"Yes." Hoshinomiya-sensei spoke. "Unfortunately, you drew the red ball. According to the rules you all agreed to, Hashimoto, please spend the next two hours making your personal preparations. You will be leaving the school afterward."
"Of course, if you can submit 20 million points, you may be exempted from this expulsion penalty."
"And next."
Hoshinomiya took out her phone, seemingly sending a message to Majima-sensei.
"Your homeroom teacher, Majima, will supervise and handle your expulsion." Hoshinomiya announced the result directly to Hashimoto.
"Then we're safe?" Sanada, who had previously declined to compete for a lottery spot, said in stunned disbelief.
"Yes."
"Hashimoto's getting expelled!" The students below cheered.
"The class has gotten rid of one hidden danger, at least." Katsuragi was also very satisfied with this outcome.
Hashimoto had acted on his own and betrayed the class, so expelling him was the most reasonable outcome. But Hashimoto had seized upon the rules and demanded an expulsion lottery, which meant he had a chance to escape punishment.
But now, that hidden danger had been removed.
So the class had become safer as well.
As for drawing the red ball, Hashimoto had drawn it himself. He had no one else to blame.
"It seems the result has been decided." Sakayanagi said. "Hashimoto, your performance today was rather impressive, but unfortunately, it seems your act can only go this far."
"No, no, I want to see Ryuen!"
Hashimoto's brain seemed to crash for several seconds before he finally recognized this terrifying reality.
"I won't be expelled. It's impossible for me to be expelled."
"Then do you have 20 million points to pay the expulsion penalty?" the boy whose farting had supposedly been recorded by Hashimoto said. "If not, then get out of here, Hashimoto. You don't deserve to stay in Class A."
"No,