"So, which university are you applying to?" Kiriyama continued asking.
[Definitely one in the top ten, but I'll need to wait for more information on the specifics. I want to give Asahina a hand. She is my childhood friend, after all. So time is a little tight, but if Class A is out of reach, I think she'll spend these next six months studying hard on her own.]
In other words, their two-man group had become a trio sticking together?
But knowing Nagumo as well as he did, Kiriyama could tell that Nagumo was acting up again. The moment he felt he had things under control, he started walking a tightrope.
And although he claimed he had to wait for Asahina, her grades were even worse than theirs.
So Asahina might become dead weight. Did that mean Nagumo had some other thoughts about her?
But that had nothing to do with Kiriyama. What he needed to consider now was himself.
"..."
Kiriyama gripped his phone, thought carefully for around twenty minutes, and then made his decision.
What surprised them, however, was that Asahina did not need to apply to university with them.
She had actually... graduated as a Class A student.
In other words, she did not need to go through the standard application process like they did.
She had been recommended to the University of Tokyo.
So Nagumo did not need to take her along. She was not waiting for them at all.
If they wanted to attend the same university, then both Nagumo and Kiriyama had to apply to the University of Tokyo.
What made Kiriyama feel even worse was that two of his former classmates had apparently also graduated as Class A students.
They had even posted pictures in their social media circles showing that they had