"Horikita, do you know how to play chess?"
"Huh?"
After a full week of preparation, the day of Kamio Tatsuya and the other First Years' final Special Exam had finally arrived.
The rules stated that the losing class's Command Tower would be expelled. However, this time, all the Command Towers had Protection Points earned in the Class Vote exam.
As a result, the three Command Towers from the losing classes would simply lose the Protection Points they had just received.
Although nobody would be expelled in this exam, that didn't mean they could afford to relax. A single misstep could allow a lower-ranked class to overtake them.
Class A currently had 1,007 Class Points, while Class B had 871—a difference of just 136 points.
The first-place class in this exam would receive an additional 200 Class Points from the school, on top of the Points earned for each victory.
So if Class B won, it could easily return to Class A.
Class C currently had 501 Class Points. With a little luck, it wasn't impossible for them to leapfrog a class and become Class B.
Even with a 500-point gap, a comeback was still possible.
If the third-years' final exam was like this too...
Then Horikita Manabu really didn't have any reason to relax yet.
Before the exam began, just before leaving the classroom, Kamio Tatsuya looked once more at the students in Class C.
"Although we've already decided which events each person will participate in, the situation could change in an instant. Even if the lineup ends up differing from what we agreed on beforehand, I hope you'll stay calm and handle it."
"Enough. Get going. With me here, things won't get chaotic. You're the one who needs to keep your head."
Hearing Ryuen's slightly impatient reply, Kamio