I feel like that's unfair interference from the teachers. It doesn't really test the information gathering or opportunism senses of the students if they're just announcing "HEY, THIS GUY HAS SOMETHING REALLY VALUABLE, COME TRY AND STEAL IT."
Hey, wait what?! I really wanna know what Lied had to go through, that looked really cool! From the montage alone I'd absolutely agree with him saying he's the main character today, what the fuck!!