But now that it had been brought up again, Kushida was a little curious.
She was curious about the results of the top performers in Ichinose's class.
"What's the highest number of check-ins..." Ichinose looked a little embarrassed. "Everyone was worried about failing to place, so they checked into the courses that normally allowed the most check-ins."
"In other words, um, thirty-one times," Ichinose said.
"..."
The students around them seemed to have all fallen silent.
Or rather.
You people are terrifying.
The maximum possible number of check-ins was thirty-one, and this many people had managed thirty-one?
That was ridiculous!
And now.
"Next, we will announce the rankings for course check-in counts."
"First, although this is Forest School, the school has still invested generously in you. Materials may be somewhat lacking, but half the instructors provided to you were hired from society at great expense."
"So these class hours are worth cherishing."
"Because a total of twenty-five students achieved thirty-one check-ins and tied for first place, exceeding twenty people, the school has decided after deliberation to add extra rewards. These twenty-five students will each receive 150,000 Private Points from the school. We hope you can maintain your current momentum in your studies."
"Next, here is the list of students who checked into thirty-one classes—"
"Blah blah—"
Majima-sensei quickly began reading out the students' names.
And none of those names were unfamiliar to anyone. They were all students from Ichinose's class.
In other words, thirty-seven students from Ichinose's class had come for this exam. To deal with it, the students in Group 1, Group 5, and even Group 7 had focused on the exam, while among the remaining students, nearly ninety percent had desperately attended classes.
Terrifying indeed.
"This is the optimal strategy."
Standing among the crowd and listening to the