Ichinose Honami shows a curious expression.
She notices Sendoh's movements, even hears the sound of Sendoh taking a photo.
Class B, first year.
Sendoh's goal is Class A. To get there, he must surpass Class B.
'Rival class,' thought Sendoh.
Ichinose deserves to be in Class B. The second day of school, she's already taking action.
"What information did you get before coming here?" asked Sendoh, remaining calm.
"About this..." Ichinose takes out a small notebook from her pocket, approaches Sendoh. "I went to the third-year area earlier, but the third-year seniors rejected me."
"But I saw a small blackboard in the third-year class area. The numbers were different, but the ABCD in front of those numbers was interesting."
"I also found that, except for Class A third year, the number of students in other classes is less than 40."
"Class B third year has 34 students, Class C 29 students, Class D the least, 26 students."
"For the second-year classes, I just arrived, haven't had time to count," she said, with an embarrassed expression.
Very cute.
Her notebook records the number of third-year ABCD class students.
Class A third year: 40 students.
There's a note "(40+34+29+26)x10", but it's crossed out.
'Maybe calculating the school's living expenses for third-year students, if each student gets 100,000 yen,' thought Sendoh.
Ichinose crossed out that calculation, meaning she's not sure each student gets 100,000 yen.
"Yesterday in the cafeteria, I saw seniors eating free food. Although free, I tried taking some, it tasted bad, difficult to swallow. Seniors clearly aren't eating that to save money."
"So, seniors probably don't get much living expenses."
"The 100,000 yen living expenses for new students may not continue."
Ichinose is working hard to share information, but Sendoh notices she's observing his face.
'Trying to extract information from my expression?' thought Sendoh.
'This person is dangerous.'
Ichinose has the ability to approach people quickly.
[Her gaze lingered on your face for a long time.]
Sendoh just realized.
'Thank you, Shiina-san,' thought Sendoh. 'Sitting in front of her yesterday and today has made me resilient with beautiful girls.'
Ichinose stares at Sendoh with curiosity, opens her notebook, looking honest.
'But this is more dangerous,' thought Sendoh.
'She's too sincere.'
Ichinose thinks Sendoh is a senior, but he's not. Sendoh gets information all day from Ichinose for free.
"Seems like you understand some things," said Sendoh.
Ichinose is still staring at Sendoh, so he continues talking.
"Unfortunately, seniors can't reveal much to new students."
"Even the information on this small blackboard shouldn't be known to new students."
If Sendoh hadn't gotten information from Ryuuen, who forced a senior, he wouldn't know. Now, he also gets info from Ichinose.
Observe the school with skepticism, you'll definitely get information.
But Sendoh gets service as requested from Sakayanagi-san, free info from Ryuuen, and now the perfect complement from Ichinose.
The number of third-year students differs. 'Are the monthly special exams not just about evaluation scores, but also about dropping out?' thought Sendoh.
Class B, C, D third year have lost students, but Class A third year, the class of student council president Horikita Manabu, maintained 40 students. Amazing.
Sendoh feels tense heading to the Student Union.
'People who protect many classmates have extraordinary vision, strength, and action,' thought Sendoh.
But opportunities and difficulties always exist.
In the third year, only Class A hasn't lost students. 'Is Class A the most united, with the smallest chance of dropping out?' thought Sendoh.
Unity is good, but too much unity can be a chain, making it difficult to face exams.
Seniors said new students learn the school's nature after the first month.
At that time, the monthly special exams begin.
Sendoh maintains a calm senior attitude, leaves the second-year building under Ichinose's curious gaze, heading to the student council office.