Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

At the same time, they also used their personal points to help their classmates.

Thus, the exam came to an end, and the final result was that the three classes, BD, lost 2000 million private points.

One student dropped out of Class C, Tokito Yuya.

Chapter 274 The Final Trial – Selection Examination

After the exam, all the students except for Shi Ren, who was expelled, were dismissed from school.

Kamio Tatsuya left the classroom with his classmates, and the fact that Tokito had dropped out of school did not stir any emotion in him.

Upon confirming the exam results, the school posted the results on the first floor of the teaching building.

Apart from Toki, who was in Class 1-C, the last place in the other classes was Ryuji Kanzaki, Shigeru Takemoto, and Suzune Horikita.

However, apart from Class C, the other three classes all chose to use points to help their teammates.

In addition, besides the last place winner, the winners of protection points for each class were also announced.

Class: Honami Ichinose, Class B: Masumi Kamuro, Class C: Tatsuya Kamio, Class D: Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

After pausing briefly, Kamio Tatsuya took in the exam results. At that moment, Sakayanagi appeared from around the corner with Kamuro.

"So you really did manipulate the protection points for Class B, causing them to fall into Masumi's hands?"

Upon meeting, Sakayanagi began to sow discord.

"Hehe, how does it feel to see through someone's moves but just not be able to counter them?"

As he spoke, Tatsuya Kamio pointed to the results on the blackboard: Kamuro was the last in Class B.

Class B has forty students. Without counting the praise votes from other classes, each student can only receive a maximum of thirty-nine criticism votes. The number of praise votes is the same.

Kamio Tatsuya, by combining the strength of Class C and two other classes, directly amassed eighty-one votes of praise.

Even after deducting the 39 critical votes from our class, we still have 42 votes of praise, just three more than the 39.

Therefore, manipulating the number of praise votes in a class is actually not that difficult.

"So, are you going to use points to transfer Masumi to Class C next?"

In fact, Tatsuya Kamio did discuss this matter with Kamuro, but after discussing it with her, she refused.

Well, she still feels a sense of belonging to the class.

Kamio Tatsuya was quite pleased that Kamuro had his own ideas, and he didn't want Kamuro to be just an appendage of himself.

Furthermore, when there are conflicts within the class, Kamio Tatsuya tries his best not to involve personal feelings. For example, during the forest exam, even though he and Ichinose have a good relationship, he doesn't hold back at all when he targets the class.

Fifteen million is a sum they'll take without hesitation!

“I did think about it, but Masumi refused.”

"Heh, what a heartless man."

Sakayanagi looked at Kamio Tatsuya and gave a slight smile.

"This is Masumi's choice, and I will not interfere," Tatsuya Kamio said calmly.

Why did Sakayanagi say he was heartless?

It's actually quite simple. Because of Tatsuya Kamio's actions, Kamuro's situation in Class B won't be good going forward, and some people will definitely think that Kamuro is a traitor.

However, since Kamuro himself chose this path, Tatsuya Kamio did not want to interfere.

Tatsuya Kamio glanced at Sakayanagi, then looked at Kamuro behind her. Noticing Kamio's gaze, Kamuro nodded firmly.

"If you can't hold on, tell me as soon as possible."

"I will persevere, and I have never betrayed the class."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuya Kamio smiled and looked at Sakayanagi again.

"By the way, Sakayanagi, how do you feel about not getting any protection points?"

"I don't feel anything. I personally don't care whether I will be expelled from school."

Sakayanagi continued to smile at Kamio Tatsuya, as if her words had no effect on him at all.

Just as the two were exchanging barbs, other people came out of the school, including Ichinose and Kanzaki from Class B, Katsuragi from Class B, and Ayanokouji from Class D.

"Hey, now everyone who got the protection points is here."

It's unclear who got the protection points, but this group is basically comprised of the most capable people in the entire grade.

"More than that, I'm curious about how you managed to persuade the class to cast all their votes of praise for Kamuro-kun."

"Since everyone is here, let me explain the details of this exam."

Kamio Tatsuya smiled and began to explain the exam.

"First, there's the class. I spent 40 points and, at the cost of not causing them any trouble, bought the votes they would cast for other classes. As for the voting target, it's naturally Masumi from Class B."

As for Class B, I can roughly guess that you cast your votes for Kaneda, right?

Next up is Class C. Class C's praise votes were naturally cast for Masumi; otherwise, Masumi wouldn't have received so many praise votes and wouldn't have been able to secure the protection points.

Next was Class D. They gave me their vote of appreciation because I already knew that you, Sakayanagi, would interfere, so I took precautions in advance.

As for why they listened to me, it's naturally because I replenished their personal points needed to help their classmates.

Based on the information at his disposal and the final result, Kamio Tatsuya easily reconstructed the original events.

Tatsuya Kamio told Sakayanagi from the beginning that he was going to manipulate the protection points of Class B. Even though Sakayanagi knew Kamio's intentions, he couldn't change them.

Having said that, Katsuragi fell silent. He glanced at Sakayanagi and noticed that her expression remained unchanged. That's right, she had guessed from the beginning that his efforts would be in vain.

"You're really annoying."

Sakayanagi also sighed. This method was really in the style of Tatsuya Kamio, upright yet flawless.

"Thank you for the compliment, but it's nothing, just a trivial skill."

Kamio Tatsuya said with a smile.

Horikita and Ichinose, standing nearby, sighed inwardly.

In reality, what Kamio Tatsuya did was very simple: he just deliberately revealed that he was going to manipulate the praise votes so that Sakayanagi wouldn't get the protection points.

Having learned of this method of manipulation, Sakayanagi and Katsuragi will inevitably consider who Kamio Tatsuya wants to gain protection points for.

Ultimately, they came to the conclusion that this person might be Kamuroshi.

The guess was correct, and this was something that Tatsuya Kamio deliberately let them know, but there were no preventative measures taken because they couldn't get any praise votes from other classes.

Next, Katsuragi thought of using their own methods against them and took the same measures against Kamio Tatsuya's Class C.

However, Tatsuya Kamio had taken precautions in advance, which was to have Class D cast all their praise votes for him.

However, there was a little incident: the votes for Tatsuya Kamio and Ryuen. Tatsuya Kamio received 76 votes of appreciation, while Ryuen received 40 votes.

Kamio Tatsuya received all the praise votes from Class D, thirty-six votes in total. If this portion were removed, he would have the same number as Ryuen.

This shows that Ryuen actually wanted Kamio Tatsuya to get the protection points.

"Hmph, let you be smug for a few days. Just wait and see about the final exam."

Being humiliated like that wouldn't be pleasant for even Sakayanagi.

"In that case, see you at the final exam."

After making those harsh words, Sakayanagi left with Kamuro.

After Sakayanagi left, the atmosphere suddenly became dull.

Good luck on your final exams, everyone!

After saying that, Kamio Tatsuya left, but not long after he left, he received a text message.

A text message from Arisu Sakayanagi.

Before the exam, someone asked me to force Ayanokouji-kun to drop out of school.

When Tatsuya Kamio saw the text message from Sakayanagi, his lips twitched.

By the way, Sakayanagi, don't you think your message is a bit late?

However, it seems that this message was most likely sent by Tsukishiro, but his real purpose should not be to make Ayanokouji drop out of school.

So, he doesn't think Sakayanagi can make Ayanokouji drop out of school at all?

With that in mind, Kamio Tatsuya sent a message to Sakayanagi.

[It's probably the newly appointed acting chairman of the board, Tsukishiro. But I already knew, otherwise why do you think I let Ayanoji get the protection points?]

Soon, Sakayanagi replied.

[As expected of you! So, what are your plans next?]

【hehe. 】

Tatsuya Kamio did not answer Sakayanagi. Who knew what Sakayanagi was thinking? Besides, the school would monitor his cell phone communications.

Some things are better left unsaid.

As for revealing that he knew about the Tsukishiro Plan, it doesn't matter. After all, it's unreasonable for Ayanokouji to receive protection points given his popularity in Class D.

On Monday, there was one less desk in the classroom; Yuya Tokito had disappeared from the school.

Kamio Tatsuya's seat was also moved forward by one seat, and Ryuen went from sitting at the table in front of him to sitting at the table next to him.

Before they could even grieve over Shi Ren's expulsion, the students in Class C immediately learned about the final exams from the board.

"As mentioned before, we will announce information about the final exams today."

Then, the board wrote several large characters on the blackboard.

Selection exam.

Sure enough, I wonder if the school took his advice.

"This is a special final exam to summarize the academic year and will ask you to demonstrate the combined results of your learning so far, such as intelligence, physical strength, cooperation, or luck—in short, you must make full use of your potential."

The tone on the board was the same as before, only this time it carried a hint of seriousness.

"Originally, based on past experience, the final exam for first graders would be conducted in a one-on-one format, dividing the four classes into two groups."

However, this year's exam format has changed; all four classes are now grouped together for a free-for-all.

Upon hearing this, Tatsuya Kamio smiled.

Haha, they really did take my advice.

Originally, this exam was supposed to be a one-on-one competition, with the two classes competing against each other through the projects they chose, and the winner taking points from the loser.

However, Tatsuya Kamio found this somewhat boring, so he suggested that students could freely choose their targets during the exam.

As for the reason, it's very simple: social competition never gives you a one-on-one opportunity in the brutal competition of society.

Everyone in the same industry is a competitor!

Moreover, according to the school's rules, he always felt that only a class that could defeat the combined forces of the other three classes was qualified to graduate from the class.

"Now let me introduce the exam content to you."

As he spoke, Ban took out five cards from his pocket.

"These five white cards represent the items that each class can choose." While explaining, the teacher took out a stack of yellow cards, "These are the yellow cards representing the students."

Five, huh? Kamio Tatsuya stroked his chin. Originally, each class was required to prepare ten items, five real and five fake. Now it seems the fake ones are probably unnecessary.

After all, with the current model, a class could very well have to participate in twenty projects.

He then pasted the cards onto the blackboard one by one, a total of five white cards and forty yellow cards.

The white cards were blank, while the yellow cards had each student's name written on them.

"First, I want to explain these five white cards. These cards represent the projects you will be working on. You will then discuss them and write down a total of five 'projects' that you can decide on."

project……

The students were somewhat puzzled.

"What projects are listed on the board?"

“Written test, shogi, poker, baseball—just write down whatever you think you can win, and then write these items on cards.”

Colleagues also need to clearly write down the key to winning or losing. For example, in basketball, it could be that the team that scores the most points within a limited time wins, or it could be that the team that scores ten points first wins.