The second class was set aside for all the students in every year to meet in the gym, as the school had requested.
Around four hundred students and teachers had gathered. It was obvious that some people were absent. At the very least, one conspicuous blond from the second year hadn't shown up. After all, for someone who had the entire year under his thumb, a gathering like this was far too boring.
Once all the students had assembled, several third-years stepped forward. It was clear they would be hosting the gathering.
After Manabu Horikita stepped to the front, he first restored order in the hall. Then he took two steps back, making way for a sturdy-looking upperclassman beside him.
"I'm Fujimaki of Class A of the Third Year, and I'll be serving as the Red Team's commander for this event." From the looks of him, he was probably the athletic representative or something similar for Class A of the Third Year. His voice was loud and commanding.
"First, I'd like to offer the first-years some advice. Some of you may think I'm being long-winded, but the Sports Festival is an extremely important event, so please keep this in mind. The experience you gain at the Sports Festival will certainly be useful in other exams, too. Many of the exams to come may look like games at first glance. But every one of them will be a crucial battle that determines whether you can survive at this school."
Just as you'd expect from a fellow student of the student council president. In those few simple sentences lay the valuable experience they'd gained from nearly three years at this school.
If you thought carefully about what the upperclassman had said, you'd understand two things. First, exams involving cooperation between different classes