After roll call, Chabashira announced expressionlessly:
"Koenji, due to physical discomfort, returned to the cruise ship last night and applied to withdraw from this special exam. The class will lose thirty Exam Points."
"Huh? That bastard!" Sudo instantly bristled, his face flushing red.
Although Hirata had already informed him when he woke up that morning, he still could not help complaining. "That guy's built like a bull. How does he look sick at all?"
"Exactly! Fine, whatever, usually—but he's throwing a tantrum during such an important exam. How selfish!"
Everyone had already been full of complaints about the island's harsh conditions. Now that thirty points had been deducted for no reason, their dissatisfaction immediately erupted.
"Well, everyone, try to understand Koenji a little. Maybe the air conditioning on the cruise ship was too cold and he caught a chill?"
The moment he finished speaking, he received an icy, bone-chilling glare. Unfazed, he smiled and continued fanning the flames.
"Hmm... or maybe the conditions on the island were too poor and disrupted his beauty sleep."
"Huh? What kind of beauty sleep does a grown man need? At the end of the day, he's just selfish and doesn't care about the class's interests at all!"
"Yeah! They should just kick him out of Class D!"
Stirring things up worked with laughable ease.
Such blatant and clumsy provocation might have been seen through at a glance in another class, but in the talent-rich Class D, it was surprisingly effective.
Roll call ended there.
Before Suzuki Tsubame could consider what to do that morning, Horikita and Ayanokoji approached together. Ayanokoji looked somewhat helpless as he spoke first.
"Horikita said she wants to investigate the movements of the other classes again."
"Ayanokoji acted alone yesterday, so he may have missed something. I think sending two