While Teacher Majima, Class A's homeroom teacher, announced the exam rules, the same rules were also being announced throughout the school.
Leaving aside the first-years for now, among the second-years—
Class 2-D.
Only thirty-eight students remained in the class. Last month, everyone had realized that becoming second-years had not improved their situation.
The monthly special exams were still ongoing, and most students still faced all kinds of expulsion threats.
At the same time—
Because of Kōenji's departure, most of the students were emotionally volatile.
However, it was already the 12th, and their dissatisfaction had gradually subsided. Some students even wanted Hirata to find Kōenji.
Since Kōenji no longer belonged to Class D, couldn't the portion of Class Points that belonged to him be returned to everyone?
Even if they could not get all of it back, getting half back would be fine.
And now, at the podium—
"As the seven team formation patterns shown in the possible combinations list indicate, a group can still be formed even with only one person."
"Although the benefits will decrease, there will not be any particular problems. The upcoming special exam has been designed so that it can proceed regardless of group size. This mechanism permits both boys and girls to take on the challenge alone."
Sae Chabashira explained the rules while using the display screen as a blackboard.
Suzune watched the screen, gripping her pen as she simplified the exam rules and summarized the key points in her notebook.
This had been a reminder Kikyou Kushida had specifically sent her after learning that Teacher Chabashira would announce the special exam today.
The reason was that there were few students in the class who were good at thinking, so they might not understand the rules very well.
In other words, she was asking Horikita