"You will compete against each other in groups."
"Over these two and a half days, each group will need to fight eleven rounds. Note that regardless of how many wins or losses you have, you will not be allowed to forfeit an exam."
"If groups have the same results after all eleven rounds of exams, there will be overtime matches."
"Also."
"Once a group leader has been chosen, they cannot be changed unless there are unavoidable circumstances."
"The event for each matchup will be randomly selected by the system. Each time, it will be drawn from twenty events. Events that have already been drawn will remain in the pool, so you may face the same event two or even three times."
Majima-sensei began reading out the rules from the podium.
However, the groups below were far from settled.
The students were rather bewildered now.
"How can it be like this?!"
"If we keep drawing events our group isn't good at, wouldn't we be at a huge disadvantage?"
"But if we keep drawing events we're good at, wouldn't that be a huge profit? Maybe trash groups like ours can fight our way up too!"
Even students who had originally held no ambitions for the top ranks were suddenly fired up.
Majima-sensei ignored their shaken state of mind and continued speaking through his megaphone.
"Now, the matchups for the first round will be selected automatically!"
Very soon, the electronic display on the field showed the opponents for the first round.
Group 1 vs. Group 7. Event: [Old Maid]
Group 2 vs. Group 11. Event: [10km Mixed-Gender Relay Race]
Group 3 vs. Group 20. Event: [Chemistry Quiz Competition]
Group 5 vs. Group 9. Event: [Pottery Making]
Group 8 vs. Group 12. Event: [Chemistry Quiz Competition]
In other words, the exams were about