The Command Tower Exam Begins: Facing Off Against Arisu Sakayanagi! 8k (continued)

Although Chabashira spoke in an official tone, she quickly turned back and wrote the current evaluation scores of each class on the blackboard before the students could ask any questions.

Honami Ichinose led Class A to a score of 1298.1.

Class B, led by Sakayanagi Arisu, scored 1250 points.

Class C, where Hachiman is, scored 1185.7 points.

Ryuen's Class D failed with a score of 0.

The classes at Ryuen have been inactive for several months.

"Although I wanted to announce the exam content and rules directly, I'll let you see the evaluation scores first. You're currently very close to Class B. You can still be considered a top class," said Chabashira-sensei. "Although it's not appropriate for me to say this, I'm very pleased with your current results, but it's hard to say how long you can maintain them."

But such words are almost meaningless.

Everyone knows that.

Moreover, many people want to know immediately whether this month's exams are dangerous.

And then Chabashira finally spoke.

"This Special Exam is Selection Exam where each class competes against the others based on their overall abilities. According to the rules, the opposing classes will be determined, and then the exam will take place."

"And here, you might be matched against any one of the three classes, A, B, or C. And it will be done by drawing lots," Chabashira said.

"Apart from the requirements of venue and space, there are no restrictions on the content of the exam."

"It can be a written test, shogi, poker, baseball, or even Old Maid. It requires you to use your brain and wisdom to select 10 items from various projects and submit them to me. These 10 items will be made public to the opposing class. On the day of the exam, you will select five items from these 10 to confirm, and the opposing class will do the same."

"Then the system will randomly select 7 out of the 10 (5+5) items prepared by both classes for the competition."

"A seven-game series. The first class to win four games will receive 100 points in class evaluation from the school."

"Furthermore, for every match we defeat against the opposing class, we will gain 30 points in class evaluation scores from them."

"The exam requires that all seven games be completed, regardless of the outcome, even if the score is 0 to 7."

It's safe to say that it was indeed a final exam.

This type of match will generate a class evaluation score of 30 x 7 + 100 = 310 points.

However, since it's a battle between two classes, the possibility of a negative outcome can be quite terrifying, as the seven-game match involves scoring points from the losing class.

Therefore, the maximum possible difference would be 30 x 7 x 2 + 100 = 520 points.

In other words, the school has practically forced each class to stake their wisdom and beliefs this time.

Otherwise, there will be a detailed outline later.

Chabashira distributed the printed papers he had brought, which contained more detailed rules.

Hachiman also obtained the information from the table in front of him.

Read it quickly.

1. Regarding the number of participants, each competition requires a minimum of 1 participant and a maximum of 20 participants. Each class can only submit a maximum of 2 events per competition that have more than 10 participants.

2. Each student may only attend one event.

3. There are no restrictions on the projects, but one thing to note is that each class cannot apply for the same project, or one that is extremely similar.

4. Each class needs to select a commander. This commander cannot participate in the competition directly, but can provide guidance to the participating students through the appropriate equipment.

Specific details will be provided regarding the student in question, the Commander. Winning the class competition will reward the Commander with a certain number of personal points, while losing will result in expulsion.

At the same time.

The Commander Tower will participate in a lottery tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM to select the class to battle against.

In other words...

This competition is another exam that forces students to drop out of school.

Putting aside the sheer prestige of winning, the student in charge of the command center will be expelled if they lose. Furthermore, if just anyone is chosen as the command center, they won't be able to participate in the matches and offer advice. Therefore, it's essential to select a strong student from the class to be the command center.

However, if the top student in one's class is the commander, then if the class loses the battle, that top student will be expelled from school.

Either.

Collect 20 million points to offset the penalty of being expelled from school.

Or it could be...

Let the students who received the withdrawal protection spot in the previous exam take the stage.

Acting Chairman Tsukishiro is still hospitalized, but judging from the current situation, this Special Exam was likely Acting Chairman Tsukishiro.

After all, it directly protects the spots for students from four classes.

It won't do if it's not removed.

Hachiman pondered.

After reading the rules, Hachiman didn't say anything, but he noticed that many classmates were looking over.

Yes.

It seems that no one else is more suitable to go to the command tower than him.

Because.

Even the slowest student could tell he'd put in a lot of effort in the numerous exams. This time, he could lose up to 520 points, and if that happened, their class would fail. Their allowance of 100,000 yuan would be reduced, impacting everyone's quality of life.

Not only that, but the Commander Tower might be expelled. Hachiman received the first place in the last expulsion exam, which gave him an Appreciation Vote -of-jail-free card.

Therefore, if he decides to take command of the command tower himself, no one will refuse.

But.

"Is the command center no longer able to participate directly in the project?"

Suzune Horikita, who was next to Hachiman, suddenly raised her hand and spoke to Chabashira.

Um.

As an ally, Horikita was well aware of Hachiman's importance.

At the same time, she was well aware that it would be a foolish decision to tie Hachiman to her for the sake of the class.

"The rules don't allow it; we can only assist and not participate ourselves," Chabashira said.

At this moment, Kei Karuizawa was sitting in the front row, looked at her phone and said, "Ah... then isn't that a pity? If the Commander Tower is going to drop out of school, then it would be most suitable to let Hachiman, who got the Appreciation Vote, go. But isn't his Japanese Language and Literature very good? If he takes the Japanese Language and Literature test and writes a few terrible classical Chinese passages, then we can be sure of winning the game."

Karuizawa said, as if he were sighing.

So it seems difficult to handle.

But she also pointed out what everyone was thinking: what if Hachiman were to become the commander?

Then everyone can be exempted from the expulsion penalty for losing the class competition.

"But the command tower is a mandatory requirement for the exam. And losing will result in expulsion."

"Although many students in our class have the ability to surpass those in Class A, this is a best-of-seven series. If we lose, then there will definitely be more students dropping out."

"I dropped out of Yamauchi before because everything at Yamauchi was too much," Hachiman said. "Besides, the exam requirements forced us to do it."

"And I don't think there's any need for the students present here to be expelled."

"So," Hachiman said, "I'll be in charge of this exam."

He took on the responsibility that could almost save the class.

And after he took the initiative to take responsibility, many students could be heard patting their chests in relief.

Then he looked at Hachiman with grateful and relieved eyes.

"..." Kushida.

Meanwhile, Kikyo Kushida, who is adept at observing the atmosphere and understanding people's hearts, is secretly watching Hachiman Hikigaya.

Because 99% of his statement was a lie.

What does it mean to say that after Yamauchi dropped out of school, you felt there was no one in your class worth dropping out of?

She clearly said some trashy things about her classmates when she vented to him a couple of days ago.

I mentioned several students who didn't want to drop out of school but also didn't want to improve themselves.

Hachiman Hikigaya bluntly stated that they should just let them drop out of school, since there were still many exams to go, and someone would have to fill in for the dropouts.

Result.

What you say now is important to everyone.

In other words...

Hachiman Hikigaya may be trying to win people over.

If he becomes the commander, then he is essentially the player in the game, and the students are the pieces. If they choose a move but the pieces don't move, then there's nothing that can be done. So he's trying to win people's hearts and minds, so that the pieces will obediently follow his orders.

In other words...

Is Hachiman Hikigaya actually taking this Special Exam very seriously?

So.

Would it be better if she took the initiative to help?

Kushida looked at the exam rules. Since the exam content was not limited, it could be a formal exam paper, or some playful skills, or even playing chess.

Besides being popular and approachable, she actually has another advantage.

That is, she types very fast. Of course, I'm not referring to typing on a computer, but typing on a mobile phone.

If she were to take this exam, she felt that no one in the school could compare to her.

"I'm fine as the commander." As everyone gradually looked over, Hachiman continued, "Although I don't think our class has a very high chance of winning."

"But."

"Some projects that are guaranteed to win can also be undertaken."

"For example, the monster in our class—" Hachiman said.

And the word "monster" is mentioned.

Everyone's attention shifted again.

It landed on the golden retriever sitting in the center of the classroom, who was occasionally taking out a comb to brush his hair.

Rokusuke Koenji.

Despite possessing amazing Physical Ability, he withdrew from the Sports Festival.

However, during the last withdrawal exam, Rokosuke Kōenji said that he would contribute to the class and was even willing to spend 2 million points to accumulate 20 million points.

He has attracted attention.

After all, this person has even stronger Physical Ability than Sudō.

"Huh? Are you looking at me?" Under the eager gaze of his classmates, Koenji immediately realized that Hachiman was trying to get back the favor he had done for him.

In reality, he couldn't completely remain unaffected either.

Because.

This school is a bit sick.

Initially, he thought he could just coast along, then collect 20 million and go to Class A upon graduation.

However, with these withdrawal exams happening again and again, if he continues to be particularly out of the loop, he might actually be forced to drop out of school or spend an extra 20 million points due to these Commander Exam or similar tests.

That would be a huge loss.

"Okay." He put away his comb. "I'll participate in this exam, and I won't lose to anyone in the competition."

He decided to use his own strength to protect himself.

"Me too!"

Under these circumstances, Ken Sudō raised his right hand, "I will not lose in sprint events!"

Although he admitted that he was not as good as Kiyotaka Ayanokoji or Koenji.

However.