Preliminaries [3]

The exams spanned a total of four days.

Each day was dedicated to a different subject, comprised of 200 items for every subject.

 "That's enough. Pen's down."

As Vanessa's voice rang, each and every one of the students did as she instructed.

Flip–

They flipped the papers back and passed it all to the front rows.

Vanessa walked towards them and gathered each stack of papers.

As she returned to the podium with the papers in her hands, her voice echoed throughout the lecture room once again.

"Congratulations on finishing your preliminaries exam. I know how hard each and every one of you worked, which is why…."

She paused, allowing the tension to sink in. 

She really liked doing that for some reason.

Silence befell in the lecture room.

No words slipped out from any of the students.

She then continued.