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The library's fluorescent lights buzzed like trapped insects, throwing stark, anxious shadows over a table buried under a landslide of textbooks, crushed energy drink cans, and frantic scribbles. I leaned back until my chair creaked a warning, a slow, knowing smile on my lips as I took in the scene—a perfect portrait of academic despair. 'So,' I began, my voice cutting cleanly through the thick air of panic. 'How's the collective mental state holding up?' Yosano let out a muffled groan, her face buried in the crook of her arm. 'I'm clinically deceased. This is a lost cause.' Across from her, Kouyou remained a pillar of calm, adjusting her glasses with precise fingers. 'That problem requires the calculator's hyperbolic function.' 'Don't just state the tool—explain the process, you beau…