On the thirteenth day, the two cardboard signs on Class C's whiteboard were removed and replaced with a shorter line.
`Class D's public position: Suzune Horikita`
It listed neither completion times nor individual results, but for the first time, Horikita's name stood opposite Class D's preparation area.
Ichinose came over from Class B's preparation area and folded a sheet labeled "Third-party judgment" back into her record folder.
"Class B won't put chalk on either of Class C's two options, and we won't treat Horikita's answer as an official result."
"Then how will Class B prepare today?" Horikita asked.
"We'll move our own window back a little," Ichinose said. "We won't provide third-party verification for either side."
The first-row participant looked at the line. "They've made you the result." "A name isn't a result," Horikita said.
"But that's how the stands will see it." "They're responsible for how they see it."
Gu Heng placed the public sheet in front of her. "You don't need to change their whiteboard today."
"I know." "And you don't need to hand your answer over to me."
Horikita glanced at him. "You're responsible for the internal boundaries."
"You're responsible for the public position." "That doesn't mean splitting the responsibility in half."
"It means making sure someone takes responsibility for each half." Hirata turned the internal sheet to last night's records.
The first row's recovery after the short segment had been reconfirmed. The second row's execution and recovery had also been recorded separately.
The third row's observation-only status still had not been included in the first round. "We'll keep preparing according to the three statuses today," Hirata said.
"Based on personal confirmation," Horikita added. "Only statuses go public, not individual times," Gu Heng said.
The third-row participant confirmed those three statements beside the record board without going