In fact, I can add unlimited points

This activity was organized into three grade levels, with the final scores determining a winning group (first place), a middle group (second place), and a losing group (worst performance).

After the event, the winning team will receive 500 class evaluation points from the middle team and 1000 class evaluation points from the losing team.

[At the same time, rankings need to be determined within each of the three grades. The top four students within each grade will have their evaluation scores allocated to the class that either "plundered" or "was plundered" based on a 4:3:2:1 ratio.]

These three short rules seem simple, but on the surface, they involve a frighteningly large number of class evaluation scores.

People like Shibata Hayate had already started to gasp in surprise.

"The winning team can plunder 500 points from the middle team and 1000 points from the losing team, which adds up to 1500 points. That's terrifying!"

“It’s not actually that outrageous,” said Ryuji Kanzaki, who was in charge of the class’s finances and was quite perceptive about such figures. “This is the total winnings of all four classes in the winning group.”

"But the results of each class should be calculated separately. Within the winning group, the evaluation scores that the first to fourth place students can get should be 600, 450, 300 and 150 respectively."

"Looking at the middle group, from first to fourth place, the class evaluation points lost by each should be 200, 150, 100 and 50 respectively, which is not much when spread out."

“That’s true, but the school used a little trick here.” Shun Aragaki tapped the table lightly with his fingers, drawing everyone’s attention to him.

"The distribution of class evaluation scores is 4:3:2:1, which is normal for the winning group. After all, those who put in more effort should receive more."

"But the middle group and the losing group, which have their points stolen, also follow this allocation scheme, which means that the higher the ranking of the class, the more class evaluation points it loses."

In this way, the losing group will lose 400 points, 300 points, 200 points and 100 points respectively from first place to fourth place.

The player who performs best in the sports festival gets 300 more points than the player who finishes last?

Under these circumstances, is it possible that some classes might deliberately drag the class down, aiming for last place and turning the entire grade into a failure group?

It's likely that such a thing would happen, especially when there's interference from other grades. There's also the opportunity to use this plan as leverage to trade for something else.

There's a conflict between the interests of the class and the interests of the grade.

It seems that what the school wants to test is the decision-making ability of each class in the face of competition and cooperation.

239. Seizing opportunities to hinder others; the advantage of numbers.

It may be a win-win situation for the entire grade, but it could potentially widen the gap between classes.

Despite losing all classes in the grade, there is an opportunity for the lower-ranked classes to close the gap with Class A.

The school deliberately created this contradictory situation at this sports festival.

"Class A, Class C, and Class D are all easy to deal with. Everyone definitely wants to be a member of the winning group and then plunder enough class evaluation points from the upper grades."

"But Class B, if they can't be first in the winning group, they should be more willing to be last in the losing group."

Shun Aragaki calmly outlined the two directions of this sports festival.

The winner of the winning group is in first place, while the winner of the losing group is in last place.

For Class B, the latter outcome was even more tempting than the former.

If a class occupies the last place in the losing group, a total of 1000 points will be deducted from the entire grade. Class A, being the first place, will have 400 points deducted, which will immediately reduce the gap between the two classes by 300 points.

It's important to know that Class A's current class evaluation score is 2122, while Class B's is 1658, a difference of only 464 points on the surface.

Not to mention, at this stage, Class C and Class D are subordinate to Class A. If we include the points that were stolen from these two classes, Class A's actual loss is as high as 900 points.

If they can actually pull off this plan where the entire grade loses and drags everyone down, then Class B can be said to have hit the jackpot.

Of course, this plan is not only suitable for Grade 1 Class B, but also a pretty good option for Grade 2 Class B and Grade 3 Class B.

Unless they can secure first place in the winning group while also ensuring that their respective grade's Class A finishes third or even last, they will find no better solution.

But if they really had that kind of strength, how come they were always suppressed by Horikita Manabu and Nagumo Masaru?

It seems that Class B of all three grades will have to work hard to avoid dragging the team down in this sports festival.

"So the key to this sports festival lies with Class B?"

Somewhat bored, Sakayanagi Arisu suddenly spoke up, "Trying to control Class B of this year, and then letting Class B of the other two years compete for last place, seems to be an exam involving alliances and strategies."

"Not necessarily," Shiina Hiyori thought for a moment and then asked the homeroom teacher of Class A, "Teacher, is it possible for someone to receive a negative score in any of the events at the Sports Festival?"

"No, that won't happen." Hoshinomiya simply shook his head.

"It's like an individual competition where everyone participates in a project. The first place gets 15 points, the second place gets 12 points, the third place gets 10 points, the fourth place gets 8 points, and the fifth place and so on decrease by 1 point each time, until the twelfth place gets exactly 0 points."

"In team competitions, the first place gets 600 points, the second place gets 500 points, and the points decrease by 100 points for each subsequent place. The seventh place gets 0 points, and the same applies to the eighth to twelfth places. There will be no negative scores."

“Just as I expected,” the literature girl said with an expression that she had anticipated this. “In that case, given the situation of the first year, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to exclude the Katsuragi class from the plan. After all, they can only get 0 points at most, and they can’t lose the total score of the grade won by the three classes through negative scores.”

"Assuming that the Katsuragi team will inevitably betray you, and given that they can only provide 0 points, should we directly calculate the win rate of a 3v4 game?"

Hearing this, Shun Aragaki found it very interesting, as it aligned with the strategy he had always implemented for Class A.

Given Class A's strength, his goal is to get the most points in all events.

Team battles are fine, but individual competitions...

Thinking of a question, Shun Aragaki immediately looked at the homeroom teacher of Class A, "Hoshinomiya-sensei, the number of students in different grades and classes is different. For example, our Class A has 48 students, but Class D only has 32 students."

"Given such a large gap, how should the school arrange competitions for individual athletic events?"

In fact, not only in individual competitions, but also in the difference in the number of students in each class, the outcome of team battles is greatly affected.

If Class A and Class D were to face off, and Class A had 16 more members than Class D, and they still lost, it could only be explained by external factors. Class D would only have a chance of winning if they used some underhanded tactics.

However, the team battle is conducted in the form of two classes competing against each other. Since the school requires everyone to participate, it is impossible to restrict extra people from participating.

Moreover, the difference in the number of students in each class is the result of past competition between classes and a testament to their strength. The school has no need to deliberately restrict the class with more students in this regard.

The problem lies in individual competitive events.

At present, among the 12 classes in the three grades of the entire advanced training program, only the number of students in Class 1A has increased instead of decreased, directly exceeding 40 students.

In this situation, how should the school arrange for the extra students in Class A? They can't just let them win first place simply because they have no competitors, can they?

Shun Aragaki hoped for this, but Hoshinomiya's answer naturally shattered that wish.

"The school has also discussed this issue and finally decided that the rounds of individual competitions will be conducted according to the standard number of 40 students per class."

After pondering for a moment, Hoshinomiya, worried that the students in her class might not understand, deliberately gave an example.

"For example, for the first event that everyone participated in, the 100-meter race, the school planned 40 rounds. In each round, each of the 12 classes had to send one person to determine the ranking, and everyone would receive different points based on their ranking."

"Later on, if some classes don't have enough students to continue playing, then their score for that round will be 0."

After speaking, Hoshinomiya looked around at the students in the classroom.

"Everyone can understand, right? Class D only has 32 people. So when the competition progresses to the 33rd round, they will have no one left to send out, and they will be scored as 0 points."

"Our Class A has 48 people. Even if we send one person out each round, theoretically there will still be 8 students left over. The school's arrangement is that we can put the extra people in rounds with fewer than 12 people. After we get a ranking, the points will still be credited to Class A."

In other words, when Class D can't send anyone out by the 33rd round, Class A can send someone to take that position.

In this way, Class A will have two participants in this round, and as long as they are not in last place, they can get double the points.

"Haha~ Doesn't this give us a huge advantage?"

"That's right, our class has the most students, so we can not only get the maximum score in each round, but also get 8 extra points that would otherwise belong to other classes."

"Speaking of which, it seems that only Class 3A is full after us, right? In that case, by the 40th round, only the two classes will need to participate in the competition, and everyone just needs to compete for first and second place."

“You reminded me that the number of participants decreases as the rounds progress. If we just put the remaining 8 people in, we’ll definitely get more points.”

After learning about the rules explained by the Star Palace, the students quickly understood their class's greatest advantage accumulated over the years and began to discuss it excitedly.

In individual competitions, the first place winner in each round gets 15 points. If a class wins all 40 rounds, they can get a total of 600 points, which is the same as the score of the first place winner in the team competition.

If the eight extra students from Class A were placed in later rounds where they were severely short-handed, they would certainly be able to secure a top-five or even top-three finish, even if they didn't win first place.

If they perform well enough and score high enough points in individual competitions, they can completely bypass the potentially backstabbing Katsuragi class and directly lead Class C and Class D to become the final winning group.

After all, given their class's strong foundation, they are basically guaranteed to win first place in the team competition.

It's just three against four, is that so difficult?

"It seems everyone is very confident!"

Seeing the lively scene in the classroom, Hoshinomiya Chie clapped her hands with a smile and made a deliberately cute gesture.

"Then I have another piece of good news to share. Considering that older students are older and have more experience in taking exams than younger students, the school has decided to add an initial score to both grades."

"Simply put, except for the third grade which starts from zero, the four second-grade classes will all be assigned 100 points, while the four first-grade classes will all start with 200 points."

"How about that? This should be considered a surprise, right? The sports festival hasn't even started yet, and the four first-year classes already have a combined score of 800."

Undoubtedly, this is a compensation mechanism designed with fairness in mind.

Regardless, the basic test of the sports festival is physical fitness. If the three grades compete directly, then the older students will inevitably have a huge advantage.

There may be some athletic geniuses among first-year students, but for the vast majority of people, an extra year of development during puberty can lead to significant physical growth.

Some people are only 1.5 meters tall in their first year of high school, but by their senior year, they have grown to 1.8 meters. It would be very unfair to put the two of them on the same stage.

Therefore, the school directly assigned different initial scores to the three grades, with each lower grade receiving 400 more points than the higher grade. This is equivalent to a third-place finish in a team competition, which is not much, but not little either.

“This is a really big surprise!” Shibata Hayate exclaimed. “Are there any other rules? Teacher, please tell us quickly, we can’t wait.”

"The rest are just some violations." Hoshinomiya shrugged. "You can look through the documents yourselves."

"The details above are very important. The school hopes that you will read and abide by all the competition rules. If you violate them, you will be disqualified from the exam."

"If the offense is too egregious, the instructors acting as referees have the authority to expel the participant and even deduct points from the violator's account."

After tapping on the podium, Hoshinomiya took out several sheets of material from a drawer, indicating that the general rules had been explained.

According to the meeting, the original version of the sports festival rules originally included rewards and penalties based on individual points and written test scores.

The school intends to reward those who excel in individual competitive events, allowing the top three to receive personal points or choose to add points to their next written exam.

Conversely, students who perform poorly will also have points deducted and will have points deducted in the next written exam.

However, with the change in the sports festival rules, these things were also removed from the meeting. After all, the class evaluation scores involved in this sports festival were already quite numerous, and there was no need to make the situation too complicated.

"Finally, there's this thing called the competition form that you need to fill out. This form records all the details of the competition. You need to decide which events you want to participate in and in what order, then fill it in and hand it to me, your class advisor. This step is very important, so I hope you will be careful and pay close attention to avoid making mistakes."

"You decide the events and order in which you participate?"

Aragaki Shun raised an eyebrow, immediately thinking of the story of Tian Ji's horse race.

However, the participants in this sports festival come from 12 classes. If we want to do this, we need to get our hands on the participation forms from other classes, especially the older students.

"Yes, all the competitions that take place on the day of the sports festival, down to the details of who will run which round, will be decided by you yourselves."

"I would like to emphasize that the entry form must be submitted before the deadline. After the deadline, no changes will be allowed for any reason. This rule is very important."

"The submission deadline is one week before the sports festival, and it ends at 5 p.m. the day before the sports festival. Please remember this, because if you miss it, the school will randomly assign participants from the entire class."

As she explained, Ms. Hoshinomiya slowly walked down from the podium and went directly to Shun Aragaki's seat, where she put down the materials in her hand.

"It's up to you, Shinju. Before the deadline, make sure you understand the situation of all the students in the class and carefully arrange the order of participation."

"I understand." The leader of Class A nodded, looked at the materials he had copied several times, and then distributed a copy to Ichinose, Kanzaki, and the others.

Upon seeing this, Sakayanagi Arisu, who had just transferred to Class A today, sighed and raised her hand.

"I also want to ask Ms. Hoshinomiya, does the 'all-class participation' project require the entire class to participate? If someone is feeling unwell, can they submit an application before the sports festival?"

As soon as the question was raised, everyone in the class turned their attention to it, and then everyone immediately thought of the exam on the deserted island during the summer vacation.

At the time, Sakayanagi Arisu was nominally a member of Katsuragi's class. Due to physical reasons, she did not set foot on the uninhabited island, which resulted in Class B having 30 temporary points deducted before the exam began.

Now that they are members of Class A, we can only let them bear the consequences.

To some extent, you could say it had a bad start.

240. Meeting Nan Yun at Longyuan; You don't think I'm a fool, do you?

The fact that one member is destined to be absent before the sports festival even begins is truly an unfavorable start for Class A.

Fortunately, Hoshinomiya Chie quickly offered a solution to make amends—

"Once the entry form is submitted, it cannot be changed. If someone is absent on the day, you can only use your personal points to have someone else in the class take their place."

Sakayanagi Arisu's eyes lit up. For the young lady, anything that could be solved with money wasn't a big deal.

Although she can no longer readily produce 20 million yen after transferring classes at her own expense, Chairman Sakayanagi still made sure the girl had several million yen in pocket money before leaving the school.

It's just a substitute for a sports festival, it's impossible to spend millions all at once, right?

This is completely unrealistic; very few students in the entire school can withstand such a drain.

"I'd like to know how many individual points are needed to bring someone on as a substitute?"

“Each competition costs 10,” Hoshinomiya Chie kindly reminded the chairperson’s daughter, who was wearing a beret, “If you don’t choose to be a substitute and instead apply to not participate, you will lose 1 point in the class evaluation score for each event in which all members participate that you miss.”