There is something wrong with Hikigaya's classroom of supreme ability

Hasebe fell into deep thought upon hearing this, while Inoshira was still confused and asked weakly, "Yes, what does it mean?"

Hikigaya didn't immediately respond to the other party's question. Instead, he asked, "Why do you think the school has to stagger the release of the exam content? If it were different groups, I'd understand, since there are so many people. But the information for each group could be released all at once. Why go to such lengths, even requiring separate announcements for students from different classes within the group?"

"You mean... the school has some special reason for going to such great lengths?"

Hasebe answered.

Hikigaya nodded, and at the same time sighed inwardly. From the other party's words, he roughly knew the ability of the girl in front of him. She had abilities, but there were still many shortcomings. As for the other one, Hikigaya did not have any expectations.

Hikigaya didn't hold back, saying, "The school deliberately separated the group members. They were actually trying to subconsciously tell us that this exam is a competition with students from other classes in the group, thus omitting another important piece of information."

"So this preferential treatment exam isn't actually a competition within the group, but an 'intelligence competition' between the twelve groups!"

Hikigaya looked stern.

202

Chapter 202: Ideals are full, but reality is skinny.

"Intelligence competition?"

Hasebe and Inogashira Shin both showed puzzled expressions on their faces.

"You should have looked at the list of members in the group just now. Did you find anything?"

Hikigaya tried to guide the two to think. Instead of directly telling them the answer or asking them to think independently, Hikigaya hoped that they would have the ability to think independently.

Unfortunately, Inogashira looked troubled. Hasebe, on the other hand, pondered for a moment before suddenly looking up, his expression gleaming as he looked at Hikigaya: "There are four classes in a group. To maintain relative fairness, the number of students in each class is about the same!"

Hikigaya nodded. "That's right. Actually, from what Mr. Sakagami just said, we can infer that there are 159 first-year students taking the preferential treatment exam. They are divided into 12 groups, which means that each group has about 13 or 14 members, which means that each class has about 3 or 4 people."

In fact, at that time, Hikigaya really wanted to ask that little rascal Sakayanagi if he didn't want to participate?

If I don't participate, will I be deducted points like the uninhabited island exam? But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it, so as to avoid being scolded by that little bad boy for being "stingy" behind my back.

"And each group only has one favored person..."

Hikigaya's words made it very clear. Hasebe's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "That means the school, for the sake of fairness, will evenly distribute the 12 preferential treatment spots among the four classes. This means that each class will have a total of three preferential treatment spots!"

Hasebe's face showed excitement. This step-by-step decryption and analysis would undoubtedly easily stimulate people's thinking ability and emotions.

"Now you understand, don't you? As this information gradually becomes available, finding the identity of the perpetrator will simply be a matter of elimination. This is probably something the school wants to avoid."

After Hikigaya understood the rules of the exam, he began to wonder why the school separated students from different classes within the same group for lectures. The most likely reason was to avoid information sharing among students in the same group!

It is also a trick to deceive students, trying to make them ignore other groups and focus their attention on a small area.

In fact, if you look at the overall situation, you can come to the same conclusion as Hikigaya.

"I see. So, not only do we need to master the information within our group, but we also need to integrate it with information from other groups. Ah... this exam is going to be difficult!"

Hasebe suddenly sighed.

Indeed, this is a great test of students' observation ability, intelligence gathering ability, communication ability, analytical ability and other comprehensive abilities.

"So if any of us receive an email from someone we favor, please keep it confidential for now or limit it to just the three of us."

Hikigaya said seriously, "This isn't just about me. Exposing your identity will also affect other groups. It's like a chain reaction. Also, don't tell other group members. They don't know the situation in their groups, and if they're not careful, they might end up getting themselves in trouble."

Hasebe and Inogashira Shin both nodded quickly, and unknowingly, they both regarded Hikigaya as their backbone.

"It's difficult. Isn't it good for everyone to reach a conclusion?"

Inogashira Shin, who had almost no presence, suddenly asked, as if in her opinion the result should be a happy ending for everyone.

"The ideal scenario would naturally be to achieve outcome one, but the possibility of this is extremely small."

Hikigaya sighed: "But in reality, the situation is very complicated. It involves the strategy of each class, but..."

"but?"

Hasebe asked curiously.

"But it's not completely impossible to achieve result one in this exam."

Hikigaya couldn't help but narrow his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

"Result one was so difficult largely because the school deliberately set up restrictive rules that increased risk. The school also knew that the four classes were in a 'competitive relationship', so they weren't worried that everyone would compromise. But what if, I mean, if everyone in the four classes temporarily put aside their 'competitive relationship', what would happen?"

"What consequences will there be?"

Hasebe and Inokashira fell into deep thought.

"cooperate?!"

"Cooperation?"

The two of them thought of this possibility at the same time.

"Yeah, if the four classes can reach a cooperative relationship, then the result is not impossible!"

A gleam of light flashed in Hikigaya's eyes, and he subconsciously recalled the conversation with Haruno yesterday.

But Hikigaya quickly shook his head and said self-deprecatingly, "This is just an ideal scenario. In reality, it would be incredibly difficult for the four classes to cooperate."

Hasebe and Inogashira Shin both nodded in agreement.

There are just some things that Hikigaya didn't say. He said it was as difficult as reaching the sky, but in fact it was just that the immediate benefits were not enough. If the immediate benefits were enough, let alone reaching the sky, they would have already reached the moon!

But as the saying goes, ideals are full, but reality is skinny.

Afterwards, the three disbanded, but they unexpectedly obtained the contact information of Hasebe and Inogashira Shin, which was Hasebe's strong suggestion before the disbandment.

After returning to the room, Hikigaya found that there was no one there. It seemed that others were still explaining the exam, so Hikigaya found a piece of white paper and started writing and drawing on it.

"Unfortunately, we only know the members of the Yin Group. The members of other groups are still unclear, making it difficult to analyze useful information."

Hikigaya scratched his head. There was too little known information now, so he opened his phone and sent a message of request to someone.

I got a reply from the other party very quickly. It seems that Kushida's gathering time should be later.

Around 10 o'clock in the evening, the briefing on the preferential examination finally ended. During this period, Hikigaya also learned the names of some members of their respective groups from his roommates Miyake Akito and Hondou Ryotaro. Unfortunately, they only knew the classmates in their own class, and basically did not know the students in other classes.

"It seems Pochi Boy has an idea."

Suddenly, Koenji, who had always been a loner, interrupted, but only said a few words before returning to his own world.

At one o'clock the next afternoon, following the announcement on the cruise ship, Hikigaya went to the designated room to begin the first discussion of the preferential treatment exam.

When Hikigaya entered the room, he could clearly feel several eyes focused on him, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to suddenly become weird!

203

Chapter 203 Xiao Ba.

I said, what’s wrong with you guys?

As soon as Hikigaya entered the room, he instantly attracted the gazes and attention of students from other classes in the room like a magnet.

Chihiro Shiranami from the Ichinose class, Kamuro from the Sakayanagi class, and Ishizaki, Komiya and others from Class C, all had complex and wary looks, as if they were some kind of scary characters!

Fortunately, I have long been accustomed to this kind of sudden awkward atmosphere. The boy with dead eyes had no expression on his face and even seemed a little indifferent.

Originally, when Shiranami Chihiro, Ishizaki and the others knew that they would be in the same group with the scary guy Hikigaya, they were extremely nervous. Now, after seeing Hikigaya's "scary, cold" expression, they felt even more disappointed.

"Eh? Hachi, what's wrong?"

Suddenly, an unexpected girl appeared behind him. Hasebe with long blue hair smiled and waved to Hikigaya, looking very familiar.

"Xiao, Xiao Ba?!"

Hikigaya stumbled and nearly fell, his face full of black lines and...embarrassment?

Hey, what a shameful name!

Also...why does the name 'Xiao Ba' sound like a puppy's name!

We just talked for the first time yesterday, but today we act like old friends who have known each other for years!

But Hasebe on the opposite side didn't feel anything was wrong. Instead, he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Hey, Xiaoba, why are you standing at the door and not going in?"

"me……"

Hikigaya opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a moment, then Hasebe pushed him into the room from behind. At the same time, the reactions of the people in the room were different.

Shiranami Chihiro stared at Hikigaya with wide eyes, and her face became even more resentful after she thought of what happened with Ichinose. Kamuro had a look of disgust on his face, as if saying "You are a playboy". On the other side, Komiya and Ishizaki were winking and making faces, and they did not hide the envy on their faces!

Hikigaya: "..."

Later, in his seat, Hikigaya awkwardly asked Hasebe in a low voice what was going on, and then he learned that this was a habit of Hasebe's. When making friends with people, he would give them nicknames, and 'Hachi' was the nickname Hasebe gave Hikigaya.

Hikigaya wanted to correct him, but stopped himself and sighed. Hasebe had given him a nickname, which meant that he was considered a friend who could give him a nickname. They had just talked for the first time yesterday, so it was difficult for Hikigaya to refuse this trust.

After that, the first discussion meeting for the preferential treatment exam officially began. However, just as Hikigaya had expected, everyone seemed to be silent and cautious, and it seemed that they did not want to reveal their identities.

The email about the favored students was sent by the school this morning. Hikigaya has confirmed with Hasebe and Inogashira Shin that neither of them is a favored student, which means that the favored students are among the students in the other three classes.

"Hey, Hikigaya, do you know who the one who's being treated favorably is?!"

Suddenly, Ishizaki's voice attracted everyone's attention. Hikigaya rolled his eyes at him and said, "I know, Ishizaki, it's you, right?"

"me……"

Ishizaki's face darkened. Originally, he just wanted to test the other party a little, but he didn't expect Hikigaya to be so cunning. Now he has become the target of everyone's attention.

Seeing this, Ishizaki had no choice but to target Class A and Class B. This was also the task that Ryuuen had assigned to them in advance. No matter what, they had to muddy the waters first.

After that, Ishizaki started to attack Shiranami Chihiro, Kamuro and others. Perhaps because they were girls, Ishizaki thought he could gain some advantage. However, Kamuro's casual remark of "ugly man" almost broke Ishizaki's defense. If Komiya and Albert hadn't stopped him, Ishizaki would have rolled up his sleeves and gone forward to have a good argument!

Even though they have fallen to Class B, Ishizaki cannot suppress Kamuro and others alone. Ishizaki also knows that continuing will only lead to boredom, so he turns his attention to Class A, which is now the Ichinose class.

Compared to Kamuro's "dominance", Chihiro Shiranami's class Ichinose seems a bit weak. Several students in Class A, including Chihiro Shiranami, adopt the tactic of "completely ignoring" Ishizaki, and it seems that they are also very skilled in dealing with students in Class C.

After all, both the Ichinose class and the Sakayanagi class had the most dealings with the students from Class C in this first semester, with the Ichinose class being the most prominent. However, this passive defensive tactic could be handled by the school and the student union in school, but in this exam, Ishizaki had fewer concerns about these methods.

Faced with Ishizaki and Komiya's aggressiveness, Shibata Sa from Ichinose's class couldn't help but fight back. Shibata should be the third ranked student in Class A after Ichinose and Kanzaki. He is also the most popular student in the class besides Ichinose. He is in the football club and is very popular in the grade. He can be said to be the male version of Ichinose.

Coincidentally, Satoshi Satoshi from Class B is also in this group. In the ranking list of first-year boys made privately by the girls, the number one is not Hirata, but Satoshi Satoshi who was once in Class A but now fell to Class B.

It can be said that both Satonaka Satoshi and Shibata are very popular boys in the grade and are very popular with girls. When Hikigaya saw the group list, he couldn't help but complain, why didn't Class D let Hirata come, so that they could form a three-person boy group to debut!

"Xiao Ba, it seems like what you said yesterday is true. In this situation, there's not even room for a proper communication."

At this time, Hasebe, who was sitting next to Hikigaya, whispered quietly.

When Hikigaya heard Hasebe call him "Hachi", he wanted to find a hole to crawl into for a moment.

"This should be Class C's strategy."

Hikigaya suppressed his embarrassment and said with a straight face, "They must be trying to find out who is being treated favorably this way."

Ishizaki's actions are easy to understand, and Ryuuen is also very clear that the focus of this exam lies in results three and four, so he aimed at the option of "betrayal" from the beginning.

"Xiao Ba, who do you think will be the favored one?"

Hasebe asked curiously. Although yesterday was her first conversation with Hikigaya, Hasebe had actually noticed this boy who was in a similar situation to herself. However, compared to her, the other party's situation seemed much worse. Not only did he have to face the bullying of the girls in Karuizawa, but he also had to face the bullying of idiots like Ike and Yamauchi among the boys. The other party did not choose to compromise, but instead made them look bad.

This was exactly the scene that Hasebe had imagined countless times in her mind, but unfortunately she didn't have Hikigaya's determination to drag everyone down with her to hell.

This boy with dead eyes did a lot of things that he wanted to do but didn't dare to do. Hasebe was envious of him.

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Chapter 204: Kushida’s Abnormality.

The first group discussion of the preferential examination for Group Yin ended in such a hasty manner.

This is probably the ending that many people would have expected. As for Hasebe's question, Hikigaya could only answer "I'm not sure for the time being". He can't read minds, and he doesn't take this preferential treatment exam that seriously.

As for guessing the 50 personal points for the favored person, Hikigaya was now completely emotionless.

The previous uninhabited island exam made him feel very tired, and now he has taught that little scoundrel Sakayanagi a profound lesson, so Hikigaya is now in a very relaxed state of mind, trying his best to participate as an ordinary student.

After saying goodbye to Hasebe, Hikigaya soon received a message from Kushida.

According to the location in Kushida's information, Hikigaya came to the fourth floor under the cruise ship. This is a place where basically only staff members go, so there is no need to worry about students showing up.

"You are really cautious."

Hikigaya waited for a moment before looking at Kushida coming down the stairs.

"Those two idiots, Ike and Yamauchi, are so annoying!"