Arisu Sakayanagi: Weak, Pitiful, and Helpless-You Believe That? Parts 1 and 2!
Sudo, on the other hand, spoke magnanimously.
"Then I'll get first place in all subjects in the mandatory projects to help the class get points!"
In other words, he was showcasing his personal abilities, or rather, as a sports prodigy, he was eager to prove himself.
Sudo went all out to score points for the class, then used a strategy similar to Tian Ji's horse racing to score as many points as possible, and finally compensated by recommending projects to the cannon fodder group, giving them more scoring opportunities.
Let's just call it a tactic that's both adequate and suitable for the current Class D.
Everything was taken care of.
Therefore, the task of arranging the list for the Tian Ji horse racing strategy was also assigned to Kushida.
Nakano Yuu and Horikita exchanged a glance and decided it was a good idea.
Although Kushida gained popularity, she was unaware that she was also paving the way for their success.
Once her list is completed, it will become a tool for the two of them to act as middlemen and collect money from the class's cannon fodder group to "pay to get rid of trouble".
A moment later, the bell rang.
Although it wasn't the official opening ceremony of the Sports Festival, it was still a large event where all the teachers and students of the school would gather in the gymnasium. This gymnasium was where the opening ceremony was held when the first-year students enrolled.
Last time there were only 160 people, so it felt quite empty.
But this time, there were nearly 500 people.
Almost the entire school came, making the originally empty stadium crowded.
Although no signs were set up, each class had already spontaneously divided into two teams according to their grade, and then into red and white teams.
P. S.: 14,500 words today, 10,500 words to pay off debts, still 159,000 words owed.
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Chapter 103 Sakayanagi Arisu, weak, pitiful, and helpless, do you believe it? Two parts combined!
Almost the entire school came, making the originally empty stadium crowded.
Although no signs were put up, each class had already spontaneously divided into two teams, the Red Group and the White Group.
"I'm Fujimaki from Class 3-A. I'll be leading the opening ceremony of the Sports Festival."
At that moment, a tall, thin boy walked forward, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Horikita Suzune, standing next to Nakano Yuu, looked at him with obvious disappointment.
Because she thought it would be her older brother Horikita Manabu, who would personally preside over the event.
That makes sense, considering Horikita Manabu is the Student Council President.
He might have been involved in designing this exam.
If he reveals even the slightest bit of information, it's already cheating.
The school may also prevent this from happening.
After making his voice heard and drawing everyone's attention, Fujimaki slowly began to speak.
"First, I have a piece of advice for the first-year students. Although some of you may find it long-winded, I want you to understand that the Sports Festival is a very important exam."
The experience gained at the Sports Festival will surely be useful elsewhere in the future. Many exams in the future may seem like games at first glance, but in reality, they are crucial battles where survival in school is at stake.
"Of course, right now everyone might not feel the real impact or have much motivation. But since you've participated, let's be prepared to win!"
"Finally, although this Sports Festival divided all students into red and white teams, the only event that actually involved all grades was the final 1200-meter relay race. All other events were separate competitions for each grade."
So for now, each grade level can gather independently for free discussion."
Fujimaki from Class 3-A said a lot of ambiguous and vague things.
However...
What do you think?
Horikita then turned his attention to Nakano Yuu.
"That's all nonsense."
Nakano Yuu said without any mercy, "If someone like this can get into Class A, it seems your brother is just as stressed as I was thinking."
"..."
Horikita rolled her eyes, not wanting to talk to him.
"However, his words also revealed a very important piece of information."
Nakano Yuu stroked his chin and analyzed.
What is it?
Horikita was slightly taken aback, because she couldn't see anything amiss.
I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
"That is, their senior students have participated in many Special Exam, including Sports Festival like this one. Perhaps it's held every year."
"So isn't that obvious?"
Horikita asked, puzzled, "Even we've already gone through four Special Exam. And the other grades are all seniors. Only we newbies would be surprised by the school's arrangements."
Just like the off-campus arrangements last semester, many people thought it was simply a luxury trip.
However, it was actually an extremely severe challenge, especially since it was two exams in a row. Watching his younger sister's performance Nakano Yuu shook his head with some regret.
No, no, no, you didn't understand what I meant.
"I mean, they have more experience in dealing with situations, so they know how to organize things. In that case, they might not have as many expectations for us first-year students. And the specific rules and arrangements involve us being included in the Red and White teams as well."
"Nakano Yuu said."
That's why the advice was only given to first-year students at the beginning.
"What's the meaning?"
Horikita frowned in confusion. She felt that Nakano-kun had said something very important, but she hadn't quite grasped it.
"What I mean is, even though the Sports Festival rules divided all students into two camps, the upperclassmen don't seem to be paying much attention to us."
"Nakano Yuu said."
Horikita was puzzled.
"Didn't Fujimaki- senpai specifically give us first-year students advice first? And after encouraging us first-year students, he started making his own arrangements."
No, no, no.
"Nakano Yuu said."
"It seems you still need to work on your ability to read the room. Being kind to you initially doesn't necessarily mean they value you."
"In fact, the older students seemed to completely ignore us."
"Nakano Yuu said."
"They think we're insignificant."
As if to confirm his words, when Fujimaki- senpai began to announce the free discussion, almost no upperclassmen moved toward the first-year students' side.
Whether it's second grade or third grade.
"That certainly seems to be the case."
Horikita noticed this and began to think, "Do they think we're insignificant? After all, we don't have any experience with this school's Sports Festival."
"Perhaps so."
"Nakano Yuu said."
"But... do you remember what I said during the midterm exam last semester? I wish the whole grade had taken the same old questions."
Horikita remembered this incident. When he learned that the first and second year students would be taking the same old test questions, he sold the test papers directly to Ryuuen from Class C, collected protection money from Class C, and then tricked Miyabi Nagumo.
He ultimately earned millions of points. His comment at the time was that it was a pity the third-year students didn't take the exam together.
The truth is probably that he didn't get the money he wanted.
So the third graders escaped unscathed.
In other words, Nakano Yuu might be looking for an opportunity for all students in the school to take the same exam together.
Now, the third graders who haven't had their harvest yet are taking the exam with them.
Etc.
Now!
All the students in the school gathered here to participate in the Sports Festival, and they even formed two opposing teams, red and white.
Therefore, the Matoba Nakano-kun had hoped for in the past has been achieved.
So what will he do?
And Nakano-kun does know how to do something.
In the original work, there were few opportunities for cross-grade exams, and very few arrangements that could affect each other's grade levels. However, this Sports Festival allows for a significant degree of mutual influence.
The entire class was divided into two camps; their fates were intertwined, for if one prospered, the other prospered; if one suffered, the other suffered.
This could result in a situation where half of the classes take 200 points from the opposing team's evaluation score.
It can directly shorten the gap by 400 points.
So.
This exam was actually quite demanding, and it required a significant effort to pass, but the upperclassmen didn't seem to understand that yet.
"You mean..."
Horikita's gaze followed Nakano.
Nakano suddenly took a step forward.
Then he raised his hand.
Fujimaki, a student in Class 3-A, also noticed him.
After all, students who raise their hands at this time are too conspicuous.
"Senior, what are your thoughts on Class 1-D?"
"Nakano Yuu said."
"Class 1-D?"
Fujimaki- senpai seemed slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Is that the class with the flawed products that ran out of points in the first month?"
He quickly realized he had misspoke.
Therefore, it was replenished immediately.
"It seems your class's evaluation score has been reset to zero. If you want to have a decent life in this school, you'll have to work hard."
"If we work hard enough, we might be able to get some evaluation points in this Sports Festival."
His statement remained somewhat conventional.
Nakano Yuu did not raise his hand to speak again.
Horikita understood then that the students Nakano Yuu was referring to this year were different; Class D was terrible... terribly terrible.
In the battle between the red and white teams, Class 1-D, which was assigned to the White Group, was even weaker than the regular Class D. So, was he deliberately showing weakness to the opposing Red Group? Or was he trying to attract the attention of the other members of the white team, which was in the same group as Class D?
Horikita noticed that Nakano-kun seemed to want to do something.
And he did indeed do something.
After raising his hand, he finally got a chance to show his face.
Then he turned to Horikita Suzune.
"That's why I said your brother will have a tough time. Fujimaki- senpai can speak for all the students, which means he's one of the better students in Class 3-A, making him an excellent teammate for your brother. But if that's all he knows about Class 1-D, then he might suffer in this exam."
This Fujimaki- senpai is a student in Class 3-A, and as he knows, Class 1-D is rubbish.
So why is this year's Class 1-D so terrible? Do they even understand anything?