[Penalty. Team total, third from last—each member of the group would have 100,000 Private Points deducted. Any amount they could not pay could be paid in installments. Everyone would receive -5 points in every subject on their next written exam. Team total, second from last—each member of the group would have 50,000 Private Points deducted. The student with the lowest score in the group would be expelled. Team total, last—every member of the group would be expelled.]
So.
Whether it was last place or second-to-last place, there would definitely be one expelled student from the last-place class. And because the entire class would have low scores, the student expelled from the second-to-last group might also be from their own class.
Then.
Even students with good grades would be dragged into this because of the low-score strategy.
And get expelled?
Something like this... something like this...
It would be a complete disaster for students with good grades.
Kushida had hesitated just now. Perhaps she had not immediately been persuaded by Horikita, but had been waiting for someone to notice this point.
Everyone getting zeroes—no, not zeroes. Everyone getting the same low score.
Everyone... would be put in danger.
Thinking about it that way, Kushida did not seem to be entirely a pure, innocent angel after all. Though she probably never had been. Everyone knew Hachiman and Horikita were dating, that they were a couple, but Matsushita had seen Kushida going out with Hachiman on what looked like dates during holidays more than once.
If they had still been classmates, it could have been understood as discussions about plans and strategies for class battles.
But Hachiman had already left the class, and Kushida still seemed to maintain her relationship with him. Matsushita had even noticed Kushida secretly slipping chocolate into