After a long period of hard work, it was finally time to see the results.
Hoshinomiya, who had drunk a fair amount of wine after getting the class results beforehand, walked into the classroom with a stack of report cards and a cheerful smile.
All the students in Class A looked at Hoshinomiya with anticipation. Everyone was confident about this exam.
Many of the questions on the midterm exam paper had appeared in the practice questions from their study sessions.
Since no one had slacked off, everyone passing was a certainty.
Only Airi looked nervously at Hoshinomiya on the podium. Having no confidence in her own academic ability, her heart was filled with anxiety.
Noticing Airi's tension, Ren turned around with a smile and lightly tapped the girl's head: "Airi, believe in yourself!"
"Mhm mhm!" Encouraged by Ren, the anxiety in Airi's eyes turned into determination.
Airi, who had been studying diligently since transferring to Class A and was tutored by two excellent teachers, Honami and Hiyori, couldn't possibly be worse than the others.
"Everyone…" Hoshinomiya playfully drew out her sentence. When everyone grew impatient, she finally announced the results: "Everyone passed~"
First Year Class A: 1060 (960 + 100)
First Year Class B: 1000 (940 + 60)
First Year Class C: 420 (360 + 60)
First Year Class D: 20 (0 + 20)
Hoshinomiya wrote the point additions for all four first-year classes on the blackboard, signaling Class A's great success in this midterm exam.
Airi, realizing she hadn't dragged the class down, quickly felt her eyes well up. Her voice choked: "Ren…"
The atmosphere in Class A was truly wonderful, so wonderful that Airi's personality had changed profoundly, but the self-doubt hidden in the girl's heart was still immense.
She was afraid she would drag Class A down, afraid she was undeserving of the position, and afraid Ren would leave her because of it.
Airi was brought to Class A by Ren. In Airi's heart, her actions in Class A also represented Ren's reputation.
If she dragged Class A down, would everyone become dissatisfied with Ren and question his future decisions?
The moment Hoshinomiya announced the results, Airi felt more nervous than at any other time.
"Airi is super amazing." Ruffling Airi's head, Ren also affirmed the girl.
Shaking her head under Ren's broad hand, Airi smiled, a few glistening tears splashing from her eyes: "Mhm!"
Fortunately, you were the one who came to save me that day. Fortunately, I chose to follow you. Fortunately, my confession was not rejected.
"Eh, Airi, why are you crying? Did Ren-kun bully you?"
Honami, who was happy about the class points Class A had gained, immediately turned to share the joy with Ren, only to see Airi crying under Ren's hand. She was confused.
"N-no, Honami, I'm happy!" Airi quickly wiped away her tears and explained to Honami.
After hearing Airi's explanation, Honami looked suspiciously at Ren: "Is that so?"
"That's right, I was bullying Airi. Now it's your turn, Honami!" Meeting Honami's suspicious gaze, Ren reached out his other hand toward Honami's head.
Honami did not resist. Instead, she consciously moved her seat closer to Ren.
Enjoying Ren's head pats, Honami and Airi narrowed their eyes in happiness.
Stare...
Hoshinomiya on the podium watched the interaction between the three students below, feeling a little jealous. She wanted to join in too!!!
"Eh, Hoshinomiya-sensei, is that on your neck!!!" A female student noticed the oddity on Hoshinomiya's neck and curiously asked.
"Hoshinomiya-sensei, are you dating?"
"Who is it? Which teacher from the school is it!"
"Hoshinomiya-sensei, when are you going to introduce your boyfriend to us?"
Thanks to Hoshinomiya's cute image in the class, everyone started discussing these questions with her.
Touching the freshly grown hickey on her neck this morning, Hoshinomiya just smiled shyly at the students, without answering any questions.
First Year Class B,
After most of the Class B students left, Kōhei Katsuragi finally approached Arisu Sakayanagi: "Sakayanagi, why?"
Class B, the class with the highest academic ability among the four, should have scored at least 90 points or higher, not just 60 points.
But they only scored 60 points. The culprit was Arisu Sakayanagi, or rather, the aggressive faction led by Arisu Sakayanagi.
The aggressive faction in Class B received Arisu Sakayanagi's orders to deliberately keep their scores just slightly above the passing line in this midterm exam.
This resulted in Class B falling a large step behind Class A again.
"Katsuragi, Class B only needs one voice, and that is my voice." Arisu Sakayanagi leaned on her cane, completely indifferent to Class B's failure this time.
Class points? Irrelevant. All Arisu Sakayanagi needed to do now was ensure Kōhei Katsuragi complied.
Only by making Kōhei Katsuragi clearly realize that Class B had no right to climb up if they didn't follow her orders would he abandon his ridiculous defense faction.
"Sakayanagi, are you crazy? What benefit is there for Class B in doing this!" Kōhei Katsuragi was furious. He didn't understand why Arisu Sakayanagi would do this.
Is it necessary to go this far just for the sake of being the sole leader?
Everyone was striving to reach Class A, yet Arisu Sakayanagi was squandering the efforts of the entire Class B.
Kōhei Katsuragi still hadn't realized...
Arisu Sakayanagi was completely indifferent to whether her class was Class A or not.
First Year Class C,
"Ryūen Boss, our class points are the same as Class B!" Ishizaki happily reported to Kakeru Ryūen after seeing Mr. Sakagami write the midterm results on the blackboard.
"I see." Kakeru Ryūen also noticed Class B's class points.
This was wrong. Class B, the former Class A, shouldn't have gained so few points, especially since this midterm exam was crucial for them to catch up to Class A.
The success rate of climbing up is highest when the gap between the classes is smallest.
What is Class B doing? Have they given up?
Kakeru Ryūen quickly realized the biggest difference between Class B and Classes A and C. It seems… Class B is fracturing again.
As if remembering something, Ishizaki looked pitifully at Kakeru Ryūen with a drooping head: "Ryūen Boss…"
"Hmm?"
"Is there really no way to get out of that eighty percent of points Ren took?" Ishizaki's heart ached thinking about the eighty percent of points he had to hand over to Ren every month.
With a contract in place, they couldn't possibly resist.
Kakeru Ryūen knew what Ishizaki was thinking—he wanted him to figure out a way to retrieve that contract: "No way."
He knew the issue, but he couldn't solve it.
Even the 60 class points Class C gained this time were given by Ren...
First Year Class D,
Class D finally gained class points, and everyone passed.
This made Haruki Yamauchi and Kanji Ike cheer, even though they were still in class, giving Suzune Horikita a headache.
These guys are truly hopeless.
Is 20 class points something to be proud of? The gap with Class A has grown even wider.
20 million points to transfer classes?
Thinking of the conversation Ren had with her, Suzune Horikita felt that this path might be simpler than leading these people to Class A.
Student Council,
Manabu Horikita threw a stack of accusation letters onto Miyabi Nagumo's desk, adjusted his black-rimmed glasses, and spoke coldly.
"Nagumo, you seem to be in trouble."
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