Ibuki Mio's Exclusive Karma, Fiery Monkey and Black House Supreme!

"Bang! Bang!"

Tennoji Kaede was banging hard on the equipment room door, panicking like crazy.

"Ibuki, can you tell me how this door managed to close and lock itself?" Kaede's face was covered in dark lines.

Ibuki stood in the corner, keeping a safe distance from him.

"Why are you asking me? How would I know... Could it be a ghost?"

Why am I asking you? Ibuki, don't you have any idea yourself?

['Cause': Ibuki Mio is alone with you for the first time. Beneath her calm exterior lies intense inner turmoil. After all, she can't beat you.]

['Effect': Charisma +5, Leg Development +5, Causality Lock Door +30]

Look at this, Causality Lock Door is already +40. I might even lock myself in at home in the future...

Tennoji Kaede felt like crying. Why was he getting this exclusive treatment meant for Ayanokoji Kiyotaka?

And Ibuki, we've known each other for so long, why are you still scared of me now?

Besides, your idea is so rude. He and Little Hiyori... they're in a Pure Love relationship!

Although Tennoji Kaede hasn't confessed to Angel Hiyori yet...

But, unconfessed = pure, confess = love!

Therefore, unconfessed = pure love!

Pure Kaede Inequality, solved! There's no problem with that.

Sigh, Tennoji Kaede stopped his futile, energy-wasting attempts to break down the door.

He took out his terminal and sent an SOS to the second-year upperclassmen of the Boxing Club.

Hope the seniors are still in the club...

"Hey, Tennoji!" Ibuki suddenly called out to him. Tennoji Kaede turned to look at her.

"What... it's not that hot inside, is it?" Tennoji Kaede had a feeling that a serious-looking Ibuki wouldn't say anything good, so he made a joke.

Ibuki paused for a moment, then said, "I'm asking you, the school's hidden rules, the past exam papers you got, and your monstrous strength..."

"Tennoji, you're so strong, why are you taking orders from that Ryuen guy? Don't you find it annoying?"

Ibuki Mio said seriously, "I can't agree with Ryuen's tyrannical methods."

Tennoji Kaede: "..."

What Ibuki didn't know was that if Tennoji Kaede hadn't been there, even if she had resisted Ryuen now, she would have been covered in injuries.

It wasn't until she understood Ryuen's 800 Million Point Strategy that she recognized Ryuen's position and tried to save him when he became apathetic after being defeated by Ayanokoji.

Ibuki Mio and Ryuen Kakeru's differing views on Class C at the moment, which one is superior?

Tennoji Kaede also found it difficult to judge.

But at least, after fully understanding the truth, Ibuki herself chose to reconcile with herself...

"Should I tell the truth or a lie?" Tennoji Kaede muttered, but the equipment room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"If you don't want to die, tell me the truth!"

Ibuki took a few steps closer, looking like she was about to kick him.

This is really not good. The classic anime trope that's bound to happen:

Block, fall down, guy on top of girl, upperclassman opens door, misunderstanding occurs...

Tennoji Kaede quickly raised both hands in surrender. "Wait, let's talk, not fight. I'll tell you the truth..."

"Actually, the reason is that our Class C's overall strength is too weak. That's all."

Ibuki Mio narrowed her eyes, seemingly weighing whether Tennoji Kaede was telling the truth.

However, Ibuki felt that her academic ability seemed to be dragging the class down... No, no, aren't others even worse than her?

And then there's Class D, which scored a whopping 1 point in the first month of school. Ibuki firmly believed that she was definitely not the worst among the first-year students, and Class C would at least be much stronger than Class D.

"You're definitely still not telling the truth, Tennoji!"

"I know you're anxious, Ibuki, but please calm down. Let me ask you a question. At the cafe gathering last time with the six of us, what did you think of those three opposite Class D?"

Ibuki was forcing him to reveal his own logic, just like Horikita forcing Lu Ge to talk about his past. It would be strange if she got a straight answer.

So Tennoji Kaede chose to answer a question with a question.

"Horikita and them? Oh right, what was the name of that brown-haired guy..."

Ibuki's attention was indeed diverted by the question. Kaede immediately replied, "His name is Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. About him, I can tell you an ultimate, earth-shattering secret."

"Ayanokoji? What secret could an ordinary person like him have? At the last gathering with Class D, I couldn't even be bothered to ask why he was allowed to attend."

"Listen carefully, Ibuki. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka is the deepest hidden, strongest person in Class D! Remember this, and don't tell anyone else that I told you~"

Ibuki Mio looked at Kaede with disbelief, but he had a solemn expression on his face.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

That poker-faced guy has this much strength besides looking decent?

Ibuki had heard that the current leader of Class D was Hirata Yousuke.

She had seen Hirata with her own eyes and even wondered how someone like him could be assigned to Class D.

Now Kaede was saying that Class D had someone even stronger than Hirata?

"...Whether you're telling the truth or not, I'll find out eventually!"

Tennoji Kaede smiled genuinely. Ayanokōji, you and Ibuki can go into the Black House together from now on. He won't be joining you!

"Hey! What are you two up to?" The door to the equipment room finally opened. The senior student looked perplexed. "I really don't know if I should have come, Tennoji-junior..."

"What are you saying, senior? Thank you for everything today, in every sense of the word!"

Mid-May was approaching, and the official first mid-term exams would begin next Friday week.

The school library had become quite lively this week.

First, there was Class C's Tyrant, Ryuen Kakeru, who had recently focused his attention entirely on Classes A and B.

Specifically, Class B!

Many Class B students had recently discovered people from Class C secretly tailing them, but there were no other particular actions.

Class B, on the other hand, was a regular at the library, holding study sessions almost every day with a considerable number of attendees, often exceeding half the class's total enrollment, truly a model class.

Tennoji Kaede, with Ibuki's help, had organized a few Class C student meetings, but only a few people ever showed up.

This was because after he obtained past exam papers, he had entrusted Kaneda Satoru to personally distribute them to everyone, pointing out that the questions for this year's mid-term exams were highly likely to be drawn from old papers.

The Class C students rejoiced, and no one questioned where the academically excellent Kintaro had found the papers.

Unlike Class D, Class C's academic ability was likely weaker, and Tennoji Kaede had no intention of playing tricks like distributing past papers only on the last day.

If they already had the answers, wouldn't it be better to memorize them earlier?

If students truly had the ability to study independently, life was long, and this small detail wouldn't matter...

Interestingly, not long after, Tennoji Kaede actually witnessed a classic scene from the original work – Horikita angrily scolding the three idiots in the library.

It had to be said that among the three idiots of Class D, Ike Kanji's personality was somewhat tolerable, just a bit sleazy.

In the future uninhabited island exam, Ike's performance in Class D was quite commendable, being evaluated by Ayanokoji as someone who "knew his place."

The other two were the real heavyweights. One was the Fiery Monkey, Sudo Ken, whose tragic family background had completely shaped him into a ruffian, unable to even solve a system of equations.

And the other, the supreme god-tier creation, Black House, judging from the major events that would unfold later, was truly a poet's poem.

In the library, the world line quietly shifted...