"Don't think I don't know—you all reviewed before taking the exam, right?" Chika Fujiwara said proudly. "I went in without preparing anything at all. Unlike you people who only cram at the last minute..."
Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka: "?"
When someone responded with a question mark, it did not necessarily mean there was something wrong with them. More likely, there was something wrong with the other person.
"Excuse me..." Sogo Doma added, "Who stopped you from reviewing? Or was there some rule saying you couldn't review before an exam?"
"Tsk, tsk..." Chika Fujiwara wagged a finger. "No one stopped me, but reviewing doesn't prove how much you've learned normally. Only by taking an exam without preparing anything can you find out how much knowledge you've truly mastered..."
"But as the saying goes, even sharpening a spear at the last minute makes it shine..."
"If you polished it carefully every day, why would you need to sharpen it at the last minute?"
"So, what did you score?"
"Even though I didn't do well, Kaguya and the president got high scores under the same conditions. That's the proper way..."
At that, Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka could no longer sit still. They had done well, sure, but they had reviewed too—especially Umaru, whom Sogo Doma had personally tutored. If...
"Are you sure they didn't review?" Before they could finish lamenting, Sogo Doma glanced over again.
"Of course..." Chika Fujiwara put on a resolute expression once more. "We work in the same office, you know. Right under my nose, Kaguya and the president never reviewed..."
Umaru Doma and Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
It seemed they should not have been so proud after all!
Sogo Doma, meanwhile, said, "I bet they were often busy with things during that time and rarely came to the