As for Katsuragi, he fell silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"I don't think I need to answer that, do I? My crushing defeat on the Uninhabited Island already said it all."
In other words, Katsuragi wasn't confident either.
"So I don't think this class can afford to lose Sakayanagi. She says she doesn't have any information, but if we want to beat Class C, she's still our best bet.
That's why I don't think we can risk Sakayanagi getting expelled by making her the Command Tower for this exam."
"But Sakayanagi just said there might still be a chance to win..."
"That's enough. In this situation, if Sakayanagi became the Command Tower, she'd almost certainly lose." Seeing that the students still wanted to say something, Katsuragi cut them off.
"Lose for sure? W-why?"
"It's simple. The students serving as the Command Towers for the other classes are already more or less obvious: Ichinose for Class B, Ryuen or Kamio for Class C, and Ayanokoji for Class D.
"If Sakayanagi became the Command Tower, there's no doubt the other three classes would join forces to target her."
Katsuragi was right. If Sakayanagi became the Command Tower, regardless of what Ichinose did, Kamio Tatsuya certainly wouldn't hold back. He'd team up with Ayanokoji to get Sakayanagi expelled.
Without Sakayanagi, Class B would immediately lose its chance to compete for first place. Even Ichinose wouldn't pass up the chance to cripple a class so easily.
And when the time came, each class would surely choose events they were confident they could win.
Class B's overall ability might be better than that of the other classes, but the difference wasn't that great. Class B, in particular, wasn't far behind.
If this exam were a one-on-one contest between classes, they might just