The sixth day of the Deserted Island Exam. Night.
The evening roll call at the meeting point had ended. There were only a little more than half a day left until the exam was over.
And there was even less than half a day left before they had to guess each class's leader.
Hirata once again invited the six people who had taken part in the previous discussion in Class D, and they gathered by the campfire to talk.
The atmosphere was oppressive. Hirata had just shared the details of his afternoon conversation with Katsuragi with the three girls who hadn't known about it.
Karuizawa Kei stared at him in disbelief. "Class A knows who our leader is too? Could they just be guessing? When you spoke with them this afternoon, Katsuragi didn't show you any evidence, did he?"
Kushida poked at the fire in front of them, her expression unusually cold. "No. There'd be no point in making things up at a time like that. What Katsuragi said was true. Class A has gotten hold of some kind of solid evidence."
Sakura agreed. "I think Kushida's right. Just as we managed to get evidence about Class A, maybe they have some way of doing the same..."
As soon as she said that, Sakura hurriedly fell silent.
She had a feeling the conversation would turn to Ibuki Mio, the girl from another class. That wouldn't do.
Mio had been quietly staying with Class D the whole time. Even now, she was here, keeping to herself.
She hadn't done anything strange, either, and all the girls in the class trusted her.
Sakura trusted her friends without question. Or rather, she believed Tennoji wouldn't make Mio do something like that... otherwise, wouldn't that be putting Mio in danger?
But in fact, Ibuki