Chaos in Class D

"Seventy-two instances of tardiness and absence combined. Two hundred and eighty-nine instances of private chatter or mobile phone usage during class. You managed to rack up all of this in just one month, and this is even with the benefit of knowing the rules more than half a month in advance."

"However, you are also lucky," Chabashira Sae smiled, though the smile carried no warmth.

"If it weren't for Horikita-san telling you the correct rules in advance, causing you to restrain yourselves during the latter half of the month..."

"You might have truly become the first Class D in history to have all your class points deducted in the very first month."

"You are truly lucky, you defective products."

As Chabashira Sae spoke, she deliberately clapped her hands. The force was significant, and the sound was clear to the entire classroom.

"But, it's no wonder. After all, that is how the class was divided in the first place."

"Class D was originally intended by the school to collect the majority of the defective products."

"The only thing you can be proud of is probably just your luck, isn't it?" Chabashira Sae glanced at the grade report in her hand, then looked at the students below, the heels of her shoes clicking against the floor.

"If we were to treat the last quiz as an official exam, seven of you would have..."

"You would be expelled!" Chie Hoshinomiya said seriously. "The school rules state that if you fail even one subject in the midterm or final exams, you must be expelled."

"But for our class... hehe, everyone's grades are very good! As long as you perform normally, there shouldn't be any problems at all," Chie Hoshinomiya said with a smile.

"However, based on the results of this midterm exam, you can earn up to 100 class points, so everyone, do your best."

"Strive to surpass Class A!"

After Chie Hoshinomiya finished speaking, she waved her hand to cheer everyone on before leaving with her lesson plans in her arms.

What is wrong with Hoshinomiya-sensei? Why is she smiling so frequently today, as if it were welded onto her face?

Just as An Xiao was thinking this, a pair of hands reached out from behind him, resting on his shoulders and shaking him violently.

"What do I do, what do I do, An Xiao, what do I do! I barely scraped by in my last math quiz, what am I going to do this time?"

"You... first... let go of me!" An Xiao, unable to handle the shaking, slapped the hands on his shoulders hard and said irritably, "It's your own fault for not studying properly and running off to play soccer every chance you get."

Soh Shibata laughed sheepishly: "Soccer is just more interesting, after all. Besides, the difficulty of the science subjects at this school is really a bit too high, and I'm not as good at math as you are."

"On that last math quiz, I only wrote down one answer for the final three big problems before handing it in."

Hearing Soh say this, An Xiao didn't know what to say.

The difficulty might, perhaps, probably be a bit high?

Having grown up in his home country going through the competition track and finishing high school math ahead of schedule, An Xiao thought with some uncertainty.

Although An Xiao felt the difficulty was fine, he actually found the Japanese language exam to be the difficult one.

After all, he had taught himself Japanese, and he hadn't even taken a proficiency test.

But judging by the behavior of those who had been crowding around Honami Ichinose to complain about the difficulty of the exam earlier, it could probably be seen that...

The difficulty might indeed be a bit high.

"An Xiao, you have to save me!" Soh Shibata said as he hugged him.

"Let go, let go, don't get so close!" An Xiao pushed hard several times, but sadly discovered that their strength was not on the same level; no matter how hard he pushed, he couldn't break free.

Watching the two of them making a scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Honami Ichinose's mouth, and she suggested, "How about we hold a study session!"

"That's it!" Soh, hearing Honami's words, suddenly realized, and clapped his hands together forcefully. "We can hold a study session!"

He then looked at An Xiao beside him again, his eyes bright and spirited, resembling a large Shiba Inu.

"Fine, fine, fine, I agree, I agree, okay? Can you stop looking at me with those eyes? I'm begging you." An Xiao felt a bit creeped out by that gaze, even getting goosebumps, and quickly agreed.

"Then I'll handle the grouping. I'll have to ask others if they want to participate first, and then make a unified distribution," Honami Ichinose said, clasping her hands together. "If there are too many people in one group, the results might not be very good."

"Please make sure to bundle me and An Xiao together; we are inseparable!"

"Get lost! Speak properly, will you!"

"Hee hee, you two really have a great relationship."

Back in Class D, Chabashira Sae had left after saying something similar to Chie Hoshinomiya, showing no intention of paying any attention to the students of Class D.

"The situation is really dire, wouldn't you say, Horikita-san?" Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who was sitting next to Suzune Horikita, suddenly spoke up.

"Hmph, it's just self-inflicted."

"By the way, are you and An Xiao-kun from Class B close? Back during the swimming class..."

"Why are you asking about this?" Suzune Horikita said, holding a compass, her tone cold.

"Well, everyone around is talking about things, and sitting still would seem a bit strange," Kiyotaka Ayanokoji said, his face expressionless as he raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. He continued, "Besides, when I saw him last time, I thought he was quite interesting, so I was wondering if I could make friends with him or something."

"Go talk to him yourself." After saying this, Suzune Horikita retracted her compass, ignored Ayanokoji, and began preparing the books for the next class.

"Understood," Ayanokoji said, turning back silently. But for some reason, something flickered in his otherwise dull eyes.

PS: The author's cousin is having a graduation banquet today, so I might not be able to update tonight. Just one chapter today, I am very sorry.

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