Chapter 103 - Strategy Meeting (2)

The point system wasn't very complicated. However, the currency used was strange.

"One round of run is one point?" Danny mused. The point system allowed those with bets to trade the runs with another team if they require a study favour.

"Study favour bartering is allowed. Half points are not allowed. Bribes and favours are allowed. Leaders get to decide which team member's run points should be removed in the event of a study favour request. If a team runs out of points to give away, they can gain immunity points to nullify the next run point they earn. Study favours upon failure are compulsory and cannot be bartered, bribed or traded for favours. Voluntary study favours are valid for an entire day. Compulsory study favours are valid for only an hour. Study favour and point scores must be tallied by every group secretary..."

Danny laughed. No wonder Lin Lin was making appointments. If every group had a secretary, Danny needed to find out who they were. He took out his phone and started texting the leaders. This would go into his next report to the principal.

Danny: Who are the secretaries of each team?

Jean: Alex for Team Dreamer

Jasper: Ria for team All or Nothing

Scarlet: Lin Lin for Team Scarlet

Rebecca: Camila for team Action First

Noting the names down, Danny clarified the mastermind behind the complex point system.

Rebecca: Actually, Jun Le didn't think that Dragon was going to make it that's why he decided to change that daring bet of hundred rounds to points so that he could get extra help when required.

Danny nodded. It wasn't a bad idea. In fact, thanks to the chess grandmaster and the brilliant strategy, the playing field was levelled.

Danny: Just make sure that the competition is still fair. I need to have proper records to determine the top and bottom group for the bet.

As expected, Jun le was the dark horse of the competition. Team Action First and Team Dreamer were naturally at a disadvantage when it came to academic matters. Thanks to the master of strategy, both teams now had a sliver of hope. On the other hand, creating a point system would only motivate the stronger teams to do better and get ahead of the game. Immunity was a rather powerful thing to gain after all. Nothing was said about immunity points. Perhaps it could be traded for favours at a later stage. Who knew?

Danny approved of the timetable and point system. As he drafted his second email report for the day to Philip, the counsellor couldn't help but be happy that the Special Class was getting along well with the E.C. Class.

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"Do you think Danny likes the idea?" Jean asked. The rest of the class were on bathroom break with only a few boys in the class. 

Jasper gave the girls a thumbs up. "He has nothing to lose. Besides, it got the class this fired up. Everyone is going to study until they puke blood at this rate. Nobody wants to take on Dragon's hundred rounds. Rebecca, do your best to dish out as many as you can in your Spartan remedial."

Scarlet grinned. Her team benefited the most from this proposal. They didn't have that many rounds to bet with but there would be a few regulars who would allow them to gain immunity. She had already discussed it over with her team. Everyone wanted to use immunity points to exchange it with run points for voluntary study favours. Both Si-Han and Tom wanted to crash with team Dreamer and bombard jean with foreign language classes. Jean was the only one who could practice Korean and Japanese with them after all. Jinru and Samuel wanted to spend the whole time in the computer lab with Elfie for the special mental gymnastic exercises and quiz drills.

Rebecca sighed. "I don't know about that... how many students do you think will be sent to the indoor sports hall by the end of the day?"

Jasper hummed. "In the beginning, you should expect about half of the E.C. Class but as we progress maybe by the end of it all you'll only be seeing three?"

Rebecca raised her brow. It wasn't difficult for the Special Class students to figure out the famous three idiots of the E.C. Class. Some envied Scarlet for being lucky enough to not have any of the three idiots. However, they also pitied her for having the Tactless King of the Special Class in Scarlet's team. It wasn't easy for a.d.u.l.ts to deal with Nathan and it would be even tougher for kids to handle the scientist.

The bathroom break was soon over, marked by the school bell. As the other students went for their break, the E.C. Class closed all their doors and windows, ready to start the class strategy plan. Jasper was giving the talk this time and all secretaries were required to pay close attention.

"Listen up! This is what we will be doing before lunch. Secretaries, please come forward to collect the general quiz for your group," Jasper instructed and four girls stood up.

Being a gentleman, Tom decided to help Lin Lin carry the thick stack. Each general quiz was sixty pages long and they had three hours before lunch.

"I want everyone to complete the general quiz. No blanks allowed. If you don't finish this, you're not allowed to eat. Special Class students are not allowed to help and cheating is not allowed. The general quiz is an assortment of questions pulled from the quiz drills so that we can understand your strengths and weaknesses better to create a lesson plan."

Although there were disgruntled sounds, nobody complained much. The secretaries distributed the general quiz and the boys separated their tables into recognisable test format rows even if they weren't neat.

Jasper started the timer and invigilated the test while studying for his own exams. The other students of the Special Class followed Jasper's example to study for their own tests or prepare study materials for the E.C. Class.

Danny walked in to hear complete silence in the E.C. Class for the first time and the serious mood made him feel as if he was intruding on something important. The counsellor took two pictures and quickly excused himself without anyone paying him much attention.

Nathan scribbled away to prepare notes while Elfie tapped away on his keyboard. Scarlet highlighted someone's borrowed textbook and circled some example questions for tryouts. Rebecca was researching workout routines on her phone and trying to incorporate them in Dragon's special training program while Alex worked on her art project.

In the harmonious silence and variety of activities happening in that one small classroom, the twenty-eight students shared the same focus, determined to succeed.