CotE: Year 2 Volume 5 Translation

Chapter 6- Arisu Sakayanagi's Decision

A little over an hour has passed since the special exam started. 

Class A, led by Sakayanagi, was making good progress on their assignments, with a few polls and breaks in between. 

And then, they arrived at the final task. 

Task (5) -  Instead of one classmate being expelled, you get 100 class points.

 (If the vote is unanimous in favour, identify and vote on the student who will be expelled.)

Choices :

Agree

Disagree

 The keyword "expulsion" startles everyone, but they cast their first vote silently as per the rules.

In order to avoid unexpected accidents, Sakayanagi, like Horikita, has been working with 4 people close to her. 

Results of the first round of voting: 

2 in favour

 36 opposed

This is the end result.

 With the exception of two controlled in favour votes, the results reflected that all students expressed their opposition.

 "Well, that's what happens. So what do you say, princess? Are we all going to vote 'opposed' next time?" 

Hashimoto, who was in charge of putting the vote in option 1, and therefore would have voted in favour of it, confirmed immediately after the interval.

 "What do you think? Hashimoto-Kun." 

Hashimoto, not expecting to be asked to answer the question, was a little surprised, but read the assignment over again in his mind. 

"If I'm going to draw non-stop conclusions, I disagree. But when I think about it seriously, I feel that 100 class points aren't as ridiculous as it seems." 

"So you're saying I should go for the 100 class points even if it gets my classmates expelled?"

 "No, ・・・・・・, I won't go that far. It's just that I'm not sure we should take it lightly." 

"If this had been the end of a competitive school year, I would have been forced to adopt a policy of expelling classmates. But right now, this class is on its own. It would be rather nonsensical to choose to drop one student in order to pick up 100 class points." 

"Of course. I just don't want to be crying over those 100 points in the future, right?"

 "It's also a disadvantage. Simply put, the total amount of private points you can earn each month will decrease, and class morale and distrust will grow. As an interesting move, one can dare to rescue the class by sending out a dropout and raking in 20 million Private Points which is also the option of gaining class points without sacrificing anyone, but this will affect the upcoming sports and cultural festivals, and even though there will be a difference of 100 points, if you factor in the unseen factors, I don't think there will be much of a difference in gain or loss no matter how this assignment turns out. Or is there anyone in this class who would volunteer to drop out?" 

Saying this, Sakayanagi looks around the class once. Of course, as Sakayanagi said, there was no way that any of the students in Class A, which was running alone at the top, would voluntarily offer to drop out of school. 

"The other classes in this task will be troubled. And when they make the difficult choice and select the retreatants, the class will not necessarily rise. Losing a fellow student isn't as simple as it sounds."

 With that word, Class A's policy was set in stone.

 If Class A had chosen to expel students, it would have been stupefyingly unanimous. And nine times out of ten, the student chosen by Sakayanagi will drop out of school.

 "You're not like Katsuragi-Kun and Totsuka-Kun, who are no longer with us. I won't do anything to cut off my friends who are working for me."

 That was Sakayanagi's lie. 

In the unlikely event that Class A is forced into a tight spot, Sakayanagi will not hesitate to choose to expel the students. However, if she chose to expel the students when the situation was not critical, it would create a sense of distrust. 

She simply decided that she had more to lose by getting into that situation now. 

That was the first interval, with half the time left to make sure your classmates know who to vote for.

Results of the second round of voting: 

0 in favour

38 opposed

Ryueen's class and Ichinose's class were unanimous in their opposition to the proposal after much deliberation. 

"This concludes the entire task of the unanimous special examination. This class has the fastest time to complete the special exam. Other classes are still in the middle of the special exam, so please follow the teacher's instructions to leave the room. The rest of the time will be spent studying on your own in the dormitory as scheduled." 

Although students were not allowed to go outside the dormitory, the time they had was practically free. 

Chapter 6 Ends Here.