The Exam Ends / Ichinose Was Cunning

"Waaah, even Xiao Fanbo is bullying me." Hoshinomiya pretended to cry, then showed the two of them the writing board in her hand.

On a simple A4 sheet of paper, the four letters ABCD are arranged vertically, each followed by a horizontal line.

The letter B was marked with a large red cross.

Hoshinomiya smiled and continued, "I think Xiao Fanbo should have a name to write down."

"Of course there are."

Her gaze swept over Aoyama's face, Ichinose confidently took the writing board from Hoshinomiya's hand.

Meanwhile, Chabashira Sae, who was checking the tablet in her hand as she moved forward, also arrived at a dense forest where there was no movement at all.

When his location almost perfectly aligned with the red dot, Chabashira stopped and calmly said, "I've checked, there are no other students here. Come out, Karuizawa."

Shortly after he finished speaking, Karuizawa, carrying his luggage and looking tired, emerged from the hidden jungle.

Her long, golden hair was covered by her tracksuit jacket, and her fair face was still covered in dust.

"It's finally over." With an arrogant expression, Karuizawa walked straight to Chabashira, took the writing board without saying a word, and quickly filled in the names of two students.

"Class B isn't doing it?" Chabashira's lips curled up, a rare smile appearing on his usually indifferent face.

Karuizawa pursed her lips. "This has nothing to do with the teacher."

During her bedtime chat with Aoyama on the island, she mentioned her homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae was a capable and aloof person who seemed like an elite.

At that time, Aoyama told her not to trust that woman, because that woman had no professional ethics.

Although I don't know why Aoyama said that, you can't go wrong by trusting Aoyama.

Karuizawa Megumi's attitude towards her changed.

As a student in Class D who deserves close observation, Chabashira quickly noticed that Karuizawa's attitude towards her had changed; his respect for her had decreased significantly, and he even seemed somewhat disgusted.

"Meet at the pier at 12 o'clock." Chabashira's smile faded as he glanced at the time. "In ten minutes, the time to fill out the leader's form will have passed."

"Okay, okay." With a casual wave of her hand, Karuizawa returned to her original hiding place.

Class C's camp.

Albert, who was surrounded by Ryuen and the others, now had a writing tablet in his hand.

"Sanada Kosei, Class A."

"Class B, Chihiro Shiraha".

"Class D, Horikita Suzune."

Whenever Ryuen uttered a name, Albert would painstakingly write it down on a piece of paper.

Whenever he paused, Shiina would smile and teach him how to write.

Between nine and ten o'clock, although they did not find Horikita, they did discover that the time Class D took over the Base was almost the same as the previous times.

The leader of Class B's exam Shiranami Chihiro, was also confirmed to be still at Class B's camp around 11:00 AM.

He forcefully spread his fingers and then clenched them into a fist, a cold smile spreading across his Ryuen. "This victory belongs to me."

"It belongs to our Class C together," Shiina corrected, feeling that it was the result of the class's collective effort.

Ryuen stated that they had not heard of this.

Class A camp.

Katsuragi handed the writing board with only one name written on it back to Mashima.

He wouldn't write down the names of any of the leaders unless he saw concrete evidence. From the very beginning of the Uninhabited Island Exam, he focused all his energy on defense.

He'd rather do nothing than make a mistake.

We're doomed, Katsuragi.

Having witnessed the deed done, Sakayanagi revealed an elegant smile, and his mood brightened.

Although she failed to thwart Aoyama's plans, Katsuragi defeat gave her a convincing reason to retaliate against Aoyama's obstruction of her becoming the leader of Class A.

In order to prevent Class A from sinking under the incompetent Katsuragi, out of a sense of public duty Sakayanagi Arisu decided to step forward and take up the mantle of Class A.

If given the chance to lead Special Exam, she will show the students in Class A what a genius is.

"Exam over, meet at the beach pier."

After receiving the writing board, Mashima didn't leave immediately. He took a picture with his tablet and shared it with his colleague in charge of statistics before turning on his location software.

The location of Aoyama Shiki, the top student in Class A, is displayed at Class B's campsite.

Feeling somewhat conflicted, he stood there until exactly twelve o'clock, then simply announced the end of the exam.

Soon, the students in Class A all showed relieved smiles.

Class A didn't spend a single one of their 300 exam points.

Can anyone tell them how Class A lost?

Chapter 110 The Exam Ends

The beach near the landing pier.

Students from each class emerged from the island one after another, forming rows in the open space in front of the small stage.

Unlike the dozens of students in classes A, B, and C, Class D only had one person, and it wasn't Horikita Suzune that Ryuen and Katsuragi had imagined.

We're doomed.

After searching the Class B's ranks carefully but failing to find Shiranami, Ryuen's face turned extremely gloomy.

Similarly, Katsuragi, upon discovering that Karuizawa remained from Class D, realized that he had fallen into Class D' s trap, or perhaps a trap set for him by both Class D and Class C, and his expression became more serious.

"Next, I intend to announce the results directly."

"The school will not accept any questions regarding the exam results. As for why this result occurred, you will have to analyze it yourselves to find the correct answer."

Just like the first day of the exam when everyone gathered on the island, Mashima Tomoya stood on the small podium, speaking with a serious expression and holding a white megaphone.

The students in each class did not change their expressions at Mashima's domineering statement that "the school has the right to interpret everything," and none of them reacted much.

Just like being suddenly tricked into taking an exam on Uninhabited Island, the school's attitude of doing whatever it wants has long been deeply ingrained in people's minds.

Mashima turned his gaze to his own class, "First of all, the last one is from Class A with 100 points."

"Katsuragi!"

"Why is this happening, Katsuragi?"

"Why are there only 100 points? What happened, Katsuragi?"

In an instant, a commotion broke out in Class A's line, with several students surrounding Katsuragi, who was standing at the front of the line.

Until half an hour before the end of the exam, they had all checked with Mashima and found that Class A still had 300 exam points left.

With his hands raised and pressed down, Katsuragi suppressed his regret and kept a serious expression. "Go back to your seats and wait for Mashima- sensei to finish the announcement. Don't do anything unbecoming of Class A student."

"I think Katsuragi will explain it to us. Everyone, go back and line up."

"Not only is Mr. Mashima watching, but students from other classes are watching too."

With a smile, Sakayanagi spoke up in support, temporarily dissuading the excited Class A students from immediately questioning Katsuragi.

They also knew that continuing would only make Class A look even more humiliated.

"Next, third place goes to Class C with 132 points, and second place goes to Class D with 136 points." Seeing that the commotion in Class A had subsided, Mashima calmly continued to announce the results.

The results of the second and third place rankings caused some noise in Class C, but there was no disturbance.

Ryuen's sharp, cold gaze swept over them, and the students in Class C dared to utter at most a single word of dissatisfaction before acting as if nothing had happened.

Like the students in Class A surrounding Katsuragi, surrounding Ryuen?

The students in Class C would only say, "Please, this is Ryuen! They'll beat up girls too."

"Then the first place went to Class B with 333 points. That concludes the results announcement."

After solemnly announcing the results, Mashima stepped down from the small podium.

At the same time, many joyful exclamations came from the Class B line. In an instant, Ichinose was overwhelmed by the Class B students, each with a happy smile on their face.

With only 100 points in Class A, they will replace Class A and be promoted to Class A after this exam.

Moreover, they will widen the gap with the original Class A by nearly 200 points.

It was an absolutely exhilarating and resounding victory.

Unlike the jubilation of Class B, those who knew...

"What exactly happened, Katsuragi?" Machida Koji demanded loudly of Katsuragi.

"I only wrote one name in the 'Guess the Leader' section, which means that all the students in Class BCD guessed our class leader correctly."

Because it was so simple, there was no need for the school to explain, and Katsuragi understood why Class A only had 100 points left.

He also realized that there was likely a traitor in Class A.

"This isn't your problem, Sanada," Katsuragi, walking up to the dejected Sanada to comfort him. "There's a high chance we have a traitor in our class."

There's a traitor in our Class A.

After hearing what Katsuragi said, the students of Class A quickly focused their attention on one person, who was naturally the most antisocial person in Class A, someone who said he didn't consider himself a student of Class A.

Despite the unfriendly looks from his classmates, Aoyama calmly said, "I know that Sanada is the leader of the exam, but I heard it from Suzune."

It's clearly Sakayanagi's fault; he won't be stupid enough to take the blame for her.

Even if Sakayanagi didn't do it, he would have done it anyway.

"Just because you say it's not you doesn't mean it's not you anymore? Only you in Class A would do something like this." Totsuka Yahiko, Katsuragi suffered such a huge setback, and he knew his position had been shaken.

Ignoring Totsuka Aoyama, he looked directly at Katsuragi and said, "If I did it, I'll admit it."

"Good."

Nodding solemnly, Katsuragi didn't say whether he believed it or not, but simply placed his hand on Totsuka's shoulder, who was about to speak again.

After the brief interlude, he was quickly subjected to questioning by the students in Class A.

Seeing the Aoyama, he didn't think much of it and walked over to Karuizawa, who was idly waiting to board the ship.

After this crushing defeat, if Katsuragi can still remain the class leader, he should let him win the next Special Exam to solidify his position.

If Sakayanagi were to temporarily assume leadership, he would inflict another crushing defeat on Class A and, incidentally, force Sakayanagi to step down.

"You've worked hard, Karuizawa." Aoyama patted Karuizawa's head.

Kushida and Onodera covered her capture of the Base, they quietly abandoned the mission, which is why she was the only one left in Class D.

For the honor of helping Class D achieve an incredible comeback, Aoyama chose to give the lion's share to Karuizawa, Kushida unhappy, since she hadn't listened to him.

Karuizawa looked excited. "Hehe, now Maya and Satsuki will definitely trust me even more."

"And that bastard Shinmura Teruhiko, if he says anything rude again, I'll use this to shut him up. So what if he's a little better at studying?"

Yukimura Teruhiko is one of the few top students in Class D with an A grade. He has a natural sense of superiority over students with poor grades and has always been at odds with the group led by Karuizawa.

"But you should also study hard." Aoyama remembered that Karuizawa's academic performance evaluation was D-. Because the average score of Class D was low, she was able to barely pass the final exam.

If the average score were from Class A or Class B, it wouldn't be surprising if they dropped out.

Karuizawa pouted, "Don't say things like that at a time like this. Let me be happy for a little while longer."

"I'll find someone to tutor you, so look forward to it."

After thinking it over, Aoyama decided to find a tutor for Karuizawa; as his tool, the tutor's abilities couldn't be too poor.

In Kouiku, as long as your stats are high enough, you won't be expelled from the Special Exam unless you're heavily targeted.

For example, if Aoyama couldn't pass the Special Exam on academic ability, then no one in that year could.

"Huh?!!"

"Well, it's no use. Let's cherish these last seven days of vacation on the cruise ship."

Gazing at the horizon, Aoyama began to ponder who would be the best tutor for Karuizawa.

Chapter 111 The Ichinose

"How did you find out who the leader of Class C is?"

After clarifying why Class C only had a little over 130 Class Points left, Ryuen led Shiina to Aoyama on the beach.