Don't you want to be promoted?

"The Horse Group and Rabbit Group exams have ended."

At noon on the second day, an hour before the discussions were set to begin, the ship's broadcast sounded once again.

"Who do you think answered it?" Ayanokoji looked at Horikita Suzune, who was standing beside him with a grim expression. An early submission at this stage meant the other party was highly confident, and the VIP for the Horse Group was a student from Class D.

"It must be Class C," Horikita Suzune offered her conclusion. Although she lacked evidence, her intuition told her that Sawahara must have been up to something again.

"Hmm," Ayanokoji replied softly. As expected, the discussion wasn't the only way to identify the VIP. He was certain that no discussion regarding the VIP had taken place in the Rabbit Group yesterday, so this could only be the other scenario.

So, was it because Koenji had discovered this pattern that he answered the questions? What an unpredictable guy. It seems both Class A and Class B have already been taken down, so Class C's target this time is Class D. The VIP for the Rabbit Group... is it her?

But why hasn't the Dragon Group been attacked?

However, if they wanted to salvage the situation...

"Horikita, go see Koenji," Ayanokoji suggested, hoping it wasn't too late.

"Katsuragi, this matter regarding the VIPs has absolutely nothing to do with the Sakayanagi faction," Hashimoto said, finding Katsuragi to explain. "After all, with our class unified, doing something like this wouldn't benefit us at all."

"Who knows? Perhaps you did it just to undermine my authority, just like you've done before," Katsuragi remained unmoved. He wouldn't fall into the same trap twice.

"The Horse Group and Rabbit Group exams have ended."

The broadcast from the cruise ship made Katsuragi frown.

"Two groups' exams ending simultaneously?" Katsuragi furrowed his brows. Neither of these groups contained their class's VIP. Had another class submitted an answer, or was someone from Class D acting recklessly? It was possible, but if it were Class C... did they have the VIP lists for at least two classes? Could they really have obtained them through leaks?

"Hashimoto, are you certain that the leak of the VIPs for this exam has nothing to do with the Sakayanagi faction?" Katsuragi looked at Hashimoto and asked in a low voice.

"I'm certain," Hashimoto nodded. Without the little princess's instructions, no one in the Sakayanagi faction would do such a thing.

"..." Katsuragi fell silent for a moment. "I still can't fully trust you, but if what you say is true, then it seems there are other ways to solve this exam besides gathering information through discussions."

The second day afternoon discussion, Dragon Group.

"Sawahara, I've already found the second way to clear this exam. You are indeed clever to have found the pattern so quickly, but unfortunately, your tricks are useless now." As the discussion began, Katsuragi abandoned his usual demeanor and pointed his finger directly at Sawahara.

"As expected of an honor student from Class A, reacting this quickly is truly commendable." Sawahara didn't show the slightest panic upon hearing Katsuragi's words. Even if they had realized the other strategy for clearing the exam, this little bit of time wasn't enough to crack the pattern.

This amount of time had already been enough to resolve all the problems, which was why he was willing to spend a large sum of Private Points to keep Koenji quiet.

"I'll just tell you all directly: there is a pattern to how the VIPs are selected in this exam," Sawahara generously revealed this fact to all the members of the Dragon Group.

"I discovered and confirmed this pattern on the first day of the exam, and I have all the VIP lists in my possession. The two groups that finished this morning both had students from Class D as VIPs. I'm sorry, Horikita-san, but Class D has suffered another crushing defeat in this exam."

"What, such a thing..." Horikita bit her lip, unwilling to believe Sawahara's words from the bottom of her heart, yet her reason told her that it was highly likely to be true.

"Why? You could have ended the exam on the first day, yet..."

"Yet I didn't end the exam?" Sawahara took over the conversation. "Because I wanted to gain more from this exam.

I've said it before: Class C's goal has never been Class Points, but Private Points. Compared to Class Points, which could be deducted for various reasons at any time, converting them into contracts is more suitable for me."

"If I may interrupt, I don't think there's any need to sign the contract with Class A," Katsuragi said, cutting Sawahara off. Since he now knew how Sawahara had done it, there was nothing to worry about. If Sawahara could do it, Class A could do it too.

"Even if you guess all of our Class A VIPs, we can just as easily guess your class's VIPs. In the end, it will just cancel out.

I believe it would be better if everyone stopped guessing the VIPs and let the exam end as it is."

Katsuragi still intended to stick to his defensive strategy; in his view, maintaining the current advantage was more important.

"Katsuragi, you don't really think you still have a choice, do you?" Ryuen sneered. This guy Katsuragi was truly naive. One step slow, every step slow. The moment Class C found the pattern first, the game was already over. Now, the winner was simply picking their spoils.

"What do you mean by that, Ryuen?" Katsuragi felt a sense of unease. Class C's attitude was completely beyond his expectations. Why were they still so confident?

"Snake Group, Sheep Group, Dog Group exams have ended."

The broadcast on the ship sounded once again. By now, six groups had finished their exams.

"Could it be..." Katsuragi's eyes widened as he quickly thought of a possibility.

"You guessed right. The VIPs for these three groups are all members of our class," Sawahara said with a smile, confirming Katsuragi's suspicion. "All three of these guesses are incorrect, so our class's Class Points will increase by 150."

"Impossible. Which class would do such a thing?" Katsuragi couldn't understand. This action provided no benefit whatsoever to the class making the guesses; how could anyone agree to such a thing?

Horikita Suzune's expression was incredibly grim. Which class's students would agree? Naturally, it was the students of their own Class 1-D. Regardless of whether their class gained or lost Class Points in this exam, their own income wouldn't change in the slightest.

As long as they used some Private Points to bribe them, these poor students would naturally agree without hesitation.

However, even though she could understand the logic behind it, Horikita Suzune still couldn't accept this approach.

Why were these people so short-sighted? Didn't they want to move up to the next class?