The Plan Changes

The cruise ship, capable of carrying over 700 passengers, is the third largest in the country.

The first five floors are all accommodation areas, while the upper floors have entertainment facilities such as a cinema, swimming pool, gym, and coffee shop. In addition, compared to the ship that the first-year students took, there is also a scenic bathing beach.

"Tsukishiro has granted me special permission to have a room to myself. You can call him and ask if you don't believe me."

The four-person rooms assigned to students don't allow them to do what they love.

Instead of going to the designated student rooms, Aoyama followed Mashima to the corridor of the teachers' dormitory area.

Under Mashima's questioning gaze, he directly shifted the blame to Tsukishiro, figuring that Tsukishiro wouldn't make things difficult for him over such a trivial matter.

Unsurprisingly, Mashima received an affirmative answer over the phone.

"Aoyama, you... do your best on the exam."

After handing his room Key Card to Aoyama, Mashima hesitated for a moment before leaving the corridor, seemingly to ask a staff member for another room.

"Okay, okay."

Mashima gave a casual, helpless reply. Aoyama used his Key Card to open the door, but didn't open the window for ventilation.

After putting his luggage away, he followed the instructions given over the loudspeaker and went to the deck to assemble.

Since there was no requirement to gather in class groups, the students on the deck were scattered in small groups, making a noisy and chaotic noise.

Forget it, I'm not going.

Aoyama spotted Sakayanagi and Kamuro, but abandoned the idea because it involved navigating through a crowded area.

The Special Exam briefing will be held in a little while; there's no need to gather at the same time.

"Which teacher's room have you taken over this time?"

After catching the small hand that suddenly appeared and then stabbed at his lower back, Aoyama heard Morishita's calm voice.

According to Morishita, she had already asked the boy who was assigned to the same room as her.

"A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow, but rather..."

"Having a student like you is a blessing for Mashima."

"Who can argue with that?"

With his free hand, Aoyama gently patted Morishita's small hand that had been grabbed, and only then did he release Morishita's pouting mouth.

Seemingly certain that he wouldn't lose his temper, Morishita treated him even more casually.

They need to be disciplined properly.

[The first-year orientation session has ended. Second-year students, please proceed to the movie theater. Seating order is not required.]

A few minutes later, the instructions were broadcast again over the ship's loudspeaker.

Following the slightly crowded people, Aoyama and Morishita arrived at the brightly lit movie theater.

I had just found a secluded spot to sit down when the giant screen in the theater lit up.

[Overview of the Uninhabited Island Exam]

The competition lasts two weeks and involves collecting points to compete for a higher score in a wilderness survival test.

If the entire group leaves the exam room during the exam, the group will be disqualified immediately (all collected scores will be invalidated, and rankings will be determined on the spot).

"When a school determines that a student is unwell, it will force them to withdraw from the exam without hesitation."

"Even if there are more than five groups that all leave with zero marks, they will all be expelled. Please don't take any chances."

Standing in front of the giant screen, Mashima held the microphone and spoke steadily.

Hearing such a harsh explanation, the students who originally planned to take the exam alone began to think about who to team up with.

If the entire group leaves the group and their score is reset to zero, it means that no matter how well they performed in the first thirteen days, if they are removed from the group on the fourteenth day due to unforeseen circumstances, they will be expelled from school without a chance of admission.

"Next, we will explain the scoring items."

He pulled out the tablet tucked under his arm and operated it; a map of the Uninhabited Island appeared on the screen behind Mashima.

The map on the screen was slightly different from the one shown to students before; it now featured coordinate lines with letters on the horizontal axis and numbers on the vertical axis.

Together with the surrounding waters, the Uninhabited Island is divided into one hundred small square areas.

"The first type is 'basic movement,' where you will be instructed to go to a certain area every once in a while. For example, this is area D10." Mashima pointed to the nearest screen in a straight line behind him.

"The first group to arrive will receive ten points, the second group will receive five points, the third group will receive three points, and the group that arrives within the allotted time will receive one point."

"If a team of three reaches the finish line and takes first place, they get ten points for first place, plus three points for each team member, for a total of thirteen points."

"Excluding the first and last days, there are four instructions at specific times each day, with a travel time of two hours."

"Disobeying instructions..."

Switching to a summary image, Mashima explains the exam rules in as concise a language as possible.

After fully explaining the first scoring method, he didn't immediately mention the second one. Instead, he took something from Sakagami and held it high.

An electronic watch.

The sharp-eyed Aoyama quickly recognized what Mashima was holding; compared to the watch he was given on the Uninhabited Island in his first year, the one Mashima was holding now looked much more high-end.

"Students must wear this watch from the start to the end of tomorrow's exam."

"As you can probably guess, this watch will have GPS tracking and health monitoring functions."

After lowering his raised hand, Mashima returned the watch to Sakagami and then took something else from him.

"But that's not all. The watch will also record your movement patterns, and the first scoring method relies on this watch's recording."

"To prevent students from cheating, special tools are needed to install and remove the watch; forcibly removing it will only disable the scoring function."

"Next is the tablet connected to the watch. I will then project the tablet's screen onto the movie screen."

Mashima begins to explain the use of the tablet for the second scoring method.

[Topic]

This is how the score is updated on the tablet. A red dot that suddenly appears on the tablet map indicates that there is a challenge there.

Participating in the project and achieving a ranking will earn you a certain number of points as a reward.

The abilities required for the project consist of 40% academic ability, 30% physical ability, and the remaining 30%.

Chapter 341 Plan Change

"I want to establish a Base here."

After the exam briefing ended, Morishita followed Aoyama to his room, saying he had something to discuss.

After they sat down together at the small round table by the window, she took out her exam tablet, opened the map of the Uninhabited Island, and pointed her slender, jade-like finger at the center of the map.

Area E5 is roughly the central area of Uninhabited Island.

Located at the foot of the upper half of a massive mountain range that almost completely bisects the Uninhabited Island, it is the only way to reach the other side of the mountain range.

According to the map, there is also a small section of a huge lake in the E5 area, making it very convenient to obtain river water, and you can also set up camp under the shade of the lush forest.

"You really treat me like a beast of burden." After thinking for a while, Aoyama roughly understood what Morishita wanted to do.

Each student starts with 5,000 resource points, while students with Lead Card start with 7,500 points. Even if an ordinary student is very frugal with their purchases, they can only prepare enough food and water for seven days.

For the remaining seven days, students can only obtain supplies from their projects or from gifts from their peers.

The purchasing guide lists a single-person tent at 1,000 points, making it the least cost-effective option.

A tent for two to three people costs 1,500 points, while the largest tent for six people only costs 2,500 points.

"I plan to put four six-person tents here, a water bottle-type water purifier, and a hundred meals. I also need a shower room."

"We also brought in Class 1-C, each sending two students to guard these supplies. Our class Kamuro Masumi and me."

Ignoring Aoyama's complaints, Morishita continued explaining her plans.

Two students were assigned to stay at the Base and were not allowed to leave. It was obvious that these two students had zero scoring ability and had to be carried by their teammates if they didn't want to be expelled.

As for who this person who took the lead is, there's no need to elaborate.

"You're not happy about taking Kamuro Masumi with you?"

"We've gained another class leader who wants to slack off." Aoyama stared directly at Morishita of self-righteousness.

On the fourth day of the exam, topics that require more team members will appear one after another. As long as you get first place on a topic, you will receive a reward of +3 team members.

With Aoyama's abilities, taking first place wouldn't be a problem, but it would definitely increase his workload.

Leaning closer to Aoyama, Morishita, "As payment, I'll let you pat my head. I think you quite like patting girls' heads."

"That's slander." Aoyama extended his hand.

"But your hands say otherwise."

With his eyes half-closed and Morishita expressionless face, Mori let Aoyama place his hand on his head.

Once Aoyama had withdrawn his hand with satisfaction, she straightened up again, then looked down at the tablet on the table, preventing Aoyama from seeing her face.

"There are free showers and water available at the starting point near the dock; all you need is a tent."

There is a supply store at the starting point that provides drinking water, but you must drink it all on the spot.

"Your last team member is Totsuka Yahiko. He's responsible for providing all the necessary supplies to the trio led by Katsuragi Kōhei, on call at any time."

"Let's find someone else, I don't like this person."

"Okay, I'm going to attend to other things now."

Morishita put away his tablet and left the room, having no reason to linger any longer.

We'll officially arrive on the island tomorrow morning, leaving an afternoon and evening to plan this Special Exam for her.

What could Tomioka possibly want from me?

Not long after Morishita left the room, Aoyama's cell phone suddenly rang.

The person who called him was Tomioka, who had been the leader of Third-Year Class B for more than half a year and whom he hadn't been in contact with.

"Hosen Kazuomi, the leaders of Class 1-D, just messaged me privately on OAA asking to borrow one million personal points, saying they'll repay double after the Uninhabited Island Exam."

"I heard that you have a conflict with him, President. I haven't given you an answer yet; I'll have to think about it."

After Aoyama answered the phone, Tomioka immediately got to the point without any pleasantries.

Judging from what Tomioka said, she wanted to lend the money to Hosen, since there was a 100% profit.

She called because she was worried that he would find out and scold her later.

Is Hosen really going to go this far?

Is it extortion or are they serious?

Having had this thought during his previous conversation with Nanase, Aoyama quickly understood why Hosen wanted the million yen.

It's only been a few months since the start of the school year, and first-year students don't have many personal points. The personal points accumulated over these few months will be prioritized for the most dangerous students.

Only students who have been expelled and have personal points in their accounts can save themselves.

If neither Amasawa Ichika nor Yagami were on guard against teaming up with Hosen could easily get the leaders of Class A and Class B expelled, and if he could also drag Nanase, the opponent, into it, it would be a win-win-win situation.

"Borrow."

After weighing the pros and cons, Aoyama calmly replied to Tomioka on the other end of the phone.

Yagami Takuya, the leader of Class 1-B, was remembered to have mental problems, being extremely extreme and harboring violent tendencies.

Hosen can do it, that would be best; if he can't, Yagami will suffer a great loss, and they'll end up fighting Hosen other.

But it's Amasawa Ichika.

Lying in bed and looking up at the ceiling, Aoyama's mind was filled with the adorable image of Amasawa Ichika.

Like Yagami, she was also a guest at the White Room, and logically, Amasawa Ichika was also his enemy, so he had no reason to protect her.

Since it poses no real threat, let's keep it. Just consider it a mascot with ulterior motives.

Convincing himself, Aoyama decided to transfer one million personal points to Amasawa Ichika and Nanase's accounts a few seconds before collecting his phone tomorrow.

Night.