"White ball!"
"White ball!"
"Then there are only three people left." The Third-year Class A homeroom teacher, Teacher Kogiso, spoke, jolting Ike out of his thoughts.
Because...
Huh?
Only three people were left? No, the two students before them hadn't drawn red balls?
Kanji Ike realized that the quiet calm he had initially felt had vanished, replaced by panic.
Because...
How could this be happening?
Logically, the later one participated in the drawing, the lower the chance that the final person would draw the expulsion ball. After all, there had been more than a dozen students before them. They couldn't all have been that lucky, could they?
Some of them had to be unlucky.
Yet...
Only three people remained now.
Kanji Ike hurriedly looked around and found the three people still left.
Himself, Rokusuke Koenji, and Maya Sato.
"Looks like this is almost over," Teacher Kogiso said. She stepped forward and shook the lottery barrel. With three balls still inside, it made a dull clunking sound.
One of the three balls was red.
That meant a one-in-three chance of expulsion!
Whether it was Sato, Ike, or Kōenji, they were all in considerable danger now.
"Ugh..." Sato was still crying.
Sato already regretted it. If she had drawn earlier, perhaps she would not have ended up facing this terrifying one-in-three situation.
The psychological pressure had instantly increased.
"I still say I'll draw last!" Ike said. "Sato, it's your turn now."
In his eyes, the situation was terrible.
But...
Only one red ball remained. As long as he stayed until the end, he would be safe if either Kōenji or Sato drew the red ball.
"I-I don't want to be expelled..." Sato continued to cry.
"But if the next draw is another white ball, your odds of being expelled will go from