Chapter 53 Say Goodbye to Exams and Hello to Tamamo
"You can report other things however you want, but Kujo Miki is the first in my heart. I hope you can remember this word for word."
After getting rid of the annoying news department, Toru Watanabe finally returned to Team 4.
After the lunch break, people stopped surrounding him and making fun of him. After all, it was an elite private high school, and an island country that attached great importance to atmosphere.
The goal of every student studying at Kamikawa is to enter the top ten universities in the island country, such as the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Keio University, Waseda University, and Nagoya University. Of course, they usually end up entering universities ranked around 30th.
Only top students can be guaranteed admission to the Imperial University, and people like the three in the Human Observation Department, unless there are unexpected events, are almost certain to get recommended admission without having to pass the unified examination or the secondary examination organized by the university.
But if a student only gets admitted to schools ranked outside the top 60, such as Kyoto Prefectural University, Miyazaki University, and Utsunomiya University, he will really be ridiculed in Kamikawa.
In this atmosphere where no one wants to be discriminated against, the midterm exam proceeds in an orderly manner.
At 5:40 pm on May 30, after the last science exam and the class teacher’s speech, the entire school began to clean up.
"Watanabe, come here." Koizumi Aona called out.
Watanabe Toru, who was about to grab the most complete rag by taking advantage of sitting in the back row, had to give this opportunity to others.
"Teacher Koizumi, is there anything I can help you with?" Toru Watanabe asked as he walked out of the classroom.
Koizumi Aona did not go to the teacher's office, but started talking in the corridor.
“After this midterm exam, it’s possible that some students will still fail.”
Watanabe Toru thought for a moment and said, "You mean, you want us to tutor them again?"
"Well, that's what the teacher thought, so I came to ask for your opinion." Koizumi Aona nodded.
The so-called failure of Kamikawa High School does not refer to low scores, of course, but to low deviation values.
The deviation value refers to the overall ranking of the score and has no direct connection with whether the specific number exceeds a certain line - such as the classic 60 points.
Honestly speaking, Watanabe Toru didn't want to agree. For such a thing, he could just ask them to spend money to find a teacher for one-on-one tutoring in a more expensive private school.
But Aona Koizumi is very nice to him and she had been pleading for him regarding the campus confession yesterday, so there was no reason to refuse.
"That's fine with me, but you'll need to talk to the others yourself." He nodded.
Koizumi Aona smiled and touched Watanabe Toru's messy but surprisingly pleasing hair.
"Teacher, if you like children so much, just give birth to one yourself." Watanabe Toru took away her soft and warm hand in annoyance.
Koizumi Aona sighed: "The teacher wants to, but she doesn't even have a boyfriend."
"No?" Watanabe Toru was surprised. "Ms. Koizumi is so beautiful, but you don't have a boyfriend? I always thought you were married."
"Maybe it's because I ask too much." Koizumi Aona said jokingly.
"What kind of request?" Watanabe Toru asked curiously.
Koizumi Aonai counted on his fingers: "Gentle, manly, considerate, loyal, kind and smart."
Watanabe Toru subconsciously replied: "Isn't this me?"
Koizumi Aonai knocked the lesson plan on his head and said like a little girl, "When you really become a "Tokyo handsome guy", come and tease the teacher again."
"Not far away, not far away, it will be almost there when I enter the second year of high school."
Koizumi Aona did not continue the topic that challenged the teacher-student relationship. She said, "How are you and Kujo-san?"
"You know, no one can resist my charm."
"I don't know." After saying that, Koizumi Aona laughed twice and reminded Watanabe Toru: "Teacher knows that you are very popular with girls, but since you are together, you can't be indecisive. Kujo's family is not ordinary, so don't put too much pressure on yourself. If it really doesn't work, you have to learn to give up."
She added: "Tokyo Handsome Guys need to have the confidence to accomplish anything, but they don't necessarily have to be able to accomplish everything."
"Yes, I understand."
"Okay, go help clean up. If you don't go, everyone will think I favor you and let you be lazy on purpose."
"They prefer cleaning to being scolded by the teacher, right? They might be laughing at me now. Of course, except for the male students."
Koizumi Aona gave Watanabe Toru a cold look and said, "Go quickly and stop talking nonsense here."
"Yes, sir."
When Watanabe Toru returned to the classroom, Kunii Osamu threw a rag at him: "Watanabe, I stole this for you."
“Good brother!”
After Toru Watanabe had almost finished cleaning a window, the general cleaning was coming to an end and students began to leave the school one after another with their schoolbags on their backs.
After Watanabe Toru looked through the bright window and confirmed that he could clearly see the crow's feathers on the iron fence of the playground in the distance, he finished cleaning.
He said hello to Kunii Osamu and Saito Keisuke, who were waiting for him and imitating rock singers with a broom, and the three of them left school together, carrying their schoolbags.
On the way back, they went into an indoor baseball game to play for a while, had dinner together at KFC, and then went their separate ways.
In the evening, when Toru Watanabe was doing push-ups while watching "Downton Abbey", he received a call from his hometown.
"Ah, the exam is over, right?"
"Yeah, but the results won't be out until next week."
"Are you going home for the three-day break? The lotus roots and plums are ripe."
"Hmm..." Toru Watanabe was a little conflicted. He missed the atmosphere of his hometown, but at the same time he also found the twelve-hour round-trip drive too troublesome.
"It's okay if you don't reply. I'll send you some."
"That's great, thank you, Mom."
"By the way, Ayako said she's going to Tokyo for a trip this week, so please take good care of her."
"Wait wait, Mom, I think I should go back. I haven't seen Xiaolian for a long time."
"I've already promised Ayako."
"Then you're asking me if I'm going back?"
"I knew you would find it troublesome and not want to come back."
"…My phone ran out of battery and died."
The TV show just happened to have a line that was quite appropriate for the occasion.
"When something bad happens, there's no point in wishing it had not happened. The only option is to minimize the damage."
"It has already happened. There is no point in hoping it would not happen again. The most urgent task is to reduce the losses."
“Is Downton Abbey so great?”
It was hard for Toru Watanabe to imagine how powerful Rin Kiyono was, even though he had already watched this TV series.
But then he thought again, Qing Ye Lin would definitely not do push-ups while watching a drama, so even if he is temporarily behind now, in the near future, even if their knowledge level is the same, he will be stronger overall.
Thinking of this, Toru Watanabe felt full of energy. While memorizing this line, he did one-handed push-ups.
After finishing his exercise and taking a shower, Watanabe Toru guessed that Tamamo Kasumi, who must have gone out to play after the exams, should have returned home by now and started playing with her phone.
He sent her a line.
"Are you free?"
Toru Watanabe put on his headphones, listened to the English radio station, and turned his eyes to the window.
In the field of vision, there is a high-end apartment building in the distance that overlooks the surroundings.
It was now ten o'clock in the evening, and every household was lighting up their lives. One of the bright spots in this building might be Kiyono Rin's room.
The message always shows "Unread".
Before going to bed, Toru Watanabe sent another message.
"I have something very important to discuss with you. Please reply when you see this."
The moment he clicked send, Toru Watanabe felt like a scumbag.
But there are still four days until the end of the event, so I have to find a way to get back together with Tamamo Yoshimi no matter what.
