Caught You, Hiyori / Victory Celebration
The long, two-week-long Uninhabited Island Exam ended on the evening of the third day after returning to the cruise ship from Aoyama.
As previously explained, the results will be announced on the ship, but only after the five groups of students have been tallied and it's decided whether they will choose to pay their personal points to save themselves.
"Miki is awesome, her group is in the top 30%!"
At 8 p. m., in a private room at the Western restaurant on the top floor of the cruise ship, Aoyama placed his hand on Yamamura's head and rubbed it encouragingly.
The top 30% of groups will receive individual point rewards.
This is proof of our strength.
The Yamamura squinted his eyes contentedly, "It's all thanks to Motodo and the others."
In the hope that Yamamura would make more friends, Kamuro deliberately didn't include Yamamura in the team this time. Judging from Yamamura's reaction now, it was a good decision.
"Where's Sakayanagi? Shouldn't she be clinging to you right now?" Kamuro asked after swallowing his food. Logically, since they had just finished their exams, Sakayanagi should have come to eat with them.
Of the three, Sakayanagi was the one most attached to Aoyama.
Aoyama smiled a little sheepishly, "She was tired and fell asleep."
Knowing that Kamuro and the others would be returning, Sakayanagi spent the entire afternoon in his room, preparing for the final battle.
"You got off easy again." Kamuro immediately understood why Sakayanagi was tired.
Please pause your meal and conversation.
The cruise ship's public address system suddenly came on, and after a brief explanation, the homeroom teacher of Third-Year Class A began announcing the exam results.
Of the bottom five groups, a total of seventeen people, six paid personal points or used invalid cards to avoid expulsion.
All eleven students who were expelled were from Class 1-B.
And the name of Yagami Takuya, the leader of Class 1-B, was prominently listed.
Destined to lose his leadership position, he couldn't, like Ishigami Kyo and the other two, borrow money from the third-year students with the help of classmates. Instead, he resorted to the method Amasawa Ichika had devised to save himself.
Undoubtedly, although Aoyama wasn't in the top group in this exam, he was still the one who stood out the most.
Chapter 362 Gotcha! Hiyori
First in the group, the second-year Ichinose group.
The second and third-year students in the Kiryuin group.
Third in the group, Katsuragi Group of Class 2-A.
After announcing the names of those who dropped out, the third-grade homeroom teacher also announced the top three groups.
Thus concludes the 14-day Special Exam; next up is an 8-day, 7-night cruise.
"Gotcha, Hiyori."
The morning after the exam, Aoyama brought breakfast to Yamamura, who was still sleeping in, and then left his room.
After finding out the location of the library, he indeed found Shiina there.
A silver-haired girl, sitting by the window with a thick book in her hands, exuded a gentle and refined aura, her beautiful purple eyes revealing a look of deep concentration.
Although the libraries varied in size, Aoyama still managed to recapture the feeling he had when he caught up with the girl in the cruise ship library almost a year ago.
"You could have just said something, what if you came back empty-handed?" Shiina looked up and brushed a strand of silver hair behind her ear, a slightly helpless smile on her Shiina.
"How could I possibly have missed my target? My intuition told me that Hiyori was right here, and in fact, it was."
Sitting down next to Shiina, Aoyama took the book Shiina handed him and placed it between them, then put his left hand on the table.
Then, Shiina's small hand quickly covered the back of his left hand.
After reading each page, her delicate, porcelain-like hand would gently lift her index finger and then gently lower it again.
At this point, Aoyama would turn a page in the book.
"Congratulations to your class for being the biggest winner." During the break after finishing reading the first volume, Aoyama offered his congratulations.
[Mori Shiba] Class 2-A: 1730 points
[Shiina Class] Second-Year Class B: 1530 points
[Amikura Class] Class 2-C: 1260 points
[Horikita Class] Second-Year Class D: One hundred and ten points
This is the data showing how the Class Points will change after the Uninhabited Island Exam ends.
Second-Year Class B, possessing the Trial Card, emerged as the biggest winner, receiving 150 Class Points, while the other three classes each received 100 points.
The worst off were undoubtedly the first-graders, as none of the top three groups were from the first grade. As a result, the first-graders had 150 Class Points deducted from their scores for nothing.
"The biggest winner? I've already given up on the idea of getting into Class A."
Shaking her head, Shiina smiled with relief.
After saying this to Aoyama, she officially confirmed the idea that had arisen during the more than ten days and nights on the Uninhabited Island.
Lacking any form of entertainment, their group spent their time lost in thought, especially at night, when they had plenty of time to indulge in their imaginations.
This time the sacrifice was Class 1-B, but next time we might not be so lucky.
Shiina knew that with her class's overall strength, she could only manage one of two things: striving to advance to the next class and protecting her classmates.
The atmosphere in Class 2-A and Class 2-C is positive, with most students studying or exercising diligently, something Second-Year Class B cannot achieve.
The class already had a small number of students, and the gap in individual abilities between students was widening.
Although Second-Year Class B has a high Class Points, it's all just a mirage.
"So your class is planning to collect individual points and then draw lots to promote students to higher classes?" Aoyama rubbed Shiina's head.
With over 1,500 Class Points, Shiina's monthly individual point income is not much less than that of a 40-person Amikura.
"No, I plan to use the class funds to hire a teacher to run a tutoring class. Students who want to attend can come, and those who don't can leave."
More than promoting a class, Shiina prioritizes protecting her classmates. She wouldn't be so naive as to think she could use Twenty Million Personal Points for relief when she's in her own class, and Class Points aren't static either.
She planned to help as many of them as possible get into university.
"Then Manabe and the others will definitely have complaints."
As true gyaru hot girls), Manabe and her friends have absolutely no enthusiasm for studying.
"I am the class leader. If they dare to disobey, I can only punish them, just like Morishita punished Totsuka." Shiina spoke of punishing her classmates without the slightest reluctance.
"Hiyori's domineering aura."
Aoyama gave the domineering Shiina a thumbs up, and then his thumb was grabbed by the shy Hiyori, who shook it hard.
"Next time there's Special Exam, our class will be the mercenaries and give your class a good beating."
"Heh, bring it on, I'm not the class leader anyway."
"You said the same thing before the Uninhabited Island Exam."
"I was forced into this situation; it's all Morishita's fault for giving me work to do."
"Then you can simply leave, regardless of the Shiki."
Seemingly recalling a scene from a novel, Shiina gave a slightly mocking smile.
Their quiet chatter continued for quite a while before they began reading the next volume of the novel, their laughter filling the air.
"Thank you for your help, senior."
After having lunch with Shiina, Aoyama didn't accompany Shiina to the library. Instead, he planned to take a walk on the deck to enjoy the breeze before going back to his room for a nice afternoon nap.
After only a few minutes on the deck, a female student with long, light blonde hair came up to me and bowed deeply in gratitude.
"If it weren't for your help, senior, I might have dropped out of school without any clear explanation." Nanase straightened up again, showing a very grateful expression. "I'll pay you back as soon as possible, senior, but it might take a little while."
Starting with only 800 points, Class 1-D, after experiencing Hosen's recklessness and several Special Exam, only had about 400 points left.
That means Nanase can only get 40,000 personal points from the school each month.
One million personal points divided by forty thousand equals twenty-five months.
"How long is 'slow down'? I can't wait that long."
With a playful chuckle, Aoyama, seeing Nanase's embarrassed expression, placed his hand on her head and ruffled it.
"It wasn't long after the start of first grade that your senior, Suzune, owed me a million yen, which she then repaid with a hundred dinners."
"But now I have to eat with Masumi and the others tonight, and the same goes for lunch, so I'll have to leave breakfast to you."
Knowing that Nanase was a serious child, Aoyama had no choice but to find another way to forgive her one million yen debt.
If left unchecked, Nanase will definitely eat free meals every day and scrimp and save to pay off her debts as soon as possible.
Squinting her eyes to enjoy the feeling of a large hand stroking her head, Nanase said shyly, "No, that would be taking advantage of you too much, senpai."
"So you're saying that what your senior Suzune, did was wrong?"
That's not what I meant.
"Then there's no problem, Nanase, that's fine."
Grabbing Nanase's shoulders, he twisted her body, and Aoyama pushed her away by her back.
"If I find out you're secretly saving money to pay off your debts, then you shouldn't call me 'senior' anymore."
Just in case, he added another sentence.
Nanase's sometimes overly serious nature is what makes her so worrying.
Chapter 363 Victory Celebration
"A victory celebration? I'm not going."
After his lunch break, Aoyama was greeted with a knock on his door, and without a second thought, he declined Ichinose's invitation.
What's the point of a Class 2-A student like him going to Class Ichinose's victory celebration? Isn't that just asking for trouble?
"It wasn't a class celebration party; it was just Komako's friends who went." After a moment of confusion about why he refused so quickly, Ichinose soon understood what Aoyama was worried about.
Many boys in her class harbored a slight hostility towards Aoyama, but she didn't invite any boys this time.
"Now?"
Since he wasn't making things difficult for himself, Aoyama figured it wouldn't hurt to go sit down for a while.
"Mako was called to a spa by Kozue; the appointment is in an hour."
"An hour later? That's still enough time."
With a smile, Ichinose pulled Aoyama, who was wearing a beige dress, into the room.
With a princess carry around her waist, he placed the girl's curvaceous body on the bed and looked down at her.
Long, soft pink hair cascaded across the pure white sheets, while the towering mountain peaks trembled slightly, as if waiting for someone to climb them.
"Draw the curtains first." Ichinose's cute face flushed red, Ichinose didn't resist what was to come.
"Yes, sir."
After playing with the mountain for a while, making it tremble even more, Aoyama went to draw the curtains.
Then came the good news that everyone was happy to see.
One hour later.
"Xiao Fanbo is unusually late. He'll have to sing three songs as punishment."
When Aoyama took Ichinose to the karaoke room, Ichinose was dragged away by Kobashi Yume as soon as they entered, and a microphone was shoved into her hand.
Besides Kobashi Yume, Himeno, Shiranami, and Amikura were also in the private room.
"Let the weird uncle hug me and see if I've grown taller," Aoyama whispered, sitting down next to Shiranami.
"Hold your head, my foot!"
Her face immediately turned red, and Shiranami placed her hand on Aoyama's waist and pinched it hard.
Her boyfriend is becoming increasingly irresponsible; it's so embarrassing if others hear them talking about it.
"That's fine too, I have no objection."