Kamio Tatsuya was somewhat caught off guard by Ayanokouji's straightforward admission.
"I thought you might deny it, but I didn't expect you to be so direct today. Still, I don't quite understand, why did you do it?"
"It was all Chabashira-sensei's doing," Ayanokouji replied blandly.
"Heh." Kamio Tatsuya scoffed at Ayanokouji's answer. "Chabashira-sensei didn't force you to frame Ichinose and frame Ryuen, did he?"
"Naturally, I had my own reasons," Ayanokouji said calmly. "But since you know I did it, I assume you told Ryuen about me."
"No, I didn't say a word," Kamio Tatsuya immediately denied. "I'm not that bored. But Ryuen probably figured you out anyway."
Kamio Tatsuya suddenly burst out laughing.
"It's just that fellow doesn't think it was you. He thinks you're just a scapegoat pushed forward by the real mastermind."
The actual culprit was standing right there, yet Ryuen had completely overlooked the obvious answer, which was hilariously amusing.
But Ryuen couldn't be entirely blamed. Ayanokouji's image had always been that of a harmless person. The one time he tried to show his abilities during the Sports Festival, Kamio Tatsuya completely stole the spotlight.
"I see, so that's why he went to test Kouenji," Ayanokouji said, his eyes widening slightly. "But judging by the current situation, Ryuen will come after me sooner or later."
"Maybe. Isn't that what you want?"
"Will you be there too?"
"We'll see."
"In other words, depending on the situation, will you get in my way?"
"Get in your way?" Kamio Tatsuya couldn't help but retort. "We're in different classes, Class C and Class D.
You're acting for your class, and I want to crush Class D. We're enemies, so what are you talking about getting in the way?"
Ayanokouji felt a headache coming on at the mention of this, but as long as Chabashira remained a threat, he had to serve Class D to avoid expulsion.
If things continued this way, the two of them would inevitably clash.
Ayanokouji had seen Kamio Tatsuya's methods firsthand and didn't want to make an enemy of him if he could help it.
So, the immediate priority was to escape Chabashira's control.
As Ayanokouji was thinking this, Kamio Tatsuya had already walked ahead, with Shiina not far in front of him.
Who would choose to walk with Ayanokouji when they could walk with a beautiful girl?
"Good morning, Hiyori."
"Good morning, Tatsuya. You're as energetic as ever."
"Not really, not really." Seeing Shiina's face made Kamio Tatsuya happy. "By the way, did you finish the book I lent you last time?"
"Mm, I finished it yesterday..."
As they walked and chatted, nearing the school, Kamio Tatsuya suddenly said to Shiina, "Actually, I've been wanting to write a novel lately."
"Huh? Really?" Shiina's face lit up with surprise. "Please let me read it when it's done. And what kind of genre will it be?"
Shiina's eyes sparkled with interest at the mention of novels.
"Probably fantasy?"
"Fantasy?"
While Shiina's favorite genre was mystery novels, she wasn't uninterested in fantasy.
"Have you thought of a title yet?"
Speaking of which, Kamio Tatsuya's expression turned a little odd.
"Yeah, I think I'll call it... 'Dragon Raja'."
There were many works from his past life in this world, but also many things that didn't exist, like Dragon Raja.
And other kinds of art, for that matter.
He just hoped that after he wrote it, people wouldn't send him angry letters with blades, or at least that Shiina wouldn't hate it...
No, he should worry about whether it would be accepted for publication first.
What if it flopped because it didn't fit the local audience?
"Dragon Raja, it's a great title. What kind of story will it be about?"
"Well, that's hard to say. You can judge it after I finish writing it, Hiyori."
It wasn't hard to say, it was impossible to say...
"So, what about a pen name?"
"A pen name..."
Kamio Tatsuya started to ponder. Should he go by Jiangnan, or Xu Xuan Yuan? After all, Jiangnan was the original author.
And Old Xu had a habit of not writing happy endings. Or perhaps he should first not write Dragon Raja and write something else?
It was truly a difficult decision.
The idea of making money by writing had been on Kamio Tatsuya's mind for some time. Since he couldn't currently use system-generated items to make money,
The first method Kamio Tatsuya thought of was plagiarism.
Compared to manga, writing novels left more free time, and he couldn't draw anyway, so he thought of writing novels.
In Japan, under normal circumstances, the original copyright holder could only be the author. After learning about this law, Kamio Tatsuya immediately settled on this project.
As for the novel's content, Kamio Tatsuya wasn't worried. Since his intelligence attribute had been increased, he felt his memory had become even stronger.
He could still clearly recall things he had seen in his previous life.
Thanks to this, Kamio Tatsuya once again felt the suffocating sensation after finishing Dragon Raja III.
Pleasant times always passed too quickly. Upon arriving at the classroom, the two went back to their respective seats.
In the classroom, the students of Class C were as lively as ever, even more so than the students of Class D.
Well, perhaps it was because yesterday's exam was too easy for the students of Class D, so they were feeling a bit too confident.
Not long after arriving at the classroom, Itabasa entered the room as the bell rang.
However, today he was different from his usual self. A smile that he couldn't quite hide appeared on his usually stern face.
It seemed that Class C's results were indeed very good this time.
Most of the students in the class weren't nervous, because with the exam papers and answers obtained in advance, their scores couldn't be bad.
"Looking at you all, you must be eager," Itabasa said, his smile still lingering. "Congratulations. Not only did no one fail this exam, but you also took a massive lead over the other classes."
With that, Itabasa posted Class C's grade report.
Kamio Tatsuya began to scan the scores. The top few students were almost all perfect scores.
There were several who got full marks in all eight subjects, and the rest were all in the nineties and eighties.
As expected, the last place went to Ishizaki Daichi, but even Ishizaki's score was barely over 600. His worst subject was English, where he only scored just over fifty, even with the answers.
He must have forcibly memorized the answers.
Seeing these shocking results, most of the students in Class C were stunned. They had expected their scores to be good, but they hadn't expected them to be this good.
"Wow, so amazing!"
"So many perfect scores."
"This is the first time in my life I've scored over 700! I have to take a picture to remember this moment!"
"Even Ishizaki scored 600? This is a huge event!"
...
"In this special exam, the class you attacked was Class A, and the class that attacked you was Class D. Without a doubt, you achieved victory on both fronts, and your class points will increase by one hundred."
Class C's previous class points were 219. After gaining 100 points, they reached 319 points. Although there was still a gap with the classes ahead,
The students of Class C felt that if they continued like this, surpassing them was absolutely possible!
"Itabasa-sensei, what about the results of the other classes?"
Hearing Kamio Tatsuya's question, Itabasa immediately provided the answer.
"This time, the class total score was calculated. The first place, without a doubt, was our Class C. Second place was Class B, who scored over ten points higher than Class A.
Third place was Class A, and Class D remained in last place."
Heh, letting the seniors set the questions for Class A students indeed had an effect. Not only did they lose to Class C, they even lost to Class B, which had the same number of students.
Sakayanagi's trust within Class A would likely decrease now.
This Paper Shuffle, considering the different opponents each class faced, Class A and Class D each had 100 class points deducted, while Class B and Class C each gained 100 class points.
As a result, the situation became very delicate.
Year 1 Class A (Sakayanagi Arisu): 930 points
Year 1 Class B (Ichinose Honami): 912 points
Year 1 Class C (Ryuen Kakeru): 319 points
Year 1 Class D (Horikita Suzune): 0 points
Although the ranking of the four classes hadn't changed, Class B's class points were very close to Class A's. If they won one more time, they might be able to reverse the situation.
As for Class D, tsk tsk, zero points again. Since the summer, Class D hadn't gained any class points, and their private points were the same.
If they hadn't earned a windfall during the VIP exam, the students of Class D would have been eating free wild vegetable meals every day by now.
The atmosphere in the other classes was also somewhat different.
Most of the students in Class A fell into a brief period of self-doubt. They had used questions set by Class C students, while Class B had used questions set by them.
Yet, even so, they hadn't managed to win, which was simply unacceptable.
"Everyone, there's no need to be so dejected. You feel the questions were difficult because Class C had asked senior students for help with the exam papers."
This was what Kamio Tatsuya had told Sakayanagi yesterday, as he wanted the other party to understand the reason for their loss.
"C-can you do that?"
"Is this even allowed?"
Class A was in a temporary uproar.
"This is my fault. I didn't expect Class C to get the exam questions from Class D, nor did I expect them to seek help from senior students to set the questions for us.
Fortunately, everyone's learning progress was good, and no one was expelled because of this."
For Class A, this was a blessing in disguise.
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