The first day of the momentous Special Exam ended amid all manner of turmoil.
When dawn broke once more, steady breathing rose and fell throughout Class D's camp.
Fang Li opened his eyes from sleep.
What entered his sight was a canopy of lush leaves and branches.
Fang Li shifted his gaze and looked ahead.
There, Class D's camp lay in peaceful silence.
From the two tents set up around the campfire came the breathing of the girls.
Around the edge of the forest, the boys slept soundly in hammocks strung between the trees, all of them much the same.
Fang Li was not sleeping in a hammock. Instead, he rested in a tree, leaning against the trunk and sitting on a branch as though he were meditating with his eyes closed.
Looking at all his sleeping classmates, Fang Li murmured.
"Looks like the herbs worked perfectly."
Someone answered those words.
"After taking the herbs you prepared, everyone fell asleep right away last night. And thanks to the Insect Repellent you made, there weren't any mosquitoes or insects. For our first night living in the wild, it could only be called perfect."
The one who said this was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, sleeping in a hammock below Fang Li.
"No one can doubt the role you can play in this Special Exam anymore."
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka likewise looked over the tranquil camp, and beneath his emotionless tone was a faint trace of admiration.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka truly admired Fang Li.
Only someone who had experienced it firsthand could understand just how many benefits Fang Li's actions yesterday had brought to the class.
By taking one of the island's high points, Fang Li had allowed Class D to obtain a map of the forest with ease, discover the unnatural patches of cultivated land, and thereby