Chapter 64: Chapter 65
On Monday, since the exam day had arrived, Steel Iron didn't go to the ninja school too early.
He had already reviewed for two weeks, so he didn't feel the need to rush those last few minutes in the morning.
On the way, Steel Iron ran into Shinmochi Izumo, who was also heading to school.
"Good morning, Izumo!" Steel Iron greeted with a bright smile.
"Good morning, Zitie," Shinmochi Izumo responded with a grin.
"How was your weekend? Still reviewing your lessons the whole two days?" Steel Iron asked kindly.
"Reviewing? What a load of nonsense!" Shinmochi Izumo laughed loudly.
"Did you review?" he asked.
"I didn't review," Steel Iron shook his head and replied, "Who reviews before an exam if you're a proper person?"
"Does the result of last-minute reviewing even count as real ability?" Shinmochi Izumo agreed, nodding.
The two exchanged glances and both burst into laughter.
"Double chess is so fun. After the exams, you must try it, Zitie," Shinmochi Izumo said, looking like a die-hard game enthusiast.
In his mind, he was thinking that he had already secured a good position. It seemed Steel Iron really hadn't reviewed, and now his only competitor was Shisui.
"I'll try it when I have time. Recently, I've been reading some really good novels. Izumo, you should check them out when you have the chance," Steel Iron said with a smile, pretending to have read the novels himself.
"I'm pretty much set. Izumo definitely hasn't reviewed; he's been playing games. Now, my only competition is Shisui," Steel Iron thought to himself.
"Ha-ha, I'll definitely check them out when I can," Shinmochi Izumo responded cheerfully, in a great mood.
"What are you two so happy about?" Hongdou asked as she appeared from behind, patting their shoulders.
"We were just talking about how we spent the weekend," Steel Iron explained with a smile.
"Spending the weekend? Didn't you two review at all?" Hongdou asked.
"Of course not! Didn't you, Red Bean, spend the last two days reviewing?" Shinmochi Izumo asked, looking surprised.
"No, I just reviewed for one day yesterday," Hongdou thought for a moment and said.
In fact, she had only spent half an hour reviewing on Sunday night, but when Shinmochi Izumo asked, she felt embarrassed saying just half an hour, so she lied and said she reviewed for the whole day.
"Oh, you reviewed for a whole day? That's good," Steel Iron said with a smile.
But to Steel Iron, it didn't matter. One day was nothing compared to the two weeks he had spent reviewing. He even thought Hongdou should review the last two days before the exam.
"If you do well in the exam, don't forget about your brothers when you're rewarded by your family," Shinmochi Izumo joked.
"Heh, if you promise me some games and novels, I won't forget," Hongdou said cheerfully.
The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked to the ninja school and entered the classroom to wait for the exam to begin.
Soon, Muyu and Ayase Cai entered the first-year class. This time, Muyu had been assigned to monitor his own class.
"Good morning, Muyu-sensei!"
The students in the class greeted Muyu, and Muyu smiled and responded.
"Muyu-sensei, is it really you who's supervising this exam?" Steel Iron asked.
Muyu nodded in affirmation.
"Muyu-sensei, if I don't understand a question, can I ask you for help?" Hongdou asked, feigning innocence.
Tap!
Muyu tapped her finger on Hongdou's little head and said, "You can ask, but the only answer I'll give is this."
"Ow!" Hongdou immediately covered her head, becoming obedient.
"Everyone, check if you've brought your exam materials. The exam will start in ten minutes," Muyu reminded.
Some cautious students began checking their things after Muyu's reminder.
"Muyu-sensei, you're really popular among the students," Ayase Cai remarked.
She had noticed that almost every student had greeted Muyu.
This was quite rare, considering that there were forty students in the class, and there were always some quiet ones who didn't like talking.
Moreover, some might think, "If everyone's already greeting, they probably won't notice me, so I won't bother either."
"After all, I'm their homeroom teacher," Muyu replied.
Ten minutes later, Muyu announced the start of the written exam, and she and Ayase Cai began distributing the test papers.
The students of Class 1 were quite cooperative, and throughout the exam, not a single student spoke. They all focused quietly on their papers.
Muyu and Ayase Cai took turns walking around the room, supervising the students.
During their rounds, Ayase Cai couldn't help but glance at the students doing their work. It was rare to see such a quiet atmosphere.
Perhaps because they were in a ninja school, the students were usually more lively.
As she observed, Ayase Cai was stunned. She casually glanced at a few students and, from what she could see, almost everyone had gotten their answers right.
"Muyu-sensei, I think your class's average score is going to lead the entire grade again," Ayase Cai quietly whispered to Muyu.
"We won't know for sure until the results come out. Other classes might do really well too," Muyu replied softly.
Although their class's results were good, Muyu preferred to stay humble.
After the exam ended and the papers were collected, the atmosphere in Class 1 changed.
"Finally done!" Steel Iron let out a relieved smile, like someone who had just been freed.
He had been reviewing every day and trying to keep Shinmochi Izumo from studying. It had been exhausting.
"Yeah, once we finish the practical exam, we'll get a nice long vacation," Shinmochi Izumo said, also smiling with relief.
Having finished the theory exam, he no longer had to pretend to prevent Steel Iron from reviewing every day.
"Zitie, Izumo, how do you think you did on the exam?" Hongdou asked, approaching them.
"Just okay. I think this exam was pretty hard," Steel Iron sighed.
"Yeah, there were a lot of questions that I had no idea about. I just wrote random answers. I'm not sure how many points I'll get," Shinmochi Izumo said, looking worried.
"Huh? Was it hard? I thought it was pretty easy. Could it be that my review yesterday really helped?" Hongdou scratched her head, thinking that this situation felt oddly familiar.
"Shisui, how do you think you did on the exam?" Hongdou asked when she saw Shisui preparing to leave.
"Just okay," Shisui stopped and replied.
It felt like the last exam to him—nothing special.
"Why does it seem so easy to me? Did I actually do well?" Hongdou thought, feeling closer to getting the reward.
"Tomorrow's the practical exam. We must perform well and show the proctor our ninja skills," Hongdou remembered their previous plans to convince their physical education teacher to leave.
"Definitely! This time, we're going to make sure the school gets a better physical education teacher," Steel Iron nodded.
"I actually think it'd be great if Muyu-sensei taught it, but it'd be too tiring for her with so many classes to teach," Shinmochi Izumo said regretfully.
The other students agreed, saying they would give their absolute best tomorrow to impress.
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