Chapter 441

Then there are more detailed rules attached.

For example, Sakayanagi-san from Class A is good at chess.

Chess (1 player) playing time limit is 1 hour (overtime will result in loss) rules·based on standard chess rules.

Command Tower: Instructions can be given after the team members have made 20 moves. The time limit is 30 minutes.

Then there is abacus.

Abacus mental arithmetic (2 people) time 30 minutes. Rules: A number appears on the screen every 0.0 seconds. Add them all up or mix addition and subtraction. There are 15 questions. The class with the first place wins in a competition of accuracy and speed.

The Commander Tower has one opportunity to change the answer to any question.

The third item is English. However, the English test in Class A is not a cloze test but a test based on the scope of the first grade. It is a complete paper.

This instantly increases the difficulty.

The exam time is only 30 minutes, which can be said to be a bit stressful.

Just looking at the rules of the exam is a headache.

However, the projects offered by Class D also overlap with those of Class A.

Among them, Class D also has English cloze, but Class D is simpler, just cloze. There is probably someone who is very good at this project.

And chess——

Stopping at the bulletin board, Sakayanagi Yusu said to Oreki-san, "I didn't expect that Class D would also choose chess."

"Can this be considered to be a telepathic connection?" She said with a smile. "I didn't expect that Class D would also have masters of chess."

She is indeed cute.

But there is no such master in Class D.

Rather, what is chess to them? Is it similar to chess or something like that?

I know nothing about it.

Therefore, this is not a coincidence, but he specifically asked Horikita to write it down.

Moreover, Horikita Suzune has been selected as the chess player of Class D.

There is only one reason.

Sakayanagi chose to fight Class D, perhaps because he was jealous, or perhaps because he hoped to make the students in Class A not too proud.

Regardless of whether it's a business matter or a private matter, Oreki-san doesn't want to see a fight between the two sides.

Sakayanagi likes chess very much, and chess is probably one of the final exam items.

so.

Oreki did this because he hoped that she could understand what kind of person Horikita-san was through chess.

There is no need to start a fight.

Thinking about this, Oreki-san said.

"Actually, Horikita-san has decided to participate in the chess event on his own," Oreki said. "She will learn chess from scratch. Then she will face this exam head-on."

If Class D’s chess program is also selected, then Class A’s chess program will also be selected.

Then among the final 5+5 selections of 7 competitions, there is a high probability that chess can be selected.

"Really?" Sakayanagi said. "Then we can only let Kamuro-san be our class's chess player."

"Although I think Oreki-san is more suitable, since Oreki-san is not a newbie, it seems rude to Horikita-san." Sakayanagi let out a cute laugh.

"..." Oreki.

He felt that he still underestimated the thickness of Sakayanagi-san's face.

Because when the other party taught him to practice chess, apart from touching his hands, he didn't really learn much.

So he is actually a newcomer here.

…

Therefore, Kamuro-san didn't know that he was suddenly assigned a troublesome test item, and he had to practice chess starting from today.

Oreki-san, on the other hand, headed to the library.

Sakayanagi usually doesn't play chess with him for the sake of playing chess, but the chess test will be broadcast live.

If the rain is too bad... you won't be able to see anyone.

So I have to take advantage of the two weeks left to catch up and put it on the shelves.

And then it became like this.

"Beep!"

"student card!"

"[Introduction to chess] [Special techniques of chess] [Chess that even novices can understand]"

Oreki-san borrowed five or six books.

"It's really an incredible amount." And here in the library, a silver-haired girl who took a permanent seat looked over in surprise.

As long as it's time to rest, you can basically find her here on the first floor.

And she just saw Oreki-san searching for several books and then moving them all over.

"So Oreki-san's class has decided to treat chess as a formal exam?" Hiyori Shiina said.

During the day, she also went to the bulletin board and saw the 10 test items submitted by Class A and Class D respectively.

Two of the classes have a chess program.

"Probably." Oreki-san said. "There is a huge gap in strength between Class A and Class D, so this is the only one that interests Sakayanagi."

"This time she became the commander, so I deceived her, so I took care of her mood a little bit," Oreki said.

"Oh." Hiyori nodded lightly. "Then will Oreki-san come on stage?"

"Probably not," Oreki said. "This is a book for Suzune Horikita. Horikita will become a chess player in Class D."

"Sakayanagi seems to be hostile to Horikita-san this time," Oreki said. "I hope they can reconcile through a game of chess."

oh.

That's it.

Hiyori nodded slightly.

It is said that little Princess Sakayanagi will be jealous.

I thought she was that kind of super generous person, because some photos of Oreki-san were circulated from Kushida and Sakura-san, and Sakayanagi-san seemed to have participated in the purchase.

But this channel has never been shut down.

As a result, he actually became jealous of an honest person like Horikita Suzune.

A little surprised.

After all, no matter what, Sakayanagi-san can win.

Oh no.

Could it be that Oreki-san actually prefers Horikita Suzune's side?

…

Actually no.

Oreki-san just helped the weaker side.

He has always chosen the middle ground.

in this way.

In the evening, Horikita Suzune was called out and asked to completely master the rules of chess in a short period of time, and Oreki would give her chess guidance starting the day after tomorrow.

And that’s what Oreki-san said.

"The only sure-win events in your class are Sudou and Kogenji's."

"So the guarantee is only 2 wins. And this is without me showing up."

"This exam will take 7 rounds."

"At the same time, every exam will be broadcast live. And this live broadcast can be seen by classmates in the class, and may also be seen by people who are not classmates in the class." Oreki said.

In other words, I don’t ask you to win, but don’t lose too badly, right?

Although she was sure that she was the loser from the beginning, she was still a little unconvinced.

"I accepted this challenge," Horikita Suzune said.

She believed that her academic and athletic abilities were not bad, but she stayed in this school for almost a year and was beaten many times, so she did not deliberately participate in academic or athletic programs.

She also knew that she could not win with her own strength.

Because they were facing Class A, they couldn't gain absolute crushing power.

But now, the only thing that can participate is chess, which the whole class can't do, and in fact, she can't do it either.

in this way.

The battle for the command tower exam between Class A and Class D was laid out.

but.

"Didi!"

Oreki-san received the message here.

But after just one glance, he put the phone down.

"Can I just ignore it?"

Horikita-san, on the other hand, has already been asked by Oreki to familiarize himself with the rules of chess, and is arranging the chess pieces and accepting his instruction.

Unlike Itayagi, Oreki-san doesn't touch other people's hands excessively, so he only guides Horikita in a regular manner.

Horikita is a newbie, and so is he.

But it does not prevent him from reading a lot of books, reading a lot, and memorizing a lot of chess records. As long as the number reaches a certain level, he can feel the feeling of "enlightenment."

This is a quick fix.

This is how Oreki-san hopes that Horikita-san will master it and then present it to Sakayanagi-san.

If Horikita is asked to learn chess, then she will learn chess, so there is no threat to such a well-behaved person.

"It was a classmate who reported that Yukimura from your class had a private date with Katsuragi," Oreki said. "Maybe I want to get the five items that Class A will actually take the exam from Katsuragi."

"Did Yukimura-san and the others do such a thing?" Horikita was stunned.

"Generally speaking, you can't survive in this school if you are too upright."

"But there are some things you'd better not touch." Oreki-san said.

There is another reason why Sakayanagi declared war on Class D so easily.

There are too many spies in Class D, so Horikita-san’s plans and even strategies may have been betrayed.

Therefore, Class D will definitely fail in this exam.

And this is probably why Ayanokouji-san said without hesitation that he would not be able to perform as a commander and would just wait to lose.

The enemies are all in the base camp, and this kind of battle cannot be fought at all.

And Katsuragi was invited out by Yukimura. Will Katsuragi-san be incited to rebel?

It's really not something to worry about.

…

No need to worry at all.