After the first applicant paused the next stage, the boundary statement beside Class D's public sheet remained unerased.
The second applicant's internal review had finished, and her resumed status remained on her personal record page.
One choice paused and the other continued; they were not combined into a unified Class D action.
Ryuuen stood behind Class C's own preparation line for a long time.
This time, he did not begin by asking who had entered the official grouping.
"What can Class D guarantee now?"
Horikita stood at the Public Boundary without looking back at Gu Heng.
"Class D is responsible for retaining records of actions within each individual's scope that have entered our internal schedule."
"You don't guarantee official places?"
"Official places are confirmed through the school page and each individual's scope."
"You don't guarantee that both of them can continue?"
"Whether to continue or pause is each individual's personal responsibility."
Ryuuen's gaze fell on the first applicant's pause application.
"If she stops, Class D loses a person."
"Class D hasn't recorded her pause as an official loss."
"But the time has passed."
"She records and bears that time herself," Horikita said.
She did not explain why the first applicant had paused, nor did she give the spectators the second applicant's resumption time.
Gu Heng stood behind her, holding the two record pages down in order.
"The public sheet only states the class's boundaries."
"Only the internal sheet records who paused and who continued."
Hirata marked the first applicant's pause time and the second applicant's resumption time separately.
He did not give the first applicant's vacant place to the second, nor did he record the second applicant's resumption as an opportunity for the first.
The third applicant checked the sources of both records and each individual's scope.
"Both items belong