COTE: A Man On A Mission II Love is War?

The other side.
　　
Because Paper B was going to be issued, all the students in Hachiman's class actually participated in the evening self-study, honestly. They don't really wanna be kicked out!
　　
However, this is just a drop in the bucket. A temporary fix, and there's still chances of huge leakage.

So many holes, to creep into.

Therefore, let alone obtaining class points, some students may still fail!

What a horror for Class C who just got promoted by Sudo's painstaking efforts!

But, this anxious state was broken by someone during lunch break the next day.
　　
After class is over, and the teacher leaves. Hachiman, who had promised everyone to share old questions in the last three days, came to the podium.
　　
And Kushida also took action, when Hachiman decided to steal the teacher's area.

Rather, when she came to class today, everyone noticed that Kushida-san’s schoolbag was bulging, as if she was carrying something heavy.
　　
And now.
　　
In Class C of the first grade, Kushida-san, who was like a little angel, walked over with a lot of [review materials] at Hachiman’s signal.
　　
"Everyone....! In order to cope with this exam, I want to give something very amazing!" Kushida then cried, in happiness, her face looked quite excited.
　　
Because she was sitting very far in front, Wang Meiyu already saw the content above.

It seems to be a paper.

"What is this?" She was stunned for a moment. Even as Kushida's best friend, she didn't know anything about this....

"Could it be that...?" The top students were a little curious, but some blockheads suddenly became elevated.
　
Because they already realize what kind of pill this is. "Quick, Sudo, and Sato, close the door!"

Sudo, whose seat was near the back door, while Sato was on the front.

Both of them were not good at academics, but their brains reacted instinctively at this time.

They quickly ran to the door and stuck their heads out to see if anyone was outside, then quickly closed and locked it from the inside.

The students in Class C were not pretentious. After vaguely realizing that they might have something to look forward to, they immediately took precautions.

After that, both S people returned to their seats, with hurried footsteps.
　　
Then, looked over expectantly. Among them, Sudo, the irritable old man, is already familiar, to Hachiman.

Although the opponent is trash in academic ability, his physical strength was equal to cheater in life, it makes Sotomura feel quite envious inside.
　　
But Judging from this written examination, most of the school's evaluation criteria may not be formal like other high schools, but also based on their thinking ability or other aspects.

However, Sudo's athletic talent can match or even exceed the qualifications of Class A, which may come in handy in special examinations such as 2nd year Sports festival
　　
In comparison, Sato probably only has the advantage of being cute. She usually plays with Karuizawa.
　　
And Suzune also complained that both of these girls are just pure stupid, with no brain matter, and probably because of having something common like that might be the reason why they could play together and become such 'good friends.' (Even had similar tastes in the boys!)
　
Quiet topic. 'Please don't mention that horrible date! I don't want to remember it!'  Okay, I won't.

But Hachiman feels that it’s pretty cool to have something common, and he thought Horikita was just biased about poor students.

　　
And now.
　
"Kushida-san, is this a test paper?!" Hirata, who had short green hair, also stood up and looked at Kushida with his eyes shining brightly.
　
Apparently, the sunny teenager wasn't told everything.
　　
"Yes." She nodded her head excitedly with an extremely sweet smile, on her face that could bewitch any student in this school, except Hirata, “This is the magic weapon for our class to pass the test!”

"Hikigaya-kun said before that he would give everyone the old questions three days before the exam....But because of what happened in Ryuen-kun's class, and then..." Her words stopped abruptly.

But everyone knows, or rather, if  Class D hadn't done such stupid things, then they wouldn't have been implicated.

It would be better to say that everyone has been making up classes  these past few days.

Although they have participated, they still haven't reached the level of passing the exam yet.

The reason... they were promised those cheat papers by Hikigaya-kun.

Yeah, so there was obviously no need to pay attention, on what horrible things that Kanzaki-kun was trying to teach them. Just take it with a grain of salt.

No intention to learn about the past clans, or those weird algebraic questions that seemed to fry their brain circuit.

In this way, everyone was feeling quite happy inside. But, when the school suddenly decided to change the test paper, the feeling of dread was spread everywhere.
　
Result, during tutoring, Top students like Kanzaki, and Hitomi who thought their mentality was being targeted, immediately saw a huge turnover.

Because suddenly out of nowhere, these Class C students started paying attention to their lectures, who first didn't know how to read the questions, making them feel pressured by their attack power.

"So...This test paper is Set B that the school mentioned. But, how did you get it?"  Wang asked, who was sitting in the front row.

She and Kushida-san hit it off immediately after they came to this school, and their relationship became very good.

Yamauchi, and some of his Npc friends, whose brain was already in the gutter, even dreamed of both of them making out inside a locker or something......

But the girl, whose sexuality was being doubted by many boys inside Class C, felt that Kushida-san is best friend, right?
　
So, Aren’t the so-called 'best friends' better than ordinary people who just hang out with each other?
　　
And, she had no idea that Kushida-san had obtained the school's B test paper!

Betrayal!

That's why, Mei-yu Wang, who is petite and not very determined, was forced to think about the sincerity of her friendship with Kushida-san.

But that so-called, best friend just looked in one direction.
　　
Completely unaware of being questioned, Kushida just smiled sweetly, her big eyes curved into a crescent shape, and she looked at that blonde-haired girl with single ponytail.

And immediately, Mii-chan felt like she was being cheated on!
　
"This time it's not me or Hikigaya-kun.....It was Karuizawa-san. If it wasn't for her, I can't get these papers even if I work hard. So, you all should thank her....."

"Karuizawa?"
　　
"Kei? What did you do?"
　　
"You stole the papers, Kei-chan?!
　　
'Maya! Can you please not shout like this, about me being a thief?!' Karuizawa, who was just sitting near her best friend, couldn't help but complain.

But, since Kushida mentioned a shocking name, the students in the class were immediately surprised after hearing that.

"Um, yeah....well" Karuizawa, who was just sitting quietly until now, felt the looks from every single person in the class, making her slightly  uncomfortable.

Her face turned red and she whispered in a low voice, "Actually....do you still remember that I joined the Student council?"
　　
Indeed, she was given a fishing position, by the President. Although it was posted on the bulletin board.
　　
Some people in the class still don't know this, but the girls who were always around Karuizawa, immediately realised 'what's up!'

"Then..."
　　
"I feel that if the exam is taken like this...there must be a lot of people in danger. Although I am not familiar with all of my classmates, I still don't want anyone to drop out!" Karuizawa gave such an awesome speech, without any preparations beforehand.

'I'm really sorry, Hirata-kun. But I didn't know what else to do!' She immediately apologized, to that said person inside her mind.

His lines were just stolen after all.

'Eh, W-what?!  Because it was, the Karuizawa Kei who said this, the students in the class, looked at her with a face full of  shock, they couldn't believe it.

Because. That's not what she usually says, right? Karuizawa was famous inside Class C for passing negative comments on some boys being creepy, with perverted thoughts.

They were just labelled as being disgusting, making their self-confidence go skyrocket, but in the end, she really does't want them to drop out of school?

This surprised Ike and the others, who were usually scolded. The girls also breathed a sigh of relief.
　　
They didn't understand why it was related to Karuizawa before, but now it's much clearer.

'I'm afraid she stole this from the student council by taking advantage of her position!'

'Hey hey hey, wait a damn minute! could it be that... this is a test paper that Kei secretly photographed?!' Her friend's face immediately had their jaw dropped, position similar to a window being left open.
　　
But from the perspective of ordinary people, this kind of thing is illegal.
　
Even...maybe punished.

"Kei-chan, I'm so touched!” Maya Sato jumped up and enveloped her best friend in a bone-crushing hug, that could even rival a certain character named 'Hermione Granger'

She was so moved, and almost shed tears by her friend taking such a huge risk for her.

Sato's grades were not very good, at best she was just hovering on the passing line.

But Karuizawa's daring behavior undoubtedly made her more confident about passing.

In this way, Sato's dark history was created. And her life started going haywire, she never had good luck to begin with. Even got busy consoling her love rival/best friend, in the latest vol- “Author-san! I'm warning you!”

.............

"Karuizawa-san, this is great, thank you!” Hirata also breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded to her solemnly, with a look of gratitude.
　　
Karuizawa's identity as a 'student council member' was confirmed, and she stole the test papers from the office, just like a professional leaving 'no proof' behind.

So, there is no doubt that the authenticity of this test paper was confirmed.

In this way, they can memorize it with full confidence!

But, the students in Class C are very realistic. After discovering that the test paper was stolen by Karuizawa-san, their first concern is... that they can be saved.

After all. If you fail, you will be expelled directly.

Now they can think about targeting Class A. Even though there isn't much hope, people can have some naughty dreams, right?

.....After all they were promoted to Class C in the first month!

Hail Sudo-sama! There were a lot of cheers for their class hero, Ken Sudo, who was the sole benefactor of that fighting incident.

It even makes his nose look quite big, after being praised so much by the people around him.

And if they are lucky enough to reach Class A, then their counterattack against the school's policies of being marked as 'Defective products' will be successful.
　　
And even if this dream was shattered.
　　
There are also free monthly living expenses. Which school from the outside world can provide this kind of configuration?!

"Anyway, everyone, please keep it a secret this time." Kushida watched the test papers being distributed and breathed a sigh of relief, but still clasped her hands together and whispered, "If it is exposed again, not only will everyone fail, but even Karuizawa-san will be banned by the student council."

"Don't worry, Kushida and Karuizawa, it's all thanks to you this time. If anyone dares to betray us, I'll smash their skulls!” This speaker was none other than Sudo Ken, the violent maniac of this school, who has now become a lore among the upperclassmen.

He was clenching his fists, with a fierce look on his face. Showing off the style of a grumpy old man.
　　
His muscles are quite exaggerated, but since his brain is very small, so it's no problem.

People are generous enough to tolerate this kind of person, but if it's someone like Koenji, who's similar to a Isekaied person with a mixture of two souls, making them overpowered.
　　
Ordinary people like Hachiman, just want to use Ishigami's laser death beam on his head, and make him explode.

At the same time, we are talking about Sudo, who first experienced a feeling of great joy which then turned into a nightmare, and thought if he really should start studying hard?
　　
He just doesn’t know if Kanzaki from Class B would, still be willing to give him extra lessons...... because his mood doesn't look right, according to Sudo's observation.
　　
But, now that Paper B was distributed, and discovered about this being secretly photographed, after taking a look at them.

In other words, not the kind of paper that could have been purchased from a senior, but maybe Karuizawa-san really did something amazing, when she passed by the student council and decided to become a bad girl.
　　
Only. When Hachiman returned to his seat, he found that the black-haired girl sitting next to him was looking at this place with her eyes wide open.
　　
"What's the matter with you?" He directly asked, feeling quite a sense of deja vu.

Then he looked at a paper held in her hands. "If you don't want it..."

"No, I want it!" Suzune, hurriedly put those inside her school bag, not wanting them to be taken away, "I mean, can this kind of thing really be directly publicized in a place like class?!" You stole the test paper! And even dared to announce it, in front of everyone like this?! She was complaining crazily in her heart.

'Did his brain stop working all of a sudden? You must know there is a camera in the class!' Suzune almost wanted to stab this person's heart.

“....” Hachiman "I'm waiting."
　　
"Waiting?" 'Is there still something?!'

"It's been more than ten or twenty minutes since Volume B was announced....so, if the school is dissatisfied with this move? Then someone should be here by now," But Hachiman's gaze moved towards the door, as if waiting for the President to blow it up any second.

He took out his phone and checked it.

Suzune also noticed that the screen displayed a timer. 22 minutes have passed.
　　
"What do you mean..." Suzune didn't get it, her brain can't understand complex things like this.....but if it's about a written exam, she could just  blow the opponents from miles away.

"I was testing the school's tolerance just now," But Hachiman knew about her straight nature very well, so he swallowed that lump inside his throat and just started explaining honestly, "Then I came to the conclusion that they also have, a fixed bottom line, but in some places, a lot of water can still be allowed to leak aw-

“But, won't it make the job of floor sweepers very hard?!” There was a comment like that, interrupting their heavy talks. Some people were eavesdropping, on these very important people of their class.

“....” Suzune.

“....” Hachiman.

“....” Random Npc.

“Just give me a moment,” Hachiman, stood up slightly from his desk, and started to take that boy away from this holy place.

Give him some future life-guidance.

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Moments later 　

"What the school wants is not students who seem to have both good character and academic performance...."

"It is better to say that in society, these types of people are just born to be used, like that weirdo earlier..... Seriously, can he not interfere with other people's privacy?.....Right, I was saying that (so scary!) what needs to be checked more is the means of dealing with troublesome things, your way of thinking, and that kind of stuff Um..."

However, halfway through the sentence, he noticed that his deskmate's expression seemed to become even more ugly. “You seem to have completely rejected me.” Suzune was now really feeling depressed for some reason. 'Just being denied outright....it feels so disgusting!
　
Because she was very capable in both of the aspects that Hachiman just mentioned about being useless.
　　
In other words, even though her basic hardware is pretty good, she was still not important......has no worth....no merit.....even her future also looked very dark.....being used by others....
　　
Suzune can't find her own advantage, she was having an internal crisis.

"I didn't say that." Hachiman immediately provided some comfort, knowing how fragile her heart really is, still not healed from that trauma her Nii-san left behind, “These abilities of yours are all due to your daily hard work....”
　　
"And having good academic knowledge can open many pathways for your future....becoming a judge or a lawyer of some kind.... You're always in a better position than people like Karuizawa.....” He even said the name, hoping this would console her.

Suzune was on complicated terms with those girls, and just ridiculing them......it brings her wounded heart, a small spark of joy.

"Because I think, that school also pays attention to the people with good basic abilities." Now, Hachiman even went against his own words. For the umpteenth time, he felt that listening to those shitty complaints from his father, really did him a huge favour.

“....” Suzune. She now really thought that the other party's sole purpose of this pep-talk was to comfort her.
　　
But if you exclude both her academics and physical ability, then she really has no advantage. Thinking of this, she sighed a little. 'Maybe my Nii-san already saw this and that's why he wanted me to drop out of school?'
　　
Suzune was having second thoughts, because she didn't have a single ounce of what Hachiman is talking about.

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