Chapter 112

Just then, Kawakami Yoshiko shifted her tone and continued, "Only team members who pass all subjects in the final exams have a chance to participate; otherwise, they must pass a make-up exam after remedial classes before they can join later."

Everyone: "..."

Takefu Masaki: "?!?"

Actually...

This was also within your expectations, Kazuma?!

"Recently, Yukimiya has been studying very seriously."

"Don't you know? The basketball club is organizing a training camp this summer break, but if you fail the final exams, you cannot participate, so the basketball club has been rushing to review recently."

"Eh? A training camp...? That sounds great."

"Yes, they made it to the nationals this year; this summer break training camp is preparation for the basketball club to strive for results at the National Middle School Tournament."

"Oh~~ Nationals, so amazing!"

In Class 3-C, several students whispering cast envious glances at Yukimiya Kazuma.

Whether it was the summer break training camp or advancing to the nationals, both were the dreams of all students at Bai Shui Hall Middle School.

Yukimiya Kazuma did not notice everyone's discussion; recently, he had thrown himself into his studies, experiencing a thrill of mastering whatever he learned, and the young mind made him indulge in it.

In other classes, the ears of other basketball team members quietly perked up.

As the basketball team captain, Takefu Masaki, with his three-year career at Bai Shui Hall's basketball club, had never been so conspicuous; now hearing many girls praising the basketball club, a bit of pride rose in his heart.

Basketball training was suspended for one week.

After all, only one week remained; what was important now was not the basketball club's training, but ensuring all team members passed their grades so they could all attend the holiday training camp.

In the blink of an eye.

One week passed in a flash.

Since Bai Shui Hall Middle School had only about 300 students per grade, the final exam results could basically be released the next day.

When the grade list was posted, everyone from the basketball club rushed over immediately.

"How did everyone do on the exams?"

Liang Huayin: "Just so-so."

Haru no Yuji: "I should be fine."

Teruyama Daisuke: "I at least tried hard; what about Yukimiya-senpai and the captain?"

Yukimiya Kazuma raised an eyebrow and said, "Hmm~ Not bad, passing is no problem."

As soon as Yukimiya Kazuma finished speaking, Takefu Masaki crossed his arms and said, "I was in great shape for this exam; at least I can beat Kazuma."

"Is Takefu-senpai that confident?" Haru no Yuji asked in surprise.

"Of course; for the summer break training camp, I haven't trained for a week straight." Takefu Masaki glanced at Yukimiya Kazuma and said confidently.

A short while later.

A group of people walked up to the list.

But they found someone had already arrived a step ahead; it was none other than first-year Hiromoto Shinsuke.

"You came really early! Hiromoto, how was the exam?"

"Me? Normal performance?"

Hiromoto Shinsuke pointed to a position near the top of the grade list; there, Hiromoto Shinsuke's name was written prominently.

Hiromoto Shinsuke (First Year): Grade Rank 46, Score 397.

"Oh~ Very good; let me see how much I scored." Haru no Yuji stepped forward and began searching for his grade ranking; others also crowded over.

Quickly, most people found their scores.

Liang Huayin (Third Year): Grade Rank 133, Score 311.

Haru no Yuji (Second Year): Grade Rank 111, Score 325.

Teruyama Daisuke (Second Year): Grade Rank 61, Score 386.

"So amazing, Teruyama, your rank improved compared to last time, right!" Haru no Yuji, who was in the same grade as Teruyama Daisuke, saw his score and couldn't help but speak.

"Isn't Haru the same? This is probably the only training camp in three years of middle school, so naturally, one must make an effort." Teruyama Daisuke said calmly.

"That's true."

Haru no Yuji nodded; after all, next year Yukimiya-senpai and the others would graduate, and Bai Shui Hall would probably find it hard to achieve such results again; thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "By the way, how did Yukimiya-senpai and the captain do? We can't have this training camp without those two."

"The captain's score is right here!"

As soon as Haru no Yuji finished speaking, he saw Hiromoto Shinsuke standing by the adjacent list waving his hand; following Hiromoto Shinsuke's finger, he saw Takefu Masaki's name.

Takefu Masaki: Grade Rank 243, Score 211.

"Oh! So amazing! Captain, you barely scraped by and passed! What about Yukimiya-senpai?"

However, after Haru no Yuji finished speaking, he found no response.

He turned around in confusion and saw Takefu Masaki behind him already frozen in place like a stone statue, with what seemed like several black lines rising above his head, muttering endlessly in his mouth: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! There's no reason..."

Yukimiya Kazuma, meanwhile, smiled warmly, "As expected, just as I predicted, everyone passed."

Haru no Yuji breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great then; in that case, the camp..."

His words suddenly choked in his throat.

After seeing a certain name on the list, Haru no Yuji was suddenly struck as if by lightning, froze in place, and turned into a stone statue along with the others.

There, on that grade list, occupying the second place, the honorable second in the grade, was none other than Yukimiya Kazuma's name.

Main Text