Koenji, Sacrifice Yourself for the Class and Protect Your Title! (Continued)
"I have chosen not to drop out of school."
"Expulsion seems like a common punishment at this school, but I genuinely love this class and look forward to spending this high school time with everyone, so I want to avoid any reductions in student numbers," Hirata said. "I believe this is a situation where reductions shouldn't occur."
Um.
Before the exam started, Hirata was so assertive, but now he makes people feel so at ease.
Then they heard Hirata's additional information.
"No layoffs, and no layoffs unless absolutely necessary."
Ah, this.
In other words, Hirata actually has a cold side.
However, Hirata stood up probably because he felt that his decision to demand withdrawal from school before the exams influenced the students' opinions, so he came up with an explanation.
However, this also means that Hirata was actually hoping that no one would drop out of school this time.
Only.
This time, there really isn't a chance anyone will drop out of school!
Not only can the rules allow everyone to unanimously agree not to withdraw from school, but they can also unanimously choose to withdraw, and then have that specific person use a protected title to offset the penalty of withdrawal.
The final result was still that no one dropped out of school.
But.
Although that's what I was thinking.
As the last-ranked student in the class's OAA rankings, Kanji Ike remained firmly seated in his position, without saying a word.
Because.
His stats are poor, and the students in Yukimura's tutoring group don't seem to like him either. So if he acts too aggressively, he might get attacked by Yukimura and the others.
So now is fine.
Now is fine.
Although he contacted other students with poor grades to form a group, and even asked Kushida for help, they formed a 14-person average group.
It looks safe now.
And the exam questions are safe too. There will be no forced withdrawal from school.
However, some people didn't read the exam questions and chose options that led to their dropping out of school.
This is a bit nerve-wracking.
But.
"I disagree," Yukimura said, standing up at that moment. "Our class's current evaluation score is 1355."
"And if I can get 100 in this exam... no, it shouldn't be 100, but if I can get a maximum of 400 points."
"Then the score is 1755."
"The current Class A only has 1820 points. Although we don't know how Sakayanagi's class will choose, if they choose to get the most points, then if we don't get any points here, it will be very difficult to catch up in the future."
"The best-case scenario is that we get the points and they don't, then we have a better chance," Yukimura said, adjusting his glasses.
His suggestion was not adopted when the third question asked students to choose to stop receiving their living expenses for six months and then obtain a random expulsion protection spot.
Then he also lacked confidence, so he gave up persisting.
But now, he feels he must seize this opportunity.
And.
Yukimura, not being stupid, realized that Horikita had absolutely no offensive power today.
He sat quietly and aloofly in his seat.
When Hachiman was still in the class, Horikita was quite active, to the point that people thought she would continue to lead the class and become the Class representative or something similar Hachiman left.
But.
This exam seems to be different.
But.
Speaking of Hachiman.
Yukimura felt he had done the right thing.
Since Hachiman wasn't in this class, Yukimura felt he had to carry out Hikigaya's idea of promoting him to Class A.
And.
Class A is right ahead. They clearly have a chance, so why choose to have no students drop out?
Even if you can't get 400 points, it's still pretty good if you can just sacrifice a classmate who performed poorly and get 300 points, isn't it?
"So, Yukimura, you're on the side that insists on some students dropping out?"
At this moment, Chi felt he could finally speak.
Previously, people were afraid of standing out and getting caught, but now Yukimura.
Then you'll be safe.
Moreover, he made preparations for this exam.
Yes.
Although they were friends in the past, and Yamauchi sent her a Yamauchi, Ike's emotional intelligence is higher than Yamauchi's.
At the same time.
They can also recognize that their situation is bad. Only then do they start to struggle.
Fortunately, they did manage to struggle.
Because of Yukimura, even though there was an option for everyone not to drop out, he chose to want someone to drop out and use that person to exchange for points.
So if he hadn't done anything, he would definitely have been sacrificed by Yukimura.
Ike was inwardly dissatisfied with Yukimura for a moment, but then put on a humble and inquiring expression.
"Yes, I think we can get some points." Yukimura nodded. "We can't let this opportunity slip by."
"That teacher," Ike asked Chabashira at this moment. "In the understanding of this question, if you choose to have someone drop out of school, then you can directly get a reward of 200 points."
"If you choose to be among the top three in the OAA, you'll get an extra 100 points."
"If someone drops out of school, they can get 200 + 100, which is 300 points. Then, with the extra 100 points from the school's reward for completing the exam," Chi said.
"Yes." Chabashira nodded. "Your understanding is correct. The maximum reward for this exam is 400 points."
"However, it's important to note that if someone withdraws, and that person chooses to use points or a protected title instead, and if that person is among the top three in the OAA, then they will only receive 50 points instead of 100," Chabashira said. "But because the cost of waiving withdrawal has already been paid, even if that person is not among the top three in the OAA, they will still receive a 50-point bonus."
Oh, I see.
If no one drops out, the final reward will be 200 + 50 + 100 = 350 points.
Chi nodded.
Then he looked at Kōenji.
"Um, Kōenji," he said. "Could you please sacrifice the protected title you earned during the Uninhabited Island Exam for the sake of the class?"
"Oh?"
Kōenji is looking at himself in the mirror. Hearing his name mentioned, he looks over.
"Because you see, just like Yukimura said, this is an opportunity for the class to get points."
"It would be a pity to let it go."
"And."
"If you use your withdrawal protection title to offset it, then our class can get another 350 points."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Chi said.
It's certainly a good thing for the class, but it's different for Kōenji.
Because.
This is moral blackmail.
As for this kind of thing, Kōenji...
"I don't want to," he said. "I earned this protected title through my own merit, why should it be taken away at a time like this?"
"Or can you make it up to me later?"
"Hmm..." Chi was speechless for a moment.
How will he make up for it? Will he pay for it or achieve excellent exam results and receive a reward?
These are all very stressful for the pool.
However, he now has no choice but to challenge Kōenji.
Because Yukimura just stepped forward and became the scapegoat. He was the Yukimura publicly proposed dropping out, so he'll take the Yukimura anything goes wrong.
Although Ike asked Kushida to help him recruit people to form a team, it was not a very good thing to do. So if it could bring some benefits to the class, his actions would be forgiven.
Even if he were to be expelled from school again, he could justify it by saying that he had done a great service to the class and made a contribution, thus avoiding expulsion.
"That..."
Seeing that Yukimura was about to speak, Ike quickly interrupted, "Kōenji, you actually wanted to graduate from Class A, right? That's why you bought out your class evaluation score of 225 points for 8 million yen over the past two months."
"And this is for the sake of class unity, right?" Chi quickly said.
He couldn't give credit to Yukimura for earning 350 points for the class, so he had to convince Kōenji himself.
Kōenji glanced at the pond with some surprise.
Because Chi said it nicely, but what he really meant was, "I already know why you started taking money these past two months."
They just wanted to cash out and go to another class.
Kōenji, you want to run away!
"..." Kōenji.
Although Kōenji was a loner and didn't care about other people's opinions, he only did what he found beautiful and appreciative.
But.
If the fact that he skipped a class is exposed now, he'll probably be seen as a traitor.
To be seen as a traitor by these incomprehensible idiots?
Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. He's a perfect person; he doesn't need anything that's not beautiful.
Even if you have to leave, it has to be absolutely beautiful.
So, Kōenji said, "Since I am a student in this class, in order to prove that my previous statement was very useful."
"So I agreed to cooperate with your option of withdrawing from school."
"Then we'll bring some more points to the class," Kōenji said. "After all, I'm a student in this class, and you guys don't seem to be getting many points."
In other words, Kōenji wants those who are capable to do more work.
"Then, if I can get a score on this exam, I want 100 points worth of class evaluation points," Kōenji added. "Of course, I don't need to keep it until graduation. Just give me 2 million Private Points by the end of the exam."
Call.
These words relieved Chi.
He was thinking of other ways to persuade Kōenji, but Kōenji just cooperated on his own.
The students around them wondered why Kōenji was charging money again.
If the 2 million points are divided equally, each person will have to contribute more than 40,000 points.
After giving money to the Kōenji for two consecutive months, everyone's living expenses have become quite limited.
In other words, this month may be tough.
However, despite all this, I was able to get 350 points in this exam, which means that if I suffer this month, I will be happy next month!