"Why did you invite me?" Ryuji asked.
He's not the type to travel, he's an otaku after all.
"Isn't it normal to invite friends over to your house?"
"...That seems reasonable." Ryuji could not argue.
"Correct!" Elf smiled triumphantly.
"But even if you want to leave, you have to wait until summer break. No one goes to a small island in winter." Ryuji said.
"Fine, but you have to go during summer break!" Elf pouted.
"OK, I understand." Ryuji thought to himself, who remembered summer vacation, let's talk about then.
...
Two weeks passed quickly, and Otonokizaka Academy began its midterm exams.
Honoka stepped into the exam room confident that she was going to the battlefield, surrounded by people she didn't know very well, and couldn't even deceive.
When the first Japanese test papers were handed out, beads of sweat appeared on Honoka's forehead.
She clearly felt that these questions were very familiar, but she couldn't remember the correct answers.
Honoka fell hard on the table.
...
Another two days passed, and the half term results were sent out, and everyone was waiting for the test results in Muse's activity room.
"So you all passed?" Ryuji asked.
"Hmph, I'm super idol Yazawa Nico, how could it be difficult for me to pass the test!" Nico snorted.
It was easy to say, but in fact, she had been badly tortured by Nozomi for the past two weeks, and if she couldn't answer the questions, she would be punished by having her chest cramped crazily.
And while she did qualify, it was only a few points over the line.
"Rin also passed, meow!" Rin is still full of energy.
Even if they both passed, the other members of Muse couldn't possibly fail.
"Which means... now only Honoka is left." Ryuji pinched his brows, and the biggest problem was left to the end.
"Why hasn't Honoka come yet!" Umi felt a little worried.
It's pretty much the same as everyone else.
"Awaited!"
Finally, Honoka arrived at the activity room.
She pushed open the door and found that everyone was staring at her, and she was shivering with fear.
"What's wrong with everyone?"
"You still dare to ask, why did you come here now!" Nico said loudly.
"I'm sorry, I'm still on duty." Honoka scratched her head in embarrassment.
"Compared to that, how are your grades?" Umi asked.
"It would be great if I scored higher in the exam." Honoka said disappointedly.
Could it be... A bad feeling rose in everyone's heart.
"I got 53 points!" Honoka took out the test paper and showed a big smile.
Japan's test pass line is half the average score, so Honoka's 53 points counts as a pass.
It's only then that everyone realizes they were conned by Honoka, and Nico steps forward with malicious intent, and punishes her with the masculinity kneading skill she stole from Nozomi.
"I am wrong!" Honoka begged for mercy as tears flowed.
Everyone pretended not to see her, because Honoka was toying with them just now.
The joke is over, and everyone gathers to discuss the next arrangement.
Because they passed all the midterms, they were able to get support from the school and met the requirements to participate in LoveLive.
"LoveLive adopts a ranking system, and the top 20 college idol groups in the country are eligible to participate." Hanayo is the one who knows LoveLive best, and explains.
"What is our current rank?" Honoka asked.
Because there is a good teacher, Muse's ranking has increased a lot, from the first to the current top 50.
"47!" Honoka's jaw dropped in surprise. Since she was concentrating on reviewing the exams during this period, she didn't have much time to pay attention to the rankings. She did not expect to be promoted so much at once.
A rating of 47 is considered a good result, but not enough to earn LoveLive tickets.
"There are still two and a half months until LoveLive, and we want to increase the ratings to 20!" Umi said seriously.
"Yes!" All members of Muse answered in unison.
"As long as Marie Sensei is here, first place on LoveLive will definitely be ours!" Nico said flatteringly.
"Impossible." Marie smiled lightly.
"Relying only on me, it is absolutely impossible to win the LoveLive championship."
"Huh, why?!"
"Because I'm not at all familiar with your dance."
Marie was a French princess in the second half of the 17th century. She was good at dancing beautiful court dances, which were incompatible with idol dances.
The only help she can give Honoko and the others with dancing is simple basic skills.