In other words, she had guessed that those two might be a couple.
Then.
Given that, if she could not attract Hachiman Hikigaya's attention, she could at least draw President Sakayanagi's notice.
Unfortunately, neither Hachiman Hikigaya nor President Sakayanagi had contacted her.
She felt that President Sakayanagi had most likely ignored her.
This time, however, Hachiman Hikigaya's strategy had allowed Class D to pass the exam.
But bluntly speaking, the method was anything but honorable.
Because they had scraped through by controlling their scores.
The entire class had kept their scores in check and passed the exam with extremely low marks.
According to the exam rules, the average scores of the four classes would be ranked. Even fourth place received points—only 20, but points nonetheless.
Moreover.
If every student in the class got the same score, they could avoid having anyone fail.
"So, you're treating me to a meal?" Hachiman paused when he heard that.
Being treated to a meal was nothing unfamiliar to him.
This exam had also been a stroke of luck for First-year Class D. If they had not come to find him before the exam and followed his suggestion, their class would probably have seen seven or eight students expelled.
Still, there was something worth noting.
Though this batch of first-years was not as wild as his own cohort had been, Hachiman's former Class D could never have managed to control the entire class's scores.
So although there was a suspicion that he was being tied down by Utsunomiya.
Still.
It was not entirely without benefits for Hachiman.
Namely.
If he was not mistaken, the next exam would very likely be the Sports Festival. If it involved events or scores across all grades, the First-year Class D he had contacted first might prove useful.
"So,