First-Year Finals: Ryuuen's Class Finally Gets Its Moment in the Spotlight! 7k

Sakayanagi immediately moved the mouse on the calculator in front of him. As the commander, he would match with the computer, and the avatars of the participants in each match were displayed on the screen. According to the rules, the commander could choose one person to relay commands. This person would then be assigned an earpiece to receive the commands.

Sakayanagi selected an image of Kohei Katsuragi.

Since we've chosen to use Katsuragi, it's pointless to distrust him now.

Furthermore, Class B has already lost two rounds, and Katsuragi himself knows how important this round is for Class B. Therefore, there's no need to worry about him not Katsuragi when asked to change the answer.

One should press on with one's might, but the momentum will wane with each attempt, and exhaust it completely with each subsequent one.

Class B has already lost two games. Even though Sakayanagi is still able to maintain a good mentality, the other students may not be. So Sakayanagi Arisu has actually become unusually serious.

She will go to—

Her gaze was fixed on one side, on Hachiman beside her. She would prove to him that the situation was not static.

"Chiaki Matsushita from Class C answered correctly—"

While Sakayanagi was distracted, three out of the ten questions had already been given to Class C.

"..." Sakayanagi.

I have indeed been daydreaming too much.

Chapter 39: First-Year Final Exams – Ryuen Class Finally Shines! (7,000 words)

Sakayanagi quickly focused his attention.

There are a total of 10 questions in the abacus mental arithmetic.

Yukimura answered the first question correctly. For the second question, Chiaki Matsushita and Katsuragi both answered correctly. Therefore, it was a tie.

But Chiaki Matsushita got the third question right again.

I never expected this.

Class B was suddenly at a complete disadvantage.

Now the fourth question has been released.

The difficulty has increased.

However, the questions are randomly generated by the computer system.

In other words...

It's possible to play by your own rules.

Therefore, it is possible for the difficulty to increase from 1 to 7.

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On the large screen in the exam hall, an equation that an ordinary high school student could never calculate in one minute appeared.

The answer is [1354440].

Sakayanagi got the answer in just 5 seconds.

Sakayanagi Arisu was a genius from a young age, and questions like this were used to train her brainpower when she was six years old.

And even if it's just her, then Hachiman—

Her gaze drifted toward Hachiman.

"..."

He didn't seem to make any comment.

Indeed.

Based on the information obtained, Hachiman's only talent lies in Japanese Language and Literature.

Therefore, he will not give instructions for this kind of exam.

Hachiman, of course, had no intention of giving orders. Rather, as the commander, how could he possibly issue commands that his team members could immediately respond to?

To his surprise, this Chiaki Matsushita was surprisingly capable.

I initially thought the other party was hiding their strength, but now it seems this guy is hiding quite a lot.

Hachiman began to think.

Meanwhile, Sakayanagi Arisu, sitting opposite him, also fell into deep thought.

However, no instructions were given.

Because in this round, the command tower can only intervene in one question.

For questions that she could answer in 5 seconds, there was obviously no need for her to take action.

But.

Classmate Sakayanagi didn't make a move, while on the field, Yukimura was actually already falling behind.

However, his eyes were fixed intently on Katsuragi.

This is question four, and Katsuragi doesn't seem to have answered it. Does this mean he really does harbor resentment towards Sakayanagi, and is therefore letting him off easy?

As Yukimura was thinking this, he noticed that Sanada, who was next to Katsuragi, had raised his hand.

The answer is 134440

However, Chabashira-sensei, the examiner, rejected his answer.

"It's 1354440."

Matsushita in Class C, provided an answer.

"Too hasty!"

Meanwhile, Sanada from Class B was feeling a bit annoyed. He clearly knew the answer, but he had been so nervous that he had forgotten to write down a number.

So, does that mean Class B wasn't unable to calculate it, but rather their mindset was a bit chaotic?

That's for sure.

After all, this is the third test, and Class B has already lost two games in a row. If they lose this one, they will be close to losing four out of seven games.

Yukimura felt confident.

However, it happened very quickly.

The next question is out.

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It has become complicated.

And it was at this time.

The answer is—

Katsuragi raised his hand and then held up his whiteboard, on which were his answers.

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The speed was astonishing.

Yukimura looked over in surprise.

Is Katsuragi starting to put in his best effort?

However, Yukimura quickly reassured himself.

Because we're already on the fifth question, and Class C has already scored on three and a half questions.

So you only need to win two more questions.

He looked at Matsushita.

Matsushita seems to be having some difficulty.

But it shouldn't matter, there are still 5 questions left, so you just need to get 2 out of those 5.

And that's what I was thinking.

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A new question appeared on the screen.

"..." Yukimura was speechless for a moment.

Because.

If the difficulty of the first three questions was 1, and the difficulty of the fourth question was 9, then the difficulty of this question has suddenly become 100!

"..."

Are there such randomly generated questions?

This is only the fifth question! Or are you saying all the questions after this are this hard?

Having apparently noticed the contestants' condition, Chabashira-sensei said, "The exam questions are randomly selected by the computer, so the difficulty level is unpredictable. Even I can't know the questions in advance."

In fact, this applies not only to mental arithmetic but also to written exams, which are drawn from a question bank on a computer.

Otherwise, if your own class designs the exam questions and you know the answers, it would be unfair to the other class.

Therefore, choosing sports-related competitions is actually the safest option in the Commander Exam.

Otherwise, things could turn out this way, which is unpredictable.

Although it was so unpredictable, it must have been the most challenging of the 10 mental arithmetic problems in this test.

And this kind of question.

Sakayanagi also needs to do some serious calculations.

The live stream showed that all the students were doing mental arithmetic seriously, but most of them were staring blankly, probably having given up completely.

Yes.

This is quite difficult for ordinary students.

Therefore, this is no longer a question that an ordinary student could answer.

"..."

Sakayanagi even glanced at Kohei Katsuragi, who, despite not being able to calculate it himself, remained remarkably composed.

And now.

Where is Hachiman?

While multitasking with her calculations, Sakayanagi Arisu also kept her attention on Hachiman sitting next to her.

Hachiman is really having a good time.

She was quietly observing his left hand. A boy's hand is different from a girl's; it appears longer and more slender.

"..."

Knowing that she was in the exam, Sakayanagi immediately focused all her attention on calculations, every second counted. However, the calculations were all done in her brain. At this moment, Sakayanagi Arisu's mind was full of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, full of formulas, and full of strings of numbers that had been broken down.

Is that so?

So.

It is extremely mentally taxing.

But compared to her physical fragility, she quite enjoys mentally torturing herself.

And now.

The calculation is complete.

Turn out

Very soon.

She began using the command tower's permissions.

She judged that this question was the most difficult one in the exam, and that Class C would not be able to get this score. If Class B also couldn't get it, it would create pressure.

Class B answered one question correctly and tied with one other question, while Class C answered three questions correctly and tied with one other question.