Classroom Of The Elite Year 2 Volume 9

Part 2

The Special Test was over and the closing ceremony of the second term finally took place the next day.

After listening to the teacher's speech in the gymnasium, the students returned to the class for a brief presentation of awards to those who had achieved outstanding results in club competitions, etc., and we were given precautions about the winter break.

After that, Chabashira-sensei announced the results of the Special Test.

After everyone held onto their breath, we were told that our class had won.

In that moment, the students cheered a shout of joy that even echoed to the neighbouring classes.

Only 50 class points were awarded for each class win or loss.

However, we were able to gain a large amount of class points.

Two messages reached my phone at almost the same time.

One of them was a "congratulations" from Ichinose, and the other was...

"Winter break is starting tomorrow. Don't overdo it from the first day, it's important to cool down your head after all this work."

While still overjoyed, the students were told so by Chabashira-sensei and dismissed.

Chabashira-sensei also smiled as she left the classroom.

As previously noted, this Special Test is set up so that everyone can find out in detail who solved which questions and how many questions they solved correctly.

In addition, the order in which the test was taken and the amount of time spent are also disclosed.

Looking at this, not only can one see which students have worked the hardest, but you can also see each class' strategy.

It is sure to be useful as data both for allies and rivals.

We can check the information on our phones, so I should slowly check over all the details later.

I left the cheering students behind and exited the classroom ahead of the others.

Kei has been looking at me from the start.

I still haven't been contacted by Kei since losing my chance the other day.

The fact that she's been staring at me probably suggests that she is trying to make contact, though.

It would be hard to talk in a crowded place, so we should move somewhere else.

She doesn't know how I will move, so Kei is still indecisive.

It's no use continuing this estrangement as this will not cause her to grow up.

With that in mind, I was leaving the classroom, but...

"Are you leaving alone?"

It was Horikita, not Kei, who chased after me as I went out into the corridor.

"Are you sure you should be here? The person who played a leading role in our victory shouldn't leave so quickly."

"I'll go back in a bit. I wanted to talk to you for a little bit."

Saying so, Horikita caught up with me and started walking.

I can't see a bag in her hands, so I suppose she will be returning to the classroom after this.

"You used an interesting strategy in this Special Test."

"I don't know if my method was the most efficient one or not, though."

Horikita's strategy.

It was to make Keisei the first batter to challenge the problems.

He is one of the top students in the entire grade with A in Academic Ability.

He was asked to solve the minimum number of two problems as quickly as possible and to use the remaining time to read the remaining questions.

The aim was to have the waiting student with low Academic Ability solve the simpler problems.

A strategy to alternate between students with high and low Academic Ability.

However, this strategy normally cannot be used, as conversations were forbidden during the test.

Things like phones or not also could not be used.

But if you ask whether there were no gaps at all, the answer would be a no.

While a student was solving problems, the next student in line waited in the corridor.

This means that there is a short moment where they can meet when leaving the classroom.

There are two entrances into the classroom, so there is a distance when one of them is being used as an entrance and the other as an exit, but Horikita came up with a way to deal with it.

All they needed was to see each other for a split moment.

The question to be solved was conveyed with two-handed hand signs at that time.

For the 55th question, two hands with five fingers are shown, for the 69th question, six fingers are shown with both hands, and then nine fingers are shown again while raising your hands up.

Because of the rules, one cannot talk about the problems, but Horikita had confirmed beforehand that it wasn't a violation of the rules to use hand signs.

Using hand signs to show which problem to solve isn't rule-breaking conduct, and the rule of not talking was protected.

With this, the students with low Academic Learning were able to save some time and quickly get to solving the problems instead of searching for them.

"It was pretty close, though. Sakayanagi-san's class did great too... We have a lot of students with low Academic Ability, so they couldn't win, but they had more correct answers."

The Horikita Class had 72% of the questions answered correctly, while the Sakayanagi Class had 86%.

Under the same conditions, if it was a pure test of scores, this means that Horikita would have lost.

"I'm sure she's dissatisfied. She still lost, even though she did what she needed to do."

She always ranked first in the midterm and written tests, and she proved that again this time.

"Even if we had fewer correct answers, a win is a win. There's no need to be disappointed."

Horikita Class is the one that gained class points, and Sakayanagi Class is the one that lost them.

Besides, there's no mistaking the fact that 72% is still impressive.

"I'm not disappointed or anything, of course. It was just frustrating."

Looks like I didn't need to say that.

It seems that her sense of rivalry was far beyond her disappointment.

"By the way, Karuizawa-san seems a bit down lately. She has been studying properly, but did something happen?"

"Nothing. If I had to say something, it may be that we are in something like a cold war."

"I wouldn't call that nothing. It's rare to see you guys fight."

"These things can happen when a woman and a man have been together for a long time. This is a good experience too."

Perhaps not liking my answer, Horikita frowned with confusion.

"It's fine if she was able to get results in the studying sessions and the test in such an uncertain mental condition."

"I might say that she was so mentally driven that she devoted herself to studying, which she hates, but... Karuizawa-san's morale easily affects the class. You should make up with her soon."

She probably wants to see the class in a stable manner as the leader, but... oh well.

I saw Horikita off to the classroom and decided to leave.