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Instead, they're trying to steal seats from Class D?

What a joke! They've all skipped their own classes, why would they care about something so trivial?

Using violence to drive them away from taking seats?

The homeroom teacher just stated that the students' conflict is a student's conflict, but it cannot escalate into a violent incident.

Use kind words and earnest persuasion to ask them to give up their seats.

...This subservient attitude will only invite more excessive attacks.

Therefore, there is only one option left.

"...I'll transfer you the money, can you give me back my seat in return?"

Gritting his teeth, Katsuragi Kohei uttered the words he should never have said.

bribe.

Yes, that's right. All first-year students are equal. If Class A received 100,000, the other classes will naturally receive the same amount, so theoretically, bribery is meaningless.

But then again...

Since the points are linked to the evaluation, and since A, B, C, and D represent the positions students occupy for different evaluations.

Therefore, those who consider themselves excellent enough should theoretically have a greater initial advantage than other classes.

So, if we think about it from this perspective...

Bribery can be useful.

but.

The fact is, after he said that...

Haruki Yamauchi's eyes suddenly lit up with a brilliant light.

Greed manifests itself in this.

He guessed right.

Class D is short of money.

The last piece of the puzzle has been completed.

Yes, it's motivation.

The reasons why Class D did this, the motivation of Class D, why Class D was so eager to lower the evaluations of other classes, even at the cost of clearing its own evaluation.

There is only one reason.

They are well aware that they lack inherent advantages.

Therefore, we need to bring everyone back to the same starting line and determine the winner again.

Once the puzzle pieces are pieced together to reveal the full picture of the current situation, then we can rethink it.

The choices available on the road ahead are obvious.

Verbal persuasion, military conquest, and exchange of benefits.

The paths for the first two have been blocked.

Only the latter remains.

Therefore, Katsuragi Kohei made the worst choice.

"...I'll transfer you the money, can you give me back my seat in return?"

A brief silence followed, then a burst of laughter.

"Pfft, hahahahaha—" It was Asakusa Tetsu who laughed loudly, saying, "Katsuragi Kohei, how could you make such a suggestion? How could you say such a thing?"

"You're in too much of a hurry."

The laughter abruptly stopped, and Asakusa Toru said this.

How much can you give? How much can you contribute?

"Five hundred? One thousand? Three thousand? Just for giving up a seat once, just for changing seats once, is this the price you have to pay?"

"Or are you planning to offer a price to make Yamauchi stop being so fixated on your chair? And what price are you willing to pay? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?"

Asakusa Toru opened his hands.

"Does that make any sense? There are forty people in Class D. Can you offer four hundred thousand as a bargaining chip? Even if you drive away Yamanouchi, there are plenty of people who can take your place."

"Katsuragi Kohei, you made the worst choice."

He said.

The sneer echoed in Class A, and Katsuragi Kohei froze as he grabbed his personal terminal.

This, this, this...

Can't we trade together with the whole class?

"No." As if seeing right through him and reading his thoughts, Asakusa Tetsu's smile vanished, and he said coldly, "I already said this is a 'special exam,' so you should be prepared to treat this game as a special exam."

"Desertification is not allowed, and do not even think about changing the outcome."

"Everyone gets zero points—that's the inevitable result."

Toru Asakusa once again made a solemn announcement.

And so, the train carrying Class A roared as it sped toward the final destination of hell.

The train roared off.

......

The "Special Exam with Zero Scores for All" is divided into two stages.

The first stage.

'Musical Chairs'

The rules are simple and clear: there are attacking and defending teams. The attacking team, Class D, needs to capture as many chairs as possible and for as long as possible within the allotted time, while the defending team needs to find ways to protect the chairs from Class D for as long as possible.

The time limit, penalties, and rewards consist of the initial 1,000 class points issued by the school.

Continue removing until all is gone.

In this special exam, there were no winners; it was a classic lose-lose situation.

For most students, there are no rules or alternative ways to play musical chairs.

If there's any way to resolve the situation in the first half, perhaps the only thing we can do is pray that the school will step in and directly stop this behavior.

After all, although it was called a special exam, it was not a special exam prepared by the school. It was just a special exam that Asakusa Tetsu arbitrarily announced.

Although highly intensive special exams are often tinged with malice towards students, and there are countless exams that force students to drop out, none have ever reached this level of destruction.

The worst and most egregious form of advanced education exam is nothing more than a class vote, but that's far too simplistic.

Toru Asakusa actually looks down on these special exams where students drop out of school just for the sake of dropping out.

The school may not stop the game immediately at the beginning, but it will definitely react and take action within three days to a week.

After all, it's too egregious for an entire class to be completely absent.

More importantly, the fact that all students in Class D were absent from the opening ceremony was a blatant disregard for the school's authority and caused the leaders to lose face on stage.

Therefore, the school's actions will be somewhat faster.

The first step is to question the responsible class teacher.

"What exactly did you say to the students?! Can't you control your students, Chashu?!"

“I’m just following the rules. If you have any objections, you can choose to access the surveillance footage or my terminal recordings. I will accept any punishment.”

Unfortunately, the homeroom teacher doesn't seem to want to take the blame.

During the entrance ceremony, Chabashira Sae calmed herself down a bit.

After calming down and thinking it over, I suddenly realized something.

Perhaps, perhaps this really is the simplest, most convenient, and quickest way for someone from Class D to Class A.

As Asakusa Tetsu said, the average quality of Class D is really too poor. If they were to compete head-on with other classes, there would be no way they could achieve better results than Class A in the first month's behavior test.

Then, the only option left is to take the wrong path and resort to unorthodox cultivation methods.

Yes, that's Asakusa Tetsu's current plan.

'Everyone got zero points'

Let's all clear the scores and the class points together.

Then, as long as I get the highest score in the next special exam, I can turn things around in one fell swoop.

Although we don't know what the next special exam will be, it's at least more likely to be an exam that tests purely on qualities, like the code of conduct exam.

Besides, he just wanted to play around, didn't he? Asakusa Tetsu just wanted to play this kind of plan.

If he's had his fun, had enough, and is satisfied...

Wouldn't that mean they'd start working on improving Class D's performance?

With this in mind, Chabashira Sae decided to stand entirely on Asakusa Toru's side.

Besides holding the class teacher accountable, the school also needs to review a large amount of surveillance footage.

Aside from the points deductions that still need to be implemented even in such situations, the remaining concern is whether such behavior will escalate into more serious conflicts.

If there is no violence and the students are not injured, it can be allowed. But if something happens to the students, the school will bear a heavy responsibility. Even without any procedures, they must stop such things immediately.

This is an emergency response during a crisis, and also a reason or excuse to intervene.

However, the problem is...

It seems, perhaps, probably.

These guys always kept themselves on a safe line.

They've done a lot of provocation and a lot of manipulative things.

But not a single person actually laid a hand on the victim, nor did anyone choose to report others for using violence.

Therefore, for the school to stop this farce, it can only depend on the opinions of the leadership.

Precisely.

It depends on the chairman's thoughts and attitude.

"Arisu, you haven't been harassed, have you?"

The caller on the other end of the line was the one who called immediately.

"Your body is not suited to getting into intense conflicts with others, so please be careful. Just tell me directly if anything happens."

Words of concern, care, and worry.

Despite sending Arisu Sakayanagi to his own school, Narumi Sakayanagi still keeps a close eye on his daughter's health.

This can be seen from his decision to ask Sakayanagi Arisu to stay in a separate room during the sports festival.

He doesn't mind exercising the powers that a chairman should have in such a place.

Regarding the so-called special exam announced by individual students, and the so-called "musical chairs" game, his attitude was actually more inclined towards "whether it will cause Arisu to get hurt."

Can the security of a special exam without a teacher present be guaranteed?

If not, either have Arisu withdraw from the exam in advance to protect her, or simply stop this special exam that wasn't even held by the school.

“Isn’t that more interesting?” Sakayanagi Arisu said casually, “Just let him play until he’s satisfied. Once he’s satisfied, everything will be over smoothly.”

"No need to interfere, do not interfere, and do not interfere."

Yes, there is only one condition for ending, and there has only ever been one.

Sakayanagi Chengmori: "..."

Although he cared a lot about the "him" his daughter mentioned, he couldn't ignore the fact that his intelligent and proud daughter would say such things.

and so.

"I see."