Every Monday morning, there is a routine gathering at the Prefectural Tsugao Gymnasium.
The time of the meeting may be long or short, and it will basically not exceed twenty minutes, and the content usually covers the specific arrangements for the coming week.
For example, this week, there is an outing for the first graders scheduled on Tuesday, and a school trip for the third graders that starts on the same day.
The school has the responsibility to notify in advance, but not every student has the obligation to listen carefully - there will always be someone who will listen, and the teacher will always repeat it.
Just when Naruse was distracted with this idea, a commotion suddenly occurred in the gymnasium, and it quickly spread at an uncontrollable speed.
When Naruse came back to his senses, there were many people around him who were as distracted as him, and they were all busy asking questions.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"What happened over there in the third grade?"
"Did Kobayakawa just say something?"
Unable to hear any useful information in the noise, he looked at his intelligence officer.
"The school trip is cancelled."
Naruse was stunned.
"No." Shangzi shook his head again, "I should say it was postponed."
"Why?"
"The hotel booked by the school for the study trip in Kyoto caught on fire the night before yesterday and is temporarily unable to receive guests... That's what Mr. Kobayakawa said."
No wonder it became riotous.
Naruse looked at the third graders on the other side of the gymnasium. The most chaotic place was there.
After all, for third-year students, the most anticipated thing this semester is not the cultural festival that just ended, but the school trip.
But now, the school trip has been postponed.
The dean on the stage kept repeating "quiet down" and "be quiet", but the effect was only minimal.
"Did you say when it will be postponed?"
"Although the fire was quickly brought under control, cleaning and repairs will also take time. It is said that the results will take at least a week," Shangzi said.
The destination for a school trip is usually decided by the school teacher after personally visiting the local area. It involves more than 300 students in the entire grade, so it is not that easy to change at short notice.
What's more, October to November is the peak season for school trips and maple viewing. At this time, it is probably not easy to find an empty hotel that can accommodate hundreds of students in Kyoto.
After a while, after Kobayakawa kept emphasizing that the school was actively discussing solutions, the gym gradually became quiet.
"...In addition, in order to deal with a sudden fire, the entire school will conduct evacuation training this afternoon..."
While most of the first-year and second-year students were watching the fun without caring about themselves, only Hikaru Takigawa gave a positive comment on the postponement of the school trip.
"It's not bad to postpone it."
Naruse looked back at her and said, "Sister Yue definitely doesn't think so."
"Ah, that's true."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled and said, "I have to comfort her while eating."
But during lunch break, when she came back from the third grade, she mentioned something completely unrelated to it.
"Has Harumi gone to see it?"
"What?" Naruse was reading a book after eating the bento, trying hard to resist the sleepiness that was about to come.
"Top 50."
Naruse didn't understand and turned to look at Naoko on the other side.
She was stunned for a moment and asked: "Has it been announced yet?"
"It's posted on the bulletin board in the atrium."
"After the comprehensive examination, the school usually announces the top fifty students as a commendation." Naoko explained to Naruse, "Some students call this the 'top fifty'."
"Only part of it? I thought everyone called it that." Hikaru Takigawa said.
It turned out that the results of the exam came out, and Naruse asked: "Have you seen it?"
"No, I heard someone talking about it on the stairs."
She suddenly smiled at him again.
"But I already know who is number one in the first grade."
Naruse was startled, then smiled.
Now he knows it too.
"Let's go take a look." Hikari Takigawa stood up and said.
"Okay."
Shangzi also followed.
I went downstairs to the atrium and saw many students gathered in front of the bulletin board.
Before he got close, Naruse heard many people chanting his name.
"Harumi has become a first-year celebrity now." Naoko whispered.
"It would be great if it could be used for advertising."
"Advertising?"
Naruse's eyes crossed the crowd in front of him and landed on the name at the top of the list.
"For example, before my name, add the prefix [Ministry of Restoration of All Things]."
The corners of Shangzi's mouth curved.
"So stupid."
"Think about it."
Thanks to his height, he stopped at a distance where he could see clearly, while Takigawa Hikari protected Naoko and squeezed in again.
"Although I know that Chunhai's grades are much better now than before, I didn't expect them to be as good as this..."
Takigawa Hikaru stared at the rankings, his eyes widened, and Naoko unconsciously puffed up her chest.
"In the first semester, when Harumi was admitted to a prestigious school in Tokyo, she was always ranked among the top."
"Really? It's really amazing."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled and searched for another name on the list that she thought was awesome.
And before Harumi came back, the name that had always been at the top of the list suddenly slipped to the position of about to fall out of the top ten this time.
【Ninth Mori Mian Yiye】
"One leaf..."
Although it was Chunhai who "stole" Kazuyo's first place, judging from the ranking, the latter's own problems seemed to be bigger.
"I didn't perform well."
Takigawa Hikaru remembered the way he saw her when he saw her on the day after the exam.
"..."
And a certain girl who was standing in front of the bulletin board before she came over suddenly sighed.
Takigawa Hikari turned his head and looked at it, and was stunned again.
"One leaf."
Morijian weakly tilted his head without speaking, only nodded in response.
"You are worthy of being one of the top ten even if you don't perform well."
"..."
Is this comfort?
Isn’t this comfort?
Naoko couldn't help but glance at Takigawa Hikaru and quietly pulled her arm.
"Huh?"
"No, it's okay..."
Morimi pursed his lower lip, his face still expressionless, but he didn’t want to stay here any longer.
"I'm going back to the classroom first."
"Ah, okay."
She turned around and squeezed out, but the resistance was heavy, like a countercurrent. She finally squeezed out, but suddenly she tripped again.
"Ah, sorry."
Fortunately, a hand reached out in time to hold her firmly.
"..."
Their eyes met, Naruse felt a little innocent.
"It wasn't me who tripped."
"I know."
"Then why are you staring at me?"
Seeing that Sen didn't say anything, he broke away from his hand and glared at him again.
Naruse pursed his lower lip, not really unaware of the reason.
He looked at the bulletin board inside and said: "Actually, the score difference is not that big."
Especially the second to seventh place after him, their scores are very close to each other.
"If Naruse was provoking, then you succeeded."
"...No, it's for comfort."
"No need."
"Really?"
Morimi pushed up his glasses and looked back at the ranking posted there.
She seemed to want to say something, but she couldn't speak until she finally left.
After a while, Shangzi and Takigawa Hikaru also squeezed out from the crowd.
"Naoko has also entered the top fifty this time." Hikaru Takigawa said.
Naruse nodded, "I saw it."
"Chunhai has tutored Shangzi?"
"It's just that we reviewed together a few days before the exam. Shangzi is already at an upper-middle level."
"Really? Call me next time." Hikari Takigawa said with a smile.
"Okay."
Naruse agreed casually, Naoko curled her lips slightly and said nothing.
When the three of them returned to the classroom, most of the students in Class C knew that he had become the new number one in the grade.
However, except for a few boys who were booing, most people's reactions were relatively calm, or they showed an expression of "Sure enough,"
"We must keep this position for first-year boys!"
After Naruse accepted the serious requests from several boys in a dumbfounded manner, the matter passed quickly.
After the lunch break, the first class in the afternoon was modern literature, which was so dull that it made you sleepy.
Squeak, squeak, squeak, the only sound that could be heard in the classroom was the sound of chalk rubbing against the blackboard.
I don’t know how many times he changed his hand to support his head. Naruse turned around and looked at Takigawa Hikaru. She had already laid down on the table.
Looking at Shangzi again, although he was not asleep yet, his eyes were narrowed and his head was shaking.
If this continues, both of them will fall sooner or later.
Naruse turned the note to the end, tore out a page, thought about it, and wrote down [What to eat for dinner].
Folding the note, he turned around, but before he could throw it to Shangzi, a loud noise suddenly broke out at the front door of the classroom.
"..."
Looking at the startled teachers and students, the intruder pounded the front door several times.