170 Winning First Place in This Exam
Uninhabited island, seaside.
At this moment, students from every class began emerging from the forest and gathering on the beach where the cruise ship was docked.
Apart from the students, only the homeroom teachers of the four first-year classes were on the beach.
After leading their students out of the forest, they immediately gathered together.
As Class A's homeroom teacher, Majima Tomoya held a megaphone and addressed all the students on the beach.
"Points for the Special Exam are currently being calculated. All classes are to remain where they are."
After making that announcement, the homeroom teachers gathered beneath a tent serving as a rest area and began calculating each class's special points.
However, this could no longer draw the attention of the students present.
Because every student was staring in one direction with astonishment on their faces.
"W-why is he here?"
"Didn't he already withdraw?"
All the students fell into confusion.
Naturally, the Class D students were no exception.
Horikita Suzune in particular stared fixedly in that direction, biting her lip hard like someone who had realized she was about to fall into a trap.
Fang Li also raised his eyes and looked over there.
There, a single figure entered his view.
His tracksuit was covered in grime and mud.
His face was full of unkempt stubble.
He carried a travel bag in one hand.
Ryuen Kaito stood beneath everyone's gaze, utterly unconcerned with his appearance. He merely looked at the group of homeroom teachers tallying the points, a smile on his face.
It was the smile of someone who had confirmed that victory would be his.
Ryuen Kaito stood there with that smile.
Beside him, Ibuki Mio silently followed, leaving everyone in Class D unable to suppress their unease.
"Why is