It was the third day on Cruise Ship. The students, who were immersed in their leisure time, were suddenly interrupted by cell phone ringtones and radio sounds.
Kazehara Tetsu is sitting in the leisure chair on Deck, holding a book in his hand, enjoying the coolness brought by the sea breeze.
The sun shines through the clouds on Deck, casting mottled light and shadow on the pages of his book.
"Dingle bell--"
The prompt on the phone started Sound System, Kazehara Tetsu put down the book and picked up the phone on the small table next to him. A new notification Email was displayed on the screen, and the sender was the school.
At the same time, Cruise Ship's broadcast system began to play notifications.
"I would like to inform all students. The school has just sent Email with contact information to all students. Please confirm your mobile phone number and follow the instructions. In addition, if you do not receive Email, please apply to the nearby faculty and staff. The content of Email is very important, so please be sure not to miss anything. Repeat it again..."
The sound of the broadcast echoed throughout Cruise Ship, and students who were enjoying their vacation time in various corners took out their mobile phones to check.
Deck, mobile phone notifications can be heard everywhere, in the restaurant and in the lounge.
Kazehara Tetsu clicked on Email and read the content carefully.
"Special Exam is about to begin. Students are asked to assemble in their designated rooms and at the designated time. Anyone who is more than ten minutes late will be punished. Please gather at Room 204 on the Second Floor before six o'clock tonight. It will take about twenty minutes, and silence or turn off your mobile phone."
Deck heard wailing sounds one after another.
"No! We just came back from that damn Deserted Island!"
"Why do we have to take the exam again? It's not fair!"
"I thought I could have a good rest on Cruise Ship for a few days..."
The sun was shining on Deck, and the sea breeze was blowing. It was supposed to be a wonderful time to enjoy the vacation, but the tranquility was completely broken by this sudden notification.
The expressions on the students' faces changed from leisurely to distressed. Some covered their faces and sighed helplessly, while others began to discuss the content of the exam anxiously.
Kazehara Tetsu closed the book in his hand and stood up calmly.
The wailing sounds around him were like the cries of seabirds in the distance and had no impact on him.
He has long known about the existence of this exam and also knows the specific content and rules of the exam.
To him, this was just going through the motions.
He straightened his clothes and walked towards the inside of Ship Cabin.
There are still a few hours until the meeting time, so it's time to get ready.
But even though it's just preparation, there's actually nothing special that needs to be done.
He only needs to follow the process and complete tonight's steps, and he will be able to harvest a generous Points tomorrow night.
Time passed by minute by second, the sun gradually set in the west, and the sea surface was dyed golden yellow.
At six o'clock in the evening, Kazehara Tetsu appeared at the door of Room 204 on time.
He raised his hand and tapped Room Door. After receiving the reply "Please come in", he pushed the door open and entered.
The layout of the room is very simple, with a few chairs forming a rough circle and a lecture table in the center.
Majima Tomoya is already sitting behind the desk, sorting out some documents.
Several students have arrived and are sitting quietly in their respective seats.
Kazehara Tetsu glanced around the room and confirmed the identities of the people present.
Takemoto Shigeru is leaning on the back of the chair, looking listless.
Machida Koji lowered his head and played with his fingers.
Ichinose Honami kept her signature gentle smile, and waved when she saw Kazehara Tetsu coming.
In the next ten minutes, students entered the room one after another.
Just before six o'clock, Room Door was pushed away, and Karuizawa Kei rushed in hurriedly.
"Excuse me..."
"Huh? What's going on? Why are Yukimura and the others here?"
"The school should have told you to strictly observe time, but you are late. Take a seat quickly."
"Yes..."
Karizawa replied somewhat unconvincedly to what Majima-sensei said, and then sat on the chair.
"Then I will explain Special Exam next."
"This Special Exam, the school compares all first-year students to stems and branches and divides them into twelve groups. We will hold exams in those Small Group. The purpose of the exam is to test the thinking ability..."
Kazehara Tetsu just listened. For him who knew Original Work, these introductions were of no use to him. He only wanted to know when it would end.
The main thing is that Four Classes is divided into twelve groups on average, and is composed of about three to five people from each class.
This exam uses "Favored One" assigned to each group as the reference point Task.
The school will notify students by sending Email at 8:00 a. m. on the day the exam starts.
At the same time, the fact of being selected will also be communicated to "Favored One".
The exam schedule is from tomorrow to 9pm four days later.
Team members must gather in a designated room twice a day at a designated time and conduct one-hour discussions.
Regarding the answer part, after the exam is over, the school will only accept the answers to "Who is Favored One" between 9:30 pm and 10 pm on the same day.
There are four types of test results.
Result One: Except for Favored One in Small Group and students in class Favored One, if everyone answers correctly, the school will pay all group members Personal Points.
Result 2: Except for Favored One and the students in class Favored One, if any of the group members fails to answer or answers incorrectly, the school will pay Favored One five hundred thousand Personal Points.
Result Three: If someone other than Favored One tells the school the answer before the end of the exam, and the answer is correct, the class to which the answering student belongs will receive fifty points Class Points, and the school will pay the correct answer. The student has five hundred thousand Personal Points. On the contrary, the class whose identity is discovered as Favored One will be punished by deducting fifty points of Class Points. The Small Group exam will end at this point in time.
Result 4: If someone other than Favored One tells the school the answer before the end of the exam, but the answer is wrong, the class to which the student with the wrong answer belongs will be punished by deducting fifty points Class Points. Favored One While will receive five hundred thousand Personal Points, the class to which Favored One belongs will also receive fifty points Class Points. The exam will end at the time when the answer is incorrect.
After Majima Tomoya finished explaining the test content, he handed the students a piece of paper the size of a postcard.
Written on it is the name of the group and the names of a total of fourteen people.
As Majima Tomoya said, students are all composed of A to Class D.
Their group is called "", and the group name also has the same meaning "Rabbit" written in parentheses.
Class A: Kazehara Tetsu, Takemoto Shigeru, Machida Koji
Class B: Ichinose Honami, Hamaguchi Tetsuya, Beppu Ryota
Class C: Ibuki Mio, Manabe Shiho, Yabu Nanami, Yamashita Saki
Class D: Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Karuizawa Kei, Sotohara Hideo, Yukimura Teruhiko
At first, I wanted Kazehara Tetsu to go to Dragon Group, but after looking at it later, I found that if I went to Dragon Group and sorted by Gojuonzu, Kushida Kikyo would be pushed to sixth place.
Then Kazehara Tetsu, Katsuragi Kouhei, Kanzaki Ryuji can all be used as Fifth Place(か).
If this Favored One is occupied, then Class D will have one less Favored One, so there is no choice but to let Kazehara Tetsu go to Rabbit Group.
And Kazehara Tetsu is also Fifth Place in Rabbit Group.