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"What is it?" Kisaragi Rin asked her.
Nakano Miku recoiled slightly and whispered, "Um... could you please not sleep in class?"
"Why?" Kisaragi Rin looked at Nakano Miku strangely; she didn't seem like the type of class representative who would worry about others' studies.
"Because every time I see you sleeping, I can't help but feel drowsy and fall asleep without realizing it. It's been like this for the past few days, and I haven't learned anything..."
Nakano Miku explained the reason, her gaze drifting awkwardly, hidden beneath her hair.
"The problem is, based on your entrance exam scores, even if you don't sleep, you probably won't learn anything in Soubu High's courses, right?"
Soubu High is renowned for its high admittance score standard.
Based on the data Kisaragi Rin saw in that student roster, The Nakano Quintuplets only had considerable room for improvement, with single-digit scores in all subjects.
With Nakano Miku's grades, it was naturally impossible for her to keep up with Soubu High teachers' teaching pace. Kisaragi Rin was also curious why they transferred to a school where almost only honor students attended.
Bluntly questioned by Kisaragi Rin, Nakano Miku stiffly returned to her seat.
Words are not a sharp knife; truth is.
She, Nakano Miku, really didn't understand anything!
She could have used the excuse of being influenced by a bad student and unable to study to delude herself, but Kisaragi Rin mercilessly exposed it.
Kato Megumi, observing the entire exchange, poked Kisaragi Rin, "Kisaragi-san, what you said was too harsh. Should you go comfort her?"
"If the truth is considered harsh, it further proves that she's not suited for Soubu High. After the next exam, the scores and rankings on the test paper will be much harsher than anything I said," Kisaragi explained to Kato Megumi.
Grades aren't everything, but the moment they're released, most people can't help but feel anxious and search for their names.
If that name appears in other places, it can be quickly alleviated by other means, but if it appears at the very end, for those who want to study, there's a sense of helplessness, like drowning in a crowd...
Not swayed by Kisaragi Rin's words, Kato Megumi quickly found the crux of the matter, touching her lips and calmly retorted, "That may be true, but Kisaragi Rin, you're changing the subject. The matter of grades, no matter what, is after the exam and hasn't happened yet. But you said harsh words, and that's a fact that has already happened."
"I feel like Megumi is getting smarter and smarter, but I still refuse."
"Eh, why?"
Because of Nakano Miku's interlude, Kisaragi didn't continue sleeping and quietly listened to the class for a while, but it was simply too easy.
Although an increase in intelligence doesn't necessarily mean becoming smarter, thinking ability, logical analysis ability, and memory ability are all growing.
Moreover, even without becoming a player, Kisaragi Rin's grades were originally not bad. After leaving Tokyo, he came to Chiba instead of Saitama or Osaka because Soubu High offered the most scholarships.
After the first class, Kisaragi Rin watched Nakano Miku leave. A moment later, Kisaragi Rin, who was conversing with Kato Megumi, felt a poke on his back again.
"Apologize to me."
"Nakano Miku" stood with her arms crossed, her face full of indignation, ordering Kisaragi Rin.
Kisaragi Rin glanced at her: pantyhose, headphones on her shoulder, a hairstyle covering her right eye, only her hair color was more cherry-pink.
"Nakano Nino?" After confirming her identity, Kisaragi Rin asked strangely.
Nakano Nino, disguised as Nakano Miku, panicked, and the courage she had just mustered dissipated somewhat.
"I'm not Nakano Nino; I'm your classmate, Nakano Miku."
Kisaragi Rin retorted, "Who explains their identity like that?"
"Are you sticking up for your sister?" Kisaragi Rin asked, looking at her.
Nakano Nino stubbornly said, "I told you I'm Nakano Miku. Look at my clothes and hairstyle; in every way, I look like Miku, right?"
As she spoke, she even spun around in front of Kisaragi Rin, displaying a look identical to Nakano Miku.
Nakano Nino, who had come because Nakano Miku was bullied, had forgotten her purpose; now she only wanted to know how Kisaragi Rin could tell them apart.
"Your hair clearly has a color difference, right? Nakano Miku's hair color is a bit brownish, and your hair color is cherry-pink..."
Kisaragi Rin calmly stated the difference, then saw a confused Kato Megumi and Nakano Nino.
"But the Nakano Quintuplets I see all have the same hair color; there's no color difference like you mentioned?"
Kato Megumi spoke up.
Nakano Nino was also confused, "Is there a color difference? We're the Nakano Quintuplets; how could our hair color be different?"
"Huh?" Kisaragi Rin was a little strange and began to communicate with Spider Mother. A moment later, Spider Mother sent back an answer: from her perspective, the Nakano Quintuplets' hair colors were all the same, with no color difference whatsoever—completely ordinary Nakano Quintuplets.
"Only I see the Nakano Quintuplets as different?" Kisaragi Rin began to ponder why this situation occurred.
According to the official setting of the original anime "The Quintessential Quintuplets," the Nakano Quintuplets' hair colors were originally the same; it was only for the convenience of the audience that they appeared different from the audience's perspective, while NPCs in the anime saw completely identical Nakano Quintuplets.
The first time Kisaragi Rin saw them, he thought they had dyed their hair or something. But based on the current situation, only he could see these differences, while in others' eyes, they were normal Nakano Quintuplets...
Kisaragi Rin was deep in thought, while Nakano Nino was in shock.
"He can actually tell us apart!"
Thinking this, Nakano Nino rushed out of the classroom in a panic, preparing to discuss this important matter with her other sisters.
"How did Kisaragi tell them apart?" Kato Megumi asked Kisaragi Rin curiously. If she remembered correctly, Nakano Miku had only transferred a few days ago, and Nakano Nino was in another class.
"Perhaps it's because Nakano Miku wouldn't be brave enough to ask me to apologize to her."
Kisaragi Rin didn't mention the color difference issue again; he felt there was something off about it.
"Why do you know Nakano Miku so well?" Kato Megumi's question mark appeared.
...
Nakano Nino went to the restroom at the end of the hallway and found the other four sisters inside.
"Well, Nino, with you taking action, that Kisaragi must have meekly apologized, right?"
The eldest sister, Nakano Ichika, with asymmetrical short hair and an earring in her right ear, asked Nino.
Nakano Miku, who had already swapped clothes and hair accessories with Nakano Nino, mumbled, "Actually, he's right. If it's too difficult, then let it be. We shouldn't have switched people to mess with him."
Nakano Nino took a deep breath and seriously told them, "He didn't apologize at all! But that's not important anymore... The problem now is that he actually recognized my identity!"
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