Zongman, gain super powers after helping others

“Aki isn’t that bad!” Yui Hama couldn’t help but retort.

Then she saw Yukinoshita also give a mysterious smile, just like Hayashi Chiki.

Oh no! We've been tricked!

Yuihama could easily see that Yukino was deliberately saying that in front of her.

"Your Majesty, the treacherous minister has already revealed himself," Lin Qianshu said jokingly from the side.

Yuihama's face turned even redder, and the overload of her brain made her start to speak without thinking.

"If that's the case, isn't Yukino about the same?"

"I?"

Yukinoshita never expected that she would have her own affairs.

“That’s right, I saw Yukino’s face was bright red when I came in!” Yui Hama said, indicating that her eyes were her ruler, and if you tease her, you should be prepared for a counterattack!

"That's because someone said some strange things!" Yukinoshita calmly shifted the blame to Hayashi Chiki. Besides, it wasn't really a blame, since it was Hayashi who suddenly said some incomprehensible things.

"What did you say?" Yuihama was originally going to retaliate, but after hearing what Yukinoshita said, her gossipy heart could no longer be contained.

However, Yukino could never bring herself to say something like, "Yukino, you are my god!" and immediately passed the question to the person who had caused the problem.

"Ask him yourself!"

Seeing Yui Hama looking at him, Lin Qianshu blurted out without thinking, "Snow..."

Hey, you actually said that?!

Lin Qianshu had barely uttered the first word when Xue Zhixia panicked, but she couldn't openly stop him. In her haste, she added a footprint to Lin Qianshu's shoe.

"Yukinoshita is being too sensitive and misunderstood me. It's just a misunderstanding," Lin Qianshu said, indicating that it was all a misunderstanding.

"Really?" Yuihama asked suspiciously. If it was just a misunderstanding, why did Yukinoshita react so strongly?

Moreover, given Yukino's personality, if she didn't have those kinds of thoughts, there would be no way she would have a misunderstanding.

To put it bluntly, if Yukino Yukinoshita really wasn't interested in Chiki Hayashi, no matter how much Chiki Hayashi tried to subtly inquire, she would only get a straightforward answer, let alone blush.

As an outsider, Yuigahama Yui could see this very clearly.

After all, she was quite confident in her ability to read people's expressions.

"Speaking of which, Yuihama-san, did you see Hikigaya on your way here? You're already here, why isn't he here yet?" Yukinoshita didn't want to dwell on the previous question, so she directly shifted the topic to Hikigaya, who hadn't arrived at the classroom yet.

"We should be there soon, right?" Yui replied uncertainly.

After saying those words to Hachiman, Yuihama jogged all the way to the club. Judging by the time, Hachiman should be arriving soon.

It's true what they say, Cao Cao's wife has arrived.

No sooner had he finished speaking than there was a knock on the classroom door. When Hachiman entered and saw the three of them staring at him, he froze, trembling as he extended his hand and said, "H-Good afternoon?"

"good afternoon."

"Hello."

"too slow."

After exchanging greetings, Hachiman pulled out a chair, sat down in his seat, and leaned slightly to the side where no one was around.

Because of his past experiences, Hikigaya is very uncomfortable sitting face-to-face with girls, especially a young and beautiful girl like Yui Hama; the two are simply not the same type of person.

Speaking of Hachiman, one has to admire Hayato Hayama and Chiki Hayashi. The former can handle a group of girls with ease, while the latter can go toe-to-toe with someone like Yukinoshita, which is beyond his imagination.

Especially today in the classroom, whether it was Lin Qianshu coming out of a predicament for him, or his ability to calmly speak while withstanding the firepower of that Flame Queen, that alone was enough to impress Hachiman.

What impressed Hachiman even more was the other man's ability to judge people. Although he was reluctant to admit it, Miura didn't seem to be as bad as he thought. On the contrary, he had been thinking too badly of him.

If it weren't for Hayashi Chiki, Hachiman felt he might have really made a mistake.

He himself doesn't care, but if it affects Yuihama and she does something wrong with good intentions, then the sin would be great.

Now I owe them another favor.

How should he repay it? After thinking about it carefully, Hikigaya suddenly remembered that Ms. Hiratsuka had mentioned that Lin Qianshu's Chinese grades were very poor. Why not start from there?

Without further ado, Hachiman cleared his throat and said, "Um, speaking of which, the regular exams are coming up soon, aren't they?"

Chapter 27 Bet

Regular exams are usually held 2-3 times per semester, depending on the local school's arrangements. They are similar in function to mid-term and final exams in China.

Generally speaking, public high schools have fewer exams than private high schools, and high schools in the Kansai region have fewer exams than those in the Kanto region.

Soubu High School, where Lin Qianshu attends, is officially known as Chiba Municipal Soubu High School. It is a public high school in the Kanto region and also the key school with the highest deviation score in Chiba City. Therefore, both the frequency and difficulty of the exams are higher than those of ordinary schools.

It's been almost a month since the start of the first semester, and it's definitely time to prepare for the regular exams.

When Hachiman brought up the regular exams, the other three people in the classroom reacted in different ways.

First, Yukino Yukinoshita fully demonstrated the ease of being the top student in her grade. She didn't care at all about the so-called regular exams, as if it didn't matter whether she took them or not, since she would be number one anyway.

Next is Yui Yuigahama. Unlike Yukinoshita, who has the 'complacency of a strong person', her grades are not so ideal. For her, the regular exams are a rather difficult test.

Finally, there's Lin Qianshu. Although his science grades are quite good, his humanities grades are, to put it mildly, terrible. Yet, he chose humanities again in his second year of high school.

Although the regular exams for humanities subjects also include science content, the focus is actually on humanities subjects. If you don't do well in humanities subjects, your final grade will still be very poor.

However, Lin Qianshu himself didn't care about this at all. He didn't care before because he didn't need to rely on exams to make a future for himself. Now he doesn't care because he has a new cheat code - photographic memory.

Just by hearing the name, you can tell how devastating this thing is to humanities students.

Globally, almost all humanities subjects can be scored relatively high by rote memorization. While getting top marks may require some talent, getting a mid-to-high score is no problem at all.

Furthermore, the ability to remember everything at a glance certainly has more uses than just academic performance. In fact, Lin Qianshu has already planned to take some time to enrich himself.

Lin Qianshu hadn't studied properly before because he felt his learning efficiency was too low. In addition, he had already graduated from university before he transmigrated, so high school knowledge wasn't very useful to him and wasn't cost-effective.

Now that he has a photographic memory, his learning efficiency has taken a qualitative leap, directly increasing the cost-effectiveness of learning by a large margin. Naturally, Lin Qianshu will make changes as a result.

He didn't have a choice before, but now he wants to excel in all subjects.

He needs to study not only science subjects, but also humanities. He needs to study not only high school subjects, but also university-level and even more advanced subjects!

Don't worry if you encounter something you don't understand. Just write it down, and you'll figure it out someday!

Just as Lin Qianshu was thinking about how to plan her next study session, she saw Yui Hama, who was usually very lively, lying on the table as if her spine had been removed.

"I have absolutely no confidence in taking regular exams..."

"Yuihama-san's grades aren't good?" Yukinoshita asked curiously.

Yuihama nodded sheepishly and replied, "It's not ideal."

Yukino glanced at Hayashi Chiki sitting opposite her and said, "In this respect, you're similar to Hayashi Chiki."

Upon hearing that she had a fellow sufferer, Yuihama immediately perked up.

Sometimes it's like that; when you're the only one who's struggling, you feel very uneasy, but when you have a partner, that unease is relieved a lot.

However, before Yui Hama could be happy for long, Hikigaya exposed her, saying, "I don't know much about Yui Hama's grades, but Lin Chishu is probably only bad at humanities, right?"

"Huh?" Yuihama asked in a cute tone of confusion.

Seeing this, Hikigaya added, "You may not know this, but Lin Qianshu was always the top student in science in his first year of high school."

"Eh!!!"

Yuihama's beautiful eyes widened. Really? Does this mean she's the dumbest person in the Service Club?

Yukinoshita seemed to understand Yuihama's thoughts and comforted her, "Don't worry, the dumbest person here is the one who ignores his strengths and chooses to exploit his weaknesses."

He's skilled at using veiled insults to criticize others.

Lin Qianshu wasn't annoyed at all. He smiled and said, "In that case, why don't we make a bet?"

"A bet?" Yukinoshita raised an eyebrow.

"Let's bet on the results of this regular exam. The loser has to grant the winner one request."

How do we judge winning and losing?

Yukinoshita did not refuse; instead, she inquired about the specific rules.

"Since it's an exam, the winner is naturally determined by the score! Whoever scores higher wins!"

"Are you serious?"

"of course."

Seeing that Lin Qianshu didn't seem to be joking, Yukinoshita asked again to confirm, "You mean that you, who is in the lower middle of the humanities, want to challenge me, who is at the top of the humanities?"

"No one stays at their lowest point forever. Whether I can get first place depends entirely on whether I want to take the exam, not on whether I can do it." Lin Qianshu was practically ready to stand up, put his hands behind his back, and sing "How Lonely It Is to Be Invincible."

Yukinoshita didn't tolerate this guy either, and narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly as she said, "Confidence is a good thing, but excessive confidence is arrogance."

"Just tell me if you're coming or not."

"Yes, but the conditions must be reasonable and acceptable to the other party."

"Of course."

Not to brag, but when it comes to academic performance, she has never been afraid of any opponent. If Lin Qianshu were to compete with her only in science, the outcome would be hard to say. However, the other party is competing with her in humanities, a field in which she is extremely good.

This is like someone challenging her professional field with their hobby; Yukinoshita has absolutely no reason not to accept the bet.

Of course, Yukinoshita was fair and did not intend to take advantage of Hayashi Chiki, so she took the initiative to organize a study group, which would also be a good opportunity to help Yuihama's grades.

Anyway, the Service Department doesn't usually have many requests, so it's good to make good use of the time now.

Hikigaya, standing to the side, was dumbfounded. He had only wanted to use the regular exams to tutor Lin Qianshu in humanities subjects in order to repay the favor. How did it suddenly turn into a bet?

Isn't Lin Qianshu a bit too brave?

Hikigaya considers himself to be good at humanities subjects, but he is still far behind Yukinoshita. Only those who are good at humanities can truly understand this gap.

Before entering the humanities, seeing snow was like a frog at the bottom of a well gazing at the moon. After entering the humanities, seeing snow was like a mayfly looking up at the blue sky!

In short, Hikigaya has no confidence in Lin Chishu's bet. Even if Lin Chishu can pull ahead of Yukinoshita in mathematics and other subjects, these gaps cannot make up for his shortcomings in the humanities.

Unless Lin Qianshu's humanities grades can suddenly reach a level similar to his own, but the question is, can he do that?

Chapter 28 Learning Efficiency Like a 'Copy'

—It seems he can actually do it.

With the development of study groups, the activities of the Service Club after school have changed from "everyone playing their own games when there are no requests" to "starting to study when there are no requests".

Yukinoshita is in charge of teaching Yuihama, while Hikigaya and Hayashi Chiki learn from each other, with Hikigaya tutoring Hayashi Chiki in humanities subjects and Hayashi Chiki teaching Hikigaya science subjects.

It's worth mentioning that Hachiman is just as good at humanities as he is at science; in fact, Yuihama's math score is even higher than Mr. Deadfish Eyes'.

Although Yuihama's learning efficiency was not high due to her weak foundation, all three of them—Hayashi Chiki, Yukinoshita, and Hikigaya—were the kind of people who would become extremely serious once they set their minds on something. They could be said to be completely focused when they studied. Under this learning atmosphere, Yuihama, who liked to read other people's expressions, had no choice but to work hard, and her grades steadily improved.

Compared to Yuihama's steady improvement, Lin Qianshu's progress was quite bizarre.

At least Hikigaya had never seen anything like this before. If Yuihama's progress was a linear and slow improvement, then Hayashi Chiki's improvement speed could be described as an exponential increase.

To be honest, being able to rank in the top three at a prestigious high school like Soubu High School, Hachiman considers himself a genius, but it was only after meeting Lin Chishu that he truly realized what a real genius is.

Is this kind of learning efficiency really something that humans can possess?

This guy's learning efficiency can no longer be simply described as highly efficient; it's more like 'copying,' as if the knowledge was already there, and all Lin Qianshu had to do was pick it up.

As the object being 'copied,' Hachiman felt that he was being drained dry by Lin Chishu.

Keep in mind that less than a week had passed since the Service Department study group started. Considering the time for rest and relaxation, the actual time used for learning and communication was less than an hour and a half, and that even included the time Lin Qianshu spent teaching him math...

"Are you a monster?" Hachiman couldn't help but complain when he saw that Lin Chishu's study schedule was full of checkmarks.

At first, Hikigaya suspected that Lin Chiki was simply ticking the boxes for the sake of ticking, and that he was not actually completing the task, but was deceiving himself.

But after Lin Qianshu demonstrated a remarkable feat called "reciting backwards fluently," Hachiman never questioned the authenticity of the other party's learning progress again.

What exactly is the ability to memorize something perfectly?

That is, Hachiman would randomly select a text, and after reading it once, Lin Chishu would recite it backwards.

He can recite it backwards without hesitation.

"Personal attacks are not encouraged." Lin Qianshu tossed the book he had just 'copied' aside, then checked off a box on the list, replying without even looking up.