Ichinose Honami: I Wish We'd Met Sooner

"Oh oh..."

In fact, Sudo has already made considerable progress.

You should know that when he was in school, even with the exact same archaeology questions, Sudo's grades were barely passing. It's quite an achievement that he can now score in the sixties.

In short, Sudo's excitement showed that the situation for this exam was very promising.

Meanwhile, Ryuen breathed a sigh of relief after finishing the exam.

Fortunately, Shuichi Kanda, though a bit of a shrew, still kept his promise.

Besides math, although the other subjects are also quite difficult, students in Class C with a score of 30 or higher are unlikely to drop out.

The exams continued as scheduled the next day, and the students in Class D finished the exams in high spirits.

Some are happy, some are sad...

The students in Class D were naturally very happy, the students in Class C were relieved, while the students in Class B felt it was nothing special.

The students in Class A, on the other hand, were frustrated, confused, and panicked.

As soon as the exam ended, Class A fell into a silent atmosphere.

"I'm sorry, Ichinose, I think I bombed the exam."

As soon as one person utters such a statement, more people fall into this cycle.

"It's okay, we've tried our best. Even if we lose, it's alright, everyone, don't take it too seriously."

Indeed, as soon as the exam ended, Class A had a premonition of defeat.

It wasn't just because the questions set by Sakayanagi were too difficult, but also because of their own problems.

For more than a month, the intense study schedule, including weekends, has taken a toll on the mental well-being of the students in Class A.

Simply put, it's like trying too hard, which prevented you from performing at your normal level during the exam.

Hopefully no one will fail the exam...

Ichinose prayed this in her heart.

Although she has over 20 million points, two students will be expelled if they fail this exam. She wonders if 20 million will be enough...

The day after the exams, Class D' s morning returned to its usual lively atmosphere.

Shuichi Kanda still liked Class D; the daily stand-up comedy performances made him very happy.

Shuichi Kanda also chatted briefly with the students around him, after all, he still has a wide circle of friends.

Soon, the preparatory bell rang, and Chabashira-sensei stepped into the classroom on time. Upon seeing Chabashira-sensei, the students immediately quieted down.

After more than a month of hard work, the exams finally ended a couple of days ago. Although they were all confident that they would do well, what if they didn't?

Besides, they're all just teenagers; wouldn't they still feel nervous or expectant when their grades are released?

The reason for this is that this exam can lead to expulsion from school!

However, there was not a single flaw in Chabashira-sensei's demeanor, so it was unclear whether they had done well or poorly on the test.

Of course, in the eyes of most students, Chabashira-sensei is a teacher who is indifferent to students and doesn't care if students drop out.

However, Shuichi Kanda didn't think so, because when Chabashira-sensei entered, she specifically glanced at Shuichi Kanda. At that moment, their eyes met, and Shuichi Kanda saw joy in her eyes. It seemed that everyone had done well on the exam.

"Judging from your expressions, you all seem quite eager to know your results." For once, Chabashira-sensei smiled.

Upon seeing that smile, many students in the class subconsciously swallowed.

She smiled like that when she failed the junior Midterm Exam Yamauchi exam.

Chabashira smiled, "Life and death are uncertain."

"Don't be so nervous. Your performance this time has really surprised me. Not only did no group drop out, but your total score also surpassed that of Class C by a large margin."

As he spoke, he pasted the report card he was holding onto the blackboard.

As before, the rankings were from lowest to highest, with Yamauchi Haruki at the very top, having not initially looked at the exam questions posted by Horikita.

However, even for him, Shuichi Kanda roughly calculated that his total score was around four hundred points.

Next was Kanji Ike...

Sudo, on the other hand, broke his own record once again, this time achieving a ranking of twelfth from the bottom based on his true strength.

Of course, the most eye-catching Shuichi Kanda, who is ranked next.

"All, all fully loaded?"

The students in the class were somewhat amazed, yet it seemed to be perfectly natural.

Because Shuichi Kanda's grades were also very good before, and he often got full marks.

Other students, such as Horikita, Hirata, Koenji, and Yukimura Wang Xiaomei, also had several perfect scores, and their average scores were all above 95.

"Since you have no questions, I have some good news for you."

Chabashira-sensei smiled as he looked at the students below.

"The results of this Paper Shuffle show that your average score not only surpasses that of Class C, but even Class A and Class B are not as good as yours."

That's obvious. If we can't beat them on half the test, then it means Class D hasn't improved at all and is just a bunch of useless trash.

"Huh? So, that means?"

Although they had suspected it beforehand, the students still couldn't quite believe it when the news actually came from Chabashira-sensei's mouth.

Then, Chabashira-sensei nodded again with great certainty and wrote down the details on the blackboard.

"That's right, this exam can be considered a complete victory for you; you did very well."

"Oh, oh, the teacher actually praised us frankly... and we really did beat Class C! Does that mean we get two hundred Class Points!?"

"Let me think, our Class Points currently has 461 points, and Class C has 478 points. If we get 200 Class Points from Class C..."

"We suddenly have 661 Class Points!"

"That's not what I meant. I meant..."

But before he could finish speaking, he was immediately interrupted.

"We'll be in Class C starting next month!"

"It's really true!"

The moment this conclusion was reached, the class erupted in excitement. After so much hard work, Class D had finally advanced to the next grade!

"Teacher, what were the results for Class A and Class B?"

Horikita Suzune wasn't concerned about Class D' s victory, as that was something she knew before the exam. She was more interested in the results of Class A and Class B; she wanted to know how much of a gap there was between Class D and their class.

"Class B defeated Class A by a large margin. Starting next month, not only will Class C and Class D switch places, but Class A and Class B will also switch places."

Horikita then immediately calculated the Class Points for the four classes in her notebook.

Class A (Ichinose): 819 points

Class B (Sakayanagi): 942 points

Class C (Ryuen): 278 points

Class D (Kanda): 661 points

Upon seeing this result, Horikita was immediately invigorated; compared to the highest-scoring Class Sakayanagi, the difference was less than three hundred points.

If there were another major exam, I might be able to get into Class A immediately.

Horikita Suzune was filled with excitement.

At this moment, she seemed to be thinking, "Although I didn't accomplish anything, I still appreciate the effort I put in."

Chapter 211 Ichinose Honami: I wish I had met you sooner

After the exam, Shuichi Kanda suddenly remembered something: he seemed to have said he was going to give Ichinose a gift.

Since their class did so poorly on the exam, let's send it over as a token of our appreciation. Besides, I heard that she's been taking on the role of Vice President of the Student Council, so this is also a way of showing our gratitude.

Class A, also known as Class Ichinose, failed to perform to their full potential because they overexerted themselves in the month leading up to the exam.

Although no one dropped out, they lost to Class B, led by Sakayanagi, losing 200 Class Points, which will cause them to fall back to Class B starting next month.

"It's okay. We were originally in Class B. Even if we've fallen behind, it doesn't mean we won't have a chance in the future. We've just returned to where we started."

For the past few days Ichinose has been comforting the disheartened students of Class A with these words and a gentle smile.

Then one day after school, when Ichinose returned to her dorm, she found a beautiful box in her mailbox.

A small note was also included with the box.

[Victory and defeat are common in war, try your best next time~ You've worked hard in the Student Council too, this is just a small gift~]

The signature is that of Shuichi Kanda.

Upon seeing this gift, Ichinose felt a sense of relief, as if her weary heart, which had been burdened by these past few days, was finally at ease.

Kanda- kun is being so polite! But what kind of gift could he be giving me?

The packaging looks very exquisite; it must have cost a lot of money, right? But it doesn't seem to have any shortage of money at all.

Hmm... I'll open it and take a look. I'm kind of looking forward to it.

With Ichinose cheerful smile, Ichinose eagerly unwrapped the gift from Shuichi Kanda.

But when she saw the delicate silver-white hair clip lying quietly in the gift box, Ichinose's smile froze instantly, and her mind went blank.

Then, the gift box slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

Unfortunately, this scene was witnessed by Shuichi Kanda had just arrived in the lobby on the first floor.

Holy crap?

Was the gift I gave really that bad?

That's over ten thousand, almost twenty thousand points!

Moreover, it's a popular style from the past year.

Even if you don't like it, you don't have to throw it on the ground, right?

Besides, didn't you pay much attention to this hair clip when you first saw it?

Even now, Shuichi Kanda still doesn't realize what happened, but judging from Ichinose's current state, Shuichi Kanda feels he should ask her.

Could this guy be like Kushida, a seemingly innocent but actually cunning person?

She appears kind and gentle to others, but secretly does things like throwing away people's gifts?

"Um, I was talking about Ichinose..."

As he approached, just as Shuichi Kanda was about to ask her why she had smashed her gift, he saw from the side that Ichinose was crying.

He had a blank expression, his pupils were unfocused, and he seemed to be possessed.

Upon hearing Shuichi Kanda's voice, Ichinose turned to look at Shuichi Kanda and then instinctively took two steps back.

Seeing this scene, even someone with low emotional intelligence would know that Ichinose's current state was not right.

"You, Ichinose? Are you... are you alright?"

This all seems to be the work of that hair clip, doesn't it? Could it be that she noticed Kamuro's hair clip not because she wanted it, but for some other reason?

Shuichi Kanda felt like he had done something really ridiculous.

As for Ichinose, when she saw the hair clip, she thought it was a warning from Shuichi Kanda, so she immediately took two steps back in fear when she saw Shuichi Kanda.

But then she saw a somewhat bewildered look on Shuichi Kanda's face and realized that wasn't the case.

"Sorry, Kanda- san, I'm fine."

After saying that, he immediately turned and ran towards the elevator.

You're kidding me!

How could this be considered normal?

Without even picking up the hair clip and gift box from the ground, Shuichi Kanda immediately chased after him.

They pried open the elevator door before it closed.