New Betting Rules Added

Upon hearing Horikita Manabu's assessment, Chairman Sakayanagi chuckled softly.

Sakayanagi Arisu, is it?

This student was clearly pointing something out to him.

Chairman Sakayanagi picked up the teacup on the table and "complained" to the other party:

"Arisu is really something; as expected of my daughter, she remains as outstanding as ever. Manabu, in truth, I have not given my daughter any special treatment, nor did I reveal any internal school information to her before enrollment. All of this is merely the fair and impartial judgment of the school's S-System. Sigh, having such an outstanding daughter is truly a headache."

While sipping his tea, Chairman Sakayanagi did not forget to show off his daughter's excellence in front of Horikita Manabu.

Perhaps for a man with a daughter complex, hearing someone praise how exceptional his daughter is does not put him in a bad mood.

In this regard, the truly outstanding people at this school all share a common trait.

They know how to speak well.

However, the mood shifted quickly as Chairman Sakayanagi suddenly changed the subject, continuing to ask Horikita Manabu about the first-year students this year:

"Then, what is your take on Kujo Makoto from Class C of this year's first-year cohort?"

This question felt strangely familiar.

It was exactly like the scene during the Student Council interviews when Horikita Manabu faced the likes of Katsuragi and Ichinose.

But for Horikita Manabu, the current situation was a reversal of that time.

Thus, he replied to the Chairman truthfully:

"He did not deliberately hide his actions. Kujo-kohai grasped the school's rules shortly after enrollment, used point transactions to apply for exemptions, and shared the school's rules with his classmates in an unconventional way. Although there were false rules mixed in, this year's first-years are exceptionally talented; the false information does not seem to have had any particular impact on the students."

Upon hearing this, Chairman Sakayanagi pressed further:

"Hmm. But I am not asking what he actually did. I am asking how you evaluate Kujo Makoto as a person?"

To this follow-up, Horikita Manabu answered:

"Someone who excels at inciting others."

At this, Chairman Sakayanagi nodded.

Without continuing to inquire about Horikita Manabu's assessment, Chairman Sakayanagi then revealed information that would make even the other party ponder:

"Well, this person who excels at inciting others has an idea, which he conveyed to me through my daughter. He wants to use points to have the school increase the difficulty of the upcoming first-year midterm exams. You also know that if the exam difficulty is raised, according to the S-System, the final rewards for the exam must also be increased accordingly."

Under the rules of Advanced Nurturing High School, personal points can purchase anything.

This, of course, includes modifying the exam content of this school.

As long as one has enough points, even the school's regulations can be altered by students.

However, depending on the changing circumstances, the personal points required for a student's specific needs will grow geometrically.

Likewise, the Student Council President of this school also holds special advisory power over the school's exam rules.

To a certain extent, the only things that can change the competition rules of this school are a massive amount of points or a capable Student Council President.

This is the main reason why Horikita Manabu is wary of Nagumo from the second year.

Because once Nagumo becomes the Student Council President, he will inevitably use his authority to increase the difficulty of the school's exams, thereby raising the school's dropout rate.

This is contrary to what Horikita Manabu and the previous Student Council Presidents have upheld.

To this, Horikita Manabu did not continue speaking.

Because he knew Chairman Sakayanagi would continue to explain Kujo's proposal.

However, things did not proceed according to Horikita Manabu's expectations; Chairman Sakayanagi threw the question directly at him:

"Then, what good advice do you have for this?"

Horikita Manabu stated truthfully:

"Update the test papers."

In his view, this was the most direct and effective method for the current situation.

For the original exams, one could purchase past papers from upperclassmen as reference.

If the school used the original questions, the students would simply memorize the answers.

It would be effortless for the first-years to easily obtain high scores this way and reduce the number of dropouts in their class.

Conversely, Chairman Sakayanagi asked Horikita Manabu with a hint of testing him:

"Then, if the school simply announces that the papers have been changed, but actually uses the original ones, wouldn't that be more convenient?"

Claiming to change the papers while not actually doing so.

This is a strategy that would only be effective for this year's first-year students.

After all, if the school were to start updating the papers now, it would not only cost manpower and resources, but there is no guarantee that they would even finish in time.

It is much simpler to just say it in one sentence.

To this, Horikita Manabu adjusted his glasses and continued to advise the Chairman:

"That would be equivalent to announcing to the outside world that the original exam rules have been leaked. In fact, the school is only considering the student's opinion precisely because it has not grasped the means by which the first-years obtained the exam information illegally, is that not so?"

Chairman Sakayanagi gently swirled the teacup on his desk.

He had already probed and confirmed that Horikita Manabu and Kujo were on the same side.

At his age, having a sensible and adorable daughter, he could no longer dismiss his inner suspicions based on intuition alone.

That was why Chairman Sakayanagi had cleverly set traps in his questions to test them.

The other party had skillfully avoided the traps.

This behavior in itself indicated that the relationship between Horikita Manabu and Kujo was far from ordinary.

At the very least, Horikita Manabu did not reject the decision to increase the exam rules using points, and was even making excuses for the first-year students' actions.

This school respected tradition.

However, its educational philosophy actually leaned more toward respecting the "free" development of students within a set framework.

The Student Council President possessed the authority to adjust exam rules in detail, so in essence, the rules of this school were student-led.

To put it bluntly, this was a testing ground where students decided their own way of survival.

What it cultivated were outstanding talents with powerful adaptability.

Chairman Sakayanagi would not interfere with the students' lives arbitrarily.

As long as those few individuals didn't step in personally...

When all was said and done.

The purpose of this midterm exam was never to test the students' academic ability.

It was to test whether the students could adapt to the school's rules and apply them in practice.

Reasonably and logically, the school had no need to modify the content of the exam itself under any circumstances.

From another perspective, this year's first-year class was so excellent that it moved even him, the Chairman.

Chairman Sakayanagi crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and said:

"The school will not take the initiative to modify the exam rules. Because this is the optimal exam rule judged by the S-System, and the students are merely taking action within this range. It is only because the other party wants to use points to purchase the right to modify a single exam that the S-System has a corresponding response."

Horikita Manabu was very interested in the so-called response from the S-System.

Chairman Sakayanagi continued:

"Adding a guessing round. Each class can make a guess regarding the ranking of a specific class among the four classes in this midterm exam. Guessing correctly adds 50 points, guessing incorrectly deducts 50 points; if both guess correctly, no points are added or deducted, and if both guess incorrectly, both are deducted 50 points."

Horikita Manabu nodded.

This was the rule he was most familiar with as a third-year, and also the type of rule this school loved to issue most.

A voting exam.

The rules were simple.

First, vote for a leader within the class.

Then, the leaders would go to their respective homeroom teachers to submit their guesses for the class rankings.

For example, if the total scores for each class in this midterm exam were: A > B > C > D.

Then if Class D guessed themselves as fourth, Class C as third, Class B as second, and Class A as first, every class in the grade would gain 50 points.

If all four classes guessed Class A as first, then no one would gain points.

If all four classes guessed Class A as second, then all would lose points.

If classes A and B guessed Class A as first, Class C guessed themselves as third, and Class D guessed themselves as fourth, then classes C and D would gain 50 points, while A and B would gain nothing.

Originally, this kind of exam would have been a freebie for the four classes of A, B, C, and D.

But combined with the arrangements made by his junior, Kujo, the current exam had essentially become a situation where the original exam questions were semi-public.

The class rankings were already difficult to control.

This was no longer an exam of academic competition or rote memorization.

While ensuring a passing grade, it had turned into a negotiation exam between the various first-year classes.

Having understood the gist of the rules, Horikita asked a question:

"Then, what happens if two classes have the same total score?"

Given the current situation, there was only one scenario where scores would be tied.

That would be if all 40 students in two classes achieved perfect scores.

Chairman Sakayanagi smiled:

"It would be a tie for first place, meaning there would be no second place, and the following ones would be ranked third and fourth. Guessing correctly at the same time adds no points; guessing Class A as first and Class B as first simultaneously is not guessing correctly at the same time, so each would gain 50 points."

Horikita Manabu nodded, and subsequently, he added many of his own suggestions.

This was the basic competence expected of a Student Council President at this school.

For instance, how to ensure the fairness of the guessing, and reasonable suggestions regarding the exam rewards.

Horikita Manabu and Chairman Sakayanagi talked for a long time.

However, everything still needed to be confirmed against the evaluation criteria of the S-System to finalize the rules.

Even so, the general direction had already been set.

It was unlikely that such a simple newly added rule would undergo any major changes.

"How many points did the first-year students spend to modify the exam rules?"

This was information that should not have been disclosed to students.

But since Kujo knew about it, there was likely no point in keeping it a secret.

In the end, Chairman Sakayanagi told Horikita Manabu.

"Ten million points."

This was a point requirement that no current first-year student could possibly come up with.

And this was just the simplest introductory exam.

It was already this difficult to make modifications.

The subsequent exams would be impossible to modify using points at all.

Not long after, the school announced the new rules for the midterm exam.

This was also the first time the first-year students at Advanced Nurturing High School this year would face a special exam with transparent rules.

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