How does this sound...?
This is my idea of the end-of-semester special exam before winter break. Because I'd mainly have the last third of year 3 dedicated to the White Room's direct approach and Kiyotaka's salvaution.
The exam is titled "The Cavalry Special Exam."
Current Class Standings:
Class 3-A (Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's class)
Class 3-B (Honami Ichinose's class)
Class 3-C (Kakeru Ryuen's class)
Class 3-D (Suzune Horikita's class)
(Previously in Fote: after year 3 vol 4 events, where Kiyo lost and his class went down to class D, he locked in fr fr, and he basically took class D to A during the last 3 months, and by definition, he was easily able to steal cpts fairly by winning per circumstances.)
Now it is Class A vs. D.
And Class B vs. C
So the rules of the special exam are as follows:
Each class will select 7 members; one will act as the main general and command 5 students who will be scattered across campus. They will be given tasks varying with context; sometimes direct challenges and orders from the general will be given as well. The 7th position will be of the hidden general, whose identity will be chosen to remain to be kept as a secret, only if their general wishes. Also, if one general reveals the identity of his hidden general, their class would lose 10 cpts. However, if they find the identity of the other hidden general, they will gain 300 cpts, and the opponent's hidden general will be expelled... however, there is no penalty if they reveal it on purpose; guessing the identity won't work; proof is required... the class whose members or hidden general survive till the end or who complete tasks first wins and will gain 150 cpts... Its duration would be one day, and the time limit of the exam would be 6 hours.
Main General: The Main General remains inside the designated Strategy Room. They cannot leave. Their role is to: monitor task progress Communicate with cavalry, distribute priorities, and predict enemy movements. Communication is only through school-issued encrypted devices.
Cavalry Members: Five members operate throughout campus.
Each receives random missions, confrontational events, cooperation tasks, and interception opportunities. Examples: Capture checkpoints and solve timed puzzles. Escort NPCs to secure information packets. Defend locations; failure reduces accumulated points.
Hidden General: This is the heart of the exam. Every class secretly appoints one Hidden General. The identity may remain completely unknown—even to most of their own class. The Hidden General: may freely move around campus, may advise cavalry, may gather intelligence, and may relay information indirectly. Unlike the Main General... they have no visible title. To everyone else... they are simply another student.
So here is the deal, in Horikita's class, Horikita herself serves as the main general, Sudo, Onodera, Akito, Ike i suppose (could be anyone lol), but the best best part, Kei becomes the hidden general, but she herself does not give Horikita info, she has developed coded ways to let other classmates mssg Horikita for example she explains a scenario where she can think why kiyotaka does something like this and brushes her hair out of her face, that's Kushida to mssg Horikita, need i add that the big ones, being Kushida, Hirata, Matsushida, etc are the ones who will mssg as per given types, when Hashimoto (Ayanokoji's class's hidden general) spies on Horikita class, he sees multiple students and can't quie place it, and even can't guess it who is the one...
For the sake of something, Hashimoto does say Kei's name as a guess, but Kiyotaka immediately counters with i need evidence, he stalls Hashimoto on multiple occasions to the point he tells the teachers, but the teachers say the general is the one who will make the shots, another small interesting detail that even he does figure out her being the hidden general, he won;t allow her to be expelled.
So after the exam, when he loses, he asks horikita that how she managed to counter all his strategies. She says she won't take credit, as it is not her doing but her hidden general's. This is where she will reveal the name of her hidden general...
so his walk alone, dual thoughts, dual narrations (logical vs subconscious)
Logical is like very cold, subconscious leaks of softness and protectiveness. Subconscious also reveals that if Hashimoto had gone against him, he could've just used his protection point to save her (he may have gained a new protection point by some prior special exam)
so he walks to class d outside, and from their open door he sees class d gathered round her, praising/buttering her, with her mostly denying such praises... they all stop when they see him, he sighs, closes his eyes, and he let out a smile, one that even reached his eyes, his gaze fixed on Kei, and we get his true monolouge, subconcious's awakening, where he says to himself that he is proud of kei, dropped all the rationales he had given her, parasite, pawn, textbook, he tells himself she had already defeated those rationales a long time ago, he just chose to accept it today, he even calls her presence truly indespensible, congratualated her in his monlouge by ending it with, "Well done.... Kei..."
So do let me know what you think. There is room for improvement, yes, but this is the general thoughts/ideas involved...