When Kanda Shuichi arrived at the archery club, Hashibara had just changed her clothes and came out.
"Hey, you're here, Kanda. I heard you got beaten up a few days ago. That's so lame!"
Can someone sew her mouth shut? I'll pay!
"Long time no see, Hashibara-senpai."
While greeting, Hashibara walked up to Kanda Shuichi, laughing, and hooked her arm around his neck, bending him over.
"You've become so distant. You went to see Captain Sato at noon but didn't come to see me."
It felt like Senior Hashibara's chest was pressing against his shoulder, a bit soft...
Ugh, what am I thinking? There's no way she has a chest!
"I'm still injured. Can you let go of me, Hashibara-senpai?"
"Tch, you don't look like an injured person at all." Despite saying this, Hashibara let go of Kanda Shuichi.
"It's because you're always so unpredictable, Senior Hashibara. Otherwise, why would I go all the way to the third-year classroom?"
"Pfft..."
Not far away, two second-year archery club seniors couldn't help but laugh at Kanda Shuichi's words.
"You're really not cute!"
A bit annoyed, Hashibara pinched Kanda Shuichi's cheeks, but soon let go.
"You're so skinny. Are you eating properly? And you two, what are you laughing at? Run five laps around the archery club and then practice!"
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"Alright, I have something to do later. Senior Hashibara, can you give me the past exam papers? You brought them, right?"
"Don't underestimate me, kid!"
After messing up Kanda Shuichi's hair, making it look like a bird's nest, Hashibara nodded in satisfaction at her work.
"Wait here."
She went back to the girls' changing room and came out with a stack of papers.
"Here you go. Remember to transfer the money."
"Alright, alright. I won't default on a mere 30,000 points."
Kanda Shuichi took the papers from Hashibara and immediately transferred the money to her.
As members of the same club and having a good relationship, Kanda Shuichi naturally had Hashibara's contact information.
"30,000 points, huh? I can live a bit easier this month. There are so many things I want to buy." Seeing the payment notification on her phone, Hashibara was happy.
"Aren't you in Class A? Why are you short on points?"
Kanda Shuichi wanted to ask Sato about this issue around noon, but that guy turned into a riddle-speaker and didn't give Kanda any answers.
"Well, our year is a bit different from yours."
"Different? Kanda Shuichi is kind of curious."
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"Are you an idiot? You're curious, but you actually said, 'Kanda Shuichi is kind of curious.' Do you think you're funny? Hahaha..."
Watching Hashibara laugh nonstop, Kanda Shuichi covered his face in shame, wondering how he could say something like that.
"You're still laughing."
"Sorry, sorry. Since you want to know, I guess I can tell you."
With that, Hashibara gave Kanda Shuichi a general explanation of what she knew about the second years.
If Horikita Manabu is the top person in the third year, then the one at the top of the second year is the leader of Class 2-A, Nagumo Miyabi.
Nagumo Miyabi, the leader of Class 2-A, vice president of the student council, and also the ruler of the entire second year.
That's right, ruler.
He originally was a student from Class B, but during the first semester of his first year, he led Class B to defeat Class A and move up. Afterward, through various methods, he crushed the other three classes of the second year, bringing them under his control.
Now, the entire second year is completely under the shadow of Nagumo Miyabi. The special exams, which the school uses to encourage competition between classes, have basically become a scripted play in the second year. There's no real competition because Class A is always guaranteed to be first.
Additionally, on the first of each month, every second-year student must hand over 75% of their private points to Nagumo Miyabi. Otherwise, he'll find ways to force them to drop out of school. So far, over a dozen second-year students have been expelled, including not only those from other classes but even some from Nagumo's own Class A.
That was all the information Hashibara shared, but it was enough for Kanda to imagine just how pathetic this batch of second years was.
That's right—pathetic!
Being oppressed by a mere student like this, what else could they be?
Kanda Shuichi could think of several ways to make this Nagumo guy drop out of school multiple times.
But since he is different year and doesn't really involve him, Kanda Shuichi decided not to pay too much attention to it.
After saying goodbye to Hashibara-senpai, Kanda Shuichi headed back with the archaeology test papers. He was going to print them out.
Even though he couldn't tell Sudou that these were past exam questions so as not to discourage him, it would be too risky to wait until the last day to give them to him.
One day wouldn't be enough time for Sudou to fully memorize them, so he'd just pretend they were questions Kanda came up with and let him try them out first.
After all, just studying without testing doesn't show how well you've learned, right?
But before that, it's important to check the exam content first. As long as the previous quizzes are the same, then the midterm exams will probably be similar too.
Kanda Shuichi walked as he opened the test papers. After a quick check, he realized he was right—the previous quiz and the current second-year quiz were exactly the same, not a single word had changed.
As expected, this was the backdoor left by the school, or else Chabashira wouldn't have subtly hinted for him to find this.
After confirming the exam papers, Kanda Shuichi packed them up and headed to the school's largest shopping center—Keyaki Mall.
He needed to scan the test papers, erase the answers, and then print them out. Although it sounded simple, it actually took some effort.
It took him forty minutes to finish printing the papers. Looking at them, Kanda Shuichi smiled.
Maybe he could earn some extra money again. Even if he didn't make money, it wouldn't hurt to have someone owe him a favor.
He printed several more copies while he was at it.
On his way back, Kanda Shuichi stopped by the supermarket. He hadn't been able to cook since his concussion, but now he felt much better and could finally enjoy his own homemade meals again.
But recently, he had been eating a lot of meat, so today he decided to go for something vegetarian.
Hmm, tomato and egg noodles. He hadn't had that in a long time.
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