Masumi Kamuro sat behind Sakayanagi Arisu.
"Arisu, you already knew, didn't you? There's a pattern to this routine exam."
"They're testing us on questions from ten years ago."
"Didn't we start holding study sessions half a month early? Doesn't that seem a little stupid?"
Kamuro complained.
She was referring to how, during last month's Behavioral Standards Exam, Arisu had organized study sessions for the members of her faction.
As a result, among the first-years, theirs had been running the longest. Yet now that everyone was taking shortcuts, the study sessions had become pointless.
"How foolish, Kamuro."
Arisu said, "Do you think the school will keep allowing opportunities for this kind of opportunism forever?"
"The study sessions broaden and reinforce our knowledge."
"And if the school uses old questions, that's fine. We've obtained the old questions as well."
"But what if the school doesn't use old questions?"
"Kamuro, do you want to fail?"
"If we build up our knowledge, the school can test us however many times it wants. But if we don't hold study sessions, then the moment the school deviates from the usual pattern even once, we're GG."
"Kamuro, you're quite useful to me. I don't want to lose you. Didn't you know that?" Arisu said.
"..."
Kamuro selectively ignored Yanagi's claim that she did not want to lose her.
Because if she really valued her, she would not make her hold two umbrellas by herself on rainy days.
And Yanagi's reasoning was utterly ridiculous.
She said sharing one umbrella between two people was boring or something.
So Kamuro had no choice but to carry two umbrellas alone whenever it rained.
But.
If Yanagi put it that way, then she still had to raise her grades.
Which meant that today, too, she had to study, study, study.
"..." Kamuro,