This is not the date I wanted.

It was during an outdoor activity in physical education class. She sneaked into the men's locker room, and when Shido Itsuka was not paying attention, she swapped his newly bought gymnastics suit with the rare item. The fabric was soaked with Shido Itsuka's sweat. Whether it was used to make soup or hot pot base, it was undoubtedly first-class, top-quality stuff.

Although after returning home, Origami was so ashamed that she almost planned to dig a hole and bury herself, she still kept the thing after a long psychological struggle.

Holding the white gymnastics suit in her hands, Tobiichi Origami felt her hands trembling constantly. On the one hand, she was trying to suppress the impulse that was about to get out of control, and on the other hand, she realized that what she was about to do was too perverted, and the shame almost made her faint on the spot.

"… This, this is your fault… You promised to teach Tohka… but you pushed all the blame on me…"

After muttering to herself in the empty toilet, Origami looked at the gym suit with a red face, and decided to go all out by covering her face with the suit.

"Inhale-exhale...inhale-exhale...inhale--"

Her chest rose and fell rhythmically, and as Origami took deep breaths, the fabric of her leotard sagged inward, vaguely outlining the outline of a human face.

About a minute later, Origami silently took off her gym uniform and carefully put it back into her schoolbag.

At this moment, Origami no longer had the pure and lovely girlish aura she had before. Instead, she was filled with the aura of a master emanating from the inside out.

"The mission—begins."

After whispering softly, Origami picked up the tablet and tapped the screen quickly with his fingers like raindrops.

About ten minutes later, Origami left the bathroom and returned to the physics preparation room.

"Oh, you're finally back, Zhe——"

As they were talking, Tohka looked at Origami who was gradually approaching and couldn't help but frowned in confusion.

"Tobi, Tobiichi Origami?!"

Noticing that Tohka had changed the way she addressed herself, Origami realized that she had already noticed her change.

(Although his brain is not very smart, his intuition is quite sharp, similar to the wildness of animals?)

Origami was a little surprised.

However, these are of no importance to Origami Tobiichi. From the very beginning, she had no intention of having a good relationship with Yatogami.

Origami walked in front of Tohka, but did not sit down. Instead, she looked down at her from a condescending attitude.

"Yatogami Tohka."

"Well?"

Under Tohka's vigilant gaze, Origami said,

"You are the stupidest woman I have ever met!"

"What did you say?!"

As expected, upon hearing this, Tohka could no longer sit still. She slammed the table and stood up, her eyebrows raised, staring at Origami angrily.

However, Origami did not back down and continued to criticize the other party mercilessly.

"Am I wrong? You can't even solve such a simple problem, and you still want to pass the final exam? Ridiculous, I think you should go to elementary school instead of high school? Tadpoles who have just learned to swim are much smarter than you."

“Mmmmm!”

She clenched her teeth tightly. No matter how dumb Tohka was, she knew that Origami was insulting her. If she hadn't known that the reverse flow of spiritual power would cause trouble to Shidou Mengyue and the others, she would have summoned "Aoshagong" without saying a word and hit Origami on the forehead.

"Hmph - never mind, just think I was really stupid and thought I could really get along with you for a while. Since you think I'm stupid, I'll go study by myself!"

"so--"

At this moment, Origami suddenly changed the subject, looked into Tohka's eyes, and said very seriously,

"If I want you to pass the exam in a short time, I have to use another method."

"Eh? What do you mean, Tobiichi Origami?"

Hearing this, Tohka frowned, not understanding what Origami was up to.

However, Origami did not answer Tohka's question. She stretched out her hand and took Tohka's textbook in front of her.

"Hey! What are you doing? Give me back my book! Tobiichi Origami!"

"Shut up!"

“——Hmm.”

A simple sentence stopped Tohka from thinking. Origami flipped through Tohka's textbook and picked up a pencil.

The final exam is a comprehensive assessment to confirm students' understanding of the knowledge imparted this semester.

Of course, although the scope of the exam is all the content of the entire semester, it is obviously unrealistic to cover the knowledge of an entire book with just one exam paper. Therefore, usually, teachers usually divide the important knowledge points for students to review, and then select one or two knowledge points from them as test questions.

From the textbook, Origami can see that although Tohka didn't understand the content of the class, she was not slacking off. She carefully marked out the knowledge points pointed out by the teacher.

However, with Yatogami Tohka's current level of knowledge, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to want to understand and absorb this knowledge in a short period of time.

Well, since Tohka cannot absorb so much knowledge, she just needs to narrow the scope of her learning again.

(This will not be tested... This will not be tested... This...)

Origami picked up the pencil, and ignoring Tohka's panicked expression, he quickly crossed out the knowledge points in the book that the teacher used to perform "fake punches" one by one.

As for how to know the exact range of the test questions. Although she is not as proficient in computers as Mengyue, Origami once hacked into the school's teaching system during the second year of high school to confirm whether she was in the same class as Shidao, so it was not difficult to check the content of the test.

By the way, this is not cheating. Tohka Yatogami just "happened" to guess the right question based on the advice of the top student in the grade. That's all.

(That should be about it.)

After completing the redivision of the exam scope for all subjects, Origami put down his pencil. At this point, only one-sixth of the content in the book remained to be reviewed.

To be on the safe side, she crossed out some "fake boxing" knowledge points and also removed the more difficult real test questions. This would further reduce Yatogami Tohka's burden and also avoid the teacher from getting suspicious after accidentally seeing these textbooks.

If you master all these knowledge points, you can definitely get 70 points, but that's the maximum.

(To pass the final exam, you must get more than half of the average score for the entire year, which is about 30 to 40 points.)

If at this point, Yatogami Tohka still can't pass, then Origami can't do anything.

"Yatogami Tohka. If you review according to the topics above, there may be a glimmer of hope for passing."

"Tobiichi Origami..."

"But don't think you can get away with it easily like this."

Origami glared at Tohka sternly and threatened her without any hesitation.

"Your foundation is too poor. Even for the simplest arithmetic problem, you have to start from scratch and study hard. Don't think that your study will end today. On the contrary, until the last second before the exam, I will not allow you to slack off in the slightest and will guide you in the most severe and difficult way. If you can't do it, you can give up here. What do you think? Yatogami Tohka?"

"Hmph! I'm being called stupid."

Facing Origami's aggressive words, Tohka looked at Origami fearlessly, with the corners of her mouth raised and her eyes burning with a passionate fighting spirit.

"Who would admit defeat? Come on! Tobiichi Origami."

Mengyue Exam (VIII)

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Soon, the weekend study session came to an end. Although it was similar to a last-minute cramming before an exam, everyone gained something more or less after communicating with each other.

However, Origami's Spartan education of Yatogami Tohka did not end there.

The study time during class is naturally different. On the way home from school, while eating, and even while taking a bath, Origami requires Tohka to use the time to review vocabulary and grammar.

Perhaps in order to better improve learning efficiency, Origami even moved to the Elf Apartment these days to tutor Tohka overnight. Nanashi and Mengyue often saw that the lights in Yatogami Tohka's room were not turned off until four in the morning, and then Origami would wake Tohka up at six in the morning to continue studying.

At first, everyone was worried that Origami's overly demanding study plan would overwhelm Tohka, but Tohka showed a tenacity beyond everyone's expectations and completed all of Origami's requirements bit by bit.

To be honest, even Meng Yue, who deliberately arranged the two of them into a group at the beginning, did not expect this to happen.

At the same time, perhaps because they were stimulated by the actions of the two people, although not as exaggerated as origami, everyone also began to intensify their review efforts.

However, it was Wednesday, the night before the exam.

"Hmm - that's about it."

Putting down the draft paper and pencil in his hands, Shidao closed the textbook, leaned back in his chair and stretched hard.

Looking up at the clock on the wall, it was already past one in the morning.

(It’s already this late… Could it be that…)

Shidou opened the curtains and looked at the Elf Apartment next door. As expected, the light in Tohka's room on the fourth floor was still on. It was obvious that Tohka was still struggling hard under Origami's guidance.

"...At least you should have a good rest today."

With a hint of worry in his eyes, Shidao picked up the phone, hesitated for a moment, and dialed Mengyue's number.

——Beep! Beep! After a few beeps, the phone rang to indicate the call was connected.

[Hey, Shidou, you're still awake? ]

"Yeah. Meng Yue hasn't slept yet?"

[Hehe, this time has just begun for the otaku. 】

"I have an exam tomorrow..."

Shidou couldn't help but smile bitterly. After exchanging a few simple greetings, Shidou asked,

"Meng Yue, you should be on the fourth floor now. How are Tohka and Origami?"

[Well... it should be pretty much the same as you imagined. ]

Without denying Shidou's words, Mengyue answered truthfully.

————————————————I am the dividing line for shifting perspectives————————————

[As expected, are you planning to stay up until three today? The exam is tomorrow, let them rest early tonight and recharge their batteries.]

On the other end of the phone, Shidou's voice was filled with worry.

"Even if you tell me that, it's Origami who's tutoring Tohka, not me. I can't make the decision."

Leaning against the corridor outside Room 410, Meng Yue shrugged helplessly and replied.

"And Shidou, I'm afraid Origami's thoughts aren't as gentle as yours."

【Hey, what does this mean? 】

Mengyue sighed and turned to look at Tohka's room. Since the door was not closed tightly, Mengyue could clearly see the situation inside the room through the gap.

At this time, Tohka was sitting at her desk reviewing, and Origami was standing next to her to give her guidance.

All around them were various energy drinks for refreshing. Origami was holding a paper fan borrowed from her. Although it didn't hurt when hitting people, it made a loud noise when hitting. It was obviously intended to wake Tohka up when she dozed off.

To be honest, even Meng Yue couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

"It looks like these two guys are planning to just stay up all day during the exam."

【Eh? 】

Shidou's surprised voice came from the phone.

"I'm afraid it's to prevent Tohka from forgetting what she learned in the past few days. After all, she absorbed so much knowledge in such a short time, and she probably won't master more than 30% of it. In addition, Tohka is in a state of high spirits now. If she relaxes and falls asleep at this critical moment, she will probably forget everything she learned in the past few days when she wakes up."

Learning is not something that can be completed in a short time. Most of the knowledge acquired during learning only exists in the brain's short-term memory. If it is not reviewed and consolidated for a long time, it will be forgotten in a few days.

What's more, Tohka had no foundation in high school knowledge before this. Even for simple easy-to-scoring questions, it would take her several times longer than a normal person to understand them.

[But, but if they stay up all night like this, won't Tohka and Origami be in trouble? ]

"Sigh... the physical fitness of elves is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Even if they stay up all night for several days, there won't be any big problems. However, the mental exhaustion should be quite terrible."

Meng Yue answered. Since becoming an elf, she has stayed up all night for more than ten days without rest. But the difference is that Meng Yue stayed up all night to play games and watch animations. She was doing something she liked. When she was immersed in it, she naturally didn't care about time. If she was studying, Meng Yue probably wouldn't last half a day before falling asleep on the bed.

Honestly, the fact that she was able to hold on to that point can only be attributed to her strong mental strength and determination.

【but……】

"Well, I understand your concerns, but let's not interfere this time and let them try their best."

After comforting Shidao, Mengyue looked silently into the house.

……

--Snapped!

With a sound of tilt, Origami's paper fan fell on Tohka's head.

"Wow!? You scared me to death. I'm not asleep. What are you doing, Tobiichi Origami?!"

Tohka's sleepy eyes suddenly widened to their maximum, and she raised her head, looking at Origami with dissatisfaction.