She noticed the class group chat on her phone vibrate.
Nakano Yuu had sent a message.
And somehow, he had become an admin without her noticing, and had turned on @everyone.
[Tomorrow, after school, please have all students remain in the classroom. There are a few things I need to announce.]
The moment Kushida saw the message, she understood.
Damn it.
So Horikita Suzune and Nakano Yuu were going to make the whole class stay behind and then hand out the exam papers?
How could they do that!
Right.
Kushida suddenly realized something. Why had she assumed that Nakano Yuu and Horikita Suzune would only give the papers to the members of their own study group?
If it was the same exam, why not give it to the whole class?
After all, that would be more valuable. Making full use of their resources.
Though doing so would help the class avoid expulsion and might even earn them bonus evaluation points,
wouldn't that mean all the credit went to Nakano Yuu and Horikita? It had nothing to do with her, Kushida.
And then Kushida Kikyou would have to watch as the students in the class paid attention to Nakano Yuu and Horikita Suzune and grew to like them.
"..."
Kushida.
"..."
Kushida.
If Kushida had still been rational, still able to control herself, then maybe she could have handled it. But now, she was at her breaking point.
[Senpai, calm down.]
Her junior, Amasawa, noticed that Kushida was in an unstable state.
"I can't calm down anymore."
But Kushida's dark side had completely taken over.
"I don't like Horikita. I don't want to see her become popular."
[Then you need to get your hands on the exam papers. But you don't have the money.]
"..."
Kushida.
That was the truth.
But—