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

In addition, most school facilities, such as the gymnasium, playground, music classroom, and science classroom, are available for use, although there are some exceptions.

Secondly, there is the project content.

If a project is deemed to have the same content, each class can only use one of them. For example, in basketball, whether it is 5v5 or 1v1, it is considered the same project.

Additionally, projects that are too long in duration or have no time limit may be rejected.

The required number of test takers, excluding substitutes, must be different for all five test takers applying for.

The minimum number of participants is one person, and the maximum number of participants is twenty people.

Haha, it seems there's no way to beat the opponent with five individual projects.

In addition, for events with more than ten participants, including substitutes, each class can only prepare two.

Furthermore, students who have participated in a project cannot participate again until all other students have had their turn.

However, if all students have participated in the exam, then students can participate in the second round. The second round is the same as the first round, and students cannot participate in the same round twice.

As the command center, it can intervene in ongoing competitions. How to intervene will be decided by the class that submitted the project, and the intervention will only be adopted after approval from the school.

Tatsuya Kamio and Ryuen finished reading the exam rules almost simultaneously, and then both of them smiled.

"This is really interesting. The school has prepared some interesting special exams." Ryuen leaned back in his chair, a strange smile on his face.

"Indeed. So, do you want to be the commander-in-chief? Or do you want to become a player and participate in the competition?"

Tatsuya Kamio had no interest in becoming a commander.

Rather, it would be more like constantly calculating the remaining number of students in the class and taking into account various unforeseen circumstances. This would require a lot of thinking and would be a very tiring job.

"It depends. If the opponent is too weak, it's better to participate in the event as a player."

Despite what Ryuen said, this exam was arguably the most interesting one Kamio Tatsuya had taken since coming to this school.

First and foremost, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory. The first thing every class should do is to understand the characteristics of its students.

It's not just about knowing your own strengths and weaknesses; it's also very important to understand what other classes excel at and don't excel at.

Next, we need to find out information about other classes, and if possible, even find out what projects they have chosen so that we can make arrangements in advance.

Then comes the test for the command tower on the day of the exam, where the right people must be assigned to the right tasks.

The exam went well at first, but as the projects progressed, the number of available personnel dwindled towards the end.

Therefore, when necessary, rather than having no suitable pieces available, it is better to proactively abandon some projects and, incidentally, eliminate those in the class who are not needed to directly enter the second round.

However, this is not all beneficial, because if too few people are left in the end, they will not be able to adjust their strategies effectively in the face of enemy attacks.

After all, not everyone is a jack-of-all-trades. We can learn from others' experiences, so deciding who to discard and when to discard them requires the judgment of the commander at that time.

In addition, there are the off-field tactics that Longyuan is most adept at. If they can prevent the opponent from playing, then they will naturally be declared the winner.

This method is Longyuan's specialty, but once discovered, forget about winning the exam, this guy will probably be expelled on the spot.

Therefore, Tatsuya Kamio decided to give him a heads-up first.

While Kamio Tatsuya was thinking, Ryuen seemed to have received the message, so he took out his phone to check it.

"Longyuan, you're not planning to use any underhanded tactics this time, are you?"

Upon hearing Tatsuya Kamio's words, Ryuen put away the phone he had just taken out and then smiled.

"What? Are you going to stop me? When did you develop a moral compass?"

Sure enough, after being silent for so long, he must have been thinking of some underhanded tactics.

Tatsuya Kamio twitched his lips.

"This isn't about moral fastidiousness; I just don't want to see you get caught and expelled from school on the spot."

There's an old Chinese saying: "If you stand by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet." If you rely too much on underhanded tactics, you'll eventually be harmed by them.

Moreover, even without any underhanded tactics, Class C is not without a chance of winning this exam.

Upon hearing this, Long Yuan revealed a sly smile.

"Since you've said so, then this exam is in your hands. Good luck! Oh, and by the way, the command tower is for you too."

As he spoke, he patted Tatsuya Kamio on the shoulder.

Damn it, this bastard is waiting for me here.

Is it really that hard for me to make a living?

And didn't you just say you'd decide whether or not to become the commander-in-chief depending on the situation?

Why have you suddenly made me the commander-in-chief?

Oh, right, this guy just received a text message...

It seems he knows something.

However, Tatsuya Kamio wasn't actually that resistant, because he genuinely found the exam very interesting.

Although the withdrawal rules and the school's mission may not be entirely consistent, the exam itself was a good one.

Since that's the case, then let me have some fun.

Chapter 276 Class B's Dilemma

Rewind a little, and all four first-grade classes received information about the exam from their homeroom teachers.

"Really... people who can't get first place are going to be expelled?"

It wasn't just Class C that was dissatisfied with this condition; other classes were also in an uproar.

It's almost as if it was all planned. The previous class vote compensated for the protection points, but this exam is going to take them away.

Not only Tatsuya Kamio, but most students were also unhappy about this. They thought, "Why don't you just wipe out all the points we have through the school terminal?"

Why bother with such troublesome things?

It can be said that Yuecheng's series of actions directly reduced students' trust in the school by a significant margin.

If he does this kind of bizarre thing twice more, the school might even be finished.

The school is able to operate so smoothly because it promises that graduates will have a 100% chance of getting their ideal job and pursuing their ideal further education.

But with things being done this way, it's hard not to make students think.

Is this guy deliberately trying to ruin the school's reputation?

"Um, will the protection points be effective in this exam?"

"Of course it is possible."

The students in the class breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this answer.

"In that case, the command center can only be Ichinose, right?"

"Even without considering protection points, Ichinose is the best choice, because no one knows our students better than Ichinose, right?"

"I agree."

"Yes, me too."

……

The class quickly decided to make Ichinose the commander. Considering both her personal abilities and the number of protection points she possessed, Ichinose was the most suitable student in the class to become the commander.

Ichinose did not refuse, because this exam was unusual, with four classes competing against each other, but only one class could win.

Furthermore, according to the winning rules, the class that remains until the end is not the winner; rather, the class with the most wins wins.

According to these rules, a maximum of fifteen matches will be played, meaning that at least eight matches must be won to guarantee final victory.

Thinking about this, Ichinose lost confidence in winning this time.

However, no one will drop out of school this time because of this, and thinking of this, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

In contrast to Class B's unanimous decision to appoint Ichinose as commander, Class B was quite noisy, with a group of people having differing opinions.

"Kamuro has gained protection points, so he should be sent to the competition as the Command Tower."

"But Kamuro simply doesn't have the ability to lead the class to victory, does he?"

"That's right, we still need Sakayanagi's strength to lead us to victory."

"But Sakayanagi doesn't have any protection points right now. If he loses, he'll have to drop out of school."

"You don't trust Sakayanagi, do you?"

"I was just explaining the risks. Besides, it's not like Sakayanagi hasn't lost before."

"This one……"

In Class B, those who wanted to win and those who wanted to pass the exam safely started arguing, and Sakayanagi seemed to have anticipated this situation.

Sakayanagi has a very clear understanding of the current situation in Class B.

If she couldn't win this exam, not to brag, but if she herself couldn't do it, then naturally the others in Class B wouldn't have a chance either.

As for sending Kamuro to be the commander, putting aside whether Kamuro would betray them, her abilities are simply not up to par. The best outcome for her would probably be a 2-4 result.

Since Ban was the first to draw lots, as long as Kamuro has the right participants, he will most likely make it to the second round.

As for whether they can make it to the third round, that's hard to say.

As everyone knows, you have to pick the softest persimmon to squeeze. Kamuro's personal abilities are actually not that outstanding; she is only good at sports.

However, the overall quality of the students in Class B is the strongest among the four classes, which is undeniable, given that they are the original class.

Therefore, eliminating this opponent will definitely be the first step for the other three class commanders.

As for why this conclusion was reached, it's simple: Sakayanagi could easily guess the commanders of the other classes.

Class C is undoubtedly Ichinose, Class C is either Kamio or Ryuen, and as for Class D, it's definitely Ayanokouji.

It wasn't that Ayanokouji was particularly selfless, but rather that given the character of the remaining members of Class D, they must have felt they had no chance of winning.

Since there's no way to win, the person who gets the protection points should take their place.

"Sakayanagi, what's your opinion?"

As Sakayanagi was analyzing the current situation, someone suddenly asked for her opinion.

Upon hearing this question, Sakayanagi smiled and gave his answer.

"Sure, I can be the commander, because it doesn't matter to me if I drop out of school."

Sakayanagi's answer temporarily stunned everyone in the class.

"So, are you confident you can win?"

"We're not confident of winning, but we're not without a chance either."

Faced with the expectations of the students in Class B, Sakayanagi smiled and immediately gave an answer.

She certainly wouldn't have said that at the start of the school year, because she had never experienced defeat before.

But now, well, facing the combination of Kamio Tatsuya and Ryuen, no one in this grade or even this school dares to say they can win with certainty.

However, in Tatsuya Kamio's opinion, it's simply because her world is too small.

"Then let Ge Cheng..."

"I'm sorry, I'm not confident of winning either."

Before he could finish speaking, Katsuragi interrupted him.

"Are we really going to let Kamuro become the command center?"

Clearly, the students in Class B didn't really acknowledge Kamuro's strength.

At this moment, Masumi Kamuro, who was directly involved in the incident, stepped forward.

"Given the current situation, we only have two choices, right? Let me take command, or let someone else take command."

If I become the commander, I can't guarantee victory, but if I lose, at least I'll have some protection points, and Class B won't be expelled because of it.

If Sakayanagi were to become the commander, perhaps they could win; but if they lost, Sakayanagi would undoubtedly be expelled from school.

We were already at a disadvantage in the class struggle; if we lose Sakayanagi, can Katsuragi lead the class back to its former glory?

Upon hearing Kamuro's words, Sakayanagi did not refute them, because she herself had just admitted that she lacked confidence in winning.

If that's the case, then there's a possibility of being expelled from school; Kamuro is absolutely right.