Horikita Suzune Is in Class C! Third Update!

Students with Academic Ability B earned 2 points for each correct answer.

Students with Academic Ability C earned 3 points for each correct answer.

Students with Academic Ability D earned 4 points for each correct answer.

Students with Academic Ability E earned 5 points for each correct answer.

Uh...

Wasn't that downright demonic?

Staring at this unusual scoring arrangement, Class B's students were dumbfounded.

There were no students with Academic Ability E in their class. The worst were only around D-.

But there were quite a few students with Academic Ability A or B.

Yet those students received very few points for answering questions. Even if they got five questions right, it would not compare to an Academic Ability E student getting a single question right.

That was terrifying.

"So this is an exam where scores increase or decrease based not on the difficulty of the questions, but on the ability of the student answering them."

Hoshinomiya-sensei added that final explanation.

Then she noticed the students' troubled expressions.

Yes.

They were very troubled.

Because if that was the case, even a class like Chabashira's, a dumping ground for academically hopeless students, would have a chance of winning due to its large number of Academic Ability E and D students.

How annoying.

Hoshinomiya was in a bad mood.

Meanwhile, in Second-year Class A.

"If it were a simple written exam, Class A would seem to have a major advantage due to our many academically capable students. However, the high proportion of students with OAA Academic Ability B or above also means that we inevitably receive fewer points for correct answers."

"It seems this special exam has once again placed restrictions on those of us with high Academic Ability."

Their homeroom teacher, Majima-sensei, had already announced the exam rules.

Katsuragi frowned.