"Even if you take the lead for the moment, if you're satisfied with that, you'll be kicked down before long."
As she spoke, Chabashira deliberately cast a meaningful glance toward Bai Lan.
In fact, Chabashira had said this not only because she couldn't stand seeing the former Class D get too carried away and instinctively wanted to pour cold water on them before they became overconfident. She also hoped to use those words to secretly hint at something to Bai Lan.
If Bai Lan understood her hint, she could save the points it would take to disclose the information to a student.
As it turned out, Bai Lan did understand Chabashira's hint.
The bonus points from this exam showed that every class had gained over a hundred points. Ryuen's Class had gained the least, with 100 points, while Sakayanagi's Class had gained the most, with 185.
Thus, it was clear that as long as everyone passed, the bonus points from a regular exam would be roughly between 100 and 200.
Yet Chabashira had insisted that Ichinose's Class would overtake the former Class D after the final exam.
What did that mean?
It meant that, barring any surprises, there would be no special exam between the midterms and the final exam that could widen the gap between the former Class D and Ichinose's Class by more than 200 points and allow the former Class D to prevent Ichinose's Class from catching up in the final exam.
Or perhaps there simply wouldn't be any special exams before the final exam at all!
Which was it?
Actually, Bai Lan didn't need to guess. He had already known the answer before Chabashira sent him the hint.
He hadn't forgotten the information he had deduced last month after the club recruitment event by collecting the