Four nations' grouping, Tian Shu Kill begins! Ryuen jumps in?

Time flew by, and the last Friday of June arrived in the blink of an eye.

The Tian Shu Sha competition was officially set to begin that morning.

Throughout the week, Classes A, B, and D had conducted numerous practice matches.

After all, the Tian Shu Sha competition only required five players, and the rules were not complicated, making it easy to simulate matches.

I heard that many upperclassmen from the second and third years, upon hearing about the first-year students' special exam rules, had even turned Tian Shu Sha into a private form of entertainment.

For example, if someone lost a match where they were the Lord, they would have to help bring breakfast for a week.

Today, Friday, the participants for the four matches would be announced in advance.

In Class D, as everyone waited anxiously, Teacher Chabashira wrote the grouping overview on the blackboard—

Class D Lord Group:

Position 1 (Class D): Horikita Suzune (Lord)

Position 2 (Class A): Katsuragi Kouhei

Position 3 (Class D): Ayanokoji Kiyotaka

Position 4 (Class C): Ryuen Kakeru

Position 5 (Class B): Ichinose Honami

Class C Lord Group:

Position 1 (Class C): Shiina Hiyori (Lord)

Position 2 (Class B): Kanzaki Ryuji

Position 3 (Class A): Tozuka Yahiko

Position 4 (Class D): Yukimura Teruhiko

Position 5 (Class D): Wang Meiyu

Class B Lord Group:

Position 1 (Class B): Hamaguchi Tetsuya (Lord)

Position 2 (Class D): Karuizawa Kei

Position 3 (Class D): Kushida Kikyo

Position 4 (Class C): Tennoji Kaede

Position 5 (Class A): Sakayanagi Arisu

Class A Lord Group:

Position 1 (Class A): Kamuro Sumire (Lord)

Position 2 (Class C): Kaneda Satoru

Position 3 (Class D): Miyamoto Soshi

Position 4 (Class B): Kobashi Yume

Position 5 (Class D): Hirata Yousuke

After the groupings were released, Class D quickly entered a brief discussion.

Horikita Suzune spoke first, "Miyamoto-kun mentioned it before, I looked into the game similar to this exam."

Miyamoto Soshi's face showed pride. He had made a great contribution this time, and he was determined to win the Room A competition as well!

Horikita continued, "However, unlike the standard five-person game, our Class D has a significant advantage this time. As long as we can determine identities, our Class D can even cooperate across different roles."

"For example, in the situation we simulated before, let's say in Room A where I am, if Ayanokoji-kun were a Rebel, he could completely pretend to kill me once, and then immediately declare himself Loyal, and then go kill another exposed Rebel. This way, we could quickly gain a significant advantage for the Lord's faction and win the Second Tier reward for the class."

The Traitor winning alone is the First Tier, with a reward of 30 weight.

The Lord winning is the Second Tier, with a reward of 25 weight.

But since Class D has more participants, they can also get a reward of 5 weight for being a Loser, which is equivalent to the First Tier reward.

The Rebel winning is the Third Tier, with a reward of only 20 weight if they manage to kill the Lord, which is the least advantageous.

Hirata said, "Now everyone should understand. Even if all 8 of us lose, we will still receive 40 Class Points and 400,000 Private Points. We've already agreed that even if the final outcome is only 400,000 points, it will be divided equally among everyone. And this is just the worst-case scenario for Class D!"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka secretly sighed. This time, Class D was indeed being treated very favorably.

Not only was the upper limit higher than others, but even the lower limit had twice the advantage of other classes.

Also, why was he grouped with Horikita again!?

Ayanokoji genuinely intended to slack off this time, but now it was troublesome. He would have to put in some effort...

After the fixed temporary class meetings for each class concluded, the Tian Shu Sha competition was about to commence.

The 20 first-year participants, according to their groupings and numbers, entered their designated special competition rooms.

Inside each competition room, there were five supervising teachers. Among them, the homeroom teachers of each first-year class were randomly assigned to the four rooms.

For example, Chabashira was in Room B, and Hoshinomia was in Room D.

Inside the rooms were multiple cameras and other equipment, much like a world chess championship.

Meanwhile, students from other first-year classes were currently in their respective classrooms.

Everyone could use a special live-streaming software temporarily installed on their Student Terminals to watch their preferred match rooms.

Of course, if you didn't mind straining your eyes, you could also choose to watch four screens simultaneously.

The Tian Shu Sha match officially begins!

Inside Room B.

Hamaguchi Tetsuya (Lord), Karuizawa Kei, Kushida Kikyo, Tennoji Kaede, and Sakayanagi Arisu stood clockwise around the high-tech round table, occupying seats 1 through 5 respectively.

One of the referees spoke, "Before the match begins, I will send the identities of everyone except the Lord to the identity software on your Student Terminals. After confirming your identities, all terminals will be collected."

"When the match starts, please pay attention to the speaking order and refrain from arguing."

"However, if you experience any special physical condition, such as needing to use the restroom, you may raise your hand and report to the dedicated referee behind you. The match will be paused and not timed. But it is highly discouraged to intentionally pause the match for malicious reasons and waste time. Violators will bear the consequences."

"If there are no questions, please confirm your respective identities. Afterward, the identity software will automatically log out. Then, place your terminals face down on the table. They will be returned after the match ends."

Tennoji Kaede and the other three nodded, took their seats, and after confirming their identities, their terminals were collected by the teachers behind them.

Coincidentally, the person standing behind Tennoji Kaede was Chabashira Sae.

Room B, Lord's room, the match begins.

Except for Hamaguchi Tetsuya's monitor displaying 5 HP, the other four had 4 HP on the surface.

Among them, the Loyalist actually had 3 HP, and the Traitor had 5 HP. Both had the ability to feign death for one round. However, the Loyalist was a landmine, and the Lord could not easily eliminate players with unclear identities who were low on HP, as they might be Loyalists.

However, the match in Room B was the fastest to conclude among the four groups!

The distance display in front of the five players in Room B began to calculate in real-time. In official matches, distance cards were calculated rapidly by machines.

Room B, Round 1 begins:

[Distance Cards: +2, +1, +1, -1, -1]

[Distance Limit: 0-2]

[Loyalist actually has 3 HP (the 4th HP can only last two rounds), Traitor actually has 5 HP (revives with +1 HP the round after death)]

Hamaguchi Tetsuya: "Hello everyone, I am the Lord of Class B, Hamaguchi Tetsuya. Just treat this as a normal game. First off, don't kill me! Haha."

Kaede: "Your distance in the first round is already 2. It seems you drew a +1 distance card. Lord, you're quite lucky."

"Oh right, I'm a Loyalist! But we're not adjacent. With a distance of 2, you can't kill me even after your -1~"

Hamaguchi: "Haha, Kaede, you're really humorous. I can still attack Kushida-san, who is at distance 0, across one seat."

Kushida: "No, no, no, Hamaguchi-kun, I'm the Loyalist!"

Sakayanagi: "Heh, I'm the Traitor. I drew a rather boring role. I can just play around this game."

The other four were inwardly shocked. Was Sakayanagi revealing she was the Traitor right from the start?

When the first-year classes watched the live broadcast, the same-class contestants in the four matches had their identities revealed. Classmates could see their peers' true identities.

However, within the match, the players did not have their terminals, so there was no need to worry about cheating from outside the venue.

At this moment, the members of Class A's Katsuragi Faction were speechless.

Because on their live broadcast display, Sakayanagi Arisu from Class A in Room B was indeed the Traitor...

Wouldn't that mean she could just play however she wanted?

After all, Class A's goal was for the Traitor not to win.

Now, the Traitor was from Class A, and it was Sakayanagi, who had the most laid-back attitude...