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Because the First Year exam papers were leaked, the exam questions were forced to be changed.
And this made the students who had initially prepared to memorize the exam questions suffer immensely.
After all.
Failing the exam means expulsion, which is terrifying, isn't it?
It's not just mental pressure, but also academic pressure.
"I should have studied more."
There was more than one student in Class C who had such a thought.
It's like Sudo regretted it before.
Even though Kanzaki from Class B came to teach them, they didn't study with complete seriousness.
And being expelled for failing the written exam or something like that, no way!
He is now a regular player on the school's Basketball team, and with the point subsidies from both his Class and the Basketball team, he's living quite comfortably.
Moreover, the seniors also said that this school is unique, tuition-free, and there's a possibility of being promoted to Class A.
Once he graduates from Class A, Sudo can also fulfill his Basketball dream.
His parents are good-for-nothing trash, and he doesn't want to give up.
So, he discovered his excellent physique and went to play Basketball.
His goal is to become a professional Basketball player.
Therefore, he absolutely doesn't want to stop here.
Of course, this is a relatively positive thought.
"Ah... no test papers..."
"I'm definitely going to fail." This was Yamauchi.
He probably felt that with only three days left, it would be difficult to cram, so he simply chose to give up.
The situation on the girls' side wasn't much better.
Aside from Horikita Suzune remaining silent, Kei Karuizawa's gyaru clique was also a bit flustered.
Because whether it was Kei Karuizawa, the gyaru leader, Sato, or Shinohara Satsuki, their grades were not good.
And while Matsushita Chiaki's academic ability was average, she was already considered excellent among them.
So, they were also very worried about the exam.
"Ex-exam--"
Among the people Hachiman knew, Sakura also looked troubled.
This couldn't be helped, could it?
The cram school only had less than 20 days, and in such a short time, the Class's students had very poor foundational knowledge in various subjects, so they were all reinforcing the basics.
They hadn't reached the point of being ready for the actual exam.
It could be said that, in Hachiman's eyes as a human observer, most of the students in the Class were very worried.
And this was also very despairing.
It fully illustrated the poor overall academic foundation of this Class.
Therefore, they had to successfully 'bump into' Class A before the next real written exam arrived.
However.
[Go to the railing by the lake during lunch break. Someone will be waiting there to hand over a package.]
Hachiman sent a message to Kei Karuizawa on his phone.
"..." Kei Karuizawa.
Kei Karuizawa was chatting with the girls.
However, she seemed to have set a special notification sound for Hikigaya's messages, so the incoming call alert was different.
As she checked the message from Hachiman, Kei Karuizawa's cute brows furrowed.
Because what kind of strange order was this?
"Did something happen?" Sato asked.
"Kei?"
"Ah... Mmm, nothing, where were we just now?" Kei Karuizawa then rejoined the conversation.
Because Hachiman's task looked strange, but it seemed to only require her to run an errand.
However.
"Kei, you're a member of the Student Council, so is it possible you could get some other information?" Matsushita asked.
Although Kei Karuizawa was a member of the Student Council, she was just a minor disciplinary committee member, rarely needed to appear, basically just holding a position and reporting once a week.
But to other students, she was a Student Council member, which was already very impressive.
And now.
Matsushita
actually wanted to ask if Kei Karuizawa could possibly get in touch with the Student Council and find out about the so-called 'Class B exam papers.'
You know, something like that... how could it be possible?
The exam papers weren't issued by the Student Council, so how could they have them?
...
But the exam papers really did go to the Student Council.
During lunch break.
Kei Karuizawa found an excuse to leave her friends and went to the railing for the handover.
She found Hachiman's order very strange, but she couldn't refuse.
He had given her this Student Council member status, which allowed her to act intimidatingly, and it was quite good.
Moreover, her position among the girls had stabilized.
It was just a pity that her academic ability wasn't good.
But Hikigaya said not to worry, that she would definitely pass.
However, now that the exam papers had been leaked, she actually wanted to study more.
After all.
Now there were only three days left, and her grades were so bad that Horikita found it appalling, but she was still making progress.
It just wasn't quite enough.
She needed to study a bit more to be safe.
Because, after finally coming to this school, she didn't want to leave.
Thus.
Because of the exam paper "leak," the students' reactions varied, but most were pessimistic.
But for the Student Council.
"Horikita Manabu has gone to the Chairman's office."
In the Student Council, Vice President Nagumo was on duty, and Vice President Kiriyama was also present.
Nagumo was from Class A, and Kiriyama was the Class representative for the current Class B, formerly Class A.
Actually, a large reason for Kiriyama's Class's failure was that they had a strong fighter in their Class, but he never participated in battles.
He said he preferred solo combat and found this kind of Class-wide competition meaningless.
So, that guy Kiryuuin was truly annoying, possessing power but not working hard for the Class.
But for Kiriyama, there was no way to change it now.
The Grade 2 was already Nagumo's possession.
He had no chance of being promoted to a higher Class.
So, even with his current position as Student Council Vice President, he could only compromise with Nagumo.
Kiriyama probably knew the reason the President arranged for him to join the Student Council was to oppose Nagumo.
But, President, he could no longer resist.
However.
"The leak of the First Year exam papers, the President can only handle such a matter with seriousness and caution." Kiriyama said.
"So, the First Year is really unlucky." Nagumo said.
"It was Hikigaya from Class C who reported it. The President originally invited him to join the Student Council. I thought he was quite different."
"Perhaps there's something I haven't seen."
"But looking at it now." Nagumo said, "He has no backup plan at all."
"Because the exam papers were leaked, new ones must be issued, and their Class has so many academic failures, they won't be able to cope at all."
"So, when they first discovered others buying old exam questions, they shouldn't have upheld fairness. Instead, they should have thought for the Class and bought some themselves."
Yes.
Nagumo himself was also a very academically excellent person, a top student.
He knew the arrogance of a top student who understood that exams were not exams, but rather the school allowing cheating.
However, he was also a flexible person.
So, from this perspective, was Hikigaya, whom Horikita Manabu valued, nothing special after all?
And quite clearly.
Because of the First Year's strange actions, and even reporting, it ultimately led to everyone having no old exam questions, and the seniors from other Grades were just watching the show.
But at this moment.
"Knock, knock--" The Student Council door was knocked.
"Come in." Nagumo said, placing the Student Council President Nagumo's nameplate back.
The only reason he placed this nameplate here was to make himself conspicuous and to make the School Juniors who came to the Student Council pay more attention to him.
He was the Student Council Vice President and controlled the Grade 2 students.
But to ultimately be elected the next Student Council President, he still needed more votes.
And every student had one vote.
So, if he could get votes from the First Year, his becoming Student Council President would be secure.
Click--
At this moment, Nagumo thought that whoever came to the Student Council would be some School Juniors, and indeed, they were School Juniors.
A total of four people came.
However.
It felt very strange.
Because these School Juniors were full of imposing presence.
They were like some kind of gang, proud and high-Class.
But the leader was a petite girl with silver-white hair, fair and translucent skin, and well-defined features, even excessively cute.
This was Sakayanagi Arisu, a maiden as if from another dimension.
Her body was not well, requiring the use of a cane.
Her moving speed was also not fast, but everyone else was waiting and following behind her, looking very cooperative.
And this super cute silver-haired girl.
"Sakayanagi of Class A." Nagumo said.
"So, what is your request for coming to the Student Council this time?"
Nagumo still knew a few First Years.
Among them was Ichinose from Class B.
And from Class A, there were Sakayanagi Arisu and Katsuragi.
Of course.
Nagumo didn't just judge people by how pretty they were.
He also looked at their level.
Sakayanagi Arisu was the representative of Class A.
She had been praised by Horikita Manabu before, but her application to join the Student Council with Katsuragi from the same Class was rejected by Horikita Manabu.
Actually, in Nagumo's opinion,
But for him, this was also a good thing.
Because Horikita Manabu rejected them, but wouldn't it be great if he himself took them in as a trade-off for their votes?
From this perspective, Nagumo was in a good mood.
"Is Horikita Manabu not here?"
But Sakayanagi Arisu ignored Vice President Nagumo.
"I specifically came to see President Horikita today."
"..." Nagumo.
"?"
What's going on?
This super cute girl gave Nagumo a Hikigaya vibe.
Don't they respect him, a Senior, and the Student Council Vice President?
He is the Student Council Vice President, you know.
He can handle many things that the President needs to handle.
So why do they always look for the President?
"Sakayanagi!"
At this moment, Horikita Manabu, wearing glasses, and Akane Tachibana appeared at the entrance of the Student Council.
"What do you mean by this?"
Horikita Manabu had returned from seeing the Chairman and was now in the hallway.
Then he saw Sakayanagi Arisu and her group.
"This kind of intimidating aura." Horikita Manabu said.
"Are you here to provoke?"
"That's truly an injustice." Sakayanagi Aris revealed a cute smile.
"Actually, I'm here to bring warmth to the Student Council."
"Oh?" Horikita Manabu pushed up his glasses.
"Our Class's students heard that the Student Council encountered a problem, so we specifically came to solve it." Sakayanagi Arisu said.
"This leak incident has had a terrible impact, and at this point in time, if new test papers are issued, a large number of First Year students will probably fail and be expelled."
"Because according to the information I've received, it seems that students from Class C and Class D knew about the old test papers very early, like the students in Class D, who haven't been studying for the past month."
"…" These words made Horikita Manabu silent.
Because it was indeed true.
If half of the First Year Class D or Class C students were eliminated in the first written exam.
Then the School would also be under great pressure.
At the same time.
If so many academically weaker students were eliminated, then the remaining students in the lower Class might improve.
Then there would be a chance to challenge the upper Class.
But the School was not very willing to let them climb up.
Among them, to balance the Class, the School also considered putting a few 'defective' students into the lower Class to lower their scores.
So, whether it's eliminating too many students, causing a bad reputation, or eliminating the 'defective' students, making the lower Class more aggressive, neither is a good approach.
The School also had a headache.
"So what solution have you brought?" Horikita Manabu said.
"If it's valuable, then I will look at it."
"It's this." Sakayanagi Arisu said.
And Hashimoto behind her handed over a folder.
Senior Akane took it and handed it to Horikita Manabu.
Horikita Manabu opened the folder, and what met his eyes was…
[Advanced Nurturing High School First Semester First Year Written Midterm Exam Paper]
"This is…"
"This is a paper I casually put together in my spare time, combining the usual lecture content of the four Class, with a suitable difficulty, a test paper that anyone who attended classes can pass."
Sakayanagi Arisu said. "And now this paper can be sold to you."
Selling, huh.
"Heh heh…" Nagumo, who had been ignored earlier, almost laughed out loud.
Because you can't just sell something just because you say so.
Wait a moment.
"Why do you have such a paper?" Nagumo said.
"Could it be… that it was prepared from the beginning?"
"Could it be…"
Nagumo showed a surprised expression.
"Could it be that Hikigaya's reporting was instructed by you?"
"Hikigaya and I are not very familiar." But Sakayanagi Arisu said.
"It's just that after he did that, I wanted to relieve the Student Council's worries."
No.
No one in the Student Council said that Hikigaya reported the Ryuen Class.
So, this is a confession without being prompted.
But Nagumo's brows furrowed.
Because his sixth sense had a bad feeling.
"As for the test paper…" Horikita Manabu carefully reviewed it and then nodded.
The difficulty was not high, and the content did not go beyond the syllabus.
It was indeed very suitable for explaining to the School.
At the same time, since it was created by a student, it was also very possible for students to leak it among themselves.
So, after going around in circles, they returned to the starting point.
Everyone wanted to end this exam gracefully.
"I can accept the test paper." Horikita Manabu said.
"And I will apply to the School to give you one million."
"Points are not important." But Sakayanagi Arisu said, "You can consider it a gift from us."
"Oh?"
"Then what do you want?"
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