### D Class Catches Fire—A Deal Beneath the Cliff Face! ### As the sixth day of the deserted island exam neared noon, the sky remained thick with clouds.
After confirming that Horikita Suzune was asleep and settled in her tent, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka exchanged a few words with Hirata Yousuke and left D Class's Base Camp.
He still had one last thing to do.
Not long after Ayanokoji had left, a column of smoke suddenly rose from D Class's Base Camp.
A fire!
D Class fell into chaos.
The class leader, Hirata Yousuke, quickly led the boys and their firefighting equipment to the site of the blaze.
Ken Sudō beat at the flames with some clothes, while Kanji Ike and the others formed a line to pass water by hand.
After a tense effort, they finally put the fire out.
After all that commotion, it was hard to tell whether D Class would lose any points.
The deserted island exam rules clearly stated that polluting the island's environment would cost them 20 points.
That was why they had to spend points on a portable toilet. If more than thirty people relieved themselves wherever they pleased, their score would have been wiped out long ago.
After rushing around and getting everything settled, Hirata realized that more than an hour had passed.
In reviewing what had happened, he was surprised to learn that the fire had started right behind the Shower Machine.
It seemed that a malfunction in the disposable water heater they had bought for temporary use had caused the fire.
That was right—the bathing equipment Hirata had just bought that day so Horikita could take a hot shower and get rid of the damp.
In the end, Hirata attributed the accident to carelessness while installing the new machine.
Come to think