook his head expressionlessly.

This was the true level of D Class. In the previous round, the reason D Class was able to take first place was purely due to the personal favoritism of the judge, Tenya.

"Great victory!"

"This time, it's all thanks to Shiina."

"She's amazing."

The winning Class C contestants attributed their success to Hiyori.

"She took down twelve people by herself, quite charming, Shiina." Ryuen smiled meaningfully.

"Sigh..." Hiyori sighed helplessly.

This was power that man had forced upon her, what could she do?

"Although it's a bit regrettable that we didn't get first place, our total scores are not far apart. There's still a chance to win the final third round." The A Class students remained calm.

"Our scores are not optimistic. Everyone has already done their best. However, I personally feel that the key to winning the third round lies with Ichinose." The B Class students remained united, pinning their hopes on Ichinose.

"This..."

"Alright, I'll give it a try."

Ichinose took a deep breath, seemingly having made some difficult decision.

"Back to square one. Completely at the bottom."

"Let's not compete anymore. Anyway, no matter how much we struggle, we're no match for the other three classes."

"Exactly, let's just enjoy the event."

When things went smoothly, they'd throw. When things went against them, they'd mess around. D Class habitually started to slack off.