Your Mom's Treating Me Like a Dog to Train, Is She?!
The school categorizes 'strength' using a simple five-dimensional framework.
This cannot fully demonstrate the concept of 'strength', but it is sufficient as a basic judgment aided by other methods.
Without a doubt, Arisu possesses absolute strength.
Even differences in physical attributes cannot change their inherent strength.
For Arisu, perhaps reducing the gap in Class Points is more important than trying to influence exam results through biased means.
She might actually prefer to face a formidable opponent with a gap of nearly a thousand points head-on.
Her life was never particularly challenging.
Therefore, Sakayanagi Narimori made his choice.
August 3rd.
The Uninhabited Island Special Exam has begun on its third day.
Eight o'clock in the morning.
The message that had been relayed to the school by the Hoshinomiya Chie, long overdue, finally received a reply.
The exam ended early.
As soon as Hoshinomiya Chie finished speaking, the long-awaited students of Class A couldn't help but cheer.
Of course they should be happy.
One by one, the students from classes B, C, and D skipped the exams and went back to the cruise ship to have fun, truly embarking on a summer cruise vacation, while the students still had to survive on the island.
Although it's supposed to be for Class Points and Special Exam, it's inevitable that things will feel a bit unbalanced.
But amidst their joy, a question would arise.
"Teacher! Teacher!"
"Chie!"
"... Hoshinomiya-sensei, um..."
Everyone started calling out various names for the Hoshinomiya.
Then, Shibata Hayate asked the question that everyone had in mind.
"What will happen to the remaining exam scores...?" As if realizing he might not have expressed himself clearly, he added, "I mean, the capture of the outposts."
"Doesn't capturing a stronghold earn one point every eight hours? Now that the exam is over, what should we do with the points we can get from capturing strongholds later?"
It's understandable to be confused, after all, this is a matter of interest, not something trivial. Every point earned in the Special Exam will be converted into 100 Private Points every month thereafter and go into their pockets.
Of course, they wanted to get to the bottom of this and confirm it.
"Don't worry, don't worry~" Hoshinomiya Chie waved her hand with a smile, "The school has already considered this. They will calculate the final exam results based on the 'points already earned,' so what everyone is worried about won't happen."
"The school wouldn't stoop so low as to deduct these few Class Points from everyone."
Hearing the teacher's confirmation, the students put aside their only worry and immersed themselves in the joy of finishing the exam early.
"Yes!"
"Marvelous!"
How many points will we get after the exam?
"I don't know, I haven't counted, but it should be at least a few hundred points, right?"
"That adds up to over ten thousand a month!"
"Thanks to Asakusa and Ichinose!"
"Yeah, I had no idea Asakusa had such a great figure!"
"...?"
"Ahem, I misspoke. I had no idea Asakusa was so fast!"
Asakusa Toru: "?"
Take it back right now. Although I know you're saying I run fast, I can't tolerate you saying "fast" directly.
If you don't believe me, just ask Ichinose if I'm fast or not!
"However, it will take some time to calculate the exam results. In the meantime, could you please cooperate with the staff to pack your things?"
Hoshinomiya Chie clasped her hands together and smiled.
Actually, students don't need to do this kind of thing.
But in the end, students are essentially free manpower; they're young and won't complain if you ask them to do something.
On the contrary, it will give you a sense of accomplishment in helping others.
Hehehe, it's so good to be young.
Back in the day...
Forget it, I don't want to think about those days anymore.
Thinking back to those days reminds me of when I was a student, and thinking back to when I was a student reminds me of my best friend.
That's really unlucky.
Anyway, she and her Class D were eliminated with a score of 0 this time, so let her continue to drown in her fantasies in the garbage heap.
Despite harboring resentment towards her best friend, Hoshinomiya Chie outwardly maintains the bright smile that students adore.
Soon, Class 1-A returned to the ship.
They were the last class to return to the cruise ship, and it was clear that the day's delay made them look and feel completely different from the other three classes who had returned much earlier.
They hadn't completely shaken off the feeling of surviving on a deserted island; their faces and clothes were still slightly dusty.
The class with the oiliest faces was Class D. Normally, they could only eat wild vegetable meals at school. Although they received a sum of money through the transaction during the Uninhabited Island Exam, the money wouldn't arrive in their account so quickly, and they wouldn't be able to spend it until they returned to school.
As compensation for enduring hardship for more than two months, they ate as much as they could, treating the cruise ship's food like a buffet, until they were all greasy and shiny.
As for whether their digestive system, which usually doesn't consume much oil, will be able to handle such overeating.
They didn't know.
"Hey hey hey, isn't this the biggest winner of the Special Exam? What brings you back too?"
Leaning against the railing, Yamauchi Haruki, who had already noticed the commotion, launched into a sarcastic remark.
"Looks like you guys can't handle any hardship either, one after another—"
His mocking expression froze halfway through, along with his voice.
Because a tall, dark shadow loomed over him from behind.
Yamada Albert.
"Whoa--" Startled, Yamauchi Haruki turned around, looking left and right as if trying to escape, but the tall black man blocked his way, and suddenly a feeling of having nowhere to run over him surged through his body.
"You, you, what do you want to do?!" With a fierce but weak voice, Yamauchi Haruki trembled like a small, weak animal, uttering words that carried no threat whatsoever. "If you, if you hit someone here, I, I'm going to tell the teacher!!!"
Yamada Albert: "..."
"--Get out of here." Yamada Albert ignored Yamauchi Haruki, but a powerful voice came from the side.
Following his voice, a powerful foot swung from the side, kicking the Yamauchi Haruki backward and causing him to stagger forward and backward.
You're blocking my way.
The one who coldly uttered those words and kicked him away was none other than Ryuen Kakeru.
In an instant, all eyes seemed to be focused on Yamauchi Haruki, who had been kicked to the ground.
He, who was originally flamboyant, suddenly covered his head, feeling uncomfortable being the center of attention.
Damn it.
"Who--" He had just raised his head, intending to display Lord Yamauchi's majesty, when he accidentally met Albert's gaze.
"Ugh--"
A quick-witted Yamauchi Haruki, who had completely abandoned his original plan and was in a panic, instinctively ran away.
The sense of oppression from Black people was still very strong for him.
"Heh, as expected of the trash from Class D." Seeing Yamauchi Haruki's change in attitude with disdain, Ryuen Kakeru scoffed and stopped paying attention to Yamauchi Haruki.
He simply couldn't care less about Class D.
If it were any earlier, before the Uninhabited Island Exam, he might have felt he needed to be a little more cautious about the Class D climbing up from below.
Even if they got zero points in the first month, who can be sure that it wasn't a lie?
Actually, Class D isn't as flawed as you might think, right?
Unfortunately, they were indeed top-notch junk.
The only things that matter are Sakayanagi Class above and someone's Class A.
These are the two people he needs to keep a close eye on in the future.
As for Yamauchi Haruki Class D?
Who?
He couldn't even be bothered to remember the names of those kinds of people.
"The Uninhabited Island Special Exam has ended ahead of schedule. The results will be announced one business day after the school has processed and verified them. Please wait patiently."
The announcement echoed throughout the area where the students were as Class A boarded the ship.
"Since the exams are over, students who need to make do can use the ship's facilities to rest and recuperate."
"Finally, please Sakayanagi Arisu Sho from Class C and Ryuen Kakeru from Class B meet in the room on the second floor at noon today. Unrelated students, please do not follow them."
Upon hearing the last sentence on the broadcast, Ryuen Kakeru finally smiled.
It's here!
The 'illegal liquidation' he had been waiting for!
But...
Ryuen Kakeru's raised smile turned into deep thought.
'Unrelated students, please do not follow.'
Since the rules for the Uninhabited Island Special Exam were announced, a full two days have passed since then, during which loopholes in the rules have been identified and addressed.
Ryuen Kakeru began to develop a habit.
Paying close attention to the wording.
In particular, he would try his best to think about the deeper meaning behind any words spoken by the school.
The real meaning of "no change of leader without a legitimate reason" is that a leader can be changed if there is a legitimate reason. The real meaning of "use of a stronghold occupied by another class without permission" is that no points will be deducted as long as the stronghold is not used.
The surface and the underlying meaning of words are relative.
In other words, the true meaning of this final piece of advice is --
"Hey, Asakusa." Ryuen Kakeru grinned and extended his hand as Asakusa Toru boarded the cruise ship last in the class. "Interested in coming with me to see what the school really looks like?"
Students in question are permitted to accompany their companions into the venue.
Chapter 225 Your mom treats me like a dog, huh?!
Second floor of the cruise ship.
First-Year Class B: Sakayanagi Arisu.
Traveling with: Kamuro Masumi.
Reason for accompanying. "Please treat Masumi like a guide dog."
Sakayanagi Arisu entered the room.
First-Year Class C: Ryuen Kakeru.