Vol 10 - Epilogue (Part 1 - Part 6)

EPILOGUE

Intro

Day of the test, saturday. Almost all situation have settled, Class-A would be Katsuragi, Class-D will be Ryuuen, class B is under the idea that no one will be expelled after the exam. It will not be realized until after the exams and results were published. There's no absolute guarantee in this exam. Test will start at 9:00 am. Horikita asks if 50% did anything since he was in danger. She observes she doesn't notice anything on the surface. 50% says that Horikita already helped her so there's no need to do anything.

Hirata gathers everyone's attention. In Hirata's eyes, there's a certain kind of resolution. Hirata bowed his head and apologized to Horikita for his behaviour yesterday. Hirata requested everyone to write his name instead on the ballot. Girls and Mii-chan reacted. Horikita was upset. Yamauchi supports Hirata's decision.. 50% thinks Yamauchi probably contacted Hirata yesterday and begged him that he did not want to leave, it might also be one of the reasons why Hirata established his willingness to leave.
Then, after a long silence, Chabashira arrives in the classroom. "I'll start the voting, students whose name I'll call need to go to the voting room ". It seems that students are not going to vote all at once in the classroom.


Part 1

Class - A. On Saturday, the results were announced, everyone calmly waited for that moment. Mashima Sensei enters the classroom.
"From now on, we will announce the results of the additional special tests, those that obtained the most votes from praise first ...

"Sakayanagi, you are the winner with 36 votes."

"I did not even think they would choose me, thank you.", Sakayanagi replied. Next, Mashima will announce the who gathered the most critcisms who will then be asked to come with him to the staff-room. Everyone was silent.

"-36 votes" - "Totsuka Yahiko"

Shortly after the result was announced, Katsuragi raised his voice and stood up. It seems that Totsuka himself can not believe it, and look at Katsuragi's face. The result is a critical vote by overwhelming majority to Totsuka. Katsuragi got 30 critical votes. Mashima confirmed. Katsuragi confronted Arisu about the agreement that he will be the target. Sakayanagi explained that Katsuragi will be more useful for Class A than Totsuka. They confirmed they couldn't cover the 20mill points needed to reverse the expulsion. Totsuka lost his words, only he could only nod slowly... "I'll bring Totsuka to the staff room for the time being, I'll put the luggage right away". When Mashima left the classroom, Katsuragi moved quietly to Sakayanagi. Hashimoto and Kitou who got up in a hurry, to stop any act of violence in case. Arisu said it was pointless to hate her. Katsuragi accepts the fate.

Part 2

Yamauchi was too noisy in the class while waiting for the results, even Ike is annoyed. Koenji teased the Yamauchi's expulsion is being decided, Yamauchi laughs. Hirata interjects while almost all of the students' eyes pierce Yamauchi's back. Yamauchi assumes even if he got about 20-30 critical votes from the class, he's still safe. Koenji fishes for answers, and teased Yamauchi that at best he can get 4-5 praise votes. Yamauchi finally reveals that Arisu promised her praise votes from Class-A. Seems that Yamauchi understood that it is useless even if he hides it. Assuming 5+ class C votes and 20+ class A votes are received, even if Yamauchi's final score is really bad, it will be only be about -9 critical votes. Not enough to get expelled. Ayanokouji, Koenji, Sudo or Ike are listed next to be in danger. Koenji asks Yamauchi "If so, why do you need to worry so much?", Yamauchi trembled with a small movement and did not say anything. He turned out to be psychologically uncomfortable.
Koenji continues to attack - "If you make promises with the enemy, did you sign a contract?", "There's no problem with being a cheat, little girls are not so nice.", "Are you sure then? It's true that the negative votes I made don't matter?"
Yamauchi raised his voice (nervous) - "Yes, those don't matter!"

"Shut up Yamauchi." At that moment, Chabashira arrives at class C. Chabashira will announce the results... A student will leave this class soon.
Yamauchi telling himself that it's okay. Sudo and Ike are said to be candidates next in line. Hirata calmly waiting for the time. Koenji is the same as always. And Horikita keeps watching Ayanokouji.

"First of all, I will do it from the first three announcements of praise."

Third place is ─ Kushida Kikyo Kushida breathed a sigh of relief with a name called by the top team.
"Next ... ... second place, hmm ..." Chabashira stops reading a little slowly.
"Hirata Yousuke" - murmurs of surpise while Hirata closed his eyes and looked up to the sky... the absurdity he showed yesterday doesn't lead to negative votes.
"But, but, Hirata is number two ... Who is the first place?"

"─── The first place is ... ..."
Before reading the name, Chabashira smiled/laughed.

"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka"

"WHY?" - The first thing who reacted was Yamauchi.
Chabashira confirmed again that it was praise votes of 42 points. It would have been amazing for all classmates 42 votes will be beyond the reach of the class (39 votes at most can be gathered in the whole class not to mention the negative votes that could lower the score).

"What have you done ...?", "You said you have not done anything."  Horikita can not hide the surprise.

Chabashira continues

"And the first place in the criticism is a student who has -33 votes, unfortunately it's you,
Haruki Yamauchi"

It almost proved that the praise votes did not arrive from class A. The second place is the -21 votes for Sudo. The third place is Ike's -20 votes. 50% can see that his friends were not in a safe area either.

Final results:
Praise:
1 - Ayanokouji +42
2 - Hirata
3 - Kushida
Critical Votes
1 - Yamauchi -33
2 - Sudo -21
3 - Ike -20

Yamauchi lost it. "Yes, please listen to Sakayanagi, Sakayanagi! She promised to put a votes of praise for me!"
Chabashira: "Do you have anything that shows that clear promise?"
Yamauchi: "She promised! Karaoke! I heard it!"
Chabashira: "I want to believe, but that will not prove anything."
Koenji provoked Yamauchi "Until the end you look miserable and ugly... a bad product that cannot be saved"
Yamauchi attacks Koenji using a chair but Koenji easily dismissed the attack.

Chabashira: "That's enough!" She sensed the dangerous signs of Koenji and Chabashira stops him.
Upon hearing it, Koenji quickly released his hand from the chair.

"Enough is enough, Yamauchi, stop."
Some painful look from classmates. Something breaks in Yamauchi. He collapsed with the voice that can make you cry and scream at the same time.
"... He's leaving the room" Chabashira said again...

Part 3

Class C is missing a person, ever since Yamauchi got expelled Hirata has been half empty. Ayanokouji observes. For this class, what is Hirata thinking now?
It is something that only he knows, but I have no choice but to move forward. Students who have stopped observing the state of Hirata in that way, slowly began to return. Sudo and Ike also quietly leave the classroom. Before leaving the classroom, he stopped in front of Koenji, who was still in the classroom.
"Ayanokouji-Boy, I did not think you would act for the class. I'm cooperating with Horikita-Girl to avoid explusion."
Koenji continued to bother Yamauchi more than anyone, all the time, to get Yamauchi to focus on him.

When he left the classroom, Horikita immediately followed him and grabbed his arm.

"Ayanokouji-kun, you ... Since when and how much did you know?"
"I have not said it before, I have not participated in this special test literally."
"Well, I'm going home"
"Ayanokouji-kun !!"
Without answering, he goes home.
"You are not me ... I told your older brother about the relationship of Yamauchi-kun and Sakayanagi-san"

Thinking back, he's confident he's safe (about 90%) since there was a ceasefire with Sakayanagi, she wouldn't want him to be expelled at the moment and it's obvious that Sakayanagi wouldn't want to win this way. But there's still the problem of expulsion via Yamauchi's actions. To eliminate it, he has to do everything possible to invalidate the possible negative class votes. By painting Yamauchi as a villain he can lower the negative votes from his class. He uses Horikita as a means to bury Yamauchi while also getting sympathy votes and defense votes by letting the class know that harmless people are about to get expelled. He just doesn't expect to come out on top.

He came to look at the bulletin board on the first floor.
The results of this test and the other classes are described.

Class A: Yahiko Totsuka (-36)
Class B: None
Class C: Haruki Yamauchi (-33)
Class D: Manabe Shiho
Praise Votes Result:
Class A: Sakayanagi +36 votes
Class B: was Ichinose +98 votes
Class C: Ayanokouji +42 votes
Class D: Kaneda +27 votes

No change in class point for this test. "Yahiko? ... It was a lie that she said the name of Katsuragi after all" Kaneda occupying the 1st place is the smallest number, and Ichinose has 98 votes is a masterpiece. Since most of the class A put all the votes of praise in me, I can see how many students evaluated Ichinose.

While Ayanokouji is looking at the score board, along with Katsuragi, Ryuuen appeared almost at the same time.
"Not expelled, Katsuragi?"
"... sam here, I thought you were going to disappear."
"Kuku! Apparently to me, it seems that the god of death is on my side"
Ryuuen laughs looking at the result.
"Will you follow Sakayanagi until you graduate? It will be an interesting joke."
"............"
However, there was something on Katsuragi's face somewhere.
Katsuragi asks Ryuuen if he will challenge Sakayanagi, Ichinose and Horikita. Ryuuen said he's not interested.
"The contract with you and Class A is still alive, I will continue to live in a simple way, let me play for a while, but I thought that today I should give you
thanks. "

Katsuragi went ahead. Ayanokouji stayed with Ryuuen.

"Lend me a little dissorder"
"Since when have you become a good person? Ayanokouji"
Ayanokouji muse about the events that passed a few days ago...

Part 4

Ayanokouji was behind 2 other events. He met Hiyori in the library and that night they called Ichinose in his room. The doorbell rang in the room.
There are few friends who visit his room but usually they will tell in advance via email or message. He checks the intercom and let them in his room. Ishizaki and Ibuki of class D enters.
"Please, tell me how to prevent Ryuuen's expulsion"
"... what?"

Ibuki is not sure about coming and convinced that 50% will not cooperate, she's still distrusful on him. Both Ishizaki and Ibuki argue about Ryuuen. They argued if Ryuuen is still worth saving and if he's still necessary for Class D.

"If you make noise in a small room, it will also be heard in the next room!"" It seems that two people finally settled down after he said that. There's also the issue that Ibuki may be next in line if Ryuuen is saved.  "Ibuki, Albert, then Shiina, I think everyone, except the three, agrees to target Ryuuen". They will also need to decide who to target in place of Ryuuen.

No matter how many enemies there are, it is not bad that there are still comrades who adore Ryuuen. He may not admit it, but he has a good friends. In Ayanokouji's head, a route emerges.

Ishizaki is desperate: "If there is anything you can advise me ... ..."
Ayanokouji points out that points held by Ryuuen will be nullified if he did not transfer it before expulsion.
"Oh, what I'm looking for is not such a thing! It's a way to help Ryuuen-san!"
"Sorry, I can not save Ryuuen"
"Wow!" - Ishizaki looks at Ayanokouji seething.
"What you should do is collect Ryuuen points for the future of Class D".
By saying this he concluded the visit. But he was half convinced, Ibuki will surely pick up Ryuuen's private points.


Part 5

The night before the exam. At 10:00PM, Ayanokouji's cell phone rang. "It's me, I've collected all the private points of Ryuuen". Ayanokouji asks Ibuki to bring Ishizaki along and meet him in his room. They arrive after 10 minutes.
"How much does Ryuuen have?"
"A little over 5 million"
"It's enough, because we had to prepare for this if it was not enough."
"With this you, are you going to do something?"
"There's only one thing to do with the private points, I'll save Ryuuen with that money"
"Wait a minute, don't you need 20 million points in the case?"
"Who will be the target in place of Ryuuen? ... ..."
Ishizaki can not decide who to target.
"If you can not decide, I can decide for you...""
"Wait a minute, let me think a little ..."
"There is no time".
No wonder Ibuki is irritated.
However, there are circumstances here too.
"I want you to decide who you want to target to save Ryuuen"
"Nishino or Manabe ......"
Both are familiar to Ayanokouji. Regarding Manabe, she is a student that he's thinking to target if Ishizaki cannot decide.
"I want to target Manabe, personal likes and dislikes, just that"
Ibuki's eyes seemed lost. I understood it soon.
"If there are no objections to Ishizaki, Manabe will be target, but there are still no guarantees, but there is not much time left. "
Ibuki: "...... Well, I can get expelled"
Ishizaki: "Oh, what do you mean, Ibuki?"
Ibuki: "Maybe Manabe write my name together with Ryuuen, inevitably I'll be in trouble"
Ishizaki: "Wait a second, really?"
Ibuki: "You know how bad Manabe is, right?"
Ishizaki who is not turning his head is upset.
Ayanokouji: "Girls should check with Hiyori"
Ibuki: "To Shiina?"
Ayanokouji: "It could be something useful this time, you can contact her to affect negative votes in Manabe to help Ryuuen"
Ibuki: "... I get it".
Ibuki nods and sends a message to Hiyori. Shiina is a pacifist student, but her intention to respect the classes was still strong.
Male and female votes should controlled as much as possible. Reduce the votes of praise for Manabe and increase the votes of criticism. Increase the number of compliments for Ibuki and reduce the number of criticisms. That will be the strategy..

"Well, tell me your strategy, how can I save Ryuuen with 5 million?"

50% picked up his cell phone and sent an email to a certain person. As soon as it was read, she said that she will go to his room. 2 hours to go before the time limit.
"I will receive a visit from a certain person, which is the trump card to prevent Ryuuen from expulsion."
"... ... the trump card?"
A few minutes later, the doorbell rings.

Part 6

The one that came to his room is Ichinose Honami.
Ishizaki and Ibuki are surprised to see her.
Ibuki looked at Ichinose and finally realized the answer.
"Consistent interests, that's why"
Ichinose: "What's going on?"
Ishizaki who still does not understand bows his head.
"Oh, that's right ... Ichinose is going to put together class B ...!"
It seems that understanding has finally reached Ishizaki.
"Please call everyone to put the 40 votes of praise in Ryuuen-kun, in exchange, Ibuki will fill the private points that you are missing"
It is a power game that can be only executed because of these two people.
"If you both cooperate, there will be no expulsions in class B, and Ryuuen will remain in class D."
Even if Ryuuen attracts as many critical votes as 39 votes at the most.
Ibuki and Ichinose make eye contact. There is no trust relationship built between the two, however, they look into each other's eyes, they can judge to some extent if they can trust.
Ichinose looks at Ayanokouji, he asks Ichinose for her decision. It is because she has the option to reject the proposals of the Ibuki and instead borrow points from Nagumo.
"My answer has been decided... if Ibuki-san and Ishizaki-kun are willing to cooperate"
"Really!?"
"You are an idiot Ichinose" - Ibuki
Ibuki sends a private point of a specific amount to Ichinose's cell phone.
"Please check"
"Yes"
Ichinose quickly checks her points balance and see if it reaches 20 million.
"Thank you, it arrived cleanly"
Shows her phone and show that it is exactly 20 million points.

"Negotiation finished, I will be the witness, the content of the conversation was also recorded"

"Ibuki provides around 4 million points, in exchange, Ichinose, 40 people will vote for Ryuuen"
This is a story between Ichinose and Ayanokouji, and between Ibuki and Ishizaki.