> 「いずれにせよ……何とかしてこのハイスクールを、面白いモノにせねばならないな。このままだとストレスでスヴェータが爆発してしまうこともありうる」
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> スヴェータ「はい、爆発しますね]
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> 「 **なかなか顔の皮分厚い** なお前」

Why does he say なかなか顔の皮分厚い and what does it mean?

As its not obvious from context, スヴェータ is a bomb.
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Meaning of なかなか顔の皮分厚い
It's based on the idiomatic expression 面{つら}の皮{かわ}が厚い{あつい} ("(one's) facial
skin is thick"), meaning someone _has some nerve_ or _is shameless_. In the
quote 顔{かお}の皮{かわ}分厚い{ぶあつい}, 面{つら} is swapped for 顔{かお} (both mean the same
thing: _face_ ), 厚い{あつい} becomes more emphatic 分厚い{ぶあつい}, and the subject
marker が is dropped, as sometimes happens in casual conversation. なかなか is a
moderate intensifier (like "quite" or "rather").

The person is probably referring to スヴェータ's readiness and bare-facedness in
admitting that she will, indeed, explode.
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