Chapter 3

Chabashira is woken up by her alarm clock and tries to reach out to stop the alarm but accidentally sweeps it off her bedside table. She had only gotten 2 hours of sleep last night. Picking up her alarm clock, she apologises for treating it roughly. She stands in front of her bathroom mirror and realises that she looked terrible with dark circles under her eyes because she had been having difficulty sleeping the past few nights. After washing her face, she covered up her condition with makeup so that her students wouldn’t be worried. Chabashira had always known that someday would come when she would have to confront her past. She reassures herself by saying that this was no longer her battleground and that her current class should be able to clear this obstacle without any problems.

Since a special exam was to be held today, a meeting was held with all the teachers present. A teacher named Ikari warned the other teachers that they were forbidden from interfering with their class’ decisions regardless of how much they wanted to protect their students. Hoshinomiya asks why the teachers weren’t reassigned to look after other classes in order to avoid the possibility of interference. Sakagami muses that it was because the school trusted them to uphold a standard of fairness. However, Hoshinomiya was unconvinced and theorises that since this exam will exposes the darkest depths of every student’s heart, the school didn’t want the information leaking to teachers of other classes. Ikari expresses her annoyance at Hoshinomiya and then continues her explanation. She says that a supervising teacher will be placed in every classroom, and if any of the teachers were deemed to have provided advice to their classes, they would first be warned and then any repeat offences would result in a salary deduction and in the worst case scenario a demotion. Afterwards, Chabashira tried to act normally but lost track of time, and by the time she noticed it was already lunchtime. She had left her lunch half-eaten. Finally, the bell rang for the afternoon classes which also signalled the start of the exam. She passed by Hoshinomiya who provokes her by asking if she was having difficulty sleeping while thinking about the exam. Chabashira replies that she didn’t care about whether or not her current class passed their exam. Hoshinomiya says that she’s lying and then reminds her that she doesn’t have any right to aim for Class A. On the rest of the way to the classroom, Chabashira was unable to look up from the ground.

Ayanokouji returned to the classroom after lunchtime, five minutes before the start of the exam. He was instructed to sit in a designated seat different from the seat he usually sat in. Satou was sitting to his right and Onizuka was sitting in front of him. Ike nonchalantly asked Shinohara if she wanted to go on a date at Keyaki Mall if the exam finished in 1-2 hours, to which Shinohara replied that she wanted to get some studying done first but would be happy to go in the evening. Chabashira first collects all the students’ communication devices. As Ayanokouji was thinking about the various strict rules put in place to ensure that students wouldn’t know what everyone else voted for, he notices Haruka pushing Airi towards him. Airi asked him for some of his time after school, saying that she wanted to consult him about the upcoming cultural festival. While standing behind Airi, Haruka was putting pressure on Ayanokouji with her eyes. Ayanokouji agreed, saying he also planned on talking to her sooner or later. As soon as she got his agreement, Airi quickly returned to her seat as if to run away. Haruka says that whilst Airi’s wounds haven’t completely healed, she was looking ahead to the future. But she also warns that whether or not Airi will accept Ayanokouji’s request will depend on Ayanokouji’s own attempts to convince her.

Before the exam, Chabashira warns that they will only have a maximum of four bathroom breaks over the course of this exam. These can only be held in the 10 minute interval breaks and the timer will continue counting down during these bathroom breaks. Everyone had already gone to the bathroom before the exam and no one was absent due to being sick. However, while everyone was waiting for Chabashira to start the exam, she only dazedly stared at her class. She only finally began the test after being warned by the supervising teacher.

The first question was to choose the class to face in the end of year exam held in the third term. The subtext stated that even if there was a change in class rankings, the choices are referring to the current rankings at the time of selection. In the case that the desired matchups were not the same amongst the classes, the school would randomly decide the matchups. The class points given for winning against each class were detailed as following:

Class A (100 points) Class B (50 points) Class D (0 points)

E. g. if Horikita and Ichinose’s class both selected Sakayanagi’s class as their opponent, then Sakayanagi’s selection would determine who they face. But if Sakayanagi chose Ryuuen’s class and Ryuuen chose a different class, then everything will be randomised by the school. Since Ayanokouji had already agreed with Horikita that he would select the first option whilst Horikita would select the second option, he selected Class A whilst Horikita selected Class B. The results of the first vote were:

5 votes for Class A, 21 votes for Class B and 13 votes for Class D.

Horikita speaks up and gives her opinion that they should choose Class B because it would result in a fair battle without any dirty tricks. Furthermore, Class B had been on a downward trend and were now almost level on class points with Class C and D, making them no more difficult an opponent than Ryuuen’s class. Before any dissenting opinions could be spoken, Hirata and Kei immediately spoke out in support of Horikita’s opinion. Hirata said that whilst there was a sizable reward for defeating Sakayanagi’s class, they were also the most difficult opponent. Kei also said that beating Ryuuen’s class didn’t sound very rewarding and there would be no point if they lost to Sakayanagi’s class. The second vote was unanimously in favour of facing Class B. Ayanokouji thinks that there is a strong possibility all three classes would choose Class B since they were the obvious easiest opponent so Ichinose’s choice would likely determine the matchups. Ayanokouji prays that Ichinose will choose Horikita’s class.

The second question asks the class about where they want to go for the school trip. The choices are:

Hokkaido Kyoto Okinawa

Chabashira says that this vote does not guarantee they will be able to go their selected destination. It will also depend on the other classes’ choices. (I’m assuming everyone is going to the same destination)

The results of the first vote are:

17 votes for Hokkaido, 3 votes for Kyoto, 19 votes for Okinawa.

As soon as Chabashira announced the beginning of the break interval, Hondou started laughing and mocking the special exam for being a piece of cake. A lot of other students also relaxed after realising how easy the exam was. However, several students such as Hirata and Horikita were still being cautious as they didn’t think the questions would continue being this easy all the way until the end. Hirata called for the class’ attention and told them to focus on the task at hand. Kushida asked whether Horikita had any advice for how to vote for this question. Horikita was lost in thought and after a bit of prompting, she apologised and said that it might be a bit difficult to reach unanimity for this question. Ayanokouji thought the same thing, since something like this was a matter of personal taste and not something which Horikita could decide by abusing her title of class leader. Horikita decides to start by collecting the class’ opinions. Sudou starts by saying he voted for Okinawa and he thinks they should go for Okinawa since it had the most votes. Maezono retorts that the difference in votes is too small to make a significant difference and asks the rest of the class whether they’d like to ski. Other voices in the class also start arguing amongst each other.

After a few minutes of arguing, Hirata interjected and said that while it was fine for people to vouch for their own preferences, it wasn’t nice to discredit other people’s choices. But on the contrary, he put himself in the firing line and his classmates started demanding to know what he picked. Hirata decided to keep his choice a secret. Afterwards, Sudou and Maezono continued arguing with Sudou saying that Okinawa is the only place where they can still swim in November whilst Maezono says she’s had enough of swimming after the uninhabited island exam. Kushida asks Horikita about how she plans on resolving this situation and Horikita is at a bit of a loss. Just like that, the break interval came to an end and it was time for the second vote. This time, Ayanokouji decided to switch his vote to Kyoto because it was a place with a remarkable history and he had never been there before. The results for the second vote were:

18 votes for Hokkaido, 4 votes for Kyoto and 17 votes for Okinawa.

Maezono celebrates Hokkaido’s comeback win while Sudou demands to know who changed sides from Okinawa to Hokkaido. Both sides once again started arguing. Ayanokouji was sad that Kyoto was not being considered at all. Since Horikita was forced to choose option 2 Kyoto the first time around, he thinks it’s possible that she continued voting for Kyoto this time as well. He also thinks that there was the option of going with the majority, but doing it now would definitely leave a grudge since Okinawa won the first round. Horikita decides to choose the winner by playing rock, paper, scissors. She tells the Hokkaido faction and Okinawa faction to each elect 3 participants while the Kyoto faction is represented by a single participant. By using fair rules, Horikita was trying to disperse the class’ dissatisfaction. After a brief discussion about who to nominate as the candidates, the teams were decided as:

Hokkaido team: Maezono, Ishikura, Shinohara.

Okinawa team: Onodera, Hondou, Sudou.

When Horikita called out for a Kyoto representative, Keisei raised his hand and said he will definitely bring everyone to Kyoto. It was the first time anyone had named themselves as part of the Kyoto faction. Ayanokouji also prayed for Keisei’s victory.

In the first round, Maezono and Keisei used paper whilst Onodera used scissors. The Kyoto factions dreams were ruined within 10 seconds. As Ayanokouji saw Horikita place her hand to her forehead and sigh, he was convinced that she was also part of the Kyoto faction. Onodera then continued on to defeat Ishikura as well, leaving the Hokkaido faction with their final representative. Shinohara then defeated Onodera and Hondou. In the end, Shinohara defeated Sudou as well for a come from behind victory. Sudou gets flamed by his classmates who wanted to go to Okinawa.

As a result, the 3^rd vote ended up being:

39 votes for Hokkaido, 0 votes for Kyoto and 0 votes for Okinawa.

Ayanokouji is slightly disappointed that Kyoto didn’t win but he’s also looking forward to Hokkaido and there was still the possibility that Okinawa or Kyoto could win in the other classes. The third question was:

Option 1: For half a year, in exchange for all private points received by all students per month becoming zero, 3 random students will each be given a protection point.

Option 2: For half a year, in exchange for all private points received by all students per month being halved, choose 1 student to give a protection point to.

Option 3: For half a year, the bottom 5 students in the next written exam will receive 0 private points.

Chabashira warns the class that if they chose option 2, there must be an unanimous decision over who to give the protection point to. The results of the first vote are:

12 votes for option 1, 5 votes for option 2 and 22 votes for option 3.

The majority of the class who have confidence they wouldn’t be in the bottom 5, chose the option to abandon protection points in exchange for not receiving any damage to their own private point income. They preferred to instead sacrifice the 5 students with the lowest grades. Satou and Ike objected to the choice to sacrifice only five people. Sudou with the bro quote:

“Well, there’s no other way about it. Getting zero private points for half a year is a little… you know? And since it’s random, there’s a low chance that I’ll get the protection point, so please sacrifice yourself Kanji. ”

(I really can’t believe Sudou is the one saying this )

When Ike protests saying that he needs private points, Sudou retorts that he’s probably just going to be spending it on dates with Shinohara. Sudou tries to end the discussion like that but Ike continues to protest. When Sudou tells him to just study hard, Ike says he doesn’t want to hear Sudou saying that to him.

Horikita says that they don’t need to think so pessimistically. The rest of the class can just make up for the loss of the five people. Each person would only be down by 6500 private points per month. Sudou begrudgingly agrees although he says he doesn’t mind if they don’t share the points. (what a nice friend)

With that discussion over, the class’ opinions started moving towards the no protection point option. But at that timing, Hirata interrupts and asks for Horikita’s opinion on what would be best for the class. She thinks that it’s a difficult choice because protection points are a very useful tool to prevent expulsions, but at the same time, private points were also very valuable. She asks Hirata for his opinion and he says that he thinks they should choose the option to get protection points for three people. Horikita objects because she thinks that not having private points may have a greater influence beyond just their day to day lifestyle, since it may even influence future special exams. From Hirata’s perspective, the existence of his classmates was priceless. Option 1 would allow him to provide protection for three of those classmates from expulsion. But as the two of them are arguing, Keisei interrupts and gives his opinion. He does some maths based on the class point trajectory and says that the class would actually stand to lose even more private points over the following 6 months if they chose option 1. Kushida sums up the situation as choosing private points would be an offensive strategy whilst choosing protection points would be a defensive strategy. Kushida says if they weren’t able to use the protection points, it would just be an expensive purchase but then adds that she doesn’t mind even if that were to be the case. Keisei says that there are alternative uses for protection points such as using it in a suicide bombing strategy.

Horikita then asks Keisei to confirm which strategy he is supporting. He says that he actually supports option 2. When Horikita asks if he wants the protection point for himself, he says that he would be happy but he doesn’t think it’s realistic. He vouches for giving the protection point to Horikita who will have to compete against the likes of Ryuuen and Sakayanagi in the future as the class leader. He says that she has a strong track record and a high OAA so there will be less objections from the class, and by having a protection point, she will not need to be afraid of Ryuuen or Sakayanagi aiming directly at her. Hondou says he understands Keisei’s point but it a little dissatisfied since he thinks it’s an expensive price to pay. Keisei says that this is an investment for the future since Horikita will help them earn more class points than what they pay with option 2. Horikita herself warns him that he perhaps has too much confidence in her and that she can’t guarantee that his investment will work out. Keisei replies that he doesn’t think they can beat Class A without taking any risks. Surprisingly, Kouenji supports Keisei’s proposal to give Horikita a protection point.

Kouenji: “Horikita girl should just work hard as repayment for the protection point. ”

Sudou: “You also have a protection point and yet I don’t see you working your ass off. ”

Kouenji: “That’s because working is something that only commoners do. ”

With that, it was time for the second vote. The results of the second vote were:

0 votes for option 1, 39 votes for option 2, 0 votes for option 3.

After nominating Horikita as the candidate to receive the protection point, the vote was 39 votes in favour. The fourth question was:

In the next written exam, choose for one of the following options to be applied:

Option 1: Higher difficulty

Option 2: Larger penalties

Option 3: Lower rewards

The results of the first vote were:

6 votes for increasing difficulty, 18 votes for increasing penalties and 15 votes for lowering rewards.

Afterwards, there was a fiery argument between the students who were good academically and those who weren’t, but on the second vote, the class ended up unanimously voting for increasing penalties after Horikita said that increasing penalties wouldn’t have any consequences if everyone just took their studies seriously. After only 1 hour of the exam, the class had finally arrived at the last question. There were many students who were almost prematurely celebrating clearing the exam and almost everyone in the room was certain that they were only one step away from getting the 50 class points clearance reward. But there was only one point of concern. As they had sequentially progressed through the different tasks, their homeroom teacher Chabashira’s complexion had gradually paled and it was clear that something wasn’t right. Hirata asked her if she was feeling okay but Chabashira reassured him that she was fine. She didn’t even seem to notice her own complexion. The last question which was displayed on the tablet was:

Will you expel a classmate to earn 100 class points?

Option 1: Yes.

Option 2: No.

(If the vote is unanimously for yes, nominate and vote for a classmate to expel. )

Ayanokouji thinks that if this exam were held in the last term of their 3^rd year, there may be students who choose the option to expel a classmate, but at the current moment in time, there shouldn’t be any students who were that desperate. Ayanokouji’s agreement with Horikita was to vote for the first option every time. However, he determined that rather than giving the opportunity of a break interval to change his classmates’ minds, it would be better if he just voted for the second option to pass the motion in one go. He determined that this was a question which they should quickly move on from without giving it any opportunity to go pear-shaped. The results of the first vote were:

2 votes for yes, 37 votes for no.

Usually Chabashira would call out the results of the vote. But this time around, she just stared dazedly at the results displayed on the monitor like the rest of her students. Ayanokouji realises that this was the question which Chabashira was so concerned about.

The supervising teacher called for Chabashira to continue with the exam which woke her from her daze as she started announcing the results. As soon as she finishes speaking, Sudou immediately starts demanding to know who voted yes, all while directing his gaze at Kouenji. After no one replies, he starts demanding to know which choice Kouenji voted for. Kouenji refuses to answer and says that ‘Horikita girl’ allowed every student to pick any option in the first vote for each question. Ike ignored Kouenji and demanded to know who the other yes vote was, choosing to focus on that instead. Horikita tells them not to panic and reveals that she had told Ayanokouji to always vote for the first option on the first vote so that their votes would be split. Horikita then speaks to the whole class and says that she doesn’t think it’s wrong to want to prioritise class points. But she thinks this is a question where the class should all vote ‘no’. She urges the person who voted ‘yes’ to reveal themselves and give their reasoning as to why they voted ‘yes’. However, everyone in the class held their silence.

Sudou asks Kouenji for how long he plans to stay silent for. Kouenji tells him to not just straight up assume that he voted for yes but Sudou doesn’t believe him. Horikita tells Sudou to calm down since it was still only the first vote. She says that they had no confirmation that it was Kouenji who cast the vote and she thinks the fact that no one revealed themselves as voting ‘yes’ means that they felt bad for choosing that option. She optimistically believes that everyone would unanimously select ‘no’ in the second vote. They moved on to the second vote. The results were:

2 votes for yes, 37 votes for no.

Until this moment, there had been no tension in this special exam. But the mood in the class had clearly worsened since the results meant that even after hearing everything earlier, there were still 2 people who decided to vote to expel. Horikita immediately questioned Ayanokouji as the most likely culprit. Other students such as Sudou also followed her gaze. Ayanokouji reveals that he had voted ‘no’ for both the first and second votes. He tells his classmates that he didn’t follow the plan because he didn’t think there was any discussion worth having with the exam question being what it was. He also didn’t speak out after the first vote because he didn’t want to cause any unnecessary confusion or distress. Horikita thinks for a moment then asks the people who voted yes to please explain why they chose that option if they intend to continue voting that way. Since there were 37 people opposing that decision, Horikita wanted them to present a reasonable argument to convince their classmates.

Kushida asks Horikita in a worried tone about whether they’ll be okay. Horikita once again reaffirms that her policy was to not expel anybody. Hirata speaks out and addresses the people who voted ‘yes’. He says that he even if they were to get 500 or 1000 class points, it wouldn’t be worth expelling one student for it. He says that it’s easy to earn back a measly 100 class points. Kouenji starts laughing and says that this special exam was getting interesting. He says that he thought that everyone other than him would vote ‘no’ in the second vote, thus revealing that he indeed voted yes. Horikita asks him to confirm because it would only cause extra confusion if he was the boy who cried “Wolf! ”.

Kouenji reassures her by saying he voted ‘yes’ both the first and second times. When Horikita asks him for his reasoning, he says that the reason is simple since with 100 extra class points, he would get more private points every month. Hence he can’t see any merits for voting ‘no’. When Sudou asks him if he thinks class points are more important than his comrades in arms, Kouenji burns him by saying that he didn’t see Sudou as being the type of person to treasure friends back when they first enrolled at this school. When Sudou gets angry again, Kouenji replies that he’s never seen any of them as his comrades. When Horikita asks Kouenji if he plans to continue voting yes, he confirms that’s his intention. Sudou rages and tells Horikita to just order everyone to expel Kouenji. However, Kouenji uses his deal with Horikita as a shield and says that she will protect him from expulsion. He says that a leader who takes back their promises is unable to earn the trust of their classmates. Horikita agrees with him and says that she can’t expel Kouenji. Horikita asks for some time to think of a solution and instead asks the other student who voted yes to also come out and reveal themselves. Once again, silence ensues. The break interval ended and the class voted for the third time. The results of the third vote were:

2 votes for yes, 37 votes for no.

Horikita calls out to Kouenji and the anonymous student voting ‘yes’, saying that she and the other 36 classmates will continue to vote ‘no’ while the two of them vote ‘yes’. If that happens and time runs out, it will only be the worst case scenario of the class running out of time and losing 300 class points. She says that the ‘no’ faction are prepared to wait it out and protect their classmates even at the cost of those 300 class points. But the ‘yes’ faction would not only lose the only benefit of voting ‘yes’, but they would receive an even greater loss. Kouenji agrees that this would be the result. Hence, he urges Horikita to hurry up and vote ‘yes’ before that happens. Horikita says that the aftermath of voting ‘yes’ would be the even greater hurdle of choosing one of their classmates to expel. She says that would be an even more difficult task to reach unanimity in, but Kouenji says he doesn’t care since that’s Horikita’s job. He also adds that he doesn’t think it’s a demerit to expel one of their classmates. He says that they can freely delete one of the classmates who are dragging the class down and even get class points for doing that. He says if they change their mindset slightly, it should be obvious how fantastic of an option it is.

Hirata disagrees with Kouenji and says he doesn’t think expelling one of their classmates is a positive. Kushida also followed up and said that she thinks they should prioritise their classmates. As if the walls of a dam had broke, all the other classmates who had been silent up until now also started arguing in favour of not expelling anyone. However, Kouenji did not respond to any of their arguments and eventually, it was time for the fourth vote. The results of the fourth vote were:

2 votes yes, 37 votes no.

Sudou angrily asks if he can just sock Kouenji and knock him unconscious and force him to vote ‘no’. Horikita decides to change the focus of the discussion to what the other classes would choose. Sudou thinks Ryuuen’s class will definitely get rid of the person who he thinks is most appropriate to expel. Many of their classmates seemed to agree with his opinion. Horikita also thinks Ichinose’s class would definitely vote ‘no’. Sakayanagi’s class could potentially vote for either option. Sudou says he doesn’t want to be overtaken by Ryuuen’s class, especially since they currently had a lot of momentum. Horikita agreed but said that even if they were overtaken, the difference was only 100 class points. Akito interjects and reminds the class that someday they could potentially cry and regret not taking these 100 class points. When asked to clarify his position, he states that he’s definitely in the ‘no’ faction, however, he asks the class what they would choose if this exam was held at a time close to their graduation. He tells Kouenji that he acknowledges the contribution he made in the recent island exam. He thinks that even without the promise to Horikita, he wouldn’t want Kouenji to be expelled. But he doesn’t think that gives him the right to be a nuisance to the class. Kouenji mocks him for not understanding how this school works and says that everything revolves around points and that things such as friendship and comradery don’t matter. After another scuffle with Sudou, Kouenji says that the thing which was important to him wasn’t these class points.

Horikita realises that Kouenji values the private points which would be gained each month by earning those 100 class points. Kouenji says that even while holding back his tears, he agreed earlier to cut his private points income in half because Horikita’s presence at the school was necessary to protect him from their classmates. However, this time around, he had no incentive to choose option 2. Horikita proposes a deal with Kouenji to transfer him 10, 000 private point every month until graduation to offset this loss in exchange for changing his vote to ‘no’. But she clarifies that this condition will only hold if the class ends up voting ‘no’. Kouenji agrees to her proposal. Ayanokouji thinks that Kouenji switching sides would usually mean the one remaining anonymous person would also switch their vote to avoid the pressure of being the only person in opposition. But at the end of the 5^th round of voting the results were:

1 vote for yes, 38 votes for no.

Ayanokouji thinks that the real battle will be uncovering this anonymous voter. The school had already taken countermeasures against attempts at watching the position of people’s fingers by randomising the position of the choices. While Horikita is thinking, Ayanokouji coughed twice, sending a signal to Kei and Hirata. Kei spoke up and asked Horikita if she perhaps had an idea of who was still continuing to vote ‘yes’. Until now, Horikita would have ignored such a statement if it was said by Kei, but since Kei was now openly dating Ayanokouji, she understood the hidden meaning behind it. She agrees but says that she doesn’t plan on naming that person yet because the damage caused would be very significant if she were to be wrong. But she says that if this person continues to vote no, she would have no choice but to force her hand. Hirata objects and says that they shouldn’t recklessly name people in this exam because there’s no way of confirming whether they’re actually the culprit voting ‘yes’. Kushida also agrees with Hirata and says that she thinks it isn’t a good idea to name a student without evidence.

Horikita says she understands their feelings and doesn’t want to do it either. But she says she will have no choice if they’re running out of time. Hirata says he understands and says that he’s also a changed man. He says he will be ready to make the necessary choices if need be, but he wants to make sure they get it right. Ayanokouji then interrupts and asks whether there are any students other than Horikita who have an idea of who the culprit is. Nobody else in the class raises their hand. He then asks Hirata since he is close to many people and has many friends, but again, Hirata doesn’t know. He then proceeds to ask Kushida who coolly answers him without showing any hint of being agitated by the sudden question. On the contrary, Horikita looked shaken and glared at him as if to ask him what he was trying to do. Ayanokouji directs the class’ attention to Kushida by saying that she was the most familiar with everyone in the class and was relied upon by almost everyone. He asks her to speak out if she had heard of anybody’s complaints. Kushida says she can’t think of anything but promises to tell him if something comes up in the future. The result of the sixth round of voting is then:

One vote for yes, 38 votes for no.

The result remained the same and the same discussions repeated themselves again.

7^th vote results: One vote for yes, 38 votes for no.

8^th vote results: One vote for yes, 38 votes for no.

The result continued to remain the same and the classroom became silent. In the midst of that, Chabashira collapsed against the podium and started breathing heavily. She adjusted her posture and stood back up but continued looking at the class with hollow eyes. Eventually she speaks up and says that while teachers are not allowed to provide guidance, she would like them to listen to a story about her past. The supervising teacher warns her against influencing the students’ opinions, but Chabashira replies that she is speaking with the resolve to be punished if she is deemed to have broken the rules. Horikita welcomes her story since they are currently at a standstill.

Chabashira reveals that she was also a student who graduated from ANHS and she once took this exact same exam. She says that the most important part is to make a choice which they will not regret. The supervising teacher listened to Chabashira talk without interrupting or saying there was a rule violation. Chabashira was just barely skirting the boundary of the rules.

Horikita calls out and says that it’s almost time for her to come to a decision. But she first wants to reassure the person in question that she is not their enemy. Without naming this individual, Horikita continued to appeal to them that she was on their side.

9^th vote results: One vote for yes, 38 for no.

Both Ayanokouji and Horikita knew that rather than the 100 Class Points, this individual was clinging on to the ‘ability to expel’ a classmate. There was no doubt that this individual would continue voting to expel, but there was no method to confirm their choice. Horikita had said she would name that individual when time was close to running out, but irrespective of how many times the class voted, Horikita didn’t name that individual. She knew that if she named that person, she would lose any hope of them cooperating with her in the future.

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