It looked like all the first-years, including Ichika-chan, were struggling with the contents of the bonus question.

To begin with, right? We never even had the chance to hear from upperclassmen about the special exams that took place before we enrolled...

'Hmm... who could it be...'

Among the four choices... there isn’t any option that I can confidently say is definitely incorrect right now~

If I had to pick... it would be ② Yamauchi Haruki. This person’s name came up often in conversations among people from Kiyotaka-senpai’s class in the original world, so he must be from the same class as Kiyotaka-senpai... which means it’s probably safe to recognize him as an incorrect option.

'Which means... the correct answer is either ①, ③ or ④...'

That said, I still have no idea which one is the [Completely NG!] option that must never be chosen...

My guess is that the person in the [Completely NG!] option didn’t even participate in the class vote exam in the first place... in other words, it could be a student from another year.

'I was shown materials on the current third-years by Acting Director Tsukishiro before... but there weren’t any students matching these names... so maybe it’s better to assume they’re former third-years who already graduated?'

I had been analyzing things in my head like this... but unfortunately, I’m not the representative respondent for this bonus question, so in the end, all I can do is pray.

"Hey! Oi! Those guys from Class D! They’ve made their move!"

"Seriously... what dirty tactics!"

Some of the boys in our class’s [Answering Questions] group suddenly started making a fuss.

"What’s wrong? Did something happen~?"

"Amasawa-san! Look at the guys in Class D’s [Choice Acquisition] group!"

Now that I think about it, I was so focused on the bonus question that I hadn’t been watching the [Choice Acquisition] group~

...Thinking that, Ichika-chan turned her eyes to the monitor showing the [Choice Acquisition] group.

At the challengers’ feet... there were large numbers of balls for a ball-toss game, each colored by class, and above them... baskets were set up, so this task must be a ball-toss game.

And it’s probably that the order of finishing putting all the balls into the basket determines who gains selection rights.

That part is fine, but the real issue is what’s happening during the task...

Unbelievably... three out of the five challengers from Class D started deliberately throwing balls at our class’s challengers.

And to make matters worse... all of our class’s challengers got provoked by Class D and took the bait, turning it into a full-on ball fight between Class A and Class D.

From here, we can’t hear the [Choice Acquisition] group, so I’m not sure, but... it seems like they might’ve been taunted verbally too, since our challengers look extremely angry.

"This situation... isn’t very favorable for Class A..."

"Ahaha... well, if you say it’s just like Hōsen-kun, that’s about it..."

In reality... just as Ishigami-kun said, this situation is bad.

While our class is retaliating as a whole against their provocation, Class D only has three people doing that... the remaining two are continuing the ball-toss.

On top of that... Class B and Class C are also ignoring the commotion and continuing the task under Takuya and Utomiya-kun’s leadership... at this rate, Class A could end up last in the task and lose as many as five members at once...

'Uwaah... what do we do... Takahashi-kun isn’t able to stop this situation...'

In the original world... he showed up during class discussions too, so I had some expectations, but maybe it was too much for Takahashi-kun, who’s only the third-in-command...

With both of our class’s leader figures concentrated in the [Answering Questions] group, our biggest weakness—lack of control over the [Choice Acquisition] group—has been precisely exploited by Hōsen-kun...

After a while... our class’s [Choice Acquisition] group challengers also seemed to realize Hōsen-kun’s plan to push Class A into last place in the bonus question and cause mass eliminations, so they resumed the ball-toss, but it was already too late. Almost simultaneously, Class C finished putting all their balls into the basket and obtained selection rights, followed by Class B.

Our class’s challengers desperately threw balls into the basket to at least avoid finishing last. And... they somehow managed to finish before Class D, barely avoiding last place.

"Alright!"

"That was close!"

The members of our class’s [Answering Questions] group also cheered after avoiding last place.

But soon... those cheers turned into confusion...

"Huh? Why isn’t our class being allowed to choose?"

"Yeah! That’s weird!"

Even after 10 seconds... 20 seconds... the teacher showed no sign of granting Class A’s representative permission to choose...

And then...

"Hehe... Class A, aren’t you being a bit too optimistic?"

Tsubasa-chan is smiling at us with a malicious grin.

"No way... our class hasn’t finished putting in all the balls!?"

"So you noticed..."

During the earlier ball fight, our class’s challengers had thrown several of their own balls into Class D’s area, and without retrieving them... they resumed the ball-toss.

Meanwhile, once Class D’s challengers confirmed that ours had backed off, they retrieved every single one of their balls thrown into our area.

Perhaps due to the pressure of needing to resume the task as quickly as possible out of fear of finishing last... they made a basic mistake...

After that... while our challengers were retrieving their balls, Class D finished the task.

As a result... our class ended up last, losing five members from the [Choice Acquisition] group.

'At least... let us get the answer right!'

Even the representative from Class C, who gained selection rights first, was hesitating... if we’re lucky, there’s still a chance to pick the correct answer.

"Um... I choose ③, Manabe Shiho!"

"I’ll take a gamble! I choose ④, Igari Momoko!"

Class C and Class B made their selections, but Yamauchi Haruki—the one I know is definitely incorrect—still remains...

"Then, I choose ①, Totsuka Yahiko!"

Ahh... it’s over... at this point, it’s guaranteed we won’t get any points...

"I choose ②, Yamauchi Haruki..."

At this point, all we can do is hope that either Class B or Class D chose the [Completely NG!] option...

"The correct answer is... ①, Totsuka Yahiko."

Cheers erupted from Class D’s [Answering Questions] group. And... the real issue comes after this...

"The [Completely NG!] option is... ④, Igari Momoko. She is a former third-year graduate and did not participate in the class vote."

Meanwhile, cries of despair rose from Class B’s [Answering Questions] group.

'Nice! It worked out well that Class B chose the [Completely NG!] option here!'

With this result, the points for each class are...

Class A: 30 remaining.

Class B: 37 remaining. [TL: The 50 point thing I believe refers to class points]

Class C: 32 remaining.

Class D: 37 remaining.

This has turned into a situation where Class D has taken a huge lead...