Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

"So what's the title of the book?"

"Because this book is not 'mainstream', it has no name."

"Not up to standard?!"

Although I don't know why, Ichinose, who had originally calmed down, instantly became alert because of my words. At the same time, he put his head closer and insisted on seeing the contents of the opened pages of the book, and read them out in a low voice.

"There are twelve zodiac animals, and they are arranged one by one. The first is the rat, the second is the ox, and the third is the tiger... What? Isn't this a normal book... or is this the only exception?"

"What are the exceptions?"

"Hey, didn't Luo Jun say that this book is not up to standard?"

"Yes, this book was given to me by a good friend of mine, the bookstore owner. He wrote the book himself, but he didn't think of publishing it officially, so he didn't give it a name."

"This doesn't mean 'not up to standard'..."

"What's wrong? Is there anything strange?"

"Haha, no...well, here are hot dogs, bacon, scrambled eggs, salads, sandwiches...besides these, is there anything else you want to eat, Luo-kun?" Ichinose quickly put the breakfast she brought from the front desk on the table and asked.

"These are enough. Also, I brought you the Hand Drip Coffee you ordered."

"Well, thank you."

The filter paper used in the Hand Drip Coffee process will absorb the crema in the coffee, so generally speaking its calories are lower. This is probably the reason why Ichinose chose it.

"Then let's first--"

"Ding--"

Both of our cell phones rang at the same time. I looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It was exactly eight o'clock in the morning, not a second's error.

Ichinose and I took out our phones at the same time and checked the email from the school.

[After serious adjustments, you were not selected as a preferential candidate. Please act as a member of the group and challenge the exam. The exam will start at 1:00 pm today. The exam will be held for three days from today. Students of the Rabbit Group, please gather in the Rabbit Room on the second floor.]

Chapter 95: I was often scolded by Ichinose and I seemed very passive

[After serious adjustments, you were not selected as a preferential candidate. Please act as a member of the group and challenge the exam. The exam will start at 1:00 pm today. The exam will be held for three days from today. Students of the Rabbit Group, please gather in the Rabbit Room on the second floor.]

“Here, this is the email message I received.”

After knowing my identity, I placed my phone horizontally on the table without hesitation, so that the information displayed on the LCD screen could be easily seen by Ichinose.

"Eh, are you just telling me your identity?"

My sudden action caused a look of surprise on Ichinose's face.

"If we want to discuss tactics, shouldn't knowing the identities of our classmates be a prerequisite?"

"That's from the perspective of the overall interests of the class. Personal interests are another matter... Didn't Luo Jun see the message I sent in the class group yesterday?"

"Yesterday, I went to bed shortly after returning to the dormitory. Also, there were too many messy messages in the class group, so I often didn't pay attention..."

"I should pay attention to all notifications, otherwise all my group leader privileges will seem useless..."

"I'll pay attention next time...So what's the content?"

"The personal points obtained from this special exam do not need to be turned in to my account. Instead, they can be kept for your own use."

"Is this really okay? Five hundred thousand personal points is not a small amount."

"Of course I know that, but considering that many students would think the same as Hamaguchi, and that forcing them to collect points for winning this exam would dampen their enthusiasm, I can't arbitrarily adjust their rights to be selected as the preferential treatment."

"If it is for personal gain, with a little class benefit, then the strategic discussion only needs to plan various situations in advance and then respond. There is no need to tell each other whether you are the preferential treatment recipient. In fact, in most cases, we first confirm the preferential treatment recipient's affiliated class and then find the preferential treatment recipient."

What you said is really exciting. People who yearn for warriors and heroes will probably have a fantasy of a future that is a feast for the mind at this time.

"So even so, Lord Luo still wants to show me your identity?"

"Hmm, didn't Ichinose already see it?"

"No."

"But your eyes have been looking in this direction since the beginning."

"Ahaha, I've been discovered... After all, it's right in front of me, so I'll be curious. But I can guarantee that I really didn't see it clearly. If you want to take it back, you'd better act quickly. After a while, I might really not be able to hold back."

"Then Ichinose should stop holding back and just watch to your heart's content."

"Do you really want to do this?"

Although I agreed, Ichinose was still a little hesitant.

"No problem. Even if I get the huge sum of 500,000 points, I will probably transfer it to Ichinose's account. Besides, Ichinose is a trustworthy person."

"I'm not a very trustworthy person, although at least I won't sell out my partner's information... But if Luo Jun really wants to do this, then I'll also expose my emails. I can't treat you unfairly."

Is there any saying that this is unfair or not? This is too exaggerated.

Although I thought so in my mind, I still pretended to be curious and couldn't wait to compare the screen contents of the phone and confirm the detailed information.

"...exactly the same."

"Since none of them were selected, the email must have been sent according to the standard format. The only information that changed for the other groups is probably the group name and room. But those who were not selected for the preferential treatment will certainly feel a little disappointed."

"After all, no matter from which aspect, the benefits are very generous. The most important thing is that even if others guess it, they can still forgive it."

"what a pity."

"There's nothing to regret. Ichinose has a lot of points in his account anyway. It's more than enough for you to spend."

"It's just temporary storage."

"It won't be discovered by others if I embezzle a little bit of it."

Although there would be a rough detailed record of remittances and expenditures, almost no one in the class went back to carefully check the specific numbers. Most of them just glanced at the results and passed it by.

"If that happens, I will betray everyone's trust in me and undermine the original purpose of doing this."

In order to prepare a large amount of points in advance to avoid unexpected events at a certain point in time, I must also consider my point usage plan.

"Let's get back on track now. We should also consider the battle plan for this special exam. According to Ayanokouji-san, Horikita-san has already made preparations. Maybe it's not just her. It's very likely that students with leadership qualities in other classes have also constructed countless strategies."

I didn't say anything about this and just drank my iced latte and let Ichinose do his thing.

"The purpose of this special exam is very clear, which is to find the favored person and win, or to protect the favored person in your class from being guessed by students from other classes. It is best for us to act on the premise that the favored person is pursuing the second result, because they generally will not reveal their identity right away. The means of this exam is also to use language to force the favored person out."

"That sounds troublesome. Are you going to use a language trap?"

"Well, I plan to ask about the pursuit of outcome one at the beginning."

"Will this do anything?"

"If you're lucky, you might be able to find out who is the preferential treatment from their attitude. If you treat this question as an innocent one, then a positive response would mean that this person is not the preferential treatment. On the other hand, if they are dissatisfied, then it would be suspicious."

"Isn't this a possibility of taking advantage of the situation?"

"That's why I said I was lucky. If you want to succeed, you have to get as many responses as possible from everyone."

"...Does that mean someone will refuse to communicate?"

"Well, I think it's possible, and the possibility is very high. The students in Class D and Class C won't be to this extent, but it's hard to say about the students in Class A..." Ichinose lowered his head and thought for a while, then continued, "Raku should still remember Katsuragi-san whom he met on the uninhabited island."

"remember."

"Katsuragi-san has a calm personality and a steady strategy. From his perspective, I think he might not speak easily, and might even withdraw from the exam."

"Quit the test?"

"He just didn't make any comments during the exam, and let other classes discuss the matter. Isn't this the same as not taking the exam? In order to ensure that Class A is in the lead, I think he is likely trying to make all groups reach Result 2, so that the classes behind will lose an opportunity to move up."

"To silence all the students in Class A... Didn't they say that Class A has another leader? After the failure in the last exam, didn't Katsuragi-san's dominance in Class A disappear?"

"Even if he fails, Katsuragi-san's own ability is unquestionable, and a temporary failure will not directly erase his influence. Also, the character of the other leader, Sakayanagi-san, may be quite bad..."

"bad?"

"Well, that's... letting Katsuragi-san do what he wants, and then stabbing him in the back at the last moment, so that his reputation in Class A gradually declines... something like that."

"That sounds scary..."

"That's the current situation in Class A... Anyway, it won't affect our class, and we all hope to be able to go all the way together." As he said this, Ichinose smiled brightly again.

"In that case, if the students in Class A really want to remain silent throughout the whole process, then we won't be able to break this deadlock."

"That's impossible. Katsuragi-san is not in our group. Without the presence of a leader, individualism will increase. As long as they are listening to our conversation, their inner thoughts will definitely show. In addition, we need to quickly take charge of the situation from the beginning and ask questions to induce them. This way, they will not be able to tell us their plans at the very beginning, and at least there will be a transitional conversation."

"That's exactly what I ordered. After we lure everyone to the goal of Result 1, the students in Class A will definitely counter by using the excuse of 'unable to confirm individual betrayal' and keep silent, causing all groups to end up with Result 2. At that time, we only need to point out the flaws in this plan, and at least we can unite with students from other classes to put pressure on Class A."

"I see... Then what is the so-called defect?"

"Don't you understand?"

"Hmm... is that what was just mentioned?"

"Yes, but it was only briefly mentioned. It's normal that Luo didn't understand it."

"The school's exam rules will try to be fair, which means that the favored students will not be concentrated in one class or polarized. If I'm not mistaken, the four classes of the twelve favored students will be evenly allocated three places for each class."

"If all teams aim for result 2, we can achieve a balanced gain in private points for each class, but we will give up the pursuit of class points, and the point difference with the upper class will remain the same. This result can only be said to be a victory for Class A."

"I see. The things you have to consider are much more complicated."

"This is also a very easy misunderstanding. The class of the lower class can only meet the interests of private points unilaterally."

"...But do you have any real intention to induce me with the purpose of outcome 1?"

"I've thought about it, but it depends on whether everyone cooperates with a positive and united attitude, and also on the fact that we are in the same group and class. If Hamaguchi-san is the one who gets favored, I will try my best to achieve result one; but if not... I probably won't pursue result one, at least I won't let Class A successfully end up with result two."

"That means we are still one step away from a decisive killing move, right?"

"Well, that's it. Although the above can be used as the initial discussion plan, I don't know what will happen later. In addition, if someone is not satisfied with my hosting, the direction will also be deviated..."

"...Tsk, this analysis has become extremely troublesome. I think I should leave this matter to Ichinose."

"Please don't do that." After hearing what I said, Ichinose scratched his cheek gently. "If you do that, I will be very troubled. After all, there may be some shortcomings of the plan that I am not aware of."

"That means the strategy is perfect, doesn't it?"

"There is no such thing as a perfect strategy... Wait, has Qiluo-kun been drinking coffee since just now, and hasn't touched breakfast or anything?"

"What's wrong with this?"

"Drinking coffee on an empty stomach is bad for your stomach. At least eat something first." After saying that, Ichinose stuffed the sandwich into my plate and took the coffee cup that was about to reach my mouth.

Seeing such a tough attitude, I had no choice but to pick up the sandwich on the plate and eat it. I thought the matter would just pass, but because the coffee was halfway down my stomach, the ice cubes in the cup were conspicuously floating on the surface of the liquid, and by the time I noticed this, it was too late.

“Still iced coffee!!!”

Then I got scolded by Ichinose again.

Chapter 96: But, but she already has a boyfriend!

"We can hold five more discussions. Let's just disband it for now."

The one-hour minimum discussion requirement had just come to an end, and the students in Class A immediately said, "Then, you can do whatever you want from now on." and left the room in groups.

The development of the first meeting was no different from what Ichinose had analyzed beforehand.

After we hosted and controlled the opening, we quickly proposed the ideal inducing factors of Result 1, and the students in Class A also came up with the defensive Result 2 as expected. However, we did not expect that their attitude of refusing to discuss was more firm than we expected, and even felt that they would do anything at all costs.

The sealing of Class A was the only point that Ichinose failed to overcome in his preliminary strategy, which also led to the current tense situation in the meeting.

Class A refused to discuss the matter, and Classes C and D were also wavering in their trust in our relationship and were unable to make a choice.

After the meeting, Class C and Class D followed Class A and left the room. The only ones left were the three of us from Class B and Ibuki from Class C.

"Ibuki-san, aren't you going to leave?"

"There's no rule that says you have to leave now, right? You guys aren't in a hurry to leave."

"That's because everyone in Class B is still here. I want to take this opportunity to understand the current situation on the field, but Ibuki-san doesn't have a reason to respond, right? Your companions have already left."

"I have no intention of making friends with those guys, nor will I have any discussion about it."

"Is that so... Ibuki-san must have something he wants to discuss with us, right?"

"..."

"Did you encounter any difficulties?"

Facing Ibuki's sudden silence, Ichinose also spoke gently in the same way.