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

The two days of vacation passed by in a blink of an eye. Obviously nothing was done, but time just slipped away.

And the students returned to their class honestly, but there were many novices who went to offer milk to Sakayanagi's cat, which seemed to have a bad habit of roaming around in their dormitory building.

But Hachiman didn't do this superficial stuff, he thought that it was already fat enough..... there's no need to increase Sakayanagi's burden.

There was a tense atmosphere, inside Class C, and now even Hachiman was feeling quite nervous inside. 'Maybe I also should have....just in case'
　　
In other words, this is it, the test results are about to be announced. So everyone is waiting for Chabashira-sensei's arrival.

Snapped!
　　
High heels made crisp footsteps on the floor. Sae Chabashira, wearing a black OL outfit, walked in with her long legs wrapped in black stockings.

At the same time, the students in Class C were like prisoners awaiting trial.
　　
Hachiman held his breath and looked at the baseball bat-like poster tube held in their teacher's hand.

Above that are the results...
　　
"Phew!" Sae placed the poster tube on the podium and slowly opened it.
　　
Following her movements, many students could not help but breathe a little heavier, but it's not that they were being teased....
　　
And, although it was already confirmed that the boxes they ticked inside the paper, were the correct ones...

However, when the results came out, it's like their throats are being....
　
"To be honest." Chabashira-sensei opened the poster tube to cover her face, revealing only a pair of golden eyes scanning the students of Class C, "You really surprised me this time."

"Gudong!" It was accompanied by the students with a swallowing sound, and she finally posted it on the blackboard for everyone.

"Holy shit!"
　　
"That's it motherfucker!"
　　
"I actually got 100 points!"
　　
When the scores of all five subjects of were posted on the board, many people couldn't help but cheered excitedly and stood up.

In a whole row of results, there are some human beings with 100 scores in every subject.

This was something that was unthinkable in the past, and Hachiman also understands this.　

"You are so rude!" The fox-eyed girl sitting next to him suddenly complained. Because, her deskmate is also a capper, directly scoring 500 points.
　　
'For the first time..... in my life, I got perfect marks in all subjects!'
　　
Such an act of finally getting the chance to pretend to be a super powerful student... Hachiman also couldn't resist the temptation.

'It's really a miracle.....I may not have this kind of opportunity ever again...'

Hachiman is definitely not a top student, just an ordinary boy, who's slightly good at liberal arts.

But, he also wanted to experience the feeling of a top student.....In fact, he is not the only one, who has this idea.

It's just academic cheaters like Horikita, and Yukimura thought this result was quite disgusting. 　

Because, let’s look at the Maths subject alone.

There are 40 students in the class, but there are actually 24 perfect scores!
　　
Not just in maths, there are many other subjects with scores of 100's lining up one after another.

And even if it is not a perfect score, they still got over 90 points. No one is below 60. 'This is surprising'

Of course, the same thing was demonstrated in the other two classes.

After all, if you have leaked papers, and still performed like trash, there are high chances of being labelled as a retarded pig, with no brain.

"Congratulations on getting a score of 100 class points in this exam," Then Chabashira-sensei, declared this, while also being a little happy inside, and then turned to write something on the board again.

Class A has a score of 1088 (Sakayanagi) - 988+100
　　
Class B has a score of 851 (Ichinose) - 751+100

Class C has a score of 550 (Horikita) - 450+100

Class D: 0 points (Ryuen Class) - 0+0
　　

"You have kept your position in Class C, and I hope that you can get results just like this in the future," Their teacher was also on the roll today, Sae really also wanted to celebrate, "And, Horikita if you don't have any objections, the class meeting will end here."

“....” Suzune. "Why am I one being cornered like this?!' The students turned their head to look at this girl, with a question mark on their faces.

"No," She then replied to the teacher's question with a straight face. 'Most of the students are satisfied, so how could I say otherwise...'

“.....” Hachiman. He sighed a little in his heart, feeling quite relieved. To be honest, he was ready for some crazy remarks.....'But since, Horikita made this decision, then.....I may have to spend two hours or so... listening to her objections later.'
　　
If they weren't still in the classroom, everyone would want to celebrate properly.

"What?......just spit it out if you have something to say?" As a neighbor, Suzune noticed, the guy beside him was looking at her weirdly.
　　
Although they passed the mid-terms successfully, a young man was still deep in thought.
　　
“....” Hachiman. “I have nothing” But the girl obviously didn't believe him, and just bit her lip gently, it was probably another insult to his dignity.

So, he just decided it would be better to put his focus somewhere else, not wanting to be attacked any further.

His mood was really good today, there's no need to get depressed for some petty stuff like this.
　　
No student scored less than 60 points overall.
　　
Ike Kanji scored around 60 in two subjects.

Sudo scored around 60 in one subject.
　　
Haruki Yamauchi scored around 60 in three subjects.

“.....” 'In other words, even with the test papers, these fools still can't cross the 80 points mark?' Hachiman sighed heavily on his desk, and put his head down in despair.

“....” Sakura Airi. This girl also listen to their talks every so often, and pay attention to what they're doing. It was really a nice way to pass her time.

'There's something fishy going on here.... Didn't Hikigaya-gun already reach the mountain, today?' She couldn't help but think about, how these two neighbours didn't look very excited after the results came out?
　　
But, Chabashira-sensei already seemed to be preparing to end the class, and gave up her table in the auction.

Hachiman also started checking his phone, while resting his head down. For the outsiders, this boy looked quite tired.....well, it's not that unusual, so people didn't pay much attention.
　　
Because he received a message.
　　
[Call Horikita and come to the rooftop. ] by Sae Chabashira.

“....” Hachiman. He then also started to type with his fingers, that were slightly trembling.

“Is your cat hungry? I also have some milk for her.” The button was pressed lightly, and a beep sound came from his phone, it was send to a student of Class A, named, Sakayanagi Arisu.

“....” Kamuro-san. She was checking her master's phone, to clear some old photos, because Sakayanagi finds it very troubling.

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'Chabashira-sensei.....You seemed quite cool during the meeting, but in the end, were you actually so urgent inside?' But Hachiman probably knows the reason.

Because the latest score Class C is 550 points, while B is only 851 points.
　　
'If I work harder, it's possible to get through their paywall...So, she probably wanted to give me a blood fusion to work hard for pursuing the victory.

“Do you think I am a blood-sucker?!” Hachiman couldn't help but ask this question out loud, because he finds this behaviour quite outrageous!

“.....” Suzune. “You should pay a visit to the hospital wing....I think you need to be contained.”

“....” Hachiman.

“....” Sakura Airi. There is a scarf inside her bag, for the photoshoot later. And look, she was using it now to cover her mouth...Oh, no....it was completely wrapped around her neck.

“.....” Hachiman, who saw this entire thing, he became a little sad inside.

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The rooftop of the teaching building, he can feel the cool wind blowing just by opening the door.
　　
This is the place where Hachiman and Sakayanagi had their first encounter.

'Of course, this is also the place where I sometimes meet my Patron.'

"You did a good job this time."
Standing in the protective net, Chabashira's back was facing her two hard-working students.

Hachiman and Horikita.

She held a cigarette between her fingers, brought it to her pouty lips, and puffed.

“....” Hachiman. 'What am I doing today?' This teenager just shook his head, and tried to stop paying attention at his teacher's sexy body.....

Slap!

Suzune's gaze immediately looked over and saw Hikigaya-kun holding his right palm on his cheek....'We should have gone to the nursery first.'　

There are not many places in this school without cameras, but the rooftop is one of the few.

Of course, the frequency of people coming to this kind of shady place is very small.....very suitable to say something that cannot be heard by others.

'So is it okay to vent my emotions here?'

“....” Hachiman, he heard another voice inside his ears. And the most suspicious things...it was Kushida's voice.

But the said girl is definitely not on the rooftop at this point, already gone to hang out with her friends. 　　

'I always feel like I'm going insane.... Author-san, do you have any idea about, what's happening to me? I'm really scared now.....' Hachiman's body was starting to shiver, afraid of the possible outcomes.

“.....” Suzune. 'Hikigaya-kun must be having a cold....This explains his strange behaviour in the class today.'

But regarding that question, it still feels scary to be witnessed, because this is the rooftop....and many students from other classes of 1st grade or even the staff members can come here.
　　
'From this point of view, Kushida-san, the place, where you can trash-talk other human beings is really difficult to find.....' There is no other way except to find other ways, such as drawing with Kamuro-san.

Even though, Hachiman was called here by Class C's head teacher, buthe was thinking about completely unrelated things.

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Here on the first floor.
　　
In Class A of the 1st grade, a bald man in school uniform who looked nothing like a high school student stood in front of the blackboard with a petite silver-haired girl holding a cane.

On the blackboard, the final scores of each class is also displayed.
　　
Although, Mashima-sensei, had already written the points on the blackboard during the class meeting.
　　
But, Sakayanagi was still looking at the displayed score.

Class A. 1088 points
Class B 851 points
Class C. 550 points
Class D. 0 points
　　

"Katsuragi-kun" She suddenly decided to open her mouth, "What do you think of the current situation?"
　　

"The current situation?" Katsuragi said steadily, “Judging from the scores, Class B is climbing up. The distance from us is not completely widened. We need to pay attention” but then this brows furrowed in slight confusion, as if he couldn't understand this one thing.

“As for Class C, their last score was 450 points, but now it is 550... which means they have won the highest reward in the mid-term exams....But judging from what we have learned, the people of Class C are mostly scumbag," He then paused his words, and looked at the girl standing beside him with narrowed eyes, his bald head shining with delight, "So. I think something might have happened."

Katsuragi was giving this frail-looking girl, a scrutinizing look-over, as if analysing his opponent, and how to devour it?
　　
'Did he suspect that I leaked the test papers to Class C?.... But this kind of thing... of course it's true.

'Fufu....Hikigaya-kun even threw the paper wantonly to Class B's Ichinose-san....even though, Kamuro-san was thinking that, he was using an old harem trick....'　

Then came the performance of all three ABC classes getting the highest score of 100 points.
　　
"Why aren't you talking about Class D?" Sakayanagi chose to ask another question instead. She wanted to know what the Conservative party thinks.

'Rather, if Katsuragi-kun suspects that I am a spy of Class C now....then he is indeed too young.....very unfair to his looks.....' She raised her head, slightly to take a peek at her opponent, but she was mostly just staring at the oil that was polished.
　　
But, Sakayanagi did reveal the true nature of this school to Hikigaya-kun of Class C from the very beginning.

This is also... the place that makes our princess Arisu feel a little depressed.
　　
Only, As a representative, thick skin may be required, and Sakayanagi is indeed very cute.
　　
"Class D is hopeless" Katsuragi looked at the blackboard expressionlessly and said in a deep voice, "I think we should focus more on B and C instead"
　　
“Although it's just a fluke, it's almost impossible for them to climb up." He declared this awesome statement, making him sound very cool.

'Right'....Sakayanagi just closed her eyes in response, the other party is really too low..... It's just disappointing at this rate.
　　
Because, Kamuro-san has already reported the situation yesterday.

Next month there will be a customary special exam..... heading to a Deserted island.

Although it is impossible to tell the specific content, the data gathered from the upperclassmen can indicate that.....last year and the year before that, the scores on this Deserted island exam were quite generous.

This kind of thing can both give them a sweater.... or may blow their underwear away in the dust.
　　
Taking advantage of this exam, can quickly shorten the gap, but it can also result in losing a lot of points.

And now.
　　
'Katsuragi-kun, you regard Class B, which has the least offensive power, as an opponent that needs to be guarded against.....'

'Then in this Island exam, Katsuragi-kun, you may suffer a heavy loss......his pants...Um?' Sakayanagi was thinking about some very rude things in her mind, but then her thoughts started to get degraded and had to shake her head to get rid of this unlady-like behaviour.

Because in this exam, the one who was the most aggressive was not Ichinose.

Rather say. This time Class B received a 100-point class award, but Sakayanagi looked down upon them instead.

Because. Class B's academic ability is not bad, and they can also get a score of 80 points in the general exams like these.

As a result, they needed cheat papers to securely obtain this 100-point reward....which can only be regarded as an olive branch that was handed over in pity to some poor beggars.....

In this way, Sakayanagi doesn't value Class B. 'It's D that's more dangerous....
　　
Because this time Ryuen's class did not accept her deal and refused to vote her in the election of Student council president.

Also rejected to spend 3 million points to buy test papers. But, now looking at their score clearly.
　　
Class D has 0 points.
　　
Although points were not obtained from this exam......40 people are still alive on this campus. 'This class may have adopted a score-control method.'

Everyone gets a low score to ensure they can pass the average mark...But since it was too low....that's why no reward was obtained. Only.

The most dangerous enemy, Arisu still thinks that......Class C is just sucking her blood for no reason.

Then, she took hold of her cane and prepared to leave this place.

“.....” Katsuragi.

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