Chapter 159: Midterm Results Announced—the Beginning of Expulsion!
Kei rubbed her head against Yuto's arm and whined, "But I'm still nervous~"
"Then give me your hand. I'll massage a few pressure points to help you relax."
"Okay~"
Kei happily placed her hand in Yuto's.
Yuto gently massaged several points around her palm and wrist.
Repeatedly pressing these points around the wrist could help ease psychological tension.
Whether the pressure points actually worked or Kei simply relaxed because Yuto was pampering her, the nervousness in her heart quickly disappeared.
Now filled only with happiness and affection, Kei gazed lovingly at Yuto's handsome profile.
At that moment, Chabashira entered the Class D classroom carrying five result sheets.
Her shoes produced crisp footsteps as she strode forward with her usual dignified air.
Because most of Class D was already nervous, every one of those footsteps seemed to land directly on their hearts.
Chabashira reached the podium and looked down at the students.
She took in all their tense expressions before finally glancing toward Yuto in the corner of the classroom.
Yuto met her gaze and smiled at his beautiful homeroom teacher.
With the entire class watching, there was no way Chabashira would openly return his smile.
She calmly shifted her gaze away.
"Chabashira-sensei, today is when the midterm results are announced, right? When exactly will we get them?" Hirata quickly asked.
Chabashira had no intention of dragging things out.
"I'm announcing them now."
"If I waited until after school, some students might not have enough time to complete the necessary procedures."
The Class D students immediately became even more uneasy.
Everyone knew what kind of "procedures" Chabashira meant.
Expulsion procedures.
Refusing to believe the worst, Ike loudly said, "Sae-chan, by procedures you mean adding class points because we all did so well, right?!"
Chabashira glanced at Ike.
She genuinely wanted to ask where he found the confidence to say something like that.
He actually believed he had performed well?
Chabashira chose not to waste time arguing with him.
She lightly waved the result sheets in her hand.
"These are the results for all five midterm subjects."
"I'll post them on the blackboard now. Look for yourselves."
Turning around, Chabashira used magnets to attach all five sheets to the board.
Every Class D student immediately widened their eyes and searched for their name and scores.
Yuto did not need to search.
His results were...
Mathematics: 100.
Japanese: 100.
English: 100.
Chemistry: 100.
Social Studies: 100.
Every subject was a perfect score.
So Yuto's name appeared at the top of every result sheet.
There was no need to look for it at all.
At that moment, two completely opposite emotions filled the Class D classroom.
Some students were delighted by their high scores.
Others were consumed by anxiety because their results were far too low.
Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo looked completely ashen.
They had already found all five of their scores.
Not a single subject was above forty.
Their lowest score was only eleven!
Their results were almost unbelievably bad.
After seeing the trio's scores, Suzune quietly sighed.
Yuto glanced toward her.
"Horikita, you deliberately controlled your scores?"
"Yes."
Suzune nodded.
Across all five subjects, every single one of her scores was exactly fifty-one.
It was obvious that she had intentionally limited herself to reduce the class average and therefore lower the passing threshold.
Unfortunately, Suzune's score manipulation was meaningless.
Sudo and the others had scored far too poorly.
No matter how much Suzune lowered her own results, the passing threshold would never fall into the teens.
"Shimizu, I don't understand how their scores became this low," Suzune said quietly.
"What's so difficult to understand?"
Yuto answered casually.
"They already hated studying and placed all their hopes on those papers Ike obtained."
"So they stopped studying completely."
"Then they spent days doing whatever they wanted and forgot most of what you taught them."
"That's how they ended up with these ridiculous scores."
After posting all five result sheets, Chabashira turned back toward the class.
Her tone carried a hint of praise.
"Do you know something?"
"This midterm produced an extreme split inside Class D."
"What kind of split?"
Chabashira looked toward Yuto and smiled slightly.
"The student with the highest overall average across all subjects is in Class D."
"And the student with the lowest overall average is also in Class D."
Since Yuto ranked first in every subject, everyone naturally knew he held the highest average.
As for the lowest...
The students shifted their gazes toward the bottom of the sheets.
Probably Ike?
Three of his five subject scores were dead last.
"Now that the results have been posted, I'll calculate the passing score for each subject."
Chabashira turned back around.
Taking out a red pen, she calculated the passing threshold for each exam.
The Class D students watched every number appear with pounding hearts.
These were the passing scores.
The numbers that would determine whether they remained at school or were expelled.
The moment Chabashira calculated the mathematics passing score, Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo's eyes widened.
All three of their mathematics scores were below the threshold.
They no longer even needed to see the other subjects.
Once all five passing scores had been calculated, Chabashira used her red pen to cross out three students' names.
Ike Kanji.
Yamauchi Haruki.
Sudo Ken.
The glaring red marks looked almost like blades falling onto condemned prisoners.
Chabashira turned toward the class.
Expressionless, she spoke in her usual composed tone.
"Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki."
"None of you passed the required threshold in any of the five subjects."
"So this is as far as you go."
"The remaining students performed well. All of you passed without issue."
"To avoid failing the final examination next time, continue improving yourselves."
After praising the thirty-seven students who had passed, Chabashira looked once again toward the three pale-faced boys.
"As for the three students who failed, come to the faculty office after school."
"You'll need to complete your withdrawal paperwork."
"I'll also contact your guardians shortly and have them come to the school to accompany you."
The Class D students swallowed nervously after hearing Chabashira's calm words.
It was real.
Failing the midterm or final examination at this school really did mean mandatory expulsion.
"T-Teacher... Are Sudo-kun and the other two really going to be expelled?"
"Isn't there some kind of remedial option?"
The person asking was Hirata.
Not Kikyo, despite everyone considering her Class D's little angel.
Kikyo certainly was a little angel.
But she was Yuto's little angel.
She had no intention of pleading for three people who had repeatedly opposed him.
"That is the school's rule."
"Fail a midterm or final examination, and you are expelled."
"Didn't I clearly explain that to all of you three weeks ago?" Chabashira said slowly.
Hirata fell silent.
She was right.
Three weeks earlier, Chabashira had clearly and explicitly explained this cruel school rule to every student in Class D.
And Ike and the others...
Forget studying seriously.
They had barely been willing to study at all.
They rejected the study sessions proposed by Hirata and Kikyo.
They rejected the study group Suzune created.
Instead, they placed all their hopes of remaining at this school on some old examination papers.
In the end, their expulsion was something they had brought upon themselves.
As for the result...
Yuto did not know what everyone else thought.
He was quite satisfied.
Sudo, Ike, and Yamauchi had successfully been removed from Class D.
Sudo was excellent at sports and could have contributed during athletic competitions and sports festivals.
However, his temper was explosive, he was arrogant, and he rarely listened to anyone.
He had some usefulness, but he was an extremely troublesome piece to handle.
Ike and Yamauchi were even worse.
They hated studying, were not particularly athletic, and resisted Yuto's management and arrangements from the bottom of their hearts.
If those two were expelled, Class D would merely lose two weak students who constantly dragged everyone down.
There would be practically no loss.
Yuto was not the only person who privately considered their expulsion beneficial.
Good students like Yukimura were secretly pleased as well.
They had long regarded Sudo, Ike, and Yamauchi as burdens on the class.
Now all three burdens were about to disappear.
They genuinely felt relieved.
"That concludes your midterm results."
After leaving those words behind, Chabashira walked out of the Class D classroom.
The moment she left, Sudo slammed his fist onto his desk.
Bang!
The sudden noise startled everyone.
"What the hell is this?! Why am I being expelled?!"
Yuto glanced at him.
Did he seriously not understand?
He was a student who refused to study, failed the midterm, and was therefore being expelled under school rules.
Of course, Sudo understood perfectly well why he was being expelled.
He simply could not accept reality.
Sudo's violent outburst seemed to inspire Ike and Yamauchi.
They also began slamming their desks while loudly venting their fear and anger over being expelled.
Their crazed behavior frightened the nearby students enough that several quickly moved away from their seats.
"Tch."
Yuto clicked his tongue softly.
He patted Kei's hands where they were wrapped around his arm.
"I'm going to make them quiet down."
"Yuto, don't go!"
Kei tightened her grip.
"They're about to be expelled. If anyone provokes them right now, they might start hitting people without thinking!"
Kei had absolutely no desire for Yuto to deal with the three boys.
What if they treated her boyfriend as an outlet for their anger and attacked him?
She would be devastated if he got hurt!
Kei was not the only one worried.
Airi and Kikyo were also discreetly watching Yuto with concern.
The worried gazes of all three girlfriends made Yuto laugh helplessly.
Did they not know how strong he was?
People like Sudo and the others had no chance of hurting him.
Of course Airi and the others knew Yuto was strong.
They were simply worried because they cared about him.
Meanwhile, Ayanokouji sat silently at his desk and watched Ike and the others vent their fear and anger.
He had absolutely no intention of helping them remain at school.
In truth, Ayanokouji had already thought of one possible method that might save them.
Hadn't Chabashira previously said that personal points were practically omnipotent within this school?
That they could purchase almost anything?
Then perhaps...
Could personal points also purchase the opportunity to take a make-up examination?
The only unknown was how many points it would cost.
But even if Ayanokouji knew the exact amount, he still would not spend it on Sudo, Ike, and Yamauchi.
Because Ayanokouji was a pure realist.
To him, victory was everything.
The number of sacrifices did not matter.
Even companions could be treated as chess pieces or tools when necessary.
Among those three, only Sudo possessed any meaningful usefulness.
Ike and Yamauchi had virtually none.
So after making a completely rational judgment, Ayanokouji concluded that they were not worth wasting personal points on.
'More importantly...'
Ayanokouji looked toward Yuto in the back of the classroom.
More importantly, Yuto clearly had no intention of helping them stay either.
Ayanokouji believed that someone like Yuto had almost certainly already realized that a make-up examination could potentially be purchased with personal points.
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