"Things... aren't going too smoothly?" Katsuragi looked at Ryuen.
"..."
Ryuen felt that Katsuragi had stared at him for the second time today.
This guy seemed extremely wary of him.
But Katsuragi had not grown much either.
"Our two classes joining forces can ensure stability," Ryuen said. "I was originally planning to go all out in this exam, but since it has little to do with class evaluation points, I lost interest."
"So I agree with your plan to play it safe. After all, my class has plenty of deadweight too."
"But," Ryuen said, "do you think the others will agree to us playing it safe like this?"
"The others?"
Katsuragi frowned slightly, then noticed the students from Ichinose's class approaching.
"We don't agree with this arrangement," Ichinose said. "If we can't form teams within the stipulated two hours, the school will assign everyone randomly. Our class and Class D won't complete the matching process."
"..."
"..."
"Heh." Ryuen laughed outright. "Ichinose, looks like you've grown too."
That was right.
If Class A and Class B joined together and took everything, Ichinose's class could only cobble something together with Class D. And teaming up with Class D was not necessarily completely safe.
Even if they tried their best to remain safe, they could still fall into the bottom three.
So Ichinose's class would be forced to swallow a bitter pill. There was even a fifty percent chance that someone would be expelled in this exam.
The reason it was fifty percent was that First-year Class D, which also had reason to worry, had the support of Class A, First Year. Their chances of finishing last among the first years were therefore lower.
That meant last place would have to be decided between the second and third years.
So this was