Probably because the joint exam results had just been released, none of the teachers did much actual teaching that day. Instead, they handed back the papers and went through the mistakes on them, explaining everything from the basics to the more advanced points. During all this, Sogo Doma, who had scored full marks in every subject, stole the spotlight once again...
It couldn't be helped. Calling on students to answer questions was probably a common failing among teachers everywhere. Most teachers wanted to find shortcomings in their students' answers so they could fill in the gaps, making their own knowledge seem far more extensive by comparison—this tendency was even stronger with Sogo Doma, who had gotten perfect scores across the board. Every teacher wanted to find something in his answers that needed improvement, but...
These teachers were far too naive. For Sogo Doma, who had managed to raise his useless little sister into an all-subject straight-A student, answering their questions was a piece of cake. Their attempts to find flaws in his answers instead turned into:
"P-perfect, D-Doma. You can stop for a moment. H-how many different methods have you used already?"
"Y-you can solve an English question like that too? Th-this..."
"Elimination, association... Just how many methods do you have?"
And all of this fell into Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes. That's right—when the joint exam results came out, Shizuka Hiratsuka had stared blankly at the rankings before exclaiming, "Holy crap, has that brat Sogo Doma lost his mind? F-full marks in every subject? Is-is this guy even human?"
Still suspicious, she often slipped outside Class 2-D's door and watched Sogo Doma calmly answer question after question.
Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
Holy crap, if this joint exam had been a few days earlier, she wouldn't even have had the nerve to