"Students, if you have the time, please make sure to come to the deck and look at the island. I'm sure you'll be able to witness a meaningful sight."
The announcement rang out.
The students on the deck all wore puzzled expressions.
They had long noticed the isolated island, but they had no idea what the announcement specifically meant.
Quite a few people took photos of the island's full appearance with their phones. As more and more students came up, the deck began to grow crowded.
As the cruise ship slowly advanced, the island gradually revealed itself in its entirety.
Nearly the entire island was covered in lush green forest, with uneven terrain.
The coastline bordered a dazzling stretch of white sand, winding up and down with hardly any steep terrain.
Rather than docking directly, the cruise ship slowly sailed around the entire island.
On closer inspection, some areas even showed quite a few traces of human intervention.
Suzuki Tsubame counted them. There should have been twenty.
He opened the system map.
Sure enough, twenty white dots were marked on the map, nearly forming a complete circle around the isolated island.
He calculated the shortest route.
Taking the terrain into account, it would probably take around an hour to cover the distance at full speed.
Once he became familiar with the route, he should be able to go faster.
"This is strange. Didn't they say we were coming on vacation? No matter how I look at it, this is an Uninhabited Island, isn't it?"
"Where's my luxurious seaside villa? Where did my pool party go?"
"Exactly. There probably isn't even a basic house here. At least arrange somewhere decent for us to stay, right?"
Just then, the announcement sounded again:
"The cruise ship will soon dock for disembarkation. All students,