"But to ensure that the second-to-last place isn't a student from your class, why must it be mandatory for the student to come from our Class D?"
"Under those conditions, it's also possible for a Class C student to come last in that group."
Each group consisted of one student from each of Classes A, B, C, and D, making a four-person team. Then they would select a relatively weak student from Ichinose's class, while the students from the other three classes only needed to score slightly higher than that student before dragging down the entire group.
That student from Ichinose's class could end up expelled.
In other words, Horikita's real target wasn't him, but Ichinose.
"You and Ichinose are friends, aren't you?" Ryuen said.
"But I'm also a student of Class D now." Classmate Horikita's expression turned icy.
She had seemed somewhat unnatural when Hachiman was mentioned earlier, yet she could now bring herself to strike at Ichinose.
How utterly ruthless.
"Looking at it that way, Ichinose and her class are really pitiful," Ryuen said.
Then he ended his conversation with Horikita.
Because Horikita and Hirata still seemed to have plans afterward, which meant—
It looked like no class would be able to stay untouched by this trashy exam.
"Ryuen?"
At that moment, Ryuen seemed to hear someone calling him, and his thoughts returned to normal.
He saw Ichinose and Kanzaki. Kanzaki had been the one calling him just now.
"I have nothing to say about this exam," Ryuen said. "And Class D has indeed learned a few tricks."
In other words, Ryuen admitted that Classmate Horikita from Class D had extorted him badly, just as Ichinose had said.
"But your class probably won't have it easy either." Ryuen looked at Ichinose and Kanzaki.
Their class rankings had