Four days have passed since Kiritani Tetsuya and Utsunomiya Miu went to Bear Shopping Street to make purchases.

In the past four days, the discussion in the school about the relationship between the two has not subsided at all, and the flames of public opinion have intensified.

After several versions of the story, a popular rumor now is that Tetsuya Kiritani, Miu Utsunomiya, and Tamao Ibuki are actually in a classic love triangle.

As time went by, this statement gradually began to take root among many students, especially female groups, and aroused more heated discussions.

After all, anyone who loves gossip would be happy to see the three people who stand at the top of the entire Akiba High School in terms of appearance getting involved in complicated emotional affairs. This kind of melon is only as exciting as suddenly discovering that the goddess of misfortune is actually with a strange man.

Living together is comparable.

Of course, not everyone supports this conjecture. For example, the ex-girlfriend who was abandoned by Kiritani Tetsuya in the past six months or the boy who once confessed to Utsunomiya Miu in public but was rejected miserably hold the opposite view.

They believed that the truth was just the boy's wishful thinking, and were happy to see some ulterior secrets revealed later in Kiritani Tetsuya's pursuit of Utsunomiya Miu.

Of course, in addition to the widespread discussion among the public about Tetsuya Kiritani and others, another topic that has attracted much attention is the upcoming final exam.

At this time in early July, the upcoming first semester final exam is something that many students at Akiba High School can't get around. The quality of their test scores will determine whether they need to spend extra time during the summer vacation to take it.

Special tutoring at school.

Therefore, whenever the final exam comes, everyone's motivation to study will increase exponentially. Even students who usually don't pay much attention to lectures will feel a strong sense of crisis, bite the bullet and take out a brand-new textbook, and start from scratch with reluctance.

Start learning.

Takehara Ryota from Grade 3, Grade 1, is such a typical example.

It's lunch break time at school.

Ryota Takehara finished his lunch in the cafeteria and returned to the classroom. On this rare day, he did not maintain his habit of taking a nap or reading comics and periodicals. Instead, he took out an English textbook from his schoolbag and read it with a grimace.

I couldn't stop sighing while reciting the English words in the book.

"Hey, I suddenly feel that I have no motivation in life, and I can't do anything with enthusiasm."

Takehara Ryota, who was lying on the table reading, read for a while, then seemed to think of something, straightened up and turned his head to Kiritani Tetsuya, who was also reviewing seriously.

"Zheye, do you have any quick review methods you can teach me, such as the high-efficiency learning method of "improving by thirty points a day"?"

"No." Kiritani Tetsuya replied without raising his head.

"Then how did you improve your ranking so much in just a few months? I don't believe it."

"That's because I suddenly understood something."

"What's the matter?" Takehara Ryota scratched his head in confusion.

"The so-called regular exams are just to test your usual learning status. As long as you have a serious attitude towards your studies, you won't be able to do poorly in the exams."

"But didn't you get called out by the teacher last time for peeking at a girl's thighs? This is also called a serious study attitude?"

"Ahem, wasn't there a reason last time?"

Kiritani Tetsuya suddenly choked at Takehara Ryota's words.

"And the final exam is not difficult for you Ryota, so you don't need to worry too much."

"real?"

The fire of hope ignited in Takehara Ryota's eyes for a moment, but was ruthlessly extinguished by Kiritani Tetsuya's next words.

"As long as you spend twenty-five hours a day to make up for the homework you missed before."

At this time, Takehara Ryota first looked at Kiritani Tetsuya with deep contempt, then turned his head slightly to look in the direction where Ibuki Tamao was sitting, and complained with a bit of a complaint.

"Ibuki-san, you are here to judge. Tetsuya's words are too much."

"Everything Kiritani-san says is right."

Awakened by shouts a few meters ahead, Ibuki Tamao, who was sitting in the last row and listening to pop music, took off the headphones on both sides, looked forward calmly with her beautiful eyes, and said lightly

Then put the headphones back on.

"Hey, just pamper him."

Seeing Ibuki Tamao's indifferent attitude, Takehara Ryota immediately sighed. Seeing that he couldn't compete with the two people behind him, he had no choice but to return to the "embrace" of the English textbook.

The last class of the afternoon is cooking class.

Since the cooking class at Akiba High School can accommodate a large number of people, this class is usually held in two classes.

After arrangement by the school's Academic Affairs Office, this time the cooking class will be shared by Class 2 and Class 3.

On the way to the cooking classroom, Kiritani Tetsuya specially rushed to Ibuki Tamao's side. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he deliberately lowered his head so that he could conveniently whisper to the girl.

"Ibuki-kun, have you heard about the rumors that have been going on in school recently?"

"Kiritani-san, are you talking about you and Utsunomiya-san?"

Ibuki Tamao nodded imperceptibly.

"No, that was the version from several days ago, and now it is being spread in the school that I like you and Utsunomiya-san at the same time."

Kiritani Tetsuya shook his head and said.

After saying this, Ibuki Tamao did not take over Kiritani Tetsuya's words. Instead, he turned his head and stared at Kiritani Tetsuya deeply for a while. After a while, he felt puzzled and said:

"Is not it?"

"Ibuki-san, I feel like you have always misunderstood me."

Kiritani Tetsuya narrowed his eyes, looking speechless.

"Kiritani-san, I know you may be a little troubled by these rumors recently, but you might as well think on the bright side of everything." Ibuki Tamao said calmly.

"Since you and I both know these rumors, then Utsunomiya-san must have known about it for a long time, but until now Utsunomiya-san has not taken any action to clarify or refute this matter, which means that after the last shopping trip, you have already

Utsunomiya-san has established a certain amount of goodwill in her heart, so that she can face all kinds of public opinions between the two of you calmly."

"It sounds like what Ibuki-san said does make sense."

After Ibuki Tamao's prompting, Kiritani Tetsuya realized that it was too easy for Utsunomiya Miu, who could control public opinion at will, to change the direction of these rumors. However, she has not done so until now. Is it really as Ibuki Tamao said?

As she said, she had a good impression of herself and had implicitly agreed to the continuation of these rumors, so she did not intend to interfere more.

"I wonder if it's possible that Utsunomiya-san is too lazy to argue with these people?"

While thinking, Kiritani Tetsuya came up with another guess of his own.

"What Kiritani-san said is not impossible, but based on my understanding of Utsunomiya-san in the past few years, she usually has a strong desire to control the public opinion happening around her, not to mention that this time she also implicated herself.

Come in, if there is no special reason, Utsunomiya-san will not stand idly by such public opinion."

Ibuki Tamao also made a thoughtful gesture, and added another sentence at the end.
Chapter completed!