Among the four first-year classes, Class A undeniably had the highest academic ability in the entire grade.
Normally, the other classes should have avoided Class A for this exam. But let's not forget that Class A currently has 1080 points, while Class B has 812 points.
If Class B could win against Class A this time, they would immediately close the gap. Then, by building on that momentum, they might be able to advance to Class A next time.
So, Class B, where Ichinose is, really had a possibility of choosing Class A as their opponent to challenge.
And what Kamio Tatsuya needed to do was to make Ichinose give up on choosing Class A as her opponent.
Ichinose owed Kamio Tatsuya quite a few favors, so she probably wouldn't refuse. Furthermore, designating Class D, a seemingly sure win, would also be beneficial for Class B.
Then the next step is Class D. Class D was at the biggest disadvantage in this exam. Compared to them, the similarly average Class C had three more people.
And Class A and Class B not only had higher academic ability than them, but they also had two more people.
Based on the paper stats, no matter how you look at it, it's a loss.
But this doesn't mean Class D can't gain anything from this exam. On the contrary, it's a great opportunity for them, though whether they could think of it is another matter.
But regardless of anything else, preventing Class D from becoming a troublesome element was also something Kamio Tatsuya needed to do.
However, dealing with Class D would be easy, after all, he held the remote control that could detonate Class D's bomb.
Although this remote control required 2 million private points to activate, it still didn't change the fact that it was a powerful weapon.
In short, for now, he needed to persuade Ichinose not to designate Class A as their attacking opponent.
As soon as Kamio Tatsuya made up his mind, he ran into Ichinose on his way back to the dorms.
"Hey, Ichinose, you seem to have recovered well."
There was no longer any sign of her being sick on Ichinose's face. It was a world of difference from when he saw her in her room before.
"Hehe, it's probably because I ate the dinner Kamio sent."
In any case, Ichinose looked full of energy at the moment.
What's more, both of them tacitly avoided mentioning that day. Kamio Tatsuya felt it wasn't the right time, while Ichinose felt a bit embarrassed.
"By the way, Ichinose, have you decided which class you're going to designate as your opponent for this exam?"
Kamio Tatsuya wasn't one to beat around the bush. Since he had something to discuss, he decided to get straight to the point and said it openly.
"What's wrong? Kamio, you're not worried that we'll choose Class C, are you?" Ichinose said jokingly. "Class C has one more person than us in terms of combat strength, so we wouldn't do that."
"Oh? So you noticed the number of people too, huh?"
"Yeah, as soon as the comparison results for this exam came out, I immediately understood why the price to avoid expulsion would be so high."
Ichinose said with some emotion, feeling that her path was correct. She had one more reason to protect her companions, no matter what.
Besides everyone graduating together, they might even gain an advantage in some exams.
"Because in some exams, just having more people gives you a big advantage," Kamio Tatsuya nodded. "Since you're not planning to designate Class C, does that mean Class B is planning to designate Class D?"
"I never said that," Ichinose immediately denied. "In fact, after discussing it, we decided to challenge Class A. What's wrong?"
Just as Kamio Tatsuya had guessed. But how to put it?
"To be honest, Ichinose, our Class C is also planning to designate Class A. So, could you please attack Class D instead?"
"Huh?"
Ichinose was clearly surprised, then a sad expression suddenly appeared on her face.
"Do you think Class B doesn't need to be defeated?"
Huh?
Where did that come from?
"Did you misunderstand something?"
"Kamio, you want to choose to fight Class A because you want to encourage the students of Class C, right?" Ichinose looked up at Kamio Tatsuya.
"That was part of the idea."
"What about Class B? Do you never consider us as enemies?" Ichinose's expression looked a bit sad. "And you're telling us to designate Class D? Isn't that looking down on us?"
If nothing else, Kamio Tatsuya really wanted to know why Ichinose thought that way.
"I didn't mean it like that. I just didn't want to hurt our feelings, because Class C has an absolute advantage in this exam.
Besides, I'm not intending to have a duel with Class A, but rather to give Class A a challenge. As for whether Sakayanagi will designate Class C, I think it's highly unlikely.
After all, in such an unfavorable situation, even Sakayanagi, no matter how aggressive she is, wouldn't choose Class C."
Ichinose thought for a moment, then nodded.
"I understand. I'll discuss it with everyone in Class B, but I can't promise it will succeed."
"Of course."
In fact, as long as Ichinose agreed, the students of Class B were unlikely to refuse. This was the characteristic of Class B.
Actually, if Class B wanted to win this exam, directly designating Class D would be the best choice, because they had two more people than them, which was a natural advantage.
You pick the soft persimmons to squeeze. They couldn't possibly not understand this principle.
As for Class A, Sakayanagi would basically not choose Class D. Because even if she wanted to duel Ayanokouji, she wouldn't take this opportunity.
Because it wouldn't showcase the talents of the two at all.
So Sakayanagi would most likely choose Class B. As for why not Class C, it's because that would likely face strong opposition from the majority of Class A students.
Because attacking Class C with such a disadvantage of several hundred points is inherently a foolish choice.
If Sakayanagi insisted on designating Class C, the students of Class A would probably endure it. But if they lost, the backlash would probably be more than Sakayanagi could handle.
Before directly dueling Ayanokouji, Sakayanagi had no intention of losing her position as Class A's leader.
At this point, Class C designating Class A, and Class B designating Class D, are practically decided.
There's also a high probability of Class A designating Class B.
The next step is to deal with Class D and have them designate Class C.
Because if Class D chose to designate Class A or Class B, it would be very likely to change the designation results of Class C and Class A. Once the designated opponent changed, this could disrupt Kamio Tatsuya's plan.
Kamio Tatsuya didn't want to gamble on probability. Although his luck was good, it was better not to gamble if he could avoid it.
That evening, during Kamio Tatsuya's meditation time, another guest arrived in his room.
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