Sakagami did not continue reading the words below.
He already understood that Hachiman Hikigaya's deduction had been correct.
So, as expected, this was Class A's cunning at work?
"Interesting." Ryuen, seated below, had also noticed Sakagami-sensei's reaction. He, too, understood the exam's outcome. "That Sakayanagi really was trying to screw with us."
"But if that's the case, that means they paid thirty million points, right?"
"They got Class A to cough up thirty million points in a single exam," Ryuen said. "Not bad."
It really was not bad. That meant Ryuen's expenditure of 6.06 million points in this exam was no longer the biggest loss.
Ryuen's mood instantly improved.
"The exam is over." Ryuen stood up at once. "We'll have a victory party this afternoon. My treat!"
"We'll fight again in our third year!" Ryuen said. "Next semester, we'll drag Class A off its pedestal!"
"Yeah!" XN
All the students became excited.
Only Oda, who had been assigned to the group ranked dead last, felt somewhat regretful. In other words, he had failed to get himself expelled and lost the chance to walk away with two million points.
The news that the half-hour period had ended also spread to the other classes.
For example, Second Year Class D.
"Time's up."
Chabashira was waiting with the students for the exam results, checking whether the results might change after half an hour, just as Karuizawa had said.
And now—
Her gaze swept across the class. Roughly half were nervous, while the other half did not seem to care.
The nervous half were worried about Yukimura.
After all, if no turnaround came, Yukimura would be expelled.
Still, these students had not simply left while waiting for a possible reversal, thinking it had nothing to do with them. Compared to before, that could