章節 226: -223- Time to make some contact
The school, of course, must be monitoring the situation here. After all, it's about the disparity and status between classes, with class points and individual points being crucial for rewards and punishments in the exam.
Even if it's just a possibility, if one class achieves a comprehensive victory, securing all the rewards and suppressing the other classes, even Class D could potentially advance to Class A, let alone Classes B and C. The most important Class A could also fall from grace due to this exam.
Such an important exam surely has surveillance from the school, especially in a highly nurturing high school campus where even the classrooms are equipped with cameras.
"Don't forget, this exam has explicit rules. Even acts like stealing phones or tampering with emails sent by the school will be punished, let alone violence," said Hori, his voice lacking enthusiasm.
"Including the possibility of this room having cameras, letting the school see what's happening here, you guys will be done for, facing expulsion," he added.
Expulsion.
The word made Manabe Shiho, Yabu Nanami, and Yamashita Saki visibly pale.
This wasn't a threat. In yesterday's briefing, Mashima Tomonari mentioned several times in the detailed rules given to Hori and others that violations could lead to expulsion.
If the school mistakenly believes that the conflict here is Class C threatening Class D to identify VIPs, it would be a serious violation. Even if it's unrelated to the exam, violence is absolutely prohibited, as clearly stated in the special exam on the deserted island.
If violence occurs, the entire class will be disqualified from the exam. If it really comes to that, expulsion might be a blessing.
After all, if the whole class loses the exam qualification, Manabe Shiho and the others probably wouldn't have an easy time with Ryuen Kakeru in the days to come.
This finally made Manabe Shiho, Yabu Nanami, and Yamashita Saki lose their nerve.
"You... you just wait!" Manabe Shiho could only throw down a tough remark to Karuizawa Kei.
"This matter won't end like this!" she added before leaving with Yabu Nanami and Yamashita Saki, hurrying back to their seats as if avoiding Hori.
"What a troublesome bunch," complained Yukimura Teruhiko.
"Huh..." Karuizawa Kei also breathed a sigh of relief unnoticed and looked at Hori with a somewhat complicated expression.
This girl probably didn't expect Hori to save her, right?
"It seems Nanaya-kun always has a way," Ichinose Honami smiled at Hori.
Hori shrugged. "Don't overestimate me. Weren't you also planning to persuade those three girls?"
For Hori, rules were a form of restriction, but for others, they were also a form of limitation. Even though Manabe Shiho, Yabu Nanami, and Yamashita Saki were aggressive, during the exam, they couldn't cause much trouble, right? With Ichinose Honami's ability, there were plenty of ways to make those three give up.
The reason Ichinose Honami didn't directly bring up the rules was probably because she was uncertain whether Karuizawa Kei and Manabe Shiho were really in conflict or not, right? After all, it could very well be Class C deliberately picking a fight with Class D to test their reaction.
And if it was Ryuen Kakeru, he could very well have instructed those three to intentionally provoke Class D to test their response.
Not to mention, Ryuen Kakeru had always regarded Hori as an opponent. Even if they weren't in the same group, that guy wouldn't ignore Hori's presence and might do something unexpected.
So, Ichinose Honami probably wanted to confirm the intentions of the trio from Class C, then persuade them before the conflict escalated, right?
"Haha, I guess I can't hide anything from you," Ichinose Honami said with a bitter smile.
After that, Ichinose Honami chatted a bit more with Hori and then returned to her seat with the two from Class B to continue their discussion.
Class A also stopped paying attention to this side and remained silent.
The three from Class C still occasionally glanced over here, casting hateful and fiery gazes at Karuizawa Kei.
This made Karuizawa Kei behave unusually obediently, silently sitting at her seat, just playing with her phone, her usual arrogant and domineering attitude completely gone.
It wasn't until then that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji approached Hori slightly.
"Nanaya..."
It seemed like Kiyotaka Ayanokouji wanted to say something.
Hori naturally knew what he wanted to say.
"I know," Hori continued playing with his phone casually, and replied nonchalantly, "Karuizawa's behavior is indeed strange."
Strange was an understatement.
It was downright contrary to the impression this girl had always given.
"Does it contradict the rumors?" Ayanokouji said directly with an indifferent tone, "Do you understand Karuizawa?"
"Are you talking nonsense?" Hori rolled his eyes and said, "If I understood her, would I still be here chatting with you?"
Hori's understanding of Karuizawa Kei was limited to the impressions passed around among students. He knew nothing else.
There was no way.
Before this, Hori had no interest in Karuizawa Kei at all.
To Hori, Karuizawa Kei was just a passerby.
Even if she was a somewhat famous passerby, she was still a passerby.
Naturally, Hori had never actively sought to understand Karuizawa Kei.
In this way, Hori couldn't be said to understand Karuizawa Kei, otherwise, he wouldn't have only just noticed Karuizawa Kei's abnormality.
The same goes for Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.
This man with limited social skills similarly learned about Karuizawa Kei's impression from others' mouths and never actively sought to understand her.
"Should we talk to Hirata?" Ayanokouji Kiyotaka suggested thoughtfully.
"That's up to you," Hori said disinterestedly, "But are you really that concerned about Karuizawa?"
"Kind of," Ayanokouji Kiyotaka admitted, "As one of the central figures in Class D's female group, Karuizawa still has a significant role to play in lifting Class D up."
This is currently something Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has to be concerned about.
Hori also remembered his previous thought of having a slight contact with Karuizawa Kei.
Hori wasn't too concerned about Karuizawa Kei's abnormality.
But regarding what Hirata Yousuke mentioned about Karuizawa Kei also wanting to contact him, Hori still wanted to clarify.
Moreover, Karuizawa Kei's presence, in Hori's opinion, is also meaningful.
At least, in this special exam, it is.
Because, Hori has already confirmed.
Karuizawa Kei is the VIP of the Rabbit Group.
If it weren't for this, Hori wouldn't have taken the initiative to persuade Manabe Shiho and save Karuizawa Kei.
In that case...
"It's time to make some contact..."
With this whispered sentence that no one noticed as the end, the sound of the broadcast once again echoed in the room.
An hour-long discussion, here, came to a close.
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