Recaps

Oreki turned down Shiina Hiyori’s invitation to team up for the Uninhabited Island exam, while she predicted the teachers would secure a remedial measure and another money-making exam might follow. The chapter left Sakayanagi meeting with her friend Honami Ichinose to discuss the special exam.

• Ishizaki and Albert visited Oreki and invited him to team up with their class, but Shiina Hiyori admitted she had let them approach without explaining the full exam rules.
• Oreki said he and Kōenji planned to go solo or form a team within their own class, refusing to join students from another class.
• Hiyori reasoned that the teachers would win students a starting pool of Points and that a cruise-ship exam might follow the island event, so teams did not need to be decided yet.
• Oreki sent Ishizaki and Albert away after considering Hiyori’s future, then wondered why Sakayanagi had not been in her room.
• Sakayanagi met Honami Ichinose for tea, intending to discuss the special exam and hoping their friendship would last beyond graduation.

Sakayanagi persuaded Ichinose to form an alliance between Class 2-A and Class 2-B for the special exam, despite reserving key advantages for Class A. Meanwhile, first-year representatives gathered for their first joint meeting, with Housen’s expulsion leaving Class 1-D represented only by Nanase.

• Sakayanagi offered Ichinose an alliance and argued that Class 2-B risked losing students if groups finished among the last five.
• Ichinose negotiated for Class 2-A to cover half the points needed if Class 2-B students faced expulsion, and Sakayanagi agreed.
• Ichinose questioned why Oreki was excluded from the alliance, and Sakayanagi explained that Oreki and Kōenji planned to compete alone.
• Sakayanagi threatened to ally with Ryuuen’s class if Ichinose refused, and Ichinose accepted the cooperation agreement.
• Yagami led the first-year representatives in a joint meeting, where Class 1-D was represented only by Nanase because Housen had been expelled.

At a meeting of first-year representatives, Kakeru Ryuuen demanded that Classes 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C give him 70% of their exam rewards in exchange for protection from expulsions. Sakurako Haru agreed on Class 1-B’s behalf only if it could keep fifteen million in value, citing its existing debt to Houtarou Oreki.

• Takuya Yagami proposed that the first-years unite because they could not afford the six-million-point penalty to prevent expulsions.
• Kakeru Ryuuen entered the meeting and claimed authority over Class 1-D after driving Kazuomi Housen out.
• Ryuuen presented a contract demanding 70% of Classes 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C’s rewards and promising that their students would not be expelled.
• Utsunomiya accused Ryuuen of trying to sow discord among the first-years, but Ryuuen threatened him and argued his deal was their safest option.
• Sakurako Haru offered to sign for Class 1-B if it could keep fifteen million in value, reminding Ryuuen that her class owed Houtarou Oreki thirty million points.

Ryuuen forced the first-years to sign a contract that protected their classmates from expulsion but left them with no gains. Afterward, Sakurako Haru, Utsunomiya, and Tsubasa Nanase recruited Ichika Amasawa to form a team for the Uninhabited Island exam and pursue Tsukishiro’s bounty.

• Ryuuen rejected the first-years’ attempts to delay their decision and made them sign his contract, then left after explaining the expulsion stakes they had avoided.
• Takuya Yagami accepted the deal as a way to protect his classmates, and the first-years left the room.
• Sakurako Haru, Utsunomiya, and Nanase stayed behind and invited Ichika Amasawa to join their team for the island exam.
• Amasawa questioned Nanase’s ties to Ryuuen and negotiated a five-million-point share if their team placed third.
• Amasawa swung at Nanase, who dodged, prompting Amasawa to remark that Nanase was not as harmless as she appeared.

Sakurako Haru and Utsunomiya weighed their uncertain alliance with Ichika Amasawa, while Oreki and Sakayanagi discovered their exam cards. Teacher Majima announced new card rules for the Uninhabited Island exam, leaving students able to trade cards and seek advantages or protection from penalties.

• Sakurako Haru told Utsunomiya that their verbal agreement with Ichika Amasawa was a test and that they would need time to learn whether she was an ally or an enemy.
• Oreki and Sakayanagi received the [Trial] and [Lead] cards, then found that students’ card information had been added to the OAA System.
• Teacher Majima explained eight Basic and Special Cards, their effects, and the rules for trading them within the same grade before the exam.
• Oreki considered how students could combine distinct cards and use cards such as Halving, Nullification, and Hitchhiker to reduce penalties or gain rewards.

Oreki proposed exploiting the Uninhabited Island exam’s item cards to earn about forty million Private Points, with Horikita and Kushida each promised a ten-percent share. The trio began planning to gather Hitchhiker Cards and combine them with Additional Cards to maximize rewards from a first-place group.

• Oreki met Horikita and Kushida at lunch and learned that Kushida had received a Nullification Card while Horikita had received an Insurance Card.
• Oreki explained that the new item cards reduced the exam’s risks but also created an opportunity to profit, estimating they could earn around forty million Private Points.
• Oreki promised Horikita and Kushida ten percent each of the proceeds, and Kushida agreed to hear the plan.
• Oreki proposed collecting Hitchhiker Cards and betting on groups likely to place near the top, since hitchhikers earned half of their chosen group’s Private Point rewards.
• Horikita calculated the potential payout for a first-place group, and Oreki explained that equipping every member with an Additional Card could double their rewards.

Oreki, Horikita, and Kushida planned to profit from the Uninhabited Island exam by gathering cards and betting on Kōenji, while Oreki considered how to deal with the White Room students. The chapter ended with Oreki approving Yagami’s request to meet Ayanokōji.

• Oreki explained that stacking Additional Cards with Hitchhiker Cards could double betting rewards, and told Kushida she could sell her Nullification Card.
• Oreki, Horikita, and Kushida divided up the work of recruiting a strong betting group and collecting cards, with Kōenji chosen as their likely first-place target.
• Kushida proposed obtaining cards from other grades, and Oreki suggested making a deal with the cash-strapped Nagumo and using Kushida’s connections with third-years.
• Kushida received a message from Yagami, who wanted her to introduce him to Ayanokōji.
• Oreki approved Yagami’s request, intending to use the meeting to address the White Room students.

Tsukishiro explained that he had stopped treating Ayanokouji’s expulsion as his true mission and was maintaining the appearance of pursuing it. He told Sumakiden that he had spent heavily to win support for the island exam, while doubting that Yagami would follow through.

• Tsukishiro recalled serving Mr. Ayanokouji and concluded that successfully expelling Kiyotaka Ayanokouji could bring Mr. Ayanokouji’s anger down on him.
• Tsukishiro decided to keep up the appearance of trying to expel Ayanokouji while protecting his own interests.
• Tsukishiro told Sumakiden that opposition from the Homeroom Teachers meant he might spend around twenty million yen to secure their support for the Uninhabited Island exam.
• Tsukishiro said he still distrusted Takuya Yagami’s promise to act against Ayanokouji.

Tsukishiro and Sumakiden prepared to intervene in the special exam, while Oreki and his allies began pursuing profits through the exam’s cards. Shiina proposed a card-buying and betting strategy, but the chapter ended with the question of whether Oreki or Kōenji would take first place.

• Tsukishiro explained that he wanted 20 million points ready for the special exam, and Sumakiden agreed that the adults would step in against Yagami.
• Kikyou Kushida quickly bought Additional Cards and a Hitchhiker Card, and the second-years acquired a third of the available cards by lunch.
• Kamuro told Sakayanagi that Kikyou was buying cards for Oreki, and Sakayanagi allowed her to continue because she considered Oreki’s earnings her own.
• Oreki met Shiina Hiyori in the library, where she proposed that Ryuuen gather Additional Cards and Hitchhiker Cards to earn points.
• Shiina explained that students could profit by betting on Oreki’s or Kōenji’s group, but she disliked gambling, leaving their choice unresolved.

Oreki negotiated with Shiina for Class C’s cards and a share of its exam rewards, then advised her to bet on Kōenji in the Uninhabited Island exam. He also confirmed that Shiina still wanted to become a National Library librarian, despite information suggesting her future would diverge from that dream.

• Oreki demanded half of Class C’s extra rewards and its Extra, Lead, Trial, and Hitchhiker Cards, and Shiina agreed.
• Oreki transferred ten million Private Points to Shiina and explained that Nagumo’s third-year backing did not make him the best betting choice.
• Oreki recommended betting on Kōenji, whose solo performance in the previous Uninhabited Island exam had left a strong impression on Shiina.
• Oreki asked whether Shiina’s dream had changed, and she said she still wanted to become a National Library librarian.
• Oreki recalled that Shiina’s future in the Precognitive Dream did not match her current ambitions.

Houtarou Oreki confronted Nagumo Miyabi after Shiina Hiyori left the library, and Nagumo challenged Oreki over his plan to buy third-year item cards. Their exchange ended with Oreki sizing Nagumo up as a potential source of money for the Deserted Island exam.

• Shiina Hiyori left the library to recruit Ryuuen into collecting item cards before a first-year rival could act.
• Oreki confronted Nagumo Miyabi, who had been listening to Oreki and Hiyori’s conversation, and accused him of wanting Shiina as a Student Council informant.
• Nagumo questioned Oreki’s friendship with Shiina because Sakayanagi Arisu had publicly announced that she was dating Oreki.
• Nagumo revealed that he had tracked Oreki and learned that Kikyou Kushida was buying third-year Hitchhiker and [Additional] Cards on Oreki’s behalf.
• Oreki learned that Nagumo had authorized four third-years to sell their cards for two million points, then implied that Nagumo was short on money and stared him down.

Houtarou Oreki pressured Nagumo into funding Class 1-D’s planned bottom-three finish and buying Kushida’s Nullification Card, then negotiated a wager on Rokosuke Kōenji. The chapter left Nagumo asking Kiriyama what he thought after secretly sharing the conversation with him.

• Oreki argued that Nagumo should help pay for Class 1-D to occupy the bottom three spots, and threatened to have first-years obstruct Class 3-A if he refused.
• Nagumo agreed to return two million points, pay for Kushida’s Nullification Card, and settle another four million after the exam, while proposing a joint betting plan.
• Nagumo offered to pay up to two million more in exchange for Oreki’s information, and Oreki named Rokosuke Kōenji as the student he would bet on.
• After Oreki left, Nagumo revealed that Kiriyama had heard their conversation through a call he had secretly opened.

Nagumo Miyabi paid Kiriyama to betray Class 3-B and offered Houtarou Oreki more Points to stay out of the third-years' exam. The Uninhabited Island Exam began with Arisu joining Oreki and the students gathering aboard the Hedgehog Cat to hear the rules.

• Nagumo warned Kiriyama that Class 3-B students were plotting against Class 3-A and promised him ten million Points to help undermine them.
• Nagumo and Kiriyama signed a ten-million-Point IOU, and Nagumo left an eleven-million-Point IOU for Oreki with Suzune to persuade him to stop interfering with the third-years.
• On May 20, the students boarded buses for the Hedgehog Cat, with Arisu participating in the exam and sitting beside Oreki so he could use Restoration to support her health.
• Katsuragi arranged for Shopping District informants to bring back contraceptives after learning the school's shops had stopped restocking them.
• Teacher Majima announced that the exam had 150 groups, with the bottom three groups paying class evaluation Points to the top three, and directed students to review the updated OAA System materials.

Teacher Majima explained the Uninhabited Island exam’s movement rules, tasks, group scoring, and safety measures, while Principal Tsukishiro outlined disembarkation routes and warned students against sexual misconduct. The students prepared to begin the exam, with Oreki noting the large-group option and Tsukishiro briefly directing his attention toward Oreki and Yanagi.

• Teacher Majima explained how designated-area arrivals, group rankings, and consecutive missed assignments affected students’ points.
• Teacher Majima described random tasks that could reward points and food, and explained that large groups could form from the fourth day by evenly dividing both groups’ scores.
• Teacher Majima distributed safety bracelets, and every student received 5,000 supply points for supplies.
• Principal Tsukishiro announced that first-year students would disembark first, followed by second- and third-year students, and that group routes would match.
• Principal Tsukishiro warned that sexual disputes could result in expulsion or police involvement, while Oreki noticed Tsukishiro looking toward him and Yanagi.

As the students prepared for the Uninhabited Island exam, Oreki relied on Class A to arrange his supplies and gave Kushida’s Nullification Card to Sakura so she could take a bottom-five slot. Oreki then approached Horikita and went to Class C to sell Ryuuen information, leaving Ryuuen wary of another costly deal.

• Principal Tsukishiro explained the exam’s rules, supply system, and penalties for prohibited actions.
• Sakayanagi redistributed Class A’s item cards, giving Oreki 7,500 supply points, while Katsuragi arranged his equipment and Kōenji declared he needed little.
• Kushida gave Sakura the Nullification Card so Sakura could participate solo and withdraw from a bottom-five position if needed.
• Oreki met Horikita and reminded her of his previous arrangement with Ryuuen, then proposed selling Ryuuen information about the exam.
• Ryuuen sent Hiyori to check on Oreki after Oreki asked whether he had plenty of points.

Oreki arranged a supply-trading scheme with Ryuuen and coordinated Hitchhike bets on Kōenji, while Ryuuen used his control of the first-years to direct their bets and protect students from expulsion. Nagumo diverged from Oreki’s instructions and told the third-years to bet on Oreki’s solo group, convinced Oreki’s advice about Kōenji was a deception.

• Oreki proposed that Ryuuen collect first-year supply points, buy supplies in bulk, and sell them on the island, in exchange for free supplies for Oreki and Student Council members.
• Principal Tsukishiro learned that students were stockpiling supplies, and the school announced how Hitchhiker Card holders would place bets before landing.
• Oreki, Horikita, and Kushida coordinated twenty students’ selections, and all twenty bet on Kōenji’s solo group.
• Ryuuen ordered first-years with Hitchhiker Cards to bet on Kōenji and assigned several students with Invalidate or Halve cards to finish near the bottom to manage the expulsion penalties.
• Nanase kept her supply points for GPS use while accepting basic supplies from Ryuuen’s base.
• Nagumo instructed the third-years to bet on Oreki’s solo group, reasoning that Oreki’s recommendation to bet on Kōenji was false information.

Nagumo and Kiriyama bet on Houtarou Oreki’s solo group, while many other students backed Kōenji, creating a huge potential loss for Tsukishiro. The Class A homeroom teachers restricted Tsukishiro’s movements to stop him interfering, leaving Sumakiden to act alone.

• Nagumo persuaded Kiriyama that Houtarou Oreki was the likeliest winner, and Kiriyama placed his bet on Oreki’s solo group.
• The Class A homeroom teachers asked to leave their assigned duties so they could keep watch on Tsukishiro and prevent him from interfering with the exam.
• The teachers told Tsukishiro that student bets could cost him 129,320,000 points, or nearly 150,000,000 points in total.
• Tsukishiro realized that 54 first- and second-year students had backed Kōenji’s solo group, while 18 third-year students had backed Houtarou Oreki’s.
• With his movements restricted, Tsukishiro told Sumakiden he would have to act on his own.

As the Uninhabited Island exam began, Oreki and Horikita discussed how to handle a crisis in Class 3-B after Ogiwara withdrew and devastated his class’s chances. Oreki argued that Kiriyama’s desperation pointed to another Class 3-B student who could turn things around, and Horikita began searching the student data for that person.

• Sumakiden decided he would deal with Kiyotaka Ayanokouji on the exam’s final day.
• Ryuuen directed Class 2-C and Class 1-D students to set up a supply tent beside the school’s station and sell supplies.
• Oreki and Horikita compared their departure points and discussed Horikita testing her limits on her own during the exam.
• Horikita identified Ogiwara as the Class 3-B student who had withdrawn, prompting his classmates to accuse him of betraying them.
• Horikita proposed using Reinforcement or paying Ogiwara to reverse his decision, but Oreki explained why both options might fail.
• Oreki suggested that a reluctant student in Class 3-B had driven Kiriyama to rely on Nagumo, and Horikita searched the class roster for that student.

Oreki watched Class 3-B lose hope of reaching Class A after Fuuka Kiryuin refused to help, while Kiriyama accepted Nagumo’s terms. Before the first-years departed for the island exam, Ibuki challenged Horikita, and Oreki gave her an unexplained boost through a handshake.

• Fuuka Kiryuin proposed winning first place to offset Ogiwara’s last-place penalty, but refused to make an effort for Class 3-B.
• Oreki explained that Class 3-B could not afford to buy a student’s cooperation, and Kiriyama acknowledged Nagumo’s offer of Points to help him reach Class A.
• Oreki advised Horikita to team up with Ibuki after the fourth-day task, but Ibuki arrived and challenged Horikita to a solo competition without understanding the scoring rules.
• Ibuki left for the boat at the F6 starting point, and Horikita said she did not want to compete with her.
• Oreki shook Horikita’s hand, and she suddenly felt unusually light and energetic.

Oreki joined Sakayanagi at the D6 supply base, where she planned to stay because of her poor health. He found Kamuro setting up a large tent for her and remarked that Kamuro was reliable, leaving Kamuro to continue the difficult work alone.

• Oreki rode from A6 and spoke with Matsushita, who questioned his closeness with Horikita and wondered how their relationship would develop.
• Oreki received a message over his walkie-talkie and went to D3, where Sakayanagi was waiting without Kamuro.
• Sakayanagi explained that she had assigned Kamuro to another task, and Oreki carried her to the D6 supply base.
• Oreki used Restoration on Sakayanagi and checked that her health was still good, though he believed she should avoid moving around freely.
• Oreki saw Kamuro struggling to set up a large tent for Sakayanagi and called her reliable, while Kamuro silently continued working.

Kamuro helped Oreki set up the tent while Sakayanagi organized Class A’s island-survey and support plan. After Sakayanagi reported that Kōenji was ignoring his assigned area, Oreki set off to get him moving, while Shiina questioned whether Oreki knew where to find him.

• Oreki drove the tent stakes into the ground with ease, and Kamuro caught himself staring at him while worrying that Sakayanagi might notice.
• Sakayanagi coordinated Class A’s terrain surveys, communications, and support teams from their base in area D6.
• Oreki told Sakayanagi he did not need to pursue first place, since Kōenji was the one expected to win the exam and secure the rewards tied to their bets.
• Sakayanagi reported that Kōenji had gone opposite the newly assigned area, so Oreki decided to intervene and make sure he earned points early.
• Oreki headed east instead of toward his own assigned area A8, while Shiina asked Sakayanagi whether sending him after Kōenji without giving him Kōenji’s location was wise.

Oreki met Fuuka Kiryuin while searching for Kōenji and persuaded her to investigate possible sabotage by the teachers. He found Kōenji at the Central Tower and challenged him to compete for first place through the evening of the sixth day.

• Hiyori asked Sakayanagi for Kōenji’s location and suggested offering stakes, but Sakayanagi said Oreki could find him without spending Points.
• Oreki encountered Fuuka Kiryuin in a tree and heard that she disliked Nagumo’s rule by intimidation and preferred being judged on her own.
• Oreki told Fuuka the Uninhabited Island exam might be sabotaged by teachers and asked her to protect it; she then left him to continue his search.
• Oreki reasoned that Kōenji would be watching the island from the Central Tower and found him at its summit.
• Oreki challenged Kōenji to a contest for first place lasting until eight o’clock on the evening of the sixth day.

Houtarou Oreki challenged Kōenji during the sports festival, then used Teleportation to reach a designated area first and claim its points. While waiting for Hoshinomiya Chie to scan him, he learned about her bitter past with Chabashira and her request that he warn her if Chabashira tried to recruit him.

• Oreki challenged Kōenji, who accepted by racing off toward the designated C5 area.
• Oreki photographed the A8 area, teleported there, and earned points as the first student to arrive alone.
• Hoshinomiya Chie delayed scanning Oreki and claimed that Ichinose had fallen in love and might like him.
• Oreki confronted Hoshinomiya about her hostility toward Chabashira, prompting her to reveal that Chabashira had ruined their former class's chance to compete for Class A.
• Hoshinomiya asked Oreki to notify her if Chabashira tried to buy him over, and Oreki pretended to be surprised.

Oreki considered Hoshinomiya Chie’s fixation on Chabashira, then earned points during the island exam while setting up Kōenji to believe they were competing. He returned to the D6 supply base and told Ryuuen he would rest while Kōenji continued pushing himself for six days.

• Hoshinomiya Chie explained that Chabashira could use family money to pull Oreki into Class D, and offered to report her if she tried.
• Oreki and Hoshinomiya scanned his score at the D8 checkpoint, where Nanase, Utsunomiya, and Sakurako Haru learned their group could not claim a bonus without all four members present.
• Oreki completed Basic Movement and ten tasks, deliberately losing one task to Kōenji, and earned 81 Points in total.
• Oreki returned to the lively D6 supply base, where Shiina Hiyori welcomed him and Ryuuen asked how he would ensure Kōenji took first place.
• Oreki told Ryuuen he would stop doing tasks and earn Basic Movement Points only once a day, leaving Kōenji to compete against him for six days.

Oreki helped Yanagi earn Basic Movement Points on the uninhabited island while avoiding too much contact with Sakayanagi, and their group spent the next few days comfortably. Meanwhile, Nagumo’s plan to profit from Oreki’s expected first-place finish began to look uncertain after Oreki’s behavior changed on the second morning.

• Kamuro reflected that she had already delivered Sakayanagi’s message to Oreki, though he had not come looking for her.
• Oreki carried Yanagi to a designated area so she could complete a Basic Movement and earn Points, then held her hand on the walk back.
• Oreki and his companions spent the second through fourth days on the island without much stress.
• Nagumo arranged the third-year teams to pursue his plan to earn about 20 million Private Points by relying on Oreki taking first place.
• Nagumo had six third-year students monitor Oreki, who scored 81 Points on the first day despite their attempts to block him.
• Nagumo noticed that events became strange on the morning of the second day.