Classroom of the Elite: Crimson Usurper (V5-V11.5)

(V6) Chapter 2: The Paper Shuffle

Meanwhile, the school would deduct ten points from the midterm scores of the ten students with the lowest sports festival results. Sotomura was one of the worst-scoring students in the sports festival from any grade, so he needed to score ten points higher in every subject to compensate. Hondou is also a good example, as he absolutely and quite literally, crashed the races.

Ike and Sudou wore stiff expressions. Many students waited with bated breath as Chabashira-sensei slowly posted the scores on the blackboard. However, Horikita didn't seem nervous at all.

"Wh-what?! No way!"

The results started with those students who scored lowest and went up. Many students naturally expected to see Sudou's name at the bottom of the list, because he'd scored lowest on the midterm and the final exam. However, the first name to come up was "Haruki Yamauchi." Next was "Ike Kanji."

Following that came Inogashira, Satou, and Sotomura. Sotomura always had middling scores, but I imagined that the penalties he'd incurred from the sports festival resulted in him ranking this low.

"Oh no! Dude, did I seriously get the lowest score?!" wailed Yamauchi.

He'd scored over forty points in every subject, his lowest grade being a forty-three in English. He barely passed overall, with an average just slightly below 50 points. Yamauchi probably felt as if his life flashed before his eyes for a moment. 

For now, at least.

Sudou always ranked at the very bottom of the class, but now he'd moved up significantly, going to twelfth from the bottom. Even if you took away his sports festival points, his results were still incredible. Everyone looked shocked; he had an average score of 57 points.

"I just obliterated a personal best! Dude, I almost got an average score of 60!"

"That's not good enough to merit such a fuss," said Horikita. "Especially since your sports festival points helped."

"Guh! Y-yeah..." Sudou sat back down, looking despondent at Horikita's rebuke. He was just like a faithful dog responding to his master's orders.

"Sudou got an average of 57 points. Study group gets results." Ayanokouji remarked.

Sudou's is worst subject, English, Sudou had managed to score fifty-two points. Horikita had tutored Sudou and the other failing students in such a good way.

"The study group had an impact, yes. However, other significant factors helped. Sudou was lucky that this midterm test was made up of relatively simple problems." Horikita said.

"That might be true." This midterm had been a bit easier than usual. That said, Sudou's hard work definitely paid off. Horikita tutored all her students equally, but Sudou had taken things a step further, giving up his free days to study one-on-one with her.

"You have an average of 64 points. That's so mediocre. Why don't you stop fooling around and get serious?" Horikita asked Ayanokouji.

"Hm? Well, I mean... it's good enough, right?"

"Goodness, you're annoying to deal with. At least you surpassed Shinjiro-kun," Horikita glanced back to me. We both locked eyes. Horikita sighed after 3 seconds. "Well, not in an offending way. He's... did alright."

I had an average of 61 points. Not much of a difference.

"It's so insipid that you two still playing the clowns. Honestly, I can't listen to you anymore."

"I don't think you ever have."

"True true."

We turned attention to Chabashira, who was smiling a bit.