The votes had concentrated on Ichinose's Class B rather than the lowest-ranked Class D. Rather, not one of Class A's forty-one students had chosen the supposedly easiest target, Class D.
In other words.
As expected, they had the pride of elites.
But.
"Since unanimous agreement was not reached, we will now have an intermission," Teacher Majima added.
They had ten minutes, during which the students were allowed to leave their seats freely and approach or talk to other students.
It did not matter whether they spoke a little louder or whispered only to specific students.
In other words.
Although their phones had been collected, communication between classmates had not been completely prohibited.
Rather.
Once it had been confirmed that their answers were not unanimous, then.
The students were allowed to persuade one another of their views.
And for Class A's students.
"Then, we will choose Class B as our challenge target next," Arisu Sakayanagi said as she stood up.
The six students who had chosen Class C understood as well.
This was Class A's unanimous decision.
The same question was being carried out in the other classes as well.
The first question was nothing difficult.
It was simply a matter of choosing.
But in Class B.
The first voting results were: Class A, zero votes; Class C, forty votes; Class D, zero votes.
Even after seeing those results, Class B's homeroom teacher could not help making a remark.
Since the classes were different, the answer to the first question had been altered to one of the other three classes, excluding their own.
Still.
Everyone in Class B had lost their fighting spirit. They had all avoided the option of Class A.
And they felt too guilty about picking on Class D, so they chose Class C instead.
"Teacher, your