Chapter 238
In this way, he simultaneously controlled Kiriyama Class and Asahina Class in his second year. The combined strength of these two superior classes far surpassed that of the original Class C and Class D in the second year.
After the results of the Mixed Training Camp Exam are released, and one student from each of the Boys' Dormitory' and Girls' Dormitory is chosen as a scapegoat, the two previously inferior classes should now know their true capabilities.
"Hehe~ That's great, let's all look forward to the final exam tomorrow!"
After patting Asahina Nazuna on the shoulder, Aragaki Shun noticed that it was getting late and, seeing that his senior didn't seem to have anything else to say, decided to leave and return to his dormitory.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to pull his right hand back, it was grabbed by the girl wearing a sunflower hair clip.
With a hint of confusion, Aragaki Shun looked down and met Asahina Nazuna's gaze. He inexplicably saw a stubbornness in her star-studded purple eyes, as if she had made up her mind about something.
What's going on here?
"You wicked junior," the Flat-ground-tripping Senior took a deep breath, smiling as she gestured to the Protection Talisman in her hand, "Do you believe in fate? Do you believe that people are attracted to each other?"
"..."
Upon hearing this somewhat perplexing question, Aragaki Shun paused for a moment, actually putting his mind to work for a few seconds.
But feeling the softness of the girl's small hands, and gazing at the delicate face beneath the expectant gaze of his senior, the man's thoughts suddenly drifted off to who-knows-where...
What's all this talk about fate or attraction? Isn't it just a simple appreciation of beauty, lust at first sight, or, to put it more nicely, love at first sight and being unable to forget it?
Aragaki Shun is quite confident in his looks and charm.
If it were someone else, like Yamauchi Haruki or Kanji Ike, and these weirdos found Asahina Nazuna's Protection Talisman, he guarantees their first reaction wouldn't be to think about fate, but rather to simply deny that the Protection Talisman belonged to them.
In more serious cases, the girl may even develop psychological trauma as a result, and never dare to try similar games again.
But to say that there's no such thing as fate in this world... even Aragaki Shun doesn't believe it.
After all, the Source Power he possesses is, to some extent, the culmination of luck and global attention.
So, after careful consideration, the boy's answer to the expectant girl was:
"Fate itself has countless possibilities; destiny should be the moment you are willing to accept it and are moved by it."
If I like the development, then it's fate; if it's annoying, then it's nothing.
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"I see..."
Whether satisfied or dissatisfied, Aragaki Shun only saw his senior in front of him first appear thoughtful, then suddenly break into a radiant smile.
"It seems I've truly met my soulmate."
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"You mischievous junior, I've practically given you the whole class now, so don't you dare scare me like that again!"
318. The Mixed Training Camp Exam has ended; both groups failed.
On the last day of the Mixed Training Camp, the 36 groups, including both boys and girls, were about to face their final assessment.
After breakfast, under the arrangement of the faculty and staff, Aragaki Shun led his group members to the designated classroom.
At this moment, the senior students from the same group had already arrived. The Leader of Class A glanced calmly at the second-year students, formerly from Class C, who were in a state of excitement, seemingly fantasizing about their bright future.
Perhaps in their eyes, being able to form a large group with Class 1-A and Class A of the Third Year they have already secured victory in this Special Exam; they're invincible with their momentum.
And that is indeed the case!
The large group that Aragaki Shun and Manabu Horikita belong to is bound to be the top team in the Mixed Training Camp. As a supporting member, the original Class C of the second year can also take advantage of this to gain a lot of Class Evaluation Points and Private Points.
So, what will be the price to pay for gaining so many benefits for no reason?
I was secretly looking forward to seeing how these second-year delinquents would react after the exam results came out.
Aragaki Shun smiled gently and calmly led the first-year students to find their places in the classroom.
After that, accompanied by the ringing of the bell, the teacher in charge of this group's assessment entered the classroom and began explaining the exam content.
Although the group exams are a mix of students from the entire academic year, the exams are still conducted by academic year, and the group exams only affect the overall ranking.
As expected, the exam consisted of four parts: [Zen], [Speech], [Relay], and [Written Exam]. There were no unexpected additional requirements.
Because there are over four hundred Advanced Nurturing students, if everyone were to take the same assessment at the same time, the entire Forest School would become extremely crowded. Therefore, the school decided to have each grade take turns using different examination venues, thus staggering the four parts.
For example, the assessment for first graders starts with meditation, followed by Written Exam in the next classroom, then a relay Relay, and finally Speech.
On the other hand, the second-year students' first event was Relay, which was very difficult right from the start, while the Third Year seemed to start with Speech.
After explaining these basic rules, the teachers began to lead each grade to different examination locations. For example, all the first-grade boys gathered in the Meditation Hall.
"Now, the meditation exam will begin. The scoring criteria have two parts: the manners and movements when entering the Dojo, and whether there were any disorderly moments during meditation. After meditation, everyone should wait in the classroom for instructions on the next exam."
"Next, students whose names are called, please line up in order to take the exam. Let's begin: Class A, Kanzaki Ryuji; Class B, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka..."
As the words fell, the proctor began calling out everyone's names, but the order in which they were called seemed rather strange, making it impossible to discern any pattern.
"Unlike regular group sessions, will attendance be randomly called during the exam?"
Among the crowd waiting for the exam, some students with average mental fortitude instinctively held their breath.
Over the past week, although everyone has repeatedly reinforced their meditation practice, it has all been done in small groups, and they have been sitting with people they know well while meditating.
However, this time the school deliberately shuffled the order and forcibly assigned a group of unfamiliar students together, which to some extent could be considered as putting psychological pressure on the candidates in order to increase the difficulty of the exam.
This small detail shows how seriously the school took this exam.
However, the Leader of Class A was not worried about his group's performance. After all, the people in his group were either elites from Class A or core members of the top-ranked teams from the other three classes, so they would not be affected by such petty tricks.
Soon, Aragaki Shun was also called into the Meditation Hall by the teacher, where he completed his assessment task with a standard posture.
After some time, the meditation session for all the first-grade students was successfully completed.
Everyone left the examination room in an orderly manner. During this time, there would be a period of rest for everyone, and those who were strict with themselves could also prepare for the next Written Exam.
With only 10 minutes of free time, last-minute cramming is unlikely to be very effective.
Fortunately, the written test questions were basically based on what we had learned during this Mixed Training Camp. As long as we were diligent and grasped the key points, it was easy to get at least 90 points, if not a perfect score.
Unless you're the kind of person who's particularly bad at thinking and doesn't pay any attention in class, it's quite difficult to get a low score on a test of average difficulty.
In Aragaki Shun's group, there was naturally no such fool. The only variable Koenji Rokusuke. Even if he was willing to abandon his unique aesthetics and deliberately hand in a blank paper and get a zero, his score alone could not possibly drag down the average score of the entire group of more than forty people.
Therefore, the second part of the exam also concluded smoothly.
After leaving the exam room, the group members gathered together for a brief score estimation.
Although estimating the score wouldn't change the outcome and might only change their mood, everyone present concluded that the Written Exam was relatively easy overall.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the members of Aragaki Shun's group in the first group should all achieve near-perfect scores, and the scores of the other groups shouldn't be too far off either.
Moreover, judging from the appearance of the other students in the Meditation Hall, just like in Written Exam, it seems that there is not much difference in scores among them in meditation.
In this way, as long as you can make full use of the knowledge you have learned this week, you can get high scores in the three subjects of meditation, written test and Speech by grasping the key points.
Therefore, the most crucial factor affecting exam results is the Relay that follows.
In this kind of competition that is mainly based on physical fitness, you either succeed or you fail. You won't see any dramatic changes just because of a few days of training.
After the break, everyone followed the teacher to the next examination room.
Upon exiting, I saw several large vans parked outside; it seemed they were going to use them to transport each student to their designated baton-receiving position.
After everyone was on the truck, the faculty member in the passenger seat began explaining the rules of the Relay:
--[The total distance of the Relay race is 18 kilometers;]
--[Each student must run at least 1.2 kilometers;]
--[The interval between baton relay positions must be a multiple of 1.2 kilometers;]
--[If an unforeseen accident prevents the completion of the entire course or the achievement of the shortest distance, the participant will be disqualified.]
The distance of the Relay race is 18 kilometers. Because the rules require each person to run at least 1.2 kilometers, in a group of 15 people, everyone is required to run 1.2 kilometers.
In reality, apart from the first-year girls' group, none of the other groups could reach the full 15-person capacity.
After all, a large number of students dropped out in the second and Third Year, and four boys in the first year were also expelled for taking photos without permission.
Therefore, in these groups, there will be situations where there are not enough people, and some students need to run errands for two or more people.
However, this might not be bad news. If the vacated spots are given to physically fit students who run longer distances, their final results might be significantly better than if everyone ran a fixed 1.2 kilometers at full capacity.
For example, if the overpowered Leader of Class A is in a 9-person group, then even if the other 8 people only run the basic section, Aragaki Shun can still take on the remaining 7 people's share and still win the Relay. It would be even easier than if 15 people ran together.
"There are 14 people in our group, so I will run the last leg, covering the 2.4-kilometer distance for two people."
Instead of discussing it, he gave instructions directly. After seeing that no one else had any objections, Aragaki Shun turned his gaze to Koenji Rokusuke.
"Also, you'll be the first runner, Koenji. Don't deliberately slack off or fall too far behind."
Faced with the ambiguous smile and hint from the Leader of Class A, Beautiful Brother blew on her blond hair and casually made an OK sign.
He certainly understood the profound thoughts behind Aragaki Shun's meaningful arrangement.
Ultimately, in Relay, even with the best efforts of all teammates, victory is not guaranteed. Conversely, if any participant decides to cause trouble, the entire team is doomed to lose.
In this way, it would be exceptionally easy for Koenji Rokusuke to disrupt Aragaki Shun's plan—all he had to do was stroll around leisurely after receiving the baton or simply stop and spin in place, and no matter how hard the rest of the team tried, they would not be able to take first place.
That's why Aragaki Shun wanted to be the last runner in order to secure a good result in the group stage of this Relay.
If the Leader of Class A discovers that someone ahead of him is deliberately dragging things out, making it impossible for him to win by the time he takes over, then he will keep dragging things out, bringing the entire group down to last place.
At that time, as the group leader, he will definitely designate Koenji Rokusuke to be buried alive with.
Beautiful Brother was fully aware of this threat, so when the Relay officially started, as the first runner, he still tried to run at a suitable pace.
With the help of the rest of the group, Aragaki Shun easily and quickly reached the finish line in first place.
At this stage of the exam, only the [Speech] related content remains.
For most first-graders, nothing is worse than having to give Speech after a strenuous run.
I wonder if the school's arrangement was influenced by a twisted sense of humor.
But in any case, once this final part is completed, this week-long Mixed Training Camp Exam will truly come to an end.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At 5 p. m., the Special Exam came to an end.
Just like on the first day, all the boys were asked by the teachers to gather in the Gymnasium.
Before long, the girls from the neighboring school building also began to appear here.
Aragaki Shun spotted Ichinose Honami, Shiina Hiyori, and Yamamura Miki in the crowd; he could see the weariness on the girls' faces.
Fortunately, everyone took good care of themselves, and no one was injured while running on the mountain track during the exam.
After all the students had gathered, several groups who felt they hadn't performed well began to hold their breath.
Next, they should be announcing the results of the Special Exam for boys and girls, right?
"Thank you all for your hard work during these eight days at the Forest School. Overall, this year's results are better than last year, and I believe that your teamwork is one of the important reasons for this."
Under the watchful eyes of over four hundred students, a stranger who appeared to be in his fifties walked onto the podium and delivered a report to everyone while maintaining a smile throughout.
It seems he is the one specifically in charge of this Forest School; at least Aragaki Shun has never seen such a staff member at Advanced Nurturing.
"Hehe~ I won't waste any more words. Next, I'll announce the top-scoring student in the Boys' Dormitory. I'll only mention the name of the Third Year student leader in this group. All Student Council in this group will receive reward points later."
After this explanation, the faculty member slowly read out the names:
"The group led by Manabu Horikita from Class 3-A came in first place."
As expected, with Aragaki Shun specifically managing the scores of all six groups in the first year, and with Manabu Horikita's cooperation in the Class A of the Third Year, their group ultimately became the undisputed number one.
Instantly, a considerable number of students from all three grades erupted in cheers, with Class A of the Third Year being the most excited.
"Great, Horikita! Now we've pulled ahead of Class B in no time, and we don't have to worry about being overtaken in the last semester anymore."
After that, the group rankings from second to last were also announced, which was consistent with Aragaki Shun's initial plan. As the saying goes, with the tide turning, victory is decided before the competition even begins.
"Is this the strength of Class A?" Yukimura Teruhiko couldn't help but exclaim, "They won so easily, there wasn't even a hint of suspense."
"Yeah, even though the first academic year isn't over yet, it feels like the landscape for the next two years or so will be hard to change."
Kaneda Satoru pushed up his glasses and made up his mind to cling tightly to Aragaki Shun's coattails from that moment on.
Class A had the largest number of students and the highest quality, with its leader being the Student Council President and the strongest student in the entire school. He couldn't see any hope of other classes making a comeback.