Aren't You Worried the School Won't Allow Personal Belongings? (Continued)

As for the latter...

This is the advantage I want to offer the Archangel.

I'm announcing this in advance: I will have the Archangel send out the most powerful gym graduate in the class, so that he can openly and swiftly seize the vast majority of strongholds as a leader.

If you can, try to stop him.

'Information that can be disclosed at this stage'

Katsuragi Kohei doesn't have a nickname. If you really have to call him Baldy, that's fine, because he really is bald.

I originally wanted to reveal the NPC's real name, but after thinking about it, I decided to postpone the reveal of my favorite NPC's real name a little while later. Consider it my personal whim.

That being said, there's really nothing about Katsuragi that's worth publicly revealing.

He is a high school student, but suffers from a rather rare condition called 'alopecia', so his shaved head was not voluntary. Please do not laugh at him.

But upon closer inspection, aside from being bald, this guy surprisingly fits the protagonist mold.

Both parents are deceased; she has a younger sister, who is a twin sister.

He served as Student Council in both elementary and junior high school, boasting an impressive resume.

If it weren't for this terrible Advanced Nurturing, she would truly be the epitome of a happy future.

Calm and cautious, a complete conservative, with no major flaws in ability, a perfect representative of Class A.

The only problem is that while his abilities are excellent, they are not outstanding, at least not comparable to those of a higher level of genius.

Therefore, his caution and conservatism were insufficient to defend the existing city; he could only retreat step by step.

In this respect, it's quite a pity.

It's fair to say that perhaps the only thing missing in his life is a cheat code.

But there's nothing we can do; he's bald and not a pretty girl.

In this Advanced Nurturing, men who aren't beautiful girls are all severely humiliated! (Not really)

"..."

Horikita Suzune remained silent, carefully reading through today's diary entry word by word.

Then, she finally understood something.

-- Class D is not expected by anyone.

Even with Horikita Suzune there.

Each of the other classes had its own tactics, and regardless of success or failure, the competition seemed quite fierce. Ryuen from Class C demonstrated his amazing courage and unique thinking, Katsuragi from Class B was praised as the perfect Class A, Ichinose, although criticized for doing something uninteresting, must have completed the Uninhabited Island Special Exam in a sufficiently positive manner.

The only class that was casually mentioned and ignored with a laugh was Class D.

... She could easily imagine what Class D would be like during the Uninhabited Island Exam.

That's right, Class D will never focus its energy on exams. For Class D, what matters more than competing with other classes is the 'internal strife' within the class.

The hardships of surviving on a desert island versus the future life with an extra 300 Class Points is clearly not a choice that can be easily weighed on a scale.

Different people have vastly different levels of tolerance for wilderness living, a conclusion she reached after watching a large number of wilderness survival videos during this period.

... Perhaps in the end, I might really have no choice but to spend a lot of points to improve the conditions.

After all, she could only carry a little over 10,000 yen worth of supplies, which wasn't enough to take care of the entire class.

As for persuading others to prepare survival supplies together...

That's enough. Haven't you learned from past mistakes?

Rather than having her try to persuade the students in Class D, it would be better to just kill her.

"Phew..." So, Horikita Suzune let out a long breath, and before picking up her pen to write today's notes, she first looked up at Kushida Kikyo in front of her.

She wanted to hear what Kushida Kikyo had to say.

Although the notebook itself was started because of Kushida Kikyo, its purpose wasn't to be given to her to read. With her right in front of her and reading it together, she shouldn't need to take any more notes.

But perhaps because this has gradually become a habit, and writing down her thoughts helps her better reflect on the past and how she felt when she read her diary at that time, Horikita Suzune has no intention of giving up recording.

However, before putting pen to paper, listening to Ms. Kushida's opinion would obviously be more helpful for the thinking process.

... Come to think of it, it seems like it's been a long time since she's heard Kushida Kikyo offer any opinions on the Diary.

They had seemed to share a similar sense of camaraderie with me before.

But now... it's as if he's come out of it.

I'm quite envious.

"Have you finished watching?" Horikita Suzune's voice came the moment Kushida Kikyo looked up.

Closing the Diary and tossing it aside, Kushida Kikyo nodded slightly.

"Um."

She finished reading it.

Today's diary entries are numerous and contain a lot of information.

But to be honest, the only thing that caught her attention for a long time, and that made her finish reading the diary a little later than Horikita Suzune, instead of just glancing at it, was a single sentence.

'I will have the Archangel send the strongest gym graduate in the class.'

Who?

Subconsciously, Kushida Kikyo's gaze paused at that moment.

Then, the thinking process naturally began.

The only student in Class Ichinose who could be called a sports student was Shibata Hayate from the Soccer Club.

Logically, the thought process should stop here.

But for no apparent reason, she sensed something unusual during this subconscious thought.

Who says graduates of gyms are all just athletes?

Why is Shibata Hayate considered the 'strongest'?

The answer born from the question is another person's name.

Asakusa Toru.

She had only recently truly experienced the sheer power of his monstrous, seemingly endless stamina—the power she could only acknowledge in him. He was the only one she could truly comprehend.

After a moment of silence, facing Horikita Suzune's hopeful gaze, Kushida Kikyo said softly, "How about we vote?"

"Just like he said before, we need to find a way to step forward and get in touch with the leaders of the other classes, sign a peace treaty, and securely divide up the points we can get for capturing strongholds."

"That way it will look more presentable."

Yes, just respectable.

"... That's not what I wanted to ask." Horikita Suzune pursed her lips and revealed her thoughts. "I was wondering if we could... perhaps, borrow Ryuen's plan a little?"

This is what Horikita Suzune really wanted to ask.

Although it was a plan clearly written in Diary, and although it seemed like a plan that didn't quite succeed.

But it's also the only plan in the Diary that's described as 'presentable'.

So, after thinking about it for a long time, Horikita Suzune came to this answer.

--How about we copy it over?

Anyway, even if I don't copy it myself, Ryuen will use it, right? Even if I don't copy it myself, Sakayanagi Arisu will, right?

Borrowing the wisdom of others is not something that is unacceptable.

Ryuen's plan can actually resolve the biggest conflict in Class D.

This refers to the expectation of future visible benefits and the resistance to current suffering.

Isn't it exactly what Class D needs most: to gain benefits and satisfy their needs without suffering?

They don't really care about Class Points anyway; in fact, what they really want is for the Class Points to never exceed 300.

The only problem is that it borrowed someone else's plan and plagiarized their work.

Can this achievement still be considered his own?

"... No, forget I said anything." Having realized this, Horikita Suzune suddenly denied what she had said.

She needed to produce something that would make her brother proud, or at least demonstrate her abilities in the Special Exam.

However, it cannot be obtained by copying someone else's plan.

"That's enough for today." So, she took a deep breath and stood up. "Would you like me to take you home?"

Horikita Suzune intends to think independently.

"No need." Kushida Kikyo shook her head and walked back to the door.

Before leaving, she paused, then turned back and offered her a word of advice. "You should really think about what you really want to do."

"You're... contradicting yourself now."

As a friend, she would still offer this level of reminder.

I don't mind the trouble.

"..."

"Click." The door closed, and he was alone in the room again.

Horikita Suzune fell silent.

Am I contradicting myself?

Perhaps.

But that's not important.

The important thing now is to buy everything you need for tomorrow before the stores close.

That was precisely why she borrowed the money.

I'll add the notes later.

Picking up her bag, Horikita Suzune left the dormitory.

First-Year Class C.

"Hey, Shiina."

The commotion gradually subsided, the moving activity slowed down slightly, and Ryuen Kakeru raised his head and called over the class's strategist.

"That's about it. Come over and help me check if anything is missing."

The boxes that Yamada Albert, Ishizaki Daichi, and the others were painstakingly moving and arranging contained various supplies for surviving on a deserted island.

That's right, Ryuen Kakeru also prepared supplies.

What made Ms. Shiina Hiyori sigh was that he had spent tens of thousands of yen to bring over these boxes of supplies.

"... Aren't you worried that the school won't allow you to bring personal belongings?" Shiina Hiyori sighed softly and asked.

It was also her fault; after all, she couldn't just openly tell Ryuen Kakeru the rules of the Special Exam, so she still wanted to keep it a secret for the time being.

By referencing the actions of other classes and the 'island vacation' talk made by the class teacher before the previous exam Special Exam Ryuen was reminded that this was already the limit of what she could do, as it would be too arrogant to announce the rules.

... unless someone else does it first.

Shiina Hiyori had been waiting for Sakayanagi Arisu to reveal the exam rules so that she could elaborate on the original text and add other information disclosed in the Diary.

But for some reason, Sakayanagi Arisu, who usually loves to jump around, was well-behaved this time.

So she could only watch helplessly as Ryuen Kakeru bought those boxes of supplies.

Fortunately, there weren't many items, and Ryuen Kakeru had considered the situation she mentioned.

"As long as we don't get caught, it'll be fine." Ryuen Kakeru sneered and said, "As long as the school doesn't conduct body searches, I can always find a way to get people to smuggle things onto the island. Being able to gain an advantage in the exams is a worthwhile trade."

"If it's allowed to be brought in, wouldn't it be a waste of Sakagami's hint if we didn't make adequate preparations?"