Classroom of the Elite: I Can Gain Points Without Limit, Chapter 265

Fifty minutes later, the final result was as expected.

"The winner of this event is Yamamura Miki, who scored 100 points. Therefore, Class A is the winner."

With Class A winning two consecutive matches, displaying a striking 2-0 score on the big screen, Katsuragi Kohei's breathing became noticeably heavier, and there seemed to be quite a commotion in the Class B area inside the exam hall.

Sakagami Kazuma and Chabashira Sae, who were in charge of proctoring the exam, exchanged a glance and announced a five-minute break to allow the Commander Tower and participants of both classes to recover their composure before starting the next event.

Then, when the lottery results came out, both Katsuragi and the other students in Class B immediately erupted in chaos.

"This is impossible! Why is it always the Class A project?"

That's right, the item drawn in the third round was still from Class A.

[Biology Exam]

Number of people needed: five;

Time limit: 50 minutes;

Competition Rules: The class that answers the questions within the scope of this year's curriculum first wins.

Commander Tower: Only one participant can be selected. Command Tower can provide answer suggestions at any time, and the participant can decide whether to adopt them.

"Two proctors, I suspect there's an unknown error in the lottery procedure. I request the school to check the relevant equipment."

Katsuragi Kohei flushed red as he stared sharply at the newly appeared competition event on the computer screen, already suspecting that Aragaki Shun had secretly sabotaged it.

Based on the calculation of 5/10 multiplied by 4/9 multiplied by 3/8, the probability of Class A's project being selected for three consecutive games is actually only 8%.

Normally, at this point, at least one project from Class B should have been selected.

"Face reality, Katsuragi," Aragaki Shun shook his head and chuckled, "You guys in Class B are all unlucky bastards, otherwise, how come you would have run into me this year?"

"Of course, if you're really not satisfied, it's fine to have the school re-inspect the exam equipment. I'm not in a hurry anyway."

"Teachers!" The Baldy didn't respond to the teasing of the Leader of Class A, but looked at Sakagami Kazuma and Chabashira Sae with a serious expression, because the only ones who could make the decision now were the Advanced Nurturing school authorities.

But naturally, Katsuragi Kohei's request was not granted.

"The school had thoroughly inspected the equipment before the official exam and found no problems."

"Not to mention, this kind of important Special Exam has always had dedicated staff monitoring the network. Since the school has not announced the cancellation of the exam, it means that no errors occurred during the process. Your task as students is simply to continue and complete it."

Sakagami Kazuma also felt that Class B was a bit unlucky, but this kind of thing wasn't uncommon. After all, an eight percent probability was actually quite high for some lucky people.

Therefore, he directly rejected Katsuragi Kohei's application, asking the two of them to hurry up and finish this third match, since there were still four matches left to play.

With things having come to this point, no matter how unwilling the Baldy was, he could only sit back down in front of the computer and silently begin selecting people.

Aragaki Shun cheerfully sent Nishikawa Ryoko, who had transferred from Class B, to the field, and then immediately used his Commander Tower authority to take over the game.

As a result, the score in this Special Exam quickly reached 3:0, and Class B suffered their third consecutive defeat.

"Just one more loss, Katsuragi, your expulsion from school will be inevitable."

The Baldy didn't seem inclined to reply; he stared intently at the computer screen, his eyes wide open, the atmosphere so tense it was almost suffocating.

Upon witnessing this scene, both Sakagami Kazuma and Chabashira Sae, who were in charge of proctoring the exam, wore solemn expressions.

They knew that the next project would be the most crucial moment of this Special Exam. If the machine still randomly assigned a project to Class A, then it could only mean that fate might truly exist.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five... two, one!

As the countdown on the screen reached zero and the new lottery results were announced, some people finally breathed a sigh of relief.

[Rapid Mental Calculation]

Number of people needed: one;

Time limit: 30 minutes;

Competition Rules: The class that wins the competition by using abacus mental arithmetic to test accuracy and speed will be the winner.

Commander Tower: Can provide answer suggestions at any time, and participants can decide whether to adopt them.

"The concept of 'bad luck' can sometimes be really frustrating."

In the preparation area for Class B, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka calmly watched the fourth competition event displayed on the large screen.

Since the start of the exams, four consecutive sessions have featured projects from Class A, leading one to suspect that Student Council President Aragaki Shun may have used his authority or a massive amount of Private Points to do something behind the scenes.

He hadn't forgotten that the currently Advanced Nurturing Acting Board Chairman was Tsukishiro Tsunenari, sent by that man to capture him and bring him back to the White Room.

If the goal was to leverage Aragaki Shun's control over the first-year students to expel him as quickly as possible, then it's not impossible that the two made some kind of deal behind the scenes.

"What should we do now? If you two continue to do nothing, then after losing this match, Katsuragi will definitely be expelled from school."

Ryuen Kakeru had his hands in his pockets, and his expression was also very unpleasant.

According to their initial plan, if the school could draw four Class B projects from the seven competitions, they would have a higher chance of winning.

However, things didn't go as planned. With the Selection Exam evolving to its current state, Class B's plans have essentially failed.

So the question is, what should we do about the fourth game?

We can't just let Class A win four games in a row without putting up a fight, and then watch them lose and Katsuragi Kohei get expelled, can we?

"I'll go!"

Before Koenji Rokusuke could speak, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka stood up abruptly.

"I will turn the tide and take the victory from Aragaki Shun!"

Unlike Katsuragi Kohei, the Masterpiece of the White Room never regarded the one from Class A as an invincible god.

For him, if he couldn't win this Special Exam, it would be meaningless even if he dragged it out until the last minute and managed to win one or two items.

So he's going to make a move.

If they can seize this crucial moment and interrupt Class A's upward momentum, then as long as they select Class B's events for the remaining three matches, they will still have a chance to turn the tide!

"Oh ho~ Our Masterpiece, you finally couldn't resist anymore?"

Meanwhile, in another classroom, Tsukishiro Tsunenari, who had been watching the first-grade special exam progress closely, couldn't help but laugh.

He had been eagerly anticipating the showdown between the only finished product in the White Room and a true genius.

Or rather, among the upper-class groups who are paying attention to this Advanced Nurturing new generation, many people probably share the same expectations.

Thinking of this, Tsukishiro Tsunenari asked the staff member next to him again, "Four consecutive events have been Class A projects, so the lottery procedure shouldn't have gone wrong, right?"

"Yes, Board Chairman, we have confirmed this repeatedly. All the lottery results so far have been randomly generated, and absolutely no one can interfere."

Upon hearing this answer, Tsukishiro nodded in satisfaction.

Because this Special Exam involves many powerful forces such as the Aragaki Family, the Koenji Conglomerate, Kanzaki Heavy Industries, the Sakayanagi Family, and the White Room, even as the Acting Board Chairman, he dared not secretly manipulate things or do anything that would violate the rules.

Otherwise, the many directors who have been keeping a close eye on his Advanced Nurturing would certainly not mind exposing the matter directly.

At that time, those powerful forces will know whether they were trying to use their next generation as a stepping stone to the White Room's Masterpiece, or deliberately using their power to suppress them at the rule level... and then things will get very serious.

Therefore, after the rules were announced, all he could do now was keep an eye on the exam process to ensure that the school's higher-ups wouldn't deliberately use devices to target Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

In addition, any unnecessary actions could lead to misunderstandings.

"So, is it really just a matter of luck?"

There's nothing we can do about that.

As the saying goes, human effort can't defy fate; everything now depends on how well Class 1-B performs.

In the classroom where the Commander Tower was located, Katsuragi Kohei had already seen Ayanokoji Kiyotaka standing up in the preparation area through the screen. After realizing that this was a hint from the other party, he no longer hesitated and directly selected the person to participate in the fourth match.

The student in Class A who was selected by Aragaki Shun to participate in [Rapid Mental Calculation] was Ichinose Honami.

On the surface, among all the first-year students, the top two in terms of academic performance are Aragaki Shun and Ichinose.

No matter how you look at it, their teamwork is definitely superior to that of Katsuragi Kohei and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

About three minutes later, Ichinose and Ayanokoji were both in their places in the examination room, and they nodded to each other as a greeting.

"There are ten questions in total. The questions get progressively harder towards the end, but the points awarded also increase. Only in the event of a tie for first place will an overtime round be held, continuing until one person answers incorrectly."

Following Sakagami Kazuma's announcement, the screen in the Audio-Visual Room began displaying the title [One-digit number, three numbers, five seconds], which represented the requirements for the first question.

Then comes the difficult problem that requires calculation: [6+9+1=?].

Well, it shouldn't be considered a difficult problem; it's at a level that anyone with normal intelligence wouldn't get wrong.

"Is the school playing house?" Aragaki Shun couldn't help but retort.

Across from him, Katsuragi Kohei was intently watching the screen on his computer, ready to intervene as the Commander Tower if Ayanokoji made a mistake, completely ignoring the Leader of Class A.

On the contrary, Sakagami Kazuma teacher of Class C, responded, "After all, Advanced Nurturing students pursue comprehensive development, and there are very few students who specialize in a particular skill. The questions that the school sets are actually only considering the level of normal students who have not received special training."

It sounds plausible, but that doesn't change the fact that the questions are very easy. It seems this project will inevitably go into overtime.

However, Sakagami Kazuma sounded quite cheerful, probably thinking that he would be promoted to class advisor of Class B after this Selection Exam.

The topic continued to be discussed during their conversation.

After the third and fourth questions, the questions became two-digit numbers, and even exceeded six digits, but this still posed no pressure for Ichinose and Ayanokoji.

The fifth question was [three-digit number, six digits, five seconds]; the sixth question was even more complicated, [three-digit number, eight digits, five seconds].

Even at this point, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's problem-solving speed hadn't slowed down. He even had the leisure to glance at the pink-haired girl who looked equally relaxed, seemingly somewhat surprised that she could keep up so effortlessly.

So far, both of their answers have been correct; neither Aragaki Shun nor Katsuragi Kohei has had any room to exercise their Commander Tower authority.

The seventh question was [three-digit number, twelve digits, four and a half seconds]; the eighth question was [three-digit number, fifteen digits, three and a half seconds]; and the ninth question was even [three-digit number, fifteen digits, two and a half seconds].

"This seems a bit too difficult..."

Sakagami Kazuma stared dumbfounded at the two contestants calmly answering the questions in the examination room. He simply couldn't understand how these two students had managed to solve these problems.

Even though he's a teacher, his mind is completely blank right now.

"These two are like monsters!"

Meanwhile, the other proctor, Chabashira Sae, suddenly sharpened her gaze, staring intently at the frighteningly efficient Ayanokoji Kiyotaka on the screen—was this the same gloomy man who had stolen her savings of several years and transferred from Class D?

As for Katsuragi Kohei... According to the rules, the Commander Tower has the right to suggest that the participants in his class change their answers to the questions, but since the eighth question, the Baldy has given up participating in this project. It is obvious that the two people in the examination room are far more capable than him.

Aragaki Shun, meanwhile, casually propped his chin up, looking utterly bored—since Ichinose hadn't made any mistakes so far, he naturally had no need to do anything unnecessary.

Soon, the final, tenth question, Rapid Mental Calculation, began.

The title "[Three-digit number, fifteen digits, 1.6 seconds]" appeared, and the numbers flashed and disappeared repeatedly fifteen times.

Silence fell over the surroundings.

Aragaki Shun looked at the computer screen and saw the Archangel frown slightly for a moment, then write down [7,619].

The answer is correct.

As expected, this event will go into overtime.

However, if the difficulty is increased further, Ichinose probably still won't be able to defeat Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

It seems he has no choice but to take action!

350. Moral blackmail of Ichinose; Aragaki Shun versus Ayanokoji

After completing all ten questions in the [Rapid Mental Calculation] exercise, the teachers quickly compared Ichinose and Ayanokoji's answers and confirmed that both of them had achieved full marks.

The school immediately announced a five-minute break and began preparing for a more challenging overtime match.

"I never expected Ayanokoji to be so unassuming."

The previous match required a high level of concentration, but now, during halftime, Ichinose Honami finally had time to take a look at the other side's opponents, and his tone of remark was tinged with surprise.

In the minds of most teachers and students in the first year, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was just an ordinary student in Class D. The most eye-catching incident he participated in at Advanced Nurturing was during the summer vacation of the first year, when he was almost involved in the crime of secretly filming in the swimming pool because he was on good terms with the circle of Yamauchi Haruki and Kanji Ike.

In short, due to his poor choice of friends and his gloomy temperament, the other person's reputation on campus, especially among the girls, was practically nonexistent.

Later, for some unknown reason, he caught the eye of Katsuragi Kohei and Koenji Rokusuke, and transferred to Class B along with Ryuen Kakeru, causing another sensation.

However, to ordinary students who were unaware of the situation, just like Ryuen Kakeru was ostracized by the entire Class C, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka accepted Class B's invitation to transfer because he couldn't stay in Class D anymore.

Some people had guessed that the opponent's strength should be decent, otherwise, given Koenji Rokusuke's pride, he certainly wouldn't have introduced pure trash into his base.

However, this speculation has not been widely accepted, or rather, most people do not feel that this suspect who took the photos without consent needs to be taken seriously.