The Rabbit Group's second round of discussion began promptly at 11:50.
B-Level Public Rest Area 4 had two fewer chairs than in the previous round.
Some stood outside the table to listen. Others held their terminals face-down in their palms.
No one wanted to be the first to put their class on the screen.
Hashimoto switched the discussion page to public mode.
Only Rabbit Group members could write in the public testing field, while all present members could view the version history.
"Let's discuss identity affiliation first. Leave the answer direction until the end."
Ishizaki leaned against the edge of the table.
"Isn't affiliation the answer?"
"You can think of it as a price," Hashimoto said.
Kanzaki pushed his chair back half an inch.
"Whoever speaks first lets everyone else put a price on them first."
Shibata glanced at him but said nothing.
Gu Heng sat on the Class D side, with nothing but a blank record page before him.
Yukimura sat diagonally behind him, his cold backup page paused on the first page of the shared table.
Sakura placed her cup to her right.
She had not joined the scramble to speak during the first round, but she had recorded the speaking time of every person on her own page.
Hashimoto rearranged the chairs around the table into a semicircle.
"Everyone, state one fact you're willing to disclose."
"And the facts we don't want to disclose?" Shibata asked.
"Keep them private."
Hashimoto pointed at the center of the table.
"But others can still make note of what you choose to withhold."
Gu Heng saw several people open the answer field at the same time.
They all stopped before the confirmation button.
The activity on the page did not count as a submission attempt.
But it showed that everyone was