The Brilliant Strategist Ryūen Shō, the Fleet-Footed Asakusa Tōru

The closest outpost with the shortest countdown.

This is it.

"Albert, come with me."

He took the Black man with him.

A little closer, a lookout tower by the sea.

Coincidentally, after a short rest, Asakusa Toru resumed his tour for the day.

The class's base has been moved to the cave, and roll call has been successfully conducted there again. A curtain made of absorbent cloth is used to block the view, and two students are assigned to guard it. If you feel it's not safe enough, you can dismantle some other facilities or tent frames to build a makeshift 'door' at the cave entrance.

A simple yet effective protection is thus achieved.

After all, 'vandalism' is the most serious prohibited activity.

If caught, not only will the class be forced to leave, but the person involved will also have all their Private Points deducted.

That's pretty scary.

To be honest, Asakusa Toru Tetsu thought that even if the Little Princess didn't retaliate by launching a sneak attack to seize the stronghold, she should at least send someone to scout it out.

Surprisingly, he waited for quite a while but there seemed to be no movement from Class B.

I have no idea what they're planning.

So after taking attendance, he slept for a few hours and set off again as the stronghold was about to refresh.

However, somewhat unsurprisingly, at a checkpoint on his Uninhabited Island tour route, he saw Ryuen Kakeru again, guarding the path he always took to check in.

"You really are persistent."

Even though the terminal screen at the outpost was located below the watchtower, for some reason, Ryuen Kakeru chose to wait on the tower.

Is it to make it easier to observe the surroundings?

But...

Honestly, if Ryuen Kakeru used this tactic every time a stronghold refreshed, even though his mobility was far inferior to mine, the Uninhabited Island was still quite large, and with proper route planning, I could still manage to snatch one or two strongholds from him.

That's disgusting.

As always, it's Laipi She style of play typical of Ryuen Kakeru.

The previous base-trading tactic is definitely not going to work anymore. Asakusa Toru doesn't believe that Ryuen Kakeru would be so stupid as to suffer a setback and still not reinforce the base's defenses.

So...

"Albert." Ryuen Kakeru's voice rang out from the watchtower.

The next instant, a towering figure and a jet-black fist swung out from one side of the tower with a thunderous roar.

A sharp, massive, jet-black fist, brimming with violent aesthetics yet stopping precisely in front of Asakusa Toru, appeared alongside a tall black man named Albert.

Chapter 216 Divine Strategist Ryuen Kakeru, Swift as the Asakusa Toru

This punch was destined not to land.

Ryuen Kakeru didn't dare to fall behind either.

Unless Ryuen Kakeru intends to simply ambush him, beat him up, and then neatly abandon the exam and leave, he has absolutely no chance of using 'violence' in this exam, especially in the location of the stronghold.

Whether the camera is just for Asakusa Toru is hard to say, but the GPS tracking bracelet is definitely not just for show.

Asakusa Toru was not at all surprised by Albert's appearance.

Not to mention that it was midday, it would have been really difficult for Albert, with his physique, to completely hide from a sneak attack. Even the Mini-map next to him clearly showed that there were more than just Ryuen Kakeru among the surrounding units.

Albert's fists were hard; when he punched them, they could create noticeable waves.

But how can the strength gained from innate physique alone rival the stamina honed through years of training in White Room?

Even without reaching out, Asakusa Toru could sense the flow of power.

The fists will stop here.

Just as he had predicted, Albert's punch did not land.

"What are you doing? I'm going to report you to the school for abusing your classmates." Raising his eyebrows but remaining expressionless, Asakusa Toru looked up at Ryuen Kakeru.

He's really bold. If he had just taken the opportunity to move a little closer and use his "sidekick technique," he could have been judged on the spot to have used violence against Albert, thus eliminating Class C from the competition.

The reason he didn't do that was firstly because he didn't want to get beaten up for no reason. Getting beaten up at the gym was one thing, but getting beaten up on Uninhabited Island would mean he'd wasted his time graduating.

Secondly, judging from Ryuen's behavior, he seems to have a purpose, somewhat like... testing him?

"..." Upon hearing the word 'report, 'Ryuen Kakeru's eye twitched visibly, but he still tried his best to maintain an indifferent expression and calmly called out again:

"Albert."

As if receiving a command, the tall Black man loosened his fist and instead opened his right hand and raised it.

The muffled sound conveyed exactly that meaning, "Shake hands."

His thick arms clearly showed prominent veins, and the dark, streamlined shape exuded a violent aesthetic.

But brother...

This sounds strangely like dog training.

"Shake hands." Repeating it again to change the direction of the taming, Asakusa Toru finally grasped the black man's large hand.

He certainly understood what Ryuen Kakeru meant, and he also happened to be planning to test the physical gifts of Black people.

Since that's the case, let them see for themselves how much violence is hidden beneath the seemingly ordinary bodies of these graduates coming out of the gym.

"Boom--"

Grasp it, gather your strength, and then unleash it.

In a daze, the force of a thunderclap knocked Yamada Albert, who had been standing upright, to the side and brought him down.

The unexpected force caused Albert's body to tilt slightly, and his originally calm and confident face turned slightly bluish.

"So, what are you here for?"

Not long after, Asakusa Toru released Albert's hand.

Thick and powerful, but strangely awkward.

He only likes to shake hands with pretty girls, not with black people.

"Albert." Once again, Ryuen Kakeru called out Albert's name.

This time, however, Albert did not launch an attack like he had commanded the robot. Instead, he looked up at Ryuen Kakeru.

He shook his head.

"..." Ryuen Kakeru's expression darkened slightly.

Albert's meaning was quite clear to him.

'I can't beat him'

It's that simple.

He certainly didn't want to fight Asakusa Toru at this moment, but he suddenly remembered a very serious problem.

Just how strong is Asakusa Toru's physical ability?

This is a very serious issue.

Ryuen Kakeru never judges people by their appearance.

Although Asakusa Toru looks like the type who could easily be drained of his life force by women, you can tell from his fearless attitude when he met Albert at the beginning of the school year.

He is not as simple as he appears.

Although they hadn't seen each other for three whole months after that, the moment the Uninhabited Island Exam began, his ferocity was fully revealed to Ryuen Kakeru.

The sweeping speed was far faster than imagined, a speed that could be estimated even from the countdowns at the various strongholds at different intervals, a speed that I could hardly catch up to even if I tried my best.

It was that calmness and that speed that made Ryuen Kakeru clearly realize that his physique gave him an absolute advantage in this Uninhabited Island Special Exam.

At least in Class C, there was no one who could rival him.

However, speed does not equate to strength; there are plenty of frail but incredibly fast runners in this world.

So he had Albert give it a try.

In terms of results, he is not only about speed.

In other words, this guy is invincible on the Uninhabited Island.

The reason for confirming this was not only because Ryuen Kakeru was very interested in Asakusa Toru, but more importantly, it was a necessary prerequisite for his decision.

Only after confirming this point will Ryuen Kakeru choose to abandon what he thought was an invincible Laipi She tactic and exchange it for bargaining chips.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you right away." Saying the words Asakusa Toru had told him before, Ryuen Kakeru carefully climbed down from the tower.

Damn it, this place is ridiculously high; there's no way I can pretend to jump off from there.

Jumping straight down might break your leg.

"Stop being so impatient, are you just parroting me?" Before Ryuen Kakeru could even get down, Asakusa Toru rolled his eyes and casually swiped the key card at the base where the countdown had ended. "I'm leaving. If you're not going to take the base, you can just sit there."

After saying that, he promptly headed off towards the next stronghold.

"Damn it!" Having just climbed down and before he could even call out to anyone, Ryuen Kakeru could only curse as he watched Asakusa Tetsu run off at breakneck Asakusa Toru. He then beckoned Albert to follow him and chased after him, yelling, "Hey, fucking run! Slow down!"

Taking a deep breath, he sprinted to catch up with Asakusa Toru, whose breathing hadn't even stopped, maintaining a parallel distance to him. Ryuen Kakeru gritted his teeth and spoke as if he were about to suffocate:

"I'm not going to fight you for the stronghold, you better listen to me!"

As the angry words fell, just when Ryuen Kakeru was almost out of breath and unable to continue his extreme sprint, Asakusa Toru finally slowed down.

It wasn't because he actually obeyed.

It's simply because the next outpost has arrived.

"Speak, what do you want to do?"

"Huff, huff, huff..." After breathing heavily for a while, inwardly cursing whether this guy was fast again, Ryuen Kakeru wiped the sweat from his sprint under the sun, calmed his breathing for a moment, and then spoke:

"Cooperate with me."

"Why?"

"If you don't cooperate," Ryuen Kakeru said without explaining his reasons, "I'll send all forty students in the class, one on each side, to hold every single stronghold."

"Either you kill them, or you can forget about clocking in."

He explained his carefully devised "Laipi She" tactic.

The school only allows the leader to use the key card to occupy the checkpoint. Although the exam rules do not explicitly state what will happen if someone else checks in on their behalf, judging from the security cameras at the checkpoints, nothing should happen.

In other words, by slowing down the leader, you can curb the speed at which they clock in.

Asakusa Toru is fast, but the faster he is, the easier it is for his tactics to be effective.

Because of its speed, the time between capturing each stronghold is shorter. The shorter the interval between stronghold refreshes, the faster the speed is needed to repeatedly complete the task of capturing strongholds.

Only in this way could Asakusa Toru arrive at the exact moment the capture time for each stronghold was about to refresh, and then gently swipe his key card.

In other words, as he said, all they had to do was send the entire squad to hold the stronghold and block Asakusa Toru's advance, without doing anything else.

This will inevitably lead to a certain outcome.

--Toru Asakusa Toru will be unable to arrive at the base ahead of schedule and complete the base capture on time.

Every second of delay will become the starting point for the subsequent liberation of the stronghold.

With the combined efforts of the entire class, Ryuen Kakeru could easily take over the outposts that had later refresh times and that he couldn't catch up with before Asakusa Toru arrived at the corresponding outposts.

The faster Asakusa Toru checks in, the more effective this plan will be.

He refused to believe that thirty-nine people couldn't hold him off for a few minutes!

If he made any sudden, excessive movements, or moved someone away, he would have his men grab Asakusa Toru's legs and yell that this guy was using violence against him.

Report, report, report!

Sakayanagi Arisu can report it, why can't he?