Let alone everyone else, even Yukino Yukinoshita was puzzled. Even though she considered herself outstanding, she dared to say that, looking across the entire country, she could stand at the very top. Yet her school's exam results had ranked fifth. Honestly, she was starting to feel a little uneasy about the bet just now. Fifth...
They were already fifth, yet the atmosphere was still so gloomy. Just how high were this school's standards for them? Was she, Yukinoshita, really going to stumble in the gutter? Had they even finished making that bet just now? It seemed the other party had not finished stating the stakes, nor had she agreed to it. So did the bet even count?
In truth, this was a tremendous misunderstanding. When the joint exam rankings came out, Principal Yamamoto's eyes had nearly popped out of their sockets. F-Fifth? Private Toyogasaki had actually ranked fifth? Toyogasaki was indeed considered a prestigious school, but it had its own shortcomings—compared to other elite schools with histories of over a hundred years, Private Toyogasaki, which had only been established for a little over a decade, had a history...
The results of this prestigious schools' joint exam could be called Toyogasaki's best achievement since its founding. After all, it had only been around for such a short time. And this gave Principal Yamamoto ample confidence. At the very least, he could be a little tougher when facing the infiltrators poaching from his school! For example, he could make a call like this:
"Hello, is this Ms. Kirisu?"
"Yes, this is Mafuyu Kirisu. Is there something you need, Principal Yamamoto?"
"Ms. Kirisu, do you know where Toyogasaki ranked nationally in this prestigious schools' joint exam?" Principal Yamamoto asked in a low voice, restrained yet pleased with himself.
However, that subdued voice made