When the official settlement was completed, every Class D member's terminal lit up at once.
The public page displayed only one status line.
Settlement for this identity exam has been completed.
The Class D internal terminal gained two additional lines.
Class settlement change: -50 Personal result: visible only to the individual
Hirata's hand stopped over the screen.
"At least one incorrect submission came from Class D."
"We can only confirm that the class took the deduction," Gu Heng said.
"We can't confirm who it was?"
"We can't confirm the submitter, the answer, or what the other side saw."
Hirata entered the class result into the facts column without asking the members to immediately open their personal result pages.
One member turned their terminal facedown on the table.
"I'll disclose my status, but not the fields inside."
Another person sent six words.
Page updated. Result not shared.
Hirata looked at Gu Heng.
"So we know Class D lost fifty points, but not who brought that result back."
"The settlement tells us first that a loss occurred."
"What about people's hearts?"
"People's hearts aren't listed in the class results column."
Gu Heng divided the page into two columns: the first for official settlement, the second for information individuals were willing to disclose.
Class deduction: -50 Personal results: not included in the unified report
This was not a new school rule, but the boundary Class D decided upon for private pages after the results came through.
Hirata logged the time the class terminal received the notice, the time of the deduction, and the time the personal-page prompt appeared separately.
Some received the class deduction first, while others saw their personal pages update first.
The differing order could not be used to identify the submitter.
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