There was no doubt that the group with Sakayanagi Arisu, who had just finished the relay in today's physical fitness test, had come in last. They were bound to have incurred the heaviest penalty in the physical test.
And yet, despite carrying such a fatal weakness, they had still forced their way into third place.
The only way to maintain their lead in the overall score while suffering such a massive loss from a "zero" or extremely low score in the physical events was to achieve an inhuman level of "satisfactory" results in the remaining written test and speech.
They also needed the second- and third-year students in their groups to perform at an exceptionally high level.
"Not a bad result..."
The rankings continued to be announced.
Fourth place, fifth place... until the final Large Group, which had only just scraped past the red Life and Death Line, was revealed.
There were no cries or scenes of students being dragged away on the spot for losing eligibility.
Instead came the usual closing remarks for their weeklong Forest School stay.
"Over the past seven days, everyone..."
Hackneyed, long-winded clichés.
Kazehara Tetsu naturally shut off his auditory receptors.
Rather than waste brainpower on this kind of formalistic drivel, he'd be better off conducting a more enjoyable tally of the spoils.
First came the boys' side.
The first-place group had twelve members directly affiliated with First Year Class A.
They would bring Class A 336 Class Points and 1.08 million Personal Points.
Next was the boys' second-place group.
Hashimoto Masayoshi alone had squeezed out three Class Points and 15,000 Personal Points. It was little more than scraps.
Then came the boys' third-place group.
The group led by Machida Koji.
At this ranking, there was no increase in Class Points.
A solid 189,000 Personal