Just as Amane was planning to continue the game to pass the boring time, the broadcast announcements ringing out one after another made the smile on Amane's face slowly fade.
[The Chicken Group's exam has ended. Students in the Chicken Group do not need to participate in the exam anymore. Please act carefully and do not disturb other students.]
[The Pig Group's exam has ended. Students in the Pig Group do not need to participate in the exam anymore. Please act carefully and do not disturb other students.]
"Eh? Four groups finished in just one morning? This speed is too fast... Wait, after the snake group finished, there were only four groups left, right? So that means the exam is already over?"
Karuizawa turned to look at Amane, seemingly wanting to get an answer from her, but before Amane could answer, the school's notification rang out on the broadcast in advance.
[Since all groups participating in the exam have submitted their answers, this Special Exam is officially declared over. Students are free to move about. The exam results will be notified via email before 18:00 today. Please check your messages. Additionally, this cruise ship will return to the school on the 16th of this month. Before returning, everyone can enjoy this vacation to the fullest.]
The school's notification immediately made the class group chat explode like a pot. Amane just glanced at it and didn't pay too much attention.
Instead, the students playing in the outdoor pool outside the window were cheering and celebrating one by one.
Although some groups had finished the exam early, running out to play while members within the class were still being tortured by the Special Exam was somewhat inappropriate.
Therefore, even when playing in the outdoor pool, everyone was relatively quiet, lacking the lively, boisterous feeling from before.
Now that the school announced the end of the exam, many people rushed into the outdoor pool like wild horses off their leashes and started to revel.
Looking at the dazzling sun overhead and then at the pool, which was as crowded as a pot full of dumplings, Amane didn't really understand where the fun was for them.
"Yay! The exam is finally over. Two consecutive exams have exhausted me to death."
Karuizawa lay on the carpet and turned over gently, her face full of exhaustion.
Seeing Karuizawa like this, Amane found it a bit funny, so she squatted down beside her and gently poked Karuizawa's cheek with her finger.
"What are you tired from?"
"Of course I am! For example... um, that... ugh, I think I have amnesia. Why can't I remember what I've done?"
Karuizawa gently patted her head, thinking for a long time but unable to think of what she had done during these successive exams.
Amane shook her head helplessly.
Because the exam ended without you doing anything.
"As expected, it's Kei who is the idiot."
"I'm not an idiot! I just... my efforts weren't very obvious, but I was working hard too!"
Karuizawa flushed and loudly refuted Amane's statement. She knew her words were a bit far-fetched, but she didn't want to be called an idiot.
"Yes, yes, yes. You were working hard too, Kei."
"Waaah, Amane, you guy are really infuriating. What's that perfunctory tone? I'm telling the truth, you know."
"Mmhmm, then shall we continue playing the game?"
"Eh? Th-that... how about we rest for a while?"
"What? You actually want to play on the bed, Kei? Come, come, come."
"I! I didn't mean that! No, don't! This... this is so... so embarrassing! No! Kiss... kissed, ahhhh..."
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Evening.
At this time, the vast majority of people were nervously staring at their mobile email inboxes.
Although the notification said that the results of the favored person Special Exam would be notified via email before 6:00, the vast majority of people were simultaneously waiting in front of their phones in advance. Tonight would be a chance for the latter three classes to change their fate.
Unlike the vast majority of people.
Class B students appeared very relaxed. Except for the few people whose identities as the favored person were guessed, the others appeared quite relaxed, as if the result had long been determined.
"I really don't know what's so interesting about staring at their phones one by one."
The sound of a tray being heavily placed on the table caused dissatisfaction among many people, but the girl speaking clearly ignored the surrounding environment.
It was just dinner time, and many people were sitting at seats in the Buffet restaurant checking their phones, looking forward to being the first to know the results favorable to their class.
This also resulted in no one having the heart to enjoy the food, so a large number of people were all blocked here.
Usually, because everyone's schedule was not fixed, and the Buffet restaurant was built grandly enough, there was no feeling of crowding.
But today, once she entered the Buffet restaurant and saw that her usual seat was occupied, certain people's moods plummeted to the bottom, and they began to sarcastically mock the people around them loudly.
"Maybe they want to know their miserable results in advance later?"
The Class B boy at the neighboring table also intentionally spoke up loudly to answer.
"Eh? Are there really people like that?"
"idiot, of course there are. Some people who always fail exams care more about the announcement of exam results than honor students. Even though they know they will definitely fail, they still hold onto a glimmer of hope, like ridiculous thoughts such as 'What if I guessed that question right?' But in the end, when they see the failing grade, they still cry like a child, hahahaha."
"Really? There are actually people in the world who fail exams? I haven't seen anyone cry because of failing yet. I really want to see what it looks like, heehee."
"I really want to see it too. When the time comes, I'll use my phone to record those who cry because they lost the exam and post it on the school forum. It will definitely get a ton of likes, right?"
"What hateful guys!!!"
Ibuki was so angry at those snide remarks that she intended to get up on the spot and give them a good lesson, but she was pressed back down by Shiina.
"There's no need to argue with them, because soon they will be able to see themselves crying."
Shiina's smile was still so gentle, but Ibuki could hear the anger hidden beneath the gentle words. Shiina was angry.
Because when it came to failing students, Class C had, arguably, the most failing students.
Originally, Shiina also had some of those thoughts, not really understanding why anyone would fail an exam. But after she became familiar with people like Ishizaki and Ibuki, she discovered that failing was almost like a daily occurrence for them.
No matter how hard they tried, their grades never improved. She had seen Ishizaki scratching his head in anxiety trying to solve a quadratic equation, and she had also seen Ibuki staying up all night to memorize books.
Although they still failed in the end, no one could deny their efforts.
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