We pick back up with CotE on the way to a new special exam: a “mixed training camp” in the mountains, meant to inspire mental growth. Everyone is to be split along class year and gender lines, and the new groups will prepare for four distinct tests on the last day.
Groups that score high will earn both class and private points; but the leader and one person named by the leader of any group that scores below the borderline are both expelled. Hirata volunteers as central consultant for the boys; Suzune agrees to be the same for the girls, with Kushida as her sub-leader.
Like all previous exams, there’s opportunity for a shuffling of the Classes. Kiyotaka’s Class D is the new Class C, so it stands to reason if they comport themselves well in this exam they could challenge Class B. But due to the way the groups are formed, he knows he won’t be able to protect everyone in the class.
While the buses are unloaded of the students’ baggage, former student council president and Suzune’s brother Manabu is confronted by the current president, a supremely confident second-year Nagumo Miyabi, challenging him to a competition to see who can score more points. Manabu agrees, but only if he keeps third parties out of it.
Kiyotaka finds himself in a group with Yukimura, Koenji, two of Ryuuen’s former crew whom he beat the shit out of, and Hashimoto, Sakayanaki Arisu’s right-hand man. In this group full of “ruffians”, Kiyotaka notes that their inability to mesh or form tight bonds could bode poorly for their chances.
As for Suzune, she genuinely considers Kushida an untapped well of potential for Class C, and only asks that Kushida trust her. Unfortunately, Kushida has no intention of trusting her. She knows Suzune chose her so she could keep an eye on her, and is loath to cooperate beyond keeping up appearances.
Having floated over everyone from atop Class A all this time, it’s striking to see Sakayanaki Arisu get tripped by someone accidentally and fall to the ground. She shakes it off, as well as Kiyotaka’s offer to talk to the guy about it. She informs Kiyotaka that she’s suspending her campaign to crush him, instead focusing her eye on Class B and Ichinose Honami.
This should be interesting, as Kiyotaka and Honami have always been on cordial and even friendly terms; they even exchanged pleasantries during a meal (one of the few times boys and girls are allowed mix at the camp). Also intriguing is Arisu’s theory that all of Class B is using Honami’s personal account as a bank vault (hence the millions of points she has), and that everyone, even Honami, has a “dark side.”
Kiyotaka meets with Kei, who agrees to keep an eye on a list of individuals he gives her, through it might not be easy. Kiyotaka himself is then summoned to a secret meeting by Manabu, who is calling in his favor. He wants Kiyotaka to take out Nagumo Miyabi and install Suzune in his place.
He introduces him to the current vice president, Kiriyama Ikuto, who serves as Manabu’s mole. He serves willingly because like Manabu he values the traditions of the school above all else. They believe Nagumo wants to tear down the foundations of the school, leading to unprecedented expulsions.
While primarily setup, this CotE still establishes that patented CotE atmosphere, that makes an otherwise innocuous class field trip look and feel like a political summit with the very fate of the world at stake. As for whether newbies like Mei Yu Wang will play a key role, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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