"Then, Hoshinomiya-sensei." Ichinose continued her question. "Since students from all four classes are required to form thirty-three groups..."
"Does that mean that if another class has more students than that, they can freely choose who gets exempted from the exam?" Ichinose asked.
"Yes." Hoshinomiya nodded. "This exam is fair. Participation is restricted according to the class with the fewest students. For example, Class D has only thirty-three students, so everyone must participate. But if a class has more students, it means more students survived previous exams. It is only natural for them to receive certain preferential treatment in an exam like this."
"So our class currently has thirty-nine students, meaning we can select six students to be exempted in advance."
"And you need to submit that list to me within three days, by five o'clock Friday afternoon this week." As she spoke, Hoshinomiya handed Ichinose a form for filling out the list.
In other words, Ichinose's class could exempt six students from the exam.
No matter how fiercely Sakayanagi's class and Ryuen's class fought, Ichinose's class could secure six important students first.
That counted as preferential treatment.
However.
Once this preferential treatment appeared, it became clear that Class A also had six students who could skip the exam, while Class B had five.
In other words, it was not just Ichinose's class. Class A, and Hachiman's class as well, had students who could be exempted.
That meant they could first protect their important students.
In other words, Ryuen's class would definitely use those exemption slots on important students first, leaving the rest as people who could be expelled at will.
Therefore.
When the time came, Ryuen's class definitely would not pay its share of the 7.5 million needed to prevent the last-place group from being expelled.
And Class D had