Bad at the humanities? That's easy to fix!

"Of these twenty people, the ten students with the lowest grades only need to answer one question they are confident about, while the ten students with the highest grades need to answer at least two questions correctly."

However, please be careful not to let your score exceed 80 points, especially in this section. You should pay close attention to this; it's better to answer a few fewer questions than to exceed this score.

Otherwise, given your educational level, it would be dangerous if you ended up in a team with the bottom ten students. I will provide a detailed list of criteria later regarding who needs to score what.

Although Horikita's words were somewhat blunt, the students ranked eleventh to twentieth accepted them gladly.

For them, if they were to team up with students in their mid-twenties or thirties, they might still have a chance, but if they were to team up with the bottom ten, it would be much more difficult.

Therefore, at least for now, the students in Class D are quite satisfied with Horikita's assignment method.

While the student who ranked eleventh from the bottom might feel disappointed, perhaps if he had achieved better grades, he wouldn't have needed anyone's help.

Even though their grades aren't good, they still have dignity!

Looking at Horikita speaking eloquently on the podium, Shuichi Kanda nodded to himself. It seemed that the Sports Festival had had a significant impact on her.

However, more than that, Shuichi Kanda was curious about how Horikita would handle Kushida's problem.

"Kouenji, you have no objections either?"

"Of course I have no objection, what a pointless question. I certainly know the exam content."

He stretched his long legs out onto the table and, as usual, swept his hair back.

"So, can I expect you to actually score above 80?"

"I don't know, it depends on the exam content, right?"

"Kouenji, I won't ask too much of you. I just hope you can perform normally. I hope you absolutely won't deliberately get a zero. If you do, Class D will lose two top-tier fighters, and the class balance will collapse."

"I'll think about it carefully, Girl."

In fact, although Koenji's answer was ambiguous, he had already agreed, because if he hadn't wanted to, he would have refused outright.

Furthermore, if word got out that the heir to the Koenji Conglomerate scored zero on a written exam during his school years, he would be a laughing stock.

Besides, Koenji didn't want to be on Shuichi Kanda's list of students waiting to drop out.

So Horikita's worries were actually unfounded.

Horikita then further divided the points that each person from 11th to 30th place needed to achieve. Basically, those ranked 11th to 15th should try their best to get 60-70 points, those ranked 16th to 20th should get 40-50 points, those ranked 21st to 25th should get 20-30 points, and those ranked 36th to 30th should get 1-10 points.

Each stage has a ten-point buffer, but even so, no one can guarantee that they will get the perfect group. It's all about doing your best and leaving the rest to fate.

After giving these reports, Horikita stepped down from the podium and returned to his seat.

As she passed by Shuichi Kanda's spot, Shuichi Kanda secretly gave her a thumbs-up, which eased her worries a little.

After Shuichi Kanda, Horikita not only clearly understood the school's intentions for this exam, but also devised a suitable solution for the students in Class D.

Even students in the middle range who might have problems were given a detailed breakdown of their target score range.

Even so, Horikita was still somewhat worried, because there were a lot of students in Class D who were in the middle of their level, and many of them were particularly unbalanced in their subjects.

You've done a great job.

Seemingly sensing Horikita's worry, Ayanokoji offered words of comfort.

"I was just solving the problem step by step using the usual methods." Horikita shook his head, then stared at Shuichi Kanda's back. "Kanda, if it were you, would you have a way to ensure Class D' s complete victory?"

Upon hearing Horikita's words, Shuichi Kanda turned his head, looked at Horikita Masato's face, and nodded.

"There is a way."

"Could you tell me your method?" Horikita's expression was serious. "I want to know where the gap lies between us."

Shuichi Kanda nodded and did not refuse Horikita, because his method was unique and could not be replicated.

"Your approach to this exam was to enhance the learning abilities of the students in your class to prepare for the difficult questions that Ryuen might pose. This is akin to strengthening defenses to withstand Ryuen's attack, a standard practice, and you have undoubtedly done your best with this standard approach."

Shuichi Kanda had to acknowledge this point; even he was basically capable of doing the same.

"But have you considered that if we could obtain the questions submitted by Ryuen with certainty, we could not only guarantee that the students wouldn't be expelled, but also easily secure victory?"

If Horikita's plan was to win in battle fairly and squarely, then Shuichi Kanda was to win through unorthodox tactics.

"I've certainly thought about that, but getting the questions from Ryuen would be extremely difficult."

"Yes, it's difficult, but that doesn't mean it's impossible."

Shuichi Kanda's response to Horikita's statement was neither convincing nor dismissible.

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's expression, Horikita's face immediately turned incredulous. "You were able to obtain the questions submitted by Class C without Ryuen noticing?"

"That's my business. As for the method, please forgive me for not telling you." Although Shuichi Kanda didn't give a direct answer, Horikita already knew the answer.

How could they possibly obtain the questions submitted by Ryuen without anyone noticing? Horikita was completely baffled.

In fact, there are two solutions.

The first method is to use the advanced technology of Time TV to submit the Class C questions at Ryuen, and then record the questions while the teachers are reviewing them.

The second method is through Kei Karuizawa.

If Kei Karuizawa were to approach Ryuen with the excuse that she might fail, Ryuen would most likely give Karuizawa some questions.

Of course he wouldn't give it all away, because all he needed to do was ensure that Karuizawa wouldn't drop out of school. He certainly wouldn't easily give up such a useful pawn.

Of course, Ryuen was taking a risk by doing this. However, Ryuen was a very confident person, no, it should be said that he was arrogant.

He felt he had something on Karuizawa, so Karuizawa wouldn't dare betray him. Therefore, if Karuizawa asked him for questions, he would definitely give Karuizawa a portion of the questions.

However, all of this depends on Karuizawa being able to pass on the questions set by Horikita to Ryuen.

If Karuizawa fails to perform his duties, Ryuen will not kindly offer Karuizawa any assistance.

He wouldn't mind giving Karuizawa a small favor to prevent her from dropping out of school, only if he could completely crush Class D.

This method was derived from Shuichi Kanda's understanding of Ryuen.

But these are things I obviously can't tell Horikita.

Seeing Horikita deep in thought, Shuichi Kanda knew that the guy had definitely misunderstood.

Does she also think I planted a spy in Class C?

Don't be ridiculous. Planting a spy in Class C is extremely difficult. Class C is different from Class D. As the dictatorial group of Ryuen, no one can get the questions he needs to submit right under his nose.

After thinking for a long time, Horikita still couldn't come up with an answer, so he simply gave up.

"By the way, you said you'd give me the math problems, can I really believe that?"

"Of course, I'll give you my questions to check after I finish them." Shuichi Kanda smiled.

Fifty questions, even at the level of a first-year high school student, would be enough to give those guys in Class C a run for their money.

Mathematics is a strange subject; some people are exceptionally good at it, while others are truly incapable.

Shuichi Kanda doesn't need to set very difficult questions; he just needs to make them a bit more complex.

He planned to make the questions look simple, but require several steps.

Even if you know how to do it, the steps involved will take up a lot of your time, and exam time is limited.

In this way, not only would poor students not get high scores, but even students with good grades like Kaneda or Shiina would not be able to get high scores.

This set of questions was the key for Shuichi Kanda to retrieve the 20 million points he had stored at Ryuen.

Hearing Shuichi Kanda say this, Horikita nodded in agreement. She was more than happy to have someone share the burden with her.

Chapter 202 Not good at humanities? That's easy to solve!

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was time for the mini-exam.

Chabashira-sensei walked into the classroom early in the morning with the test papers.

"Next, we'll have a short quiz. Before we begin, I have something to announce: your request to be placed in Class C for the final exam has been approved since you didn't overlap with any other classes."

"Then, the class that will be setting the questions for Class D has been confirmed as Class C. This is because the assigned students were not duplicated."

Just as predicted, Class A and Class B were matched up, and Class C and Class D were also matched up as expected.

"This seems to be the ideal combination."

"That seems to be the case."

Both Class C and Class D are known for their poor academic performance, so the students in Class C Class D felt very fortunate to be paired with them.

Everyone felt their chances of winning had increased by another ten percent.

Seeing the relaxed atmosphere in the classroom, Chabashira Sae smiled and then began distributing the test papers.

"Alright, let's start the quiz. Although the results of the quiz are not related to your grade, you can think about the consequences if you are caught cheating."

The exam papers were passed from the first row to the back, one by one.

Let's begin.

Following Chabashira-sensei's signal, Shuichi Kanda immediately flipped over the test paper and began to review the questions.

It's very simple, even simpler than the previous Midterm Exam. I really hope everyone can stick to their original plan and not try to get a high score just because the questions are easy.

The quiz went smoothly as expected, and the results were posted the next day, with perfect scores.

Just as Horikita had planned, the top ten and the bottom ten students formed a perfect pair, and the classmates cooperated very well.

Horikita Suzune and Ken Sudō Sudo, Hirata Yosuke and Yamauchi Haruki, Shuichi Kanda and Kokoro Inogashira...

"Yay!"

Upon seeing his name displayed, Sudo immediately cheered with joy, knowing that at least being in the same group as Horikita meant he wouldn't have to worry about being expelled.

His friends, Ike and Yamauchi, also have academically gifted teammates like Hirata and Yukimura.

Speaking of which, Ike and Yamauchi once publicly stated that they disliked Hirata, and now that they've been grouped with Hirata, their expressions of joy are truly nauseating.

He glanced at the names of Shuichi Kanda before him, unimportant; he was looking for the name of his good friend Miyake.

Then, near the center, Shuichi Kanda found his name.

Akito Miyake and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Holy crap? What the hell?

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji?

Upon seeing this pair, Shuichi Kanda's expression turned strange. He had been somewhat worried about whether Miyake might have any problems, but now he was completely unconcerned.

He then continued watching, and the next pairing was Hasebe Haruka and Sakura Airi.

Hasebe Haruka someone Shuichi Kanda knows because she is Sakura's good friend and was once confessed to by Sakura.

So they had some interaction before, but Shuichi Kanda genuinely didn't know anything about her grades. However, Sakura's grades didn't seem particularly good. Are these two really okay?

How are Hasebe's grades?

Shuichi Kanda turned to look at Horikita.

"Hasebe? Hasebe Haruka?" Although Horikita found it strange that Shuichi Kanda asked about the reason for her grades, she still honestly gave the answer, "If I remember correctly, it seems that she is somewhat unbalanced in her subjects, and not very good at humanities."

Are you worried about them?

"A little bit."

Shuichi Kanda nodded. After all, these two weren't strangers, and both were beautiful women; it would be a real shame to drop out of school like this.

When Sakura celebrated her birthday, Shuichi Kanda send her a gift, only a birthday text message, so Shuichi Kanda wanted to make up for it a little.

"If you're worried, then I'd like to ask you to tutor them. You and Sakura should be quite familiar with each other."

Horikita didn't want her classmates to fall behind in this kind of exam, but she also had to take care of Sudo and the others afterwards, plus she had to set exam questions, so she didn't have the energy to worry about others anymore.

Shuichi Kanda nodded, planning to invite Sakura after school.

Oh right, and Akito's also that guy, Akito!

Damn, how long has it been? You've already dropped from the top twenty to the bottom twenty?

"Judging from these results, it seems some of you have grasped the significance of the quiz. And you've successfully conveyed this meaning to the whole class and convinced them."

Although everyone already understood the grouping rules, Chabashira-sensei still fulfilled his duty and repeated the rules.