Sakagami: What the Hell, a Cheat Code!

"Hmph, now Class A has slipped to Class B, and the class is in Sakayanagi's hands. Are you happy?" Katsuragi's face showed some displeasure. "That guy is different from me; he's very aggressive."

The subtext is: That guy will be coming to cause you trouble soon, so watch out.

"It's precisely because they know she's more troublesome than you that they're giving you a good beating before she officially takes over Class A."

Before Shuichi Kanda could speak, Ryuen stated his reasoning.

That's right, although Katsuragi is a formidable opponent, there's a saying that goes something like this.

The saying goes, "A long-term hold on to a position will inevitably lead to its loss."

In this school, defense can't always hold the top spot in Class A, so it's not that Katsuragi isn't capable, it's just that Sakayanagi is more suitable to lead the class in this school.

Regarding the battle for Class A, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Sakayanagi Arisu's victory was only a matter of time.

As a competitor of other classes, all we can do is try our best to deplete Class A 'Class A strength and morale before Sakayanagi takes over.

While doing so would accelerate Sakayanagi's dominance over Class A, these other matters seem insignificant in comparison.

Ryuen understood this very well, which is why he agreed so readily when Shuichi Kanda proposed the collaboration. Although he didn't know why Shuichi Kanda was targeting Class A so much, the strength of this partner was beyond doubt.

As for Ichinose's Class B, sorry, Ryuen never took them seriously. In his opinion, the indecisive Ichinose was simply not a suitable leader.

Despite the fact that Class B is about to be promoted to Class A, Ryuen doesn't care at all; in fact, he even finds it a little amusing.

On this point, Shuichi Kanda and Ryuen had similar thoughts. If Class B were in a regular school, it would definitely be a model class, but in this school, they were somewhat outmatched.

At this moment, the members of Class B also arrived, also in a trio: Ichinose Honami, Kanzaki Ryuji, and a girl they didn't recognize.

"Huh? Is everyone in this group? You're here so early."

When Ichinose arrived at the scene, she noticed the tense atmosphere and quickly greeted everyone to ease the tension.

"This group is all familiar faces."

The moment Ryuen saw Ichinose, a smile appeared on his lips.

At this point, everyone understood that this group must consist of the elites from each class.

"Isn't Suzune in this group? She sounds so confident, but it seems her skills aren't recognized by the school."

Clearly, Ryuen hadn't forgotten the girl who had once provoked him to his face.

"Really? I find that strange. Even someone like you was assigned to this group. It seems the school's review panel really made a mistake."

Horikita Suzune came down the stairs, clearly having heard everything Ryuen had said.

"Also, could you please not call me by my name directly? It makes me feel disgusted."

Horikita Suzune looked at Ryuen without any fear.

Let's fight! Let's fight!

Shuichi Kanda, who loves a good show, couldn't wait to grab a stool, crack sunflower seeds, and cheer.

"Don't say that, Suzune. I really like you. How about we come to my room tonight and have a good chat?" Ryuen completely disregarded Horikita's opinion and even said some very explicit and vulgar things.

Those who know him well know that this is a sign that he looks down on someone.

He wouldn't make such vulgar jokes about people he approves of.

"Alright, Ryuen, are you planning to send Horikita over there and then report her for not coming home at night to deduct points from Class D?"

Shuichi Kanda understood the implication of Ryuen's words, but directly naming names would make the girls present feel awkward, so Shuichi Kanda chose a more suitable way of Ryuen.

"Hmph, you really are fiercely protective of your own."

"I can't accept that, I can't accept that."

Shuichi Kanda quickly explained, "Who wants to be the Student Council President's father?"

Ryuen, I advise you to watch your words. Can't you see that Horikita guy is already quite unhappy?

Just as the atmosphere at the scene was becoming increasingly strange, another familiar voice rang out.

"Huh? Hirata? Horikita and Kanda are here too. What's going on with all of you gathered together?"

When Kushida Kikyo saw Shuichi Kanda Kushida, he was only surprised for a moment before calming down.

"Kushida, are you also in the 8:40 group?"

"Hmm? A group? I'm not quite sure. But the email said to come around this time..." Kushida then looked at the people present, "But, it seems like there are some really impressive people gathered here."

Are you indirectly praising yourself?

Seriously, they're so cute!

"Looks like this exam is going to be quite interesting." Ryuen revealed his signature sinister smile before entering room 205.

Next, Katsuragi went into room 207, Ichinose waved to Shuichi Kanda others before also entering room 204.

"Let's go, don't keep Teacher Ban waiting."

As Shuichi Kanda finished speaking, the four of them entered room 206 one after another.

Just as Shuichi Kanda said, the person in charge of this room is Kazuma Sakagami, the homeroom teacher of Class C.

"It's nice to meet you again, Sakagami- sensei."

"Since you're here, please sit down."

Kazuma Sakagami's voice was slightly hoarse, and there was a cup on the table in front of him, which looked like it contained tea to soothe his throat.

As instructed, the four people sat down in turn.

"Although you may already know the exam content, I will read it aloud again according to regulations." After saying this, the teacher on the board took a sip of water. "Because I've said it many times already, my throat is a bit sore, so I hope you won't ask any questions until I finish."

"Can."

As the representative, Shuichi Kanda agreed, and the other three nodded as well.

"For this Special Exam, the school will use the Chinese sexagenary cycle (干支) as a metaphor for all first-year students and divide them into twelve groups. We will hold exams within those groups. The purpose of the exams is to test thinking abilities."

"The basic skills required of working professionals can be roughly divided into three categories: Action, Thinking, and Teamwork."

"Only those who possess these abilities are qualified to become outstanding talents. If the previous Uninhabited Island Exam focused on teamwork, then this exam will assess thinking."

This is an exam that requires critical thinking skills, which in other words means the ability to analyze the current situation and clarify the issues at hand.

The ability to understand the problem-solving process before preparing, and the ability to be creative and create new value—these are also the abilities that the school believes graduates of Class A should possess.

Therefore, this exam will be conducted in twelve groups.

"First of all, although that's obvious, the four of you here will be in the same group. And right now, the other rooms are also explaining things to the group members [who will be in your group]."

He then took out four cards, placed them on the table, and pushed them toward the students.

"You've been assigned to the [Chen] group, or [Dragon] group. Here's a list of group members. Please return this sheet when you leave the room, so if you feel it's necessary, please write it down here."

Hirata stood up, took the card back, and then distributed it to the other three classmates. The card contained the complete list of participants in the Dragon Group exam.

Dragon Group

Class A: Katsuragi Kohei, Nishikawa Ryoko, Shinji Matoba, Yano Koharu

Class B: Ichinose Honami, Kanzaki Ryuji, Tsube Hitomi

Class C: Suzuki Hidetoshi, Sonoda Masashi, Ryuen Kakeru

Class D: Shuichi Kanda, Kushida Kikyo, Hirata Yosuke, Horikita Suzune

Seeing this card reminded Shuichi Kanda of something: during his Midterm Exam, he had achieved first place in several subjects.

Although several people got full marks at the time, Shuichi Kanda) in the Japanese syllabary (五十音) is the first one in the alphabet.

And this card is the same; the students in the four classes are arranged according to the first character of their names in the Japanese syllabary (五十音).

For example, in Class B, the "I" in Ichinose Honami's name comes before the "Kami" in Kanzaki Ryuji's name, while in Class D, the "Shuichi Kanda Kami" in Kushida Kikyo's name comes before the "Kishida Kikyo's" name.

This sorting method is really common; I wonder if this exam will be related to it.

While Shuichi Kanda was thinking, Sakagami- sensei continued speaking in his somewhat hoarse voice.

"From now on, you will no longer operate as Class D, but as the Dragon Group. The pass/fail results will be determined individually for each group."

"Each group in the Special Exam will have only four possible outcomes. The exam is designed so that it will definitely result in one of these four outcomes; there will be no exceptions. To make it easier for you to understand, the school has also prepared materials listing the outcomes. However, these materials are prohibited from being taken out of the school or photographed. Please make sure to check this beforehand."

Then, Shuichi Kanda others received a sheet of paper listing the results of the exam. The paper also clearly explained the format of the exam and how to conclude it.

[Summer Group Special Exam Instructions]

This exam uses the "VIP" assigned to each group as a benchmark. By answering the questions to the school using the prescribed method, one of four results will be guaranteed.

The school will send out emails to students at 8:00 AM on the day the exam begins. Those selected as "VIP" will also be informed of their selection.

The exam schedule is from tomorrow until 9 PM four days later (including one day of complete freedom).

Group members must gather twice a day in a designated room at a specified time for a one-hour discussion. (Each member who is late or leaves early will have 50 Class Points deducted for each instance.)

The discussion content is entirely left to the group's autonomy to decide.

Regarding the answer section, after the exam, the school will only accept the answers from "VIP treatment" candidates between 9:30 PM and 10:00 PM on the same day. Furthermore, each person can only answer the questions once.

The school only accepts answers submitted by students via email sent from their own mobile phones to the designated mailbox.

"VIP" are not entitled to send answers by email.

Answers from groups other than the one to which you belong will be considered invalid.

The school will notify all students of the detailed exam results via email at 11 p. m. on the last day.

These basic rules were clearly written on the paper. The paper also recorded more detailed matters, such as explanations of the rules or prohibitions. Compared to the Uninhabited Island Exam, this time there were more regulations and detailed precautions.

Then, what follows are those four predetermined "outcomes".

Although a considerable amount of space was devoted to explaining these four results, Shuichi Kanda believed that any normal person with a sound mind should be able to understand them.

Chapter 124 Sakagami: Holy crap, a cheat code!

The room was quiet; all four people were looking at the contents of the cards. Although they were easy to understand,

Result 1: If everyone answers correctly, except for the group VIP and VIP in the group's class, the school will pay all group members 500,000 personal points. Students in the VIP's class will each receive the same number of personal points, VIP will receive double the personal points.

Result 2: If, apart from the VIP and their classmates, there is no one in the group who fails to answer or answers incorrectly, the school will pay the VIP 500,000 personal points.

These two points are very easy to understand. As long as you answer the questions between 9:30 pm and 11 pm on the night the exam ends four days later, you can achieve result one and result two.

If everyone except the VIP and their classmates answers correctly, then it's result one; otherwise, it's result two.

The actual difference between Result 1 and Result 2 is not significant; the only difference is the individual point reward.

Next were results three and four, written on the back of the paper.

Only the following two results are open for submission 24 hours a day during the exam. Additionally, submissions are also accepted for the 30 minutes following the end of the exam. However, regardless of the time period, incorrect answers will be penalized.

Result 3: If someone other than the VIP tells the school the answer before the exam ends and answers correctly, the class to which the student belongs will receive 50 Class Points, and the school will pay the person who answered correctly 500,000 personal points.

Conversely, classes VIP treatment is discovered will be penalized with a deduction of fifty Class Points. The group exam will end at this point.

Furthermore, if a student in the same class as VIP answers correctly, the school will consider the answer invalid and continue the exam.

Result 4: If someone other than VIP reveals their answer to the school before the exam ends and answers incorrectly, the class to which the student belongs will be penalized by losing fifty Class Points.

The VIP will receive 500,000 personal points, and VIP class will also receive 50 Class Points. The exam will end when an incorrect answer is made.

Furthermore, if a classmate of a student receiving VIP answers incorrectly, their answer will be considered invalid and will not be accepted.

"I see, "Shuichi Kanda nodded.

Finding the VIP without any clues is honestly quite difficult. If the VIP reveals their identity to their classmates, and then all three of them keep quiet, then result two can be achieved with certainty.

Because no one would be foolish enough to choose one person from three or four to answer, otherwise all the points earned on the Uninhabited Island could be wasted.

Of course, this doesn't apply if there's a traitor within the class.

Then, Shuichi Kanda waited for Sakagami- sensei to continue his explanation.

"Furthermore, although I don't think you are the kind of students who would do such a thing, stealing or snatching other people's phones to verify the identity of the VIP is not allowed during this exam."

Furthermore, using someone else's phone to answer questions is also prohibited, and whoever is caught doing so will be expelled immediately.

In other words, as long as they don't find out, it's okay? What a simple and easy-to-understand rule.

"Starting tomorrow, you will need to go to the rooms designated by the school at 1 PM and 8 PM. Each room will have a sign with your group name on it."

When you first meet, please be sure to introduce yourselves in the room.