I chatted with Sakura for a while and also found out that her exam was at 6:40 this afternoon, which was different from Kamio Tatsuya and Horikita Suzune.
In the evening, close to six o'clock, Kamio Tatsuya went to the second floor again. Besides room 204 in front of him, several other people entered other rooms.
After his knock was answered, Kamio Tatsuya entered the room, but there were already two people in the room.
One was Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who he already knew, and the other was a male student from Class D, Yukimura Teruhiko – yes, the brainy guy who wasn't too quick on the uptake.
Upon seeing Kamio Tatsuya appear, Yukimura's spirits immediately lifted, and his tense expression relaxed.
Um, what's wrong with him?
Although he wanted to ask, Kamio Tatsuya wisely kept his mouth shut upon seeing Mashima-sensei on the other side. He then silently sat in the seat next to Yukimura, leaving the last empty seat on the side.
The reason Yukimura reacted this way was actually because of what happened on the uninhabited island. After the exam results came out, he had asked Hirata about it.
Hirata naturally didn't hide anything from him and directly explained that Kamio Tatsuya had discovered the class leader on the first day.
In addition to Kamio Tatsuya coming up with the idea of using fake key cards to trick the class, as well as his various actions on the island, he felt that Kamio Tatsuya should be a very capable person.
So, when he saw Kamio Tatsuya appear here, he unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
"We're waiting for one more person to come. Please wait a moment."
As he spoke, Mashima Tomonari specifically glanced at Kamio Tatsuya.
Hey, why are you looking at me?
Did I break some rule again?
Time passed, but the fourth person still hadn't appeared. Only when it was exactly six o'clock did Mashima-sensei look at the music box clock in the room.
At the same time, there was a knock on the door.
Mashima-sensei said the same thing as Kamio Tatsuya had when he knocked: "Come in."
Then, the door slowly opened. The person who came was also a student from Class D – Hirata Yosuke's girlfriend, the victim of the stolen underwear incident, Karuizawa Kei, the bossy female leader!
"Huh? What's going on? Why are Yukimura and the others here?"
But obviously, no one answered her question, because Kamio Tatsuya and the others were also clearly confused.
Mashima-sensei, who was the only one who knew the truth, obviously wouldn't explain it to her.
"The school should have said to be punctual. You're late. Quickly take your seat."
"Yes..."
Karuizawa said with a bit of dissatisfaction.
Then, she walked to Kamio Tatsuya's side. In front of everyone, she pulled the chair further to the side before sitting down.
This left Kamio Tatsuya speechless.
What the heck? Do I have a virus or something?
Oh well, Kamio Tatsuya was also not used to the smell of her perfume.
And this person seems to have been wearing makeup since the beginning of the school year. Is it necessary?
Then, whether it was because the time had arrived or everyone was here, Mashima-sensei picked up the information in his hand.
"You are Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, Kamio Tatsuya, Karuizawa Kei, and Yukimura Teruhiko from Class D, correct? Then, I will now explain the special exam."
I mean, it's not like we've never interacted before. You're our English teacher. It's been half a semester, and you still need to confirm the students' names again.
And the order in which the names were called was arranged according to the Japanese alphabet.
After mentally complaining a bit, Kamio Tatsuya continued to listen to Mashima-sensei, but this hope was immediately interrupted by Karuizawa.
"Wait, wait a minute! I don't understand. What does exam explanation mean? Isn't the exam already over? And what about the others? This is so strange."
Before Mashima-sensei could speak, Kamio Tatsuya turned to look directly at Karuizawa.
"If you don't understand, then shut up. Talking too much will only expose your ignorance."
Kamio was counting on this exam to get a lot of points. If anyone dared to cause trouble for him, he would really lose it.
"Huh? What did you say?"
As expected, Karuizawa immediately snapped back, but when she noticed Kamio Tatsuya's cold eyes, she seemed startled and stopped abruptly.
"Hmph."
After a cold snort, Karuizawa closed her mouth, and Mashima-sensei began to explain the exam situation.
"For this special exam, the school will use all first-year students as an analogy for the Earthly Branches and divide them into twelve groups. We will conduct exams within those groups. The purpose of the exam is to test thinking ability."
Thinking, thinking ability?
"The basic abilities required of people in society are roughly divided into three categories: Action, Thinking, and Teamwork. Only those with these abilities will be qualified to become excellent adults. The previous uninhabited island exam focused on teamwork."
Heh, teamwork, huh?
But it can't be said that it wasn't. If the class had been united enough, Katsuragi definitely wouldn't have taken only Totsuka to occupy the cave.
If there had been several people at the time, Katsuragi wouldn't have had to risk being discovered by standing outside with the key card for a full two minutes.
Even Ryuen, who was using a feigned retreat... well, they are about to be Class D, entrusted the responsibility of leader to Ibuki at the last moment.
So, saying it was teamwork isn't necessarily wrong.
"This time the focus is on Thinking, which will be an exam that requires thinking ability. In other words, thinking ability is the ability to analyze the current situation and clarify the problems.
The ability to clarify the process of solving problems, prepare for them, and use creativity to create new value – these are all things you will need in the future."
Hmm, it feels like...
You're saying a bunch of nonsense. Can't you just get to the point?
"Therefore, this exam will be divided into twelve groups... Are there any questions here?"
This is way too questionable!
"Teacher, how are these twelve groups divided? As far as I know, students from other classes should also be in other rooms at this time to receive explanations. Are they the same Earthly Branch as us?"
"That's right. At this time, the same content is being explained to the members of the group that will be in the same group as you in other rooms."
This is even stranger.
"In that case, why not gather all the group members together for the explanation? That should save time and effort, right?"
Mashima-sensei seemed to have been prepared for Kamio Tatsuya's question.
"Because the groups are not made up of one class, but are composed of about three to five people from each class. If there hadn't been an explanation beforehand, it would have easily caused confusion."
But even if it causes confusion, it would be more efficient than explaining it separately.
"Wait a minute, does that mean we have to team up with other classes?" Yukimura was obviously unable to accept this. "We've been competing with other classes all along. It's hard for me to understand suddenly having to team up with them now."
"Competing all along? Your school life has just begun. If you panic at this stage, it's very worrying for your future, Yukimura."
"Ugh... I'm... I'm sorry."
Tsk, so you do know what the students are called?
So, what's the point of confirming the names at the beginning?
Then, Mashima-sensei took out four cards and pushed them in front of Kamio Tatsuya and the others.
"The group you have been assigned to is 'Rabbit'. Here is a list of the group members. Please return this paper when you leave the room, so if you think it's necessary, write it down here first."
"Can we use our phones?"
"No."
Then, Kamio Tatsuya regretfully put away his phone and looked at the contents on the card.
Class A: Takemoto Shigeru, Machida Kouji, Morishige Takuro.
Class B: Ichinose Honami, Hamaguchi Tetsuya, Beppu Ryota.
Class C: Ibuki Mio, Manabe Shiho, Yabunouchi Nanami, Yamashita Saki.
Class D: Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, Kamio Tatsuya, Karuizawa Kei, Yukimura Teruhiko.
Fourteen people. And the order of the names of the four people in Class D is the same as the order that Mashima-sensei just called out.
In addition, regarding the students from other classes, Ichinose is indeed in this group.
But as for the others...except for Ibuki, I really don't know any of them.
"However, I can understand your confusion. Next, I will explain the things you are wondering about.
First of all, as a general premise, for this exam, you must ignore the Class A to Class D relationships. From now on, you will not be acting as Class D, but as the Rabbit group.
Let me say in advance that doing so will be a shortcut to passing the exam, and whether you pass or fail will be determined by you, who belong to each group."
Ignore the Class A to Class D relationships?
How is it possible to ignore that? For students who want to graduate from Class A, the other classes are all enemies, and it is impossible to ignore them.
But Mashima-sensei also said that ignoring the Class A to Class D relationships would be a shortcut to passing the exam. As a teacher, he certainly couldn't lie in this kind of exam explanation setting.
So, does that sentence have another way of reading it?
"There are only four possible outcomes for each group in the special exam. The exam is designed to always result in one of the four outcomes, with no exceptions. To make it easier for you to understand, the school has also prepared materials with the results written on them. However, these materials are also prohibited from being taken out or photographed. Please make sure you confirm them well here in advance."
After taking the paper that Mashima-sensei handed over, Kamio Tatsuya began to read it carefully.
[Summer Group Special Exam Explanation]
This exam uses the [Benefactor] assigned to each group as a base point, and answering the school's questions using a specified method will definitely result in one of the four results.
The rules written above are very detailed, probably the result of multiple experiments.
But the actual content is not too complicated.
The general situation is as follows: The school will select one [Benefactor] from each group, and they will be notified by text message at 8:00 AM tomorrow morning.
The exam time is on the first, second, and fourth days of the next four days. The exam ends at 9:00 PM on the fourth day.
During these three days, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM and from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM each day, you are required to go to the designated room to gather and discuss the exam as requested.
As for the content of the discussion, there are no restrictions.
Regarding the answering part, you can only send a text message to the school to answer 'Who is the Benefactor?' from 9:30 PM to 10:00 PM after the end of the exam.
And each person can only answer once, cannot change it, and can only answer for their own group. As for the Benefactor themselves, they have no right to send answers.
In addition, it also states that you can only use your own phone to answer.
As for the final results, the school will send them to each student by text message at 11:00 PM on the fourth night.
In addition to these basic rules, the paper also contains more detailed information, such as explanations of rules or prohibitions.
Then, the following content is the four fated "results".
This is also the part that Kamio Tatsuya is most looking forward to.
Result 1: If all group members except the Benefactor and the students from the Benefactor's class answer correctly, the school will pay all group members 500,000 private points. Students from the Benefactor's class will each receive the same amount of private points, and the Benefactor themselves can get double the private points.
Result 2: If someone among all group members except for the Benefactor and the students from the Benefactor's class does not answer or has the wrong answer, the school will pay the Benefactor 500,000 private points.
This is it!
When Kamio Tatsuya saw Result 1, his eyes couldn't move away. If a group...no, if all groups get Result 1, then everyone can get at least 500,000 private points.
There are a total of 160 students in the whole grade, which is a huge sum of 80 million!
If you include the extra 500,000 rewards for the 12 Benefactors, that's 86 million!
Thinking of this, even Kamio Tatsuya couldn't help but get a little excited at this moment. It is almost impossible for one person to get a huge number of points from the school.
But if you get so many points from the students, it is relatively much simpler!
Horikita and Nagumo really didn't lie to me!
"Wait... what exactly is written here?"
Just when Kamio Tatsuya was secretly excited, Karuizawa's painful moan came from the side. It seems that these densely written rules are a bit complicated for her.
"That's why I said people with bad brains..."
Yukimura, who was on the side, was a little annoyed when he heard Karuizawa's words. He probably thinks of Karuizawa as a burden.
"There is only one key point in this exam, which is the existence of the Benefactor. This Benefactor's name is also the answer to the exam. For example... if Yukimura is selected as the Benefactor, then the Rabbit group's answer is 'Yukimura'.
After that, you only need to share the answer with all the group members. Since the exam ends at 9:00 PM on the third night, the school will only accept answers from 9:30 PM to 10:00 PM, so at that time, all group members only need to write [Yukimura] and send a message to the school.
In this way, you can achieve Result 1, and all group members will receive a reward of 500,000 private points. In addition, as an additional reward for leading the group to Result 1, the school will pay the Benefactor themselves 1 million private points."
"O-One million?! That's amazing!"
Karuizawa Kei immediately shouted excitedly, and even Yukimura was a little excited.
No wonder, after all, Class D has always been plagued by living expenses. If they can get these points, they won't have to worry about living expenses for at least a year.
"Next is Result 2... If the Benefactor doesn't tell anyone about this, or induces everyone to choose a fake Benefactor, and their true identity is not revealed until the end of the exam, then, as written in the information, only the Benefactor themselves will be given 500,000 private points."
Hearing this, Kamio Tatsuya roared wildly in his heart, this result must be avoided!
No!
At this point, if we don't get Result 1, it can be said to be a complete failure!
Kamio Tatsuya must get this result, and then find a way to recover the private points from the students to complete the class transfer!
From then on, the sky's the limit!
However, this seemingly beautiful Result 1 should not be so easy to get, right?
"Before explaining Result 3 and Result 4, let me ask a question...Have you played the Werewolf game?"
Werewolf killing, I'm familiar with this. I was obsessed with it for a while in my previous life.
Ayanokouji, who was on the side, originally wanted to say something, but after seeing Kamio Tatsuya nod, he forcefully held it back.
"I just explained that there will only be one Benefactor in the group. If the Benefactor's identity is revealed early, there will be new third and fourth results. Now, please check the back of the information."
Only the following two results are accepted at any time of the day during the exam.
In addition, answers will also be accepted during the thirty-minute period after the end of the exam (9:00 PM to 9:30 PM).
However, regardless of the time period, there will be penalties for wrong answers.
Result 3: If someone other than the Benefactor tells the school the answer before 9:30 PM on the day the exam ends, and the answer is correct, the class to which the answering student belongs will receive 50 class points, and the school will pay the person who answered the correct answer 500,000 private points.
And the class whose benefactor's identity is exposed will be penalized by deducting 50 class points. The group exam will end at this point in time.
If a student from the same class as the Benefactor answers correctly, the school will consider the answer invalid and continue the exam.
Result 4: If someone other than the Benefactor tells the school the answer before 9:30 PM on the night the exam ends, and the answer is wrong, the class to which the student who made the mistake belongs will be penalized by losing 50 class points.
While the Benefactor receives 500,000 private points, the class to which the Benefactor belongs will also receive 50 class points, and the exam will end at the time when the wrong answer is made.
If a student from the same class as the Benefactor answers incorrectly, the answer will be considered invalid and will not be accepted.
Damn it, I knew it wouldn't be that easy to get Result 1. As expected, it's like this!
But it doesn't matter, the relationships I've been building for so long should come in handy!
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