Ichinose: We Still Don't Know Who'll Win This Showdown!

Just as Sudō from Class D had said, he had come to draw lots because the students in his class did not want to take responsibility... Most of them probably believed that facing Class A or B meant certain defeat. But if they drew Class C, then Class C was also full of poor students, so defeat was not guaranteed.

As for Class C,

if they faced Class D, they would win for sure without needing any strategy at all.

But if they faced Class A or B, they would have to put some thought into it.

Hachiman noticed that Classmate Sakayanagi was not looking at Hoshinomiya-sensei. She was looking at him.

Look at Hoshinomiya-sensei, not him.

Did she really have that much leeway?

But Classmate Sakayanagi truly did have that kind of confidence.

Although the exam rules gave underperforming students a major advantage, Class A's overall ability was unquestionably outstanding.

Horikita had also checked the student data in Class A's OAA. There were no E-level students, and even the weakest students had Academic Ability ranked C.

That left Class A with very little room to manipulate things.

Since there was not much to manipulate, Sakayanagi naturally faced the situation calmly.

Sakayanagi was also somewhat surprised that Hachiman was looking at her. Was there something wrong with her today? Or was he simply unaccustomed to seeing her without her usual hat?

She knew she was cute, but she also knew that wearing a hat increased her cuteness by ten percent.

"Not Class A, not Class B..." Sudō muttered to himself.

Ichinose was a good girl, so she was currently looking at her teacher.

Thus, while the representatives of the four classes each harbored different thoughts, Hoshinomiya-sensei spread open the two slips she had drawn.

One read Class A.

The other