Just Do as You're Told

As for eliminating other classes, the only rule that can be used is for them to leave the game themselves if they are mentally unstable.

'If a student commits acts of violence, looting, or damage to equipment against other classes, the class to which the student belongs will be immediately disqualified, and all Private Points of the individual involved will be confiscated.'

Violence, looting, and destruction of equipment.

It doesn't seem entirely impossible, right?

But trying to use this rule to force other classes to withdraw is as ridiculous as other classes having a meltdown and taking their entire class back to a ship for a vacation.

Who would deliberately use violence, plunder resources, and destroy equipment for no reason?

Are you planning to use some underhanded tactics to frame someone, just like you always do?

It might be feasible outside of the Special Exam time, but it's happening now that the Special Exam is underway, especially since Sakayanagi Arisu has already started playing the 'raise your hand' game.

It's obviously impossible to frame other classes using petty tricks.

They can't produce any evidence.

Without crucial evidence, the report will not be accepted. Even if Sakayanagi Arisu is not smart enough to strengthen the protection of the base, allowing Ryuen Kakeru to use the same reporting methods to temporarily restrain the other party and execute the tactic of seizing the opponent's base again, at most she can only lose her initial 300 points by various means.

No matter what you do, it won't affect the end time of the exam.

The exam will still conclude at noon on the seventh day.

And...

"So, why did you want to end the exam early?"

This is exactly what Asakusa Toru doesn't understand.

Leaving aside the question of whether Class A, as the biggest beneficiaries of the current exam, who could easily earn nearly a thousand Class Points simply by diligently checking in until the end, had any need to cooperate with Ryuen Kakeru to end the exam early.

Even if he had actually agreed, there was no need for Ryuen Kakeru to insist on ending the exam early.

So what if points are deducted? Holding the last stronghold and looting like today should net us at least 30-50 points, right?

"..." Frustrated, Ryuen Kakeru scratched his hair a few times, took a deep breath, and said, "Because I hate that shorty, Sakayanagi."

"If I had the chance, I would kick that shorty's cane away without hesitation, then throw her onto your idiot's bed and force-feed you both strong drugs so you can fuck that idiot until he has a heart attack."

"But there was no chance, so I could only watch as that idiot let his men steal my base right in front of me, and I had to listen to the school's mediation and obediently wait until the exam was over before they would have a so-called 'negotiation' to decide on the damn punishment."

As he spoke, Ryuen Kakeru's fist hardened.

"..."

Although he didn't fully understand the situation, Asakusa Toru could tell that Ryuen Kakeru was indeed very annoyed by it.

Oh, I see.

After I left, the Little Princess brazenly sent people to seize Ryuen's stronghold.

No wonder he looked so furious.

They reported your violation and even tried to seize your base right in front of you.

Asakusa Toru Tetsu finally understood why Ryuen Kakeru wanted to end the exam early.

He felt that the school's attitude of delaying the matter was tantamount to not dealing with it at all.

So they plan to stage a coup.

"I completely understand your emotions, your motives, and what you intend to do." Asakusa Toru nodded and clasped his hands together. "But let's move on to the next base first."

"I still need to clock in."

Under the wide-eyed gaze of Ryuen Kakeru, who had been panting for a long time, Asakusa Toru once again lifted his leg.

"... Fuck your mother!" Ryuen Kakeru cursed bluntly, and continued his sprint.

Because the wait for Ryuen was too long, when they arrived at the next base, the time was just before the refresh, so Asakusa Toru simply ran towards the next base again.

Let Ryuen run for a longer time this time. The longer he runs, the longer he'll rest, and the more time he'll have to talk.

Perhaps.

After waiting for several minutes in front of the new base, Ryuen Kakeru, his face slightly pale, dragged his slow steps to the shade of a tree.

He slumped down with a thud, trying to calm his racing heart.

Once his heart rate calmed down a bit, he finally spoke, "I should have arranged a time and place to meet you beforehand, you idiot, so I wouldn't be being led around like a dog by you like this."

At the time, all he could think about was his brilliant plan and that he could see that idiot Asakusa Toru by guarding the route to the base. He forgot that he could also go directly to the Class A base that he had already scouted out, or simply send someone to deliver a message.

Now I'm being led around like a dog by this guy.

Damn, that's so stupid.

But on the contrary, aside from the foul language he used, Ryuen Kakeru found that he didn't actually dislike this guy that much.

It's a very strange feeling.

This guy is an idiot, but not an idiot like Sakayanagi Arisu.

That's why I have this strange attitude.

That's about it.

Asakusa Toru shrugged. "But you can't wait."

That's right, it was because he couldn't wait any longer that he didn't leisurely send someone to inform him and arrange a time, but instead came to intercept the person in person.

"Heh, so, what's your answer?" Ryuen chuckled, turning his head away. "Are you going to do it or not?"

"You still haven't told me how you plan to end the exam early." Asakusa Toru casually grabbed the camera that was always hanging around his neck, snapped a picture of Ryuen Kakeru lying on the ground, and then said nonchalantly, "If it sounds good, I might be able to help you out."

Anyway, he didn't really care that much about winning or losing the Special Exam.

If Ryuen Kakeru were more capable...

Then he might become Dragon Boy's partner.

"... So you really didn't go check." Turning his head left and right to confirm their location, Ryuen Kakeru raised an eyebrow, took a deep breath, and got up. "Hurry up and swipe the card. Let's go to the next location, and you'll find out the answer."

Now, Ryuen Kakeru has become the riddle teller.

"What are you keeping me in suspense for?" Glancing at Ryuen Kakeru, who had started walking ahead of him, Asakusa Toru confirmed that the countdown on the screen in front of him had reached its end, updated the occupation time, and then turned around to catch up with Ryuen Kakeru's pace.

If he remembered correctly, besides the newly updated outpost capture routes, there was a nearby outpost that hadn't yet been included in the new routes...

It's from Sakayanagi Class.

"If a student commits acts of violence, looting, or damage to equipment against other classes, the class to which the student belongs will be immediately disqualified, and all Private Points of the individual will be confiscated."

Arriving at their destination quickly, Ryuen Kakeru stood before the former Sakayanagi Class's base, where only traces of their relocation—a place now deserted—remained, with only tents, campfires, and other miscellaneous facilities. He raised his head and repeated to Asakusa Toru what everyone already knew.

Exam rules.

The most serious violations are those that could disqualify a class from taking the exam.

Its purpose is to destroy tools.

"Heh heh, I see, I understand now."

Looking at the clearly visible cracks on the screen caused by the violent destruction, Asakusa Toru finally smiled.

"But how do you prove that you've been framed for violating regulations?"

Chapter 218 Just Obey and You'll Be Fine

When Asakusa Toru established an irreparable advantage with absolute speed, Ryuen Kakeru knew that he probably had no chance of turning the tide in this exam.

The final effort was to subtly seduce Albert while testing the waters.

When faced with a huge fist suddenly swinging down from a blind spot, people usually have two reactions: instinctively closing their eyes, thinking that the fist will disappear if they close their eyes.

Or perhaps it's a swift and powerful conditioned reflex, a counter-punch.

Ryuen Kakeru is the latter, and he believes Asakusa Toru will also be the latter.

But he was wrong. Asakusa Toru was neither the former nor the latter; he was a third party who could calmly open his eyes and not respond when faced with Albert's fist.

There's no point in trying to seduce or test him; he's more sensitive to hostility than he thinks.

There was no hope of winning this exam.

That being said, it's not so easy to give up on Ryuen Kakeru.

You know, his mother paid for it!

Not much, just a few hundred thousand, but the supplies bought from Class D, who dropped out on the first day, are still being used by the entire class right now.

But he felt bad if he gave up so easily.

As the Special Exam progressed, Ryuen Kakeru became increasingly aware of the differences between the classes.

He had already obtained the distribution of scores for each class in the midterm and final exams, and had also conducted a preliminary investigation and compiled the overall quality evaluation of students in the other three classes.

Although he wouldn't go so far as to steal files, Ryuen Kakeru believed his understanding was quite accurate.

There is no fundamental difference between ordinary students in Class A and Class B; the only difference is a small gap in Academic Ability.

The gap in student quality between Class B and Class C is precipitous, while Class D is even further down the line, a bottomless abyss.

To bridge the gaps between classes and reverse the situation, the only way is to rely on the qualities of a 'leader'.

Almost every class has a few people who clearly don't deserve that evaluation, and those with excellent leadership skills will naturally become leaders.

This also suggests that the school may have intentionally controlled the distribution of personnel.

But you never know, the school might have just randomly assigned students, and that's just how it happened.

Ryuen Kakeru didn't intend to comment further on the school's class assignments, since things had already come to this point.

The key point is class competition.

In the initial Behavioral Norms Exam, thanks to information provided by a certain astute individual, Class C barely managed to keep up.

However, it is obvious that there is a huge gap in the quality of students in the class. Even though they learned the rules early on, they still lagged behind classes A and B.

From that moment on, Ryuen Kakeru realized that if he wanted to rely on various Special Exam to gain Class Points and advance to Class A, he might as well pray to God every day that both Class A and Class B would suddenly be killed by car accidents.

There is only one rule we can count on.

'Twenty Million Personal Points can be transferred to any class'

Spend money to get promoted.

Private Points will become their only means of transcending social classes.

There are forty students in the class, which means they need to save up 800 million.

Over three years, totaling thirty-six months, if we rely solely on the income from Class Points, even if forty students didn't spend a single penny, it would still require...

Five thousand five hundred and fifty Class Points.

Clearly, it's an impossible number to achieve.

... No, not entirely.

If every exam yields the same benefits as the Uninhabited Island scenario, and the exam frequency is increased, at least Class A can definitely achieve that.

However, Ryuen Kakeru does not intend to rely on the monthly income from Class Points to accumulate Private Points.

While the monthly distribution seems appealing, the benefits of Class Points clearly become shorter over time.

Thirty-six months is not a long time.

Therefore, he didn't really care about the success or failure of the Special Exam.

As long as the final gains are sufficient to cover the total number of Private Points that the Class Points can generate over the next thirty-two months.

That is victory.

Even a lower price is fine, since fulfilling expectations ahead of time will inevitably incur some losses.

Earning tangible points sooner is clearly more valuable than having Class Points constantly deducted from your score through various exams.

Therefore, although he was reluctant to give up the Private Points to Class D, after careful consideration, Ryuen Kakeru still made his decision.

He wanted to end the exam early so that he could get satisfactory 'compensation' while simultaneously killing Sakayanagi Arisu.

Therefore, he needs Asakusa Toru's help.

"A frame-up is just a frame-up. Without concrete evidence, the school will only shelve the report until after the exams, just like they did with last night's incident." Asakusa Toru shrugged. "On the contrary, framing them for damaging equipment would make it easier for me to eliminate them, wouldn't it?"