30 -30- World of the elite

—Silence.

A silence as profound as death.

All the students had lost their reactions and could only stare blankly at Chabashira Sae.

Including Hirata Yousuke, Karuizawa Kei, and Kushida Kikyou.

Only by advancing to Class A could they guarantee advancement to higher education and employment?

Doesn't that mean...

"It seems you finally understand the most important thing."

Chabashira Sae smiled suddenly, as if she knew what the students below were thinking, but her smile was extremely cold.

Then, Chabashira Sae revealed a fact.

"This school divides classes based on the excellence of the students."

"The most outstanding students go to Class A."

"The poorest-performing students go to Class D."

"So, the class points of the four classes follow such a pattern, starting from the highest in Class A and decreasing to the lowest in Class D, because Classes A, B, C, and D are ranked from best to worst."

"And Class D is where all the underachievers are gathered."

"You are all a bunch of defective products."

"If you want a guarantee of advancement to higher education and employment, you are the farthest from this dream."

Chabashira Sae's voice pierced through everyone's heart like a sharp blade.

Naturally, some people couldn't accept it.

And this person was closest to Nanaya Hori.

"I can't ignore what you just said!"

Horikita Suzune stood up from her seat.

At this moment, the sharpest emotions were released from her usually sharp eyes.

Isn't that natural?

The girl named Horikita Suzune is more disciplined, self-reliant, and considers herself outstanding more than anyone else.

"At the entrance exam, I was confident in receiving the highest evaluation in both the written and oral exams, and I have a full understanding of my academic ability. Even compared to the first-year students in the whole school, I can manage not to lose to anyone. According to what you said, I should be assigned to Class A!"

Horikita Suzune questioned like this.

"Now you're saying I can only stay in the worst class? Excuse me, I can't accept that!"

Not just Horikita Suzune, but even others couldn't accept it, right?

In this class, there are quite a few students with good grades.

For example, Kushida Kikyou, whose academic performance is top-notch, and her athletic abilities are equally excellent. If classes were divided like this, even if she couldn't get into Class A, she should at least be able to get into Class B.

Similarly, Hirata Yousuke's grades are also quite good. Even if he can't match Horikita Suzune, he wouldn't lose to Kushida Kikyou. Plus, he's a newcomer to the soccer club, and his athletic abilities are also top-notch. At the very least, he should be in Class B.

There are many other examples.

Like a boy in the class named Sotomura Hideo, whose grades can even rival Horikita Suzune's. Now, he seemed unable to accept this fact, just like everyone else, his face full of emotion, ready to stand up.

Many other confident students were also unable to accept the reality that they would be assigned to the worst class.

Only Nanaya Hori and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka looked at each other.

Because they had already known.

They knew that this school doesn't value the results of the entrance exam.

What does that mean?

It means that the school's selection of applicants is not based on academic performance.

The criteria set by the school for "qualified admission" are likely those who excel in comprehensive abilities or have outstanding talents in certain areas.

If comprehensive ability is used as the criterion, then class assignment must also consider comprehensive abilities.

So, what about Horikita Suzune's comprehensive abilities?

It's simple.

Her academic and athletic abilities are top-notch, enough to qualify her for Class A.

Unfortunately, her teamwork and coordination skills are poor, and her personality can be described as nothing short of terrible. Thus, Horikita Suzune is assigned to Class D.

Didn't Chabashira Sae say the same thing?

—"Defective products."

Those in Class D are people with deficiencies in certain aspects.

From this perspective, Nanaya Hori and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka are the same.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka lacks communication skills and has significant issues with his background.

Nanaya Hori is no different.

If we consider "humanity" and "morality," Nanaya Hori, from that family, lacks these qualities the most.

Just like a criminal released into society would be treated as a problem, many companies wouldn't consider such individuals. Nanaya Hori falls into this category of "having a criminal record."

So, Nanaya Hori can only be assigned to Class D.

Thinking about this, Nanaya Hori couldn't help but look at Kushida Kikyou.

"Does she have flaws too?"

Nanaya Hori felt like he had touched upon this girl's secret.

On the other hand, Chabashira Sae ignored Horikita Suzune's questioning and irresponsibly said:

"This is the school's evaluation of you. No matter how high you think of yourselves, how self-centered you are, this is your value. Just like in society, the evaluations you receive will only come from others, not from yourselves. Put away your pointless pride."

After saying that, Chabashira Sae added fuel to the fire with another piece of bad news.

"In addition, the school also has a rule: if any student fails in one subject during midterm or final exams, they will be expelled."

Casually dropping another bombshell, Chabashira Sae took out another piece of paper from the poster tube and posted it on the blackboard.

"These are the results of your last quiz. You can take a look."

From the grades posted by Chabashira Sae, except for Horikita Suzune, Sotomura Hideo, Kushida Kikyou, and Hirata Yousuke, most of the students in the class scored around 60 points.

As expected, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka got 50 points in all subjects, just as Nanaya Hori had predicted.

Nanaya Hori submitted a blank paper directly, scoring zero points in all subjects, which attracted considerable attention.

"For this quiz, anyone with less than 32 points has failed."

Chabashira Sae used 32 points as the passing threshold and delineated the number of pass and fail students.

"As you can see, anyone below the red line has failed. There are a total of eight people, with the highest score being 31 points, and the lowest scoring zero in all subjects. If this were the actual exam, all eight of you would be expelled."

With that, Chabashira Sae glanced at Nanaya Hori, who was looking at the grades as if nothing had happened, before continuing.

"Now, there are three weeks until the midterm exams."

"Struggle as much as you can to avoid expulsion."

"By the way, if your midterm exam scores are lower than those of this quiz, you will also be expelled."

"If you don't want to be expelled, then score higher than in this quiz and make sure you at least pass."

"My explanation ends here."

Chabashira Sae looked at everyone present.

"Well, allow me to welcome you to the world of the elite."

Leaving these words behind, Chabashira Sae put away the poster tube and left the classroom.

Only the students of Class D remained sitting in their seats, engulfed in silence.