Does gravity make me stronger?

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Uh, don't get me wrong, it's not about anything weird, it's about studying, studying!

Besides studying, he also worked at the Starry Night Concert Hall and watched videos of the band's final performances.

Due to time constraints, the video couldn't be polished to a very high standard, but he still did his best to edit and process it. When he handed the file to Kita, Kita seemed quite satisfied.

On Sunday afternoon, Kita uploaded the video to the band's social media channels. This hastily put-together live performance unexpectedly garnered a lot of attention, and even the official account of Xiuhua High School reposted and promoted it.

In addition, I heard that a YouTuber with tens of thousands of followers was also at the live event. After listening to the band's performance, he became a fan and gave them a huge boost in popularity.

Thanks to the other party's promotion, many fans who were interested in the band also followed the End of the Band.

They gained an unexpected surge in traffic, and by the time they left home this morning, the band's social media followers had increased by a full seven hundred.

Although the number of viewers is still small in absolute terms, this performance has given Goto Ichiri and his team a great deal of confidence and encouragement.

At Nijika's urging, Ijichi Seika also quickly arranged a performance for the End Band.

With the fan base built up this week, achieving the target on that day shouldn't be a problem.

As for Yukino, who left midway, Goto Ichiri said that she would be quite busy from today until summer vacation, and the request to correct her personality would have to be put on hold for the time being.

Lost in thought, he had already arrived at the classroom door.

"I'm a little late today."

He was always among the first few to arrive at the classroom, when the class was relatively quiet and the morning reading was most efficient.

There were already several people in the classroom before I entered the room today.

"Good morning, Hachiman."

Before he even sat down, Takamatsu Akari waved to him with a beaming smile, and that adorable smile made Hachiman involuntarily curl the corners of his mouth up.

Lantern-chan is so cute!

Good morning, Chihaya-kun too.

Hachiman greeted Chihaya Aine, who was sitting in front of him.

"..."

Am I just doing this incidentally?

With her back to Hachiman, Aine pouted and pretended not to hear, while Hachiman pulled out a chair in confusion and quietly put down his schoolbag.

Is this child being difficult?

Although we can't see Aine's expression at this moment, the gravity reading above her head doesn't lie.

10-> 20

"Um, Chihaya-san, are you feeling unwell? Should I have someone take you to the infirmary?"

Although the words were meant to be caring, Aine didn't feel happy hearing them.

"I'm fine!"

When a voice twice as loud as usual came out of her mouth, Aine covered her mouth abruptly and shook her head repeatedly in Hachiman's bewildered gaze.

"No, I didn't mean to blame Hachiman, it's just that..."

Unable to explain her inner turmoil, Aine slumped onto the table in despair, burying her head in her hands, appearing unwilling to communicate.

“Um…” Hachiman’s fingers froze.

After a while.

Aine seemed to have calmed down a bit, and then murmured in a weak voice, "Hachigaya-kun is dating Soyorin without saying a word. He's so cunning."

Having already read the other person's thoughts through their inner voice, Hachiman didn't have a good solution.

"I'm sorry, I'll let you know next time."

"next time?"

Aine looked shocked.

No, how many more do you want to date?

"Um, what I mean is, I'm sorry I upset you."

For girls, reasoning is not important; what matters is that their emotions are released.

Seeing Hachiman bow his head and apologize to him, even though nothing was resolved, Aine's mood inexplicably improved a lot.

"Well, I didn't really care that much, but..."

Ai Yin lowered her eyes in disappointment and bit her lip: "Such an important thing, you should at least have told us in advance."

"...sorry."

"Come on, don't be so serious, isn't it fine?"

Aine gave a very bleak smile, her voice trembling slightly, which pierced Hachiman's heart.

"what!"

Realizing she had lost her composure, Aine coughed lightly, completely abandoning her earlier weakness.

"Well, how should I put it? Even though Hachiman is dating Soyorin, you can't deliberately distance yourself from us because of that."

"I'm not that kind of person, am I?"

Hachiman gave a wry smile, while Aine scoffed.

"Hmph, with such a twisted personality, Hachiman will definitely be hesitant and indifferent towards us once he has a girlfriend, right?"

"Forehead..."

Having his thoughts exposed, Hachiman turned away with a grim expression.

To be honest, to avoid suspicion, he did intend to keep a certain distance from Aine and the others, but not to the point of being overly cold or anything...

Seeing Hachiman's humiliated state, Aine suddenly stood up and walked to Takamatsu Akari's side: "Hachiman-kun, are you really willing to let Tomorin be all alone like this?"

"Hey?"

Gao Songdeng was stunned when the topic unexpectedly shifted to himself.

At that moment, Aine whispered in her ear, "Tomorin, please cooperate."

"Ah, um,"

Hachiman: "I'm sorry, I'll be careful."

"That's good."

Aine rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment, then asked with an innocent expression, "By the way, we're having a summer camp, Hachiman-kun, do you want to come along?"

No, what would I be doing here if you're all having a group practice?

The thought of seeing Shiina Tatsuki's murderous gaze fills me with a strange sense of satisfaction...

No, Tongzi, why are you altering my words?

【Hey】

In short, Hachiman didn't really want to participate in this kind of group activity, but considering that Momoko would also be going, he would likely be dragged along as well...

"Well, let me think about it. Right now, I need to focus on my final exams."

"Okay, okay."

Aine relaxed completely, and after the topic of final exams came up, she asked with great interest, "How's your studying going, Hachiman? You've been so focused. You're not going to surpass me in the rankings, are you?"

"Of course I'll surpass you."

"Hey?"

Aine paused briefly, and Hachiman quickly corrected himself, "Um, what I meant was, I also want to get as high a score as possible so that I can ask my parents for more pocket money when I go back."

"Oh, I see. Hachiman, I'm rooting for you!"

She nonchalantly gave a thumbs up, completely unaware that the boy in front of her was eyeing her buttocks.

[Super love sound? Super love everyone!]

Hachiman: "Thank you."

Speaking of which, what if he had just confessed that his goal was actually to be number one in the grade?

It seems like it would be too much trouble, so I'll pass.

Back in his seat, Hachiman began to focus on his studies.

Time flies by amidst a constant stream of learning and working.

After the conversation, Aine and Takamatsu Akari still came to chat with Hachiman every day at school, and everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Xiangzi and Su Shi were both busy with their own things. When they had free time, they would go to the apartment to eat together. After eating, Hachiman would hold hands with Xiangzi and return to the dormitory.

The band gradually improved their skills, and thanks to their outstanding performance at Xiuhua High School, they gradually established themselves in the Star Band.

Nothing particularly noteworthy happened during this period. The only things worth mentioning were the summer program launched by the record department and the occasional contact from Wakaba Mutsuya with Hachiman.

Let's start with the record company.

Because the record they made at the cultural festival was very well received, the student council plans to increase the budget for the record department next semester.

Minister Sawamura Kaze plans to spend more of this year's budget during the summer vacation.

She plans to organize the three of them to participate in different kinds of music performances during the summer vacation, but the specific destination will be decided after the exams.

As for Wakaba Mutsu, she wanted to ask Hachiman to arrange a meeting between Shoko and Sose, but because everyone has been busy lately, there hasn't been a chance.

And this delay meant it would continue until the day before the final exam.

A classroom in the special teaching building of Shuchiin University.

"The exam is tomorrow."

Kaguya Shinomiya put down her textbook and looked meaningfully at the person opposite her. To her side, Chika Fujiwara, who was pondering a certain auto chess mobile game, also put down her phone.

"Yes, the exam is tomorrow."

Kaguya Shinomiya: No, what kind of exam did you take?

Fujiwara Chika: 114514!

For some reason, ever since she caught the two of them secretly studying in the classroom, Fujiwara Chika has been coming over to join in the fun every few days.

Thanks to her, Hayasaka Ai had to be prepared to use her school name, which was also her identity as Hasaka, at any time.

Fujiwara Chika is a free-spirited girl who is a bit dim-witted, but in reality, she is a kind-hearted person.

After Hachiman is subjected to a brutal and incisive attack by Kaguya Shinomiya, Chika Fujiwara will offer comforting words to soothe his inner wounds.

So much so that, for a moment, Hachiman would mistake Fujiwara Chika for his kind old mother.

of course.

If only this kid paid a little more attention to his tank-like frontal armor...

The slightest movement from her would cause the beast shrouded in her black school uniform to shake violently.

It's too big; my eyes are getting blurry.

"Hachiman, are you nervous? You must be really nervous."

Hachiman struggled to look away from the swaying behemoth and shook his head: "It's alright, not too tense."

After a month of grueling training, his academic ability has become so strong that even he finds it disgusting.

In return, aside from occasionally holding hands with Xiangzi and Su Shi, he had almost no entertainment during that month.

But he felt it was all worth it.

Hachiman paused for a moment, then asked Kaguya Shinomiya very seriously, "Shinomiya-san, please don't hesitate to tell me what my current academic qualifications are?"

Kaguya Shinomiya thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can barely manage to get into the top 20 of my grade?"

Is that all?

Kaguya Shinomiya's merciless evaluation left him feeling slightly disappointed.

A month was indeed too short. He wasn't a genius, but he was in the top twenty of his grade, and his ranking had only improved by twenty places compared to his midterm exams...

As she watched Hachiman's increasingly gloomy expression, Kaguya Shinomiya raised the corners of her mouth: "Why are you looking so dejected? I was talking about the top twenty in Shuchiin."