Chapter 165

For example, students' abilities can be divided into different levels, like playing chess.

Because of the planned and organized arrangements, students who don't get points can be used as consumables to consume the competition opportunities of average and above-average students from other classes.

Since each student can only participate in the mandatory project once, even if there are outstanding students from other classes, they can only use it once.

Therefore, it maximizes the chances of even the worst Class D, getting some points.

However, when Horikita looked over, she saw Nakano Yuu holding his phone, and he was about to put it away, but Horikita saw his screen.

[The recipient, Kushida Kikyou.]

I apologize for what happened this morning; consider it an apology. You can use a strategy similar to Tian Ji's horse racing to approach this Sports Festival and boost your popularity. It's for the benefit of the students in your class.

Students are divided into three groups: cannon fodder, regular students, and promising students. Recommended projects are then prioritized for compensation to the cannon fodder.

Uh-huh.

This guy.

Horikita could still sense that the atmosphere Nakano Yuu and Kushida had changed. About a month after they first enrolled, Nakano Yuu had started to have contact with Kushida, but it was as if he was always annoyed by Kushida.

However, it was from that time onwards that Kushida stopped bothering her.

Now, Horikita feels that the relationship between Nakano Yuu and Kushida has changed, but she can't quite put her finger on what it has become.

But one thing is certain: Nakano-kun actually likes Kushida quite a bit.

However, just like when she saw Nakano Yuu and Sakura going on a date together, as long as this guy doesn't ask her to date, she won't be bothered. So, whoever he dates is none of her business.

"However, this plan is only for fishing."

Nakano-kun noticed Horikita's expression, or rather, her expression was quite blatant, so he took it as a comment on Horikita's plan.

"If it's for preparing for an exam, then this is a reasonable solution."

"But don't forget what I told you."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"Every time Special Exam makes classmates or students from other classes nervous, it might be a chance to make money."

"Class D is currently in a situation where their overall strength is low, and a large number of students don't want to fall into the bottom ten. So if they can pay to avoid trouble, say 100,000 points per person, then these students should be willing. Therefore, we can collect money from all the cannon fodder players."

"After all, this directly avoids the shock of dropping out of school."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"They won't think it's expensive."

So you mean...?

Horikita began to listen attentively.

"Naturally, we'll first use the Tian Ji horse racing model to create a competition list, and then take advantage of the convenience of this exam—that is, we'll swap with Class B, who is matched with us."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"We can publish our competition list, on the condition that Class B automatically forfeits when our cannon fodder group goes on stage. This way, even if the students who are worried about falling into the bottom ten are slow runners, they can still get some points as long as they finish the race, thus avoiding falling into the bottom ten."

"To achieve this situation, someone needs to be sacrificed, and the chosen sacrifice is Class B. However, this will more or less affect their scoring ability, and Class B definitely wants to climb back to Class A, so they won't agree directly. Therefore, we need to first create a competition form that will make the students in Class B somewhat wary and worried. We'll use this competition form as a bargaining chip to get them to give some points to our cannon fodder. What we need to do is act as a middleman, collecting money from the cannon fodder in the class, claiming that we're bribing the students in Class B to forfeit so they can score points. Then, we negotiate with the students in Class B without spending any money."

"And that way, we can get the funds that Class D collected by spending money to avoid trouble without spending a single penny."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"..."

Horikita.

"You really can do it."

Horikita remarked.

"..."

Chabashira.

Chabashira had been sitting with her arms crossed for quite some time, and she didn't leave even after Hirata walked away.

Then I heard Nakano Yuu's plans for Horikita.

She was finally convinced.

However, as a veteran student of Class D, and someone who had climbed from Class D to Class B and ultimately graduated as a Class B student, Chabashira possessed more experience and knowledge than Horikita. Therefore, she thought things through more deeply.

That is.

Nakano Yuu said that, but that may not be his goal.

Since about half of the students in the class are at risk, and each person receives 100,000 points, which is 2 million points, Chabashira felt that this number was still a bit too little for Nakano Yuu.

So, this guy might have other purposes for leaking the entry list.

But Horikita did not find it.

However, although Nakano Yuu's plan to exploit Class D is finalized, problems have already arisen in the class's own strategic maneuvering before it even begins.

For example, this one.

"But if I'm used as cannon fodder and end up last, I'll lose 1000 Private Points. And if I'm in the bottom 10, I'll lose 10 points for each subject. Maybe I can escape this if it's a random assignment."

However, some people disagree.

"But being used as cannon fodder means certain death."

Um.

She is a girl named Shinohara Satsuki, a member of the Karuizawa team.

But Karuizawa just said that, is she going to jump out again?

Yes, because her physical fitness and academic ability are indeed lower than those of ordinary students.

Therefore, her current statement doesn't represent the Gal Group, but rather herself. This shows a strong survival instinct.

"Yes, I also think this distribution is somewhat unfair."

And Chi stood up.

"They shouldn't be made cannon fodder just because they received poor evaluation results."

Clearly, they probably knew they would be assigned to the cannon fodder group, so they had to speak up for their own interests.

However, dealing with such minor characters is actually quite simple.

"Horikita, you go."

Nakano Yuu.

"I'll do it?"

Suzune was surprised, but she still stood up.

Are you stupid to ask such a question?

Well, her very first sentence immediately ended any friendship.

Its attack power is also extremely fierce.

How could you say something like "Are you all stupid?" Even if it's true, it would still offend people.

However, Horikita wasn't entirely stupid. She stood up and said, "I once suspected that you were an undercover agent sent by Class C or another class."

She immediately retorted, "Compared to the small gains or losses of individual points and the huge losses caused by the final rankings, don't you think about this? If our White Group wins this exam, we'll get 200 points. And if we can avoid being at the bottom of the grade rankings, we'll have living expenses next month and even later."

"So, is this little bit of loss all you care about?"

Um.

This suggestion was immediately welcomed by the students.

After all, no one would accept not having any extra income every month.

They haven't received any money from the school for two months.

After all, the evaluation score has already been reduced to zero.

"But we're not the worst, are we? But being used as cannon fodder means we might not get a single point."

Shinohara, who was being challenged, seemed to be temporarily suppressed by Horikita's imposing manner, but what she said silenced everyone.

Because they are students in Class D, they know their own abilities. Shinohara also represents the sentiments of some students: they don't want to be cannon fodder, they hope they won't have no chance of scoring, and they want to try their luck.

"Well, there's really no need for everyone to be so nervous. It's not like we want you all to lose."

Kushida continued, explaining that this was simply her personality; she avoided doing things that might offend people. However, since Nakano Yuu's message had received Amasawa's approval, it was a positive thing, which was why she supported it. "Although we're prepared to use some classmates as cannon fodder..."

Is that alright?

She looked at Chabashira-sensei, who was watching the show with his arms crossed, and after receiving Chabashira's permission, Kushida stood up and walked directly to the podium.

Nine mandatory activities for every student were written on the Banjo.

They are respectively:

1100-meter race.

2. Hurdles race.

3-Legged Draw Contest (Men Only)

4. Pitching Contest (Women Only)

5. Tug-of-war between men and women in separate groups.

6. Obstacle course race.

7. Same-sex three-legged race.

8. Same-sex Cavalry Battle.

9200-meter race.

"Participation in these projects is mandatory, and in order to gain points and reduce losses, we will arrange for 'cannon fodder' to participate. However, in the later recommended projects, we can let 'cannon fodder' who have lost a lot of points participate."

As she spoke, she wrote down recommended events: a competition involving borrowing objects, a four-way tug-of-war, a mixed-gender three-legged race, and finally, a 1200-meter relay.

These are recommended projects, but there are limits on the number of participants, so it's impossible for everyone to participate. While the materials clearly state that strong individuals are advised to participate, they don't specify how strong those individuals should be, so even those who are less capable can participate.

"We will let the students who were initially chosen as cannon fodder participate in these projects. As long as they can get points in these projects, it will prevent those who were initially chosen from finishing at the bottom."

In other words, the students in the "cannon fodder" group had more opportunities to participate in the competition, and therefore naturally had the potential to get more points.

The recommended events are open to everyone, but everyone wants to participate, so they will probably end up in the hands of students who are good at sports, while the less competitive ones will definitely miss out. Therefore, it doesn't seem unacceptable to give these opportunities to the less competitive group.

"At the same time, regarding the issue of the last-place participant in the mandatory projects having 1000 points deducted, this will be borne by the entire class, as we are a unified entity and are currently implementing the plan. However, we still hope everyone can do their best."

Kushida said.

At this point, there were hardly any dissenting voices.

Originally, half of the students would have to pay, but now, because it's in the class's best interest, they can pay less.

But.

Kushida smiled sweetly and added, "However, for the whole grade's joint 1200-meter relay, we still need some people with excellent physical fitness to participate, so in this plan, we need to conduct a physical fitness assessment for everyone. What do you think?"

"There should be no objections."

Hirata led the applause.

Indeed, this method is relatively safe and suitable for the Class D, which consists of most weaker students. In other words, the core of this method is to maximize the opportunities for the bottom-ranked students in the Class D to share the class's resources and gain points.

"However, this arrangement will also reduce our chances of getting points in the recommended projects."

Kushida also had some regrets.

Of the four recommended events, the 1200-meter race is a relay race between classes, with 3 boys and 3 girls, and all classes in the school participating.

The four-way tug-of-war involves the whole class, so the score is not counted for each individual.

Therefore, only the borrowing contest and the mixed three-legged race can have participants. The borrowing contest can have 5 participants, and the mixed three-legged race can have 5 teams, for a total of 10 people. So, this gives 15 extra opportunities to participate.

However, this approach still has some weaknesses.

Since everyone is essentially cannon fodder, the competition isn't very high. Therefore, the scoring situation is indeed not very optimistic.

"So I've taken care of everything! I can even do mixed three-legged races! I'll also try my best to get points in the recommended events!"