If it were someone else, no one would believe the second option, but the problem was that the person who said it was Ichinose.
As the former leader of Class B, Ichinose's personality and behavior are well known to the entire grade. If it were her, it would not be surprising that she would do such a thing.
"Yes, the favored class is indeed in our C class. I knew this on the first day, so I asked, 'If we assume that no one is favored, do you think it is best to end this exam with the result?'"
Ichinose Honami spoke in a sincere and serious tone, scanning every face present one by one.
"But I know that even this way there is no way to guarantee that everyone will not betray, so I came up with the ultimate solution."
As she finished speaking, the girl pulled out a piece of printed paper that still had the residual warmth of her body from her pocket.
"Only those who sign this contract will be informed of the identity of the beneficiary."
Volume 124: Chapter : Stumbling Block Appears
"contract?"
After catching the key words, everyone in the room pricked up their ears.
This includes Class A, which has always claimed that it would never participate in cooperation.
After all, if a contract exists in the real world, as long as you have a strong enough legal department, you can always find loopholes in the numerous rules and regulations.
But it’s different in Gaoyu High School. Once a contract is signed, it’s like signing a life and death contract. The contents of the contract must be followed and it has almost supreme effect in this school.
For example, Wu Yi has already collected millions of personal points in Longyuan with just a contract.
There are no loopholes to exploit, and we won’t play any word games with you. It’s written in black and white, so you have to do what it says.
"Yes, it's the contract."
Ichinose said as he handed the printed paper with the contract to Manabe from Class D on the other side, indicating that they could pass it around one by one.
The pink-haired girl sighed softly.
"To be honest, I had already drafted this contract last night, but I still haven't made up my mind to use it. After all, if possible, I would rather use words and trust to solve the problem. However, it seems that this is the only way to ensure that there will be no 'traitors' in the team."
The contract was not long, with only less than five lines in total. After Class D finished reading it, it was soon Class B's turn.
Wu Yi took the contract from Manabe, while the two people from the village who were sitting on his left showed no interest at all. They just sat in their seats and watched.
From the moment they handed the phone to the former the night before, it was equivalent to handing the entire fate of Rabbit Group Class B into Wu Yi's hands.
"Well, let me see?"
Wu Yi glanced across the paper, and Karuizawa Kei on the right immediately came over to take a look.
The conditions are quite simple and crude. To put it simply, Class C of the Rabbit Group will openly announce the identities of the beneficiaries to all those who have signed this contract, and all those who have signed this contract must answer the questions within the time specified by the school after the exam. If anyone who has signed their name betrays and chooses to hand in the paper early, the school will voluntarily announce the identity of the Rabbit Group betrayer, and they will be required to compensate all members of the Rabbit Group with one million personal points each.
By the way, it is worth mentioning that in order to avoid private revenge after the exam, the school provides anonymous protection for betrayers in this preferential exam. This is equivalent to saying that when the exam is over, only the final result of each group will be announced, and it will not directly state who got how much benefit.
This contract is equivalent to directly breaking this layer of anonymity protection.
"Hey, that's good. You're really good."
Wu Yi was also a little surprised.
Although he knew from the beginning that the one favored by the Rabbit Group was Karuizawa Megumi, it was really beyond his expectation that Ichinose could do such a thing in a proper manner.
In particular, Ichinose's motive for doing this is very clear, which is to force the hidden favoritism to show up.
The principle is very simple. If the preferential treatment recipient hides his identity within the group, there are usually only two situations.
One is that only the favored person himself knows that he is the favored person, and even his classmates in the same group do not know it. In this case, the favored person obviously wants to conceal his identity and take the 500,000 personal points for himself.
The other scenario is that both the favored person and classmates in the same group know the identity of the favored person, and have already agreed to divide the 500,000 points equally once Result 2 is reached.
But no matter which one it is, when you see this contract, you will feel as if you are seeing an iron-clad guarantee.
After all, if it is the former, then he must have a strong desire for points. Since he can get one million, why must he only take 500,000?
As for the latter, if the five hundred thousand were divided equally among three or four people, each person would only be able to get about one hundred thousand points. But now, as long as they reveal their identities, everyone can get at least five hundred thousand points. Why not do it?
In short, all of Ichinose's actions are aimed at achieving a happy outcome for everyone.
To some extent, it really fits her personality.
But this method has a fatal flaw. If you want to encourage those who have been treated favorably to come forward and announce their identities, everyone must sign as a prerequisite.
In this case, Class A, which has always claimed that it will not cooperate, will become the biggest stumbling block.
But since Ichinose dared to propose this, I think he must be confident to some extent.
Thinking of this, Wu Yi waved the contract in his hand towards the three people in Class A.
"Would you like to take a look? It's quite honest~"
"……snort."
Machida was silent for a while, snorted lightly, raised the corner of his mouth and hooked his finger.
"Then I'll just take a look at it reluctantly."
"It's delicious."
Wu Yi said something that no one else could quite understand, and handed over the contract.
The next second, Sotomura and Yukimura, who were sitting on the other side of him, came over. The two people, who usually had completely different styles, acted unexpectedly in unison at this moment, covering their mouths and lowering their voices.
"How about that contract?"
"Can you sign it?"
"Well, of course."
Wu Yi nodded as if it was a matter of course.
"I've read it carefully. The various rules and regulations are quite thoughtful and safe. I can sign it when the time comes."
"Ha, that's good!"
Waimura patted his thick chest hard and exhaled a long breath. It was estimated that at this moment, 500,000 points were flying in front of his eyes.
Although Yukimura didn't act so exaggerated, he also looked relieved.
After all, there are plenty of points to be gained, who would choose not to take them?
"I'm done reading."
After a moment, Machida put down the contract in his hand and smiled shrewdly.
"Ichinose, you are indeed very calculating. The contract only states that you will announce the identity of the beneficiary, but it does not say that you will announce the correct identity of the beneficiary, right?"
"This……"
“It seems so.”
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion on the D class side.
Their brains are not as good as those of Class A, and they need some pointers before they can figure things out.
"I knew you would say that, Machida-san, but how can I prove it by text message?"
Ichinose Honami smiled slightly.
"The text messages sent by the school this time are read-only and are prohibited from being concealed or modified in any way. In other words, as long as the text messages are used to prove it, the information must be true."
"Hiss, that's true."
Morishige Takuro stroked his chin and thought for a while.
"I don't think this contract is completely unsignable."
"Morishige!" Machida raised his voice slightly.
"Don't forget Katsuragi-san's plan. I don't deny that you are a member of the Sakayanagi faction, but Katsuragi-san is in charge of this exam. What are you going to do if something goes wrong?!"
"Is this..."
Morishige Takuro was speechless for a moment.
The stumbling block finally popped out.
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In the original novel, Ichinose also thought of using this method to trick the real beneficiary into coming out. She did this by spending points to unbind the SIM cards, installing the SIM cards of other beneficiaries in the class into her own phone, and syncing the text messages.
However, no matter how I think about it, this operation has a loophole. At the end of the preferential recipient's text message, there is a sentence "Please go to room x at x o'clock to discuss with x."
Especially when the content of the text message cannot be changed, if you are a member of the Rabbit Group and send a preferential treatment text message, the first part of the text message is normal, but the last sentence says that you should gather in the room of the Rat, Ox and Tiger Group. Isn't it exposed at a glance?
Forget it, since that old thief Yi Lisa wrote it this way, I’ll write it this way too and just pretend that I know nothing, aba aba aba.
Volume 125: Chapter : Interview with Class A
To be honest, Ichinose's contract is actually very sincere.
In particular, she also said that she would use text messages sent by the school to identify herself as a preferential treatment recipient.
After all, first of all, the school's text message is absolutely true, and secondly, the signed contract is absolutely not to be violated. Under this double insurance, no matter who it is, they will think that result one will eventually be achieved.
On one hand, there is no risk and you can make huge profits with zero investment. Just by signing, you can get 500,000 personal points.
On the one hand, he stubbornly refused to cooperate and spent four days in jail but got nothing in the end.
Faced with such differential treatment, anyone who can understand elementary school reading comprehension knows what to choose.
But Machida Koji was like a mentally retarded person who had eaten too much shit and damaged his brain. Faced with a contract that almost stuffed 500,000 personal points into his mouth, he still firmly refused to cooperate.
Even the reasons he gave made Ichinose and others feel extremely helpless.
After all the talk, there was only one thing left - Katsuragi-san was in charge of commanding this special exam, and they were only responsible for following the command. Katsuragi-san just asked them to do nothing, so no matter what, they would definitely not cooperate and sign.
Anyway, no matter how hard Ichinose and the others from Class C tried to persuade them, they were determined to achieve Result 2 even at the cost of their own lives.
In the end, even Manabe and the others from Class D couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but join in the persuasion.
"Machida-san, if you still have any concerns, you can just tell me. Wouldn't it be nice if we can all resolve them through a contract?" Saki Yamashita said sincerely.
"concern?"
Machida sneered.
"Of course it's not because of that. I've already said that I'm just following the plan. If we compare our Class A to an army, Katsuragi-san is the commander in this special exam. All of us are just following the commander's orders. If you understand this, don't waste your time trying."
It seems there is no way out for now...
Seeing that the other party had already said this, Ichinose realized that continuing to talk would only have more counterproductive effects. After giving the others a helpless look, he was the first to shut up.
As expected, the second round of discussions on the second day was also a failure.
As the announcement of the end of the discussion time was made, the three students from Class A stood up and left without saying a word, opened the door and left.
Ichinose Honami noticed this and also didn't say anything, but made a gesture for others to stay put. She waited until she was sure that Machida and the others had indeed left before she took out the contract again.
"Well...anyway, if you agree with my proposal, please sign your names on this contract first."
She took out a pen and paper and passed them to everyone.
Since no one was named, no one immediately reached out to take it.
After a while, Sotomura Hideo was the first to stand up.
"Hmm, then I'll be the first one to try it..."
"I don't need it."
Before he finished speaking, the voice of Ibuki Mio from Class D was heard.
She also remained silent and said nothing during the discussion just now, but at that time everyone's attention was focused on the three people in Class A, and no one noticed her, a little unknown person, until now.
"Ibuki, don't you want points?"
Manabe looked at the aho-haired girl with short blue hair in surprise.
To be honest, their relationship with Ibuki in class was not that good, and it could even be said that they were not on the same path. But with a huge amount of personal points of 500,000 in front of them, they were still acting like children. Wasn't it a bit too...
"It's not a question of whether you want it or not." Ibuki Mio glanced at her with a caring look for the mentally retarded.
"First of all, to achieve Result 1, everyone must sign, and it seems that the three people in Class A will never cooperate. In this case, even if all of us sign, the final result will still be Result 2. So what difference does it make if I sign alone or not?"
"This... seems to be true?" Manabe was stunned.
"I will discuss this with Katsuragi-san later..." Ichinose added hastily.
She didn't mention Machida anymore, but directly said Katsuragi's name.
