Chapter 370

Then there are the scores of average underachievers, in the 30s and 40s.

Not only that.

Everyone noticed that in all the other subjects, Hachiman scored 51 points.

Hey, hey, hey.

So, does that mean you, Hachiman Hikigaya, have started controlling your grades like other top students?

Or is it...?

Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly went from being a poor student to having grades that were close to those of the top students.

95 points!

His seatmate, Horikita, had his hands on his knees.

When the teacher announced the results, she didn't immediately look for her name because she knew very well how many points she could get.

She felt she did very well in Japanese Language and Literature, a subject where there was no leniency.

She acknowledged Hachiman Japanese Language and Literature; otherwise, she wouldn't have asked him to help create the exam questions for the previous pairing test.

This time, she was also a little worried about whether the other person could get a perfect score in Japanese Language and Literature.

But judging from the current results, no.

"For you, you've done a pretty good job." Horikita began to learn Kushida's acting skills.

Hachiman attended her study group, so now she's going to prove to those academically challenged students who don't like studying that attending tutoring classes is useful.

"However, I'm somewhat disappointed," she said. "I thought you could beat me in this subject."

Is that so?

No.

Hachiman didn't believe her. If he had really passed the test, she would have exploded by now.

Although Hachiman Hikigaya attended her study group before the exam, he did not actually study.

In other words, they took the exam without any preparation.

However, Horikita this subject very hard during this period.

"However," she seemed slightly embarrassed, "They really did follow my instructions and realized the results of the learning session, so I'm actually quite happy. Thank you."

His tone was quite frank.

Um.

So Horikita's little sister is actually quite easy to get along with sometimes.

The underachievers around them finally realized it too late.

So, Hachiman is studying according to Horikita's advice?

Yes.

Even during holidays, I saw Hachiman Hikigaya and Horikita going to the library to borrow books.

Indeed, hard work pays off.

And when it's time for get out of class to end.

Hachiman was immediately surrounded by his classmates, or rather, he received special attention from the underachieving students.

Sudō ran over immediately because Hachiman and he were in the same group and studied together, but Hachiman got a high score.

He still narrowly missed the passing grade.

Hachiman glanced at Horikita with feigned nonchalance, and she instinctively stood up, because this was exactly the Matoba she wanted to see.

The other students in her study group lacked motivation, so she had Hachiman deliberately show it off, demonstrating that "[the study group is useful]", "[learning makes me happy]", and "[I love learning]", thus creating a positive guiding effect and encouraging the other students to study spontaneously.

In this way, she might not need to attend these study sessions anymore, and others should be able to study on their own.

It has a very positive effect.

Even if the intention was good, it was still an act, so Horikita finally felt embarrassed and walked outside.

"Hey Hachiman Hikigaya, what tricks did you use to become so strong?!"

"Could you share some tips with me?!"

Questions like these were constantly being raised around Hachiman.

Hachiman had already prepared his response. "I think you probably just attended Horikita's study group. Although you were in the same group as everyone else, your enthusiasm was too low. Learning is something that gets more and more addictive the more you learn, and once you're addicted, you can learn well—"

"I read for 10 hours a day..."

"Hey!" But many people were startled again.

Because Hachiman Hikigaya, you've completely become like Horikita.

How can you study for 10 hours a day?!

First Year Class B is full of underachievers and they are facing a written exam.

But no one dropped out of school.

On one hand, it was thanks to Hirata that this time she required all 13 students, including top students and those in the middle to upper range, to score over 50 points in all subjects.

Therefore, it lowered the average score.

At the same time, the school was not so harsh this time; there were some easy questions on the exam.

It's clear they don't intend to eliminate all the underperforming students at once.

However, Hachiman doesn't believe that the next time he asks the school to prepare a written exam, there will be so many easy questions.

Therefore, if you really want to stay in this school, you not only need to learn to use your brain and be flexible, but also have a certain level of Academic Ability.

After all.

From any perspective, being good at studying is a fundamental requirement.

Thinking this way.

When he has nothing to do, he sits in the coffee shop and reads books. These books are the most popular ones he borrows from the library, so he can appreciate the taste of ordinary students and just casually cultivate his mind.

"Despite receiving such a high reward, they remained frugal and hardworking, which is truly commendable."

Just then, a girl's voice came from the opposite side of Hachiman.

This is Hiyori Shiina from First-year Class D.

After the exam, the school compiled the class evaluation scores, and the first place was undoubtedly Sakayanagi's First Year Class C.

The other classes did not score any points.

As a result, Hachiman Hikigaya's class dropped in the rankings. Therefore, Sakayanagi's class can no longer be called Class C.

Class A (Class Ichinose) 1298.1 points

Class B (Sakayanagi Class) 1250 points

Class C (Horikita's class): 1185.7 points

Class D (Ryuen Class) 0 points.

Horikita's class was changed to Class C, but most of the students in the class were indifferent, and were just glad that they hadn't been expelled in this exam.

Then, as the bottom-ranked class, Shiina's Class D remained at the bottom.

The score is still 0. I can understand Sakagami-sensei's disappointment a little now. He probably wakes up in a nightmare wondering if his students will graduate with a score of 0.

Only.

Although there is a difference of more than 1,100 points between Class C, where Hachiman is located, and Class D, where Hiyori is located.

But knowing full well what kind of monster his class was, he had no reason to feel superior.

The sun was shining, and its warm rays poured down, falling on her and making her feel as if her humble abode had been illuminated.

Hiyori is indeed very beautiful. Hachiman thinks the quality of the girls at this school is really high, and there are more than just one girl like Hiyori.

And Shiina said he's very frugal now?

Um?

Upon hearing Hiyori's words, Hachiman immediately realized that Hiyori was referring to how he had grasped the key points in the last exam and decisively defeated Third-year Class A.

Hiyori quite clever, so she should have already guessed the approximate amount of points he received.

Third-year Class A probably doesn't have much money, but it has plenty of class evaluation scores.

Then, over the next two months, I saw that the prices for meals for the Third-year Class A students in the school cafeteria had dropped again.

There shouldn't be any important exams for Third-year Class A, so there's no need to be so frugal.

There is only one reason.

They had no money; someone had taken it.

So.

Shiina swept the exam that time and won a huge sum of 12 million yen, but she felt that she had won more Hachiman.

Shiina seems to be having a lot of emotions today.

She started the conversation herself.

"Before coming to this school, I was ostracized by my classmates, not because I did anything wrong or others deliberately ignored me, but because I felt it was too tiring to get along with others."

"You have to be mindful of the atmosphere and say things that won't ruin it. You even have to consider the acceptance level of those around you and pretend you can't say what you like."

This is something I experienced in junior high school. Analyzing and guessing what others are thinking, then saying what will make them happiest. That's what pleasing others is.

Hiyori sipped her coffee gently, then continued, "I've done this before. It's just so tiring to communicate with people you don't like, troublesome people, and idiots."

And after doing this, I still can't find any true friends.

So I abandoned that approach. And that's why I came to this school; I wanted to make a change.

"Then my goal became to find like-minded people," she said. "And I think Hachiman is that kind of person, so if I am betrayed by Hachiman in the future, then I will really have met the wrong person."

These words put immense pressure on him, and Hachiman also realized that Shiina had always come to leak information in the past.

And this time, what message is she trying to convey by saying that she would be betrayed by him?

"Beep beep—"

Just then, Hachiman's cell phone rang.

This is a caller ID message, but it's probably not someone important.

He had set up ringtones for incoming calls; if it was someone he knew, it would play a song. But for calls without any names, it would just be a monotonous, ordinary beeping sound.

Aren't you going to answer?

Hiyori put down her coffee.

"It's just a nuisance call," Hachiman said.

This isn't just idle talk, because he received two more transfers of 10,000 points each in the past two days.

The transferor also used special permissions, making them unknown.

Furthermore, it's not just the transferor who is unknown.

When the other party called.

The phone's caller ID shows no number.

This is impossible.

Each student's mobile phone was labeled and registered with an ID before being distributed. The same applies to teachers; they can only have anonymous email addresses, not even their mobile phone numbers.

But it's obviously very complicated to do that.

Hachiman doesn't answer any of these troublesome calls.

This person just seemed persistent.