Drip, drop—
In a corner of the Physics Prep Room, Tobiichi Origami and Yatogami Tohka's clothes were hung up by Reine on a makeshift clothes rack made of broken wire sh. Drops of water seeped from the hems of their casual clothes, falling one by one into a water basin.
"..."
At this mont, Origami, having changed into gym clothes, sat silently on a chair. With her head bowed, she was deeply reflecting on the foolish thing she had just done.
"Um... Are you okay, Origami?"
Seeing Origami like this, Tohka asked with so concern.
"Yes... I am fine." Shaking her head with a bitter smile, Origami said with an embarrassed face. "Um... Tohka, I'm very sorry. Because of , you got wet too."
"Ah, it is fine. My body is pretty strong. A little thing like this is nothing at all."
Tohka patted her chest and replied confidently.
"But honestly, I've starting to change my opinion of you, Origami."
"Eh?"
Hearing Tohka say this, Origami showed a confused expression.
"Because I heard from Shido that you are already first in the grade, the smartest person in this school. But you still used a spell to try and make yourself even smarter. That is really amazing."
Stating her honest thoughts, the look in Tohka's eyes as she looked at Origami carried a lot of admiration.
"—!? Th-This is nothing—"
Seeing Tohka actually believe it, Origami guiltily looked away and gave a dry response.
She absolutely couldn't say that the other version of herself, out of jealousy, spouted nonsense just to make things difficult for Tohka.
(Ah, I'm really a terrible person.)
Origami couldn't help but think with a bit of self-disgust.
"Alright, then let's use this chance to study hard!"
And at this mont, Tohka, thinking her brain had beco sharper, had already rolled up her sleeves, excited to study.
However, Origami knew that if they continued at the current pace, Yatogami Tohka's level would absolutely never reach a passing grade.
"..."
After silently making a decision in her heart, Origami stood up from her chair.
"Hm? What is wrong, Origami?"
"Ah, I need to go to the restroom for a bit. I will be right back."
After giving Tohka a bitter smile in reply, Origami grabbed her backpack and walked up to Murasa Reine.
"...? Is there sothing wrong... Origami..."
Sporting a pair of heavy dark circles, Reine asked slowly.
"Murasa-sensei, could you lend your tablet for a mont?"
"...Sure."
Although she didn't know what going to the restroom had to do with a tablet, Reine sensibly didn't ask too many questions and readily lent it to Origami.
"Thank you, Sensei."
After saying a polite thank you, Origami turned and walked out of the Physics Prep Room. With slightly hurried steps, she walked to a stall in the restroom. After making sure there was no one else around, she locked the door.
"Ah—Phew—Ah—Okay—"
After taking several deep breaths, Origami finally ntally prepared herself.
Actually, although she hadn't told Tohka, Tobiichi Origami had thought of a possible way to help Tohka successfully pass. However, to the honor student Tobiichi Origami, this thod was a bit too despicable and shaful, so she hadn't brought it up.
However, to get Shiori-chan's crossdressing photos and her worn undergarnts... No, no! It was to help Tohka out! She had finally steeled her resolve.
"..."
Silently opening her backpack, Origami took out a piece of n's gym clothes from inside.
It was during an outdoor P.E. class activity. She had sneaked into the boys' locker room, and while Itsuka Shido wasn't looking, swapped his clothes with newly bought ones and snagged this rare item. The fabric was soaked with Itsuka Shido's sweat. Whether used for making soup or as hot pot stock, it was undoubtedly a top-tier premium ingredient.
Although after returning to her base, the cooled-down Origami almost died of embarrassnt and wanted to dig a hole and bury herself, after a long internal struggle, she still kept the item.
Holding up the white gym clothes, Tobiichi Origami felt her hands trembling constantly. On one hand, she was trying to suppress an unstoppable urge that was about to burst out. On the other hand, she realized that what she was about to do was too perverted, and her sha almost made her pass out on the spot.
"...It is... all your fault... You agreed to teach Tohka... but ended up dumping it all on ..."
Muttering to herself in the empty restroom, Origami, her face completely red, stared at the gym clothes. Deciding to go all the way since she had already started, she suddenly pressed the gym clothes against her face.
"Inhale—Exhale... Inhale—Exhale... Inhale—"
Her chest rose and fell rhythmically. Following Origami's deep breaths, the fabric of the gym clothes caved inward, faintly tracing the outline of a human face.
About a minute later, Origami silently took off the gym clothes and carefully put them back into her backpack.
At this mont, Origami no longer gave off the aura of a pure, lovely girl. Instead, a master's aura radiated from her from the inside out.
"Mission—Start."
Whispering softly, Origami picked up the tablet. Her fingers tapped rapidly on the screen like raindrops.
About ten minutes later, Origami left the restroom and returned to the Physics Prep Room.
"Ah, you finally ca back, Ori—"
Halfway through her sentence, Tohka looked at the approaching Origami and frowned in confusion.
"To-Tobiichi Origami?!"
Noticing the change in how Tohka addressed her, Origami knew that Tohka had noticed the change in her.
(Although she isn't very smart, her intuition is quite sharp. Is it similar to animal instinct?)
Origami was a little surprised inside.
But to Tobiichi Origami, these things weren't important. From the very beginning, she never had any intention of building a good relationship with Yatogami Tohka.
Walking up to Tohka, Origami didn't sit down. Instead, she looked down at her with a condescending attitude.
"Yatogami Tohka."
"Hm?"
Under Tohka's guarded gaze, Origami said.
"You are the stupidest woman I have t so far!"
"What did you say?!"
Sure enough, hearing this, Tohka imdiately couldn't sit still. She slamd the desk and stood up, her beautiful eyebrows raised, glaring angrily at Origami.
However, Origami didn't back down and rcilessly continued to berate her.
"Am I wrong? You can't even solve such a simple problem, and you still want to get a passing grade on the final exam? Ridiculous. Looking at you, shouldn't you be in elentary school instead of high school? Tadpoles that just learned how to swim are much smarter than you."
"Ugh...!"
Gritting her teeth tightly, no matter how stupid Tohka was, she knew Origami was insulting her. If she didn't know that Spirit energy backflow would cause trouble for Shido, Yutsuki, and the others, she would definitely summon Sandalphon without a second thought and smash it into Origami's forehead.
"Hmph—Whatever! Even if I really am an idiot, it was my fault for thinking I could get along with you for a mont. Since you think I am stupid, I will study on my own!"
"Therefore—"
Right at this mont, Origami's tone suddenly shifted. Staring into Tohka's eyes, she said very seriously.
"If you want to reach a passing grade in a short ti, you must use a different thod."
"Eh? What do you an by that, Tobiichi Origami?"
Hearing this, Tohka frowned, not understanding what Origami was plotting.
However, Origami didn't answer Tohka's question. She reached out and pulled Tohka's textbook over to her.
"Hey! What are you doing? Give my book back! Tobiichi Origami!"
"Shut up!"
"—Ugh."
Silencing Tohka with a simple command, Origami flipped open Tohka's textbook and picked up a pencil.
The final exam is a comprehensive assessnt conducted to confirm the students' level of understanding of the knowledge taught in this sester.
Of course, although the exam scope covers all the content of the entire sester, it is obviously unrealistic to try and test an entire book's worth of knowledge on a single test paper. So under normal circumstances, teachers usually highlight important key points for students to review first, and then select one or two of those key points as exam questions.
From the textbook, Origami could see that although Tohka couldn't understand the lessons in class, she wasn't just slacking off. She had carefully highlighted the key points pointed out by the teachers.
However, with Yatogami Tohka's current knowledge level, trying to understand and absorb this knowledge in a short ti was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
Since Tohka couldn't absorb that much knowledge, the only way was to narrow down the study scope once again.
(This won't be on the exam... This won't either... This...)
Holding the pencil and ignoring Tohka's panicked expression, Origami's pen flew across the pages, erasing the "fake" key points the teachers used as decoys one by one.
As for how she knew the exact scope of the exam questions. Although she wasn't as proficient in computers as Yutsuki, Origami had hacked into the school's teaching system during the second-year class placent to confirm if she was in the sa class as Shido. Checking the exam content was not a difficult task for her.
Just to clarify, this wasn't cheating. It was just that the top student in the grade gave advice and "coincidentally" guessed the right questions, that's all.
(This should be about enough.)
After completing the reassignnt of the exam scope for all subjects, Origami put down the pencil. At this ti, the content left in the book to review was only one-sixth of the original.
For safety reasons, while erasing so "fake" key points, she also removed real exam questions with high difficulty. This would not only further reduce Yatogami Tohka's burden, but also prevent teachers from getting suspicious if they accidentally saw these textbooks.
If she mastered all of these knowledge points, she would definitely be able to get seventy points, but she would also get at most seventy points.
(To pass the final exam, you must get a score of at least half the grade average, which is about thirty to forty points.)
If Yatogami Tohka still couldn't pass even at this level, then Origami truly couldn't do anything more.
"Yatogami Tohka. If you review based on the topics above, there might still be a sliver of hope for you to pass."
"Tobiichi Origami..."
"However, don't think you can slack off just because of this."
Origami glared seriously at Tohka and threatened.
"Your foundation is too poor. Even for the simplest guaranteed-points question, you have to start learning seriously from zero. Don't think studying ends today. On the contrary, until the very second before the exam starts, I will not allow you to slack off even a bit. I will instruct you using the strictest and harshest thods. If you can't do it, you can admit defeat and give up right here. What do you say? Yatogami Tohka?"
"Hmph! Such foolish words."
Facing Origami's aggressive words, Tohka looked at Origami without fear, the corner of her mouth lifting, a fierce fighting spirit igniting in her eyes.
"Who would admit defeat! Bring it on! Tobiichi Origami."
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