In this crossover anime, I fight against the supernatural in my everyday world.

After all, special talents are special talents, but a student's primary responsibility is still academic performance.

Let her, as the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Foundation, protect the last vestige of dignity of the private Shuchiin Academy!

........

Several hours later, inside the Shuchiin Hall.

The teachers and students of Soubu High School, as well as all the students from Shuchiin who took the exam, are sitting here, waiting for the results.

Most of the students at Shuchiin Academy were looking at Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yohoshi with extremely mocking and gloating eyes, whispering among themselves.

"Only a few minutes are left before we make a fool of ourselves."

"There's no need to be so happy. We are Shuchiin Academy, victory is only to be expected."

"Yes, there's no need to mock them now, making it seem like we're really treating them as competitors."

"These are not even in the same league. The joint exam is probably just something the school administration is doing to make us happy."

"Kaguya Shinomiya could never lose to a mere student from Soubu High School."

.......

Hearing the mockery from the Shuchiin students, Hiratsuka Shizuka gritted her teeth and said resentfully.

"These guys are so arrogant. Are we, the Soubu High School, really inferior to their Shuchiin Academy?"

To Hiratsuka Shizuka's surprise, Yohoshi, who was sitting next to her, actually nodded and replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Of course, what do you think?"

"Eh?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka paused for a moment, then asked in confusion.

"But you said this morning..."

Ye Xing waved his hand dismissively.

"Hey, I was just showing off, you didn't actually believe me, did you?"

Immediately afterward, before Hiratsuka Shizuka could speak, Yohoshi said calmly.

"Our Zongwu High School has the best student, which is me, and the best teacher, which is you. I am not making these two points up."

At this point, Ye Xing changed the subject.

"But Shuchiin's greatest advantage has never been these visible things."

"That is...?"

Ye Xing smiled and said softly.

"It's about connections."

"Shuchiin University has the deepest historical foundation among all the high schools in Sakura Prefecture."

“A student who enters Shuchiwon and successfully graduates will be able to meet fellow Shuchiwon alumni, whether he chooses the business world, politics, or any other path in the future.”

"Furthermore, most of the students at Shuchiin University are from wealthy or noble families. Spending three years as classmates with such people and forging friendships during that time will become an asset on your future path."

"These kinds of connections cannot be bought with money alone."

Hiratsuka Shizuka clearly understood the reasoning behind this and nodded in deep agreement.

Then, she couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Since you know the advantages of choosing Shuchiin High School, why did you come to Sobu High School in the first place?"

"I don't need this."

Ye Xing replied casually, then looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka beside her and spoke with a smile in her eyes.

"Besides, if you don't enroll in Zongwu High School, you'll never meet such a beautiful homeroom teacher, let alone flirt with her in the office."

Hearing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka blushed deeply and gritted her teeth.

"You little rascal, playing pranks on the teacher again, huh? Take this..."

Just as Hiratsuka Shizuka was speaking, she saw the middle-aged female teacher from Shuchiin, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, slowly walk onto the stage.

"Next, we will announce the rankings for this joint examination."

The huge conference room fell silent instantly.

Under the watchful eyes of all the students at Shuchiin and Sobu High School, the female teacher took a deep breath, her expression becoming very complicated, and slowly began to speak.

"In this joint examination, the first place..."

"Zongwu High School, Class A, Year 1, Ye Xing."

154 delivers a victory speech; the Overload Club's summer plan begins with hunting down a serial killer.

The entire hall fell silent upon hearing the middle-aged female teacher's words.

The students of Shuchiin looked at each other in disbelief.

"The first place is...is it Soubu High School?"

"That Ye Xing... got first place in this exam?"

"Wait a minute, where's Kaguya Shinomiya? Kaguya Shinomiya...lost!?"

"Shuchiin...lost to Soubu High School?"

.......

Compared to the others, Kaguya Shinomiya, the student representative on whom Shuchi High School placed all its hopes, remained calm, without even the slightest fluctuation in her eyes.

Perhaps, from the moment she heard that Ye Xing had handed in her paper forty minutes early, she already vaguely realized the outcome of this battle.

The other party's confidence was not unfounded arrogance, but rather based on strong capabilities.

Looking at the Shuchiin students around her, staring at her with expressions of shock and astonishment, Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

In their eyes, she lost to Ye Xing.

But only Kaguya Shinomiya knew.

I didn't just lose, I was completely crushed.

Imagine this.

If this were not a joint exam, but an internal exam of Shuchiin Academy, would Kaguya Shinomiya, who is first in her grade, choose to hand in her paper early when facing Miyuki Shirogane, who is second in her grade, just to outperform him in terms of answering speed?

impossible.

Yoru's early submission of his paper not only meant that the quality of his answer in just forty minutes surpassed that of Kaguya Shinomiya.

It also means...

Throughout the entire process, he never considered the possibility that he might not be able to win first place.

What Ye Xing was considering was no longer winning or losing.

Rather, it's about how to win more in this joint exam.

The gap between the two...

It's just too big.

Kaguya Shinomiya isn't immune to defeat; sometimes, in order to fit in with the group, she'll deliberately go easy on others in certain situations.

To give one's all to something and lose so badly is a first for her.

Kaguya Shinomiya's expression and eyes remained completely calm, a testament to her refinement as the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family.

Where no one could see, her hands were clenched tightly around the hem of her clothes, so tightly that her knuckles turned slightly white.

Meanwhile, at Soubu High...

"Night Star won!"

"The Great Demon King of the Soubu High School!"

"No wonder he's a madman who dared to flirt with a female teacher in the office, he's got some skills after all!"

"Is this the first time Shuchiin Academy has lost since its founding?"

"No matter what, our Zongwu High School is the number one in this joint exam!"

"Truly worthy of being Lord Night Star!"

.......

The students of Zongwu High School were now completely overjoyed.

They looked at the Shuchiin students who had just been so arrogant and confident, acting as if they were superiors, but now had complicated and dejected expressions. They felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a thesis defense-flavored chocolate. There was only one word to describe their current feelings.

Cool!

So cool!

Even though Yohoshi was the top scorer in this year's Sakura Province Joint Examination, to be honest, most students at Soubu High School didn't think he could win.

After all, the first semester was coming to an end.

In just a few months, given the vast difference in the quality of the teaching staff between the two schools, no amount of exceptional talent can bridge that gap.

Now it seems...

They have a narrow perspective.

True geniuses are not changed by their environment, but rather they change their environment.

The fact that we achieved first place in this joint examination is the strongest proof of this.

A small group of students from Shuchiin seemed unable to accept this fact, looking at Yohoshi sitting next to Hiratsuka Shizuka with suspicious and distrustful eyes, and whispering among themselves.

"How could he beat Kaguya Shinomiya? Did he cheat?"

"They must have used some kind of trick, otherwise it wouldn't be possible."

"How could an ordinary student from Soubu High School defeat the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family? That doesn't make any sense at all."

......