The incident of Classmate Shibata being forced to commit suicide by the people of Class B caused a huge uproar.
So much so that everyone on the ship was involved. Although the cruise ship had rescue helicopters and emergency boats, and even life jackets and other rescue measures were complete, the school had overlooked one of the most fatal problems.
Because the school was going to dock the ship on the sea here for a whole week, the first mate and the crew had long since gone ashore to find fun.
And now, although the captain operating the cruise ship was familiar with water, no one dared to let a seventy-year-old man go into the sea to rescue someone. If the person wasn't saved and another life was lost, the school's problem would be even bigger.
And now, it would take at least two hours to call the crew back to save someone. Two hours later, Classmate Shibata might have already floated up; would they still need to save him?
In desperation, the school urgently formed a rescue team with Nagumo Miyabi as the commander, including twelve students from the Swimming Club, including Amane, Ryuuen, and Onodera.
It could be said that they were lucky; Amane found Classmate Shibata in less than a minute, and then she, Ryuuen, and Onodera worked together to save Classmate Shibata, but he had already fallen into a coma when he was brought up.
After emergency treatment by Hoshinomiya, they finally contacted a hospital and rushed him to the nearest one.
Two Special Exams, one fire, two seriously injured, one suicide by jumping into the sea.
Mashima was full of worry. He wasn't worried about being dismissed or anything like that; what he feared was that something might happen to Classmate Shibata, or even that similar things would happen in the future.
After the investigation, everyone who participated in the accusations was severely reprimanded by Hoshinomiya. It was the first time everyone had seen Hoshinomiya get angry; even Chabashira hid far away, not wanting to get into trouble.
By the time everything was handled, it was nearly eleven o'clock at night, nearly five hours after the exam results were announced.
To prevent accidents in other classes, Mashima strictly forbade members of each class from gathering and drove everyone back to the Dormitory.
However, there were always some people who remained unmoved, such as Amane and Ryuuen. Chabashira and Sakagami knew that these people would not do such irrational things. Coupled with the order strictly forbidding gatherings, the fact that these people were still gathering meant the answer was obvious.
These people were discussing today's results and the dramatic changes, so no one came to drive them away.
The people currently remaining were Sakayanagi and Katsuragi from Class A, Himeno and Hamaguchi from Class B, Ryuuen and Shiina from Class C, and there were relatively more people from Class D: Amane, Horikita, and Ayanokoji.
These people pushed several tables together to form a large table and ostentatiously filled it with food. Several people ate food while discussing the changes brought about by this exam.
They looked completely like high school students on vacation, without any sense of tension.
"With such a big incident this time, I'm afraid the possibility of going out next time is almost non-existent."
Katsuragi started the conversation first.
Himeno and Hamaguchi, who were on the side, instantly showed awkward expressions. It was precisely because Classmate Shibata lost his sanity that such a huge chaos was caused. The lead teacher would definitely be punished upon returning, and the school might even be warned by the police or similar authorities.
For the sake of the students' safety, the school would likely cancel all external activities.
"I think it's fine at school. We've participated in two Special Exams in half a month. Although both Special Exams felt like vacations, they were also very exhausting."
Horikita's words were agreed upon by Shiina. She wasn't very good at these outdoor vacation activities to begin with. At first, she thought it was very novel and romantic, but because they exited the Uninhabited Island too early, Shiina had been looking at the sea for a long time and had already developed visual fatigue.
"I really hope the next one is an exam related to learning ability. Comparing exam scores is the normal way for a student."
Sakayanagi's statement was ignored by everyone. Even though the people present were all talented individuals, it was impossible for anyone to be used to memorizing textbooks or doing a large number of test papers. If they wanted paper exams, there would be several every semester, and each time it would make people feel nervous, especially in the lower classes where this phenomenon was particularly serious.
So everyone would rather go through these two exams again than go to do questions every day.
Seeing that no one responded to her, Sakayanagi glared at Amane, who was stuffing French fries dipped in ketchup into her mouth and eating with gusto.
"Everyone gathering here isn't really for a meal. Let's compare answers first, shall we? I always feel that the results this time are a bit concerning."
Sakayanagi deliberately steered the topic to serious business. Amane was forced to stop eating when she heard this and rolled her eyes at Sakayanagi.
Even Amane would maintain basic etiquette on such occasions where serious matters needed to be discussed.
After carefully wiping each of her fingers, Amane sat up straight, intending to listen to everyone's speech.
"It should have entered this process long ago. Let's first type the group where the favored person of each class is located on our phones."
After Ryuuen finished speaking, he nudged Amane with his elbow.
Amane blinked.
"Ahem."
Ryuuen coughed twice, and Amane nodded and made an OK gesture.
Then she picked up an apple and stuffed it to Ryuuen.
"If you're thirsty, you can actually drink juice or beverages. I especially recommend the tomato juice drink; it tastes super great."
Amane didn't forget to promote her tomato juice drink at this time.
"Are you an idiot? I want a phone. You aren't participating in the discussion, can't you let me use your phone? What do you mean by giving me an apple?"
"Huh? Only a ghost could understand your hints, right?"
Amane complained while opening the notes on her phone.
While Amane and Ryuuen were talking in low voices, people from the four classes typed the groups with the favored person on their phones and pushed them to the center of the table.
"Class A's favored person groups are the Rat Group, Cow Group, and Monkey Group."
"Class B's favored person groups are the Rabbit Group, snake group, and sheep group."
"Class C's favored person groups are the Tiger Group, Horse Group, and Dog Group."
"Class D's favored person groups are the dragon group, Rooster Group, and Pig Group."
Amane recorded this information rapidly while observing the school's grouping. Although it was divided very evenly, it didn't seem to be divided according to any pattern; it just randomly assigned the twelve groups to the four classes, ensuring that each class had at least three favored persons.
It could be said to be a quite rough division method.
"Then what should we do next?"
Himeno looked at Ryuuen. Compared to Sakayanagi's frail appearance, she was still willing to listen to a strong male leader like Ryuuen to lead the flow of this seminar.
Even if this man she was willing to believe in hadn't actually participated in this exam about the favored person.
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