Classroom Of The Eli Chapter 136 - 2: A Vast Array of Thoughts

Chapter 136: Chapter 2: A Vast Array of Thoughts

Breakfast ti. I made sure to avoid the buffet popular with the students and turned back towards the deck of the ship. On the deck there is a cafe called "Blue Ocean" where there are hardly any students. I chose to sit there in an empty table in the shade and called for the waitress. The current ti is 7:55 AM. One minute just before the designated eting ti the person I was waiting for appeared before

with an empty expression. "You're here early". It was my fellow classmate from Class D Horikita Suzune. She sits next to

and one of the few people I could call a friend in this school. And she also happens to be a very problematic existence who knows a little about my true capabilities. She sat down in the seat in front of . "I was waiting for an hour" I complain to her. Of course I was only trying to tease her a bit. "I don't care since I arrived by the designated ti, even if you waited 10 hours in advance for

I couldn't care less". Ok. I suppose I can't tease her like this, it'll only end up hurting . "...you don't want to order anything?" I ask. "No. There's no need for that. Let's continue our chat from yesterday". Horikita, who does not like idle chitchat, wanted to go down to business and seed to want to report her situation from yesterday to . The only thing she told

beforehand was the location of this eting.

"So? Did the students called by the school form a group?" I ask her. "Yes. Just as you said, 12 groups with 4 possible outcos and the "target" being announced to us today by mail at 8:00 in the morning. If there are any small differences, I suppose you could chalk it up to the difference in teachers" she told . "Who are your group mbers and how many are there?" I quickly ask her. I knew so of the students from yesterday but I didn't bother telling her that. "It was quite amazing actually, almost as if it was on purpose and not just coincidence" Horikita tells . After telling

that, Horikita hands

a slip of paper. It seems she morized the nas of her group mbers and wrote it on a separate piece of paper to show . The na of her group is (Dragon) and below were the nas of her group mbers.

Class A: Katsuragi Kohei, Nishikawa Ryouko, Shita Shinji, Koharu Yano

Class B: Ando Sayo, Kanzaki Ryuuji, Tsukabe Hitomi

Class C: Oda Takumi, Suzuki Hidetoshi, Sonoda Masashi, Ryuuen Kakeru

Class D: Kushida Kikyou, Hirata Yousuke, Horikita Suzune

First of all, it seems Hirata and Kushida were the ones chosen from Class D for this group. Two honors students to represent our class. Leaving aside the usually solitary Horikita, putting these two together on the sa team would most likely form the strongest combination that Class D currently has to offer. I had expected another person to be in their group like it was with mine but seed to not be the case. Kouenji has an overwhelming power but even if he were to be added to the group, I doubt he would be useful. Honestly I'm not sure what group he was put into or whether he even cared enough to go for the eting. "I see...looking back I suppose this combination was inevitable" I muttered. Even if I list the nas I currently know it'd be Katsuragi from Class A, Kanzaki from Class B and Ryuuen from Class C. These are big nas representing their classes. It's almost like a dream team in soccer terms.

"But there's also sothing unnatural here". If the intention is to gather the big nas in one group, I felt it was unnatural that Ichinose was in our (Rabbit) group and not in the (Dragon) group. "You're worried about Ichinose-san in your group, right? Right now, only her class knows just how excellent she truly is. It's not always that the face of the class is the leader" Horikita tells . "Are you referring to yourself?" I ask her. But I do feel Horikita has a point. We still don't know what Ichinose is truly capable of yet. It may also be that her academic ability is surprisingly low. "From this I can sowhat understand how they've divided us up into 12 groups. Ayanokouji-kun and Karuizawa-san are very similar right? In terms of grades. Perhaps they are grouping us in terms of our current points. But the only flaw in this theory is that Yukimura-kun is also in the top grades and the sa goes for Kouenji-kun..." Horikita trailed off. It seems Horikita was trying to co up with a hypothesis for the grouping by going over our mid-sester and final exam results to find a reason for the specific division of students.

"But you do have a point,

and Sotomura have similar grades as well...then there's you and Hirata". On the other hand, if we were grouped purely based on our grades Kouenji should be at the very top. Naturally, I have no doubt grades are taken into consideration, although there must be so unknown factor playing a part in the grouping as well. If possible, I would like to see the other group lists to ascertain this for myself. "In any case this is a problem, to effectively lead this group and clear the exam". Of course it was inevitable the mont all these people with excellent abilities gather in one group. And then there's the fact that Horikita's compatibility with Ryuuen is like fire and water. Horikita probably won't accept it even if I tell her this so I chose to keep quiet. However, on the contrary, I do believe Horikita will be able to work efficiently with a straightforward type of person like Katsuragi. Their way of thinking, down to the smarter person takes all, ans their compatibility is high after all.

"It's about ti, I wonder if the mail really will co". Once the clock hit 8:00 AM both our phones vibrated at once without even being a second apart. Imdiately we both confirm the arrival of the mail. The mont I finished reading the contents of my mail, Horikita pushed her phone and the mail displayed on it towards

and I do the sa to check the details of the mail while comparing it to the other's. It said the following:

After a period of thorough consideration, you have not been chosen as the "target". Please act together as one and challenge the exam in that manner. The exam itself shall begin from 1:00 PM today onwards. The exam will be held for three days from this point onwards. If you belong to the (Dragon) group please co up to the room marked as such on the second floor imdiately.

The mail sent to

and Horikita were 'almost the sa'. Except for the difference in the nas of the groups the other words in the mail all line up perfectly. "I suppose if we were chosen as the "target" the mail would be slightly different informing us of this fact". "It seems neither of us have been chosen as the "target" for our groups. I don't know whether to be overjoyed at this or sad".

"If you're the "target