"What a racket." Ryuen remained seated where he was.
"But everyone's happy too." Shiina had been swept up by the mood as well. "Right, Hachiman?"
Right, Hachiman.
Leading a class in another charge for Class A—and succeeding—was unprecedented at this school, and likely never to be repeated.
"Coming up with a strategy like that makes you disgusting." Yet Ryuen's words were as unpleasant as ever.
How could he describe someone like that?
There had been two plans from the start.
Since this exam had added a random draw, leaving the outcome entirely to luck was impossible. After all, they did not have Sakura's luck.
So they had to make some moves.
The draw results.
If Class A drew Class A's scores, there was nothing to be done. Class A was difficult to divide.
But if Class A drew the random scores of any class from B through D, there would be room to manipulate things—by arranging for students to withdraw.
This was the final year of third year. There were plenty of people who could withdraw, and the cost was low.
But if their own Class B drew Class A instead, they could do something else.
At the end of the second-year term, Ichinose's class had finalized the people who would advance classes and paid the fees. Though they were still in debt now, the school had approved it—that was a fact.
So their class-transfer orders could be used.
And moving to a class with a higher class evaluation score would also be more helpful for repaying their debt.
Thus, convincing the students of Ichinose's class had not been difficult.
Besides.
They were afraid too. Their contract with the school was to transfer to Sakayanagi Arisu's class, so what if Sakayanagi's class fell and could not rise again? They could