In fact, I can add unlimited points

"This type of question has never appeared in our exams before. It starts with a solution method that we have never encountered before. I don't think anyone could have solved it."

Ryuji Kanzaki sighed, saying that such unexpected questions were like a dimensional attack on everyday thinking, and people without special training simply couldn't utilize their knowledge reserves.

Shun Aragaki was extremely satisfied with this, but he still specifically reminded her: "It looks like it's working very well, but remember to hand each completed test paper to Ms. Hoshinomiya for review so she can help control the difficulty and content. Otherwise, if the school's review fails, it will be a waste of time."

“Of course, we have been paying attention to this,” Ryuji Kanzaki said seriously. “All the questions can be solved using first-year high school knowledge. There is absolutely nothing beyond the curriculum. It’s just that the solutions to these questions are a bit unusual.”

“Ms. Hoshinomiya has been guiding us, and we have also made a point of noting the solution method under each question to ensure that the faculty members in charge of reviewing the questions can understand it.”

That puts my mind at ease. If the reviewers really couldn't do it, then these exam papers definitely wouldn't be approved by the school.

The key point is that this possibility absolutely exists. Teachers are human too, and they can make mistakes if they're not careful. We can't really treat them as gods who know everything.

"In short, I'll leave the exam paper to your question-setting team. Just hand it in to me before the deadline."

The best thing about Class A right now is that there are enough outstanding talents. As long as Shun Aragaki is in charge of making decisions, his subordinates will naturally get things done beautifully.

Ichinose, Kanzaki, Shiina, Sakayanagi, Komi... In terms of ability, they are among the best in the entire grade and can definitely become trustworthy helpers.

This is good, as it means he doesn't have to do everything himself for every special exam, allowing him to have more time for things other than class competition.

.........

After school, Shun Aragaki grabbed Masumi Kamuro, who was trying to run away, and the two left the classroom together.

"So, isn't this the way to the coffee shop? Are you going to treat me to coffee on purpose?"

No way! It can't be true! This womanizer is going to make a move on her?

Just as Kamuro was filled with emotion, he heard the boy calmly reveal the truth about the operation.

“I’ve arranged to meet with Kiriyama Ikuha, a second-year student, and I need someone to boost my morale.”

"We just happened to be teammates in the same group during PaperShuffle. Kanzaki and Ichinose were in charge of setting the questions, so they called you over."

Oh, so he's just trying to get his underlings to bolster his influence...

Kamuro was speechless, and the look of disgust on his face became even more obvious.

Could it be that she really is the kind of follower who is always at your beck and call and obeys your every command?

She felt a little resentful, but the girl was used to it, so she quickly calmed herself down and asked curiously:

"Kiriyama Ikuba? Is that the leader of Class 2-B, no, Class 2-D?"

“That’s right!” Shun Aragaki nodded. “While we were preparing for PaperShuffle, the second year also started a brand new special exam, which was also an assessment of academic ability.”

This is not unusual, after all, for more than a month before, in order to prepare for the sports festival, the school changed most of the courses to physical training.

It is only natural that the school would arrange a special exam related to academic ability because it was worried that students from all three grades would become lax in their attitude in class.

In fact, not only first and second grade, but also third grade has similar situations. On the surface, the assessment rules of the three grades are different, but in reality, it is just a change in name only. The essence is to compare all students’ mastery of each subject.

As they spoke, the two arrived at the reserved private room. After pushing open the door, several representatives from Kiriyama Ikuha's class had been waiting for a long time.

Aragaki Shun didn't have time for leisurely small talk with them, so he directly asked Kiriyama to explain the special exam rules for the second year.

After he finished speaking, the boy couldn't help but raise an eyebrow—

"Based on the final exam results, will the first to fourth place receive 400, 300, 200, and 100 points respectively?"

"It's a rule that only rewards and has no punishment. It's the same kind of assessment, but the school is much more lenient with the second-year students."

In the first-year PaperShuffle, the highly skilled nurtured students were unwilling to spend a single extra penny, only allowing rival classes to plunder each other.

Kiriyama Ikuba could only manage a wry smile. "None of the four second-grade classes scored more than 100 points. What could the school possibly deduct from their scores?"

"Moreover, it's not like there's no punishment at all. This time, failing the special exam will still result in expulsion. Everyone in the class needs to be careful about this."

This argument makes sense. Because of the zero-point strategy, the three classes in the second year, apart from Nan Yun's class, were reduced to the point where they could only survive on free goods. After careful consideration, it is only natural that the school decided to give them some relief funds.

After all, we can't expect all the students in the entire grade to stay at the bottom for long, can we?

This is not good; it doesn't meet the requirements of class competition!

In any case, the class evaluation scores issued in this special exam, even if all of them are added together, will not be as high as the scores that Nan Yun's class had before, so the school naturally has no need to be too stingy.

However, such generous rewards have also created another problem—

"So, if Nan Yun's class gets first place in this special exam, they can immediately return to Class A?"

The same applies to Kiriyama Ikuba. Since the evaluation scores of all four classes are below 100, the first to fourth place in this special exam will inevitably determine the positions of Class A to Class D.

"Are you confident that you can defeat Nan Yun's class with your own strength?"

Since it was an internal assessment for second-year students, Shun Aragaki naturally couldn't participate as a member. However, this didn't stop him from leading the Kiriyama class by offering advice and strategies, helping them defeat Masahiro Nagumo.

Ultimately, each of the school's special exams is not held immediately after the announcement; there is a preparation period ranging from a few days to a month and a half, which is more than enough time for students from other grades to participate.

Unfortunately, when faced with Aragaki Shun's questions, Kiriyama Ikuha and the others simply shook their heads.

Clearly, even in the realm of academic ability, they are not guaranteed to win.

Undeterred, Aragaki Shun immediately overturned the original plan and issued another instruction:

"Then let's give the top two spots in this special exam to the other two classes, and on that condition, join forces with them to further reduce Nanyun Class to last place."

In short, we must resolutely crack down on Nan Yunya's class!

Only in this way would he risk everything in the upcoming student council election...

282. Paper Shuffle ends; Class C is defeated by Class D.

time flies.

After more than a month of intensive review, the deadline for submitting the exam papers was fast approaching.

Shun Aragaki reviewed the results of the A-class question-setting team and, after confirming that there were no problems, promptly submitted the test paper for attacking the B-class to Chie Hoshinomiya.

"The school needs three days to review the exam papers from each class, and the special exams will not officially begin until early December 12th."

By the way, today is December 1st, and with the new month's personal points being credited, the second semester is also coming to an end.

"The first month or so felt quite uneventful; nothing strange happened, and everyone was immersed in their studies."

Chihiro Shiraha stretched, her tone filled with disbelief.

This place is supposed to be a highly competitive environment for students, but for the past month it's been just like a regular high school, with all the students focused on their exam preparation. There weren't any weirdos like Sakayanagi, Ryuen, or Nagumo causing trouble... Is this ridiculously calm situation really normal?

"Isn't this great? Don't you also have a restless heart and yearn for a more exciting life?"

Aragaki Shun smiled and asked a question in return, then explained before the other could answer:

“Sakayanagi is now a member of our class. Ryuen doesn’t have a high status in Class B of the first year. Nangumo Masa is too busy to take care of herself in the second year… Come to think of it, no one in the entire Advanced Education City will cause us any trouble at this time, so it’s normal that you feel very calm.”

It should be said that the four classes currently under Shun Aragaki's control constitute the largest student group in this school.

He doesn't bother others, but how many people would dare to provoke him?

"Ugh, peace is nice, but the repetitive reading days are really boring."

"Moreover, this is a highly developed educational institution where one wave of events has occurred before. Now that it has suddenly become a regular high school for college entrance exams, it is actually quite unusual."

Chihiro Shiraha touched her lips with her fingertip and first sighed, but soon couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Haha~ It seems I've really been corrupted by this school, I actually expect interesting things to happen."

Shun Aragaki pinched the girl's soft cheek, quite understanding her thoughts, as this was a common feeling in Class A.

Unlike the students in Class C and Class D who remained at the bottom of the first year from beginning to end, and unlike the students in Class B who fell from the top and suffered repeated defeats, the students in Class A had a goal of making a comeback from the beginning, which they achieved in just one month. Then, under the leadership of Shun Aragaki, they won one victory after another.

To put it bluntly, since entering the school, everyone in the class has enjoyed a highly nurturing, generous, affluent, and wonderful environment. They are filled with a sense of accomplishment and honor from being invincible in class competitions and winning and holding onto their A-class position. They have no sense of the poverty, hardship, and humiliation of the lower-ranked classes.

Therefore, the students in Class A were not afraid of class competition, nor did they worry about the challenges from other opponents. While enjoying their peaceful life, they also looked forward to some small surprises in life.

Therefore, after a month of hard study, it's only natural that people who are mentally and physically exhausted and bored would want to encounter something more exciting and interesting.

“Then keep your hopes up,” A mysterious smile played on Shun Aragaki’s lips, his tone seemingly hinting at something. “What you’re hoping for might just appear soon.”

He cleverly kept her in suspense, and then, under the guise of a secret, the boy slipped away from his lover and went straight to the library to read.

Although the special exam is in three days, he doesn't need to worry too much about Class A.

Those with strong academic abilities have their own plans, and students who feel they still have room for improvement are also working hard in tutoring classes. With the grades of everyone in the class, passing this exam should not be a problem.

Regardless, PaperShuffle, though different from regular midterms and finals, ultimately boils down to two key factors.

The primary task is for the whole class to work hard to improve their academic performance, and Class A has been doing a great job in this regard since entering school.

Secondly, they created highly challenging exam questions, using practice books carefully selected by Wang Meiyu from mainland China. This requirement goes without saying.

Therefore, before submitting the exam paper for review, Shun Aragaki even did it himself.

Benefiting from his [Extensive Knowledge and Strong Memory] and near-extraordinary mental attributes, he usually doesn't need to put in much effort to get near-perfect scores in all subjects... The one or two points deducted are either due to the teacher's subjective deduction or because he deliberately misses a few questions to avoid getting the same score every time.

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When the test-setting team was reviewing the test papers, his scores remained largely unchanged, but he could feel that his thoughts were flowing much faster during the problem-solving process.

In other words, the questions inside require much more of his effort, and the difficulty level is not at all on the same level as normal midterm and final exams.

Using these things that would make even high school students on the mainland feel like they were dying to attack Class B, even Shun Aragaki couldn't help but feel a pang of pity. He could only hope that they would be in better form when solving problems...

.........

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

As the proctor explained the rules, warned against cheating, and distributed the exam papers, this special exam, called PaperShuffle, began.

Incidentally, the passing score set by the school this time is 660 points.

In other words, PaperShuffle is a group of two people, and each member must meet two requirements to be considered qualified, otherwise they will be forced to drop out.

The first passing score is simple: each person takes eight subjects, each with a maximum score of 100. The two people's combined scores in each subject, such as mathematics, must be no less than 60, and the average score for each person in each subject must be no less than 30.

The second passing score is more difficult. The total score for two people in eight subjects is 1600 points. The requirement is that the total score of a group is no less than 660, which means that each person must score no less than 41.25 points per subject on average.

According to Hoshinomiya Chie, the passing score in previous years was around 700 points. This year's 660 points seems a bit low. It is likely that the school reviewed the exam papers and felt that the difficulty was a bit too high, so they made a special adjustment.

After all, failing a test and having to drop out of school is no small matter. Although there are options like buying scores for academic proficiency tests, it's best to minimize such situations as much as possible.

After a flurry of thoughts, the leader of Class A immediately focused his attention and read through the entire test paper once it was handed out.

After all, the test questions used by Class A were deliberately made by Class B to make things difficult for them. Although Shun Aragaki was not afraid, he was worried that there were many hidden traps in them, and it would be embarrassing if someone in the class failed because of them.

"Kouenji, Ayanokouji, and Katsuragi, did they make all the exam papers for Class B? ... The difficulty is indeed quite high, but it's not too bad for Class A."

After reviewing the Chinese language exam paper in his hand, Shun Aragaki nodded slightly, indicating his approval of the three people's ability to create the questions.

Overall, these questions were quite challenging, tricky and unconventional, yet all very well within the school's permitted scope and did not exceed the syllabus.

Unfortunately, Class B's question-setting method was still limited to Sakurajima's scope, and was significantly simpler than the mainland version that Class A brought from overseas.

Then there's no problem.

For the past month or so, the students in Class A have also been required to go through the same sea of ​​questions as those from mainland China, since it would be a waste not to use the practice books they bought online.

Having gone through the ordeal of hell, the students in the class will surely develop resistance to some unexpected question types and will not be so easily stumped by the traps created by Class B.

And so, the two days passed quickly, and the exams for all eight subjects came to an end one after another.

Finally, they could relax their tense nerves, and as a result, in the three first-grade classes other than Class A, some students burst into tears and howled like ghosts.

"Who the hell came up with this insane question? Why did they have to combine sequences, derivatives, and analytic geometry into a single problem?"

"I think that 'sampling inspection of parts produced in a factory' problem is ridiculous. It's clearly a challenging math problem, but why is the question stem over 400 words long? Does that mean if you can't do reading comprehension, you're not qualified to solve probability problems?"

"There are also questions with short stems, like one where a parabola contains a 'quasi-ellipse' and you have to prove that the four points are concyclic. I recognize all those words, but can someone tell me what they mean when put together?"

"I just want to know how to explain the explosion of 'Cola + Mentos' using the 'iodine clock reaction'..."

"I'm dizzy. A charged ball is undergoing non-uniform circular motion in a combined field, and we're required to derive the displacement-time equation..."

In the classroom of Class 1-B, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji listened to the wailing sounds rising and falling in the classroom and could sense that many people were truly panicked.

Seeing this, even though the results of the special exam were not yet available, he was still able to make a judgment:

"Lost again..."

To be honest, this result was somewhat unexpected.

It's understandable that Class A's overall academic ability is stronger than Class B's, but how come someone in Class A was able to create a question of this caliber without Aragaki Shun's intervention?

In terms of creating highly difficult test questions alone, Ayanokouji felt completely inferior to his opponent.

You should know that when I was a child, in that institution called "White Room" which was almost a human rights abuser, I was considered the greatest masterpiece by all the coaches. I had mastered all the knowledge of life, including martial arts, physical skills, self-defense, and the art of dealing with people, which are things that others can only learn in a lifetime.

But now it seems that what I can learn is not limited to the level of those coaches themselves, and the knowledge that the organization can access is limited to the country of Sakurajima.