"Senpaku, I am Sakamoto. What brings you here?"

The sea breeze was stronger at night, tousling her hair.

It also blew away the carefully maintained, flawless sweet mask on her face.

Her chest rose and fell slightly.

It seemed as if they were trying their best to suppress something.

Finally, she abruptly raised her head.

My hands gripped the cold metal railing tightly.

Facing the direction where the waves crashed on the shore in the darkness,

She could no longer suppress a low growl.

Her voice was filled with resentment and anger, a stark contrast to her usual demeanor.

"Horikita Suzune... that damned Horikita Suzune!"

"What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for! What are you putting on airs for! You're just a reclusive woman with no friends!"

"Why! Why does she get all the limelight?! It's me! I'm the one who's been holding the class together! I'm the one helping everyone! Those idiots should be thanking me!"

"And that Sakamoto from Class A! What a terrible test he gave us! It was completely fake! Useless! Are they kidding us?!"

"One by one... one by one they're all against me! They're all hindering me!"

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!"

She kicked and pounded the railing frantically.

They were venting their pent-up dark emotions.

Those usually clear and friendly eyes were now filled with twisted jealousy and hatred.

This is what Kikyo Kushida truly is after shedding all pretense.

The most authentic version of yourself.

Just as she was immersed in her frenzied catharsis,

As one exposes their most vulnerable side to the desolate sea breeze—

On the dark sea in the distance, an unusual moving object...

It was cutting through the waves at an astonishing speed, heading straight towards her!

Kushida's angry shouts stopped abruptly.

She suddenly stopped moving.

They looked out at the sea with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

what is that?

By the light of the street lamps and the faint starlight, she could barely make out—

It was a human figure!

The man stood on the sea surface in an incredible way.

It glided in steadily.

He wasn't standing on a surfboard or any common sailing equipment.

Instead, they were... two extremely thin, oddly shaped wing plates.

Do not,

More precisely,

Those look more like a pair of modified skis!

But the sea is not a ski resort.

The man leaned forward slightly.

Maintaining an extreme balance,

Her legs were trembling at a high speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.

Every tiny tremor,

All of these forces acted precisely on the pair of objects beneath their feet, producing a peculiar high-frequency vibration.

This vibration subtly and instantly displaced the seawater within an inch of their feet.

This creates a temporary cavity and extremely high surface tension.

At the same time, it uses the backflow of water to generate forward gliding power!

Its principle is similar to performing ultra-high-speed, ultra-small-scale "water treading" on the water surface.

However, the control required for strength, balance, and frequency reached an inhuman level.

He did this, as if riding an invisible snow mountain.

Two clear white tracks were drawn on the dark sea.

They approached the shore with grace and speed.

Even more incredible is the speed at which they waded through the water.

His trouser legs and even the tops of his shoes showed no signs of being wet from the waves.

It was as if all the water droplets were repelled by the high-frequency vibrations and the air field.

Kikyo Kushida was completely stunned.

They stared in disbelief at this surreal scene.

As the distance decreases,

The person's outline gradually became clearer.

A tall and straight figure, familiar black hair.

And those black-rimmed glasses that seemed to reflect a faint light even in the darkness of night…

The identity of the visitor was self-evident.

It was one of the people she had just cursed.

Class A, Grade 1

Sakamoto!

He appeared to be practicing some kind of nocturnal "secret technique."

We just happened to be passing through this place.

Sakamoto's gaze calmly swept across the shore, naturally landing on the person gripping the railing tightly, their expression frozen in utter shock, not even having had time to put their disguise back on—

Kushida bellflower.

PS: Fixed the bug in the average score of Class D in the previous volume.

We're about to move on to the next volume, and I'd like to ask for your feedback.

Regarding the Sakura Airi incident, would you like me to write in more detail or briefly?

If I were to go into more detail, I would write about Longyuan's plans in a more complex way and add more dramatic elements.

To keep it brief, I'll try to gloss over it, then insert a bit of Sakamoto's interactions with other characters, and then we'll officially enter the deserted island arc.

We welcome your feedback, and thank you for your support.

First Grade Midterm Exam: Chapter 080: Kushida and Sakamoto

Kikyo Kushida's brain completely shut down.

She blinked, then blinked hard again.

I almost suspected that I was hallucinating from extreme anger.

But the scene before my eyes was so real it was suffocating—

Sakamoto,

That Sakamoto from Class 1-A,

It is in a way that transcends the common sense of physics.

Standing tall on the undulating sea!

The ski-like apparatus beneath his feet vibrated rapidly.

It pushed aside the seawater, creating two white tails.

Like harnessing an invisible force, breaking through the tides under the night sky.

They sped toward the shore where she was!

WHAT THE FUCK?!

This was completely beyond Kushida's comprehension.

Her expression froze completely.

Even whether the other party saw or heard his hysterical, unrestrained cursing.

All of that was temporarily put aside.

now,

Her entire being was captivated by this incredible sight.

Sakamoto's speed is extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, they had approached the shallows.

And those who came with him,

There was also a surging wave stirred up by his high-speed gliding!

The waves seemed to possess a life of their own, rising high into the air.

With immense power, it lunged towards Kushida on the shore!

Kushida's pupils suddenly contracted.

A strong sense of crisis made her instinctively want to back away.

But it's too late!

At this critical moment,

Sakamoto, who was already close to the shore,

Using the rebound force generated by the final collision between the board beneath our feet and the wave,

His body suddenly leaned backward.

She executed a perfect backflip in mid-air with exquisite elegance!

The movements were as fluid as a dance.

It landed precisely on the shore not far from Kushida.

However, the wave he had created continued its relentless roar, undiminished in its momentum.

It pelted down on the two people on the shore.

It was about to devour Kushida and Sakamoto, who had just landed!

Kushida didn't even have time to express his shock at Sakamoto's inhuman entrance.

Her survival instinct made her suddenly raise her arms and cross them in front of her to protect herself.

With eyes tightly shut, prepare to face the onslaught of the icy seawater and a miserable end.

The expected impact and pervasive sensation did not materialize.

Instead,

It was a series of dense and crisp "pat-pat" sounds.