"Then please, the two of you, follow me."

The principal of the private Toyonosaki Academy wiped the sweat from his forehead and, along with the other teachers and students, headed into the school.

He was already drenched in sweat.

Sure enough, this student Yozora was just like the rumors he had heard, a maverick, a special person with a personality completely different from normal people.

Standing at the entrance of someone else's home ground, and still being able to be so arrogant…

Truly, as expected of a student who could defeat that Miss Kaguya Shinomiya, the pressure was just too strong.

… …

On the other side, inside Soubu High.

Eriri pretended to admire the environment inside this high school, with a smiling face, appearing friendly and lovely, making people feel good, but in her heart, she had no interest in any of this.

She came to Soubu High for only one thing.

That was to find the boy who had saved her that day.

"Not a student representative… Well… that's normal."

Eriri pondered in her heart, thinking that since that boy had not become Soubu High's student representative, he probably wasn't the kind of person with particularly outstanding grades.

For some reason, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Being so handsome, and having the strength to take down several thugs with guns bare-handed, if his grades were also good enough to be a student representative, that would be too unreal.

Even when drawing manga, Eriri wouldn't dare to draw such a perfect character.

"Here is our teaching building, this floor is for the first-year classrooms, as well as club activity rooms and the like."

Sakurajima Mai introduced the private Toyonosaki Academy teachers and students, then pointed to Yukinoshita Yukino beside her, smiling.

"This student, Yukinoshita, is the second in the first year of Soubu High in terms of overall grades, and has always maintained this position, she is a very excellent student."

"Mai-senpai, there's no need to mention this."

Yukinoshita Yukino's expression did not show any change, only a few complicated colors appeared in her eyes, and she said softly.

"It's just second place, there's no need to mention it specifically."

Hearing this, Eriri couldn't help but slander secretly, thinking, are the students of Soubu High so arrogant?

Being second in the entire grade every exam, isn't that worth mentioning?

Acting up?

Yukinoshita Yukino was telling the truth, in her opinion, not having taken first place, never having won against Yozora, she really wasn't worth mentioning.

But to the teachers and students of the private Toyonosaki Academy, this sounded a bit… no, it completely had a taste of Versailles.

A certain teacher from the private Toyonosaki Academy, a desire to compete and not admit defeat rose in his heart, and he couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Well, second in the grade is indeed very powerful, but our Sawamura student, although her grades are not outstanding, she is a genius in the art club, and just entered school and won an award at the art exhibition, she is the signature face of our academy."

"Teacher, you flatter me."

Eriri still used her usual perfect girl image, replying with a slightly embarrassed tone, but her eyes were secretly glancing at Sakurajima Mai and Yukinoshita Yukino, thinking triumphantly in her heart.

Hmph, shocked, right?

Completely succumb to my painting talent!

A first-year student being able to win an award at a public art exhibition, in the face of such a record, mere exam rankings are not worth mentioning at all.

"Oh."

What neither Eriri nor any of the teachers and students of the private Toyonosaki Academy expected was that, in the face of such an amazing resume, Yukinoshita Yukino just looked uninterested and only replied with a short word.

And although Sakurajima Mai had a smile on her face, the words she said were obviously perfunctory, just like coaxing a child.

"Is that so? Sawamura-san is really amazing."

Looking at the reactions of Sakurajima Mai and Yukinoshita Yukino, at this moment, Eriri's worldview, outlook on life, and values ​​had been slightly shaken.

Why didn't the other party have any surprised emotions at all after hearing about this?

Could it be that the compliments, praises, and envy she had received in the past were just everyone joining forces to tease her?

Is it actually common for a first-year student to win an award at an art exhibition, and it's not worth mentioning at all?

While Eriri was thinking wildly, Sakurajima Mai, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Kirisu Mafuyu had already led the teachers and students of the private Toyonosaki Academy to the door of an activity room.

"Here, is the most important place in our Soubu High."

Hearing this, Eriri raised her head and saw a long line of words written on the wooden sign above the door.

"Supernatural… Quantum Mechanics… Investigation and Research Club?"

Eriri softly read the words written on the wooden sign, her expression a little hesitant.

Here… is the most important place in Soubu High?

The most important place in a well-known high school is not a classroom for a top class, nor is it the principal's office, a meeting room, or any place that can determine the future of the school, but a club activity room?

And this was said by Kirisu Mafuyu, who is a teacher.

Doesn't this mean that the school authorities of Soubu High have placed a club consisting only of students in a more important position than the school's senior management and the school itself?

Not to mention the private Toyonosaki Academy, you couldn't find such a thing even if you searched all the high schools in the entire Sakura Prefecture.

What kind of club is this?

"Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Hearing Sakurajima Mai's inquiry with a smile, Eriri couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart and nodded.

"If it's not too much trouble."

"Please come in with me."

Sakurajima Mai opened the door of the activity room, and what came into Eriri's eyes was an activity room that was even larger than an ordinary teacher's office and had good lighting.

Inside, there was only a long table, a few chairs around the long table, and a few bookshelves. The interior was clean and tidy, not as messy as a typical student activity room.

On the long table, there were even two laptop computers, an instrument for brewing coffee, and several beakers and instruments for chemistry class.

It looked nothing like a high school student's activity room, but more like some kind of secret base.

And what surprised Eriri the most was that the activity room was not empty.

A beautiful girl with long, straight black hair was sleeping on the desk.

"Sakurajima-senpai, this is..."

Yukino Yukinoshita and Mai Sakurajima exchanged a glance. The former sighed softly, walked over slowly, and gently patted the girl's shoulder.

"Why are you sleeping here?"

Touma Kazusa raised her head, first rubbing her eyes with a sleepy look. Then, impatience flashed in her eyes as she swept her gaze over the teachers and students from Private Toyonosaki Academy standing outside the activity room, especially Eriri, who was at the front. She coldly said,

"You... you're disturbing me."

Touma Kazusa possessed an innate sense of pressure. Coupled with her bad mood, Eriri felt sweat trickling down her back just from being glared at by her.

Mai Sakurajima smiled helplessly and turned to face the teachers and students from Private Toyonosaki Academy, smiling as she said,

"This... is Touma Kazusa-san. Like me and Yukinoshita-san, she is a member of the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Research Society."

The reason why Touma Kazusa was sleeping in the activity room was simple.

Yozora wasn't here today.

She went to the classroom to sleep every day to steal glances at Yozora, who sat next to her, while pretending to be asleep.

Since he went to Private Toyonosaki Academy today, why would she bother going to the classroom to sleep?

It was better to enjoy baby-like sleep in the undisturbed activity room.

"This... Touma-san, don't you have class?"

Hearing Eriri's question, Mai Sakurajima laughed awkwardly.

"Well... Touma-san is a piano prodigy, so we're a bit more lenient with her academic performance."

"A prodigy?"

Hearing this, Eriri was first stunned, then excitement appeared on her face.

Here comes the opportunity.

Although Touma-san played the piano and she painted, they were both prodigies. She should understand the value of winning an award at an art exhibition in her first year of high school, right!?

"Hello, my name is Sawamura Spencer Eriri."

Eriri greeted her first, then said with a smile,

"Um... Touma-san, if you're a piano prodigy, you must have won a lot of awards, right? When I enrolled last semester, I just won an award at an art exhibition, but my grades aren't good either..."

Before Eriri could finish, Touma Kazusa interrupted her indifferently.

"Awards? Oh, I think there was something like that, but I don't care about what specific award it was. I only remember that I always get first place every time I participate in a piano competition."

After speaking, Touma Kazusa looked at Eriri and said in a flat tone,

"Are you... also first place?"

Chapter 271: The True Genius, Hyak合川華爆杀 Eriri

Hearing this, Eriri opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer. After a long silence, she changed the subject.

"Um... the art exhibitions my works were submitted to have many famous artists... it's already not easy to win an award..."

Seeing Eriri's loss, the teacher from Private Toyonosaki Academy hurriedly smoothed things over with an awkward smile.

"Well... winning an award is already very good. After all, those public art exhibitions don't consider the age of the artists, unlike piano competitions, which are divided by age groups, so..."

"Age groups?"

Hearing this, Touma Kazusa frowned slightly, seemingly familiar with the term. After a moment, she suddenly realized.

"Oh, you mean those competitions for the youth group? I've never participated in those. If you're going to compete, why limit the age group? Are you afraid of losing? Then you might as well not compete and just go home and hide."

Touma Kazusa had no intention of mocking anyone. After all, she wasn't one to show off.

However, her matter-of-fact attitude only deepened the impact of her words, making Eriri feel deeply shocked again.

This Touma-san participates in competitions that don't limit age groups, and she always gets first place?

Doesn't that mean that when she participated in a public competition for the first time, her piano playing skills were higher than those of the adult contestants!?

Is she even human?

In the face of Touma Kazusa's once-in-a-century piano talent, Eriri was directly crushed.

Although they were both prodigies in name, they were not on the same level at all.

In Touma Kazusa's eyes, her goal has always been only one: to surpass her mother, Touma Youko, who is a world-class pianist and arguably the strongest pianist in the world today.

With that being the case, participating in youth-limited competitions was completely meaningless to her, like children playing house.

And Touma Youko obviously didn't let her daughter participate in such competitions.

From the beginning, Touma Kazusa never thought of competing only with her peers. She was the undisputed first place in every competition.

On the other hand, Eriri...

Her painting talent is indeed outstanding. It's indeed an extremely rare thing for a first-year high school student to win an award at an art exhibition.

But in front of Touma Kazusa, whose goal is to be the strongest in the world and whose efforts and talents are enough to support that goal, she is simply too far behind.

Insignificant, directly crushed.

And what the teachers at Private Toyonosaki Academy didn't know was that, on the other side, at the entrance of their own base camp, the goddess-level Kasumigaoka Shiwa was also crushed by Yozora.

They lost miserably.

It would have been better if the lineups on both sides had been switched.

Yozora has many talents, but he hasn't participated in any competitions or won any awards. If they were to compete, Eriri, who has awards to support her, would definitely have the upper hand.

And on the Soubu High side, Yukino Yukinoshita's grades are very good, but she's only second in the grade. Facing Kasumigaoka Shiwa, who has always been first in the grade, she's afraid she won't get any advantage either.

Private Toyonosaki Academy's move was truly a reverse Tian Ji horse race.

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