Luxury cruise ship, Fourth Basement Floor.
This was the lowest level inside the luxury cruise ship.
There were neither individual rooms for people to stay in nor facilities for entertainment here. There were only workrooms like engine rooms and switchboard rooms.
Normally, no one was allowed to enter this floor. Only the ship's crew used it, and even they only came down here when necessary. Usually, there was not a single person in sight. There were only two entrances: one connected to the emergency stairs and was not open, while the other was for daily use. The layout was simple and straightforward.
But today, the place was packed with people.
Every one of them was a first-year student.
"Why are we gathering here?"
"Could there be something that needs to be announced after the exam ends?"
"Then they could announce it somewhere else. Why choose this place?"
"Who knows..."
The first-year students gathered together, each class occupying a different corner and forming four separate groups, their noisy chatter echoing through the area.
Naturally, the central figures of each class were present as well.
Katsuragi Kohei had been thinking about this question from the very beginning. He kept looking around, trying to spot something.
Ryuen Kaito, on the other hand, had fallen silent. With his hands in his pockets and his eyes flickering, no one knew what he was thinking.
Ichinose Honami stood in the middle of her own class, discussing the matter with the people around her.
Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, Hirata Yosuke, and the others were also here, standing with their Class D classmates with deeply puzzled expressions.
Everyone was thinking the same thing.
"What's the point of gathering in a place like this?"
Horikita Suzune had been pondering that question as well.
"It is indeed strange."
Kushida Kikyo