Hachiman's Meritocracy Classroom

"Hmm, then let me guess. Kushida-senpai was doing this for her future career, right? She wanted to study law, so she got the textbooks ahead of time," Ichika Amasawa said.

Of course.

Kushida's goal was to become a lawyer. That was her advantage—she was exceptionally skilled at dealing with people. If she became a lawyer and tailored her approach to each client, she could probably earn quite a bit on the side.

But becoming a lawyer also required a great deal of solid, comprehensive professional knowledge.

So she had to start working hard early.

During the previous break, Hachiman had also made her study, saying her academic level was still not good enough.

That was true.

She was only at a B level. Even if she worked harder, she might reach B+, but everyone had their limits.

So Kushida had decided to slack off.

Of course, while she had slacked off in that respect, she had not completely given up.

She had begun gradually working toward becoming a lawyer.

Or rather, this school was genuinely quite good. If the library did not have a book you wanted, you could leave a request, and the school would purchase it for free.

So through a book purchase request, she had gotten hold of first-year law textbooks the library had stocked.

And by now, she had already self-studied half a semester of first-year material.

"I came from a special institution," Ichika Amasawa said, revealing a bit of information to Kushida. "Although I've already left that place, my talent hasn't diminished."

"So, Kushida-senpai, studying by yourself must be difficult, right? Don't you need someone to lend a hand and guide you?"

"..."

Kushida held her breath.

Because even if she did not want to admit it, she had to acknowledge that the person before