Only 72 people.
But.
Looking at the number of students, Class A now had 39, Class B had 37, Class C had 39, and finally, Class D had 32.
That made 143 in total.
Yet there were only 72 names on the list. The other 71 had not been assigned.
Then Sakagami-sensei continued.
"Looking at the list, all the second-year students have been assigned. However, for the third-years, the school has only randomly assigned half of them."
"The remaining half have been granted exemption slots for this exam."
"Students who have not been assigned may choose whether to take the exam or not. Those who choose not to participate will receive 20,000 Private Points as compensation. Those who wish to participate are also allowed to do so. The official list will be announced the day after tomorrow. For now, the 71 students who have not been assigned to a group can make their choice through the OAA system on their tablets."
"They may freely choose to withdraw or join any of the twenty groups. Once a group exceeds twenty members, no more students may join it."
In other words, the current third-year roster had already been screened by the school once.
Hachiman continued browsing the list of students who had already been assigned.
In Third-year Class A, Sakayanagi Arisu, Kamuro, Katsuragi, Sanada, Kito, Yamamura, and Morishita were all included.
In Third-year Class B were Hachiman, Ryuen, Hiyori Shiina, Ibuki, Kaneda, and others.
Third-year Class C had familiar faces like Honami Ichinose, Kanzaki, Shibata, and others.
On Class D's side were Horikita, Karuizawa, Kushida, Hirata, and so on.
But in terms of proportions, Class A had the most, with thirty students. Classes B and C had somewhat fewer, with fifteen in Class B and twenty in Class C. But Class D