Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

“…No, it doesn’t matter.”

If you walk around outside the school building instead of staying in your room, you will run into troubles like this.

Sakayanagi is not someone who can be dealt with casually.

Now it might be appropriate for me to seek off-field assistance.

".............We have finished chatting, so I will leave first."

Seeing that Sakayanagi showed no signs of leaving, Katsuragi also said goodbye to me and left.

"Katsuragi-kun, why don't you stay a little longer? There's nothing else to do on this day off anyway."

Sakayanagi's voice made Katsuragi pause for a moment, but he remained determined to move forward.

"........No, I will only cause trouble if I stay here."

As he finished speaking, Katsuragi's figure gradually disappeared as I watched.

If possible, I hope he can stay a little longer, at least not leave me alone to talk with Sakayanagi.

However, it's too late to say anything now.

"Come to think of it, I forgot to congratulate Luo Jun on his victory the last time I met him. Although it's a little late, I still congratulate Luo Jun's class A for winning the sports festival."

"........Thank you. It was just luck that we were able to succeed."

"If I hadn't witnessed the last race with my own eyes, I might have really believed Luo Jun's words."

If the girl in front of me didn't have the disease, would the final result of the sports festival exam be different?

I don't know and I don't want to imagine.

No matter what she is, it has nothing to do with me now.

"........Katsuragi-kun was surprisingly relaxed just now. Was Luo-kun talking to him about something interesting?"

"As Katsuragi said, it was just a casual conversation. If you want to point out a specific topic, I can't summarize it...Should I say the difference between this school and other high schools?"

"So Luojun, do you think this school is interesting?"

"Interesting... Sorry, I can't really explain it, but it should be a pretty fulfilling life."

It was difficult to understand what she was saying.

Perhaps the only word that could explain her current mood was complaint.

but why?

"That's right. After all, life with a beautiful woman by your side does make people feel fulfilled."

".............I have no idea what you are referring to."

"Please don't mind it, it's just what I said casually."

"........."

The repetitive words made it hard for me to figure out what the girl in front of me was thinking.

"Can I ask what made Luo Jun choose this school?"

"Opportunity?"

“That’s why I wanted to study at this school.”

Although it was a very simple question, the sneer on Sakayanagi's face made me feel strange.

"........I guess I had no choice."

"Oh?"

Sakayanagi's eyes turned into one of interest.

"There are personal assets involved. My family is poor and cannot afford the tuition for ordinary colleges. This school is very attractive, whether it is free tuition or a nearly 100% employment rate after graduation."

"So what are the other factors? It's not just about property."

"As for other reasons, I personally don't want to talk about them because they may cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

"That's really rude."

Sakayanagi bowed slightly to me in apology, and I accepted it without a care in the world.

I'm afraid nothing good will happen if I continue like this, so I want to resolve this conversation as soon as possible.

"Then it's about time I go, too."

"Is there anything else?"

"I want to go into the mall and see if there's anything I'm missing."

"Then it seems I can't force you to stay."

"Sorry, I have to excuse myself."

The polite speech made me feel a little uncomfortable.

"Actually, there is something I have always wanted to ask Luo Jun."

"..........What?"

The importance of etiquette forced me to stop.

"I wonder if Luo Jun is the 'ferocious beast lurking in the deep sea'?"

".............I'm sorry, Sakayanagi-san, are you referring to............?"

"The speed at which Class A's class points are increasing is really abnormal. Judging from the previous special exam, it doesn't match the progress at all."

“This is thanks to the leadership of Ichinose and Kanzaki.”

"I don't think they can do that."

Sakayanagi immediately refuted my statement.

Yes.

The changes in class points are indeed too abnormal.

After the uninhabited island exam and the special exam for the ship's preferential treatment, Sakayanagi's class's points should have risen to 1024 points, but because of the sports festival, it dropped to 874 points, but the result was 850 points. 20 points less.

我们班级原先的664点班级点数，在通过体育祭前两场考试本该是844点，经过体育祭也应该是894点。然而在十月最新的班级点数表格中显示是1074点。足足多了180点。

By the way, the current points of Class D are 212 points, and Class C is 362 points.

"They are the only two leaders in the class."

"Luo-kun has underestimated me. I know that someone tampered with the announcement of the final results during the special exam on the uninhabited island."

".........Does that mean the result we finally got is false?"

Sakayanagi smiled but didn't respond.

"I'll tell Ichinose about this."

"I thought Ichinose-san already knew that."

"I'm sorry, I haven't heard anything like this in my class so far... So the so-called 'ferocious beast lurking in the deep sea' means..."

"Yes, I'm referring to the person behind the tampering of the special exam results. I personally think that person is you."

".......I won't leak the class information even if Sakayanagi-san says so."

This statement may seem inappropriate, but at the moment it makes my identity more questionable.

"........but why is it 'a ferocious beast lurking in the deep sea'?"

I had doubts about Sakayanagi's wording, but soon some conclusions that I had forgotten about came back to the surface. I tried my best to dodge the cold explanation.

"because--"

【Cheating is Hibernate's strength.】

I echoed what Sakayanagi said next in my mind.

"........."

Then, Sakayanagi showed a puzzled expression. She took a step closer to me with her cane and stretched out her hand to touch my cheek, but I easily dodged it.

I was surprised by her behavior.

Even at this point, the look of disbelief on her face had not yet disappeared, and was even stronger.

We just stared at each other.

After a long time, she slowly came to her senses and apologized to me.

"Sorry, I was rude just now......"

An uneasy breath.

"........."

I couldn't comprehend the situation, so even if I wanted to complain I didn't know where to start.

"Lord Luo must be wondering about my actions just now."

“…I guess so.”

"Because I noticed a very strange expression on your face."

"........."

Did you notice the strange expression on my face and wanted to touch me?

Hard to understand.

"Confused or something... It seems that Ichinose-san is an opponent worth noting."

Ignoring my presence, Sakayanagi muttered to herself.

Chapter 182 [Paper Shuffle] Special Exam

How long has it been since the last time the class was filled with tension because of the written test results?

Although it cannot be called heavy, everyone in the class does not want to develop a mentality of worrying about gains and losses.

Today is the day to announce the midterm exam results.

[If a student fails the midterm or final exams, and there are no other special factors, the student will be expelled. ]

The original rules are still vivid in our minds, and perhaps we have become accustomed to them, but the development of events ultimately has its own variables.

The bottom ten students who did not achieve good results in the previous sports festival will be punished by having 10 points deducted from their midterm exam scores.

Although the athletic ability of our students is not bad, the ability system used in the [Entry Form] in cooperation with Class D has greatly affected the scores of some students in the class. One of the ten students at the bottom is a girl from Class A. This means that she needs to score ten more points than the rest of us to reach the passing score.

However, the passing score of the class is controllable. If high-scoring students deliberately lower their scoring rates, the class average score will also drop accordingly, so as to reach the minimum requirement without any dropouts.

Normally, students try their best to find their own shortcomings in exams, but this time we deliberately preserved our abilities.

"........."

Come to think of it, we have only experienced this kind of large-scale exam twice before.

"After averaging the scores of all subjects, the passing score is roughly around 40 points. Students who fail to meet the passing score will be expelled as in previous exams. Also, if you perform well in the sports festival and choose points as a reward, scores over 100 will be treated as 100 points."

"Next, the midterm exam results will be announced. Please carefully confirm your name and corresponding score."

Teacher Xing Zhigong kindly reminded us.

Whether the first place winner in the individual competition will receive a score reward or a private point reward is an option that our students need to determine before the midterm exam begins.

Most students in the class chose point rewards, but a few chose score rewards because they were not confident in coping with the difficulty of the midterm exam.

But I don't think we need that layer of protection.

Without any consideration for the students who wanted to hide their results, the next moment the results of all of us students were announced on the blackboard just like the performance of salesmen being announced within the company.

The results will be announced in order starting from the lowest score.

So, my name naturally appeared at the bottom, and everyone was relieved to see this.

Because this means that even though there is a penalty of minus ten points for the bottom ten in the sports festival, no student in the class has scored less than 60 points.

Next is the name [Okabe Kaito] and his test scores in various subjects. The next is the girl who was punished, and then the students with weaker abilities among both boys and girls, such as Yamazo and Motobashi..........