Ichinose, you will regret it.

Chapter 82 Puzzle solving in progress.

While Uesugi Gen was observing Chabashi Sae, the D class teacher was also silently observing Uesugi Gen.

Uesugi Gen, the vice president of the student council, is the biggest winner of this uninhabited island exam and is also the culprit for Class D's current situation.

After learning that a student in Hoshinomiya's class had joined the student union and become vice president, Chabashira Sae secretly investigated the student's information.

The final conclusion was that the student possessed talents that were unmatched by any other student in Gaoyu.

Thinking of this, Chabashi Sae felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He had thought that since there were several talented students in Class D this year, there would be hope of challenging Class A, but he never expected that the first prize would be taken away by his own mortal enemy.

Chabashi Sae sighed. No matter what, the reading of the special exam rules had to continue. After calming himself down, he spoke in a calm tone.

"Before I begin, I need to confirm your identities. You are Ichinose Honami, Uesugi Gen, and Tsube Hitomi from Class B, correct?"

"Yes, it is."

After receiving a positive answer, Chabashira Sae nodded and continued, "After I begin reading the rules, I will not take any questions. Please listen quietly to me read the rules. If you have any questions, please save them for the end and I will answer them as appropriate."

Hearing this, Uesugi Gen frowned.

Won't answer any questions? This wasn't Gao Yu's style. Like when they were on the deserted island, even when the D-class students asked some stupid questions, the teachers would still try their best to answer them so that the students could better understand the exam rules. But now, the rules were only explained once, and whether you could understand them was entirely up to you. It was obvious that they didn't want you to understand the rules of this special exam.

Uesugi Gen rubbed his chin.

So, the key to this special exam lies in these rules? If I completely understand them, I can pass it...

At this time, Ichinose also noticed something strange and wanted to ask, but Uesugi Gen grabbed his hand and stopped him with a look.

I confirmed that the three students from Class B were still sitting quietly in their seats and did not raise any questions.

Chabashira Sae officially began reading the announcement for this special exam.

"For this special exam, the school will divide all first-year students into twelve groups, likening them to the Chinese zodiac. We will hold exams within those groups. The purpose of the exam is to test thinking ability."

Thinking ability? That is, the ability to analyze the current situation. This explanation partially supports Uesugi Gen's previous speculation and is consistent with the series of arrangements made by the school so far.

Divide into 12 groups. According to the number of people in the classroom now, should one class be divided into 12 groups, and then the four classes are combined?

"The basic abilities required of people in society can be roughly divided into three categories..."

After skipping over a bunch of information that was obviously useless for the special exam, Uesugi Gen patiently continued to listen.

"Therefore, this exam will be divided into twelve groups."

As expected! Uesugi Gen thought to himself.

But in this case, wouldn't it be better for students in the same group to give the lectures at the same time? They can't ask questions during the process anyway, and they can answer the questions together after the lecture. It's impossible for the rules to be different for each group.

So, are you trying to hide something?

……

After a long explanation, Chabashira Sae finally stopped talking, picked up the cup beside him, took a sip of water, and took a breath.

Uesugi Gen and others were still sitting in their seats, looking at Chabashi Sae, waiting for her to explain the rules further.

It's worthy of being Class B, no, it should be Class A now.

Even in this situation, he was able to remain calm and thoroughly understand the rules. This is truly an excellent student quality.

Looking back at the students in my own class...

When Chabashi Sae thought of this, his head started to hurt.

"You've been assigned to the Dragon team. Here's the team member list. Although the school doesn't allow students to take the list away, judging by Yizhi's situation in your class, you seem to have circumvented this rule."

There was helplessness in Chabashi Sae's tone. It was obvious that the operation of her previous classmates in Class B had left a deep impression on her.

Then she took out a postcard-sized piece of paper, placed it on the table, and showed it to Uesugi Gen and others.

It has the name of the group and the names of the group members printed on it:

Dragon.

Class A: Katsuragi Yasuhei Nishikawa Ryoko's field letter Futano Koharu.

Class B: Ichinose Honami, Uesugi Gentsube Hitomi.

Class C: Takumi Oda, Eitoshi Suzuki, Masashi Sonoda, Sho Ryuzono.

Class D: Kushida Kikyo, Hirata Yosuke, Horikita Suzune.

This... should be the key to solving the mystery.

Uesugi Gen stared at the card. The more tightly guarded something is, the more important it is.

There must be something special about it besides the student list, otherwise there is no point in doing this. Members of the same group will know who their teammates are sooner or later.

What information can be derived besides the name?

Is it...sequence?

"Xiao Fanbo, Xiao Fanbo, take pictures, take pictures."

At this time, Tsube Hitomi pulled Ichinose's sleeve and whispered a reminder.

Unfortunately, Ichinose seemed to have completely ignored Tsunabe Hitomi's reminder. She just sat quietly by the side, holding her cheeks with a smile on her face as she watched Uesugi Gen thinking.

"It's over~ Xiao Fanbo has completely fallen."

Hitomi Tsuzoube held her forehead with one hand, took the camera from Ichinose, and took a picture of the paper.

Chabashi Sae, who was already confused about this matter, did not stop it. He crossed his arms and watched Tsunabe Hitomi operate quietly.

After Tsunabe Hitomi finished taking the photo, Chabashira Sae looked aside and said in a nonchalant tone.

"Also, I'd like to remind you that for this special exam, it's best for you to forget your class. This might help you get a good grade."

Upon hearing what Chabashi Sae said, Uesugi Gen almost laughed out loud. This reluctant tone was probably a hint that the school had to require a special exam.

In fact, he still doesn't want us to know this key tip.

However, no matter how reluctant he is, after the meeting, Uesugi Gen will use a recorder to ask Mr. Hoshinomiya to listen to it again to ensure that no key information is missed.

Although due to school rules, Teacher Hoshinomiya cannot give any hints, it is still okay to ask her to confirm.

Given her personality, she might be happy to see Chabashi Sae being caught.

Moreover, the sentence just now almost gave a clear indication of the solution method for this exam.

Forget your class... That is to say, remove all the classes on the paper and sort the names again according to the original rules.

Uesugi Gen touched his chin and felt that he was almost solving the mystery.

83

Chapter 83 I have heard it all.

"There are only four possible outcomes for each group in the special exam. The exam is designed to guarantee one of these four results; there are no exceptions. To make it easier for you to understand, the school has prepared a document with the results. However, you are prohibited from taking this document out or photographing it. Please check it carefully here beforehand."

Oh! Are you here?

Uesugi Gen straightened his body and looked at the piece of paper.

【Summer Group Special Examination Instructions】

This exam is based on the "favored students" assigned to each group. If you submit the exam to the school using the prescribed method, you will receive one of four possible results.

０The school will send out the emails at 8:00 am on the day of the exam.

０ The school will send out an email notification at 8:00 AM on the day of the exam. Those selected as "Preferred Candidates" will also be notified of their selection.

０The examination schedule is from tomorrow until 9pm four days later (with one completely free day).

０ Team members must gather in a designated room twice a day at a designated time and have a one-hour discussion.

０ The discussion content is entirely decided by the group itself.

Regarding the answer section, the school will only accept answers to the "Who is the preferential treatment?" question between 9:30 PM and 10:00 PM on the same day after the exam. Each person can only answer the question once.

０The school only accepts students to answer questions by sending emails to the designated mailbox using their own mobile phones.

０【Benefited candidates】do not have the right to send answers by email.

０Answers to groups other than the one you belong to will be considered invalid.

０The school will inform all students of the detailed test results by email at 11:00 pm on the last day.

Finally, there are subtle considerations that are far more numerous and complex than those on an uninhabited island.

"A...privileged one?"

Ichinose beside him read the words softly.

Seeing this, Uesugi Gen already knew what the school was up to.

The following content is the four predetermined [results]

Result 1: If everyone answers correctly, except for the favored student and the students in the favored student's class, the school will pay all team members their individual points. (Students in the favored student's class will each receive the same number of points.)

Result 2: Except for the beneficiary and classmates in the beneficiary's class, if any member of the group fails to answer or answers the question incorrectly, the school will pay the beneficiary 500,000 points.

Result 3: If someone other than the favored student reveals their answers to the school before the exam is over and answers correctly, the class of the student who gave the answer will receive 50 class points, and the school will pay the correct answerer 500,000 individual points. Otherwise, the class whose favored student's identity is revealed will be penalized by a 50-point deduction. The group exam will then end. Furthermore, if a student in the same class as the favored student answers correctly, the school will disregard their answer and continue the exam.

Result 4: If someone other than the favored student reveals their answers to the school before the exam is over and gives an incorrect answer, the class of the student with the incorrect answer will lose 50 class points. The favored student will receive 500,000 individual points, and their class will also receive 50 class points. The exam will end at the time the incorrect answer was given. Furthermore, if a classmate of the favored student gives an incorrect answer, their answer will be invalidated and will not be accepted.

How much are the individual points required to pay all team members?

Uesugi Gen suddenly became energetic, or rather, he became interested in everything related to money.

"Judging from your expressions, I think you all already have a general understanding of the rules of this special exam. Just in case, I'll explain them again in as concise a way as possible."

Chabashira Sae continued to add and then gave an example to illustrate.

Unfortunately, Uesugi Gen didn't hear clearly what she said before, he just heard it.

"For every class that achieves Result One, all members will receive a reward of 500,000 points. As a reward for leading a member to Result One, the school will even double the reward to one million points for those who have benefited."

Hearing this number, Uesugi Gen's eyes lit up like a hungry wolf suddenly seeing a little white sheep. One million. He thought about how he had worked so hard to get three million from Class B, but ended up spending it all on a special exam. Now, as long as result one was achieved, each person would get at least five hundred thousand.

"One for 50, two for 100 million..."

Uesugi Gen sat there muttering to himself, and a dark and powerful aura inexplicably emerged, followed by a strange laugh.

"Hahahaha... if we take them all, that's 8550 million!"

"This...this aura..."

Chabashi Sae was obviously shocked by Uesugi Gen's reaction and slowly took two steps back.

"Uesugi-san, I have to remind you that although the school does offer this reward, the conditions for achieving it are unprecedentedly harsh. It is basically impossible to achieve all the results."

indeed.

Ichinose frowned in thought.

If there are only result one and result two, we can cooperate with other classes and easily achieve a win-win result.

But once results three and four are added to the mix, they will not hesitate to backstab members of their group for the sake of their class and their own interests.

After all, their main purpose of coming to this school is to graduate from Class A, get the job they want, or go to the university they want, rather than the starting point.

To achieve result one, all members must know the name of the favored person and send the message within the specified time. This means that as long as one of the 12 people has the idea of betrayal, the test result can be easily pushed to result three. This way, they can get 50 and add points to the class. It is simply a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

On the other hand, the favored students could earn 50 yuan simply by hiding their identities. While not as much as 100 yuan, it was still a considerable sum for ordinary students, and there was absolutely no need to take such a huge risk of revealing their identities. Furthermore, by misleading others into guessing the favored students' identities, they could even earn extra points for their class.

In this way, the exam will fall into a situation where the favored students try hard to hide their identities and avoid being discovered, while other students try desperately to find the favored students to gain extra points for the class.

The interests of the class and the interests of individuals will cause members of the same group who could have cooperated and achieved win-win results to fall into a state of mutual hostility.

According to Mr. Chabashira, individual points can even be claimed anonymously, further alleviating students' worries...

When you think about it this way, it seems ridiculously difficult to achieve the result.

However, Uesugi Gen obviously did not realize this, and he looked at Chabashi Sae.

"Chabashira-sensei, have you finished explaining the main rules of the special exam?"

Chabashira Sae paused and replied, "Also, starting tomorrow, you will all go to the designated room at school at 1:00 PM and 8:00 PM. When you first meet, please be sure to introduce yourselves in the room. Once you enter the room, you are generally not allowed to leave during the exam period."

"above"

"The main rules have been explained. If you have any questions—"

"Then I've heard enough."