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★★★
This was a strange sight.
Or rather, perhaps he wouldn't have the chance to get a perfect score in all subjects in the future.
He wasn't a genius, but he occasionally wanted to experience what it felt like to be one.
Actually, Hikigaya wasn't the only one with this thought.
"You guys..."
"You really surprised me." Chabashira-sensei said.
Because among the five subjects displayed, looking solely at mathematics.
There were 24 perfect scores out of 40 students in the Class.
Not just mathematics, but many other subjects also had perfect scores of 100.
And even if there wasn't a perfect score, it was in the nineties.
No one was below 60 points.
This was very surprising.
Of course, the same results were displayed in the other two Classes.
After all, they had the test papers, so if they still scored poorly, it would be unacceptable, and they would even be considered idiots.
"And, congratulations on receiving the full reward of 100 Class evaluation points in this special exam." Chabashira Sae said.
Then she wrote the changes in the exam scores on the blackboard.
Class A 1088 point (Sakayanagi Class) — 988+100
Class B 851 point (Ichinose Class) — 751+100.
Class C 550 point (Horikita Class) — 450+100
Class D 0 point (Ryuen Class) — 0+0.
"You have maintained Class C's position. I hope you can also achieve good results in next month's special exam."
Chabashira-sensei said.
"And if there are no objections, then the Class meeting is adjourned."
"No."
All students passed the assessment, which was the most reassuring part.
If they weren't still in the classroom, they would have wanted to celebrate properly.
Only.
"Any thoughts?"
As his seatmate, Horikita Suzune noticed Hikigaya's state.
Although he had successfully passed this exam, Hikigaya was deep in thought.
"Nothing." Hachiman said.
Although the exam had successfully concluded.
No student scored below 60 point on the overall paper.
However.
Ike Kanji had two subjects around 60 point.
Sudo had one subject around 60 point.
Yamauchi Haruki had three subjects around 60 point.
"..."
In other words, even with the exam papers, you couldn't score 100 point?
Chabashira-sensei seemed ready to end the Class meeting, giving them time and space.
Hachiman also started checking his phone.
Because he received a message.
[Call Horikita and come to the Rooftop.] by Chabashira Sae.
"..." Hachiman.
Is it that real?
Chabashira Teacher.
She seemed quite relaxed during the Class meeting, but was she actually that anxious inside?
Hachiman probably knew the reason.
Because Class C's Class evaluation point now was 550 point, while Class B was only 851 point.
So, with a bit more effort, it was possible to surpass them.
Therefore, Chabashira-sensei was probably trying to motivate them to strike while the iron was hot.
...
The school building's top Floor, Rooftop.
Just by opening the door, one could feel the cool wind blowing.
This was where Hachiman and Sakayanagi first met.
Of course, it was also where he sometimes met Chabashira-sensei.
"This time, you did well."
Standing inside the protective netting, Chabashira-sensei turned her back to Hachiman and Horikita, a cigarette held between her fingers, bringing it to her lips and lighting it.
Hachiman and Horikita had arrived as agreed.
There weren't many places in this school without cameras, and the Rooftop was one of the few.
Of course, the frequency of people coming to such a place was also very low, so it was suitable for saying things that couldn't be overheard by others.
So, could one vent emotions here too?
But being witnessed would still be terrifying, wouldn't it? Because this was the Rooftop, students from Grade 1's four Classes or other Teachers might also come here.
From this perspective, Kushida, the channel for venting emotions you desire is truly difficult.
Unless you find other ways to vent, there's no solution.
So.
Even though he was called over by Chabashira-sensei, Hikigaya was thinking about completely unrelated things.
...
And on the Floor here.
Grade 1 Class A, a completely un-high-school-like bald strong man in a school uniform, and a petite silver-haired girl leaning on a cane stood in front of the blackboard.
On the blackboard, the point changes of each Class were also displayed.
Although the Teacher had already written the scores on the blackboard during the Class meeting.
Sakayanagi Arisu gazed at the displayed scores.
Class A 1088 point
Class B 851 point
Class C 550 point
Class D 0 point
"Katsuragi."
Sakayanagi suddenly asked, "What do you think of the current situation?"
"The current situation?"
Katsuragi said steadily.
"Currently, our Class has 1088 point, Class B has 851 point, and Class C has 550 point."
"From the point, Class B is climbing up."
"The distance from us has not been completely widened."
"Needs attention."
"As for Class C, their previous point was 450 point, but now it's 550 point, indicating they received the highest reward in this written exam."
"But from what we've gathered, their Class is mostly full of academic failures."
Katsuragi said. "So. I think something might have happened."
And then Katsuragi stopped after saying that?
Is that so.
Katsuragi suspected that Sakayanagi had also leaked the exam papers to Class C.
And that kind of thing... of course, it was true.
Even Hikigaya from Class C had even given the papers to Class B.
That's why Class A, Class B, and Class C all managed to receive the highest tier of 100 point Class evaluation point as a reward.
"Why don't you talk about Class D?" Sakayanagi's expression remained unchanged.
Rather, if Katsuragi was only now suspecting her of being a spy for Class C, then she was too naive.
Because from the very beginning, she had revealed the true nature of this school to Hikigaya from Class C.
This was also... something that made Sakayanagi feel a bit depressed.
Only.
As a representative, thick skin might be necessary.
Sakayanagi was cute, but she had a thick skin.
"Class D, huh, easily defeated."
Katsuragi looked at the blackboard expressionlessly and said in a deep voice,
"I believe that in the upcoming exams, Class B is still the one to watch, while Class C..."
"Although it was a fluke, it's almost impossible for them to climb up."
Is that so.
Sakayanagi closed her eyes.
Yesterday, Kamuro had already reported the situation.
Next month, the usual special exam, the Uninhabited Island Exam, would also take place.
Although the specific assessment content could not be disclosed, the seniors could reveal that in the previous year and the year before that, the point for the Uninhabited Island Exam were greater than those of regular exams.
And a large point value could be an opportunity, or it could be a setback.
Seizing the opportunity could quickly narrow the gap, but it could also cause the upper Class to lose a large amount of point.
And now.
Katsuragi, you've taken the least threatening Class B as the opponent to guard against.
Then in the upcoming Uninhabited Island Exam, Katsuragi, you might suffer a great loss.
Sakayanagi Arisu thought to herself.
Because in this exam, the most outstanding and aggressive Class was not Class B.
Rather.
Class B receiving the 100 point Class evaluation point reward this time actually made Sakayanagi Arisu look down on them.
Because.
Class B's academic ability was not bad.
They could also get an 80 point Class evaluation point reward in a regular exam.
Yet Class B needed the exam papers to secure a 100 point reward or something; it was truly meaningless.
So Sakayanagi Arisu did not value Class B.
Instead, Class D was dangerous.
Because this time, Ryuen Class did not accept her deal, did not give votes for the Student Council president, and even refused to spend 3 million point to buy the exam papers.
However.
Look closely at this point.
Class D 0 point.
Although they did not gain point from this exam, no one in Class D was expelled either.
This indicated.
This Class might have used a point control method, where everyone scored low to ensure everyone passed the passing line.
But the controlled point were too low, so they didn't receive a reward.
Only.
The most dangerous Class, Sakayanagi Arisu still believed, was Class C, where Hikigaya was.
Then she gripped her cane, preparing to leave.
"..." Katsuragi.
Katsuragi watched Sakayanagi Arisu's retreating figure.
"Ultimately, Class B was able to receive a 100 point Class evaluation point reward because many students scored full marks."
At this moment, a tall, thin boy with light green short hair came to Katsuragi.
This was Totsuka Yahiko, Katsuragi's follower.
And he had gone to squat in Class B's classroom after the Class meeting ended.
Then, he took out his phone.
Katsuragi looked over.
What he saw were the scores for the five subjects from Class B.
More than 30 students scored full marks in any given subject, and even those who didn't score full marks were in the 90s.
Everyone's scores were above 90.
This meant that Yahiko had secretly taken photos of Class B's Class meeting.
"If they had done it themselves, they certainly couldn't have done it so perfectly." Totsuka Yahiko said.
Their Class had received the test papers from Sakayanagi and had memorized them.
However, not everyone scored full marks.
This was also a miscalculation on their part, because the papers were given to them by Sakayanagi, and they were worried if Sakayanagi was trying to do something, so the Katsuragi Faction students didn't completely memorize them, but also reviewed the knowledge they had learned.
So, it was only during the first and second subjects of the assessment that they realized... the papers Sakayanagi gave were indeed the actual test papers.
Then, after lunch break, they started memorizing frantically.
Although, because of this, most people scored full marks in the latter three subjects, they suffered losses in the first two subjects, only getting scores between 80-95.
Then, when the test results were announced today, the Sakayanagi Faction's gaze pierced them painfully.
So, Totsuka Yahiko thought about what he could do to compensate and went to Class B to take secret photos.
So, now he suspects Sakayanagi leaked the questions to Class B, their competitor?
"These are the papers she created, so she can use them however she wants." Katsuragi said.
"Moreover, Sakayanagi seems to be planning to run for Student Council president next year."
"Student Council president!"
"Is that even possible?" Totsuka was greatly surprised.
"Because if you think about it carefully." Katsuragi said calmly.
"From the results of this exam, our Class, Class B, and Class C all received the highest tier of 100 Class evaluation points as a reward."
"This looks a bit strange, as if both Class B and Class C received the test papers."
"And only Sakayanagi has the test papers." Katsuragi said.
"So, Sakayanagi wants to become Student Council president and then directly use the test papers to garner votes!" Totsuka Yahiko quickly said.
"Then, when Sakayanagi truly runs, she can take most of the First Year votes! How can we accept something like this!"
Thinking this way, it all made sense.
Why no First Year students were expelled in this exam.
Instead, Classes A, B, and C all received a 100-point bonus.
They must have known the test papers.
Clearly, some agreement was reached in private.
"Don't think that way." Katsuragi said, shaking his head.
"If Sakayanagi can really become Student Council president, I will vote for her."
"Because she is a Class A student, if our Class can produce a Student Council member, or even the president, then Class A's position will be incredibly secure." Katsuragi said.
"Uh..." Totsuka said. "But, even if Sakayanagi becomes Student Council president, will she still work for our Class?"
"That's also one of my concerns." Katsuragi said.
"Sakayanagi is too aggressive."
"Moreover, she doesn't seem to have that much interest in Class competition."
"Otherwise, she wouldn't have so easily given us the test papers this time." Katsuragi said.
"If she had kept the papers, our scores would definitely not have been as good as theirs, and she could have even used it to suppress us."
"But she didn't." Katsuragi said.
"This... I don't quite understand, but... I still support Katsuragi!" Yahiko quickly pledged his loyalty.
"I think only Katsuragi's steady approach can lead us! Sakayanagi is simply not good enough!"
...
Meanwhile, in Class D of Grade 1.
The Class meeting was still ongoing.
"First, these are the results of this exam."
"Our Class safely passed."
The Teacher pasted the scores for the five subjects from this exam.
Each student's score was roughly the same.
Around 8-10 points.
The passing score was 4.5 points.
Everyone safely passed.
However, because the average score was too low, they could not receive a reward in this exam.
"But Ryuen." Teacher Sakagami Kazuma, the Teacher of Class D, looked over.
"This plan is not allowed next time."
Ryuen Class's exam strategy this time was the score-controlling operation.
The failing score line was calculated as half of the Class's average score.
It had nothing to do with other Classes.
So, Ryuen came up with this plan that could safely pass.
However.
Clearly, the school approved their plan, but it was not allowed to continue.
Otherwise, if they controlled scores and got low scores every time, would the school still have any dignity?
"I will adopt other plans." Ryuen said in response.
This was truly reassuring.
Because even though there would be more written exams in the future, and most of everyone's grades were terrible, Ryuen chose to bear it alone and figure out a solution later.
This slightly reassured many people who were dissatisfied with Ryuen.
Because Ryuen wasn't forcing them to study.
Studying was too annoying.
However.
"I heard." Ryuen said. "Someone saw you talking to Hikigaya Hachiman from Class C, Shiina."
Saying this, Ryuen looked in one direction.
A silver-haired girl sat there.
"Hikigaya?"
But when her name was called, the silver-haired, literary girl stood up, revealing a confused expression.
She seemed to have never heard of that name.
"Who is that?" Shiina said.
"..." Ryuen. "Never mind."
Then Ryuen glanced at the short-haired girl who had told him.
This information was reported by Manabe Shiho and Rika.
As it turned out, wasn't this completely wrong?
On the contrary, if Shiina and Hikigaya knew each other, then he could arrange for Shiina to probe him.
Because.
Ryuen was already prepared for the next exam, for their Class to reclaim its rightful place.
...
"This is Shiina Hiyori from Class D of Grade 1."
As for Hachiman, Horikita Suzune, that flexible roster-memorizing tool, identified the person in the photo Hachiman had taken.
"Sometimes I see her when I go to the Library."
"But she doesn't seem to have many friends." Horikita Suzune said.
"However, in terms of academic ability, she should be good."
"I've seen her do homework, and she does it very quickly."
Is that so.
You, who have no friends, say that someone else has no friends.
Also, Horikita, why are all your points of focus on studying and academic ability?
Is it because he scored full marks in all five subjects today, becoming a fake top student, that you're so displeased?
...
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