COTE: A Man On A Mission || Love is War? Ch 397 – Pairing Exam~

“Everyone return to your seats.”

“Today is the class eting. First of all, congratulations on your successful promotion to second grade. To be honest, I am surprised that you can still stay in Class B. Of course, this is not to belittle you. You know how demanding the exams in this school are....So to be able to maintain this position is really remarkable.”

As she said this, Chabashira realized that only target sitting below her was Yukimura, the only student dreaming of Class A, who closed his eyes.

This couldn't be because he hadn't fully recovered from the mistake in last command tower exam.

'Hikigaya, don't you even take a look? It's been a month but you are still here....' Chabashira looked in Hachiman's direction and found that boy was in a daze.

'Um....Yes, at so point this sester, this Hikigaya will no longer be my student. So, appreciate the ti I continue to be his class teacher....'

“Although it's a day late, the exam rules will be announced as usual.”

“aaah--”

“Why is it still like th-----”

Students will know.

Chabashira ignored them, she continued to announce like a professional, “This ti, exam will be held jointly with the first years. This is different from past, and is intention of Chief examiner, Chairman Tsukishiro.”

Here it cos.

Almost as soon as Chabashira finished speaking, Suzune imdiately turned to look at Hachiman.

“....Did you get the information beforehand?”

“This is a benefit of being a student council mber. But we don't know the test questions, so can only infer so of them.”

'Is that so? This ans that you will seize opportunity to do sothing!' Suzune knows his different kinds of tone and facial expression very well.

“Before explaining the rules, everyone should do one thing first.”

Chabashira Sae stood at the podium, and the blackboard behind her was replaced with a white digital display screen.

The slender finger slid across it, and an app popped up imdiately.

"Now all of you pick up your iPads."

"Go to the school's hopage and download the OAA software. The full na is overall ability, but after downloading it, will only show OAA. This software will bring many benefits to the students of Advanced Nurturing High School. It is a very convenient thing. Seeing is believing, so let's start it now and take a look.”

“You see, it's divided into first, second, and third grade. It’s like a database of all students in the school. For example, Class B of Grade 2, which is our class. If you click on its entry, it can also rank according to the evaluation.”

“It collects your information from four aspects: academic ability, intelligence, athletic talent, and social contribution. This part of evaluation cos from information collected from your previous school year.”

“According to the regulations, if you rank last, you may be punished, but I haven't received any notification yet whether the punishnt is expulsion.”

"Why is this happening——" This seems incredible to so students.

It was Ike who spoke up.

His grades were terrible and physical fitness was also poor. He found that he seed to have done nothing to contribute to the class.

Then he clicked on his own evaluation in his database.

Academic ability E (44)

Athleticism E- (40)

Intelligence E (39)

Social Contribution E-(39)

Final evaluation E (41)

Then, clicked on other people’s posts and he was at the bottom!

'The hell, does that an as long as last student is notified to drop out, then I will be removed?!' Ike doesn't want this kind of poison fruit!

The other students who were ranked lower were also shocked, because this an they were in danger too!

The data and rankings would change, and scores of several students were just about the sa as Ike’s.

So does it an that if they let their guard down and take exam casually, they will fall behind?

And if you don’t want to fall behind, you need to study.

You study, and other people study too.

Although the grades improved by then, because everyone was studying and the scores increased, you had to work even harder.

Got to open the book!

If you don't take the exam, you will be expelled.

If your classmates with similar grades take the exam, scores of the last few will increase, so you have to continue taking the exam.

So, what is this involution blasphemy of a database?! Poor students' ntality exploded.

The students felt that a sche might be brewing, and Chabashira-sensei's words confird this trend.

“Right now we only have the first-year grades as a basis, but it doesn't matter. You can make up for it with the second-year life starting today. The data will be updated.”

“Its update ti is sa as the class points, which are refreshed at beginning of the month. For example, Ike Kanji, your current academic ability is rated E, but if you get a perfect score on the next written test, then your second-year grade page will be rated A ”

Is that so?

“But in the end, we still need to take the average of all second-year students' scores, and that's going to be your final result.”

Ahhhh. So, results are refreshed.

Then once people at the bottom successfully climb up, ones at middle level may also fall down.

So, after understanding what Chabashira-sensei said, at least ten students in class began to waver.

But Chabashira has continued to explain the rules. She clicked on the blackboard screen.

Contents in four directions appear above.

Academic ability - calculated mainly through scores of written examinations conducted within a year.

Athletic talent - calculated from physical education evaluations, activeness in club activities, special exams, etc.

Intelligence - calculated by judging the level of social adaptability based on the number of friends, communication skills based on one's own status, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Social contribution - calculated through a variety of factors, from attitude in class, lateness and absence, to whether there are any problematic behaviors, whether or not to join the student council and contribute to the school, etc.

The above data is updated on 1st of every month.

Hachiman also began to check the downloaded OA system and info of the first-year students in Class D.

“Sensei, what does the test just now an?” At this ti, a girl with beautiful golden ponytail hair stood up.

She has a beautiful appearance and clear and lively pupils.

This is Karuizawa Kei, hottest girl of class. Usually, she actively asks questions during every exam.

It's sa this ti.

The sunny side of her now is not her true self.

The real her is weak, easily cries when being bullied, and needs to rely on others to survive.

The current hot girl’s hairstyle is just her protective color. But, she has Hikigaya-kun as her support.

In the past, Hikigaya-kun made a deal with her in order to be promoted to Class A. She assisted him, and he protected her.

'But everything ended after I was promoted to Class A. It's just that target has disappeared now, but work between the two seems to be continuing....We also agreed to give each other birthday gifts this year.'

'Last year, in order to consolidate my position in the class, Hikigaya-kun got a minor position as the Discipline Committee mber of the Student Council. Although, leadership team has changed this year, I still maintain my position.....'

In this way, she received support from all sides, but Karuizawa usually still showed a strong and proactive attitude.

So, current Karuizawa is just acting, but even Kushida-chan doesn't see through it.

“Taking joint exams with first-year students and stuff—--” At this ti, another girl with golden hair also stood up.

Kushida Kikyo.

Karuizawa's performance is about the sa as usual, but she won't stand out very much during the exam.

Or rather, she often maintains a neutral attitude.

So, it would seem strange that she is taking the initiative now.

And Hachiman looked at the iPad she had placed on table and imdiately understood.

'Just now, Kushida probably downloaded OAA system and quickly looked up information of the first-year students. Result.....She already know there is a student from sa junior high school as her among the first graders.'

Chabashira Sae placed her hands on the podium and gently opened her lips, which were painted with professional lipstick.

Although Hikigaya-kun did not actively pay attention to the test questions, there are other students who will to exam, which makes people feel a little relieved.

This shows that even though Hikigaya-kun left, he still left an impact on this class.

There are still people in class who are unwilling to sink. So, Chabashira continued to announce the exam rules.

“You can think of it as a special exam of this month. Just like what you experienced in the past.”

"First, you will check your scores in OAA. This exam is a written one. The content of is teaching of the next month. Don't underestimate the content of this one-month course. The information I can reveal is that 20% of questions in this exam are beyond the syllabus.”

“The exam requires that second-year students and first-year students be paired up to take a written exam. There will be five subjects on the exam day. Each subject is multiple choice, with a full score of 100 points and a total score of 500.”

Chabashira paused for a mont, waiting for the students to catch up, and then continued.

“This ti school has prepared both class-based and individual-based wins and losses.”

In order to make the explanation easier to understand, she clicked on the blackboard screen.

“The judging criteria are to use the average score of entire class and scores of all partners to compare with each other.”

“First of all, class wins and loses. The competition is based on grade. The average scores in each grade are arranged from high to low. 1st to 4th place students will receive class evaluation scores of 200, 100, 50 and 0 respectively.”

“Individual wins and losses of 2 students in a pair are calculated based on their total scores.”

Rewards for individual wins and losses also appeared on the blackboard display.

“The top five teams will each receive a special reward of 100,000 personal points. The top 30% of the combinations will each receive 10,000 private points. However, if total score is less than or equal to 500 points, first-year students will not have their class points deducted, but will not receive personal points for 3 months.”

“But for second-year student....will be expelled.” Chabashira said this and fell silent. But she knew that class would soon get noisy.

Because they did quarrel.

"Why, why is this happening——"

“That's so unfair!”

“This fucking new Chairman is a la and disgusting bastard! He should be arrested, I tell you!”

“I'm going to drop out of school again!”

“Can you change it so that it's not like this—”

"Chabashira-sensei!" At this ti, a student yelled out loud, who will definitely stand up if the punishnt of expulsion exam cos.

A sunny boy with light green hair, Hirata Yosuke. Usually it shines on people like the sun.

Actively and free of charge handle disputes among classmates.

However, during the last class vote to drop out of school, Hirata blew himself up, although he has returned to usual helpful mother Hirata self.

But, there are still a few students in class who feel frightened, and who reject Hirata.

“Not only do we have to pair up with first-year students, but will be penalized if total score of the two of us is less than 501 points. For first-year students, they only need to have no points for three months, but we will be expelled. Don't you think this request is too harsh?!” Hirata stood up and decided to fight against huge injustice.

“This has been confird by Chief examiner. Also, the extra-syllabus content in this exam is only for second-year students, not first-years. So, as long as you can coordinate well with the juniors, you can safely pass this exa-----”

“But this is not a reason for us to drop out of school in our second year!"

At this ti, a boy stood up who previously even said about filing a lawsuit against School, even Chabashira Sae too.

"This is not fair, I don't want to drop out! Do you even know who my father is?! Matt Murdock!”

“.....”

It is worthy of being called the current Class B, forrly D.

When the exam rules ca out, they were only thinking about whether they would drop out of school, instead of paying attention to interests of the class.

"Be quiet first!"

Chabashira knocked on the table, she didn't want to deal with annoying fantasical individuals like him, “This ti assessnt will focus on academic ability and communication. Team formation here is free, which ans that if soone like you who is at the bottom of the class can get a first-year student with higher academic ability as a partner, then you who might drop out of school will be protected.”

“.....” Random NPC felt like he is being ridiculed, and looked down upon by Chabashira-sensei.

In other words, even if a student is a poor student, he or she can be guided by a first-year student with good grades.

This is actually good news for Hachiman's Class 2-B.

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