The leaves outside the window have turned yellow, and the autumn wind in mid-November is beating against the glass window miserably.
Kouiku High School Autumn always seems to come very quickly. The original heat of summer in the air has long since disappeared, replaced by a coolness.
The air of First Year Class A is not filled with the joy of surviving a disaster like other classes. Instead, there is a kind of calm called "naturally".
For all members of Midterm Exam to pass with high scores, this seems to Class A to be as natural as daily breathing.
But that's not the point today.
What really made everyone move away from the chat was the class teacher Majima Tomoya on the podium.
"This concludes the summary of Midterm Exam."
Majima's voice was deep and deep. He closed Report Card's folder and made a dull sound. "The next thing is the focus of today."
"The next thing I want to talk about is business. About Final Exam in the second semester."
"Although there is still some time before the end of the semester, the school's special rules for Final Exam will be implemented in the first phase next week."
There was a slight commotion from the audience.
"Is there still another exam?"
"I just finished my midterm exam..."
"Quiet."
Majima's voice was not loud, but the majesty of the class teacher For Class A instantly suppressed all the noise, "I know some of you may have heard the news through some channels, and have even started reviewing. But I still want to formally emphasize it..."
He raised a finger and sounded serious.
"This time Quiz, there is only one week left."
There was a slight commotion from the audience.
Although it is not difficult for Class A to prepare eight subjects in one week, this sudden arrangement obviously disrupted the rhythm of many people.
Kazehara Tetsu was sitting by the window, holding his chin with one hand and looking out the window.
Majima ignored the students' reaction and said, "Quiz, there are a few points that must be explained."
"First, Quiz has a total of 100 questions, and Perfect Score has a score of 100. But the content is difficult..."
He paused and glanced at Full Court, "It's only the third grade of junior high school."
"Third year of junior high school?"
"Isn't that a score question?"
Some people chuckled, as if they felt that such a difficult test was an insult to people's IQ.
"Second, the results of Quiz this time will not have any direct impact on your Personal Points or Class Points. Even if you score zero or 100 points on the test, it will not matter at the level of 'score'."
This is even more confusing.
Not included in the score, the difficulty level is ridiculously low.
What does the school want to do?
"Huh? Then why take the test? Is it a waste of ink?" Hashimoto Masayoshi leaned lazily on the back of the chair, turning the pen in his hand with a cynical smile on his lips.
"Of course it's not meaningless." Majima looked at Hashimoto, his eyes became sharp, "Because... the result of this Quiz will directly determine your 'life or death' in Final Exam."
As soon as the words "life and death" came out, the originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"School Authority stipulates that you will be forced to form a 'two partner' with another person in the class based on your Quiz performance ranking this time."
"This partner will challenge the real Final Exam in the form of 'Communal Body'."
"Final Exam also has eight subjects, each with fifty points, and a total of four hundred questions. As for the standard of 'Expulsion'..."
"First, all subjects have a minimum of Passing Score... sixty points."
He paused and glanced at the whole class, "But this time the sixty points refers to the 'total' score of the two partners."
"Total?"
"That is to say..."
Majima gave an example, "If among all of you here, Kazehara Tetsu and... for example, Katsuragi Kouhei form a pair. Then, even if Katsuragi gets zero points in that subject, as long as Kazehara Tetsu can get 60 points in that subject, both of them will be safe."
"Oh..."
There was a burst of exclamation in the classroom, even mixed with a few relaxed exhales.
This rule sounds... almost too permissive.
The two of them totaled sixty points?
What does this mean for Class A?
This means that even if one of them is a complete idiot, as long as the other person can get sixty points, both people's lives can be saved.
But in Class A, if you pick a random person out and score an 80 or 90 on a normal high school difficult test paper, it's like picking something out of a bag.
"As long as I can team up with an excellent partner with good grades, wouldn't this be an easy exam that I can pass while lying down?"
A boy in the front row couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, with a happy face on his face.
Indeed.
If there is a strong alliance, for example, Kazehara Tetsu and Sakayanagi Arisu team up, both of them can get Perfect Score in any test, with a total score of two hundred, while Passing Score is only sixty. This is as easy as eating and drinking.
But Majima Tomoya obviously saw through these students' thoughts.
"Quiet."
Majima's voice is not loud, but it carries unquestionable majesty.
"Don't be too happy too early."
"I just said that there are two Expulsion benchmarks. What I just mentioned is only the first one."
"The second red line is about the determination of 'total score'."
He wrote a series of numbers on the blackboard.
"Except for a single subject that cannot be less than sixty points, if the 'total score' of the two of you in the eight subjects does not meet the standard, you will also be judged to have failed. Both of you will be Expulsion."
"Although School Authority has not yet given the specific passing standard number for this session, it usually fluctuates based on the average score of the entire school. But refer to the data from previous years..."
Majima Write a big "700" on the blackboard.
"Probably around 700 points."
"Seven hundred points."
This time, everyone fell silent and began to calculate quickly in their minds.
Seven hundred points.
Two people, eight courses, a total of sixteen single subject scores.
The result is...
43.75 points.
In other words, if two people are added together, each person must get an average of 43.75 points or more in each course.
This number still sounds low.
"As for the specific matching rules... the school will explain the specific rules after Quiz announces the results."
The originally suppressed discussion in the classroom suddenly broke out.
"Hey, what does this mean? Quiz decided to match? Is it based on the score?"
"If the first and second place were paired together, wouldn't they be invincible?"
"What if the first place and the last place are paired together? That kind of complementary form?"
Speculations are swirling in the air.
Kazehara Tetsu was still sitting in his seat and did not participate in the heated discussion around him.
"Although I really want to say that this is all..." Majima Tomoya stood on the podium and looked down.
"If it's just a test, even if it's a so-called 'partner', it's probably just a slightly troublesome daily routine for Class A."
"But in this Final Exam, there is another more special challenge."