Third term.
Thursday morning after school started.
All the students gathered at the school gate and boarded the bus, several buses lined up in a long line and drove out of the school gate, speeding on the highway.
Hikigaya sat by the window, looking out.
This time.
The school didn't explain any reasons.
But there's no such thing as a free lunch, it must be a special exam if nothing goes wrong.
"It's going to be a special exam, right?"
Shibata sat in the aisle seat, lowering his voice.
Sure enough, there weren't many idiots in Class B, Shibata was also the third in command of the class, and he felt something was wrong as soon as he got on the bus.
"Probably."
Hikigaya was calm.
He felt that he had an inexplicable connection with this pure-hearted boy, but he didn't care much about it.
Although he was a little helpless with Ichinose.
But as Kobashi Yume and others said.
Apart from Ichinose, there was no other suitable leader in Class B. If Kanzaki didn't communicate with people, there wouldn't be any problem.
Unfortunately.
Even if he didn't admit it much.
This society is also composed of people.
Therefore.
Just lacking communication skills, has already passed a lot of people.
"Speaking of which."
Seeing that Hikigaya didn't seem to like this topic, pure-hearted Shibata changed one.
"Hikigaya-kun, what have you been doing during the winter vacation? I haven't seen you much."
"Uh..."
Hikigaya's face stiffened.
Going out every day with different girls, he really couldn't say that.
"Just passing the time."
Hikigaya blushed, leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
Forget it.
Sleeping is still comfortable, this winter vacation really tired him out.
Looking at the scene in front of him.
Pure-hearted Shibata had to give up and start chatting with the person across the aisle.
...
I don't know how long it's been.
"Hikigaya, the teacher is about to start explaining the exam."
Feeling someone push him, Hikigaya slowly woke up and looked up at the bus.
Hoshinomiya was holding a loudspeaker, about to start explaining the exam.
It was a special exam after all.
"This time, the forest school will hold an eight-day and seven-night cross-grade group activity. The special exam to be held is called 'Mixed Training Camp'."
"Just verbal explanation, you guys probably won't be reassured, so the teacher will send you the materials~"
Soon.
Hikigaya received the exam instructions passed from the front row.
Just when he thought this teacher was going to be lazy again.
"This special exam is a group-based training exam which focuses mainly on mental development of the students. You will confirm whether you can build a smooth relationship with people you usually don't interact with, based on the foundation of surviving in society."
Hoshinomiya said seriously with a rare look on her face.
Hikigaya also sat up involuntarily.
Although he was not good at communicating with people, if it was just work handover, Hikigaya felt that he could cope reluctantly.
It wasn't a big problem.
Hoshinomiya's attitude was a bit surprising to him, this unreliable teacher actually had such a serious side.
"After arriving at the destination, the school will ask you to separate by gender, the entire grade will discuss, and then you will form six groups."
"The number of people in a group has a specified minimum and maximum, which can be confirmed on the fifth page of the materials in hand."
Hikigaya quickly turned to the fifth page.
-For 60 boys in the same school year, 8-13.
-For 70 boys in the same school year, 9-14.
-For 80 boys in the same school year, 10-15
Hikigaya wasn't very clear whether there were dropouts in the first grade, but if there were, they should have already transferred all over the school.
There probably aren't any.
So the group size is ten to fifteen people.
Thinking that the purpose of this exam is to communicate with people who usually don't interact, there should be some requirements for group composition.
"In terms of rules, as long as it is within the range of group size, you are free to team up with people from any class, but at least two classes must be mixed. The most important thing is that the composition of the group must be unanimously agreed upon through discussion, with no objection."
"You will be members of the group, attending classes, cooking, washing clothes, bathing, and sleeping together, you will spend all kinds of daily life together."
Hmm.
If it's just to this extent.
Hikigaya didn't think it was difficult, just like a model business trip, neither the place to stay nor the food can be chosen freely, you can only listen to the boss.
What a garbage school.
Class B seems to have no problem, except for a few people, most people have no problem communicating with other classes.
A few people.
Can also assist each other by forming teams within the class.
No problem.
"As for the special exam results, it will be determined by the comprehensive exam held on the last day of the forest school, recorded on the seventh page of the materials, you read it first."
Hikigaya turned to the last page, Hoshinomiya's serious attitude inexplicably made him a little uneasy.
Morality, spiritual exercise, regularity, autonomy.
The assessment items are all vague things.
Specific items will have to wait until the last day.
After getting up, complete the morning task, dojo meditation, cleaning, breakfast, classroom learning, lunch, afternoon learning, meditation, dinner, bath and sleep.
It's not difficult at all.
Hikigaya looked at Hoshinomiya with a bit of resentment in his eyes, can you not keep us in suspense, this serious Hoshinomiya made him a little scared.
"After the first grade establishes six groups, it will meet with the second and third grades that have also established groups, and in the end, a large group of about thirty to forty-five people composed of grades one to three will be completed."
"The result will be evaluated based on the average score of the six major group members' exams, that is to say, the good and bad of other grades will also have a great impact."
This point.
Hikigaya didn't think he needed to care.
After all, age is there, although it does not rule out that there are idiots in the upper grades.
But the upper grades at least study one year more than them, even if the second grade's D class is worse, it should be stronger than the first grade's D class.
Rather than considering the upper grades, it is better to consider how to avoid the first year D class.
But...
Hikigaya looked up at the golden hair in front of him.
Class B and Class D are in a cooperative relationship...
"Then there are rewards, the school will give class points and personal points rewards to the first to third place in the average score, and the fourth to the last place will be deducted."
Basic rewards.
First place: 10,000 private points; three class points.
Second place: 5,000 private points; one class point.
Third place: 3,000 private points.
The above rewards will be distributed to each student in the group.
Fourth place: deduct 5,000 private points.
Fifth place: deduct 10,000 private points; deduct three class points.
Sixth place: deduct 20,000 private points; five class points.
"The exam has a reward multiplier."
"According to the mechanism of multiplying the number of classes in the group."
"If the total number of people in the group is large, the resolution will increase later."
"These will only apply to the rules of the first to third place, not applicable to the deduction of the fourth place and below, so you can rest assured~"
Upon hearing this...
Hikigaya was somewhat moved.
Obviously, the school encourages them to cooperate with more classes and more people.
The rewards can be doubled, but the punishment will not.
This is simply a big win.
"Next."
Hoshinomiya Chie's pretty face became even more serious:
"The last group will be severely punished. If the group's average score is lower than the average score prepared by the school, the group leader will be expelled."
What the...
Hikigaya immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as someone didn't deliberately failing the exam or being framed, it shouldn't be difficult to exceed the school's average score.
This Hoshinomiya class guide made it so serious, I almost thought something big had happened.
However.
Even the unreliable Hoshinomiya, the Hoshinomiya who doesn't care about Class A, when there is a possibility of dropouts in the class, she will still be serious.
Perhaps she is a good teacher.
"So how is the person in charge decided?"
"You will be asked to discuss and choose the person in charge within the group."
Hoshinomiya Chie said seriously as never before: "Although the person in charge will be expelled, there are also benefits. The students in the same class as the person in charge will have their rewards doubled."
"The person in charge must make a decision before the day before yesterday morning. If the group cannot decide on the person in charge, the group will immediately lose its eligibility for the exam and all people will be forced to drop out."
"In addition, if the person in charge is expelled, they can order one person in the group to drop out as a joint responsibility, so they can pull someone to drop out together."
This...
Hikigaya was suddenly a little stunned.
He is definitely not going to be the person in charge, but if someone pulls him to drop out, it seems that it won't happen either.
As long as he does his best.
No one should target him, right?
Safe!
"Teacher?"
Ichinose's voice rang out in front: "Although I think it's difficult, but if someone becomes the person in charge, can't they just knock down the leader of another class at will? The school should not allow such a thing to happen, right?"
"That's right."
Hoshinomiya Chie smiled and touched her little head.
"Only if the school recognizes that the student is one of the reasons for the score falling below the threshold, can that student be punished."
"As long as you don't deliberately fail or resist the exam, there will be no problems."
Hmm?
Hikigaya frowned.
It's easy to understand if you deliberately fail,
But how can the school judge whether a student is sabotaging the other class exam?
After all.
This is a forest school, it's impossible to install cameras everywhere, isn't this a loophole?
Seeing that the people around him had no problem, Hikigaya didn't ask any more questions.
He's probably thinking too darkly again.
After all, it's not possible for someone to deliberately drag someone to accompany him in death.
And.
This kind of problem is also easy to solve, and it doesn't need to be put on the heart.
"Finally, there is one more important thing. The class where the dropout occurs will be punished accordingly, and the punishment content will always change due to the exam."
"If a dropout occurs in this special exam, each person will reduce the class points by one hundred points. If the class points are insufficient, they will be settled when adding points later, and will remain at zero until they are cleared."
"The above explanation is over, if you have any questions, you can ask me at any time~"
Hoshinomiya Chie blinked her beautiful eyes and returned to her usual unreliable expression.
As soon as the voice fell.
Hikigaya saw Ichinose stand up briskly.