Starting in class C: not completely defective.

Arc 10 chapter 1: even selection exam explanation

"Also, you will need to fine-tune the rules to ensure there will be no draws. For example, Go ends in a draw if both sides have the same score at the end of the game. To avoid this outcome, you could specify that the white side gets an extra half point for going second, and thus wins," explained Sakagami. "You might think at first glance that there's no way a game like Shogi could end in a draw, but there are rare instances in which both kings enter their respective promotion zones at the same time. In such a case, the result would be a draw, and the winner could be decided based on the number of pieces each player has on the board. You will be asked to draw up detailed rules to determine who wins and loses in advance. If you submit an event without such rules in place, then it will not be accepted."

So, events where there would be a clear winner and loser, and nothing that was too obscure, huh? Even though you might say the students had countless choices at our disposal, this actually seemed to narrow down the events we could select.

"All right, then. Let's see if we can illustrate this with a real-life scenario. Something easy to understand. Ishizaki, what are you good at? It can be anything, so just come out and say it."

"Um...what am I good at...?" Said Ishizaki, thinking to himself.

It seemed nothing was coming immediately to his mind.

"Well, uh, I guess I can play Rock Paper Scissors?" He concluded, after giving it some thought.

His classmates couldn't hold back their laughter at such a ridiculous statement. However, Sakagami took his answer seriously, writing the words "rock paper scissors" on one of the white cards.

"Then let's say we choose Rock Paper Scissors as an event," he replied.

Ishizaki, who hadn't imagined he would take his response seriously, looked dumbfounded, along with the rest of our classmates.

"What about the rules?" Asked Sakagami.

"Um...first to three wins?" Replied Ishizaki.

Sakagami wrote Ishizaki's rule underneath the Rock Paper Scissors card.

"This event is known to many, and the rules are simple and clear. There's not a single reason why the school would let accept it," he replied.

"H-he accepted it."

Even though it was just an event that Ishizaki had randomly blurted out, from the school's point of view, it was perfectly acceptable.

"Now we just repeat this process nine more times, and we'll have our ten-event total," said Sakagami.

He picked up a piece of chalk and began writing on the blackboard.

"This is the exam schedule. This is also quite important. The exam will be divided into three major stages."

Special exam.
March 8th: special exam announcement date. Class match-ups decided on this day.

March 15th: confirmation of selection of ten events. The ten events chosen by the opposing class and their rules will be announced.

March 22nd: day of event selection exam.

"B-but sensei, if we're doing twenty events, won't that take a lot of time?"

"On the day of the event selection exam, each class will narrow their respective list of ten events down to five and submit those five as their main choices. So instead of twenty events, the choices will be narrowed down to ten," explained Sakagami.

After hearing that part, Ryuuen opened his mouth to speak.

"Which means that five of the ten events are bluffs...they're meant to mislead our opponents. Right?"