"Oh? What's this, Ayanokoji? You're participating?"
In her office, I hand over the sheet with our names written on it.
"What are you planning?" She asks.
"Nothing much."
"Actually, what made you do this?"
"..."
What made me do this?
"Who knows?"
Not even I, myself, knows.
10 minutes later
One day, I will leave this school.
One day or another, I will have to act.
Sooner or later, I will face consequences.
But today, I must prepare.
We can only regret, dread but prepare.
I head over to the appointed place.
Where I requested a meetup with a certain person.
To the place both famous and infamous for a certain thing.
The back of the school.
Where everything began.
The base of my life constructing.
My world glistening.
My perception glistening.
I make my way there, to prepare for our future.
I will get excluded along with her, and experience peace.
This school means nothing to me now.
"You're late, Mr I'm-a-cool-person-because-I'm-dating-a-cool-person."
"I'm sorry, Ryuen. I had something to do."
Ryuen stands in front of me.
His grin: wider than before.
"So? What is it? Ayanokoji-chan?"
And so, I take a deep breath, and exhale once more.
Before replying:
"Ryuen, I'm the mastermind of Class D.
1 week later
It would be a long bus ride, that was what Ms Chabashira said to the eight representatives sitting on the bus.
For Class D, me and Suzune were the participants.
For Class C, Ryuen and Ibuki were the participants.
For Class B, Kanzaki and Ichinose were the participants.
For Class A, Katsuragi and Sakayanagi were the participants.
The tension in this was bus was daunting.
Daunting enough to make Suzune perspire.
As her fellow representative, and boyfriend, it is my duty to calm her down.
I lay my hand atop hers on the armrest.
"It's fine." I say.
"How are you so calm? Everyone here... are better than us."
"It doesn't necessarily mean they will win. Besides..."
Besides, Class A's participant, Arisu Sakayanagi is an odd one. Even when lacking information regarding the exam, the fact that we were made to wear our gym clothes should be suffice to realize what sort of exam it will be. And yet, they deploy a disadvantageous girl who cannot walk without support. If it is a physical exam, her deployment would drag them down.
Unless, of course, they had an ulterior motive. Judging by the expressions of Katsuragi sitting beside her, it seems as though he was against the idea of being her fellow representative.
If I were to guess, Class A's objective is not to win, but-
"Kiyotaka, let's win, okay?" She holds my hand with her opposite hand. "You promised, so don't break it..."
"Well..." I've already gone this far, going back would be more troublesome than going forward, "Of course I won't break it."
Her objective to reach Class A... will be disaster.
30 minutes later
"The... woods?"
We arrive in front of the woods. It wasn't too vast, nor too small.
Judging by things, the exam will be held here. I'm getting flashbacks to an old exam...
We all line up side-by-side, standing beside our partners.
Class A's homeroom teacher, Mashima Sensei, stands in front of us.
"Welcome to the woods, where you all shall compete in a special exam against the other representatives. The school has hired this woods especially for this exam, so we can determine whose class has the best representatives, as well as whose class has the worse. Now, I shall explain the details and rules regarding this special exam."
We all prepare. Suzune tenses her body, I remain the same as usual.
"The exam is as follows:
you will be given two cases each duo, a large case and a small case.
Inside the large case will be 5000 notes with a school logo imprinted on each side. The small case will house 2500 notes.
The goal of this game is to steal as many notes from the enemies and have the most notes out of the 4 pairs.
Fighting is not prohibited however using weapons is strictly prohibited. There will be a few restriction on fighting. The head must not be a target and nor is the chest. Must you hit those, you will lose 5,000 of your notes. Every other part of the body is fine to hit, including the face and the legs. But please refrain from major injuries. That will cancel this exam and all of you will be expelled."
That's harsh. I guess we cannot fight to our full extent.
"At the start of the exam, you will be given a map, a waterproof camera and a helmet.
The helmet will ensure your safety when fighting but must not be used to fight others with.
At the end of the exam, you will weigh the amount of notes that are not wet or ripped, an inspector will check if you are cheating or not. One note is equivalent to one gram.
Then once you are finished weighing in the notes, you will use the waterproof camera to snap a photo of the result. Your name will be on a sticker stuck on the camera, so we can determine whose cameras they belong to.
If you fail to give us the result shown on your own camera, you will be disqualified. So you must take care of your cameras as well as your notes."
The rules seem easy. To put simply, we merely have to steal as many notes from each other and snap a picture of the weight of the notes to deliver to the school.
But... how can this be called an exam? When nothing is being tested?
No... they are testing our strategies.
In this environment, we can use our surroundings to our advantage.
It's whether or not we can find out those advantages.
"The representatives with the lowest amount of notes will be expelled, and their class will suffer a huge amount of point loss. However, the representatives with the most notes shall receive a huge amount of private points as well as class points. Both 2nd and 3rd places will receive no rewards or consequences.
Now, we will commence the exam in 10 minutes. Before then, you can either asks me questions or speak privately with your partner to formulate strategies."
I look to Suzune.
"Suzune, are you fine now?"
Naturally, without knowing what the exam is, you will feel pessimistic.
I'm sure she must feel slightly better than before now that she knows what the exam is.
"Yes... thanks Kiyotaka."
"Do you want to ask anything?"
"I think I have a good idea of the exam. I'll be fine."
"That's good to hear."
"But still, we have to win if we want to have a chance of rising."
Right now, winning this exam means rising to Class C. But that is only if we win, and class C is at the bottom.
Unfortunately, we will not rise, no matter how Class C places.
"Kiyotaka, give it your all. Don't hold back."
"Of course."
"If you dare try and get expelled..."
"I wouldn't try such thing, don't worry."
"You promise?"
"I..." Even if I have to lie, "I promise," I will accomplish my desire.
"I... want to believe you... I guess I will."
"Suzune," I hold her hand, "Whatever the result, I gurantee your happiness."
That is not a lie.
"Jeez, don't say things like that. I'm happy enough being with you, Kiyotaka."
"Is that so?"
"I'm just glad to be with you even if we do get excluded together... though... I want to stay in this school with you rather than getting expelled together."
I widen my eyes.
9 minutes later
I can sense a particular gaze fall upon me.
A gaze I can sense from my side.
"Ryuen, huh? I guess he is already itching for a fight."
The reason I told him who I truly was: to face him and lose.
That way, the fact that we were up against Ryuen would be a justification of our loss.
Right now, we all stand together with our partner, equipped with what we needed. Equipped with the two cases, helmets and cameras.
The teachers will send one pair of representative at a time, as to avoiding a clash early on.
The time span for this exam is an hour, and after that hour, we have to return in 5 minutes or else we will lose some notes depending on how late we become.
I look to my right, still holding her hand.
"We'll be fine, Suzune."
"I know... I know yet, I can't help but feel at unease. I'm sorry, Kiyotaka..."
"It's fine, it is common human nature."
"There you go again," she smiles.
She is cute, eh?
"Ayanokoji, Horikita."
Ms Chabashira approaches us.
"Is it our turn to go, sensei?" asks Suzune.
"Yes. You are the last ones to go... good luck, both of you."
"Then, let's go, Suzune."
She nods.
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Next chapter (or the chapter after that) will not disappoint. I wonder what Kiyotaka will do?
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