Ash is indeed distracted by the incoming information and the following questions that arose in his mind.

"But why would anybody build a school like that?" It sounded way too easy to get lost, and Ash didn't have a great track record of getting anywhere on schedule.

When Touma brings up the rivarly he looks a little confused, "That seems kinda silly." Just cause you're in a rivalry with somebody is no reason to treat them badly... then again most of his rivals tended to, Gary and Paul for sure.

Ash just nods at the classes, he's already seen his schedule, it looked like a wide variety. He's not sure if any of them would really catch his interest though.