Required participants: Two.
Rules: The match followed the basic rules of archery. The competitor with the highest score won.
Command Tower authority: One arrow could be invalidated, allowing it to be shot again.
Class D had chosen this event because one of its students, Miyake Akito, was a member of the Archery Club.
Ayanokoji glanced at Kamio Tatsuya and then selected Class A, but Ichinose still refused. Next came Class B, and Kamuro refused as well.
Ichinose refused because she wasn't confident. Kamuro, on the other hand, refused because she wanted to hold out as long as possible until Class B drew Chess.
And this was naturally part of Kamio Tatsuya's calculations.
When it was Class C's turn, Kamio Tatsuya accepted immediately, just as he'd expected.
The reason he'd chosen Class A and Class B despite knowing they would refuse was that Class C also had an Archery Club member named Yoshimoto Kousei.
And apparently, Yoshimoto was even better than Miyake.
Normally, they'd naturally go after the weaker opponent, so they had to choose Class A and Class B first. It would be unreasonable to pick Class C right away.
But if Class C was chosen only after Class A and Class B refused, then even if Class C lost, neither of the other classes would suspect that Class C and Class D had teamed up.
In short, until they sent a class packing, Class C and Class D couldn't afford to let their relationship come to light.
Once the opponent was decided, Kamio Tatsuya and Ayanokoji each selected their competitors.
Although the event called for two participants, everyone knew it would really be a one-on-one match between Yoshimoto and Miyake. The other two were just there to make up the numbers.
The archery match went quickly, and Yoshimoto and