As soon as Amane-san finished speaking, she heard gasps of surprise beside her.
"One million points? Doesn't that mean I can buy so many clothes?"
Karuizawa's response caused many to cast scornful and disgusted looks at her, but no one dared to speak up.
Karuizawa also knew she had been a bit out of line and quickly lowered her head. Just then, Karuizawa felt her hand being held by something.
She looked down.
One of Amane-san's hands held hers, while the other quickly pressed buttons on her phone.
"Result 2 is when, within the stipulated exam time, an idiot guesses the favored person incorrectly. The favored person herself gains 500,000 personal points. This is the most disadvantageous outcome, but there are many idiots, which can be a real headache."
"Result 3 and Result 4 follow the same logical thinking as one and two, except they involve answering outside of the exam time. If you guess correctly, you get 50 class points and 500,000 personal points. If you guess incorrectly, 50 class points are deducted from your class, while the other party gains 50 class points and the favored person receives 500,000 personal points. Result 4 is the worst outcome."
After Amane-san finished speaking, she looked around the room.
She noticed many people were looking at Amane-san, taking notes while listening.
Then, looking up at Mashima-sensei, his gaze held both relief and… nostalgia?
Amane-san felt a bit confused. Her ability to read emotions in gazes shouldn't have such a big problem, yet this time she actually read nostalgia in Mashima-sensei's eyes… Perhaps it was because she hadn't slept well in the afternoon.
"Amane-san's explanation is very accurate, but I still need to add one more thing here, which is the special rules."
Mashima-sensei said, taking out another piece of paper.
Amane-san pouted, not expecting Mashima-sensei to use such a trick, deliberately holding something back.
Mashima-sensei ignored Amane-san's narrowed eyes and began to explain the content of the special rules.
"Building upon the basic rules, this special exam has specially added special rules. The playing cards for selecting the favored person are in order from smallest to largest: A, 2, 3, 4… all the way to K, thirteen cards, and additionally, two extra cards, the Big Ghost and Small Ghost, for a total of fifteen cards. Among them is a number card that represents the favored person's identity. After drawing the number card symbolizing the favored person, the school will inform the favored person of their identity after the rest day ends."
Mashima-sensei said, shuffling a pile of cards and placing them face down on the table.
"Each of you will come up and draw one card. After reviewing it yourselves, I will determine if the favored person card has been drawn. If the favored person card has not been drawn, we will redraw."
After Mashima-sensei finished speaking, he pointed to the pile of cards. Everyone came forward, drew a card, glanced at the number on it, and then showed it to Mashima-sensei. Amane-san drew a Small Ghost.
According to Amane-san's analysis, the Big and Small ghost cards were basically impossible to be the favored person card; otherwise, the favored person would be too easy to guess.
"The result of this draw is valid. Next, there is one student who drew a ghost card. I will specifically explain the special function of the ghost card. The Big and Small ghost cards have different abilities. The Big Ghost can double the rewards for Result 1 and Result 2. The Small Ghost can double the rewards and penalties for Result 3 and Result 4."
Upon hearing this, Amane-san glanced at the Big ghost card discarded on the pile and inwardly exclaimed, "What a pity!"
In other words, if there was a Big ghost card and the conditions for Result 1 were met, everyone would get one million personal points, and the favored person would get two million points. Wouldn't that be awesome?
What a shame.
She got the Small ghost card.
"Furthermore, if the Big and Small ghost cards are drawn simultaneously, you will receive a chance to draw a 'specially useful favored person clue' slip once after each day's discussion. This can help the Big ghost card holder find the favored person. If you're lucky, you might directly draw a slip with the favored person's name on it. Moreover, both the Big and Small ghost card holders can draw once each."
"Isn't that cheating?"
Himeno couldn't help but blurt out a complaint. If the favored person's name was directly drawn, it meant that if the Big and Small ghost card holders appeared simultaneously, they would have the initiative. Drawing once a day, excluding the rest day, would be three times. For two people, that's six times. Even with bad luck, they should be able to guess who it is based on the information, right?
"No, these are the rules. If only one of them is drawn, the effect becomes quite useless. When a Big Ghost or Small ghost card is drawn alone, you can draw two information slips a day. The content of the information varies widely, so it basically relies on luck."
Mashima-sensei's expression also became strange, as if he was unwilling to elaborate on the specific content, which immediately piqued Amane-san's curiosity.
Didn't she just get the Small Ghost? She could draw two information slips a day; with Amane-san's ability, it would definitely be foolproof!
"What kind of information do the slips contain, approximately? Could you please give an example?"
Seeing Amane-san's respectful demeanor, Mashima-sensei was momentarily unaccustomed.
"It's roughly information like 'the weather is nice today,' and there are also slips with the favored person's name, but… it depends on luck."
"Eh?"
What kind of information is "the weather is nice today"? Is this special exam serious?
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