While Kamio Tatsuya was thinking about how to persuade everyone to aim for result one, Mashima-sensei started talking again.
However, Kamio Tatsuya's attention wasn't really on what he was saying. He just gathered that it was about the exam results, and the school would only announce the results of each group, not the names of the VIPs, or the students who guessed the VIPs correctly or incorrectly.
"Result three, result four, and the other two are different, so they are written on the back. That's all for the exam instructions."
After that, Kamio Tatsuya immediately raised his hand, indicating he had something to say.
"Please speak."
"There is a rule in the notes: after the final exam, we must break up immediately and are not allowed to talk to students from other classes for a certain period of time, or we will be expelled. How long is this certain period of time?"
Mashima Tomonari looked at Kamio Tatsuya, seeming to understand what he was getting at. Unfortunately for Kamio, the school had already considered that.
"The exam ends at nine o'clock on the fourth night. For the next hour, from nine to ten o'clock, you are not allowed to talk to students from other classes."
Hearing this, Kamio Tatsuya showed a disappointed expression. It was indeed not so simple to achieve result one.
"Starting tomorrow, you will have to go to the rooms designated by the school at one in the afternoon and eight in the evening for an hour of discussion each time. There will be signs with the group names in front of the rooms on the day.
When you first meet, please be sure to introduce yourselves in the room.
Once you enter the room, you are generally not allowed to leave during the exam time, so please use the restroom before going in. If you can't hold it or feel unwell, please contact your homeroom teacher immediately and submit an application."
"Finally, for the sake of fairness in this exam, the VIPs in the groups will be strictly adjusted.
Whether you are chosen as a VIP or not, we will not accept any requests for changes. Also, all copying, forwarding, and changing of emails sent by the school are prohibited."
"If there are no other questions, you can leave and go back."
After Mashima-sensei said this, Karuizawa quickly slipped away, without even saying goodbye, as if there was something scary in the room.
After the other three left the room, Yukimura immediately spoke to Kamio Tatsuya.
"Kamio, did you ask that question just now to achieve result one?"
"That's right. If the time we are not allowed to talk is not long, we can completely expose the VIP's identity after nine thirty, and then everyone can achieve result one. Too bad..."
Too bad the time we are not allowed to talk ends at ten o'clock, and answers will no longer be accepted after ten o'clock. Even if you find out the VIP's name from other students at that time, it will be meaningless.
As for the option of revealing the VIP's identity before the ban on talking... don't even think about it, you will be stabbed in the back.
There are 12 to 14 people in a group. Who can guarantee that everyone wants to achieve result one?
Class C suffered a big loss on the deserted island. If they confirm the VIP's identity, they will definitely choose to betray without hesitation.
And even if someone reveals the VIP, there is no way to confirm that what they are saying is true, unless you show everyone the text message sent by the school to prove it.
But this leads to another dead end - someone might betray you.
So this exam is quite troublesome from this point of view.
However, Mashima-sensei's last sentence is very suggestive.
[The VIPs in the groups will be strictly adjusted]
Doesn't this basically tell the students that the selection of VIPs this time has a pattern?
For Kamio Tatsuya, this is the scariest thing!
There are twelve groups. According to the school's style, the VIPs will definitely be evenly distributed, which means there are three VIPs in each class.
Three VIPs, it's too hard for Kamio Tatsuya to be one of them.
And to know the pattern of VIP selection, you must at least know who the VIPs are in the group, otherwise there is no reference.
So how likely is Kamio Tatsuya to know who the VIPs are in his class?
The answer is - almost zero.
But on the other hand, since Katsuragi's failure this time, Sakayanagi's control over Class A has been rising sharply.
Kamio Tatsuya even suspects that the white-haired girl will know the VIPs in her class by eight o'clock and one minute tomorrow.
And with her intelligence and calculation skills, she will probably be able to figure out the pattern of VIP selection soon.
Then, in order to give Class A students confidence and to weaken the morale of the other three classes, she will definitely end the exam early.
So if Kamio wants to achieve result one, he must reach a consensus with the four classes before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. He doesn't have much time left!
Thinking of this, Kamio Tatsuya took out his phone and sent a message to Ryuen.
[What time is your meeting?]
[Eight forty, is there a problem?]
Eight forty?
Is that the same time as Horikita and Sakayanagi?
[Nothing, I plan to have everyone achieve result one in this exam.]
[I see. This is indeed a good opportunity to earn points. I will cooperate with you depending on the situation.]
After getting Ryuen's promise, Kamio Tatsuya felt a little relieved.
At this moment, the door of a room was opened, and Ichinose from Class B and two unfamiliar students came out.
"Ichinose, I want to talk to you about the exam. Do you have time?"
Hearing Kamio Tatsuya's words, Yukimura next to him couldn't help but ask.
"Kamio, do you have an idea?"
"That's right. If things go well, we can decide the direction of the exam tonight." Kamio Tatsuya's tone was relaxed. "I'm going to talk to Ichinose. You can come along if you want."
Yukimura thought for a while and nodded. He is a very serious student, so he had no objections.
As for Ayanokouji, he will definitely come along without even asking.
"Okay, do you want to go to a coffee shop?"
Ichinose did not refuse Kamio Tatsuya's invitation, and her two classmates followed along since Kamio Tatsuya had three people on his side.
A few minutes later, in a coffee shop on the ship, the group sat down.
"Ichinose, I'll get straight to the point. I plan to have all the groups achieve result one. After all, there are not many opportunities like this to get a lot of points from the school."
Hearing this, Ichinose, her classmates, Yukimura, and Ayanokouji were all stunned.
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