The Dragon Boy's Resolution: The Zero-Point Strategy! (Part 2)

But Kushida looked in one direction.

Completely unaware that her best friend had questioned her decision to leave, Kushida smiled sweetly, her big eyes curving into crescent shapes.

"This time it wasn't because of me or Hachiman, it was because of Karuizawa. If it weren't for Karuizawa's hard work, I wouldn't have gotten the test paper either. Everyone should thank Karuizawa."

"Karuizawa?"

"Hui? What did you do?"

"So it was you who made this, Hui?"

You wouldn't believe it until you told them; the students in the class were immediately taken aback.

"No, there isn't any."

Karuizawa remained seated, but now seemed somewhat uncomfortable with the stares from everyone. Her face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "Actually... actually, it's that... I joined the Student Council before, didn't I?"

Karuizawa joins the Student Council.

Although it was posted on the bulletin board.

Some of her classmates didn't know this, but her small group of hot girls did.

"Then..."

"I feel that if we take the exam like this... then a lot of people will be in danger. Although I don't know many people well yet, I don't want anyone in this class to drop out," Karuizawa said.

Hey!

Karuizawa said this, her classmates looked at her in surprise.

Because.

You don't usually say that. You usually dislike some boys, but you don't want them to drop out of school?

This surprised Chi and his group, who were usually the ones being scolded.

The girl also breathed a sigh of relief.

They didn't understand why they were involved with Karuizawa before, but now it's much clearer.

This is probably something Karuizawa stole from the Student Council by taking advantage of his position!

Hey, hey, hey, could it be... a secretly photographed exam paper?

From the perspective of ordinary people, this is a violation of the rules.

It might even... result in punishment.

But.

"Karuizawa, I'm so touched."

Maya Sato jumped up and hugged Karuizawa, almost moved to tears.

Her grades weren't very good either; at best, they hovered around the passing mark.

However, Karuizawa's actions undoubtedly gave her more confidence in passing the exam.

"Karuizawa, this is so kind of you, thank you."

Hirata breathed a sigh of relief and nodded solemnly to Karuizawa, his face full of gratitude.

Given Karuizawa's status as a 'Student Council member' and the fact that she stole the exam paper from the Student Council, there's no doubt that this almost confirms the authenticity of the exam paper.

In this way, they can focus on memorizing the exam paper without worry!

In other words, the students in the class were very pragmatic. When they discovered that the test paper was stolen by Karuizawa, their first concern was... whether they could be saved.

After all.

If you fail, you'll be expelled.

Now we can aim for Class A again. If we get lucky and make it into Class A, then we'll have successfully turned the tables.

Even if it is unsuccessful.

But they also receive a monthly allowance. Which other school can provide this kind of support?

"In short, everyone, please keep this a secret this time."

Kushida watched as the exam papers were distributed, and breathed a sigh of relief, but still clasped his hands together and whispered, "If we're exposed again, not only will everyone fail, but Karuizawa will also be expelled from the Student Council."

"Don't worry, Kushida, Karuizawa, we owe you both this time. If anyone dares to betray you, I'll smash their skulls open."

The speaker was Ken Sudō, a violent maniac who was clenching his fists and had a fierce look on his face.

He fully embodies the temperamental nature of this hot-tempered guy.

He has great Physical Ability, but his Academic Ability is a major weakness right now.

Having experienced both great joy and sorrow, he felt he really should study more seriously.

I wonder if Kanzaki from Class B will still be willing to tutor him after this exam.

In this way.

The Test B of the exam was distributed.

As everyone has discovered, the exam paper was indeed taken secretly, as it is a photographic version, but it comes with corresponding answers.

In other words, it was definitely not a past exam paper obtained from an upperclassman, but rather that Karuizawa may have discovered the exam paper while passing by the Student Council and then secretly photographed it.

Therefore, the authenticity of this exam paper is extremely high.

Only.

When Hachiman returned to his seat, he found the black-haired girl next to him staring intently at him with her fox-like eyes.

"Is there something you need?" Hachiman asked.

Then he looked at the test paper Horikita was holding. "If you don't want it..."

"No, I want it." But Horikita took the test paper away. "I mean, is it really okay to announce something like this in a place like the classroom?"

Yes.

You stole the exam papers! And you just announced them in class?

You should know that there is a camera in the classroom.

"This?" Hachiman said. "I'm waiting."

"Wait?"

"It's been about ten or twenty minutes since the release of Test B. If the school is unhappy with this, someone should have come by now," Hachiman said. "But no one has."

He took out his phone and checked it.

Horikita also noticed that his phone screen displayed a timer.

22 minutes have passed.

"You mean..." Suzune Horikita looked over.

"That was just a test of the school's tolerance," Hachiman said. "And the conclusion was that this school has its own bottom line, but it also lets things slide in some areas."

"Because what schools want is not students who appear to be academically excellent and well-behaved."

"In fact, once you enter the workforce, there are very few positions or programs that truly assess your learning ability or athletic ability."

"Therefore, what needs to be assessed is more about the methods for handling troublesome matters, the way of thinking, and other things."

"3 um..."

However, halfway through the conversation, Hachiman noticed that Horikita's expression seemed a bit off.

"It's as if you're completely rejecting me," Suzune Horikita said.

Is that so?

Because she has good Academic Ability and decent physical fitness.

In other words, it comes standard with the hardware.

But now they say these things are unimportant.

Then she can't find her own strengths.

"I didn't say that," Hachiman said. "These abilities of yours are the result of your daily hard work."

"Moreover, having good Academic Ability is always an advantage over having poor Academic Ability."

"Because I think that even though the number is small, the school may still assess the students' basic abilities."

"..." Horikita.

Suzune Horikita felt that the other person was comforting her.

However, if we exclude Academic Ability and athletic ability, then she indeed has no advantage.

Thinking about this makes me sigh.

Perhaps her brother saw this and that's why he wanted her to drop out of school.

She knew nothing about it.

On the other side...

Because they had received the exam papers, and were also worried about potential problems, many students chose to take the papers back to their dormitories during break time and leave them there.

This is the psychological trauma caused by the Ryuen's class Student Council's inspection and subsequent revelation of the stolen exam papers.

Nobody wants their hard-won cheat code to fail.

So, the classroom suddenly felt very empty.

However, a few students remained in the classroom.

"..."benefit.

"..." Sato.

"Hui, what are you looking at?"

Sato also received the test paper. For her, who was not good at Academic Ability, Karuizawa's statement that "she didn't want the classmates to drop out of school" seemed to be for her sake.

Because she has a good relationship with Karuizawa, but her studies are poor, and she complained to Megumi yesterday about what would happen if she failed her exam.

As a result, today the incident of Karuizawa secretly taking pictures of exam papers occurred.

So, Sato somewhat moved.

So, Karuizawa's name naturally changed from Karuizawa Megumi.

"It's nothing." Karuizawa looked away.

She felt that Hachiman and Horikita had a good relationship.

Speaking of which...

Her secret was exposed before, when she was using Horikita's room.

It would be strange for a girl to lend her room to a boy; they would at least have a very close relationship, right?

Therefore...

Is it possible that these two are actually dating?

But I can't imagine how the two of them would date.

Rather, it's impossible to imagine Horikita dating.

Ah.

"That's so strange!"

Karuizawa thought to himself.

Since it was all Hachiman Hikigaya's fault, his protection and giving her credit made her think that he had feelings for her.

It turned out she was wrong.

But even if it's a mistake, you'll still subconsciously care about the other person.

She stayed up late last night, so she might be sick.

Karuizawa quickly regained his senses.