I have a life simulator.

"It's the last day of gacha pulls. Besides the guaranteed pull, please give me another 0.5% boost card!"

"Ship out! Ship out! Ship out!"

"I'm willing to sacrifice a month's worth of craftsmanship!"

Unlike before, when the number of card draws was determined by grades, today all students were given the maximum of three draw opportunities. Since they all knew that their group and the larger group would rank among the top in this special exam, the students in the third group were particularly eager for the amplification cards. Before each draw, everyone wished they could take a bath, burn incense, and pray on the spot. However, apart from the 0.5x amplification card guaranteed by the school, very few students drew the amplification card with the lowest probability.

When everything had settled down, there was no need for anyone to hide anything anymore. After drawing their cards, everyone immediately started calculating the final multiplier. However, most of them saw an increase of just over one multiplier, and very few exceeded two.

Kitagawa Ryo remembered that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's boost multiplier before today was 2.6, which was 0.1 less than his 2.7. He wondered if things would turn around after these three gacha pulls today.

As the two students who had almost secured the top two spots in the entire school's rankings, Kitagawa Ryo and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's card draw naturally attracted the attention of the entire dormitory. However, neither of them performed any mysterious wishing rituals and quickly drew out their respective three cards.

Kitagawa Ryo's final result was one guaranteed 0.5x multiplier card and two 0.3x multiplier cards.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's luck was a bit worse than his. Apart from one guaranteed 0.5x multiplier card, the other two were both 0.1x multiplier cards. Even Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, who never cared about such things, was a little doubtful about his life and couldn't help but recall the fortune teller's prediction for him last summer.

Thus, Kitagawa Ryo's final boost multiplier was locked at 3.8, while Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's was 3.3. Although it was unclear about the other students' levels, judging from the situation in the third group's dormitory, a boost multiplier of 3 was definitely among the highest.

After the cards were drawn, the school seemed to have finally completed all the statistical work and issued a notice to all students to gather at the gymnasium.

So, all the male students were gathered in the gymnasium just like on the first day.

After that, the female students gathered one by one.

Although today's exams were very busy, it's already 5 PM. If we wait until the results are announced before taking the bus back to school, it's foreseeable that we won't get back to Dongyu until midnight.

"During the eight days at the forest school, everyone worked very hard. Although the exam content will be different, this is a special exam that is only held once every few years. Compared to the last special exam held at the same location, this year's overall evaluation is very high, and I believe everyone has gained something."

It seemed that a director from the academic affairs office walked onto the stage. He seemed to know what the students wanted to hear most, so after a brief greeting and congratulations, he began to announce the results.

"First of all, regardless of whether they are boys or girls, except for Nangumo who left the exam midway due to an accident, not a single student failed to reach the minimum passing score. Therefore, this special exam also achieved the excellent result of zero dropouts. Congratulations to everyone."

The moment the man revealed the truth, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, compared to things like individual points and class points, whether or not to drop out of school has always been the most important issue for students at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School.

"Now, I will announce my personal achievements and awards."

"The top 50% of students will receive a personal points reward of 20,000, the top 20% will receive 50,000, and the top 10% will receive 100,000. Students in these categories can check their scores on their mobile phones later. The specific scores for each subject can also be found at that time. If you have any questions, you can contact the school for assistance."

"We will also give extra recognition to the students who achieve the top three results in this grade-wide mixed-campus special exam."

"First, the third place winner of this special exam, Horikita Gaku, from Class 3-A, will receive a reward of 200,000 personal points, and his class will also receive 20 class points. Of course, these are the basic rewards, and the final rewards will be accumulated based on the multiplier obtained from the card draw."

"Then comes the second place in this special exam, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka from Class 1-C. He will receive a reward of 500,000 personal points plus 30 class points."

"Finally, there is Kitagawa Ryo, a student from Class 1-B who won first place in this special exam. He will receive one million personal points plus fifty class points."

After the names of the top three students in the school and their corresponding awards were announced, there was a bit of a commotion in the gymnasium. However, most students were not surprised, since the top three positions in the school were held before today's final exams. They didn't expect that their rankings would remain unchanged after the final exams.

"Next, I will announce the rankings for each group."

"For the boys, the rankings for first grade are: Group 3, Group 1, Group 6, Group 4, Group 2, and Group 5. The rankings for second grade are: Group 3, Group 5... and for third grade, Group 2, Group 3..."

The group rankings were pretty much as Kitagawa Ryo had predicted. Their third group undoubtedly took first place among the first-year students, followed closely by the first group, which included Sudo Ken. The sixth group was the one with Katsuragi Kohei. The second-year students were lucky to get a spot. Originally, the third group, which included Mizowaki and Tonokawa, would not have dared to beat the fifth group, which included Nagumo Masaru. However, Nagumo Masaru suddenly withdrew from the exam due to an accident. The fifth group, having lost an important member, was overtaken by the third group at the last moment and dropped to second place.

However, such a miracle could not happen again in the third year, and Horikita Manabu's second group firmly secured the first place in the grade.

After reporting the boys' rankings, the school staff paused for a moment before continuing to report the girls' rankings.

As expected, the second group, led by Honami Ichinose and Megumi Karuizawa, won first place among the first-year students. Suzune's third group also surpassed Arisu's first group, with the two taking second and third place respectively. On the contrary, the fourth group, led by Kikyo Kushida, which was highly favored before the exam, suffered a Waterloo and fell to the bottom half. Kitagawa Ryo didn't care much about the rankings of the second and third-year students, and just casually noted them down.

"Finally, here is the group ranking."

"On the boys' side, from top to bottom, they are the third group, the first group, the second group, the sixth group, the fifth group, and the fourth group."

"For the girls, it's the second, third, fourth, first, sixth, and fifth groups."

After all the results were announced, the students in the third group of the first year finally started to cheer loudly. Thanks to the outstanding performance of the third group of the first and second years, the third group was finally promoted to first place in the final group ranking. This surprised the third-year students, including Fujimaki and Ishikura, because they had really won first place by default.

"In conclusion, this special mixed-study camp exam has now come to an end. Thank you again to every student and teacher for their hard work. You can check your individual and class points earned or deducted on your mobile phones later. Thank you!"

After that, the students from each grade and class excitedly received their phones from their homeroom teachers and eagerly began checking their scores and awards from this special exam.

Kitagawa Ryo was no exception. Although he had actually calculated the answer in his mind the moment the results were announced, he was still somewhat surprised when the number appeared in front of him. The B-class students gathered around him didn't even bother to check their own awards, but instead exclaimed his score.

The individual with the highest total score will receive one million personal points and fifty class points.

First place in the group: 30,000 personal points and 5 class points.

The top-ranked player in the group: 10,000 personal points and 3 class points.

Total multiplier of the enhancement card: 3.8 times.

Total personal points: 1,040,000 personal points multiplied by 4.8 equals 4,992,000 personal points.

Total class points: 58 class points multiplied by 4.8 equals 278.4, which is rounded to 278 class points.

With just one special exam, Kitagawa Ryo brought nearly 300 class points to the entire Class B. If we consider individual points, this is almost enough to recoup the 20 million yen he transferred from the class.

Aside from him, the other students in Class 1-B also received quite a pleasant surprise. Although Ichinose Honami and Karuizawa Megumi did not make it into the top three in the mixed-gender individual rankings, they performed well in the group and overall group rankings, and the multiplier cards they received were 2.3 and 2.2 respectively. Therefore, they both received 26 class points in the end. Together with another Class 1-B student in the same group, Shiranami Chihiro, they had more than 70 class points.

Just like Kitagawa Ryo and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka were chatting about, this special exam for the mixed training camp was actually a benefit distributed by the school to all classes in the entire grade. Although it seemed that half of the students in each class were in the top half and won awards, while the other half were in the bottom half and were penalized, those who won awards received boost cards, and those who were penalized received protection cards. Therefore, in the end, the class points gained would definitely be more than those deducted. It just depends on the final outcome.

In terms of the results, thanks to the outstanding performances of Kitagawa Ryo and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, this was undoubtedly a victory for Class 1-B and Class 1-C.

After calculating all the class points earned or deducted by all students, the class rankings for first grade changed again.

Class A, Grade 1: 969 points (originally 850 points).

Class 1B: 963 points (originally 551 points).

Class 1-C: 559 points (originally 248 points).

Class D, Grade 1: 310 points (formerly 222 points).

In just one special exam, Class B, which had a score difference of more than 300 points, caught up with Class A in one go and almost surpassed them. Class C, which was originally in the same boat as Class D, also pulled away from them in one fell swoop.

Discussions about these things could be heard everywhere. After dodging a seemingly uncontrollable hug from his homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya Chie, Kitagawa Ryo quickly ran away.

Compared to these things, Kitagawa Ryo was more concerned about the outcome of his match against Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, so he quickly opened his grade sheet and found the final exam section.

Perfect scores in meditation, written exam, speech, and individual achievements in the road relay race… I casually took a screenshot of these and was about to send it to Kiyotaka Ayanokouji when he sent me a message first:

"I have a problem with my individual score, so the competition is suspended. We'll discuss it when I get back to school."

"Okay, let's talk about it when we get back to school."

Despite some doubts, Kitagawa Ryo still casually replied with this message.

As the sun gradually sank behind the western mountains into the forest, the winter nights always came exceptionally early. Kitagawa Ryo dragged his suitcase back onto the bus he had come on, but the tired students had no mood to chat or play cards anymore. Most of them were asleep in their seats, some crooked and some sprawled out. Ichinose Honami and Karuizawa Megumi were also unusually close-eyed and leaning against each other, seemingly exhausted as well. Kitagawa Ryo casually took a picture of them.

The students who were awake nearby saw this interaction between the couple but pretended not to. As for why there were three people, well, KFC also has a three-person meal for Qixi Festival, so I suggest you go ask them together.

After taking the photos, Kitagawa Ryo returned to his seat, covered his face with his hat, and leaned back in his chair.

Regardless of the impact of this special exam or when the student council election will officially begin, he plans to take a nap for now.

Finally, I'm going back to school.

Perhaps for him, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he went home.

After all, the fireflies were right there.

...Compared to the days when a certain masterpiece of the white room was sleeping on the upper bunk, it was definitely more pleasant to hold my younger sister in my arms.

Chapter 441: It's All Cold's Fault

As expected, by the time the bus carrying all the students arrived back at the Tokyo Advanced Educational High School campus, it was already past 10 p.m. However, even so, the class schedule for tomorrow remained unchanged, and they still had to get up early for class as usual. After all, they had just had a full day off yesterday, and their winter vacation had long ended. The first day of this special exam was actually the first day of the third semester for first-year students.

Dragging his suitcase into the first-year dormitory building, Kitagawa Ryo first glanced at the crowded elevator, and then decisively chose to take the stairs. Anyway, his room was on the fourth floor, so rather than waiting for the crowded elevator, he might as well just carry his luggage up on foot.

With a few quick movements, Kitagawa Ryo lifted his suitcase and rushed up the stairs, quickly reaching his room on the fourth floor. He walked to room 408, took out the key from the pocket of his bag, and inserted it into the lock. He had returned to his dormitory after more than a week.

A single dormitory room is much more pleasant than a dormitory room for twelve people. After quickly putting his suitcase into the entrance hall, Kitagawa Ryo didn't even change his shoes first. Instead, he immediately closed the door. Because the corridor had been full of first-year students dragging their suitcases back to their rooms for the past few minutes, Hotaru was quite obedient and didn't give him a welcome ceremony right away. Instead, she patiently waited until Kitagawa Ryo closed the doors and windows and drew the curtains before she nimbly jumped out from her hiding place and leaped towards Kitagawa Ryo, only to be caught by him with both hands.

"Meow--"

He naturally lay back on his bed and, as always, buried his face in the fluffy fur, enjoying a good cat-cuddling session.

It can only be said that Hotaru in her cat form has its advantages. Even though she already knows that the one inside is actually her younger sister, after so many years, Kitagawa Ryo has long been used to such intimate interactions. It's nothing like how she felt a little uncomfortable being hugged and cuddled by another Hotaru on Christmas Eve.

"You're finally back... Hope Hotaru hasn't caused any trouble this past week?"

Because this guy had pulled off two big stunts last summer, after enjoying the warmth of their long-awaited reunion, Kitagawa Ryo immediately asked him this question. Hotaru rolled her eyes at him, shaking her head with a hint of resentment, as if to say, "What do you take me for?"

After all, this special exam for the mixed training camp involved all three grades of students from Tokyo Advanced Educational High School. The entire Tokyo Educational High School campus was practically deserted for the past week, so there was nothing she could do even if she wanted to create some big news.

"That's good. I'll go take a shower first, and then I'll talk to Hotaru about this special exam—phew, at least I don't have to go to the public bathhouse."

After greeting Hotaru, Kitagawa Ryo took out a change of clothes from his suitcase and went into the bathroom. Although the bathroom was not very big due to the limited area of ​​the dormitory room, Kitagawa Ryo still enjoyed this free and easy atmosphere more than the situation in the past few days when he was stared at by everyone for a long time every time he went in. He even wanted to sing a song while taking a shower, which was a rare occurrence for him.

After a quick shower, Kitagawa Ryo changed into his pajamas, turned off the lights, and rushed into bed with lightning speed.

It's still late January, deep winter. Although I'm still warm from the shower, it's best to warm up the bed first.

Unfortunately, Tokyo Advanced Educational High School has always prohibited heating products such as electric blankets and kotatsu that can easily cause safety accidents, and bringing your own air conditioner is not very effective, so you still have to warm up the cold blankets yourself.

Once the bed was warm enough, Hotaru gracefully moved from her own little nest to Kitagawa Ryo's bed palace, lifted a corner and slipped inside. He then pulled her into his arms and began to listen intently to Kitagawa Ryo's account of the special exam for the mixed training camp.

She kept talking like that, one sentence after another, until Kitagawa Ryo himself drifted off to sleep. Then Hotaru drooped her ears again, closed her beautiful, firefly-colored eyes, and with her two front paws pawing at his shirt, she too drifted off to sleep.

A good night's sleep.

Perhaps because the daily morning training session was canceled during the recent eight-day mixed training camp special exam, Kitagawa Ryo once again forgot about his morning training with Sakayanagi Arisu on the second morning. However, Arisu seemed to have overslept as well, and Kitagawa Ryo didn't wake up from his bed until the usual time for the morning training to end.

"yawn--"

Looking at his phone, which was still considered early for an average student, Kitagawa Ryo yawned again. Hotaru had woken up earlier than him and was sitting on the edge of the bed, washing her face with her front paws. When she saw him get up, she raised her tail and swayed it back and forth a couple of times as a way of saying good morning.

"Good morning."

As Kitagawa Ryo got dressed and got out of bed, he casually sent a text message to Sakayanagi Arisu asking a question:

"Has Arisu slept with you too?"

About two minutes later, as the message status changed to read, Sakayanagi Arisu quickly replied:

"I just woke up and I'm really tired... I ran more than two kilometers yesterday."

Seemingly to confirm her statement, the reply was accompanied by a photo that appeared to have just been taken. It was probably taken from a top-down angle by holding up the phone, and in the photo, Sakayanagi Arisu was wearing pajamas and a nightcap, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

Although the camera angle was very high and the pajamas were in a rather messy state because she had just woken up, with the collar and neckline appearing quite loose, they actually didn't reveal any curves that they should have. In fact, they looked even flatter, making Kitagawa Ryosuke want to suggest that Arisu add some decorative ruffles or ribbons when she wears a swimsuit in the summer to make up for it.

"Come eat here after you've finished washing up."

After sending that message, Kitagawa Ryo began brushing his teeth, washing his face, and cooking as usual. Just as everything was almost ready, Sakayanagi Arisu knocked on his dormitory door.

"We were just a little short of swapping the positions of our class signs."

Without any hesitation, Sakayanagi Arisu sat down at the table, spreading jam on her toast as she muttered this comment.

"Although the sports festival also uses a competition model where boys and girls are ranked together, judging from the results of this special exam, it's still not very good. The top three spots were all taken by boys."

"There should be some changes to the next special exam. This time, besides putting boys and girls together, comparing students from all three grades together is quite something to complain about. During the sports festival and cultural festival, we deliberately separated students by grade."

After all, high school students, especially boys, are in the prime of their development. Even if there is a year or two between the first and second or third year, you can feel that some students in the class have grown taller and their physical fitness has increased significantly after just two or three months.

"So, the school may not have intended for us to compete in this special mixed training camp exam at all. As Arisu saw, even the bottom-ranked Class D got over a hundred class points for free this time."

Faced with Kitagawa Ryo's opinion, Sakayanagi Arisu remained silent, wiped her mouth with a tissue, and shook her head.

"But the only result that the students in Class A can see is that Class B is now only a few points away from Class A."

"To be honest, I'm not afraid or worried that Liang will win this special exam. Rather, I think that only in this way can I truly put pressure on many students in the class and make it easier for me to better integrate them."

At this point, Sakayanagi Arisu rested her chin on her hand and looked at Kitagawa Ryo with her cheek propped up on her hand:

"Actually, the rumor that Lingyin and the others spread about me was quite interesting. It's just a pity that I never even had such a thought in my mind. So, after a while, the rumor will naturally fall apart."

However, Sakayanagi Arisu then changed the subject:

"And to be honest, Suzune's idea is closer to the faction that wants to bring Ryo back to the class. Otherwise, Sudo and the others wouldn't have switched their support to him. In the end, they would probably have shot themselves in the foot."

The current situation in Class 1-A can be clearly divided into two factions: most of the girls are leaning towards Sakayanagi Arisu, while the boys are more inclined towards Horikita Suzune. However, regardless of which side they are on, given the precarious situation of Class 1-A, they must maintain a facade of unity against external forces.

In response to Arisu Sakayanagi's statement, Ryo Kitagawa simply stated:

"I will publicly support Suzune in the upcoming student council president election."

"……what?"

Sakayanagi Arisu suddenly froze, not because she was surprised by the sudden change in the student council president election, but simply because she was unwilling to believe it. After all, it was easy to think about it more deeply and even worry about it.

"I promised Suzune during the special exam on the deserted island. Back then, Arisu was just a figurehead in the student council. Who would have thought it would turn out like this?"

Kitagawa Ryo was also quite speechless about this. After all, there were only two first-year students who joined the student council: Horikita Suzune and Sakayanagi Arisu. And only the former was actually doing the work. When he said he would support them, he didn't really think that much about it. It was a situation where even without his help, the final choice would only be Suzune.