The dragon group exam ended?
This news surprised Amane slightly, because the first discussion meeting was arguably the most difficult one to directly identify the favored person.
When the favored person themselves doesn't know their identity, only the ghost card holders can determine who the favored person is by drawing relevant clues after the discussion meeting ends.
However, according to the school's rules, when both ghost cards are present, only one clue related to the favored person can be drawn per day, and only after the daily discussion meeting ends.
Only when holding a single ghost card can one draw an intelligence slip after each discussion meeting, but the content of the intelligence slips is too random; drawing a slip with the favored person's name directly requires some luck.
Amane, for example, wasn't that lucky.
Although the content of her intelligence slip was related to the favored person and was quite useful.
But the content was "The snake group favored person is female."
This information seemed to directly negate the option of a male favored person, which was very useful, but out of the fourteen people in the snake group, only three were male.
Excluding Amane herself, at least ten people's identities remained uncertain, making the difficulty still very high, especially if the favored person turned out to be someone from her own class, she would even lose the special ability of the ghost card.
Because people from the same class cannot submit the names of their own classmates, even if they guess correctly, it will not be processed.
Then her ghost card would become completely useless, and the double reward/penalty effects of results three and four would no longer concern Amane.
Amane walked towards the dragon group's discussion room.
At present, there were only two possibilities: one was that a ghost card holder was incredibly lucky and drew an intelligence slip with the favored person's name right after the first round of discussions.
Or someone simply chose a random person to quickly end the exam. It might sound absurd, but Amane would rather it be the second scenario.
Because if the other party was incredibly lucky, then the favored person's outcome would definitely be unknown to Amane, who hadn't participated in last night's class group discussion and had no idea about the dragon group's situation.
This made Amane feel somewhat uneasy.
By the time Amane found the dragon group's discussion room, an argument had already broken out outside, attracting a large crowd of onlookers.
Horikita stood in place with a grim expression, clearly one of the parties involved.
Was Horikita assigned to the dragon group after all?
Amane looked at Horikita Suzune, who was the center of attention but remained silent, with some confusion.
Horikita Suzune had become famous among the first-years due to external rumors that she was the true mastermind behind Class D on the Uninhabited Island, manipulating Amane to single-handedly defeat all classes and achieve a huge victory that reversed their class status.
Many believed that Horikita might even become the kind of strong individual who would lead and rule the entire grade, much like Nagumo Miyabi of the second year.
He had integrated the entire grade through his own efforts.
Many people were now focusing their attention on Horikita, hoping that she too could become the face of the first year.
However, it was unexpected that such a wise person would regrettably lose in the first round of this favored person exam.
Although the opponent's luck was incredibly overwhelming, it could not hide the fact that Horikita had indeed failed.
But Horikita did not, after her failure, throw a tantrum with the victor like a giant baby unwilling to accept defeat. The one currently arguing with the victor was Yukimura Teruhiko, also assigned to the dragon group. Due to the suddenness of the defeat, Yukimura, who was full of confidence and intended to compete with Class A, completely broke down.
He had racked his brains for various strategies to interfere with, obstruct, or even provoke Class A. Originally, he disdained such a disgraceful approach; if possible, Yukimura Teruhiko would have preferred to defeat his opponent honorably like a man.
However, after Class D's status changed and their class points surpassed those of Classes B and C, Yukimura's mindset shifted; he would defeat Class A at all costs.
Only by defeating Class A as a member of Class D could he prove to all who doubted and mocked him that he, Yukimura Teruhiko, was no worse than anyone else.
He clearly possessed academic ability on par with Class A, or even superior to most of Class A, yet he was assigned to Class D, which was called the "defective" class. Although he claimed to everyone around him that he didn't care, deep down, he yearned to rise to Class A.
Because of this, although he didn't trust Ayanokoji, he trusted Horikita, who had defeated Class A and led Class D to victory in the special exam.
He believed that by simply following Horikita's footsteps, even if they couldn't defeat Class A this time, they would certainly deal a heavy blow to Class A. For this, he had made all preparations, even planning to sacrifice his self-esteem just to disgust the students of Class A and interfere with their judgment.
But an unexpected event occurred that no one had anticipated.
The opponent actually drew a slip of paper with the favored person's name directly, and the name on the slip happened to be Horikita Suzune.
The opponent achieved a decisive victory against Class D in the very first discussion.
In Yukimura's eyes, Class D's only hope had fallen. The immense blow caused Yukimura, whose mental resilience was not strong to begin with, to break down.
"No matter how much you say, I will absolutely not accept such a result!"
Yukimura's unreasonable shouting provoked scornful smiles from some people.
The crowd gathered there mostly to see what kind of ugly spectacle the losers would make.
They were all 'weaklings' defeated by Amane.
For them, seeking revenge on Amane was like a fantasy. If Amane failed... if such an opportunity ever arose, they certainly wouldn't spare their boos and ridicule. But for now, they couldn't imagine how Amane, who had toyed with an entire class just recently, could possibly fail.
Since they couldn't ridicule Amane, ridiculing you, Horikita Suzune and Yukimura Teruhiko, was more than enough.
Because you were 'losers'.
"Yukimura-kun, I've said it many times. What does your approval or disapproval have to do with me? You've already lost. I can tell you with certainty that Result Three of this exam has just been triggered."
The person speaking was Sakayanagi Arisu. From her rather smug expression, she was clearly very satisfied with this result, which put her in a good mood. Otherwise, she wouldn't have patiently argued with Yukimura here.
"Even if it's a school rule, such a result where there's no power to resist completely erases the possibilities for other classes. Is this really fair? What I find most unacceptable is, Sakayanagi, isn't that a ghost card you're holding? If I remember correctly, the holder of a ghost card is supposed to work in tandem with the favored person, right?!"
Facing Yukimura's relentless questioning, Sakayanagi Arisu's expression became stern.
Amane, who knew Sakayanagi's temperament well, understood.
Arisu was angry.
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