The room fell silent as Ms. Chabashira finished explaining the details of the Four-Layer Exam. The gravity of the situation was evident on everyone's faces. Being expelled was a risk no one could afford to take lightly. My mind started analyzing the stages and their requirements."The teams have been pre-determined," Ms. Chabashira continued
"The team will only be read out tomorrow, namely 2 hours before the exam, to test your ability to adapt to new faces, personality and so on"
After the announcement, Ms. Chabashira dismissed us, giving us the rest of the day to discuss strategies and prepare.
I dared to look to the side and could already see Horitika's face saying what she wanted. "As a class leader, I should teach her more self-responsibility and enable her to make decisions for herself that are good," I thought
"Do you have time this afternoon? I wouldn't mind if you said no, just remember the delicious food, it wasn't cheap, you really enjoyed it. It's strange, when Kushida wants something you're there straight away For me I have to resort to such methods first. I was just in the process of objectively analyzing the difference
"Are you resentful..." I answered
"We should consider possible scenarios where things could go wrong," I suggested. "Backup plans for each stage.
"Well, that's true...Then see you later" said Horikita and turned around and walked out of the classroom
I tried to use the rest of the day off to think productively:
If the white room student in this case, 96% Takuya, were to join my team, it would be more difficult because his goal is to expel me from school, he would simply have to sabotage the success, so my only option would be to master all the games myself ,but at the same time this increases the risk of showing off my abilities, which then leaves me in need of explanation
I see Youske coming towards me with a dejected look on his face
" Ayanokoji do you have a moment?"
I nodded and walked with him out of the classroom and towards the cafeteria
"I don't know what to do, I know that I can't protect everyone and I don't want our class to be further damaged by the loss of a classmate.
*I looked at him and said: 'You can't do anything active to save them from being reprimanded in the exam, that is true, but you can help avoid the risk by helping them prepare and adjust for the exam, thus reducing the chance."
"Oh, the fact that I didn't come up with the idea myself is probably because I'm still a little surprised by Kushida's true personality, I have a lot to do to bring the class back into harmony... Thank you Ayanokoji" he then says goodbye with a smile and went towards the classroom while I stayed in the cafeteria
