Boring friendship

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed since the beginning of studies, and in two days it will be May.

Despite this, the majority of Class D students still showed no signs of restraint: they either made noise in class or played with their mobile phones, and those who slept could be considered good students, at least they didn't disturb others.

This class is the end of the world.

And it's been almost a week since Hikigaya and Shiina met, and since... how shall I put it.

Does this girl really not know what polite words are?

Initially, Hikigaya thought it was just a conversation, but Shiina actually took some books with her to communicate with him.

If Hikigaya politely evaded, Shiina would say that at first glance, everything is fine, but her face will have a slightly lonely expression, which will make Hachiman not be able to refuse even if he wants to.

...Hey, this person is really a strategist, right?

Speaking of which, this is how I feel when I get along with Sakayanagi. Maybe I was naturally held back by gray hair?

While Hikigaya was thinking about his boring thoughts, the third grade bell rang and the class D in charge, Miss Chabashira, entered the classroom.

Even though the teacher had arrived, the students were still in disarray and their high spirits had not diminished.

But Chabashira-sensei didn't say a word about this tragic situation, which is very unfortunate for Hikigaya.

If Chabashira's teacher can get his salary so easily, then he also wants to come here to file for salary theft after graduation.

"Shut up, I need you to be a little more serious in class today."

"Sae-chan, what's going on?"

Some students have started using that nickname for their teacher, and what's even creepier is that Chabashira-sensei didn't respond at all.

This woman is clearly not one of those characters who can communicate with students.

"Because it's the end of the month, there will be a quiz and tests will be passed to the end."

After saying that, Chabashira-sensei handed out the test sheets to the students in the front row.

After receiving it from previous students, Hikigaya quickly skimmed through it and found it to be a quiz with five core subjects.

"What's the matter? I've never heard of taking an exam. What's the trick?" the girl still complained.

"Don't say it like that, this test is just for future reference, it won't be on the transcript and there's no risk, so you can do it confidently, but don't cheat." The teacher's reaction was the same as before.

...Tsk, started again, boring hint.

Hikigaya was secretly stunned, usually the results of the quiz should be reflected in the transcript, otherwise there is no need to arrange an exam.

According to the character of Chabashira-sensei, although she will not take the initiative to give any hints to the students, she will never lie at the same time and will not miss the necessary explanations.

In other words, this exam is not without meaning, and what you should pay attention to is the "for the future" item.

Anyway, let's finish the exam first.

Hikigaya quickly read the questions, each subject has four questions, twenty questions in total, each question is five points, and the overall score is 100%.

But the content of this question is very strange, it is almost equivalent to the level of the second year of high school and much easier than the entrance exam.

However, when Hikigaya saw the last three questions, he was surprised again.

That's not something a high school student can do, right?

If it was Sakayanagi, perhaps everything could be done right, but ordinary students would never be able to do it.

Hikigaya always listened carefully to the class, so he can conclude that the difficulty of these three questions is not normal, and the teacher didn't teach any relevant knowledge at all.

...Maybe this is also a hint?

If there are three questions that the students cannot solve at all, it will be completely meaningless. Hikigaya doesn't think school will be that boring.

But if you analyze this in conjunction with Chabashira-sensei's words just now, you can see some clues.

To be honest, Hikigaya thought that solving the riddle was more interesting than doing the test, but that would be too much to give up.

Just play with your normal strength.

Hikigaya believed that if there were no low-level errors, eighty-five points would be enough.

As for the last three questions, other than some hope for Japanese, the other two maths and English are terrible.

So after checking the previous questions without any errors, Hikigaya spent the remaining time on the final Japanese trying to do it and scoring points no matter how bad it was.

Before he knew it, the end of class bell rang and it was time for lunch break.

After Hikigaya had passed his test, he was about to leave when Matsushita Chiaki, who was in front, suddenly spoke up.

"Hikigaya-kun, how do you feel about this exam?"

"... easy and difficult."

"Yes, the last three questions are very difficult. I suspect the questions are wrong."

Matsushita agreed with Hikigaya's seemingly contradictory statement, and it looks like she, too, noticed something unusual about the exam.

"It doesn't matter, you'll get 85 points anyway," Hikigaya said lazily.

"Ahaha, no, I'm not that smart," Matsushita smiled shyly, "I'm not very good at studying, and I've already used all my luck if I can guarantee a pass."

"...Never?"

Hikigaya frowned, a little confused.

In his opinion, Matsushita's mind is not bad, and if she is a little looser, then she can be classified as smart, and when she was in middle school, she was still in the best class with Yukino Yukinoshita, so there should not be any serious problems from the point of view of assessments.

And during the last month, Matsushita was not lazy in class, but only occasionally checked her phone, as if she was answering a friend's message ... And so it was.

This is for friends.

The Karuizawa group that Matsushita belonged to included Sato, Shinohara, and others, and it was the largest female group in the class.

And these people have one thing in common - they never learn.

Therefore, Hikigaya believed that Matsushita may have intentionally lowered her test scores to match her friends' level.

It may seem unbelievable, but Yuigahama, Hikigaya's classmate in middle school, is the kind of person who prefers to suppress herself in order to integrate into the group and forced to smile in order to cooperate with others.

No wonder if the same is true for Matsushita.

Although this so-called friendship seems ridiculous and worthless to Hikigaya, if Matsushita lives like this, then naturally he will not interfere.

Because he doesn't have that kind of power.