Desert Island Survival: Welcome to Nakano's Little Classroom! (Continued)

"While you're on the desert island, you're not allowed to remove the wristbands. They contain GPS so they can accurately locate you in case of any trouble."

"And here, there will also be a bonus point activity."

Chabashira added.

She straightened up. "Each class will have a leader during this exam period and will receive a corresponding leader card. There are many outposts on the deserted island. Swiping the leader card once to capture an outpost earns 1 outpost point. You can swipe the card once every 8 hours. However, the leader's identity must be kept secret. At the end of the exam, on the morning of the 11th, there will be a guessing game to identify the leader. If you guess the leader of another class correctly, you will get bonus points, 50 points for each correct guess! But!"

Seeing the students' emotions suddenly rise, Chabashira Sae remained calm. "If another class guesses your leader correctly, 50 points will be deducted for each class that guesses correctly, and the bonus base points will be invalidated! These points will be deducted from your initial base score of 300. This will continue until your 300 points reach 0, but the school is being lenient with you and will not give you negative points."

Then, as if making a comment, Chabashira added, "Of course, for you, there's no exception to getting a zero on this exam again."

Let's ignore Chabashira-sensei's alarmist remarks for now.

The students in the class started to get interested, and even the most reluctant students began to use their brains.

Because.

This exam was quite interesting.

The worst you can get is 0 points, you won't get a negative score, but it seems like you can get a lot of points.

If there are 300 base points and any remainder after the exam, they will be directly incorporated into the class evaluation score.

Using the leader's card to occupy a checkpoint and swipe the card will also earn you bonus points.

You can also get extra points for guessing the team leaders of other classes!

You could say that you could take many routes, or choose the most economical ones, and if everyone tried their best to surpass Bear Grylls' wilderness survival skills, then you could save a base score of one or two hundred points, which would eventually become your evaluation score.

This can increase your monthly income by 10,000 to 20,000.

That's awesome.

Alternatively, they might not care about saving money and just focus on guessing the team leader.

You get 50 points for guessing one class correctly, and if you guess the other three classes correctly, you get an extra 150 points, right?

Therefore, even if you don't save your base points and exchange for resources freely, you still have a chance to get 150 points in the end!

No class could remain calm about such a distribution of points and rewards.

So, it's about letting the students continue to test each other, turning them into cunning individuals.

Just as the school deliberately sets up or even condones younger students buying past exam papers, this school probably doesn't want to cultivate righteous individuals, but rather people who can navigate society flexibly—in other words, sophisticated elites who can thrive in society.

Horikita looked at Nakano Yuu.

She knew about Nakano's advance preparations; he had arranged for Koenji to come directly to the ship last night and film a video, so that he could obtain information that would be helpful for today's exam.

Now the teacher has published all the rules and methods for the exam.

His plan was correct. The information that Koenji brought back was intelligence on the island's stronghold.

Even faster and more comprehensive than Ryuuen, Katsuragi obtained information about the strongholds on the island.

A stronghold can be visited 3 times a day, earning 3 points. If there are 10 strongholds, and you can visit them 2 times a week, and only once on the last day of the exam, then each stronghold can generate 2 + 3 x 5 + 1 = 18 points.

Ten strongholds will give you 180 points.

There are 18-20 outposts that can be easily found on this small island.

Therefore, these outposts can generate a maximum of 360 outpost points.

With the size of a class, over three years they could receive approximately 46 million yuan in living expenses from the school.

Even though the evaluation scores will change with each month's exams, with points being added or deducted, Nakano Yuu's target of 20 million yen should be enough to sell him.

Only.

There are also two major problems.

Firstly, Nakano Yuu sold his binoculars and camera to Katsuragi and Ryuuen for 2.4 million yen on the ship.

Therefore, Class C should already have some information about the bases. So even if Nakano Yuu has more detailed information about the bases obtained from his visit to Koenji, he will still suffer losses because of this, meaning that the resources will be divided up.

Secondly, once the team leader's identity is guessed, the points they occupy will be reset to zero. So, if you buy information about a stronghold and then occupy it, you also need to ensure the safety of your class so that it's not all for nothing.

In other words, Nakano Yuu's bet on "gaining intelligence on the island's outposts" has become an unstable commodity, a mere formality.

So, what should he do?

Chabashira then informed us, "The specific rules are here. Each class has an instruction manual with the rules and the prices of the items you want to exchange for with these 300 base points. However, before that, I hope you will first determine your camp, then find a leader, and then report to me. The faster you do this, the faster you can obtain the leader card to acquire the stronghold points for occupying the stronghold."

Chabashira Sae said this at the end.

Although it sounds quite mentally taxing and tiring, it actually involves the whole class going camping for a week.

Only.

At first, everyone thought that being kicked off the ship meant a hard life, but now it seems that as long as you persevere for a week, you can earn enough to live on!

The students in the class immediately became excited.

"This is an opportunity."

That's what Hirata said.

However, Hirata could think of was a moderate solution: find a base and try to save as many basic points as possible, hoping to get enough points to pass the exam.

A safer approach is to avoid participating in the guessing game for the team leader. Guessing correctly earns points, but guessing incorrectly results in point deductions.

Next, protect the information of your class leader to secure the base points.

According to Hirata's philosophy, this exam will be a very difficult one.

It's even... somewhat wasteful.

So.

Nakano raised his hand immediately.

What do you want?

Chabashira noticed his actions.

"Could it be that you were surprised by the score of this exam, and then came up with a plan to get a high score for the class?"

"Or do you want to be the leader of Class D this time?"

Chabashira Road.

"..."

Nakano Yuu.

Although there were classmates present, Nakano still gave Chabashira-chan a look.

Only Chabashira himself understood that look in his eyes.

[You're overthinking it] That's roughly what it means.

Chabashira knew, of course, that even if this class gained a lot of points in this exam, they would soon lose them.

This class is very difficult to improve.

Helping someone up only to have them collapse will only make those who are trying feel bad.

So.

What are you trying to say?

Chabashira returned the same look to Nakano Yuu.

"I've come up with a plan for our Class D students to pass this exam."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"If we take a moderate approach and save on basic points in this exam, but because it's a collective activity for the whole class, the number of basic points we can ultimately save will definitely not be much."

"Then."

"Since a fixed point value system has been established for exchanging supplies, the school will probably impose some restrictions, such as penalties for being too frugal and causing problems."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"Yes."

Chabashira didn't hide anything, "This is a manual that will be given to you. The manual shows the prices of the supplies you can exchange for with 300 base points, and there are also a few instructions."

"Besides what Mr. Mashima from Class A mentioned at the beginning—that forfeiting due to illness would result in a deduction of 30 base points—there are also some other restrictions."

The manual was then passed on to Nakano Yuu.

You can see the rule above for using emphasized colors.

Select a leader and then create a leader card. You must use a leader card to capture a stronghold. Staying for too long without reason or using territory that has already been captured will result in points being deducted. People other than the leader who try to capture a stronghold will also have points deducted.

Among these, physical discomfort or serious injury, obvious environmental pollution, absenteeism, violence against other classes, or acts of vandalism will all result in point deductions.

Every day at 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, roll call is taken at the designated meeting point on the island. 3 points are deducted for each person who is absent.

If the team leader is correctly guessed on the morning of the seventh day, the points gained from capturing the stronghold using the team leader card will be reset to zero.

Team leaders should not be changed arbitrarily without a legitimate reason.

Therefore, the selection of a team leader must be done carefully and seriously.

These are the main rules.

"There were indeed many items that resulted in point deductions."

Hirata's mother came to Nakano Yuu's side.

"It's hard to retain many points, but there are many items that can result in point deductions."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"So it's complicated, but it's different if you just want to earn some living expenses."

Is it okay to use this for living expenses?

The students in the class immediately looked over.

It's fair to say that Nakano's only notable trait in the class was her high academic ability, and she also frequently flaunted her relationship with Horikita, making everyone incredibly jealous.

Just an hour earlier, on the ship, Nakano Yuu had rented a camera and binoculars in advance, which were then sold to Class C at a high price.

He received 2.4 million yuan directly—a whopping 2.4 million yuan for living expenses!

They were still thinking of buying back unwanted hotel room supplies from other classes at a low price, hoping to earn a few thousand points per person. But he ended up getting 2.4 million!

It's infuriatingly jealous!

That's why people are paying attention to him.

Some quick-thinking students have already realized that capturing points can earn points, but now that Class C have cameras and binoculars, won't all the points just be taken over by Class A and Class C?

So if they take the exam normally, they probably won't get many points for the outposts, and they won't even know who the other students are. How are they supposed to get to the team leader guessing stage? All they can do is stay on the island and try to save their basic points by not exchanging them for supplies.

However, there are many items that will result in point deductions.

So, how about we get some living expenses and follow Nakano-kun's lead?

"What should we do?"

At this point, Hirata pressed on with his questions.

"..."

Chabashira-sensei basically kept quiet.

It's fair to say that this exam covers a wide range of evaluation scores, and if handled properly, achieving a score of 100-200 is achievable.

However, when Hirata heard Nakano mention living expenses, he immediately turned away.

Clearly, he was more interested in securing class evaluation scores than in providing living expenses for his classmates. Such behavior and mindset are obviously not those of a qualified class representative.

In other words, this is a competition between classes, but Class D doesn't even have a qualified class representative right now.

"It's simple. The school provides very few free supplies, and students have to withdraw from projects due to illness, which results in point deductions. So, students can only honestly use their basic points to exchange for supplies."

"But."

"Nakano Yuu said."

"There's no rule stating that supplies can only be redeemed for your own class. So, other classes also need to buy supplies during normal exams. If we use our base points to buy supplies and then sell them to them at a higher price, they don't have to use their base points."

"Will they refuse? It's hard to refuse."