�Yeah, I did. When I freshly entered Class 5, he was the one who started the conversation.�

�What? Does he perhaps like you? Oh my god. Then it�s a battle between two love rivals.

�Keep talking. He�s a bit weird, you know? He talks like he�s dried up and numb from any sort of emotion. I think that whatever he�s doing to Shirone right now, he was gonna do to me. After all, he immediately picked a fight with me. Though I couldn�t be bothered, so after I stopped paying any attention to him, his interest towards me naturally dwindled.�

�Hmm, in other words, he is a genius hunter. What do we do? Shirone was unlucky to get caught.�

�I don�t think it�s to that extent. It�s a barrier he has to cross either way. Doesn�t matter if it�s now or in the near future. But I agree, he will have quite a difficult time. Using log in Speed Gun will get Yiruki a pretty high score.�

Sharelle glowered a bit.

�How can you say that? Your boyfriend is standing at the edge of a cliff and needs some cheering up. What if Shirone loses?�

�It�s just an exam. They aren�t fighting. Losing is an inevitability, no need to go nuts��

Amy seemed unimpressed.

Since everyone in the Advanced Class were stars, it did not matter who won or lost, but�

Sharelle was still disappointed.

�You�ve never lost before! So say something that�ll cheer Shirone up! I�ll personally deliver your message.�

�No need. You�ll probably exaggerate whatever I say anyways. Plus, it�s not like it�s a promotion exam or anything of great importance this time. It�s a practical evaluation, for heaven�s sake. Shirone is someone who�s aiming to join the Advanced Class. It�ll be a good experience for him.�

�Then maybe share the secret to getting a high score in Speed Gun. You�re the record holder, after all.�

�Advice, you say? There�s no advice I can give Shirone as he probably already knows what he needs to do. I�m not like this because I�m uninterested, it�s because Shirone�s really talented. You said he achieved 700 points. I only reached that high score because I specialize in the Target Form.�

The one person who wished the two the best more than anyone else was heartbroken.

�Then what? Shirone still has a chance of winning, right? He has to win.�

Amy just nodded her head back and forth with the straw still in her mouth.

�Yiruki Mercodine.�

Though she disliked his first impression, he was a formidable opponent.

�It is quite tricky if we were to only look at his targeting. That�s why the Savant Syndrome is such a strong weapon. With the addition of logs, he is close to being a firm, resistant wall. In fact, he�s nearly an unbreakable one. And not only that, you said he�s serious this time around. If we competed in the Speed Gun test back when I was in Class 5, and if he was seriously determined to win��

�Wh-What?�

Amy, who was debating on the result, bore a frown and said.

�I would�ve probably lost.�

�What?!�

Amy never gave up her seat as the rank #1 in the Intermediate class, so Sharelle couldn�t help but be shocked.

Considering she was already in the Advanced Class, she may have been generous with her claim as everything was in the past, but it was still a pretty big statement nonetheless.

Sharelle looked like she was about to cry.

�Wh-What�? So what about our Shiro?�

With the practical evaluation one day away, Shirone meditated in his dorm room. JrNovels.com