I have a life simulator.

No matter what, they are, after all, biological father and son with the same surname.

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On the morning of June 15th, all twelve classes across the three grades simultaneously began this special, unanimous exam.

After handing in their mobile phones and other communication devices, each student was left with only a tablet computer for voting. Because of prior settings by the school, the page was locked to the voting program, and other functions were unavailable.

"Now, let's begin the special test for everyone. From now on, we will follow the rules, so if you leave your seat outside of the intermission or chat during the prohibited time, I will issue a warning without hesitation. Please pay close attention."

As their homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya Chie, announced the first topic of the special exam, the students of Class 2-A all lowered their heads, seeing it on their tablet screens:

[Topic 1: In the final exam at the end of this month, choose one of the following rules, and if everyone agrees, it will be applied to the specific exam process for this class.]

[1. The written test has become more difficult, but each person who passes the test will receive a reward of 5,000 personal points.]

2. The exam time has been increased, but each person will have 5,000 personal points deducted after the exam.

3. I don't want any changes.

Because there was no way to discuss before the first selection, the students of Class 2-A could only silently select one of the options and submit it while the sixty-second countdown in the upper right corner of the screen was on.

One minute later, the results of the selection were displayed on everyone's screen:

[Option 1: 29 votes, Option 2: 0 votes, Option 3: 12 votes]

Because no consensus could be reached, the exam proceeded as scheduled to include a ten-minute mid-session discussion.

Without a doubt, the absolute core of Class 2-A is the iron triangle of Kitagawa Ryo, Karuizawa Megumi, and Ichinose Honami. Since the three of them are sitting together, the other students in the class naturally turn their attention over to them, wanting to hear their opinions.

"There's nothing particularly special about this topic itself; it just depends on whether everyone is willing to take some extra risks for the sake of 5,000 points."

Seeing that Kitagawa Ryo didn't intend to speak, Karuizawa Megumi stood up first and began to express her thoughts.

While the most memorable written exam for second-year students is undoubtedly the midterm exam they took when they first enrolled last year, the midterm and final exams held every semester were routinely subject to expulsion if the student failed. However, the shortcut of buying answers to pass the exams was no longer available, as Tokyo Advanced Educational High School is essentially still a high school and has basic requirements for students' academic abilities.

However, by this point in time, everyone has long been accustomed to the intensity of the Dongyu written test, especially for the second-year A class, whose academic performance is already quite good. This is also why none of them chose option 2 in the first round of voting.

As Karuizawa Kei said, for the students in Class 2-A, this issue is essentially about whether or not to be greedy for a little more points for the sake of 5,000 people.

"In fact, without knowing exactly what the range of increased difficulty is, there is no need to take the risk for a mere 5,000 personal points."

As one of the students who voted for option 3, Ryuji Kanzaki also began campaigning for his team:

"In total, it's only about 200,000 individual points, but if a student in the class actually drops out due to this sudden increase in difficulty, the loss will definitely be much greater."

Although Class 2A has a high overall academic level, just like the original Class A had students like Totsuka Yahiko and Kamuro Masumi who were below average, it's not fair to say that everyone in Class A is 100% confident in passing this upgraded challenge.

However, since more students clearly preferred option 1 in the first round of voting, those students who lacked confidence were hesitant to speak up directly, so Ryuji Kanzaki spoke up for them in the end.

After scanning the students in the class, Karuizawa Kei also noticed this detail, and nodded to Kanzaki Ryuji:

"That's right. Let's do as you say and everyone choose option 3 in the next round. That way, we can pass this topic and get through one-fifth of this special exam without any problems."

Thus, after the two sides with differing opinions reached a consensus, a few minutes later in the next round, all forty-one students in Class 2A unanimously chose option 3, successfully achieving unanimity and passing the first round of the task.

Without giving them a moment to catch their breath, the students were immediately presented with the second round of assignments:

[Topic 2: Do you support allowing a single student to join multiple clubs on campus?]

[For/Oppose]

Kitagawa Ryo was also somewhat surprised when he saw the topic, but he figured that Horikita Suzune, as the student council president, must have expressed a similar desire to the school recently, which is why the school added such a topic to this special exam.

Knowing that it was impossible to reach a consensus on this option on the first try, Kitagawa Ryo casually clicked "agree" and then waited for the result.

And indeed, that was the case; after a sixty-second countdown, the results of this round were revealed:

[For: 26 votes, Against: 15 votes]

The ratio was roughly 60% to 40%. Judging from the first round of voting alone, it seemed that more students in Class A supported the topic.

Because this topic did not involve personal points or expulsion, most of the students in Class A did not find it difficult to speak up as they did with the first topic, and instead quite enthusiastically shared their opinions:

“I think this is a great topic. Actually, some students joined a club in their first year that they didn’t really like, or they were interested in it then but aren’t now. They’re just too embarrassed to quit now, and clubs don’t recruit new members for us second and third-year students anymore, so they just have to make do. If this topic can be approved, this problem can be solved.”

"But if a student can join multiple clubs, can't we ignore the practical factors such as club funding and venues? Doesn't this obviously encourage some clubs to take shortcuts by recruiting 'ghost members' to cheat for funding?"

"That's a problem the school should consider. We students should definitely look at things from the students' perspective."

"No, do you really think anyone has the time and energy to juggle several club activities at the same time? Don't you know the saying 'don't bite off more than you can chew'?"

"Anyway, I think this topic is a pretty good idea if we are going to have a special club exam like the one at the end of last month."

These words were spoken by Shibata Hayate from the soccer club. Their soccer club had barely made it through the special exam at the end of last month, fighting all the way to the final penalty shootout before finally winning.

"Many students don't actually know where their talents lie. There are students who join the soccer club only to find that they are better at basketball. If they really want to develop a professional sports career, joining more clubs means they can try more paths."

Seeing that the situation in the class was somewhat deadlocked, everyone looked at the seemingly unbreakable trio and suddenly realized that the three of them belonged to the same club.

Like Kitagawa Ryo, Ichinose Honami and Karuizawa Megumi also thought of the student council when they saw this topic. After all, it wasn't a new thing for Sakayanagi Arisu and Horikita Suzune to 'covet' Kitagawa Ryo. If this topic could pass with more than half the votes in the whole school, Kitagawa Ryo's name would probably appear on the student council list the next day.

However, considering that the student council is always one person per position, the freshmen had a lot of trouble recruiting more members this year, unless the seniors from the third year voluntarily stepped down...

You know what, it seems like those two senior students in the third year were actually willing to give Kitagawa Ryoten a spot.

Thinking about this, Karuizawa Megumi also felt a little conflicted.

However, before she could speak, Ichinose Honami raised her hand and spoke first:

"I voted in favor, for reasons similar to everyone else's."

Her meaning was already quite clear.

It’s not like I haven’t done it before.

Okay, Liang is transferring classes, so I'll transfer classes too.

If he transfers, I'll just transfer with him.

In fact, Honami Ichinose was also the student council president during junior high school, so she has a lot of experience.

Following closely behind, Kitagawa Ryo also spoke up:

"I don't think everyone needs to take this topic too seriously. After all, even if we reach a consensus, it only means that our class has made a choice. Whether this topic can be truly implemented depends on the joint opinion of all twelve classes across the three grades."

But then he immediately changed the subject:

"However, I am more inclined to agree, because it is essentially just giving students more choices. In fact, even if you oppose this topic, it will not have any impact on you once it is implemented. So why not give students who want to try more opportunities more choices?"

After Kitagawa Ryo and Ichinose Honami expressed their opinions, Karuizawa Megumi could only follow suit. In any case, it was just a part-time position and not a real transfer. So be it, she could just join Hiyori's tea ceremony club later.

The influence of the "Iron Triangle" was quite significant in Class A. Moreover, in the first round of voting, the number of students who signed up for the "yes" vote was greater than the number who signed up for the "no." Therefore, Class A in the second year easily reached a consensus in just two rounds of mid-term discussions, successfully passed the first two topics, and moved forward to the third topic less than half an hour after the start of this special exam.

[Topic 3: Each month, the individual points distributed according to the class points will become zero, but three students will be randomly selected from the class to receive protected points; alternatively, the individual points distributed will be halved, but one student can be chosen to receive protected points; if you do not wish to choose either option, the individual points of the five students who rank last in the next written test will become zero.]

Regardless of which option you choose, the period of confiscation of personal points will last for six months.

The moment Kitagawa Ryo saw the term "protection points," he perked up again.

If the location for the special summer exam is indeed ultimately chosen to be a city, then considering his use of protection points during the last Christmas...

The importance of this number of protection points will be elevated to infinity.

At this moment, Kitagawa Ryo was unaware that, at the same time, the protection points had unexpectedly appeared in the first question for the first-year students, causing the four first-year classes to argue and debate about it until now, and after three rounds of discussions, they still could not reach a consensus.

[Topic 1: Immediately deduct 50% of all students' individual points, and designate one student in the class to receive one protection point.]

For or against?

The first question alone completely shattered the appeal and prestige of the so-called class leaders of the four first-year classes. Under this anonymous voting rule, even though Ishigami Kyo, Takahashi Osamu, Utsunomiya Riku and Yuki were unwilling to give up this protection point, they were still unable to reach a consensus.

"...Tsk."

Xue smacked her lips again.

The vote count displayed on the screen is still [23 votes in favor, 17 votes against].

The situation thus reached a stalemate.

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PS2: The protection points in this book are entirely for the purpose of allowing everyone to legally do as much as they want in ways that are not appropriate for high school students (I'm sure of it).

Chapter 58: Come and Witness My Answer

Among the second-year students, only Kitagawa Ryo has ever earned protection points once so far, through a special class vote at the end of last semester's second semester. However, he deliberately used them up at the beginning of the winter break.

This matter naturally sparked much discussion on the school forum, but the most mainstream view now is that Kitagawa Ryo didn't want to use the protection points his original class had given him, so he deliberately used them up before transferring classes. Hehehe, that's virtuous!

Even so, it doesn't mean that second-year students are unaware of the importance of these protection points and what role they can play in the many special exams that follow. For details, you can refer to Ryuen Sho, who had a special card with almost the same function as protection points in last year's deserted island special exam. For many people, this is definitely something that allows them to play in various ways.

This is precisely why, in the first round of voting, the majority of students in Class A chose the first two options:

[Randomly give votes to three students: 12 votes; designate one student to give votes: 25 votes; give no votes: 4 votes]

"The class currently has 1,263 class points. Each student can get 126,300 personal points from the school each month. Option one costs about 31 million personal points, while option two costs about 15.5 million personal points."

Instead of stating her position right away, Karuizawa Kei first did a calculation for the class after entering the mid-session discussion, presenting the numerical data to everyone in a straightforward manner.

It must be said that, from this perspective alone, classes with fewer points actually have an advantage, since it means they have to pay less to protect their points.

But for Class 2A, which holds over 1,200 class points, this price undoubtedly sounds quite heavy.

"If we convert the value of protection points into 20 million personal points that can cancel expulsion penalties, both options are actually worthwhile. The former costs an average of 10 million personal points for one random protection point, while the latter costs 15.5 million personal points for one designated protection point."

"So, the real question now is, which one should we choose?"

After Karuizawa Kei raised this question, there was a slight commotion in the class, but soon a student stood up and pointed out a mistake in Karuizawa Kei's words.

“Our class’s points have not remained constant over the past six months, so the cost calculation is incorrect. If our class can steadily increase its points in the next six months, the corresponding costs will also increase.”

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Ryuji Kanzaki firmly expressed his own opinion:

"But if we try to calculate these data that are currently impossible to quantify, it will never end. If we only consider theoretical loans, then I can also assume that the increase in class points is because the students who received protection points made a particularly large contribution, or that other classes used protection points to hurt our class."

Unlike the first two topics, the third topic directly affected the interests of each student, so the atmosphere was quite tense from the start. However, Ryuji Kanzaki seemed unwilling to back down and firmly expressed his views:

"Just like individual points and class points, the value of protection points cannot be simply converted into individual points. Perhaps we can indeed accumulate 20 million individual points in six months, but that is not as good as letting one person directly possess protection points. This is a completely active and passive difference."

As the most radical student in Class 2-A, Ryuji Kanzaki has always had this kind of personality, but he usually doesn't openly show it to the other students in the class.

But just like when he was convinced that Kitagawa Ryo's arrival would make the class great again, so he directly participated in Karuizawa Megumi's transfer plan, when it really came down to this, he was still willing to roll up his sleeves and charge forward.

Class 2-A is not actually a selfish class. If someone in the class were to get into trouble, they would definitely be the ones most willing to pool their 20 million points to cancel the expulsion punishment. It was by taking advantage of this mentality that Ryuji Kanzaki successfully used the difference between being proactive and passive to slowly tilt the tide in his favor.

"In my opinion, option two is the best choice, so that everyone can still get personal points from the school, and also designate one student to get protection points."

"As for the designated recipient, I prefer one of Karuizawa, Ichinose, or Kitagawa."

The topic naturally shifted to the trio, with Honami Ichinose and Kei Karuizawa both stating that they didn't need the protection points and that it would be best to leave them to Ryo Kitagawa, believing he could use them to their fullest potential.

Kitagawa Ryo didn't feign refusal; instead, he said he would use a portion of his personal points to compensate the other students for their losses.

Actually, although he has changed classes three times in the year since he enrolled, each time it was students from other classes who helped him raise the 20 million personal points. Kitagawa Ryo himself has hardly used his personal points. The largest expenditure he made recently was three months ago when he paid part of the cost of canceling Horikita Suzune's expulsion penalty during the special exam at the end of the school year.

Speaking of that 20 million yen fee, Sakura Airi paid the lion's share, 10 million yen, and it was she who took the initiative to pay it. However, this debt, or rather favor, was not attributed to Horikita Suzune, but rather to Kitagawa Ryo. We'll see when the other party will ask for it back.

However, the students of Class 2-A did not accept Kitagawa Ryo's suggestion. After all, Kitagawa Ryo's transfer had undoubtedly played a significant role in making Class 2-A. They were not particularly petty by nature, and after Kanzaki Ryuji persuaded them, they quickly made their decision.

Thus, although the third round of the special exam was a bit bumpy, it didn't delay Class A's time for too long. After all, just looking at the name "unanimous," the class that would naturally come to mind in the second year was their class.

The exam was supposed to last five hours, but only about an hour had passed. If the next two questions went this smoothly, they would probably become the first class in the entire school to pass this special exam.

With this expectation in mind, the options for the fourth question quickly appeared on everyone's tablet screens:

[Topic 4: Where would you most like to take this year's special summer exam? The exam content and format will vary depending on the location chosen.]

Option 1: Tokyo

Option 2: Uninhabited Island

Option 3: Conduct on campus

coming.

If this crucial question is placed as the second to last question, then the fifth question of this special exam, which was unanimously agreed upon by everyone, is very likely to be the ultimate multiple-choice question similar to the one experienced by Chabashira Sae and Hoshinomiya Chie back then.

The three options were pretty much what Kitagawa Ryo had predicted beforehand; it was basically a choice between an uninhabited island and a city. However, he didn't expect that this time it would specifically be Tokyo, since Japan also has other major cities like Kyoto, Osaka, and Yokohama.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Kitagawa Ryo didn't like the Tokyo option, but it made him increasingly curious about what tricks the Tokyo University of Education would play in this summer's special exam.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Ryo unconsciously thought of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who should be facing this special exam in the classroom two classrooms away right now.

For him, Tokyo was probably the most suitable place, and it might even be the most crucial factor that prompted Kiyotaka Ayanokouji to take that step. After all, according to his plan, the safest and final deadline would be graduation more than a year later, followed by the three-way talks six months later.

Only when all the right conditions are met—favorable timing, advantageous location, and harmonious relationships—will the other party choose to take action during the summer vacation, more than a month later.