The Other Ayanokoji

Chapter 104

Reiji slept next to me and I was barely paying attention to Chabashira-sensei's explanation of the special exam, and my head was on my desk.

"This special exam will only be conducted among second-year students. This is going to be a different ruleset from the special exam where we compete side by side for first place or decide the winner in a one-to-one match with a specific class. I'll explain it with the help of diagrams to make it easier to understand. Let's take a look at the

monitor."

"Survival and dropout? That sounds very dangerous..."

The usual candid words from lke.

When you saw the word 'dropout,' there was something that was inevitably associated with it.

While students didn't explicitly say it, everyone associated it with 'expulsion.'

Chabashira-sensei, without commenting on the name of the special exam, began explaining the test content.

"In this special exam, there are diversified tasks based on the category prepared by the school. Each class will choose a category, select a difficulty, and issue a task to the target class in a specific order."

"While the arrangement of these classes is just an example, clockwise from Class A, they will have us solve the task they chose and gave to Class B; Class A is the attacking side in this case. On the other hand, Class B is the defending side. Class B scores points by solving the task, i.e., the attack that came from Class A. Then, once this offensive and defensive action is done, Class B will be on the offensive side and will issue tasks to Class C. We will repeat this attack and defense while moving around the classes, and the offensive and defensive war between Class D and Class A at the end of the rotation—this will be considered one turn."

From this initial explanation, it was clear that points for your class didn't increase when attacking, but rather, points would increase depending on how much of the prep work you could do correctly when defending.

"After 10 turns, the first half will be over. The second half will invert the arrows counterclockwise, and another 10 turns will be held. We are going to repeat the offensive and defensive battles for a total of 20 turns."

"Next,  I will explain in detail about the attack issues. The categories provided by the school, as mentioned at the beginning, cover a wide range. From fundamental academic skills such as literature, economics, English, mathematics, kanji, and history, to subculture, and entertainment subjects which are not related to academics."

"Do students need stuff like entertainment...? I'm not good at that!" Sudo expressed his aversion openly to the unfamiliar term.

"Indeed, some areas might not be primarily related to a student's responsibilities. But those who are ignorant of the world are often eliminated when they step into society. In other words, even if you can't study, those who can follow the conversation are often treasured. This means that this time, your general knowledge as a human being will be tested."

With that explanation, some understood while others were still confused. The air was tense.

'Sensing this, Chabashira-sensei added to her explanation.

"It seems there are some who find it hard to understand, so let me simplify it. Basically, it has aspects similar to a quiz. The attacking class will present a quiz, and the defending class will solve it. It's as simple as that."

This description was extremely insightful, and many students began to show their understanding simultaneously.

At the same time, some wore baffled expressions.