Does gravity make me stronger?

Hachiman: I passed the science exam smoothly. Thank you Nagasaki-kun for your guidance last week.

Nagasaki Motoyo: You deserve it.

At that moment, Miyami Ogi also walked in from outside the classroom.

"Hachiman, take your test paper back. Everyone else, get ready. We're going to the auditorium for the morning meeting."

Generally, morning meetings are held on Monday mornings, but this week's meeting was postponed by one day due to midterm exams.

Hachiman was very welcoming of the morning meetings, because it allowed him to idly sit in the auditorium for an entire class period, which he found incredibly enjoyable.

So, Hachiman went to retrieve his answer sheet.

"Kid, you're making pretty good progress in science. How did you suddenly become so bright?" Miyami Sen couldn't help but ask as he handed over his answer sheet.

"Can't it just be because I've been diligent and hardworking enough?"

"Come on, the math teacher said that, except for last week, you haven't been awake for more than five minutes in a single math class."

"..."

This is slander!

I'm always fully awake during math class, okay?

I met Komachi in my dream while I was fully conscious...

Speechless after being rebuked by Miyami, Hachiman could only return to his seat dejectedly after receiving the answer sheet.

"Be confident and poised when you go on stage at the morning meeting today. Treat it as a fresh start. Don't slouch all the time."

When Hachiman returned, a sudden remark from Miyami Sen made him immediately on guard.

"What do you mean by 'going on stage'?"

"The podium."

What award?

"...Anyway, just go up when they call your name."

Miyami Sen didn't explain much and casually dismissed him.

With hearts pounding with trepidation, when the bell rang for the first class, Class C assembled in two rows and slowly walked toward the auditorium.

...

Offices in the administration building.

Mei Chuan Kuzi held an exam score sheet that the students couldn't see. In addition to the basic ranking of grades, it also showed the total score of each student for each subject.

As can be seen from the table, the polarization in this exam was very severe. Excellent students continued to perform steadily, with a drop of less than 5 points compared to the entrance exam of normal difficulty.

Even the poor students performed very well... qun: $ "坽'】four (rake ∑ "er ∝ < §'s filth is very stable, stable rotten.

As Mei Chuan Kuzi looked at the results from the top of the list to the bottom, her mood worsened.

At yesterday's teachers' meeting, some pointed out that she had excessively increased the difficulty of the exams in order to target the school's male-only admissions system, which was not conducive to the development of students who were slow to warm up.

Hmph, she almost laughed.

Why is this midterm exam so difficult? Is she really going to create such a difficult but worthless test just to expel a few insignificant boys?

Will not.

She obtained this exam paper through connections from the Xiuzhi Academy, so its value is beyond doubt.

As for the test papers set by our school's teachers? Let's just use them for the next quiz.

The students did poorly on the exam simply because it was the beginning of the new semester, and they were still feeling tired from the holidays, so they didn't solidify their foundation properly.

What about students who are slow to warm up?

All she could say was that gold always shines.

Speaking of which, I wonder how that boy did on his exams...

Thinking of this, she carefully searched for the name in her memory on the grade sheet. Half a minute later, as if she had seen something dirty, she threw the sheet on the table. Then she picked it up again unwillingly, looked at it, and threw it away again with disgust.

This process was repeated many times.

The total score and ranking following a student in the table made her feel suffocated.

"That shouldn't be the case. How could someone who ranked near the bottom in the entrance exam suddenly jump into the top fifty?"

As the head of the grade, she could easily obtain both the entrance exam scores, which were not made public to the students, and the sub-scores from the midterm exams.

Without a doubt, in that epic battle, and even in the entrance exams where many students achieved exceptionally high scores, that man's science score was only in the single digits, the lowest among all students, and even the lowest since Haneoka Academy began admitting students.

Could it be that she remembered the name wrong?

Impossible. Hachiman Hikigaya, she wouldn't mistake that name even if she turned to ashes.

but.

In just a few months, this kid's science skills have improved so much?

What medicine did you take?

Hachiman's science subjects were done by Umekawa Kuko herself, stroke by stroke, so there was no possibility of cheating.

The only explanation is that this guy just wrote the answers randomly on the entrance exam.

Iron, I thought you were just a random stone you could find anywhere by the roadside, but I never expected you to be gold?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"It seems that academic performance alone won't be enough to limit him for now..."

Hachiman's midterm exam score, while not top-tier, was certainly excellent; it was impossible to manipulate the exam results.

Now, the only option left is to use that method...

Hachiman, you can blame me for being ruthless.

Mei Chuan Kuzi closed her eyes, her expression somewhat complicated.

"Speaking of which, the other boys are really useless."

Apart from Hachiman, all the dozens of boys newly enrolled at Haneoka Academy ranked near the bottom in their midterm exams, none of them were reliable, which fully validated her previous viewpoint.

Haneoka Academy does not require boys.

Thinking of this, Mei Chuan Kuzi suddenly opened her eyes, put her hands behind her back, left the office, and walked towards the auditorium.

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Chapter 99098 Are We the Champions?

Back in the auditorium, all first-year students were present, except for a few who had asked to be absent for special reasons.

As is customary, the morning meeting begins with a brief summary by the student council president on matters such as hygiene and daily activities, followed by the much-anticipated awards ceremony.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Mei Chuan Kuzi, dressed in formal attire, with a silk scarf around her neck and stiletto heels, walked confidently onto the podium.

Judging from her appearance alone, Mei Chuan Kuzi is well-maintained and doesn't look like she's fifty years old; she looks more like a woman in her thirties.

However, it is clear that the laws of nature cannot be avoided. Mei Chuan Ku Zi has entered the age of aging and fading beauty, to the point that even a thick layer of foundation cannot cover her somewhat sallow complexion.

However, no one would look down on her for this.

Most of the students present felt a strong sense of fear towards this single female teacher, and they also knew that if she set her sights on them, they wouldn't have a good life for the next three years.

Therefore, the students affected by her death gaze lowered their heads obediently, like Teletubbies who had lost their signal.

On the stage, Mei Chuan Kuzi seemed to thoroughly enjoy this high-ranking position, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.

"Here, we will recognize students who have performed well in the midterm exams. Each exam reflects everyone's current learning progress and is also an important indicator for scholarship selection. We hope students will pay close attention to it."

Hachiman was utterly disdainful of this empty praise, so he simply cleared his mind and began to indulge in daydreams.

After saying a few words, Mei Chuan Kuzi took out the roster and began to read it aloud.

"Class 1-A...Class 1-B, Toyokawa Shoko, Ochako Hana, Class 1-C, Chihaya Aine..."

The students whose names were called came up to the stage one by one.

After Ai Yin went on stage, she happened to stand next to Xiang Zi.

I saw this girl in the music room last time.

...Oh right, I think they came to listen to our performance the day before yesterday!

Aine remembered.

At the LiveHouse on the weekend, although Shoko was standing in the back row, she was right next to Hachiman, so Aine naturally noticed this classmate who had a high level of acting skills.

Also, during the performance, she seemed to be very close to Hikigaya-kun?

This is worth noting...

The process of recognizing outstanding students is the same all over the world: go on stage, receive an award, take a photo, and leave the stage. There's nothing particularly noteworthy about it.

The only difference is that, as Mei Chuan Ku Zi mentioned at the beginning, exam scores are linked to scholarship selection.

So, halfway through receiving the award, Hachiman snapped out of his daze.

The scholarship, awarded once a semester, can basically cover the tuition fees for that period, and when converted into living expenses, it is also a considerable sum.

Incidentally, Shuchiin High School, also located in Tokyo, offers even more outrageous scholarship amounts.

However, the students there are almost all from high-income families, so they don't care about this extra income.

As for scholarship selection, there has always been an unchanging rule: whoever studies well gets the scholarship.

Originally, because his science grades were terrible, Hachiman had no intention of trying for a scholarship, but with Touko, the scholarship didn't seem so far away anymore.

"Speaking of which, Toyokawa-kun probably needs this scholarship too, right?"

Hachiman, who knew about Xiangzi's family background, thought this way.

This scholarship was just ordinary living expenses for him; if he had more, he would even use it to make offerings to his in-game characters.

But for Xiangzi, this money was a lifesaver.

Hopefully she can get it smoothly...

After the first round of awards for the midterm exams, several top students stepped down from the stage, and then Mei Chuan Ku Zi made another announcement.

"In addition, to encourage students who are temporarily behind in their studies, the school has set up a progress award. Students who make significant progress in their grade ranking in each subsequent exam will be eligible to receive this award."

"Similarly, the awards are also linked to the scholarship selection. This time, there is only one Progress Award. Please welcome Hachiman Hikigaya from Class 1-C."

"In this midterm exam, Hikigaya improved by over a hundred places compared to the entrance exam, and his progress in science subjects has been remarkable. I hope everyone can learn from him!"

Hachiman, who had been planning to slack off, was suddenly called upon. Somewhat bewildered, he looked up at Umekawa Kuko on the podium, and then felt a deep sense of malice.

[Improvement Award? The Yawata Award!]

The system was still foolishly popping champagne, but Hachiman had already seen through what Umekawa Kuko was up to.

What a clever way to flatter someone to their detriment! How insidious!

Perhaps because of his position as the dean of students, Mei Chuan Kuzi couldn't directly intervene, so he pulled this stunt to annoy him.

However, this approach also carries risks.

For example, if Hachiman is truly swayed to the extreme, how should you respond?

Will my face hurt a lot?

But by doing this, she was clearly betting on the possibility that Hachiman wouldn't be able to get an erection. Even if he did, aside from getting slapped hard, there wouldn't be any real loss.

If they praise him, they'll gain face from the head of the teaching department; if they don't, it'll just show that Yamana's arrogance will lead to his downfall.

It's an open conspiracy, a blatant and outright conspiracy!

This tactic, comparable to the Nine-Turned Intestines technique, indeed left Hachiman somewhat unable to defend himself.

Kuzi-chan, are you serious?

After much thought, he realized that the only way to save his life was to feign needing to urinate: "Teacher, my stomach hurts, I need to leave for a bit..."

"You little brat, you think you can run away from something this good?"

Before Hachiman could take a step, Miyami grabbed him by the back of the neck like a chick, making it impossible for him to move.