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Asakusa Toru intends to accelerate this process.

The method is to openly and honestly explain the rules of the game.

After all, if the students in Class A don't understand the importance of 'evaluation,' they won't be able to put class evaluation on the scales in the game.

How can one understand the anxiety of a declining evaluation and a bleak future without weighing class evaluation against personal experience?

The first thing to be announced is the 'evaluation'.

"Alright everyone, those of you with seats, please take your seats and stop blocking the classroom door." After exchanging glances with Asakusa Toru for a moment, Sakayanagi Arisu said with a smile, "Those of you without seats, please wait a little while and seize the opportunity to get your own chairs back."

"After all, class is about to start."

"If you stand up and disrupt the class, you will be penalized."

Faced with Arisu Sakayanagi's words, some of the students whose seats had not been taken by the D-class students hesitated for a moment before returning to their own seats in a disorderly manner.

She's right, class is about to start, there's no point in blocking the door any longer.

Although I don't know what these people are here for, it's good that they didn't take my place.

If they don't go back to their seats, and someone plops down in their spot, they might not know what to do.

However, with the seats in Class A now filled again, students without seats are finding it difficult to move around.

...This guy, if I remember correctly, is called Sakayanagi.

She looks quite stunning and has a very unique charm, but she doesn't like to talk much. As soon as she enters the classroom, she has a sour face and keeps her distance from others. She is unapproachable except for a female classmate named Kamuro Masumi. She is holding a cane and looks unwell.

Now he's suddenly speaking up, and he's saying all this.

What does it mean?

What points will be deducted?

However, what they cared about more than those things was the 'division' mentioned in Sakayanagi Arisu's words.

This is something the homeroom teacher didn't explain.

It's not hard to understand, though.

"Behavioral conduct points?" Sakayanagi Arisu smiled. "Everyone here is a student, right? You know the basic rules students should follow, right? Not paying attention in class will result in deductions for behavioral conduct points."

“This kind of thing—” The subconscious rebuttal, followed by a pause upon realizing the legitimacy of the words, was followed by a forced shift to another topic: “Then tell me, how are we supposed to get back to our seats now?!”

Shift of responsibility.

Although this matter seems to have nothing to do with Sakayanagi Arisu, since she spoke up, they would naturally subconsciously choose this way of speaking that seems to place the responsibility on the other party.

Fortunately, Sakayanagi Arisu has no morals.

“That’s something you need to consider.” Sakayanagi Arisu spread her hands helplessly. “I’m just giving you a little reminder of what you should do. How to solve the current problem is not a problem for a delicate, pitiful girl like me who suffers from heart disease.”

It's hard not to feel a bit of urge to criticize someone who calls themselves a beautiful girl, but there's no denying that Sakayanagi Arisu is undeniably a beautiful girl.

“It seems like everyone is a bit confused.” Finally, after Sakayanagi Arisu reminded him of the existence of the behavior score, Asakusa Tetsu spoke up: “While figuring out the specific rules in a game is part of the fun, games that are too difficult to get started with without a tutorial will definitely have a certain barrier to entry.”

"What I want is for everyone to have fun playing games together, so there is no need for any barriers."

"Therefore, I feel it is necessary to openly explain the 'game' in front of us."

Asakusa Tetsu propped his head up with one hand and spoke to the Class A students at the door.

It's clear that there were more than just a few people in Class A, and it's impossible that only a few of them could be making noise.

A dispute is bound to arise between the original owner of the seat and the D class student who took it.

The conflict between Haruki Yamauchi and Kohei Katsuragi, which just happened, was relatively minor because it was only just beginning.

The conflict will escalate and intensify as the students in Class D refuse to move their chairs no matter what.

"So why are you taking my spot?!"

"Get up!"

"What are you doing?"

The questioning voice, the response words.

"I'm just sitting in my seat. There are so many seats around, you can just pick any one."

"A little bit."

"You're mistaken, this is my seat."

But remarkably uniformly, the moment Asakusa Toru opened his mouth, the students of Class D all shut their mouths and suspended their argument with the original owners of the seats.

“Let’s treat it as a special exam,” Asakusa Tetsu said. “The special exam, led by Class D, will begin today.”

"The game is called 'Musical Chairs,' a very simple and straightforward game. Everyone needs to grab a chair as quickly as possible and hold it for as long as possible. Although there is no mechanism to force people to leave, fortunately, everyone has physiological needs."

“Yes, that’s right.” Asakusa Tetsu snapped his fingers, revealing a devilish smile: “Everyone’s bladder isn’t unlimited; there will be times when we need to relieve ourselves.”

"Because you don't have the nerve to urinate in public without batting an eye, even though you know clearly that once you leave this seat you will hardly be able to get it back, you still have no choice but to go to the restroom."

"This is a problem for you, and it's a problem for everyone in Class D as well."

"So let's just consider this a mechanism in the game that forces players to switch phases and leave the game."

After he finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over Class A's classroom.

The students in Class A looked at each other, clearly unable to understand why Class D would suddenly do something so incomprehensible, calling it a 'special exam game'.

What is a special exam? Why is it a game like this? And why were these targets chosen?

I can't understand it, I can't understand it, I can't understand it.

"Are you all insane?" Totsuka Yahiko asked in disbelief, "What good does doing this do for you?!"

This is a completely self-defeating act.

Let's just think of it as schools having a system of conduct points.

They go to great lengths to play games like musical chairs just to deduct a few points from Class A's conduct record?

What's the point? If they lose points, won't Class D also lose points?

They can still listen to the lessons in the classroom. Since Class D has moved to Class A's classroom, wouldn't Class D's classroom be completely empty?

Masayoshi Hashimoto: "..."

As Totsuka Yahiko's incredulous questioning rang in his ears, Hashimoto Masayoshi suddenly seemed to understand why Class D had all missed the opening ceremony.

They were prepared for this from the very beginning.

Although it may not seem that all the students in Class D are here right now, it's easy to imagine where the remaining students will go.

...Class B and Class C.

They want to deduct as many points as possible from the behavior score of all classes.

But why?

There has to be a reason, right?

Everyone was a first-year student, and on the very first day of school, they immediately set their sights on Class A.

It's practically like... a competition.

Yes, competition, confrontation, struggle.

Any word will do, anything will do, but the most striking thing about Class D's behavior is that they treat all other classes in the same grade as enemies.

ABCD......

Ultimately, why is it ABCD?

Although they hadn't thought about it much before, at this moment, the vast majority of students in Class A suddenly began to consider this issue.

Because, frankly, Class D's actions right now are far too bizarre.

Behavioral norms score, special exam games.

The suicide attack by Class D.

Class D regarded them all as enemies.

This means that Class D believes there is a competitive and hostile relationship between them.

This is illogical; everyone should be able to get the recommendation they want simply by staying at this school until graduation.

but......

The homeroom teacher's recent remarks, the 100,000 points given out at the start of the school year, and the current performance of Class D—all these factors are relevant to this situation.

How could that be?

It turns out that's how it is.

Would the school really allow this?

Will the government accept this? Will society tolerate it? Won't the students protest?!

“Ms. Mashima said this morning that ‘the points represent the school’s evaluation of you.’” Taking a deep breath, Kohei Katsuragi spoke up: “I was thinking at the time that since it represents an evaluation, then this evaluation cannot be fixed.”

"There must be a testing standard, and any improvement or decline in the evaluation will be reflected in it."

"Obviously, 100,000 is far too generous a treatment for students. There are 160 students in the first year alone, and 480 in the three grades. The monthly expenditure is equivalent to 48 million. Even if the Advanced Education Program has a government background, I still think such treatment is too generous."

"But it makes sense considering that the evaluation is linked to points."

"Their goal is very clear: to lower our evaluation by deducting points from our conduct," said Kohei Katsuragi. "And the root cause is probably only one."

"Final nomination."

After a brief pause, Katsuragi Kohei continued:

"Don't you all find it strange? Every year, 160 students enroll and 160 students graduate. The school recommends 160 students to other schools every year, but the actual number we see is far less than that."

"Besides, there's nothing more dubious than the guarantee that just enrolling in school can guarantee your future."

Therefore, there is only one answer.

"Only students with high 'evaluations' can get recommendations."

Katsuragi Kohei said in a deep voice.

Side Story: A Classroom Where Everyone Scores Zero (The End)

Only in this way can the current behavior of Class D be explained.

It lowered everyone's opinion of it.

...Isn't this fucking self-destruction?

A whole class of suicide cars is disgusting!

I feel like throwing up.

Kohei Katsuragi's inference is both reasonable and correct.

There was only one thing that was overlooked.

'The class is a whole.'

This is a point that the class advisor doesn't need to mention, but it's precisely this discrepancy that led him to misjudge the current behavior of Class D.

Therefore, unity will be erased, and an era of going it alone will arrive.

Because if Katsuragi Kohei's deduction is correct, then if other classes are enemies, then his own classmates will also be enemies.

As for other people's evaluations, the lower the better, of course.

There's a saying in the next world that "you can take down a thousand people by improving one point," so isn't it only natural in Advanced Training to do the opposite and "you can improve one point by taking down a thousand people"?

Of course, there aren't as many highly trained individuals as there are, so the reverse would be more efficient.

Thus, what might have been a united front between classes, and what should have been a confrontation between classes, was instead a confrontation between classes.

It quietly dissolved at that moment, leaving only one concept in everyone's mind.

Going it alone.

The person who manages to retain the most behavioral conduct points will be the one to win in the end.

In that case, everyone around us is an enemy.