In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

She felt no pride at all; on the contrary, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to carve out a three-bedroom apartment!

Actually, she didn't want to cheat!

But not cheating is not an option; without cheating, it's impossible to pass the exam smoothly.

If they fail, losing face is a minor matter; that's how they've gotten through all three years of junior high anyway.

The problem is that failing the exam means they'll be kept after school for extra lessons, even on weekends and during the following summer vacation. But then, wouldn't that mean they can't be with Kira-kun?

and.

If you keep failing, you may even be expelled.

After all, Shuchiin Academy is an elite school, and if they can't even pass the exams, they really don't deserve to stay at this school!

Although psychic energy greatly enhances their bodies, granting them photographic memory, they have no interest in studying. Furthermore, Yukino Yukinoshita constantly drags them into special training and exorcism missions, leaving them no time to learn.

Therefore, cheating is sometimes unavoidable, merely a temporary measure.

Moreover, Yukino Yukinoshita also bears some responsibility for this.

It was precisely because she felt she had to take responsibility that Yukino Yukinoshita agreed to help them cheat.

however--

however!

Why are the nouns so high in the alphabet?

Nakano Satsuki was on the verge of tears. They had only wanted to barely pass! Who knew the final scores would be this high!

Yukino Yukinoshita readily agreed, but did she actually provide them with all the correct answers?

But wouldn't that mean they would have to achieve a similar ranking in every exam from now on?

Otherwise, people would definitely suspect that they were cheating.

But if you have to get such high scores every time, how can you do it without cheating?

Even if one were to cheat, it wouldn't work without the guidance of a top student, so one would have to continue relying on Yukino Yukinoshita.

Was this also part of your calculations? Yukino Yukinoshita!

Fortunately, the topic of Kitagawa Kaimu didn't linger on May for long; she quickly murmured a sigh:

"Speaking of which, Kira-kun's grades are also very good. 99th place, that's about third place in Class C, right?"

Yui Yuigahama nodded in agreement:

"I think so? After all, the only people ahead of him in line are May and Shirogane."

Third place?

Yumiko Miura remained silent, her emotions somewhat complicated.

Since junior high school, Kira-kun's grades have always been third in his class, without exception.

Even if occasionally the fourth or fifth place will rise to the second or first place, and the first place will fall out of the top ten because of dating, Kira-kun is always third no matter how other people's rankings change.

It's like someone who deliberately scores only 50 points in every subject during every exam; having this level of score control means they have the ability to get full marks.

Kira-kun controls not only the points, but also the rankings!

This isn't something that can be achieved simply by controlling one's own score, because it also requires controlling the scores of others simultaneously. Regardless of how others' rankings change, Kira-kun must simultaneously confirm that exactly two people have higher scores than him; only in this way can he guarantee that he remains in third place at all times!

Furthermore, this is not a ranking of just one or two subjects, but a ranking of all subjects combined!

Some people may be first in the class in Chinese, but only rank in the teens in math. So only by adding up all of a person's scores in different subjects can you finally figure out which two people scored higher than you and ensure that you can get third place in every exam!

Therefore, Kira-kun has to calculate not only the scores of two people, but also the scores of everyone!

How could someone who can precisely control their rankings only reach this level?

Miura Yumiko murmured to herself:

"Kira-kun just doesn't want to be famous. If he really wanted to, he wouldn't lose to anyone."

Kitagawa Kaimu noticed that something was wrong with her expression and asked with concern:

"Yumiko? Is something on your mind?"

"No, it's nothing, I was just thinking about some bad things."

Miura Yumiko shook her head, trying to brush it off, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kira Yoshikage with short blond hair walking towards them. He didn't stop, and his gaze only briefly fell on the leaderboard. After seeing the names of the top three, he walked through the crowd toward the school building.

Is it peaceful?

Yumiko Miura's gaze lingered on Yoshikage Kira's departing figure as she murmured softly.

If Kira truly desires to be mediocre and blend into the crowd, he should dye his blond hair black and shouldn't consistently rank third. Because consistently being third is actually more conspicuous than occasionally getting first or second place!

Even someone who doesn't know Kira-kun as well as she does would suspect that Kira-kun is deliberately manipulating his grades. Wouldn't it be better to remain mediocre and keep his ranking in the middle of the class if he really wanted to?

But Kira wouldn't do that, just as he wouldn't dye his blond hair black because of other people's fear and misunderstanding.

He longed for peace, but he never compromised.

He wants to hide himself, but he won't compromise himself for it.

Or rather, he actually enjoys the feeling of being able to control everything around him with ease. Therefore, he hates things that are beyond his control, that is, things that disturb his peace.

Anything that disturbs his peace will inevitably be killed by Kira-kun's explosion.

If his peaceful life has been disrupted, Kira-kun will not hesitate to restart time.

Can such a life truly be called peaceful?

Yumiko Miura doesn't think so.

Whether it's arrogance, conceit, or self-righteousness, it's all fine.

In short, none of these are good words.

But that's just the kind of person Kira is. She knows it, she's always known it!

The peaceful life Kira mentioned was actually just the peace he wanted.

As long as he can feel at peace, he will not try to change anything, no matter how great the disaster.

He doesn't expect world peace, nor does he pray that Japan won't suffer natural disasters like earthquakes.

Rather, she felt that if an earthquake struck Tokyo one day, killing over 90% of the students in the school, Kira-kun would definitely not stop it. He wouldn't restart time, wouldn't try to save the 90% who had died, but would simply let things happen.

Such a thing is certainly not peaceful, but earthquakes are natural disasters that no one can stop, so Kira-kun can accept this unrest.

Even if 90% of the students die, the public will not pay much attention to the surviving students.

Isn't this the peace that Kira-kun longs for, as long as he doesn't get the attention he deserves?

But if Kira were to restart time and allow all the students in the school to survive the earthquake, such a 'miracle' would surely become the focus of all of Japan. Even though Kira wouldn't have the memories of the time before the restart, and even though the person who tried to stop it wasn't Kira himself, but the person he chose as the 'bomb'.

However, this still doesn't fit Kira-kun's definition of peace.

Because it would be very troublesome.

Why would you find it troublesome?

It's probably because restarting will come at a great cost.

How could Yumiko Miura possibly know what the price would be?

She was just an ordinary person, not a psychic, and was only chosen as a bomb by Kira-kun because of an accident.

What could she possibly do? She doesn't understand anything at all!

If an earthquake were to occur in Tokyo, and if 90% of the students in the school were to die as a result...

If possible, she didn't want Kira to pay too high a price to save others.

Even herself.

If she survives, she won't beg Kira to restart time and bring everyone else back to life. Even if her friends, her family, and everything she owns were to die in the earthquake, she might hesitate, she might look at Kira with pitiful, puppy-dog eyes, but she wouldn't say a word.

Because she knew Kira wouldn't change his mind just because she asked.

To Kira-kun, even though she was once chosen as the bomb, she was probably just a humble speck of dust.

But so what?

Yumiko Miura recalled a famous quote she had seen online, though she didn't know who had said it:

When you like someone, you feel so humble that you become like dust, and then a flower blooms.

Even if she is a humble speck of dust, perhaps she can still bloom occasionally?

Even if this flower cannot last forever, as long as it blooms for a short while, isn't that enough to make Kira-kun happy?

Yumiko Miura looked at her friend, took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind:

"Hey, Haimeng."

"I've made up my mind. Let's do that together!"

"Huh? Is that okay?"

Kitagawa Kaimu looked delighted.

"But before that, you have to teach me."

"no problem!"

Kitagawa Kaimu readily agreed, but she quickly realized it was a trap, because Miura Yumiko was staring at her with a resentful look:

"So, you really did it, didn't you?"

"Th-that..."

Kitagawa Kaimu's expression stiffened, and she looked away somewhat guiltily. "Actually, it was an accident."

Miura Yumiko asked quietly:

"I was the one who called you, and you lied and said you were at work, right?"

Kitagawa Kaimu looked shocked and almost blurted out:

"how do you know?"

"hehe."