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She was the heir to the prestigious Shinomiya family, known for its excellent character and academic achievements, yet she found herself helpless in the face of a rogue's persistent harassment.

Oh! Right, studying.

Thinking about her academic performance, Kaguya suddenly had an idea.

He spoke coldly to Bai Ye.

"You want to be my friend, right?"

"That's right!"

Bai Ye nodded, somewhat curious about how the little Kaguya in front of him would try to reject him.

"But I won't be friends with someone who's good for nothing!"

"Your entrance exam score! If you can beat me, I'll agree to be your friend! Otherwise, you'd better leave here with your tail between your legs, and for the next three years, you're not allowed to bother me again!"

Kaguya confidently uttered this challenging statement to Byakuya.

"Oh! Interesting!"

Bai Ye nodded, ready to accept the challenge from the Kaguya loli in front of him.

However, just as Bai Ye was about to speak, a clear, childlike voice suddenly came from behind, interfering in the middle of their bet.

"Compare the scores from this entrance exam?"

"Would you like to add me to the group?"

The one who spoke was the white-haired loli who had entered the classroom earlier and had been secretly observing the interaction between Byakuya and Kaguya.

Upon seeing the white-haired loli, Kaguya frowned and uttered a name that was very familiar to her.

"Sakayanagi Arisu!"

Upon seeing the white-haired loli's figure behind her, Kaguya clearly showed a hint of disdain, as if she had known the girl before.

"Why are you getting involved in my bet with this Bai Ye?"

However, Sakayanagi Arisu didn't care about Kaguya's disdain.

He looked at Kaguya with a delighted expression.

"Don't be so stingy! I'm just very interested in the geniuses specially recruited by your Shuchiin Academy!"

Judging from the little girl's tone, she didn't seem to consider herself a student at Shuchiin Junior High School at all.

"A specially recruited genius?"

Kaguya glanced at Byakuya with some surprise upon hearing this, but she did not change her decision to challenge Byakuya because of Sakayanagi Arisu's words.

She simply frowned and looked at Sakayanagi Arisu, who had taken the initiative to provoke her.

"If you want to play your so-called genius game, go play it at your Advanced Nurturing Institute! Our Shuchiin Academy isn't a place for you to compete between innate and artificial geniuses!"

Kaguya's opening remarks elevated Sakayanagi Arisu's involvement to the level of competition between the two schools that cultivate geniuses.

This is precisely why the two girls in front of us have a conflict.

Bai Ye recalled with great interest the original setting of the school the two girls mentioned.

Advanced Nurturing High School—in the original work, it's a place for cultivating talent in Japan, employing a "breeding" educational method that ranks students from A to D classes.

Ultimately, only those who graduate from Class A are able to gain admission to their desired university.

And what about Shuchiin Academy? In the original story, it's also a talent training base for Japan's upper echelons, an integrated education system from elementary to high school. The Shinomiya family is the major shareholder, continuously supplying talent to Japan's upper class.

If it were just like in the original story, where there's only one school in Japan, then it wouldn't be a problem.

However, in this crossover anime world, with two schools that cultivate talent coming together, a competitive relationship naturally forms.

So, the reason I was specially recruited into Shuchiin Junior High School must be because of the external competitor, Advanced Nurturing School!

Previously, Bai Ye was somewhat curious, as he had never heard of any special admissions for junior high school students at Shuchiin in the original work.

So that’s what happened!

but...

Bai Ye glanced curiously at Sakayanagi Arisu, the loli who seemed to have been attending Shuchiin Academy since elementary school, and a thought began to linger in his mind.

Is it because Advanced Education doesn't have elementary or junior high schools? Or is this little girl simply a spy who deliberately infiltrated to gather intelligence on rival schools?

No wonder Kaguya and this little girl don't get along!

After all, if you really want to talk about Shuchiin, then it's practically part of the Shinomiya family's property!

Seeing the two young ladies arguing fiercely, Bai Ye's mischievous side kicked in again.

He immediately agreed on behalf of Kaguya to allow Sakayanagi Arisu to join.

"If this white-haired loli wants to join, then let her join! Is Kaguya scared or something?"

Upon hearing Bai Ye's support, Sakayanagi Arisu, who was standing to the side, immediately revealed a smug expression and echoed Bai Ye's words.

"That's right! Could it be that the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family is afraid to compete with me in terms of grades?"

Hearing Bai Ye's instigation, Kaguya glared at him hatefully, looking as if she wanted to devour him.

Now Kaguya has also discovered it.

Bai Ye didn't seem to be a classmate who knew his identity and wanted to curry favor with him at all.

This guy is just someone who wants to make fun of himself.

Kaguya just couldn't understand where this special admission student from a mixed-gender college got the courage to come and flirt with her, the young lady of the Shinomiya Zaibatsu.

Although I don't actually have any rights at home.

But outsiders don't know, so is he really not afraid of his family background?

Ah!

Bai Ye is truly unafraid.

Seeing Kaguya's gaze, which seemed to want to devour him, Baiye glared back with a smile.

This left Lady Kaguya so angry she didn't know how to be angry anymore. She gritted her teeth and had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the bet between the three of them.

"Okay! But we need to change the bet!"

"Two people lost, and for the next three years, they must become the maid and servant of the person who takes first place, completely obedient to their every command! I wonder if you dare to bet!"

Kaguya's eyes were filled with anger.

Upon hearing this, Sakayanagi Arisu suddenly hesitated.

After all, a young girl's body doesn't support her engaging in overly strenuous exercise.

Bai Ye, on the other hand, was overjoyed upon hearing the girl's bet and quickly agreed, as if afraid that Kaguya would change her mind.

"Okay! It's settled!"

Upon hearing that Byakuya had agreed, Sakayanagi Arisu, feeling that the die was cast, finally nodded hesitantly.

After all, both girls were confident in their academic performance.

The other students around were also very interested after hearing about the bet between the three people in the upper right corner.

Even the self-introductions that are a regular part of the start of the school year in Japan were ignored by everyone.

A few gossipy girls secretly took out their phones and spread the news.

Then, in a very short time, the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family and the daughter of the chairman of the board of directors of Advanced Nurturing High School Sakayanagi were to compete with a special admission student from a mixed-age school in the first entrance exam.

In less than a day, it became the talk of the town.

Chapter 91 Hayasaka, don't look back, I'm Kaguya! (Bonus Chapter 28)

Evening

At this time, the Shinomiya family mansion...

"Asshole! Asshole!"

"Hayasaka, that bastard named Byakuya is driving me crazy!"

"They're clearly students of our Shuchiin Academy, yet they're always siding with that white-haired fox!"

At this moment, lying on the bed, hugging her pillow and looking sullen, was none other than Kaguya, who had just returned home from school.

Beside Kaguya, dressed in a maid outfit and holding a report on Byakuya's identity, stood Hayasaka Ai, Kaguya's loyal attendant.

"Xiao Ai! Have you collected all the information about Bai Ye for me?"

"Everything has been collected, Miss!"

Hayasaka Ai was utterly astonished to see her young mistress display such an angry expression.

She is a girl who has been by Kaguya's side since childhood, like an older sister.

She has a deep understanding of what kind of education her somewhat awkward young lady received from childhood.

It could be said that it was enough to grind a normal girl down into a profit-driven machine that only cared about the family's interests.

The young girl watched helplessly as her young mistress, under this capitalist-style education, gradually lost her rich expressions and became cold and aloof.

But today, Kaguya's facial expressions became quite varied once again.

Although it was all caused by anger.

However, this also made Hayasaka Ai very interested in the White Night that her young lady had mentioned.

He began by reading aloud the information about Bai Ye that he had his servants collect.

"Izumi Byakuya! Born in a church orphanage, he was adopted by the Izumi family. He graduated from Minato Elementary School, Adachi Ward, Tokyo! He had excellent academic performance. He resolved many bullying issues in elementary school, and started publishing light novels in first grade, which became wildly popular. He is a true genius!"

"Genius?"

Upon hearing this, Kaguya frowned.

Judging from Byakuya's performance today, Kaguya couldn't sense any genius in him whatsoever.

He seems like a real entertainer!

Kaguya saw right through Byakuya's true nature.

"but..."

"But what?"

Hearing the hesitation in her attendant's voice, Kaguya gestured for him to speak boldly.

"We simply had no way of investigating their life during the entire summer after they graduated from elementary school!"

Is it not that we can't investigate, but that there's no way to investigate?

Kaguya felt a little curious, so she asked, "Why can't we investigate?"

"It seems that the higher-ups in the police system said that this boy named Baiye was involved in some events related to the new emperor during the summer vacation, so they deliberately blocked our information!"

Hayasaka Ai also spoke with some confusion.

"The Emperor?"

Upon hearing this title, Kaguya simply shook her head.

"Since we can't find anything, let's just leave it at that. It's only a one-month gap anyway, and I doubt his grades would improve significantly during this summer vacation!"

As she spoke, Kaguya took the test scores from Byakuya's previous exams from Hayasaka Ai's hand and began comparing them with her own.

That's right, the reason why Kaguya investigated Byakuya was simply because she wanted to know Byakuya's usual exam scores.

"Stable!"

After learning about Byakuya's grades in elementary school, Kaguya was completely confident about this bet.

Bai Ye's grades were consistently the best in Shuimen Elementary School, but that was only within the confines of an ordinary elementary school like Shuimen.

If she were placed in the elementary school of Shuchiin Academy, she would be in the top three, but she would still be quite a distance from Kaguya-sama, who has maintained her number one position year after year.

Incidentally, Sakayanagi Arisu is the student who has consistently ranked second at Shuchiin Elementary School.