I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Almost all the students who had just finished the discussion went to the cafeteria to eat, while those who did not attend the discussion were now nervously trying to find out information about the special exam content, to see if they could find some ways to guess the favored groups in advance from the performance of other groups.

At this moment, everyone had neither the time nor the mood to come to such an entertainment venue.

The person who made an appointment with Horikita had chosen this time period to meet her.

This way you can perfectly avoid being caught by most students and reduce the chances of being discovered.

As soon as Horikita walked into the theater's screening room No. 1, he saw a figure sitting in the corner.

Horikita didn't hesitate and sat down one seat away from him.

"Shibata-san, you called me here in such a hurry. Are you sure you have discovered the pattern of the preferential treatment?"

After calming his breathing, Horikita stared at the screen and asked Shibata beside him.

It was Shibata who made an appointment with Horikita. Originally, Horikita had no plan to meet Shibata during the special exam, but Shibata claimed that he had discovered the pattern of preferential treatment in the special exam.

For such an important matter, Horikita had no choice but to come here in person to ask Shibata about the details in person.

"Of course, although it's just a clue, I believe in my judgment. I heard from others that Horikita was identified as a preferential treatment by Sakayanagi. Is this true?"

Shibata's question stung Horikita.

But in order to understand the rules of the preferential treatment, she must now cooperate with Shibata's questioning.

"It's like this, that girl named Sakayanagi was lucky enough to draw a note with my name on it, saying that I was the one being treated favorably. This led to my defeat in the first discussion meeting, which was really unfair to some extent."

The main reason why she remained silent when Yukimura scolded Sakayanagi was also because she thought it was unfair.

She herself didn't even know that she was a favored person, but the other party confirmed it by just picking out a piece of paper at random. Horikita Suzune's abilities didn't even have a chance to be demonstrated in this favored person exam before it was over. How could Horikita accept such a result?

"Luck? Maybe luck is also an important factor, but I'm afraid the school must have confirmed this exam many times, otherwise it would be impossible to say that there would be any unfairness."

Shibata's words were not recognized by Horikita.

"Isn't it unfair to just draw the slip with the name of the preferential treatment? What's the point of the discussion? Isn't it just a matter of seeing who has better luck?"

Horikita's mentality and cognition are almost exactly the same as Yukimura's at this time. If she is defeated by fair strength, she is naturally willing to admit that her ability is insufficient.

But if we have to use a metaphor to describe Sakayanagi's behavior, it is like when a group of top students are studying hard and competing to see who can get full marks, suddenly a poor student gets the test answers and gets the full marks they have always dreamed of.

As a result, when the top students raised questions, the teacher actually said that it was an open-book exam, leaving them speechless.

Of course, Sakayanagi is not a bad student. With Sakayanagi's own abilities, she may be able to discover the fact that Horikita is the one who favors her.

But if that were the case, it wouldn't be as shocking as it is now when they defeated the D class at its peak with just a simple move.

"What if I say... the one who gets preferential treatment knows that he or she is the one who gets preferential treatment?"

Chapter 289: Horikita, you don’t want Tianyin to know...

"What if I say... the one who gets preferential treatment knows that he or she is the one who gets preferential treatment?"

Shibata's tentative question made Horikita look at him for the first time.

"Shibata-san, do you know what you are talking about? If we follow the normal process, we will not be notified who the preferential treatment is until the third night. Suppose Shibata-san is the preferential treatment, how do you know that you are the preferential treatment?"

This is also the problem that bothers Horikita the most.

If Shibata really discovered the rules about the favored ones, then this favored one exam might be over overnight.

"I already have an idea, but the last step requires your cooperation, Horikita-san, to verify the result. Could you please tell me what number you drew on your poker card?"

Shibata looked at Horikita seriously, and his look was somewhat similar to Amane's. Could it be that Shibata has really found the pattern or method of preferential treatment?

And this method is also related to drawing cards before the exam.

Now that I think about it... when Chabashira-sensei was explaining things to her, he did repeatedly emphasize that she must remember the numbers on her playing cards.

It was precisely because of Chabashira teacher's repeated reminders that Horikita was particularly careful. She still remembered that Chabashira teacher said that after drawing the cards, she needed to show her the numbered side of the cards first, so as to determine whether there was any preferential treatment.

In other words, the identity of the beneficiary is not related to the person, but to the number on the playing card.

In this way, it is enough to just find the common pattern of numbers on all the favored players' playing cards...

When Horikita was about to answer, he closed his mouth again.

Shibata naturally saw this action clearly. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to get straight to the point and ask.

"what happened?"

"I was thinking, if the identity of the favored person is related to the number on the poker card, then I only need to collect the numbers on the poker cards held by as many favored people as possible, and then I can find the pattern between the favored people and easily win this special exam."

When Shibata heard the result of Horikita's analysis, his brows inadvertently frowned, and then slowly returned to normal.

"As expected of Horikita-san, what you said is absolutely right, so I need your help."

Shibata still encouraged Horikita with his passionate and gentle voice.

But this time Horikita was completely unmoved, because she had seen through Shibata's methods.

"How much material do you have now?"

Horikita's rhetorical question caused Shibata to fall silent.

The only one whose identity as the favored person has been exposed is Horikita, and the only material is from Horikita. Now that Horikita refuses to cooperate, where can he find the material?

Seeing Shibata's silence, Horikita snorted.

"Mr. Shibata, you have a good plan. Indeed, you can find other preferential recipients by studying the numerical correlation between the preferential recipients. However, the prerequisite is that you must have the assistance of at least half of the preferential recipients or at least one-third of the preferential recipients to complete such a research and analysis. To find the preferential recipients, you need to study the rules first, and to study the rules, you need to find the preferential recipients first. Isn't this a dead cycle?"

Horikita's eyes became sharper.

"I remember you said you had discovered the pattern of the preferential treatment and that's why you called me here. I didn't expect you to come here to get information from me. If you want to get a lot of information about the preferential treatment, you almost have to wait until the end of the third day. Now you want to sneak away and are unwilling to share your ideas. Do you really think I'm one of those girls in your class who are easy to fool? Now I'm the only preferential treatment who can provide you with information. If you want this information, please come with enough sincerity."

Horikita said as she was about to get up and leave.

But he was stopped by Shibata first.

"Please wait a moment. I do have some ideas about the favored ones, but I can't share them with you. Class B needs a big win to keep its position in Class B, so I can't share my ideas with you. But I'm very interested in your information and can use my personal points to buy it. Horikita-san, please name a price."

Even Shibata himself felt that his behavior was inappropriate, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Horikita immediately realized that the battle for the leader of Class B has entered a fierce stage. Now it depends on who can lead Class B to a comeback or avoid being demoted. Whoever can become the leader of Class B will have the chance to do so.

There are still eleven favored candidates who have not been found. If Shibata's idea is correct and his analysis of Horikita confirms his idea, then the victory of this favored candidate exam will all go to Class B.

If all other groups ended with result three, Class B would be able to gain 550 class points at once, not only reversing its previous point disadvantage, but also putting it just one step away from Class A.

And having achieved this great victory, Shibata will naturally become the new leader of Class B.

Horikita would never allow such a thing to happen.

Even if Shibata knew her poker card numbers, he couldn't figure out the pattern between the favored people, and Horikita couldn't tell Shibata the most important information.

Even if the probability is one in ten thousand, it won't work. Sooner or later, the two classes of BD will compete for class points, and it will be impossible to reach a common understanding of interests.

In addition, Horikita's dream is also to lead her class to become Class A.

Then it would be even less likely that she would help Shibata to fight for Class B's comeback.

"I think you may have misunderstood something, Shibata. I don't think a few personal points can impress me."

Horikita didn't say anything definite. Anyway, her information was absolutely unique at the moment, and the initiative was firmly in Horikita's hands.

Shibata was not surprised to see Horikita reject him. If their positions were reversed, he would not agree to such an unreasonable request and might even try to buy time by telling the other party a wrong number.

But right now, he was the one asking for the number of preferential treatment, so no matter what Horikita asked for, he could only follow her pace.

"So what do you want, Horikita-san?"

"If your guess is correct, I need at least half of the list of favored guests."

Horikita made a huge request, asking for half of the list of preferential treatment recipients, but it was obvious that Shibata would never agree to such a request.

“This is totally impossible.”

Shibata knew that as long as he compromised, he could reach the deal immediately, but what he needed was a complete victory that would overwhelm all the voices supporting Ichinose.

"Since you don't agree, Shibata-san, then forget it. I believe you will be able to gather some information by the third day."

Horikita said as she walked outside.

"Originally I didn't want to ruin our cooperation, but now I can only resort to some unpresentable means. Have you forgotten the photos you asked me to pass on to Kanzaki in order to make Sakura change her words? If rumors spread that you deliberately framed your classmates, I believe you would be very distressed, right? You probably don't want Miyako to know what kind of person you are, right?"

Chapter 290: Is this the leader of Class D?

Shibata's threatening words made Horikita pause, and he thought to himself that what was supposed to come would come.

However, Horikita did not panic. After all, she had rehearsed such a situation countless times in her mind. What she didn't expect was that Shibata would choose to use such a killer move to exchange her poker card number at such a time.

You know, if this trick is used well, it is not impossible to overthrow Class D. Horikita is somewhat thankful for having reached this point. Since Shibata is planning to break up with her, she has no intention of continuing the cooperation.

The previous cooperation was just the actions of both parties for their own purposes, and it was hard to say that it was an indestructible friendship. Therefore, Horikita secretly collected a lot of information that was unfavorable to Shibata, in order to defeat Shibata today.

"Shibata-san, are you threatening me?"

Horikita folded her arms and stared at Shibata indifferently, trying to imitate Amane and put pressure on Shibata.

But compared to Amane's gaze that showed indifference to life, Horikita's intimidation was like child's play.

Standing opposite her was Shibata Sa, who was like a gambler, determined to win the exam with Ichinose in order to completely seize the power of leader and let Class B take another path.

“Yes, that’s the threat.”

Shibata's frankness caught Horikita off guard. In her opinion, Shibata should have said a few polite words, but she didn't expect Shibata to admit straight away that his behavior just now was a threat. In this way, Shibata was cutting off his own avenue for reconciliation.

He was confident that he could defeat Horikita.

How arrogant!

Horikita was a little annoyed. This was the first time that she was looked down upon by others. In terms of ability, as she was now in charge of Class D, she felt that she was much better than Shibata who was still struggling in every aspect. Shibata was not even an enemy in front of Amane.

Such a person actually dared to come and show off to her, and acted as if he had the upper hand over her, which made Horikita angry. It was okay for her to be ridiculed by Sakayanagi, after all, the other party was one of the leaders of Class A and also the strong one who defeated her. Even if there was some luck involved, she failed, and Sakayanagi's ability was also recognized by Horikita.

But - Shibata? Does he have the right to stand here and threaten her?

"Shibata-san, self-confidence is a good thing, but being overconfident will turn into arrogance. Arrogant people often make wrong judgments. If you take back what you just said now, I might consider that nothing happened. Otherwise..."

Horikita gave a meaningless sneer.

"Who is the conceited person? Horikita-san, are you really so confident that you are not the conceited person you are talking about? I will not take back what I just said, but I want to know what the consequences will be if I do not take back what I said."

Shibata Sa looked a little cold and had a direct conflict with Horikita.

Having been humiliated, Horikita immediately showed an angry expression on her face.

"Don't you think your provocation is a declaration of war against Class D? Class B, who were just beaten to a pulp on an uninhabited island, dare to jump up and down. Don't you think you haven't embarrassed yourself enough?"

Horikita played one of his ultimate trump cards right from the start.

Class D is different from Class B.

Although there are many factions within Class D now, they are generally more obedient to Horikita's management. Coupled with the confidence brought by their previous victory on the uninhabited island, once they officially declare war on Class B, without the intervention of external forces, the people in Class B can be easily harassed and broken, because they can be more easily angered by constantly mentioning the uninhabited island and rubbing salt into their wounds, and people will behave irrationally when they are angry.

Just like how Class B indiscriminately harassed other classes before, in fact, the most vulnerable class now is Class B, which has been actively provoking others.

After hearing Horikita's threat, Shibata laughed out loud.

"I admit that this move is indeed good, but what does it have to do with me? Any blow to Class B will only hurt Ichinose Honami. If you are willing to help me distract her attention, I will be grateful to you, Horikita, and everyone in Class D. Also, I need to remind Horikita that it was Miyako-san who defeated us, not you. If it was Miyako-san standing in front of me now, I should have knelt down and begged for her forgiveness, but I am still talking big in front of you. Don't you understand the gap between you and Miyako-san? This is not the way to play the fox borrowing the power of the tiger to bully others."

Shibata's words made Horikita grit his teeth.

Anger did not make those handsome features ugly, but the aloof and otherworldly attitude was gone.

"I am indeed still a little behind Amane, but I don't think I will lose to you. In addition to launching Class D's actions, I can also join forces with Class C and Class A, the classes you have harassed, to attack Class B. Don't you think Ichinose and you can withstand such harassment?"

This is Horikita's second card, Alliance.

Before, Class B made all the freshmen feel disgusted. At this time, Class D joined forces with Classes A and C. The three classes attacked at the same time and had an overwhelming advantage in both quality and quantity. Their martial virtues were also quite abundant. Whether it was the ghost head of Class A or the group of bad guys in Class C, they could teach those ignorant young men in Class B a lesson in minutes.

Pop, pop, pop.

Shibata clapped his hands three times slowly.

He seemed to admire such a strategy, but there was no trace of appreciation on his sneering face.

"Horikita-san, you really disappoint me. Is this your limit? This kind of childish strategy... You really look down on me."

"What else did you say?"

Horikita asked in confusion, frowning tightly as if something unsettling was about to happen.

"Forget it, let me analyze this with you, Horikita-san. After the last uninhabited island, your class D should be ranked second in class points. If nothing goes wrong, you will become the new class B next month. Then... will the surpassed class C really be willing to cooperate with you? They are only a few dozen points away from catching up with or even surpassing you. Why should she help the thriving class D to deal with the class B that has fallen to the bottom? At most, they both don't want to help. It will be even more ridiculous for class A to watch us kill each other."