A Spy's Been Exposed? No, This Is a Chance to Win Over Class B's Little Angel! (Continued)

"The group assignments and exam rules have now been sent to you."

"The focus of this exam is to test your Thinking ability."

"So I won't say much more."

Teacher Majima said.

He wouldn't say much more—in other words, the students needed to think for themselves.

Thinking ability, in other words, meant the ability to think and deliberate deeply.

Oreki looked at the sheet he had received.

The first thing he saw was the list of members assigned to each group.

Class A: Shigeru Takemoto, Koji Machida, Houtarou Oreki.

Class B: Honami Ichinose, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Ryota Beppu.

Class C: Mio Ibuki, Shiho Manabe, Yabu Nanami, Saki Yamashita.

Class D: Akito Miyake, Kei Karuizawa, Hideo Sotomura, Yukimura Teruhiko.

It seemed people had been selected from each class, though not every class had four members. Some only had three students.

Based on the entire grade's total of 160 students, they had been divided into twelve groups of thirteen or fourteen people each.

The twelve groups were named after the twelve zodiac animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

Oreki's group was the Rabbit Group.

Other than the Class C members, he had actually already gathered information on everyone listed here.

However.

When he touched the paper with both hands, he realized it was double-sided. He could tell from the texture as he picked it up that there was writing on both sides.

``` [This exam is centered around the "VIP" assigned to each group.

1. At 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, the school will send all students an email notification. At the same time, those selected as "VIPs" will be informed of their selection.

2. The exam period will begin tomorrow and end at 9:00 p.m. three days later.

3. Group members must gather in the designated