You Found Old Exam Questions, but Is That Really the Best Solution?

Then, because she hadn't ordered anything yet, her cheeks flushed slightly when the waiter came over, and she ordered a cappuccino.

But her focus remained on this.

Kamuro usually hangs out with Sakayanagi Arisu.

So now that it's been discovered that they bought and sold older students' exam papers, it's as if Sakayanagi also knows about it.

Kamuro only needs to report back.

That's how it should have been.

However, when Hachiman discovered that Horikita and the others had printed out their answers and borrowed the store to take the quiz, Kamuro hadn't left at all.

So Hachiman looked at the exam papers.

There are five exam papers, each corresponding to one of the five subjects in the midterm exam.

However, Hachiman discovered that some of the questions on these exam papers were beyond the scope of the curriculum.

On a test paper with a score of 100, 20 to 30 points are questions that you haven't learned before.

You wouldn't get these points if you didn't review beforehand.

But when Hachiman realized that the exam questions had been used for who knows how many years, he understood.

After all, textbooks have been revised, so it's normal that some questions won't match up since they were compiled using older textbooks.

Two hours later.

"We managed to barely manage to solve the problem," Suzune Horikita and Kushida said.

"Then let's make copies," Hachiman said.

"Let's wait a little longer," Suzune Horikita said. "There's still some content that needs to be added."

"These are considered unimportant details in our textbooks, so I haven't fully grasped them either," Horikita said, frowning slightly.

In other words, it's now completely confirmed that the exam will only test old questions.

Because these materials were passed down from generation to generation, the content of the exam papers is very ancient, so the so-called key points are definitely different from those of today.

However, Hachiman also finished reading the exam. The exam was not very difficult. Even though it was an ancient exam, there were some easy questions.

So even if you study hard and take the exam, you won't fail.

However, it's difficult to obtain the graded class evaluation scores that Chabashira-sensei mentioned.

Because if you don't cheat, you can't get an average score of 80.

Or is it...?

Does the school actually want students to get high scores by cheating?

Or is the hope that students will become more worldly-wise?

If we consider a school as a simulated society, then the school administration is the guide within it.

So perhaps these Special Exam are meant to guide students to develop into the kind of students the school wants them to be.

"Then let's go back and continue," Hachiman said. "Make two copies of the current test paper for me."

"..." Horikita.

Although she didn't know why Hachiman wanted the unfinished scroll, she did as he asked.

In this way.

Having finished their task, Horikita and Kushida left together.

For a top student like her, it's a shame to be unable to solve a problem.

So what I want to do now is probably go back and quickly flip through the book.

Hachiman didn't leave the Shopping Street immediately. Instead, he went to the café that Kamuro had been observing earlier.

The reason I say this is because the other party is still around.

Yes. Two and a half hours have passed, and the other party is still there.

If it's just surveillance or something, being able to persist for more than two hours is a tough one.

So.

"One coffee," Hachiman ordered directly. "And one for that purple-haired girl too."

Hachiman said to the waiter, "I'll treat her."

Then he sat down at an inconspicuous empty table.

Then place the test paper on the table.

But very quickly.

"Click—"

A girl boldly stretched her hand out in front of Hachiman, and then, with incredible speed, snatched away all the other exam papers on the table.

Hachiman remained calm.

Then I looked at the girl who had reached out her hand.

The other person had purple hair, which was pinned up with two hair clips, making them quite eye-catching.

This is Kamuro waited for two and a half hours and drank five cups of coffee.

Then she discovered that Hachiman Class C was actually offering her coffee, so she immediately came over.

And now, Kamuro is staring at him expressionlessly.

"... Does Sakayanagi have anything to say?" Hachiman asked.

"Sakayanagi? What does this have to do with Sakayanagi?" Kamuro frowned. "This was my own doing."

"You guys bought the exam papers from the upperclassmen before, right?" Kamuro said. "I'll pay double."

Is that so?

So Class A's intelligence gathering is really impressive.

Kushida managed to obtain the pass method for this Special Exam by contacting upperclassmen and then prying it from a senior in Third-year Class D.

Did the students in Class A actually know this too?

Maybe.

Since most of the students in their class are club members, they will come into contact with older students, so it's understandable that older students had already given them a heads-up.

"We've spent 50,000 points," Hachiman said. "Are you sure you want to spend 100,000 points to take it?"

"..." Kamuro. "So expensive?"

"After all, it's a plan to pass the exam," Hachiman said.

In fact, the students in Class A had an advantage in this written exam because their class had many top students with strong Academic Ability.

So even if you don't know the old questions, you can still get over 70 points. And if you just write something random, you might still get it right, so you might be able to get 80 points on a regular exam.

However, if you get the old questions, you're almost guaranteed to get a perfect score of 100 in the class evaluation.

If Class A has this need, then other upperclassmen can also buy it, so Hachiman decided to get back the 35,000 yen that Kushida had paid in advance.

But.

"Then I'll buy it," Kamuro said. "Don't tell anyone I bought the exam paper."

"Besides."

She frowned as she picked up a math test paper.

She looked down at the exam paper in her hand, seemingly trying to find something unusual. But unfortunately, she couldn't find any clues.

"Are these answers correct?" she asked, pointing to the answers filled in by Horikita and Kushida.

"..."?

OK

Hachiman has confirmed it.

Kamuro is spending 100,000 points, not for the class, but for... himself.

She might be... an oddball in Class A.

Chapter 81: Is discovering a previously asked question really the best solution?

Hachiman returned to his dormitory.

Of course, we're heading to Suzune Horikita's dorm now. It's strange for a guy to keep going to the girls' floor.

Once is never enough; once it happens, it happens again. After discovering that his classmate Hachiman Hikigaya had come to the girls' floor again, no one was surprised anymore.

Previously, he single-handedly confronted his Kōenji.

He also expressed his goal of being promoted to Class A.

Horikita seems to have the same goal.

So it was probably for this purpose that the two of them discussed class matters.

But aren't they a boy and a girl?

However, probably no one will misunderstand.

Because Horikita is aloof and arrogant, and doesn't pay attention to people, it's impossible to imagine her being in a relationship.

So when Hachiman arrived at the girls' floor, someone glanced at him.

However, some people will strike up a conversation with him.

He glanced around but didn't see any other girls. Then a girl with a pretty blonde ponytail walked up to him.

"Did you go to see Horikita on purpose?" Kei Karuizawa asked.

"Don't worry about the exam," Hachiman said. "Just focus on your studies. I've already found the trick, and I'm testing it now. You'll pass no matter what."

This is a comfort.

Horikita has said more than once that Karuizawa's grades are bad.

Of course, although it's a bit bad, as long as you study, you can still pass.

"Oh?"

Karuizawa glanced at him, then watched him enter Suzune Horikita's dormitory.

"..."

Horikita probably prepared slippers for him to use during the discussion, just like he always does.

Only.

She and Kushida are not doing well right now.

"They actually tested this knowledge point."

"But the knowledge points here aren't in the book. Maybe we'll have to go to the library and check the previous textbooks," Suzune Horikita said.

"..." Hachiman.

Um.

You guys are taking this way too seriously.

While Kushida didn't know why Horikita had suddenly changed her personality and actually invited her out, she was now seizing the opportunity to try and win Horikita's favor.

She knew that Suzune Horikita wasn't the kind of person who would gain favor simply by being around her and offering her comfort.

Horikita is currently working on a test paper, looking for the answers.

So, this is probably the only way she can win someone's favor now.

Kushida is also doing practice questions, looking for past exam papers of unknown version.

"Excuse me," Hachiman said. "Kushida, you used 35,000 points to buy the test papers, right? Now I'm transferring those points to you so you can't bear that cost yourself."