Kiryuin Kaede resolutely shook her head:

"It's not that simple, Ichinose."

"Even attempting to score high marks in an exam room outside your grade level could result in system penalties..."

"I don't think that using powerful tools that don't belong to us in a regular exam is not cheating. In some ways, it's even a worse form of skipping class than taking an exam in another room to get a higher score."

Kiryuin sighed.

Upon hearing this, Su Wei feigned confusion and asked:

"But didn't you borrow the [Crazy Diamond] stand-in disc from me before?"

Kiryuin Kaede rolled her eyes at him.

“The situation is different. That was after the exam had already started, and you were there as a temporary supporter who had intruded. This can be considered a ‘resource allocation’ within the exam room.”

"But now we want to bring in equipment that doesn't belong to us before the exam starts... These two are absolutely different concepts."

Su Wei stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then deduced, following her train of thought:

"If that's the case... it will most likely depend on the 'value' of the equipment itself."

"It's impossible that lending you a mass-produced armor worth only 20 S points would cause the God to react."

"Furthermore... after dropping out of school, Ayanokouji left his equipment behind, but only allowed Ryuen Sho and me to use it."

Su Wei glanced at Ichinose: "I've been wondering if there are any hidden restrictions on these 'borrowed' items? For example... if the borrower loses the item or dies in the exam room, the item will be confiscated by the Black Sphere, and the borrower will lose ownership of it?"

Kiryuin Fuka raised an eyebrow:

"If it is indeed such a severe price of 'confiscation upon loss,' then it does explain why the main god would leave this loophole."

"But what kind of props to use for the experiment to verify this becomes a problem... If they are too cheap, we can't test the limits; if they are too expensive, we'll suffer a huge loss if something goes wrong."

Upon hearing this, Honami Ichinose offered a suggestion:

"I can lend my [Leo Cavalry] armor to my senior for experimentation."

"Although this armor has good defensive capabilities, its potential is not very high. Even if I lose it during the exam, I won't be too heartbroken."

After a moment of contemplation, Su Wei spoke:

"I'll lend you the world, senior."

"While time stop is good, it's difficult to be effective against enemies with stats several times greater than yours when it only lasts two or three seconds. Currently, its main use is for support control or escaping."

"It should still be with Rokusuke Koenji right now. I'll bring it to you when you have your exams," Su Wei explained.

Upon hearing this...

Before Kiryuin could even speak.

Horikita Suzune, who was following behind, suddenly took two steps forward.

She reached out, and in her palm lay two dull, multi-purpose capsules.

Under Su Wei's slightly puzzled gaze, Horikita Suzune explained softly:

"When I returned to the Black Sphere space after the test yesterday afternoon... Koenji returned the [World] to me and asked me to return it to you as well."

She pointed to another capsule: "This one next to mine is the [Crazy Diamond]... Shall we lend it to Senior Guilongyuan as well?"

"Do not."

Su Wei shook his head decisively.

"I can barely accept losing the [World] item. But not the [Crazy Diamond], it's our team's only support item right now."

"Hmm... how about we take out your [Black Key] as a test subject?"

"Anyway, this thing is cheap and useless now, so it's fine to just throw it away."

Horikita Suzune thought about it.

He nodded obediently and handed over the black key.

Kiryuin Kaede, who had witnessed the entire scene, glanced at Su Wei with a hint of helplessness.

She tossed her silver hair and complained irritably:

"Can't you two be a little more tactful and speak properly?"

"The way you're saying it makes it sound like I'm going there and I'm definitely not coming back, and I'm destined to lose your props."

"At least give me some confidence!"

Su Wei smiled, unconcerned:

"There's no other way. So far, apart from the Crazy Diamond, the Mysterious Merchant has very limited healing items. They're either inconvenient to use or ridiculously expensive."

"The strategic importance of the Crazy Diamond is too high."

Su Wei looked at her and said seriously:

"Furthermore, with you using [World], senior... to be honest, I'm not comfortable entrusting the team's lifeline to someone else."

Hearing this indirect form of approval.

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