"The cash expenditure you mentioned is the eight Basic Cards announced today, right?" Sumakiden said.
"More or less." Tsukishiro nodded. "This special exam must have five expulsion groups. Anyone who does not want to be expelled will have to pay 5 × 6 million points."
"For this exam, the school will cover the Class Points portion, but the points portion will come out of my own pocket."
"With those cards added, each of the three grades will presumably send out one person with a Nullification Card as one of the final five groups."
"Then students with Halving Cards will fill the remaining two groups that need to be expelled through point deductions, so the points gained from this penalty will be very limited."
"But whether it is the top three, the top 30% of groups, or the top 70% of groups, the point expenditure will only be a few million."
"There is no need to prepare 20 million, is there?" Sumakiden said.
"No, there is." Tsukishiro said. "Ordinary students are not that frightening, but I cannot shake the feeling of unease, so I need to have 20 million ready beforehand."
Was that so?
"Then let us settle this directly." Sumakiden said. "Since Yagami refuses to obey, the adults can step in this time."
"And I will make a move as well."
In other words, the adults were entering the game.
Then—
If the plan failed, not only could Yagami take the blame, but Sumakiden could take it too?
Tsukishiro was happy to see that outcome.
Meanwhile.
Kikyou Kushida had been assigned to contact people.
She moved quickly. In just ten minutes, she had already secured two Additional Cards and one Hitchhiker Card.
And the prices were extremely low.
Each one cost only 50,000 points.
Of course, that was also