Recaps

Oreki maneuvered among the classes aboard the cruise ship, used his new abilities and contacts to prepare Class D for the deserted-island exam, and sold Ryuuen advance information. The students gathered on deck as the special exam began, with Oreki ready to act alongside Horikita and Kushida.

• Oreki promised Kushida he would keep her true nature secret, then began considering how to help Horikita control Class D.
• Oreki enlisted Kamuro’s help with Class A and learned that Sakayanagi could not participate in the coming exam.
• After the school announced a fourteen-day cruise, Oreki completed his physical modification and gained Clairvoyance and Restoration Ability.
• Oreki learned from Kamuro that Mr. Ayanokouji had left the Chairman’s Office with the Principal, then warned Sakayanagi about what he had seen.
• Oreki used his Restoration Ability to cure Horikita and chose a plan to direct the deserted-island exam’s reward to Class D while protecting Class A’s lead.
• Oreki recruited Kōenji with a two-million-Point offer, and Kōenji swam to the island and reported its artificial layout and Card Readers.
• Oreki sold Ryuuen information about the deserted-island exam for 100,000 Points, then transferred the money to Horikita and Kushida as the students assembled on deck.

Oreki maneuvered Class A through alliances and rival schemes while Kōenji’s early base claims reshaped the island exam. As Ryuuen’s hidden plan and the 41st Base came to light, Oreki left Kushida with a quiet place to vent and explored the cabin’s books.

• Teacher Majima announced the weeklong island exam, and Oreki negotiated with Class D for supplies and information while Kōenji volunteered to lead Class D.
• Kōenji used his advance knowledge of the island to occupy bases, while Oreki organized Class A around the five locations Class D had shared.
• Ryuuen sold Class C’s base points to Class B for supplies, then withdrew most of his class while secretly remaining on the island to identify rival leaders.
• Oreki suspected Ryuuen was still present and helped bring the battered Ibuki to Class B, where Ichinose agreed to shelter her and consider reporting Ryuuen’s assault.
• Oreki and Kamuro uncovered a walkie-talkie and camera where Ibuki had been found, while Ishizaki joined Class D as a spy and Kōenji displaced Class B from its camp base.
• Oreki found the hidden 41st Base beneath the Central Tower, and the teachers confirmed that its Card Reader awarded a special fifty-point bonus.
• Oreki took Kushida to the hidden base, where she admitted she wanted to release her anger, then returned to the cabin and picked up two books.

Oreki steered the island exam toward a strong result for Class D while limiting the damage to Ichinose’s class and maneuvering Ryuuen into a zero-point finish. Back aboard the cruise ship, he anticipated another exam, gathered information across classes, and entered the newly announced VIP exam in the Rabbit Group.

• Kushida told Oreki that Kōenji had seized Class B’s base, while Oreki’s agreement with Class A secured Class D’s monthly living expenses through graduation.
• Oreki restored Horikita’s health, helped Sakura with unwanted attention, and learned that Class B and Class D had been taken down during the island exam.
• At the results announcement, Class A scored 471 points, Class B 300, Class C zero, and Class D 650, moving Class D above Class C.
• Oreki comforted Ichinose and helped her avoid a harmful leader-change scheme, while Class A, Class B, and Class D all correctly identified Ryuuen as Class C’s leader.
• After returning to the cruise ship, Oreki received an enhanced Restoration Ability and restored Horikita’s health again when her illness returned.
• Oreki warned Ryuuen that another exam was coming and explained that the other classes were prepared to cooperate, then continued gathering support and information with Kamuro.
• The school announced a new special exam, and Oreki coordinated with Kushida, Kamuro, and Ichinose to collect the students’ room assignments.
• Oreki joined Takemoto and Machida in the Rabbit Group, where Teacher Majima explained the rules of the VIP exam.

Oreki maneuvered the classes toward Result 1 in the VIP exam while gathering information and keeping his forty-million-point plan on course. He also intervened in Karuizawa’s conflict with the Class C girls, then learned that Kushida had left after Horikita failed to answer him.

• Oreki outlined his Forty Million Plan to Horikita, recruited Katsuragi’s faction, and had Class A prepare to pursue Result 1.
• Horikita collected Class D’s phones, while Ryuuen exposed a Class A spy in Class C and investigated the exam’s rewards.
• Oreki secured the Class A VIP information, joined the Rabbit Group discussion, and persuaded its members to choose Result 1 despite Ichinose’s hidden knowledge.
• Oreki moved Class D’s phones and used a planted message to bait Ryuuen, while Sakayanagi analyzed the group rosters and deduced VIP identities.
• Oreki overheard the teachers discuss changes to the group assignments, then confirmed Sakayanagi’s deductions and sent Monkey Group VIP information to Ryuuen.
• Ibuki stopped Manabe and her friends from cornering Karuizawa, and Oreki reassured Karuizawa that he would protect her in exchange for her help.
• Oreki arranged for Horikita to defeat Manabe and three other Class C girls and use their photos as leverage, then learned Kushida had left the girls’ dorm.