On the fourth day of life on the uninhabited island, now that they had reached the midpoint, Class D's progress was going smoothly. They had relied on fishing and gathering fruit and corn to fill their stomachs, without buying supplies from the teachers, saving a considerable number of points.
As for the battle over bases, we had used the information Hashimoto provided and adopted the plan I proposed, seizing bases that Class A had yet to touch. By the end of the third day, we had successfully occupied ten bases.
Each base occupied around the clock earned three points, and by the end of the exam, we were expected to accumulate nearly a hundred points. Our current expenditure, including the penalty for Koenji withdrawing, was roughly a hundred points. At this rate, we would ultimately have a surplus of around three hundred points.
However, Class D still could not afford to let its guard down. The estimate of three hundred points was based on the current situation, and unforeseen events could still arise later. In particular, we had to watch Ryuen's movements—when we raided Class C's main camp on the third day, we found it long deserted.
Ordinary people might assume they had all withdrawn, but Ryuen had personally revealed that Ibuki, who had infiltrated our camp, and Kaneda, who had infiltrated Class B's camp, were both moles he had planted. They also possessed radios, so they were clearly still lying low somewhere on the island.
But Ryuen was not necessarily the leader. Just in case, he had likely transferred the leader role to Ibuki or Kaneda while keeping the keycard himself. I would have used the same strategy.
But who Class C's leader was did not really matter. After all, I had not even confirmed the identity of my