Ichinose Honami! Class B's Decision-Maker! Running Ahead at Full Speed!

However, a small deduction will likely be made.

As Ryuuen looked around, he suddenly looked up and saw a camera on a fruit tree.

In other words, the rule mentioned earlier, "points will be deducted for staying in an occupied stronghold for an extended period of time without a valid reason," has taken effect.

Meanwhile, the rule that "the leader's card can only be used by the leader" also worked. How can we confirm whether someone else swiped the leader's card?

Therefore, cameras will definitely be installed.

And now he and Ishizaki Daichi are both under the camera's view.

If no one had occupied this place, taking one or two apples wouldn't be a problem. But now that Class B has taken over, it's their base. Taking supplies from someone Class B's base will definitely cause trouble.

Will I lose 5 points or 10 points?

Ryuuen is a bit numb.

It's a situation where you lose several points before gaining any.

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Chapter 73 Ichinose Honami! The Decision Maker of Class B! She's Running Away Like a Fool!

"Anyway, let's move on to the next outpost."

Ryuuen said, "Ichinose said that her class arranged to search for the base in groups of seven, and for safety, they won't spread out too much, so they might discover the nearby base as well. We need to race against time!"

"Okay!" ×N.

The underlings had no objections and immediately followed Ryuuen.

Soon, they arrived at the second marked outpost.

Ishizaki Daichi found the card reader faster than Ryuuen, but his panicked voice came through the machine.

"Oh no, Ryuuen, this base has been taken over by Class B!"

So, the student in Class B with the leader's card didn't choose to go back and inform his classmates about the supplies, but instead went back to farm outposts?

While the students in Class B were indeed ostracized, were they really that eager to seize the stronghold?

That despicable guy!

"Let me see!"

Ryuuen's expression finally changed, and he shoved Ishizaki Daichi, who was standing in front of the card reader, aside.

Looking at the information displayed on the machine, his face turned grim.

"B-Class remaining usage time: 07:36:32".

But this timing is also problematic.

It took Ryuuen more than 10 minutes to get here from the apple orchard stronghold, and that was while he was running. All the members of his group are athletic, so their speed is beyond that of ordinary people. However, the time displayed on the card reader is 7 hours and 36 minutes remaining. This means that if the leader of Class B also swiped the card at this stronghold, then the leader only took five or six minutes to move between the apple orchard and this stronghold.

Is such a thing possible? No, it's impossible.

It's not a monster.

Is the card reader broken? Did the school not troubleshoot it properly?

Perhaps this possibility does indeed exist.

After all, it's just a small island, and students can't come here often to take exams. So, equipment maintenance hasn't been able to keep up in a timely manner.

"To the next outpost."

Ryuuen decided to continue investigating, so he quickly ran to the other side.

Soon, after a rapid journey, Ryuuen arrived at the third marked outpost.

The third campsite was a small vegetable garden with a well. If you chose to camp here, you could use the water for free and eat vegetables. At least the bok choy and carrots in this garden were edible. However, the sweet potato leaves were not yet edible.

Ryuuen didn't even glance at these resources; he quickly searched for the card reader.

Finally.

It was found in the center of the pumpkin seedling.

But.

Ryuuen took out the tour leader card he wanted to swipe, his face grim, because the machine showed that it had already been swiped.

"B-Class remaining usage time: 07:43:32".

"..."

Ryuuen.

Ryuuen is a very thoughtful person, but now even he is somewhat bewildered.

So, what exactly happened?

Why were all the strongholds I wanted taken over by Class B? Or was it a setup by Katsuragi from Class A? Was it possible that Katsuragi had acquired all the information about the strongholds in this area, making Katsuragi even more knowledgeable about them? So, did Katsuragi sell these strongholds to Class B beforehand, and then say he'd give them half? Was he just using them as a pawn?

Ryuuen started having wild thoughts.

"Um, Ryuen, are we going to the next stronghold?"

Even Ishizaki Daichi realized at this moment that things seemed to have taken an unexpected turn.

They were clearly out with Ryuen to farm strongholds, but they'd taken out their cards three or four times and still hadn't managed to farm any points even once.

He also noticed that it seemed like every outpost had a camera installed. In other words, had he just broken the rules by picking the apples from the outpost occupied by Class B and then eating them in front of the cameras?

"Go to one more. If it's still the same, then go in the opposite direction. Go to the area west of A."

Ryuuen said.

"We might have been fooled by Class A."

As he said this, Ryuuen's face turned ashen.

Ten minutes later.

What would normally be a 17-18 minute journey, they now covered in just 10 minutes.

But.

"B-Class remaining usage time: 07:48:22".

This card reader also looks like it's been taken over. It's been occupied by Class B.

"..."

Ryuuen.

"Ryuen."

Ishizaki tried hard to control his voice; he could tell that Ryuuen's mind seemed to be in turmoil as well.

He and Katsuragi used the beach area as a dividing line; everything to the south belonged to their Class C, and they could occupy it at will.

However, the only six strongholds he and Katsuragi counted in the south were actually there.

Result.

Ah?

Four out of six have already been taken; who can we complain to?

So, it really was Katsuragi who betrayed them?

In this way.

Thirty minutes later, Ryuuen confirmed that the fifth outpost had also been occupied by Class B. He stood silently in place for more than ten minutes before finally unable to resist and walking towards the beach.

Instead of going to find Katsuragi, he headed directly to the beach area, which was everyone's starting point. The area where the teachers exchanged supplies and took attendance was also located there.

Now he needs to change his tactics.

"So, the students from both of your classes came here to report Class B for cheating?"

On the beach, at the supplies exchange point, all four class teachers were present. Since all four classes had completed the selection of team leaders and the production of team leader cards, the teachers' only remaining tasks were to take attendance in the morning and evening, and then process the students' exchanges for supplies.

But.

The homeroom teachers of Class C were all looking at their class's star students.

"Class B definitely cheated."

Ryuuen said.

"Both outposts, a normal 10-minute walk apart, were cleared by Class B, yet the card readers at both outposts only showed less than 5 minutes remaining."

"How could that be done so easily?"

Ryuuen Road.

"Our Class A encountered the same situation."

Katsuragi said calmly. But his face was anything but calm, and his forehead and back were covered in sweat.

The rest of the students from Class A also came to the beach.

Almost everyone crowded around.

This is a very rare sight, considering that the students in Class A are the most outstanding, yet now they not only appear tense but also utterly exhausted.

"Based on the feedback from the computer, the card reader is not malfunctioning."

"But your testimonies are indeed valid, right?"

"That's what Mashima, the homeroom teacher of Class A, said."

So, does that mean the homeroom teacher of Class A is going to conduct an on-site inspection of the card reader?

That's really reliable.

But we can't do anything else.

Because Ryuuen came to report that five of their hideouts had been taken down by Class B, while on Class A's side, Katsuragi brought his men directly and reported seven of their hideouts, all of which were taken down by Class B.

If it wasn't a problem with the card reader, then Class B is really something else.

The testimony given by Ryuuen was also true. Between the two checkpoints, which normally take 10-15 minutes to walk, the time difference in swiping the card was less than 5 minutes.

Is this something an ordinary person could do?

So he decided to investigate.

So, did you cheat?

The homeroom teacher of Class C was even more direct.

He directly stopped the homeroom teacher of Class B.

"Huh?"

"Ask me?"

Hoshinomiya-sensei of Class B, seemed quite surprised because she had just gone to the restroom and had only just returned, only to be targeted.

"If it's cheating, I don't think the kids in my class would do something like that."

"That's what Hoshinomiya-sensei of Class B, said."

"After all, we're all good kids."

"Let's do some actual investigation."

However, Class C's Sakagami felt that this was only Hoshinomiya's side of the story.

Mashima from Class A nodded, then took out his phone to arrange for staff to go to the scene.

Just then...

"Perhaps you could ask this guy."

The homeroom teacher of the last class, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.

She was sitting in the work area, but a student was sitting in the chair next to her.

Although he was a student, he was in the teachers' rest area and acted very well-behaved.