Enemies from Outside the School; The Class Vote Expulsion Exam Begins! 11k (Continued)

Instead, the homeroom teacher of Class D Kazuma Sakagami, stood in the classroom of Class B.

Meanwhile, Chabashira-sensei of Class B, went to proctor the exam for Class D. Similarly, the homeroom teachers of Class A and Class C also exchanged proctoring duties.

This exam wasn't particularly outstanding. The only slightly surprising thing was that the proctor wasn't one of my own teachers, but changing the proctor wouldn't have made much difference.

Everyone knows there are cameras in the classroom. So cheating is simply not an option.

Because if you don't know how, you might barely pass, but if you cheat, you'll fail immediately.

No one would be that stupid.

The Itagami-sensei, the Chabashira-sensei, the Hoshinomiya, and the Majima-sensei were all students in the same year, but he was tall and thin, and his face was always pockmarked, probably due to hormonal imbalance, which made him look older than his peers.

However, his manners were really not very good.

The previous incident involving Sudō assaulting someone is a case in point.

However, Hachiman's opinion of the teacher still declined.

The reason I say this is that when this teacher was standing on the podium, he looked like a teacher, but after distributing the papers, he immediately started walking around.

It's perfectly reasonable for teachers to supervise and patrol the exam room. But Hachiman noticed that this teacher simply walked past each student and then stood right next to him.

She remained motionless, pushing up her glasses and staring at him.

"..."

From a student's perspective, this would undoubtedly be stressful.

It seemed that some students noticed this, but they were quite at ease. A teacher patrolling and staring at you without moving would make students nervous, even causing them to be unable to answer questions they knew how to do, or their minds to go blank. But Hachiman alone withstood the pressure from the proctor.

"You're Hachiman Hikigaya?" the Itagami-sensei whispered.

"..." Hachiman was speechless. The other person was standing right behind him, and was even asking him to confirm his identity.

"The person who beat Ryuen and even got promoted to Class A, Chabashira really struck gold." As he said this, he finally started to move around.

There was a hint of defeat in his tone.

Because of his good relationship with Chabashira-sensei, Hachiman is well aware that it's not just the students who value Meritocracy, but also the teachers.

Their treatment and dignity will change depending on the students' performance and ranking. The teacher on the board really likes Ryuen, even supporting Ryuen in a way that goes against professional ethics, but Ryuen's withdrawal and the fact that the class's evaluation score is still below 0 means that his hopes are also gone.

According to his understanding, even Class D, which is considered a low-performing class, can climb up to Class A, so why couldn't his class, which started as Class C, do the same?

That's why I use such a loser's tone.

However, he was also young, because even Chabashira-sensei himself had only just realized that the school's claim of Meritocracy was a lie. It was clearly a case of having the control group accompany the experimental group in their studies, and the foundation of Ryuen's class was Class C, which meant they were also part of the control group, and therefore would be treated as trash. Anyone who climbed up would be kicked down.

But if I told him that, he'd probably explode.

The student in front handed out the test papers to Hachiman, but there was one missing. Horikita had an extra one, so he handed it to him.

"..."

She didn't speak, she just looked over.

Hachiman understood what she meant and wanted him to do better on the exam.

Today's exam subject is Japanese Language and Literature.

That is, the subject that Hachiman is best at.

How good would it be if it were just a little better?

He glanced at the test paper briefly and thought he could get 98 out of 100.

Only.

Horikita is the kind of person who has a lot of self-respect and basically doesn't slack off when it comes to studying. If she wins against someone who spends 10 hours a day studying and has been intensively studying Japanese Language and Literature for a while, she will probably feel hopeless.

Hachiman felt that this was the real test.

Um?

So when the teacher on the board was patrolling, he noticed that Hachiman had already started answering, but he did not stop at all.

This is almost unbelievable.

The subject to be tested is Japanese Language and Literature, and the Japanese Language and Literature here are not something that can be answered casually; they require thought and reasoning.

But it just kept going.

The teacher on the board noticed that Hachiman didn't stop writing at all. He didn't even look at the ancient poems and words; he just grabbed the pen and started writing.

Not only that.

Observing him, the teacher on the board noticed that Hachiman finished reading the classical Chinese text in less than 3 minutes. This time, the classical Chinese text was selected from the annotated edition of Du Fu's poems, "Detailed Annotations Hachiman Du Fu's Poems." Hachiman frowned slightly, but his hands did not stop, and he began to answer.

The subject of Mandarin Chinese contains a large amount of ancient Chinese Kanji and classical Chinese texts.

The pressure is immense for the average Japanese high school student.

Sometimes they would even choose the "Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government".

The Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government is a chronological history written by Li Tao of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is the largest single-dynasty chronological history among ancient Chinese private writings, and its content is obscure and difficult to understand. Without annotations, it would be extremely challenging for Chinese high school students to learn. Imagine how a Japanese high school student would feel seeing an article entirely composed of Kanji?

But Hachiman Hikigaya didn't stop and started answering the questions.

"..."

This speed is incredibly fast, like writing just ABC.

Ah.

Don't you even take a moment to think about and translate the classical Chinese text before answering?

"..."

As a qualified teacher, and having previously graduated from Class A, the teacher on the board also possesses excellent teaching qualities. In short, his Academic Ability is not lacking; otherwise, he wouldn't have worn these glasses for so many years.

He quickly looked up the classical Chinese text, which was Du Fu's eulogy for his aunt. Difficult-to-understand words were indicated with footnotes. The exam required a massive amount of reading.

Sakagami also began to check the annotations.

So the question you chose is...

The answer is ABC.

"..."

He discovered that his answer was the same as the one that Hachiman had written in 2 minutes.

Day.

Does this guy... not need to think?

The teacher on the board was once again drawn to the scene. He valued Ryuen highly, as it inspired him to strive for improvement. However Ryuen Ryuen failed.

He was defeated by Hachiman Hikigaya in front of him. According to Ryuen, he was also swindled out of nearly 40 million yen by Hachiman Hikigaya.

He continued to observe.

Hachiman has started writing his essay.

But he only wrote two sentences before the teacher on the board frowned.

Because the arguments presented by the other party were very standard answers.

There wasn't even a single extra word.

Did this guy eat the standard answer?

He was just thinking about it when he saw Hachiman move on to the next question.

Oh no, this question seems to be different from the standard answer, but it looks exactly like the standard answer. It's different from the answer prepared for the exam, but as a teacher, he can't deduct a single point from Hachiman.

Then he stared blankly at Hachiman, who had already started writing the last question while everyone else was still working on the regular multiple-choice questions.

"..."

They're all standard answers.

"..."

This was the first time. As someone who had studied hard, he understood very well that someone who could achieve this was definitely not just a top student who succeeded through hard work, but also someone with exceptional talent—one might even be considered a genius!

After finishing the questions, Hachiman started to cross out some of the correct answers, otherwise he would have gotten 98 points.

In other words, you can control the score you want by starting from 98 points and subtracting from it.

This time, Horikita was probably asked by Hirata not to get a high score, hoping to give the underachievers a chance.

However, Horikita did not go easy on the Japanese Language and Literature subject.

In other words, Horikita has issued a challenge, and it would be impolite for him to withdraw.

After all.

Hachiman had just been declared war on by Sakayanagi in his room, and he didn't want Horikita to do the same to him.

Why did you—

However, as an invigilator, one should maintain quiet and seriousness during the exam, but the teacher on the board's voice disrupted everyone's exam environment. "Why were you assigned to Class D when you're clearly a candidate for Class A?!"

This scene left the students who had been drawn in completely speechless.

Hachiman Hikigaya was deemed not to belong to Class D, or rather, he should belong to Class A. Admittedly, he led everyone to be promoted to Class A, so he might belong to Class A, but most students still didn't think that Hachiman was much better than them.

Because every time there's a tutoring session, Hachiman is there too.

Therefore, the teacher's incomprehension on the board became a laughing stock.

This was just a minor incident during the exam; most students continued with the exam.

The exam lasted for two days, leaving students with almost no time to rest, or even enough time to chat.

In this way.

The classroom was filled with the sound of students answering questions.

The exam is over.

Then the 30th arrived, and today the exam papers have been graded.

The exam is on the 27th and 28th, and the results will be released on the 30th.

This school has always been very efficient.

"Now, let's announce the results. Don't worry, no one failed this time." Although Chabashira-sensei had been keeping a stern face lately, her expression seemed to have softened somewhat today. She also brought the students their first piece of good news.

"That's really great."

"I'm still very worried after the exam."

"Me too. I was so nervous that I didn't even finish filling out the answer sheet. I was terrified of failing."

Although it was still noisy below, this time Chabashira did not stop them, but instead posted the results sheet directly on the blackboard.

The grades are very consistent.

Excellent students still rank at the top, while struggling students, despite attending tutoring sessions, still cannot bridge the gap between themselves and top students, resulting in a significant difference in scores.

And as Chabashira-sensei said, no one failed.

"And these are the results of this exam." It was quite rare for Chabashira-sensei to smile as she displayed the entire results sheet, her eyes glancing out of the corner of the classroom window.

"..."

Hachiman had a feeling that he couldn't put into words.

He knew perfectly well why Chabashira-sensei was in a good mood today.

"No way."

After checking their own grades, the classmates suddenly noticed a grade that shouldn't be there, squeezed into the same row as the top students.

Because of Hirata's request, in this exam, apart from Kōenji who scored 60 points in all subjects, the other top students only scored 51 points.

However, he only achieved high scores in the Japanese Language and Literature subject.

Suzune Horikita, a recognized academic star, scored 97 points.

But below her name is a new name.

Hachiman Hikigaya: 95 points.

Then there are the scores of ordinary students who were not required by Hirata to control their scores, with the highest being 66 points, followed by the scores of several top students at 51 points.