Someone Didn't Take Part, Yet Has a Powerful Presence!

After all, his outstanding physical strength is indeed well-known.

Moreover, he might be able to use this Sports Festival to completely change other people's impressions of him.

"No way!"

A boy suddenly exclaimed, "This kind of competition should be a group activity! How can you Ken Sudō, participate all by yourself?"

"So it's okay if we lose because of this?"

Ken Sudō glared at him.

This time, he was genuinely thinking about the class and truly wanted to win.

Even he wanted to change people's impression of him.

"But this is a team sport. If we let Sudō do it all by himself, our Class B will be laughed at."

"That's right."

More and more boys chimed in, all of them wanting to participate in the competition.

As for the specific reasons...

"I think you guys are clearly after the bonus points for the top three spots, aren't you?"

Karuizawa mocked mercilessly, "Because you're afraid of falling to last place and losing ten points, and also to get a better name and earn points as a bonus, you're willing to let Class B lose the game and lose points, right?"

"Karuizawa, how could you say such a thing!"

"You've gone too far, Karuizawa!"

"I thought you were alright before, but now you think of us like this!"

The boys blushed, each one furious with embarrassment.

This is enough to prove that Karuizawa really hit a nerve.

"Is that so?"

Ken Sudō also blushed.

Because he also held some of those same thoughts.

If he wins first place in all the competitions, he can get more than 40 bonus points!

This also means that even if he gets a zero on one of his exams, he can still pass.

"Alright, alright, everyone stop arguing. I think everyone wants to show their best at this Sports Festival."

Meanwhile, Hirata and Kushida the little angel were trying to smooth things over and ease the tension among the students.

Um.

See?

Hachiman remained silent.

While having dinner with Sakayanagi, he deliberately brought out the overpowered player from his class, making Sakayanagi from Class A wary.

They might even try to trick the other party into not participating in this exam.

After all, Hachiman's goal was to trick Ryuen out of the agreement with Class A, which was worth 300 class evaluation points.

Then all you need to do is scam Ryuen.

Things will get complicated if Sakayanagi gets involved, and he may also have to share money with the other party.

He had already given the other party a large share of the benefits during the previous VIP Exam, so he didn't want it this time.

But.

Judging from the current situation, it's somewhat understandable why Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, despite possessing genius-level abilities, is a cheat code and keeps slacking off and pretending to be ordinary.

Because.

It's too heavy to carry.

They are now students in Class B, but they don't behave like students in Class B at all.

P. S.: Damn it, why won't the keyboard move by itself?! Move, move now, keyboard!

Chapter 166 There was one person who didn't participate, but had an extremely strong presence!

Hachiman's class remained essentially unchanged. However, he had no expectations of them.

However, the problem of the stupid students in the class all wanting to sign up to get the top three in the written test and thus avoid failing the test and being expelled, or falling into the bottom ten in the whole school and having points deducted, is easily solved.

It can be digested within the class.

All you need to do is get the high-achieving students to deliberately skip the exam, causing them to rank at the bottom.

Student Council ranked in the bottom ten will have ten points deducted.

There are also quite a few students in Class B with good grades.

Not to mention Horikita, Teruhiko Yukimura, Kōenji, and others with average scores above 90.

There are also a few people with an average score of over 80.

For example Kushida, her best friend Meiyu Wang, and Hirata, etc.

It doesn't matter if these people lose ten points for each subject.

So if struggling students are worried about falling into the bottom ten and having their test scores deducted, then let those who aren't afraid of losing points do the deductions.

Certainly.

Making high-achieving students sacrifice themselves is not a good solution.

Unless absolutely necessary, there is no point in implementing it.

Because the class was in such a chaotic state, Hachiman deliberately brought up the overpowered students in his class while having dinner with Sakayanagi. He intentionally created the impression that the strong students in his class were incredibly powerful, so that even Class A would have to think twice before facing them. He then tricked Sakayanagi Arisu not getting involved.

Let her continue to be placed in the play.

Generally speaking, this kind of thing is not easy to handle.

However, since Sakayanagi just gained 20 million in the Uninhabited Island Exam and got a great deal, she might turn a blind eye if she was allowed to slack off in this exam.

Therefore, Class A's strongest fighter was sealed away once again.

This is why Hikigaya went to Sakayanagi Arisu after Hachiman- Chabashira-sensei only informed the All-School Sports Festival in the morning and then went to lunch during the afternoon break.

It's because there are too many people in the class who are dragging the class down.

This means that even with top-tier fighters like Sudō and Kōenji, Class B's overall strength is still insufficient to guarantee a ranking.

At the same time.

The fact that Kōenji is overpowered has been known to the entire grade on the Uninhabited Island, so any project involving him will likely be targeted with tactics like overwhelming numbers or deliberate obstruction.

Therefore.

Based on the current situation, it's not certain that Class B will win.

Therefore, sealing away Sakayanagi Arisu a high risk factor and strong attack power, is the best solution.

While watching his classmates continue their lively conversation, Suzune Horikita, standing behind Hachiman Hikigaya, suddenly spoke up.

"Hachiman."

This is Suzune Horikita in her groundhog form after learning that she has been assigned to the opposing camp and will have to fight against her brother.

So, has she finally recovered?

She seemed to have come to her senses.

Because her left hand was slightly clenched into a fist, as if she had made up her mind. And her eyes began to shine brightly.

"So," Hachiman asked, "What are your thoughts on this exam?"

"Huh?"

Horikita paused, then thought for a moment before saying, "I feel like I've grown a lot. As for this exam, yes, I felt pressured when I heard I was going to face off against my brother, and I never expected Matoba to turn out like this... but..."

"So you want to do it yourself?" Hachiman interrupted her.

This was something Suzune Horikita wanted to accomplish when she enrolled in school: as a bratty little sister, Horikita's little sister always wanted to prove to Manabu Horikita that she wasn't a loser.

Now that three months have passed, there should have been some growth.

Especially.

Before going to the Uninhabited Island Exam last month, Suzune Horikita even found Manabu Horikita and said something like she didn't want to follow in her brother's footsteps.

If she performs poorly, it only proves that she is still a useless person.

So, now that Horikita has come to her senses and cheered herself up, is she about to start showing off to her brother?

That would contradict Hachiman's plan.

During lunch break, while having lunch with Sakayanagi asked him about his mission objective. His objective was the Ryuen's class.

Although the main purpose was to trick Sakayanagi Arisu continuing to sit there and slack off.

But in reality, Hachiman really wanted to take action against Ryuen.

Because.

There's also an agreement worth over 30 million yuan with Class A at Ryuen.

This is a very tempting cake.

The methods for obtaining points at this school are relatively limited. Apart from characters like Hachiman who can obtain points through agreements or bets with Chabashira-sensei, the only other way to earn points is to honestly participate in the monthly Special Exam or obtain them from the class.

Therefore, the opportunity to obtain a large number of points is not very common.

Otherwise, this school wouldn't have existed for over a decade without anyone accumulating 20 million points.

As for a young lady like Sakayanagi Arisu, she wouldn't immediately step in to extract points after discovering that the VIP Exam was profitable.

Therefore, Ryuen are like tens of millions of walking people.

This All-School Sports Festival is an opportunity for Hachiman.

However, if Horikita's little sister wants to operate on her own, it might cause trouble for Hachiman's plan.

Will Suzune Horikita stand on the opposite side?

"No."

But Horikita shook his head and said seriously, "Although I have grown, I know I still have many shortcomings. Besides, Hachiman, you said you still need Ryuen points, didn't you?"

Horikita certainly wanted Manabu Horikita to see his growth.

However, she was also self-aware.

The current class is very close to Class A, with a difference of less than 20 points.

The biggest gap between the first and last place in this Sports Festival can be as high as 800 points.

So.

If she makes a mistake, she could ruin the class's chances of being promoted to Class A.

Faced with such a score, she was hesitant to take responsibility for the consequences.

"It seems you're quite clear-headed," Hachiman said. "In this Sports Festival, the scores of classes A, B, and C are very close, so it's very risky to try to cause a big stir."

"I think both Class A and Class C will likely choose the safe and conservative approach."

"However, Ryuen's class is 800 or 900 points behind us, and they are in Class D, allied with Class A to form the Red Team, giving them a great chance of winning in the Red vs White team. There is a 99% chance they can get the 200-point bonus. So this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ryuen's class to climb up. As long as Ryuen still has the ambition to challenge Class A, they will not let it go."

"Most of the students in Ryuen's class are delinquents and are good at fighting. It can be said that there are very few boys who are not good at sports, and there are very few girls who are not good at sports either. Therefore, this Sports Festival is not difficult for them. Even if there are no seeded players who can compare with Kōenji or Sudō, they have a chance to compete for first place based on their overall strength."

According to the rules.

The students in the entire grade were divided into Red and White Competition teams.

All winning classes in a match receive +200 points, while losing a group results in -200 points for all classes.

Then each grade level also needs to determine the first, second, third, and last place.

The rewards and punishments are also very harsh.

First place +200 points