The Strange Suzune Horikita! Part 2 (5k)!

"Yes. I was talking about this Kiyotaka Ayanokoji as well," Hachiman said.

"He was the secret weapon I had prepared, and also the only one in the school who could stand against Kōenji

In other words, if Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and Kōenji entered the same events and competed for first place, Kōenji would be unable to earn that many points for Class A.

Each person could only enter ten events.

That limited Kōenji's usefulness.

Naturally, that gave the other classes an opportunity.

"Looking at it this way, our class has a 60% chance of climbing upward."

"Even if Kōenji's and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's events overlap and they end up competing against each other, Ichinose's class is still a threat," Ryuen said. "So your goal is second place, Hachiman?"

"That part is simple," Hachiman said. "We can choose to join forces with Ichinose's class."

"The allied classes won't fight among themselves. We won't even place our own seeded competitors in events where we know the other side's seeded competitors are participating."

This plan looked mutually beneficial.

But it was more like a sacrifice.

That was right.

According to Hachiman, Ryuen's class was suited for a buildup strategy, concentrating its fighting power in the later events.

By cooperating with Ichinose's class in the early stages, it looked like cooperation, but in reality, they would not be putting their class's main fighting power into those events at all.

Still, Ichinose's class would benefit from it and gain points.

However—

Once Ichinose's class rose up, it might attract Sakayanagi's class's attention.

Starting from the sixth event, participants could flexibly choose which events to enter on the day of the Sports Festival.

So if Sakayanagi's class did not want Ichinose's class to rise, they might send their own seeded competitors to suppress them.

By then, both classes