How Much of Your Pride Do You Have Left?

However, there are also significant differences between the objects that may be affected.

He will surely harbor even greater resentment.

It will definitely be selected.

There was only one person.

Hirata Yosuke.

That's right, it's Hirata Yosuke, who is a classmate but has been kind and helpful to Yamauchi Haruki many times, even in the situation just now.

Hashimoto Masayoshi knew all too well what people like Yamauchi Haruki were thinking.

He certainly wouldn't resent these insignificant people, not even Asakusa Toru.

The person he hates the most is definitely Hirata Yosuke.

After Hashimoto Masayoshi was chosen as the member of Class B, only Class C remained to complete the bond between the four classes and obtain the highest benefit.

If we're choosing based on ability, the best choice is definitely Ryuen; he's very strong.

However, Ryuen would be the option that Yamauchi Haruki would immediately reject.

Because he definitely won't listen, and might even overshadow me in the group.

That Yamada Albert? That black man looks very intimidating.

No, no, no, I can't control him.

Ishizaki, Komiya, Kaneda...

Never mind, I'll just pick one randomly.

"It's you, yes, it's you, come here quickly."

The man pointed out by Yamauchi Haruki.

His name is 'Tokito Yuya'.

He was just a random passerby on the street.

Besides the three students from other classes who could be used to form bonds, Yamauchi Haruki also needed to consider the remaining eleven classmates from his own class.

Excluding Koenji Rokusuke, who was equally disobedient, he simply assembled his team based on the closeness of his personal relationships with others.

As for the second and third grades...

Yamauchi Haruki didn't recognize any of them.

I wanted to form a group with students from Class A in the third grade, but when I thought about how Horikita Manabu was imitating talking earlier, I felt that Class 3-A wouldn't be suitable.

The second-grader also wanted to join a group composed of students from Class A, but... oh, Kiriyama Ikuto seems to be from Class B... so let's choose Class A then!

Although he made this judgment, compared to him who quickly formed his own groups, the other grades still needed to carefully consider their choices before forming groups and then larger groups.

Because someone who seemed to represent them was speaking up, although they weren't entirely at ease, Yamauchi obediently submitted the list of those in charge to the school Yamauchi pressure.

Yamauchi Haruki became the person in charge.

Chapter 284 How Much Self-Esteem Do You Have Left?

The grouping for the boys is still under consideration, with each leader from the three grades having their own considerations.

As for the girls...

"Asahina, nice to meet you."

Ichinose Honami smiled and took Asahina Nazuna's hand.

They have completed the group formation.

Class 2-B Asahina Nazuna; Class 3-A: Tachibana Akane; Class 1-A Ichinose Honami.

And Sakayanagi Arisu from First-Year Class B, Shiina Hiyori from First-Year Class C, Horikita Suzune from Class 1-D.

The women's team completed the selection of their roster very efficiently.

The person in charge of Class 2-B is indeed Asahina, but unfortunately, the person in charge of Class 3-A is not Tachibana Akane. Now that she has separated from Horikita Manabu, she doesn't really have the courage to take on the role of person in charge. However, it's fine to use her name as a substitute for the Class 3-A group.

The other names were all expected, but Class D was Horikita Suzune instead of Kushida Kikyo.

This was actually... a little unexpected, but also quite reasonable.

There are 19 girls in Class D, and after Sakura Airi transferred to the class, it became impossible to achieve a balance with the boys.

In this exam, a group can have a maximum of fifteen people. Even without considering bringing in students from other classes, there will inevitably be four students left out.

Yes, because first-year students are divided into six groups, these four who are left out can go to other classes, just like Horikita Suzune went to Ichinose Honami's group.

This conveniently resulted in the girls' group of fifteen from Class D coming in last and incurring the biggest point deduction, which also met Asakusa Toru's expectations.

But the situation certainly cannot be considered that way.

The only core members who could be in charge were Karuizawa Kei and Kushida Kikyo. Neither of them needed to risk dropping out of school and dragging the class down to the bottom.

Class D is not like the other three classes; there are no extra Class Points to save someone. If someone drops out, it's a real dropout, the kind that can't be reversed.

Instead of trying to protect those few Class Points, it's better to protect yourself first.

The first thing to do is to motivate the students in the class to work hard. Whether it's to protect themselves or to minimize the loss of Private Points, they need to maximize their efforts, which means inviting one student from each of the other three classes to form a group.

This way, if you work hard and get into the top three, you can get a 4.5 times Private Points reward. With such an incentive, students might be more motivated to work hard.

Even if you don't get into the top three, as long as you're not in the bottom three, you'll still lose fewer Private Points.

Keep in mind that the sixth-place finisher loses 20,000 Private Points each, and with that little money they earn each month, they can't possibly save any money.

If all the money is deducted, that's fine; you can transfer the money to someone else to avoid the penalty.

However, this Special Exam employs a rather unique debt mechanism, where deductions of Private Points and Class Points will result in debt.

They will not allow any loopholes; they will pay this money in full.

Actually, some girls went to Ichinose Honami with the thought, "Isn't Class A going to manipulate the exam? Let them manipulate it! They'll definitely make up for the Private Points they lost in the end, right?"

Unfortunately, she said with a face full of apology:

"I can't make that decision. If you want, please complete the group assignments and then, during dinner time when men and women can meet, I'll try to discuss the strategy with Toru a little."

"So please treat this exam as a normal Special Exam until then."

Therefore, the girls in Class D could only hesitate with some anxiety and formed a group that, while not necessarily the best, was probably not the worst.

12+3

Of the remaining seven, Horikita Suzune was taken away, leaving six. Logically, the remaining first-year students should form four groups, meaning at least three of them should go out, and the remaining three could form any group with the scattered students.

However, considering that Sakayanagi Arisu from Class B and Shiina Hiyori from Class C went to Ichinose Honami's group, there was really no backbone among the students from the other classes, and no one could step forward to take on the responsibility of being in charge.

Even if each of the four classes were forced to form four groups, there would still be two gaps where someone would need to lead a team.

Chihiro Shiraha from Class A volunteered to lead a group as its leader, and the remaining members still need to form a group.

After much hesitation, rather than letting everyone pass the buck, Kushida Kikyo raised her hand and accepted the role of leader of this scattered group.

Karuizawa Kei was assigned to lead the original group in Class D.

The reason they would be willing to take the risk of dropping out of school is simple.

The girls didn't feel like they would be abandoned; even if they were to be expelled from school, he would definitely find a way to help them.

Huh? Other classes' Class Points can't help cancel the expulsion penalty? Even with 20 million Class Points, you'll still be expelled without any deductions? While deductions can be negative, can't the expulsion penalty be canceled without sufficient Class Points?

You could calculate your grades before the exam ends and pay to transfer to another class or pay double points to cancel the punishment before it's handed down, but if that's the case, it's better not to cancel it at all.

Yes, that's how we made him drop out of school, so he would feel guilty and responsible.

Then...

They received emotional compensation.

Perhaps this is actually a better outcome for the girls.

In short, the group rosters for the girls' side have been basically finalized. After reporting them, all that's left to do is take the exams step by step.

Formal classes at the Forest School begin tomorrow, Friday morning, and end next Wednesday.

The first night was free time. At 6:00 AM the next morning, music started playing and everyone got up to do some activities.

Morning tasks: cleaning, meditation session, large class.

Perhaps to help students adapt to university life in advance, students from all three years gathered in one large classroom and attended classes without assigned seats.

Physical education class starts at noon, and since a road relay race is scheduled for the last day, it's necessary to maintain physical activity.

Friday quickly came to an end.

Perhaps to allow students a little time to adjust, Saturday isn't a big deal.

After skipping Sunday's rest day, the main program of the Forest School officially began on Monday.

The four-hour physical education class was used to familiarize ourselves with the 18-kilometer round-trip relay route in advance.

Tuesday through Wednesday is basically the same, with physical education classes mixed with regular classes, and activities such as meditation, chanting, and speeches alternating.

On the Thursday following the end of the course, they will complete tests in areas such as 'Zen, public speaking, road relay race, and written exam' to determine the final results.

The trip lasted a total of eight days and seven nights.

In terms of content, there's nothing particularly surprising; you could say that most of the strategy in the Special Exam revolves around team formation.

Once the team composition is finalized, the outcome is essentially decided to some extent.

Therefore, compared to tedious and boring class content...

Sakayanagi Arisu, however, chose to focus her attention more on Ichinose Honami.

The early rising routine, the poise during meditation, and the physical fitness demonstrated in PE class.

Although Sakayanagi Arisu intended to have a long chat with Ichinose Honami when she decided to join the other's group, before that...

Let her watch it quietly for a while first.

Observe and consider.

Then we talked.

Over the past two days of classes, the students in the large group have gradually adapted to life at the Forest School. Tomorrow is Sunday, a day off, so they can slow down a bit.

Although many students were worried that they would end up being the last one selected by the person in charge and be expelled for the same reason, most students gradually began to enjoy the rare Forest School life.

... Of course, many more students felt uncomfortable because their devices were confiscated and they had nothing to hold in their hands.

Sakayanagi Arisu didn't seem to have any trouble adjusting. Although she did access most of her information through electronic devices, she wasn't at the point where she couldn't stay still without them.

She does have that much focus.

Although tomorrow is a rest day, in order to help students get used to their routines over the past eight days, the dormitory lights were turned off early today as usual.

The girl silently counted the time, and only when she felt the breathing of her classmates around her gradually become calm did she slowly get up.

Walking stick, walking stick...

Ah, found it.

Feeling around, she grabbed her cane, propped herself up, and then gently pushed open the door, slipping out silently through the crack.

The night wind was quite cool, making her bare feet, which weren't yet wearing shoes, feel slightly cold.

Without much hesitation, she quickly put on the white over-the-knee socks, and feeling the enveloping sensation on her small feet, Sakayanagi Arisu felt a little more at ease.

Wearing socks and shoes, she didn't intend to go far. She simply glanced around before heading straight to the pavilion not far away and sitting down.

The rustling sound of falling leaves echoed the turning pages of Diary, a silent exchange of thoughts at night.

Although it was a routine Special Exam, just like the last [Paper Shuffle], perhaps because the exam itself was too boring and there was nothing to spoil, he didn't write anything serious. Instead, he directly and simply treated his diary entries from these days as a public one-way communication.

The content of the diary is irrelevant; what matters to Sakayanagi Arisu is what updating the diary represents.

The fact is that neither he, she, nor any of them had gone to sleep.