A Certain COTE Slice-of-Life Player! [4]

Ignoring Shibata So, who was still deep in thought beside him, An Xiao looked at the pink-haired girl in front of him, who was clearly much smarter. After considering his words for a moment, he began speaking.

“Take the question I asked just now as an example. In terms of the question itself, I asked about two things. One was class points, and the other was class order.”

“But judging from Hoshinomiya-sensei’s reaction just now, there’s definitely something off about those two points.”

“Huh? There is?”

“There is.”

Before An Xiao could explain, a calm male voice came from behind him, chiming in before he could.

A boy with pale purple hair walked over to them.

“My name is Kanzaki Ryuji. May I join your conversation?”

“Huh? Oh, sure.”

Although An Xiao was still a little confused as to why another person had joined them, explaining things to two people was no different from explaining them to three, so he let Kanzaki join in as well.

“Just like Kanzaki-kun said, Hoshinomiya-sensei only gave an extremely vague answer to my question. She even skipped over my first question entirely.”

Thinking of the way Hoshinomiya-sensei had smiled and asked whether he was satisfied, An Xiao couldn’t help grumbling inwardly again.

If you’ve got the nerve, stop talking in riddles!

Although he was thinking that, An Xiao did not stop speaking.

“So my guess is that when it comes to some of the more important rules that weren’t written in the enrollment guide, Hoshinomiya-sensei does know about them. But because of certain restrictions, she can’t explain them to us openly.”

“Especially anything related to the class rankings.”

“What does this have to do with the class rankings?” Shibata So, seated beside An Xiao, scratched his hair in distress. He felt like his brain was having a hard time keeping up with An Xiao’s words. When he looked up, he noticed An Xiao staring at him with a very strange look.

It was almost like… benevolence… or maybe charitable concern???

Retracting his gaze, An Xiao sighed somewhat helplessly. After looking around at the three people beside him, he explained, “Do you still remember how this school promotes itself to the outside world?”

“You mean… the whole thing about its 100% higher-education and employment rate, right?” Ichinose, sitting across from An Xiao, thought for a moment and gave an answer.

“Exactly!” An Xiao snapped his fingers as he spoke. “I have serious doubts about that. No matter how capable this school is, when it comes to top-tier schools like the University of Tokyo, there’s no way they can directly guarantee admission for a hundred or so students every year.”

“And if we assume that claim really is true, then our class placement and the upper years’ class order based on class points become completely meaningless.”

“An-kun, are you saying not everyone can enjoy the kind of treatment the school talks about?” Ichinose asked.

“Indeed. If that’s the case, then the answer Hoshinomiya-sensei gave earlier—that this is a meritocracy-based school—makes sense,” Kanzaki agreed.

“Yeah. If we keep following that line of reasoning, the school probably uses class competition as its method, with class points as the basis for assessment, allowing classes to rise or fall in the rankings. But judging by the number of students in each year, probably only one or two classes…” At this point, An Xiao suddenly recalled the class points he had seen for the second-year Class A, which had been far ahead of the others. In the end, he said with some hesitation, “Only one class can enjoy the kind of treatment the school talks about.”

Once An Xiao finished speaking, the people around him fell into a long silence.

Looking at the others with their heads lowered in thought, An Xiao felt a little helpless. Just as he was about to say something to comfort them, Ichinose encouraged everyone in a bright, energetic voice.

“There’s no need for everyone to get too anxious. Since we’ve already noticed something, we can leave the rest to time. After all, we’ve only just enrolled. We still have three years ahead of us.”

“True.”

“I’ll keep looking into the school’s rules too. If I discover anything, I’ll let everyone know.”

Her approachability and ability to bring people together really are impressive.

An Xiao watched this scene with considerable emotion.

If An Xiao himself had said the exact same words, they definitely would not have produced the same effect Ichinose had.

“It’s getting late today. Let’s all add each other on LINE. If anyone finds out something new, we can contact each other there,” Ichinose said, taking out her phone. No one refused.

…

After adding them on LINE, An Xiao was the first to leave. He went downstairs to the dormitory, got his room keycard from the dorm supervisor, then took the elevator to his floor.

Room 317.

The room was quite spacious. Aside from a separate bedroom and bathroom, it also included a small living room and a kitchen. Rather than a single dorm room, it was more like a one-person suite.

An Xiao looked around and found that every part of the dorm was clean. Nothing needed cleaning. That made him let out a long breath of relief.

Overall, the dormitory could be described as simple yet extremely comfortable.

“This school finally has one thing that makes me feel at ease.”

An Xiao casually tossed the bag on his back onto the floor, then fell straight onto the bed, burying his entire face in it.

“So troublesome~” came his muffled voice from the bed. Immediately after, the bed began to shift and squirm.

Rolling from his stomach onto his back, An Xiao stared blankly at the dimly lit ceiling for a long while without saying a word.

T/N: ichinose…………

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