The Results Are In-Congratulations, You Got the Most Praise Votes! 10k (Continued)

Since one cannot vote for oneself, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji should have received 38th place in the votes.

Um.

Because the situation in Yamauchi is uncertain.

Just as I expected.

"And second place Kiyotaka Ayanokoji. 38 votes," Chabashira announced.

This is a result that everyone already knows, and it was chosen by everyone themselves. However, excluding the rule that you can't vote for yourself, with 38 people voting, that means one student didn't cast Appreciation Vote.

"Yamauchi, you really don't have any sense of contractual obligation," Ike immediately retorted.

Actually, Sudō was the one who usually had the best relationship with Yamauchi in the class, but from the beginning of the exam, Sudō felt that he could no longer get close to Yamauchi.

In particular, he felt that things were getting increasingly outrageous in the Yamauchi.

If you go close to help, you might get dragged into the mess.

Because he's a hot-tempered guy, there are probably a lot of people who don't like him.

So during this exam, Sudō was actually trying his best to avoid being noticed by others.

"I'm going to drop out of school! I don't want to fill it out!" Yamauchi said.

This is a very strong reason.

So everyone continued to focus on the lucky Kiyotaka Ayanokoji received the most Appreciation Vote in the class.

Wait a moment.

"Huh?"

Finally, someone realized what was happening.

That is it.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji received 38 Appreciation Vote from the class, excluding those from Yamauchi and others who couldn't fill in the blanks! And yet she still came in first place?

"Is it because of the extra Appreciation Vote?" asked Hasebe, who loved gossip.

I was actually quite curious.

She knew she definitely wouldn't get a ranking, but as long as she didn't fall behind, that would be fine.

So now an unexpected Matoba has appeared, and I immediately became concerned.

"Yes." Chabashira nodded.

"In addition to the votes from classmates, each person also receives Appreciation Vote from students in other classes."

That's quite remarkable.

Since "outside class" refers to classes outside your own, it's possible to get over 100 "Appreciation Vote" from those classes.

Of course, only popular stars like Ichinose or Kushida the little angel can achieve this.

But.

Kikyo Kushida came in third place with 37 votes.

Day.

Although Kushida was smiling, this was probably what she was feeling inside.

This is because either the class cast a large number of critical votes at her, which were offset by the Appreciation Vote from other classes.

Or maybe... no students from other classes gave her any Appreciation Vote.

Hey, hey, hey.

So, all the students from other classes chose Ichinose?

Indeed.

Kushida used to compare herself to Ichinose in every aspect, even comparing her own dark history to Ichinose's.

However, it is clear that Ichinose's dark history doesn't even qualify as a scandal.

So she didn't win.

But.

Don't do that.

She gets along well with students from other classes, so it's understandable that no one voted for her.

Wait a moment.

Let's assume that students from other classes all like Ichinose's type, so they didn't vote for her. But Ichinose's class?

Students in Ichinose's class also need to fill out Appreciation Vote for students from other classes.

This was mandatory to fill out.

Not filling it out is considered a waiver and will result in immediate expulsion from school.

So.

Even though the students in Class Ichinose couldn't give her Ichinose extra vote, did they also refuse to give her any Appreciation Vote?

Kushida looked as if she were questioning the meaning of life.

Certainly.

She could suppress that expression.

However, the stability of the Kushida Empire made her feel threatened.

Kushida's mind raced quickly, as did the other students around her.

However, they thought differently from her.

Because, for Class C, Kushida's popularity was undeniable, and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was the lucky one chosen, so everyone wrote Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's Appreciation Vote as agreed.

Such rankings are perfectly reasonable.

So who can surpass these two people and rank first?

Although they wrote the names themselves, most people have reached a consensus on it.

This exam was relatively easy for most students; only the bottom-ranked students needed to anxiously team up.

For the larger number of students who are also more rational, the names they can write down are more clearly defined.

So.

Hachiman Hikigaya.

This is the person who simplified the exam and reduced the risks for everyone.

There should be at least 20 votes. After all, the list of the large group that Hachiman read out back then had a total of 26 people.

And a little more, perhaps 30 votes, since that's already a consensus.

It's safer to be near Hachiman.

Therefore, most people in the class were aware of the situation.

Chabashira looked at the list of results and smiled at the name of the first place winner. "First place Hachiman Hikigaya. Appreciation Vote minus criticism votes, total 78 votes."

"Hiss--"

However, the entire class was still completely terrified.

Because the class could only give him a maximum of 39 votes of Appreciation Vote. The rest were given by students from other classes.

In the class, most Student Council support him, but some would oppose him, especially those who were at the bottom and felt insecure about the exam. So they would criticize him instead of praising him. However, even so, this number shows that Hachiman may have received 40 or even more Appreciation Vote in other classes.

Because he received more than 40 votes of Appreciation Vote from other classes, even if everyone in his class voted against him, he still had an absolute number of positive votes, so he was absolutely safe.

"Who... did you get votes from again...?" Suzune Horikita, who was sitting next to him, looked at Hachiman.

Even the members of Yukimura's tutoring group looked at him with surprise, as if recalling that at the gathering, Hachiman had suggested that it was okay if he received a negative vote.

At that time, Sakura had only compiled a list of a few students from other classes who would vote for Hachiman.

The result... is that there are so many now.

"No." However, faced with Horikita's surprise Hachiman shrugged innocently, "I didn't ask anyone to Appreciation Vote for me."

"Or rather, I didn't actually spend a single penny."

Without spending any money, you got over 40 Appreciation Vote from other classes!

Where did you get this scammed from?!

There were other classmates around who overheard his conversation, and they couldn't help but think to themselves that he was complaining.

Because someone saw on the school forum that Ryuen from Class D, was selling each vote for 150,000 points at a fixed price.

Therefore, the tickets are very valuable.

As a result, they didn't spend a single penny.

"Next is the reading of the criticism votes." But now, Chabashira-sensei is in control of another outcome of the exam.

The Class Vote will produce two results.

The top three and bottom three students in the class were identified.

The last person will be expelled from school.

"First, the third to last place is Kanji Ike. His total votes are -23, minus the votes for Appreciation Vote."

Almost immediately after the Chabashira-sensei read it out, Kanji Ike breathed a huge sigh of relief. At the same time, he probably knew the result, and immediately looked at Yukimura's tutoring group with gratitude, because this must be the result of the group members not participating in giving him the criticism vote.

Then Chabashira-sensei continued reading the names. "Second to last."

"Aaaaaaahh..."

Sudō was very nervous because he knew he was the hot-tempered older brother in his class and that many people disliked him.

He was also on the list of candidates that Hachiman read out earlier, so logically the people in the group shouldn't have voted for him; he's a useful person.

But sure enough, when the time came, he became very nervous.

"Second place—" Chabashira-sensei continued reading.

The pool is safe, but several other students who were also at the bottom are still uncertain.

So we can only wait for the result.

Finally.

"Second to last," Chabashira read out. "The total votes are -31 (Appreciation Vote minus criticism votes). It's you, Sotomura."

Perhaps not expecting this outcome, the student from the Sotomura was stunned for several moments.

"Sotomura?"

"Ah... yes!" The Sotomura stood up nervously.

Sotomura was a slightly chubby boy who was called "Doctor" when he enrolled in school because of his computer skills. It was also around that time that he brought his newly bought laptop, and then Yamauchi and the others started urging each other to start ranking the girls in the class.

Aside from that, because he was overweight, his physical fitness was poor, and he didn't do well in school either.

It belongs to the group that ranks two or three places above Sudō.

"Do you have any objections to this result?" Chabashira asked.

"No, no." Sotomura quickly sat down again.

I was just startled.

However, he was second to last; only the last-ranked student would be expelled.

Chabashira refocused his attention.

"And the first place in the criticism vote—" Chabashira paused as he looked at the name, "Haruki Yamauchi, 39 votes. Yamauchi, get ready to go with me to process your withdrawal from school."

"..."

39 votes.

He couldn't vote for himself, which meant that all the students in the class voted against him.

Everyone should give him a critical vote!