The Identity Exam archiving notice appeared on each class terminal before lunch.
The notice explained four types of settlement fields; class terminals displayed only public fields and personal field labels, not personal values.
Class D Change: -50 Public Note: Does not participate in formal settlement Personal Result: Personal value visible only on the individual's terminal Privileged Person Reward: Personal value displayed only on the individual's terminal
There was no submitter, no specific answer, and no one's name.
Sudo stared at the "-50" for a long time.
"So after all that investigation, all we got was a class deduction?"
"We also got to see how a group of people changed their choices," Gu Heng said.
"Is that worth fifty points?"
"No."
"Then what does it count for?"
"It counts as not being led around by the same kind of explanation next time."
Sudo was not satisfied, but he did not shove the terminal away again.
Horikita locked the save permissions for D-CLASS-REPLY back under her own name.
"Keep R-02. Make the public note read-only. Do not centralize personal results."
Hirata asked, "Not even within the class?"
"Personal results are up to the individuals themselves."
That boundary appeared within Class D once again.
This time, no one treated it as Gu Heng's investigation standard, but as a choice that remained valid even after settlement.
Yukimura added three non-identity fields to the archive section.
Formal Settlement: Completed Submission Attempts: Process record, not displayed on the class public page Public Source Version: Audit record retained, does not participate in point settlement
After checking everything, Gu Heng did not open any personal result pages.
If he opened someone's page now, the investigation would turn back into "who is willing to hand their result over to Class D."
That was not the