You Will Regret This Ichinose! [182]

After kicking Nagumo Miyabi out, Uesugi Gen officially ascended to the position of Student Council President at Advanced Nurturing High School.

However, it was utterly useless.

Aside from inheriting a mountain of responsibilities and gaining an exclusive Student Council office, nothing had changed—he still had to attend classes as usual.

Today, the former Year 1 Class B classroom was engulfed in silence.

The teacher sighed heavily, the students looked dejected, and every now and then, they cast furtive glances toward the back of the room.

Uesugi Gen sat there, drained of all color, looking as pale as ash.

The “Paper Shuffle” Special Exam.

Uesugi’s class vs. Sakayanagi’s class.

For the first time since the start of the school year, the former Year 1 Class B had suffered a defeat. The final score? A mere three-point loss.

Scratching his head awkwardly, Hoshinomiya Chie let out a strained chuckle.

“I guess I really shouldn’t have raised a flag about our advantage…”

“Sumimasen!”

Pressing her hands together, she bowed her head in apology to the entire class.

“I promise I’ll never say stuff like that again!”

Next time, I’ll run over to Class D and start cheering for them instead.

Hoshinomiya muttered to herself, determined to jinx them instead.

“It’s okay, Sensei,” Amikura Mako forced a smile, trying to reassure her. “No class wins forever. We were prepared for this from the start. Honestly, the fact that we held out this long before losing is already pretty amazing.”

Even so, after working so hard together as a class, only to lose by a mere three points to the former Class A, it was impossible not to feel disappointed.

Kanzaki Ryuji sighed. “This time, some unexpected events disrupted our studies. We can treat it as a lesson learned and just work harder next time.”

That damn Uesugi—going missing was one thing, but dragging Ichinose down with him as well? He had taken away both of the class’s core pillars. Without Ichinose’s presence, the students felt uneasy, and their learning efficiency naturally suffered.

Meanwhile, Uesugi Gen remained trapped in the aftershocks of his own failure, unable to snap out of it.

His gaze flickered between the large “3” written on the blackboard and his own test scores—all of which started with a 9.

This time… I actually, seriously answered every question properly.

And I still lost to the former Class A?

I finally decide to take something seriously, and you hand me a crushing defeat in return?!

Uesugi felt his sanity slipping.

Damn it. I should’ve gone to find Arisu the night before the exam. If I’d played with her a bit and exhausted her, she would’ve been too drained to focus the next day.

Bet she’ll be sending me an email soon just to rub it in.

And as for Ryuen… did he even do his damn job properly? The underworld runs on trust, you know! I paid him 2 million points, and this is what I get?

But!

Uesugi’s eyes darted toward the other class rankings.

Ryuen’s probably regretting taking my deal right about now.

That’s right—Class C lost to Class D.

Here were the class scores after the exam:

• Uesugi’s Class: 1390 CP

• Sakayanagi’s Class: 986 CP

• Ryuen’s Class: 186 CP

• Hirata’s Class: 88 CP

The rankings hadn’t changed, but the gaps between the classes had narrowed significantly.

Uesugi looked away. The more he stared, the more depressed he felt.

He needed some time to wallow in self-pity.

Sitting diagonally in front of him, Ichinose scratched her cheek awkwardly.

She bore a considerable share of the responsibility for the class’s defeat.

And the reason was…

• Friday: Went grocery shopping to prepare a lavish dinner for Gen.

• Saturday: Snuggled in Gen’s arms, holding his hand, basking in his warmth… stayed in bed until noon.

• Sunday: Couldn’t resist provoking Gen again to prove herself—ended up utterly crushed.

• Monday: Gen…

• Tuesday: Gen…

• Gen…

• Gen…

• …

It was painfully obvious—Ichinose had become completely and utterly addicted to Uesugi Gen.

She wanted to be by his side 24/7.

Which meant she had spent significantly less time helping with exam preparations. In her mind, this was a major reason for their loss.

She needed to find an opportunity to apologize to the class.

But before that…

Ichinose glanced at the gloomy Uesugi, then made up her mind.

She needed to apologize to him first.

—

Lunchtime.

Private dining location: Activity Room.

Ichinose sat obediently beside Uesugi, head lowered. Holding his hand, she whispered softly:

“I’m sorry… I shouldn’t have excluded you from class affairs on my own.”

“No, that’s not it.”

Now that he had calmed down, Uesugi reached out, pinched her soft cheeks, and gritted his teeth.

“What I didn’t expect was just how damn popular my Ichinose is in class!”

He had even hired Ryuen to constantly harass the former Class A students, ensuring they wouldn’t have enough time or peace of mind to study properly.

Plus, his class had started with a higher score than the former Class A, so logically, this exam shouldn’t have been a problem.

But the moment Ichinose wasn’t there to guide them, his classmates ended up performing worse than the harassed students of Class A.

Which could only mean one thing—Ichinose’s impact was far greater than he had anticipated.

And this realization led him to another, more uncomfortable truth—one that had lurked in his mind for a long time but that he had stubbornly refused to acknowledge.

Now, the exam results had shattered all his illusions, forcing him to face reality.

That truth was—

There really are girls who help others without expecting anything in return!!! (See Chapter 1 for reference.)

So when Ichinose ran for class president at the start of the year, she really hadn’t been scheming anything?

She had just walked up, taken the position without any tricks, and obliterated him with a single, casual move?

Had he been playing 4D chess against thin air this entire time?

Unbelievable.

…Wait.

Uesugi’s expression twisted in horror.

Am I… actually the one responsible for all the chaos in our class?

No. Impossible. Absolutely not.

“Ehehe~”

Ichinose let out a small giggle, clearly enjoying their intimate moment.

“No way, Gen-kun is the most important to me. Without you, I wouldn’t survive.”

“Then… give me the class president title?”

Uesugi tested the waters.

“Nope!”

Ichinose rejected him without hesitation.

She didn’t really understand why Gen was so obsessed with the position, but her intuition told her it was something significant—the very red thread of fate that had tied them together.

There was no way she’d give it up.

If Uesugi had known what was going through her mind, he probably would’ve screamed—

“You’ve already 100% cleared the game! You got the no-death run, the speedrun record, the perfect completion! Can you just let me have this one last achievement?!”

“As expected… no luck, huh?”

Uesugi sighed dramatically. Then, with a wicked grin, he growled:

“Then you, little minx… need to accept your punishment.”

Leaning forward, he captured Ichinose’s soft lips in a deep kiss.

“…Mmh…”

Closing her eyes, Ichinose wrapped her arms around his neck, savoring the moment…

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