We'd been set up.
"Was it that shop-opening agreement?"
A Class B student asked cautiously.
This was Chihiro Shiroha.
She had not participated, but her friend had.
She had thought Ryuuen was terrifying before, but now... he somehow seemed inspiring.
"That's the one. Thirty-six people in my class joined. It wouldn't matter if we had plenty of points, but..."
"The class evaluation points will change."
"So I terminated my agreement with Houtarou Oreki."
"Otherwise, no one in my class would have had any points to live on this month," Kakeru Ryuuen said.
"My goal is Class A, after all. I can't keep transferring points to students from other classes. That would be like funding the enemy."
"So it was better to take a small loss and cut off the arm to save the body."
Oh.
Thus, the little angels of Class B, who had just found him inspiring, began looking at Ryuuen warily.
"Ryuuen, don't come to our class trying to persuade us."
Ryuji Kanzaki glanced at Ichinose. She seemed to be considering Ryuuen's purpose in saying all this.
But he was more aggressive, so he spoke directly. "What are you here for?"
"Simple," Ryuuen said. "To make a deal with you."
"My class will provide the supplies for this exam."
"Then your class will pay us living expenses until graduation."
"And your class can keep its own 300 base points. That's a pretty good deal, isn't it?" Ryuuen said temptingly. "As long as you're living on the Deserted Island, and as an entire class, you'll definitely need to exchange points for supplies."
"So you can save those 300 base points."
"That doesn't make sense." Honami Ichinose immediately rejected it. "The base points aren't settled until the exam ends."
"And points may be deducted along the way, such as when