Book 10: Chapter 6: “The Other Classes' Ideas”
From the very beginning, Class D’s stance on what to do hadn’t changed in the slightest.
Approximately ninety percent of the class reached the same conclusion when the supplemental exam was first announced.
And by Friday, the day before the vote, that conclusion still hadn’t changed.
The conclusion to expel Ryūen Kakeru.
The majority of the class had already made up their minds without any prior discussion or planning.
Ryūen had led the class like a dictator, ruling with an iron fist. However, nobody could say his actions had led the class to success, not even as flattery.
In fact, he was the reason their class had fallen from Class C, dropping them down into last place.
Moreover, many students had suffered from his rule of intimidation and violence. He took advantage of weak-minded students to create a situation where his demands wouldn’t be questioned. He was the root of all evil. Many of the students thought that they wouldn’t have fallen down to Class D if Ryūen hadn’t been around, even if they would’ve never been able to rise to Class B.
By the third day of the exam, a good portion of Class D had already reached an agreement. Namely, to make sure everyone casts one censure vote for Ryūen, and to spread out the two remaining votes amongst the rest of the class to avoid concentrating too many votes on another person. This way, they’d be able to ensure Ryūen’s expulsion.