I Accept Your Challenge! 10k (Continued)

And now.

Because he was assigned to a study group, Hachiman had to spend his evenings with the group members, sometimes even holding study sessions.

They have to go to school during the day and study at night, not to mention weekends.

Yukimura felt that even two months wasn't enough time for these academically challenged students to study, so his weekends were naturally assigned to them.

And this is already the 13th.

That's equivalent to starting school two weeks ago.

The gaps and unfamiliarity between the members of the team have also been greatly reduced.

At first, you could hear that Sakura was a little timid and, like a little squirrel, uneasy about joining the group.

But now, it seems that Sakura has changed her mind.

I think Karuizawa is a nice person.

Karuizawa is a good person, a Hachiman already knew.

After all, the other party would also give him gifts.

After finishing their studies, everyone sat and rested in the coffee shop as usual. Because they had some money in hand, the students in Class A were quite willing to spend it.

There are benefits to the study sessions, such as summarizing study methods later. However, when Hachiman returned from the restroom, he found the group members surrounded by people.

"You guys are the real trash. Even if you've been promoted to Class A now, you'll be relegated to the bottom in less than a month!"

It seems that the current students of Class D are causing the trouble.

Miyake's face flushed red, but it was only from anger. He was just calmer than Sudō, the hot-tempered guy in his class.

Hasebe stood up abruptly, but not to break up the fight.

"Hey, don't you guys think this is going too far? Besides, we're in Class A now, and you're still only in Class D!"

Hachiman recognized the troublemakers from afar.

It was Komiyama and Ishizaki from the Ryuen.

However, Ryuen is not there.

Hachiman easily found out why Harube Horikita angry: Ishizaki swept the coffee off her table and then stomped on the paper cup with his foot.

"It seems something terrible has happened."

But when they discovered that Hachiman had returned, Ishizaki and the others simply left.

"It's all because Ishizaki and his gang are jealous of us!" Miyake said. He was a decent athlete and a member of the Archery Club, which gave him a slight advantage in fighting. However, he had to be careful because there were girls around, and Yukimura wasn't good at fighting, while Ike didn't know how to fight.

"Being in a top class isn't easy after all," Sato said. "It's easy to attract jealousy."

"Looks like I'll have to get a different cup of coffee," Hasebe, seemingly unfazed.

She had already realized that Ishizaki and the others were just putting on an act and didn't actually dare to fight in front of so many people. After all, there were only Yukimura, Miyake, and Kanji Ike on the other side, while there were five people. But now that Hachiman had come out, there were four boys on their side.

"Let me order for you." Hachiman did feel that his disappearance was inappropriate, so he wanted to make amends. "Also, they're probably after me; Ryuen has a very bad impression of me."

"Is it because of that time Cavalry Battle?"

Miyake took the initiative to strike up a conversation. He and Sudō were in the same team for the Cavalry Battle at the Sports Festival. He was originally supposed to be the general, but Sudō got carried away and made him the horse. In the end, Sudō was even caught by Ryuen and had his headband pulled.

However, afterwards, Miyake Nozomi Hachiman directly reported Ryuen.

"That was a violation of the rules on his end," Yukimura said, wiping his glasses.

Although his physical condition was poor, and his own group of horses quickly lost the battle, Yukimura witnessed the Cavalry Battle and knew that Ryuen had cheated. He smeared wax on his headband.

"It's just that some people won't admit it," Hasebe said.

Clearly, she didn't like the people in Class D at all.

They all misunderstood. Ryuen was truly unhappy about with Hachiman was that they had been cheated out of a lot of points and were now in debt, not just because they had been reported once, but because they had been reported many times.

"Hachiman Hikigaya, if Ryuen causes you trouble again, you can ask your mistress for help, or you can just stick to your mistress's company for now," Hasebe said.

"That's fine." Akito Miyake was no longer bothered by being called a mistress, and he gave Hachiman his permission.

"I don't think it's necessary for now." Hachiman was both amused and exasperated. He didn't think Ryuen would resort to gang fighting or anything like that; if they did, he would be too low-class.

At the same time.

According to the news I received from Hiyori, Ryuen has resigned from his position as the tyrant of Class D.

Therefore, it would be difficult for him to command the class again.

"That--"

Just then, someone bent down and picked up Hasebe's crushed paper cup.

The moment Hachiman saw this person, there was a strange look in his eyes, while Hasebe and the others were amazed.

Because she is indeed a very pretty girl.

Although there's a beautiful girl like Suzune Horikita in the class, the girl in front of me isn't much less attractive than Horikita.

Silver hair, purple eyes, and a cute appearance.

Her silver hair flowed freely.

Her skin was snow-white and translucent.

She has an exceptionally outstanding appearance.

"..."

Hachiman remained silent, because the girl who had suddenly appeared was none other than Shiina Hiyori, whom he had just mentioned. He hadn't noticed her before; it turned out she was here too.

"I'm sorry about what Ishizaki and the others did just now. I thought I'd get you a cup of the same coffee," Hiyori said apologetically.

"You are—" But Hasebe didn't recognize her.

"I'm Hiyori Shiina from Class D," Hiyori replied. "Ishizaki is my classmate. The boys are all rather violent, so I'm really sorry for making such a mess of your coffee."

"Ishizaki and his group were just deliberately stirring up trouble, hoping that Ryuen would be drawn out and take back control of their affairs, so that they could regroup and rebuild their strength."

Hiyori's voice is very pleasant.

At the same time, her attitude was very sincere.

Hasebe didn't press the matter further; she simply found the parts she heard interesting.

"Hopefully, Ryuen can make a comeback?"

"Hmm," Hiyori said. "Because after the last Sports Festival, Ryuen resigned from his position as our class representative, and now, with new exams approaching, everyone can only study hard. But everyone is worried about failing. So, it seems that someone in our class will have to drop out this time."

"Some students felt that things couldn't go on like this, but Ryuen was no longer involved."

Oh, I see.

That's really tragic.

Speaking of Ryuen...

"Ryuen arranged for Ibuki to infiltrate our class before, right?" said Yukimura, the top student.

"That's true, but I wasn't involved," Shiina said.

Then she went to the clerk, got a cup of coffee to compensate Hasebe, looked at everyone apologetically, and left.

"...Xn

Although Hiyori left, the group members did not stop discussing.

"From a certain perspective, Ryuen is nothing but a cancer on the school; it's supposed to be an exam, yet they've even resorted to using spies."

"Besides, Ibuki's injuries were really inflicted by Ryuen, weren't they!"

Everyone was still shaken.

"So, did this person really resign?"

"That's possible, since Class D' s class evaluation score was eventually reduced to 0, and after Ryuen took power, Class D didn't gain any advantage," Hasebe said. "So, without any achievements, resigning is reasonable."

"And I also noticed that the students in the Ryuen class didn't leave the classroom after school; they all studied on their own in the class," Yukimura said.

"It seems that Class D has started to study seriously too," Miyake remarked with some emotion.

"So..." Hasebe seemed somewhat curious. "Since Ryuen was so domineering and arrogant before, but now he's not doing anything, will he choose to drop out of school?"

Ryuen... Should I drop out?

And this kind of thing.

Hachiman thought it was impossible.

Because.

If Ryuen really wanted to drop out of school, she wouldn't still be there now.

At the same time.

Ryuen still owes him 8 million.

Not paying back the money is not an option.

Thus, most of the students in the school spent their days studying, studying, studying.

Finally.

On the 21st...

The exam will be held on the 24th, and you can submit your test papers against the opposing class all day on the 21st. The deadline is 5 PM.

Horikita's class is rivaled by Sakayanagi Class.

This is a class you can't refuse.

Because they lost the initiative, the Sakayanagi Class challenged them first.

This was not an ordinary exam; it also involved a bet between Horikita and Kushida.

Having finally realized that she had been tricked by Sakayanagi, Kushida became obedient in order to protect herself.

Smile when you should smile, act like an angel when you should act like an angel, and go and gather information from the older students when it's time to do so.

Very well-behaved.

However, in order to eventually trick Sakayanagi into giving him the real exam paper, Hachiman made her pretend to know nothing and continue to obey Sakayanagi's orders.

And today.

Horikita submitted his exam paper as usual.

Before classes even started in the morning, she headed to the staff office to prepare to submit the document to Sae Chabashira.

Keep in mind that the deadline for submitting exam papers is 5 PM. Horikita's quick response indicates that she is worried that Kushida might sabotage the process.

She still harbored resentment over the rumors that Kushida had previously spread.

Therefore, it is imperative to complete the submission of the exam paper before Kushida takes any further action.

This pairing exam will have its test papers prepared by the two paired classes. This could be done by representatives, or by one teacher preparing one question or several questions. However, regardless of the format, all test papers must be approved by the school, specifically the homeroom teachers of each class.

The exam papers will be reviewed to see if they exceed the syllabus. If they do, they will be returned for revision. If the revision is refused, the school will not accept the papers and will instead distribute the super simple questions that even a complete idiot could answer, which the school has prepared themselves.

The exam papers were assigned to opposing classes, not their own, so no one wanted the school to "help them create the exam."

Horikita's bet with Kushida naturally stemmed from his desire for a fair exam paper.

So she came to submit her exam paper.

This has been approved by the entire class.

The opportunity was very good.

Because of this time, they discovered an unexpected person.

Sakayanagi and Kamuro.

The two of them were standing in front of Majima-sensei of Class A... no, now Class C, holding a brown file bag in their hands.

Those should be the test questions.

Their class was paired with Hachiman's class to create exam questions for each other, which means the exam papers were probably right there.