Su Wei, on the other end of the phone, hadn't even heard the official response regarding the deduction of S points from the black ball...

"Beep...beep..."

It was accompanied by a low, beeping sound indicating that the battery was depleted.

The phone screen went black and it automatically shut down!

"..."

I stared at the black screen that reflected my speechless expression.

Su Wei feigned helplessness and forced a smile.

To build suspense, he happened to come back with his phone uncharged.

Until a few minutes later.

Several blinding blue teleportation beams flashed through the stadium.

Horikita Suzune and her group finally escaped the black sphere space and returned to reality.

Seeing that Su Wei was holding a dead phone, he turned around and wanted to borrow Shiina Hiyori's phone to make a call.

As soon as she landed, Horikita Suzune immediately led the exhausted Karuizawa Megumi forward quickly:

"Suwei!"

"The answer the black ball gave to the question Ayanokouji just asked was..."

She hadn't finished speaking.

Su Wei raised his hand, making a gesture to stop him:

"Wait, don't rush to speak."

He turned his head and glanced at Ichinose Honami, who was still having his final conversation with Nagumo Masaru not far away.

"Let's talk about it after Ichinose is done with his work and everyone is gathered together."

"After all, she's been anxiously waiting for you here ever since the exam ended. I haven't even waited as long as she has."

Su Wei insisted:

"Let her be the first among us to hear the truth about this important information that concerns everyone's fate."

Upon hearing this...

Horikita Suzune tilted her head slightly.

A hint of confusion flashed in his cool eyes.

She couldn't quite understand why telling someone a minute earlier or later would affect the accuracy of that information.

Why do I have to wait for Ichinose to come over before I'll listen?

But no way.

Since Su Wei has taken the initiative to express this opinion...

She had no reason to refuse; it was just a matter of waiting a few more minutes.

And take advantage of this brief waiting interval.

Hiyori Shiina, who had been standing quietly beside Su Wei, took a step forward.

She struck up a conversation with Karuizawa Megumi in a very familiar manner, asking:

"Karuizawa-san, how exactly did you manage to get into the upperclassmen's exam room this time?"

"Were you randomly pulled in by the black sphere as intruders, or did you go there voluntarily...?"

Upon hearing the question, Karuizawa Megumi instinctively looked in the direction of the voice.

When she saw where Shiina Hiyori was standing, she realized that she was actually very close to Suwei.

Moreover, the natural chemistry between the two didn't seem like something they were trying to create; rather, it felt more like a subconscious, unconscious sense of familiarity that brought them closer together...

Karuizawa Kei's heart skipped a beat.

What's going on?

They were clearly keeping their distance before!

'And...Ichinose doesn't care at all? Or is she only targeting me?!'

Karuizawa Kei grumbled inwardly, feeling resentful.

But outwardly, she did not show any unusual behavior.

Instead, he began to explain with a serious expression:

"Horikita's brother voluntarily stayed in the 'back room,' didn't he? You should know about this as well."

"So after we cleared out the monsters from our original exam room, we planned to go with the guild leader to the back room to check out the situation firsthand and also explain some of the information we had gathered to the guild leader."

"Then, just as we were exploring the back room, and time was running out..."

"We unexpectedly ran into Akane-senpai. We thought we should return the powerful items we borrowed from the president and them so as not to delay their exams later."

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