Class C Begins to Act

Although many unknown events occurred yesterday, they ultimately had no impact on Kitahara whatsoever.

At this moment in Class B, a lady who had spent the entire night drinking after learning that Kitahara had come here—and still couldn't figure out the reason—was lazily draped over the lectern, saying to the students below:

"Students of Class B, first year, let's have a serious lesson today."

"It stinks, Hoshinomiya-sensei, you smell like alcohol," Shiranami said to her from the front row.

"I accidentally drank too much yesterday," Hoshinomiya-sensei could only reply weakly in the face of the student's question.

Hoshinomiya-sensei, who had been slumped over, suddenly thought of something. She stood up abruptly and pointed to the blackboard behind her, which displayed the class points:

"I will now announce the scores for each class this month..." Before she could finish, Hoshinomiya felt as if some foreign object were about to come up from her throat.

Fortunately, she persisted and said, "Everyone's private points will be deposited tomorrow."

Looking at the class points, which were very close to Class A, the students of Class B all chimed in:

"Our class points have increased. At this rate, we might even have a chance to challenge Class A."

"Yeah, yeah..."

"This is all thanks to the results of this exam."

"That's right, we held a study session, and everyone's grades improved."

For a moment, everyone turned their gaze toward the most important contributor: Ichinose.

"How could that be? This is everyone's achievement," Ichinose replied with extreme humility as she felt the surrounding gazes.

Before Ichinose could react, a girl with white hair ran over and threw herself into Ichinose's arms, saying:

"I love Ichinose the most..."

Feeling the excited girl in her arms, Ichinose could only say softly:

"Chihiro... that's enough... wait."

"I won't wait. It's so great that I'm in Class B. It's such a blessing to be in the same class as Ichinose."

Watching the harmonious Class B, Ichinose thought happily to herself.

[I also think it's great to be in Class B. Although our homeroom teacher is a weirdo, the classmates are all very nice.]

[That's why I want to advance to Class A together with everyone.]

(If Kitahara knew what Ichinose was thinking, while he wouldn't necessarily dismiss her, he certainly wouldn't hold out much hope.)

(After all, in the original story, the personality of Class B makes it very difficult to survive in this school. Furthermore, now that they have even more class points than in the original, they will likely only believe that they can achieve their goals by simply doing their own part.)

(But this is a school where ability is everything. Just because you don't look for trouble doesn't mean trouble won't come looking for you.)

(According to the original story, if Class B is to truly awaken, it probably won't happen until the Sports Festival. But their current points are far higher than they were in the original timeline.)

Kitahara had already pondered this issue: he would make Class B completely fail during the upcoming Uninhabited Island exam to force them to wake up early.

So, don't blame me when that time comes.

However, one question had been bothering Kitahara for a long time: why was the discrepancy in Class B's points for the first month so large compared to the original story?

If Kitahara could find the culprit, he would definitely want to kill them; otherwise, he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of thinking about Class B's future.

At this moment, Kitahara was yawning incessantly while waiting for the elevator. Feeling extremely exhausted, he muttered with some confusion:

"I went to sleep so early yesterday, why am I still so tired... Could it be because I didn't go 'looting' yesterday..."

Kitahara continued to yawn, failing to notice that the elevator in front of him had opened its Space Gate.

The voice arrived before the person could be seen; a familiar tone drifted over:

"Are you going to get in the elevator or not?"

"My apologies." Kitahara said to Horikita before quickly stepping inside.

"Good morning, Kitahara-kun," Kushida said.

"Yeah, good morning."

Watching Ayanokoji and Kushida chatting away, Kitahara felt something indescribable.

He had a feeling that something had happened between them, as they were far too different today compared to usual. Although they had talked before, it wasn't as smooth as it was now.

Suddenly thinking of something, Kitahara slowly let his gaze wander between the two, trying to find some trace, but it was obvious that any evidence had long since been cleaned up.

Although he found no clues, Kitahara, who was familiar with the plot, roughly knew that the only thing that could push their relationship further after the exam was that one event.

However, while he felt a bit regretful that he hadn't witnessed it personally, Kitahara had a hunch that this was likely a good thing.

Amidst this seemingly peaceful atmosphere, the elevator finally reached the first floor.

I followed behind them, walking in the last position. After stepping out of the elevator, a cheerful voice rang out:

"Good morning, Kushida." Kushida turned her head and said:

"Oh, it's Ichinose."

Once Ichinose walked up close, she looked at Ayanokoji standing to the side and said to Kushida:

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"How could that be possible."

Hearing what Ichinose said to them, Kitahara couldn't help but laugh out loud as he thought of the incident that might have occurred between the two of them.

Hearing the laughter from behind, the gazes of the three people shifted to Kitahara simultaneously.

Seeing that Kitahara was there, Ichinose said happily, "Good morning, Kitahara-kun."

"Yeah, good morning, Ichinose."

Listening to their exchange of greetings, Kushida and Ayanokoji exchanged a glance and realized that their relationship might be somewhat unusual, especially since the way Ichinose addressed Kitahara further confirmed this.

Yet Kitahara felt nothing, as in his past life he was often addressed as... -kun by his brothers, but he failed to notice that this was no longer China.

After the simple greeting, Ichinose continued, "What were you laughing at just now, Kitahara? You seem so happy."

"Uh... nothing, I just had a good dream yesterday."

"Is that so? It seems your sleep quality is quite good, Kitahara." Ichinose replied while tapping her cheek with her finger.

"But, speaking of which, did you guys receive any points today?"

"Hm?" The three of them looked at Ichinose with confusion, clearly unaware of this matter.

However, Kitahara immediately realized what must have happened at this moment.