-250- The unrealistic result

"All groups reaching Result One…!?"

Nanaya Hori's declaration caused the entire first-year student body to gasp in astonishment.

It wasn't just the average students; even Katsuragi Kouhei, Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyou, and Hirata Yousuke were stunned.

Even Ryuen Kakeru raised an eyebrow, momentarily showing a look of bewilderment.

Could you blame them?

All groups reaching Result One?

Is that something that can be achieved so easily?

In this special exam, out of the four possible results, Result One is universally acknowledged as the most difficult to achieve, with many believing that no group could possibly reach it.

After all, to achieve this result, the four classes within each group must have absolute trust in each other, without any betrayal, which is a tall order.

But is this possible?

There is a competitive relationship between the four classes.

In three years, only one class will be able to graduate successfully and receive guaranteed employment or higher education opportunities.

As long as this competitive relationship exists, the four major classes can never truly trust each other.

Even B Class and D Class, currently cooperating out of mutual interest, will inevitably have to fight each other to the death in the future.

Moreover, considering the intense competition during the previous uninhabited island exam, how could all groups achieve a trusting relationship without betrayal?

The VIPs won't trust that others won't betray them, hence they need to hide their identities and would never reveal that they are the VIP.

Group members wouldn't want the VIP to gain the most benefits. If Result One is achieved, all group members would indeed receive 500,000 personal points, but the VIP would get double that, receiving 1,000,000 personal points.

With Result Four as an option, simply by answering and betraying the VIP, one can still get 500,000 personal points and even earn 50 class points for their class.

Under these competitive conditions, who would give up immediate benefits and grievances to let the VIP and other classes benefit as well?

Surely they would choose to betray, right?

Therefore, the reward for Result One is the most generous, and it is also the hardest to achieve.

Honestly, no one believed any group could successfully achieve Result One.

Ryuen Kakeru aimed for a comprehensive victory for C Class, targeting Result Three, which involves hiding their class's VIP, and Result Four, which involves guessing other classes' VIPs. These two results were also what most people were striving for.

Katsuragi Kouhei aimed to maintain the status quo, letting all VIPs win, thus targeting Result Two.

But Result One? No one aimed for it from the start.

Because it was unrealistic.

Even Nanaya Hori once said that, at least he believed, there would be no group capable of achieving Result One in this special exam.

Unless he intervened.

Realizing this, Ryuen Kakeru instantly understood.

"I see, so this is why you gathered all the first-year students here?"

Ryuen Kakeru's words made everyone present realize the truth.

Indeed.

If the goal is to achieve Result One, there is a reason to gather everyone and reveal the VIPs' identities on the spot.

Only by having all the VIPs and non-VIPs submit their answers between 9:30 and 10:00, and correctly guessing the VIPs, could Result One be achieved.

Nanaya Hori's purpose was to have everyone answer here and ensure all groups achieved Result One.

Otherwise, Result One would be impossible to achieve.

Of course, even if everyone is gathered, and the VIPs' identities are revealed, achieving Result One is still almost impossible.

The reason is simple, as previously mentioned, there is still some time before 9:30, and it is still possible to answer early.

In this situation, revealing the VIPs' identities and expecting all students to wait until 9:30 to submit their answers and achieve Result One, how is that possible?

Right now, any student can send an email, answer early, guess the revealed VIPs, and gain class and personal points, without needing to follow Hori's plan.

If they could do it.

"Do you think I didn't consider that?" Nanaya Hori said with an amused expression, reminding everyone, "Check your phones and see if you can send emails."

Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath and quickly took out their phones.

The next second, many students expressed their surprise on the spot.

"No signal…!?"

"Impossible!?"

The students began to chatter noisily.

As it turned out, none of the phones in the entire crowd had any signal, making it impossible to send emails.

This was the reason why Hori dared to reveal the identities of the VIPs without fear.

Without the ability to send emails, there was no need to worry about betrayal.

"This place is filled with machines and electrical signals are chaotic. With an additional signal jammer, phones can't have any signal."

Hori spread his hands, looking innocent as he said this.

"This jammer also cost me a lot of points. Along with the broadcast from before, it cost me 80,000 points. Fortunately, I'll earn it all back soon, so it's not a big deal."

Hori gathered all the first-year students to this place, partly to have them answer collectively and partly to prevent betrayal by finding a location that could block cell phone signals.

Otherwise, as Hirata Yousuke previously suggested, he could have simply had the students gather on the deck or in the hall. There was no need to come to such a specific place.

"Let me say it one more time."

Hori addressed all the students present, repeating his request.

"I want you all to answer collectively and make every group achieve Result One."

Hori reiterated his request.

However…

"…We have no obligation to comply with your request."

Katsuragi Kouhei, after a moment of silence, looked at his phone showing no signal bars and spoke calmly.

"Since no one here can send emails, we might as well wait until 9:30, when early answering time ends. Result Three and Result Four will no longer be possible, and if we don't answer, Result One will also be locked out. This actually does us a favor."

Katsuragi Kouhei stated.

However, his statement was met not with a response from Hori, but with Ryuen Kakeru's mockery.

"Fools are fools. Do you think such a simple problem wouldn't have been anticipated by this man?" Ryuen Kakeru sneered at Katsuragi Kouhei, "Look at the D Class. Several fools are missing."

With Ryuen Kakeru's reminder, not only Katsuragi Kouhei, but also the other D Class students noticed the anomaly.

"Speaking of which, where is Karuizawa-san?"

"And Ike-san…"

"Yamauchi-san is also missing!"

"And Ayanokouji-san isn't here either!"

Finally, the students of D Class realized the abnormality.

"No…!"

Katsuragi Kouhei realized something.