Hirano pov:-
"This has gone too far!"
Ibuki tried to be patient, even though the time was already 8 p.m.
Even the word late is not appropriate to describe this, she was annoyed with
what they have put up to until now.
"After all, haven't we already sung 10 songs?"
"Ibuki-san must be patient."
"I can't hold back my patience!"
"So let's try to exceed our patience."
"Horrible joke!"
"How can you be angry all the time... Don't you get tired?"
"Just looking at your face makes me a million times more tired!"
Ibuki shook Ishizaki's arm who tried to stop her from leaving.
When Ibuki's hand had just reached the door knob, the door opened.
"Did you really think that I will come here just to keep you waiting?"
The man smiled as he walked - it was Ryuuen. Unknowingly Ishizaki and
Ibuki's froze.
Because they all thought he wouldn't come.
"Nice of you to finally join us Ryueen." I called out to him.
"The pleasure is all mine." He responded with a sarcastic voice while wearing his usual grin.
"You're late, Ryuuen-kun"
"Looks like you guys are having fun. Ain't that right Takeda?"
"Yes. This is my first time coming to karaoke, it is very fun."
"Then I'll be back. Have fun guys."
Ryuuen smiled and spoke,
"Does that bother you?"
While he closed the door, he was stopped by Ibuki.
"If you let me fall into karaoke hell, I will kill you."
"Nails. Awful."
Ryuuen who was urged by Ibuki, then ordered soft drinks through Ishizaki.
After sitting and bowing, he played with his cellphone without saying a word.
"... then?"
Ibuki urged him to speak.
"Then? What do you mean?"
"We waited for you until now, aren't you going to say anything?"
"I just came to see if you guys were still waiting for me but it seems like you
still haven't left."
He immediately drank the soda Ishizaki gave him.
"There is nothing else besides that."
"I have been waiting for you for a few hours with Hiyori. It's very annoying."
"That's none of my business."
"Oh really! "
Ibuki hit the table hard and looked at Ryuuen.
"Hey, calm down Ibuki. There's nothing good out of getting mad at Ryuuen." Soga tried to calm her down.
"You too, when were you so attached to him?"
"Me? Attached to Ryuuen? Please! If it weren't for Takeda and Hirano dragging me here I would have left a long time ago!"
Although Soga looked calm on the surface, he seemed to very angry about being kept to wait for Ryuuen.
Apart from the two being noisy, Hiyori chose her first song.
"This fool has listened to your opinion, and chosen Class A to fight." She stated as she pointed at me.
I chose to remain silent and sip my orange juice. After all, it was me who changed our target without giving a proper explanation to Ibuki, Ishizaki or Albert.
"It seems."
"Do you remember when I first entered this school, didn't I arrange things to
attack Class B or rather the current class A?"
"... Is it when you tried to make them guilty?"
Under Ryuuen's direction, there was a dispute with Class A, and tried to
provoke the opponent's guilt.
To confirm the potential of each class, Ryuuen had caused a stir.
This was one of the events in the period where I fought with Sudou and Ryuuen secretly contacted Katsuragi.
"Then how did it go?"
"That had no effect. Class A was very integrated at first."
"Yes. They are much more united and cohesive than any class. Even now there morale has only increased after being promoted to class A." Takeda agreed.
"So, in an exam that relies on a whole of this kind, shouldn't we avoid Class
A as an opponent?" Ishizaki spoke his mind and asked.
"I think so too. Ichinose is a leader who is admired by many people and is
very difficult to deal with."
Ibuki and Ishizaki's comments are also the rest of Class C's opinions.
"Hiyori, how do you analyze class A?"
"Yes ... As they both said, Class A is very strong. Their abilities are above average. Especially their close relationship that makes everyone envious, but ... It can only be said that they are such a class. They are no special threat, only a class with good relationships."
"Her attitude is very gentle and her analysis is also very good."
After listening to their opinions, Ryuuen stated his own evaluation of Class A.
"The biggest weakness of Class A is Ichinose ... No, that is their absence of a
proper leader."
"W-wait a minute.What do you mean? Isn't Ichinose their leader?" Ishizaki spoke up.
"Ichinose and Kanzaki are not suitable to be leaders. They are the type of
people who should be supporting the leader. If we treat him as a strategist in the class, Suzune and Katsuragi are
better at making strategies. For this reason, although Class C is lacking, there is still the chance of winning. "
"But right now, we are worse than Class A. Isn't this situation unchanged?
The average student in Class C right now is very low, meaning that Class A is the least desirable opponent for us."
"No matter how we fight, our chances of victory will always be very small."
"Is the gap between us really that wide?"
There was no change in the evaluations of Takeda, Ryuuen, and Hiyori.
"But-"
Ryuuen took the empty glass and placed it in front of him.
"As long as you make the effort, a chance of victory less than 10% can
approach 50%, and can increase even more depending on the situation."
Ryuuen handed me a piece of paper.
It contained the names of the 10 events written on it and the marked ones
were the official 5 events.
Takeda and Soga peeked from both sides.
"Use this on the special exam day."
"Wait a minute, all of this-"
"Yes. All of these events are based on martial arts events."
The 10 types of programs proposed are based on high physical abilities such
as Karate, Judo, Taekwondo, Kendo, and Wrestling which were very physically demanding.
"Please wait. Indeed, there are some people in our class who are good in
physical abilities. Me, Ishizaki, Albert, Komiya, Kondou, Takeda, Ibuki and maybe even Hirano... But the others not so good?"
Soga said, even if one or two of the events are chosen from the lottery,
they did not know what would happen with the other events.
"Yes. Besides that, in Class A there are also many students with good motor
nerves. If everything is a 1 vs 1 fight, then that is a problem, but shouldn't the number of participants needed not be different?"
Even if we only depend on the lottery to fight, we cannot guarantee that we
will get all the desired events.
"Then what should we do?"
"Hmm?"
"Don't be too specific about the number of participants. That sort of thing
doesn't matter."
Even though Ishizaki didn't understand his intentions, Takeda quickly
understood the point.
"So, you mean ... No matter how many people fight, everything is determined
by the rules. If you use the rules of a knockout system, we can do it."
"That's right. Even in Judo despite using up to 10 participants, Albert alone is
enough."
"But ... Will the school allow a knockout like this?" Soga questioned.
"If it were a Written Examination or Football, it's not possible to use a
knockout system. However, using a knockout system for events such as Karate and Judo is common. It also
cannot be categorized as a complicated rule. They cannot refuse this event.
The reason is because it isn't too dangerous, so there is no problem with the rules of karate etc. Even if 1 or 2
events are rejected because they are too dangerous, that is enough to leave
only 5 events. "
"That's right! With this we can win, Ryuuen-san!"
Ishizaki, who paid attention to this fact, saw a glimmer of hope.
"In this case, it is true that all the programs proposed by Class C can bring victory ... But what if luck is not on our side? What if there are more of Class A's events selected?" I asked.
"Our chances are already 50% to win, are you not satisfied?"
"I would like to increase the probability of victory to the highest limit... besides, If you are helping, you will surely bring us victory. Don't you already have some plan that I am probably not going to like?" I responded as I laid my back on the sofa with my arms crossed.
"Nail. Of course I have a plan. "
Now, it is impossible for Class C to win in the events proposed by Class A.
The point of Ryuuen is that it is necessary to narrow the gap outside of this.
"-What do you mean, is there something we can do?"
Ibuki finally began to understand the situation.
"We will make use of dirty tricks to win."
Ryuuen responded while laughing.
"From now until the day before the exam, you must constantly stalk people in Class A every single day. You only need to spy on them from the start. Soon after that, they themselves will
realize that they are being watched."
"What is this strategy? Is it necessary to put pressure on the opponent?"
"The people in Class A will laugh at this childish behavior. If no damage is
done, they will let it pass. People like Ichinose will not realize my true motives."
" ... True motives? "
"The first week will simply end like this. Then, we have to take action after
10 events have been published. All trivial things will be done. Seize seats, threaten others, and saying harsh things. No matter what happens, don't overdo it."
They will think that the person who is planning these attacks is Me. Sigh, my reputation is about to take a nose dive.
"Then ... it may be possible that the situation could turn against us?"
"Until the end, it is only to strengthen our contact. At this stage, never overdo
it when threatening them. Fighting to defend yourself is a last resort."
The point is that everything must be done intentionally and abstractly,
Ryuuen explained.
If it leaves a negative effect on the opposing party, it is difficult to guarantee that the school will
not intervene.
"One of the main objectives is information. In the countless searches, we must steal information from Class A students. We must find out the 5 selected programs on the exam day as early as possible. In the classroom, where the 5 events will be selected."
"There is a possibility that they will be discussing the 5 official events through text messages. In fact we are doing the same thing, right?"
"Well, umm. We will find time to discuss the 10 events to be proposed and
choose which of them are the best."
"I see. Even though their mouths are closed, the information is on a cellphone. Obviously, they don't want that information to be shown to anyone. Maybe I can find out who will participate in 5 events."
"It's simple ... But will it go smoothly?"
"Don't count on luck, we need to consider it from the very beginning. Starting tomorrow, I will go looking for opportunities. Besides looking for information, we must take other steps. For example, using this ..."
"Isn't that ... a laxative?" Takeda spoke as he looked at what Ryueen brought to the table.
"This is a slow-acting laxative. It goes into effect after 48 hours. If you let
several people drink this, one or two people might have problems that day."
"Hey! That's breaking the rules. What happens if we get caught"!
"So what ?
"......"
"Do you think I'm someone who cares about this kind of thing?"
"Huh - truly, you are a man who will do anything to win."
"If there is a problem, I will take full responsibility. It's easy."
No matter what punishment Ryuuen gets from the school, he doesn't care.
However, if the class is broken, it will be a defeat.
"This strategy can only be used if you are not afraid of dropping out of school..."
"You just said fighting in self-defense is the worst choice, isn't what you are
doing worse?"
"Yeah. Turning trivial into strife is a common practice for those little devils.
Allowing people scheduled at 5 main events to fight against incompetents. This development is also good. So
the day of the exam can also be taken advantage of right?"
Since the decision was already made, Ryuuen would never let it go.
"Next I will come to replace the Commander on the exam day. This is very important to break Ichinose's calm."
"You really are a devil ..." I said as I smiled.
Him replacing me as the Commander has alot of advantages for me besides winning the exam. One, I don't have to worry about losing my protection point and two, I won't take the blame if our class is defeated.
"We can brag about this. We have to show them the unique strategies of Class C. How about that?"
"Ah ... yes!"
"Do you have a problem?"
Ibuki only left out a sigh quickly followed by Soga.
"But ... Ryuuen-kun, why did you accept this? It's not because of sympathy, right?" Takeda suddenly asked.
"Why, huh?"
Ryuuen leaned back on the sofa while closing his eyes without giving any response.
As for me, I knew that whatever happens I need to keep the triplets from falling into Ryuuen's trap. Maybe I will hang out with all three of them on that day.
(I didn't have much to write about this special exam. So let's skip to the end of it. Alright?)
A Huge Timeskip:-
Crushing defeat. That was the only way to describe class A's situation.
Although I felt bad seeing the class A students condition but Ryuuen's plan had worked successfully.
In the end, we won with an overwhelming victory of 5 wins and 2 loss.
As for the battle between class B and D. Class B won with 4 wins and 3 losses.
Starting from the second year our class points will be:-
Class A: 931cp
Class B: 996cp
Class C: 929cp
Class D: 345cp
This means we are really close to rising to class B and heck! Maybe class A too!
Honestly, I hope Ichinose is okay. Knowing her, she is probably stressing and blaming herself for their loss.
"Sigh. In the end it's the dirtier side that wins huh?"