Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Epilogue #2
“No, it's the same unobtrusive. If you don't have a problem with that, I'll have a chat"
"Then it's decided, there's actually something I want to ask Ayanokouji-kun, I've also asked all my classmates, including boys like Kanzaki-kun as well. But I had never heard of the opinions of the other classes either, so I was curious. Ayanokouji-kun, have you ever been so eager to move up to class A?”
I was wondering what question he would choose to give me, but it was a very common question to ask.
"Of course, I thought of something like that. No. gabe... Than on want to go up to Class A, it's more like because I ‘hoot’ Class A. That would be a more appropriate way to describe it"
"In other words...is it because of his career guarantee and his good work placement?"
In this school, students are divided into classes A to D and made to compete with each other. However, the highest privilege is to be able to go to any university and get a job after graduation only given to Class A. The writing was written ambiguously on the school pamphlet so it might at first look like a hoax.
T/N: Pamphlets can also be called leaflets.
"In this day and a long time, after graduation you will not be able to hold your life and work, especially if you have to be hired"
"I think it's true, I think so too, but overconfidence in this system is also very dangerous, isn't it? In 99.9% of the words they say, there are invisible traps that our eyes cannot see" he said.
Of course the trap that Ichinose talked about was likely ‘99.9% guaranteeing the next level of employment and education’ touted by the school. For example, if I wanted to be a professional basketball player but didn't have the required experience, the school would try to find a way to push you to the professional level. Furthermore, the school is also a breeding ground for interpersonal connections. But just because you play basketball regularly or have graduated from a well-known university or school, will not guarantee your future.
The people who succeed in achieving their goals that have been guaranteed from the beginning, are only a small part. According to certain statistics, only one in six Elementary School students embody their ideals. At first glance, this looks like a high probability, but the data is the most ambiguous and the statistical standards are blurred. Being a successful professional basketball player does not mean you will be a first-class player. Professional basketball players for example, including trainees, will number around 900 or 1000 people. However, only by playing regularly, competing and winning against your rivals can one achieve their goals. In the end, there were only 100 of those people who managed to realize their ideals.
In other words, aiming at your ideals and successfully completing them has a very low probability. After all, realizing that ideal was very difficult to do. Many disciples simply repeated their boring lives over and over again while speaking vaguely about their dreams. But if one really wanted to realize his dream, they would require a lot of effort and luck.
"That's how this school is.. If you think about it, it has a big influence, right? And many people have succeeded in their lives because of his help or do you want to say that you're not interested in that, Ichinose?"
"There's nothing like it, even I had a dream, graduating from A class. And also the dream that I wanted to fulfill" Even though she said it with a smile, I could see a strong and firm feeling in her eyes.
"The school system itself is good, but if you can't graduate from Class A it's likely you won't, because the school operates with realism, if you can't win by using your own talent, if you can't win using your own, there's nothing you can do to do it. And most importantly, students are placed into classes based on their current abilities, between me and Ayanokouji-kun here, only one of us can achieve their ideals by moving to the top. Aah, although there are also cases where none of our ideals will be realized"
In other words, even though we sit here and talk like friends, in the end there is only one class that can be the winner. The remaining three classes will not be divided into the award.
"Have you heard? there are also exceptions to the rule"
"Hmm? Is that where individuals collect 20 million points?"
"Yup. It seems like no one has been able to achieve something like that in the school's history, but there's an Ultra C like that as well" Ichinose replied.
"Yes, yes, if we take that into account as well, it's possible that we could both graduate from A class" Ichinose said.
"The problem is whether or not you can save 20 million points in the first place, even if you save points in the exam, the system has been set so that it won't be able to reach 20 million" I replied.
If we only look at this particular exam, it depends on your actions during it. It was entirely possible to receive a large amount of points and there were only two exams already conducted so far. From this point onwards, it is possible that the number of acceptable points is reduced and for them to have been eaten up by a large fine.
"I think it's true. If you had started saving your points, by only reaching half that amount, you would have arisen suspicion, ", Ichinose said.
"That's right. Especially in the financial situation in Class D, it was terrible, even though Horikita did her best for us, the points gained from the uninhabited island were still far away. No, it's possible that we lost points in this exam, Ichinose, did you save points? I don't think you're the type to work hard to earn points”
"Ummm... I wonder, I don't know with the others, I think sometimes I use points and sometimes keep them as well. Even though I'm in Class B, I still don't have many points. You know” Responding to my question, Ichinose replied in a very natural tone with no indication that he was hiding something that could be judged solely by his behavior.
"Ayanokouji-kun"
"Hmm?" Then, Ichinose suddenly closed the distance with me and turned to face me while looking at my face.
"It seems you've seen it, by then" The beautiful eyes that look like they suck on me by looking at me without letting go. Looks like Ichinose is much smarter than I thought, he saw my plan.
"... I'm sorry, when you used your phone earlier, I happened to see the screen. I was curious and just wanted to ask you" I replied.
"Ahaha. doesn't mean I blame you for that. Of course that's a big point, isn't it?" Thas right. Even before the end of the first semester, Ichinose had already accumulated a large amount of points. Even if I save every point given to me every month without using a single point, I still cannot save that much.
"Don't worry, I haven't told anyone else, there's a chance I'm wrong, I won't investigate it further" I told him. Even if I investigate, I doubt I will be able to get a satisfactory answer.
"Can you find a way to win?" I asked.
"Ummm .. I guess like that, I think I've found a clue"I don't think it's possible for him to answer honestly, but if it's because of his confidence, Ichinose replied in a relaxed tone. It seemed like Ichinose was the type to act on his beliefs without wasting any time.
"I won't know until the curtain has been dropped (ended). The victory I'm aiming for is..." But before he could finish, as the group discussion began to approach, the group members started to appear one by one. Class A disciples were the first to come, however, without much exchanging greetings with us, they just took their seats.
"What's? Are you here, Ayanokouji?"
"Together with Ichinose-dono, you two alone. What secret meeting are you planning here?"
Both Yukimura and Sotomura attacked me unilaterally with these questions as they entered the room together. I can't write anxiety and depression on their faces, so maybe they've given up on winning at this point. On the other hand, Class B disciples looked almost at ease.
"This is the last one, huh? Have you found any clues?" Hamaguchi asked me after quietly waiting for the group discussion to start seriously.
"Honestly, I don't have an idea, we haven't been able to build a decent conversation at all" I did say, but I've been working on a strategy I've been planning since the beginning of the exam. Using messages that the school sent to our phones, the "targets" were successfully disguised.
"The "Target" group (dragon) is Kushida, but what happens if for example, Kushida and Horikita swap their phones. When looking at the phone, anyone would suspect Horikita as a "target" and if any traitor knew this fact, by sending Horikita's name as a "target", they will make mistakes and the victory will be achieved that way.
"Good night, let's go" After saying that, Ichinose returned to his usual attitude and smiled. But it is still too soon, because still no one knows what the other members are hiding and planning.
In addition, if everyone focuses on the problem at hand, it will be increasingly difficult to disguise the "target" itself. I've been waiting for Ichinose to continue talking faster, but I decided to let him go now.
"If everyone doesn't have a problem with it..."
"There's something I want to say" Surprisingly, me and Hamaguchi said those words at the same time.
"Sorry, please continue Ayanokouji-kun"
"No... Whatever it is, you go first, I'm fine” I never expected this coincidence this time. It's a terrible coincidence. My own plan had no flaws, but if an unexpected problem like this happened, the effects of my plan might become unstable.
I guess I can listen to what Hamaguchi said before the time I speak and try again. In response to me having thought about it, Hamaguchi crushed my hopes in an unexpected way.
“Then, with your permission for the past three days, I kept thinking about the best way to achieve the first result" Hamaguchi then began to tell his plan to the rest of the rabbit group. Surprisingly, the content of the proposal was very similar to the strategy I had planned.
"And finally I only found one conclusion, that it was possible for the whole group to reach the first result and a way to make it possible" Hamaguchi continued.
"Is that true, Hamaguchi?" While staring at Yukimura and the others who had given up all their hopes, a glimmer of hope had already returned.
"Of course, this is the idea I got after listening to everyone here, including Ichinose-san and Machida-kun" Hamaguchi said.
"remarkable. There was no way the first result could be achieved through the talk itself" Someone who objected to naive proposals and dreams like this was of course Machida.
"We better listen to it first. Hamaguchi-kun was not the type to speak before thinking" Ichinose followed up on Hamaguchi and made a quiet environment for discussion.
"Now I will proceed by showing all my phones. Of course, there was a message sent to me by the school. I'm sure you understand what I got for being forbidden from falsifying or changing messages from school in any way, there's no risk of cheating in this way. That's why this is a simple thing, just by showing each other our posts, we can find who ‘target’ is, that's the way I did to find the truth”
"It's stupid, who would show their message like this? We still do not know that someone will not betray us when we show our message, no one will follow this plan." In response to this plan, anyone could think about it, but no one would agree, of course the spectator, Machida was agape in astonishment.
"Of course, because they know there is a possibility of betrayal, ‘target’ will not show a message on their phone. But looking from the point of view of people who are not ‘target’, there is little risk in showing the message. The test will be over soon, if we don't make our move now, we won't win. If the classes work together to protect ‘target’, none of them will show their message. In this way, besieging ‘target’ is very possible”
"Even if you know the identity of ‘target’ or the class that belongs to them, if someone betrays us, the problem will not be resolved. Are you planning on playing a game where someone will betray victory sooner?"
By using this strategy, it is indeed possible to know the identity of the "target". But that's all it can do. In the end, that doesn't mean everyone will play fair to each other and answer them right.
"In that case, please keep your mouth shut. In the end things get better if Machida-kun doesn't participate" Hamaguchi said this while refusing to give in to the unhelpful attitude of others and continuing to show the message on his phone.
"I agree with Hamaguchi-kun's idea, I'll show you mine as well"
And Beppu of the same Class B also followed suit. It seems like this is not a random and isolated incident but rather an unwarranted Ichinose strategy. The development is the same as the strategy I had planned. But, I don't know how far they think about this. But if they thought everyone would obediently believe those words and show the message on their phone, it would be a rash act...
"I think this is a good idea. I don't mind showing my phone as well" Ichinose once again smiled as if agreeing to follow Hamaguchi's plan. Matching the other action, Ichinose also grabbed the right pocket of her skirt to pull out her phone.
"I've been pondering this for a long time, but I finally understood now after hearing what Hamaguchi-kun said. I'm sorry I kept this up until now but .." and with those meaningful words, Ichinose pulled out his phone. Now I decided to strike before Ichinose could complete his strategy.
"Are you serious, Ichinose? If you'll bet, then I'll take you to the offer"
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