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

The playground, which had been filled with people whispering among themselves, fell completely silent after Teacher Chazhu announced the physical fitness test items for the second week.

Ms. Chabashira was very satisfied with the current effect. Although she tried her best to suppress her joy and make herself look more composed and reliable, anyone who knew her could tell at a glance that Chabashira Sae could hardly contain her ever-growing smile.

The task of reading out the exam rules and instructions during large-scale special exams has always been done by the class teacher of Class A, which has become a tradition at Gaoyu.

As for the Chabashira class, since Chabashira Sae was initially in charge of the so-called 'defective' Class D, she herself did not have any expectations of enjoying such special power, or rather, it was best not to have such expectations before the third year. In fact, just as Chabashira-sensei predicted, although the competition between the lower-ranked classes became increasingly fierce, Class A's throne was as unshakable as ever, firmly held by Class Sakayanagi.

This also made Mr. Majima, the homeroom teacher of the Sakayanagi class, the teacher with the highest screen time in the entire grade. He was responsible for the opening of almost all special exams, and he was even qualified to participate in the final planning of the grade's special exams and even modify the content of the special exams.

Although Majima-sensei herself considers it a tough job, it doesn't stop people from eyeing the position with covetous eyes.

For example, tea stalks and sago.

Finally, after advancing to the second year, the rankings of each class changed considerably. The once invincible Sakayanagi class, after losing a pillar student like Katsuragi, began to have frequent dissenting voices within the class. Taking advantage of the chaos in Sakayanagi class, Amane led Class B to successfully take over the hard-won title of Class A from Sakayanagi.

Thanks to Tenon, Teacher Chazhu, as the new homeroom teacher of Class A, has to take on the important task of explaining the special exam rules to everyone.

Chashu Sakae is currently enjoying great success.

However, compared to Chabashira Sae's joyful mood, the students in the audience felt icy cold.

Like Horikita, many people knew about this physical fitness test early on, and even the detailed competition rules were revealed. Everyone agreed that they would encounter this special test called "know yourself and know your enemy" sooner or later, but what they didn't expect was that "sooner or later" would actually be today.

Even though rumors circulated that this physical fitness test, which was no different from a special exam, was starting today, it was mistakenly thought to be a smokescreen because the content of the test had nothing to do with the name "physical fitness test".

As a result, when Chabashira Sae announced the content of this week's physical fitness test, the audience fell into complete silence.

Standing on the stage, Chabashira Sae naturally noticed the unusual situation below the stage. If it were any other time, if she suddenly announced that she would be conducting a special exam, the students would definitely be in an uproar like ants on a hot plate. At the very least, there should be chaos and everyone should be whispering and discussing among themselves.

The sudden adherence to meeting rules by everyone made Chabashira Sae feel somewhat uneasy.

"Next, I will briefly announce the rules and precautions for this 'Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy' physical fitness test."

Teacher Chabashira took out two slips of paper from the wooden box behind him.

The words are 'Question' written in vermilion and 'Answer' written in blue.

The paper looks to be of very good quality, with absolutely no signs of ink bleeding, meaning that the words on the front of the paper cannot be seen from the back.

Teacher Chazhu held up the two slips of paper in her hand high so that more people could see them.

However, there weren't many people on the playground, so there wasn't any situation where the view would be blocked.

"These two slips of paper with the words 'Question' and 'Answer' written on them are the most crucial props for this physical fitness test. But before explaining the purpose of these props, let me first give a general overview of the physical fitness test process. The first step is grouping. For this special test, the grouping is arranged in pairs. You can draw your own teammate using the recently updated online matching function of OAA on your mobile phone. The selection range is students of the same grade and gender. If it shows that the selection failed, it means that there are no partners available. At this time, we may consider putting you in the same group as someone of the opposite sex. After the grouping is completed, the school will provide new tents for you to live in."

As soon as Chabashira finished speaking, a large number of people raised their hands.

"Do you have any questions, student?"

"Teacher, I heard that the partners selected for this physical fitness test will have to spend the night together in a tent, right?"

"That's right, that's how it's done according to the rules."

Chabashira Sae almost immediately knew what kind of wicked scheme the other party was up to.

"Can I volunteer to be in a group with someone of the opposite sex? Well, it's not that I have any bad intentions, it's just that I'm worried that my classmates won't be able to find partners. I'm willing to sacrifice myself for the first-year boys."

As soon as the bespectacled boy finished speaking, disdainful voices rang out from the first-year girls' side, along with the usual grumbling from the boys.

"Hey! Why are you stealing my lines? Even if we're teaming up with someone of the opposite sex, it's not your turn, you bookworm."

"Look at that lustful look on his face, it's disgusting. I'd rather lose my special exam qualification than sleep in the same tent with him..."

Seeing the growing argument from the audience, Chabashira Sae had no choice but to pick up the microphone and begin maintaining discipline on the playground.

"Please everyone be quiet for a moment. Regarding the question from that student, my answer is 'no.' You cannot choose your own partners. Even if you draw a partner, there's a time limit. If anyone intentionally delays, they will be disqualified and sent back to school to receive daily homework as punishment. If you are indeed assigned to the same group as someone of the opposite sex, the school will provide two tents for you to stay in separately. Furthermore, it is strictly forbidden for you to move around together after 10 PM. Anyone who violates this rule will also be punished accordingly."

It's fair to say that Chabashira Sae's answer wasn't surprising to anyone. If it were really allowed to live in a tent with someone of the opposite sex, then no one would be willing to draw a partner of the same sex first.

As the sighs of the boys who learned they couldn't live together gradually subsided, Chabashira Sae began to explain the procedures for this special training.

"After the group work, each group will draw a slip of paper from me. Each slip of paper will have either a 'question' or an 'answer' written on it. Each person can draw three slips of paper, and the content can be repeated. The person who draws a slip of paper with the word 'question' can choose to ask their partner a question that the school has randomly selected from the subjects they have already learned, either after 8:00 AM or before 8:00 PM. This process will consume one slip of paper with the word 'question'. If you want to increase the difficulty and freedom of the question, you can use two slips of paper with the word 'question' to ask a question that the questioner has asked and that has been approved by the instructors. The other person cannot avoid the question and must answer it using a slip of paper with the word 'answer'."

"The person being asked a question must use one answer slip before they can answer. If they do not have an answer slip, they cannot answer by default. The person asking the question gains one point. If they do not want to answer the question, they can use two answer slips to avoid the question. Neither the person asking the question nor the person answering it gains points, but questions asked with two answer slips cannot be avoided."

"When one of the partners loses all the slips of paper, they can no longer ask questions. The remaining slips in the other partner's hand will be converted into points, with each slip worth one point. After the physical fitness test, the team with the highest score in the group wins. After the physical fitness test, all classes in the grade will be ranked according to their pass rate. The first place winner will receive 50 class points, the second place winner will receive 30 class points, the third place winner will receive 10 class points, and the fourth place winner will receive no class points. Each person will also receive 1,000 personal points as a consolation prize."

The students, who had initially given up hope on the physical fitness test, were suddenly energized when they heard that such an insignificant little test would actually give them such a high number of class points.

Don't underestimate these few dozen class points. This physical fitness test is arguably the easiest way to earn class points so far. It's simply a matter of asking or answering questions. Stay for a couple of days and you might just rack up a few dozen class points. It's unlikely you'll ever have such a good opportunity again.

However, while ordinary students were already celebrating this physical fitness test, which was both easy and offered class points, there were a few students in each class whose expressions stood out from the crowd.

Suddenly, a hand came together.

Chabashira looked in the direction of the raised hand, and it was Horikita Suzune who raised her hand to ask the question.

"Horikita-kun, is there anything else you don't understand?"

Logically speaking, the homeroom teacher standing here to preside over the special exam should treat every student fairly, but Chabashira Sae doesn't care about that. She can't wait to take advantage of this opportunity to openly reveal information to her students. What if those guys from Class B catch up so closely and overtake her class again?

So when Chabashira Sae saw Horikita and the others all fall silent and no one raise their hands, she was a little anxious. It wasn't until she saw Horikita raise her hand that she finally felt relieved.

"I have a pretty good understanding of how to determine the winner, but I have a question: what if the person drawing the slips has bad luck and draws three questions or three answers in a row? And in an even more extreme case, if both sides draw three questions or three answers, can the physical training continue as normal?"

Horikita's question was extremely tricky, hitting the bullseye.

When Chabashira Sae saw Horikita ask the crucial question right away, a faint smile appeared on her face.

"It is in accordance with the competition rules that each person draws three identical slips of paper. If both sides draw the same three questions or answers, a special reward will be triggered. If both partners in a group draw three question slips, they can answer the questions without using answer slips and will not be judged as losing. They will also receive points as usual. One point is added for each correct answer and one point is added for each question asked by the other party that is answered incorrectly. If one side wins with five points or more, the school will reward that student with 30,000 personal points."

"If both sides use answer slips, a special question-and-answer mode will be triggered. The school will first collect ten questions from each person, and then randomly select twenty questions to answer. If you answer successfully, you will gain one point. If you cannot answer, you can use an answer to cancel the question. This means each person has three chances to fail. The side that runs out of chances first will be judged as the loser. It is worth noting that the instructors do not screen the questions when collecting them, so some questions may involve privacy. The question-and-answer session will be broadcast to all students. If you do not want your privacy to be leaked, you can choose to concede. However, if you can answer all ten of the other side's questions, you will receive a reward of 50,000 personal points."

Horikita's face immediately turned ugly upon hearing this arrangement.

It's not unusual to draw the same card three times in a row when you only have two cards but have to draw three times. However, if you happen to encounter a partner with three identical cards, it can be much more complicated, especially if both of you are answering questions, like answering personal questions live on air...

No!

This is absolutely unacceptable!!

"In addition, I would like everyone to note that the cards each person draws must not be revealed to the other person, nor can they be exchanged or given away to others. If anyone is found to have violated the rules, they will also be disqualified from participating in the competition. Does anyone else have any questions? If not, I will now begin to explain the next arrangements."

Chabashira Sae looked around the playground and, seeing that no one had raised their hand, proceeded to the next step of her explanation.

"Besides the question-and-answer session that tests your judgment, the main task of the group pairings is to test your survival skills. Starting this afternoon, the school will distribute raw ingredients and necessary seasonings in portions of two people. The ingredients will only be distributed twice a day. You must promptly process the ingredients according to the recipe or your own preferred cooking method. If you have any dietary restrictions on the ingredients, you can apply to the school for a replacement. Ingredients must not be kept overnight or discarded. If any violation is found, you will be disqualified from the competition."

"Finally, this physical fitness test will be held on Saturday and Sunday, which is a kind of holiday for you. I hope that each of you can have a fulfilling weekend."

Chapter 142: Online Matchmaking

Second week of special training physical fitness test:

1. All students participating in the special training will be divided into pairs based on their grade and gender. The school will provide them with living tents and supplies. The two students must ensure that they can effectively use the distributed supplies to survive. The test will be held from 5 pm this Friday to 5 pm this Sunday, for a total of two days.

2. Question and Answer Game: After the students are divided into groups, each student draws three cards from a set of slips of paper with 'question' and 'answer' written on them. There is no limit to the number of cards with the same word.

3. Students can use the "Question" slip of paper to ask a question to their group members. The question will be randomly selected by the school based on the subjects already learned in that grade. The person being asked the question needs to use the "Answer" slip of paper to answer. The person who answers correctly will gain 1 point, while the person who answers incorrectly or refuses to answer will lose 1 point, and the person who asked the question will gain 1 point.

Using two consecutive "Question" slips of paper allows you to request a specific question from the school. Once approved by the school, the questioner must answer with a "Answer" slip. If the answer is irrelevant or unanswerable, the questioner gains 2 points, while the answerer does not lose points. There are no restrictions on the correctness of the answer to the specific question, so the answerer will not gain points.

Regular questions can be avoided by two 'Answer' slips of paper; neither party receives points for the avoided question.

Certain questions cannot be avoided. If no answer is given within the specified time, it will be considered as unanswerable, and the questioner will receive 2 points.

4. The game ends immediately when the team that runs out of cards first starts counting points. The remaining cards of the other team are converted into points at a 1:1 ratio. The team with the highest score wins the game.

Note: The answer sheets must not be exchanged, disclosed, stolen, robbed, damaged, or altered. If either party loses their answer sheet, both parties will be immediately held liable. Each group is requested to keep their answer sheets safe.

If both parties submit slips of paper with three "questions" or three "answers", please contact the school immediately to register the information. A special reward mode will be activated when the slips of paper are used.

5. Special reward mode for quiz games:

(1) When both participants have 'Question' cards, they do not need to use the word 'Answer' when answering questions. The way of scoring points is changed to no points will be deducted for incorrect answers. 1 point will be awarded for both correct answers and incorrect answers. The game will end when both participants have used up all their 'Question' cards. The person with the most points wins. If the total score is five points or more when winning, an additional 30,000 personal points will be awarded.

(2) When both sides have 'Answer' on their paper, each team member needs to prepare ten questions. The school will then randomly select questions to ask. One point will be awarded for each question answered. If a team member refuses to answer, they can use one 'Answer' instead. When one person runs out of 'Answer's, the other person can choose to continue the challenge or end the game. The maximum number of questions is ten.

If you answer all ten questions posed by the other party, you will receive an additional 50,000 personal points as a reward.

6、测试结束后根据各个班级通过问答游戏胜利者人数进行排名，从第一名到第四名依次获得奖励50、30、10、0点班级点数，此外第四名会获得每人一千点的个人点数的安慰奖。

7. During the competition, the use of mobile phones is not prohibited and movement is not restricted, but violence, wasting food, and staying overnight with non-team partners are strictly prohibited.

Horikita quickly read through the rules and regulations issued by the school and immediately had a good idea of ​​what the physical fitness test was like.

While it is essentially a backdoor for academically gifted students, giving them a guaranteed pass, the actual implementation is not as simple as it seems.

First of all, the survival mode of two-person teams that require both cooperation and competition made Horikita Suzune wonder if the person who made this rule had something wrong with their brain.

To give a simple example, if only one of the two people can cook, and you ask her a question and she wins, she'll be upset and only cook for herself with the ingredients. What about the one who can't cook? Although the school doesn't have a rule about deducting points or any other punishment for wasting food, it clearly states that wasting food is strictly prohibited. Horikita Suzune absolutely doesn't believe you if you say there are no penalties. According to Horikita's judgment, wasting food could potentially disqualify her from participating in the special exam. After all, she's heard that the special exam has extremely strict control over ingredients, and since it's being broadcast live, if they filmed wasting food, it would definitely attract negative comments from the media or the public. That's why they might want to address the problem at its root during special training.

However, this is also a good opportunity to widen the gap with Class B again, so we must not let our guard down.

Horikita took out her phone and opened OAA. She immediately saw the new feature "Online Matching" with a special mark. After carefully reading the description of the feature, Horikita found a place that could be called a loophole.

The online matching requirement is that the other party must be logged into the OAA software. After Horikita Suzune selected the second-year option and gender, she found that there were only about fifty people online, which was much less than the at least 70 people Horikita had estimated. Looking around, she realized that the exam was scheduled to start at 5 p.m., and it was only 3 p.m. now. This meant that the school had given everyone a full two hours to complete their preparations. In that case, it would be better to talk to her classmates about how to deal with the physical fitness test before the group assignments.

As a result, they naturally didn't have time to log in to OAA, which is why the number of girls online was quite different from the actual number. Horikita, who discovered this loophole, quickly called out loudly to the students of Class A to gather around.

"Please do not click on online matchmaking randomly, and move closer to me immediately."

Horikita called out a few times, and realizing that she couldn't gather everyone who had scattered by herself, she quickly grabbed Hirata from the crowd.

"Hirata-kun, do me a favor. Quickly call everyone over here and tell them not to click on the online matchmaking button above."

Hirata was taken aback by the sudden request, but he turned around and prepared to carry out Horikita's arrangements.

Horikita was quite surprised by Hirata's decisive action.

"Hirata, aren't you curious why I called everyone here?"

"Judging from your expression, it must be something urgent. Please tell me the result later. Before Amane left, she told me to cooperate with your actions, so just let me know if you need any help. Also... I'm afraid no one in the whole class wants to prove themselves as a member of Class A more than you, Horikita-kun. I don't think you would do anything that would be detrimental to the class. As long as you don't harm the interests of the class, it's a good thing for everyone, right?"

Hirata smiled and turned around to call the members of Class 2-A to gather at Horikita. With his advantage of being good at running, Hirata quickly gathered a lot of students.

As Horikita Suzune watched Hirata's hardworking figure, she seemed to see Amane, who had once readily agreed to help her become a member of Class A, just like Hirata.

Looking back now, I bet Amane didn't even know what the point of getting promoted to Class A was back then? In short, she was somehow tied to it all, which is why Amane would say "I hope to help Rin get promoted to Class A" whenever she talked to others about her dreams.

With Amane's help, Horikita Suzune has already realized this dream. Now, it's up to her to protect the fruits of her and Amane's hard work.

Horikita Suzune slapped her cheeks hard.

"We absolutely cannot afford to fail this time."

Once almost everyone except Koenji and Ayanokoji had arrived, Horikita began to share her discoveries with them.

However, after hearing Horikita Suzune's discovery, many people were still confused and didn't know what Horikita was trying to say.

It was Ichinose who quickly realized Horikita's plan.

"I think I understand what Lingyin is trying to do. As long as we wait for the other classes to form their teams, then the rest will all be people from our own class. The higher the probability of being matched with people from our own class, the more people we will be matched with, and the more people we will be matched with, the more people we will pass the exam."

Ichinose's speech did not make the other students happy, especially Yukimura, who even frowned.

"I don't think this method will increase the number of people who pass the test. For example, suppose we have 36 people here, and all of them are matched with their own people. Even if we have an advantage in the quiz game, what difference does it make? This test is an either/or situation, which means that at most only 18 of us can pass the test. For example, Ryuen's class has a total of 39 people. Just half of them is close to 20 people. Not to mention that even if only half of them pass the test, Horikita-kun, your discovery is very useful, but I don't think it is the best solution."

Yukimura's words resonated with many people.

Because the final class ranking is based on the number of students who passed.

If Class A follows Horikita's method, the pass rate will be at most 50%, and the number of successful candidates will be less than 20. They might even end up at the bottom.

But Horikita had anticipated this situation.

"Yukimura-kun, your question is very valid, but what if my method is to randomly match high-achieving students and group slightly lower-achieving students within the class?"

Yukimura didn't answer Horikita directly. Instead, he quickly calculated in his mind that although this test was said to be a physical fitness test, it was mostly a test of academic ability. Considering the element of luck, even in a class like Class B, where almost all students were top students, at most thirty people would be able to pass the test.

This ratio is already quite exaggerated. After all, although other classes don't have as many top students as Class B, they still have a dozen or so that are respectable. Students like Kamuro and some of the lower-middle-ranking students in Class B may not be stronger than the top students in other classes. So, having thirty people pass the exam is already a good result. Yukimura also took into account the fact that Class B was matched with good luck.

So, if Class A follows Horikita's plan, how many students will pass the test?

With the addition of Katsuragi and Ichinose, Class A now has about 22 students with good academic abilities. As long as they don't encounter too strong opponents, they shouldn't have much trouble. Let's conservatively estimate that 18 of them will pass the exam. The remaining 14 will be divided into smaller teams within the class, with a 50% pass rate (7 students). That brings the total to 25. This is a significant increase in numbers compared to previous calculations, so securing second place shouldn't be too difficult. What's even more perfect is that Yukimura calculated Class B's attrition rate at 30%, nearly a third—a remarkably high rate. He applied the same calculation to Class A, yet despite this, they only trailed by five students.

Considering that Class A has slightly fewer students than Class B, the gap has actually narrowed considerably.

"Um... I think Horikita's plan is feasible."

After silently calculating, Wang Meiyu quietly voiced her support for Horikita Suzune's plan, and Matsushita nodded in agreement.

"According to my calculations, we should have around 28 people pass the exam. This number is already very good. At least we're guaranteed to be in the top two. I would much rather accept this approach than eliminating a dozen or so students who didn't do well."

As the person in charge of Amane's class, Matsushita almost always supported Horikita's plan when she spoke up.

"Well, although I want everyone to complete the exam smoothly, I've reviewed it in my mind several times and realized that's impossible. In that case, we can only try to get as many people as possible to complete this physical fitness test."

Compared to Hirata, who previously found it almost impossible to accept the departure of classmates or being eliminated, after a year of special exams, Hirata has finally come to terms with it.