Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yuyuan used Kushida Kikyo’s apology and the search for evidence to undermine Ayanokoji’s standing in Class D, then explained his motives and Ayanokoji’s connection to Sakayanagi Arisu to Himeno Yuki. The next day, Kushida reported that Horikita had joined the effort to help Sudo and identified Sakura as a possible witness.

• Kushida Kikyo apologized to Yuan Yuyuan, and he replied coldly while she agonized over his response.
• Yuan Yuyuan met Himeno Yuki for lunch, joked that he had transferred his affection to her, and claimed he had rejected Kushida’s apology.
• Yuan Yuyuan challenged Ayanokoji in front of Kushida and Class D students, hinted that Ayanokoji was hiding his abilities, and rebuked Yamauchi for repeatedly interrupting.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Himeno Yuki that Ayanokoji had hidden abilities, Sakayanagi Arisu wanted to defeat him, and his family knew Sakayanagi’s through their fathers.
• The next day, Kushida Kikyo told Yuan Yuyuan that Horikita had joined the search for evidence and that Sakura might have witnessed the incident.
• Kushida described Sakura as a pink-haired girl with glasses who carried a camera and had prominent feminine features.

Yuan Yuyuan tried to secure Sakura Airi's camera as a possible source of evidence in Sudo's case, then investigated the Special Building while keeping Sakura away from Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji. After considering how he might profit from the dispute between Class D and Class C, he realized Hoshinomiya could help him exploit the fact that Class C's students had been injured.

• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Class D still had no plan for the hearing, then collided with Sakura and offered to repair her damaged camera.
• Yuan Yuyuan accepted Manabu Horikita's order to investigate the Special Building and found Sakura taking selfies there.
• Yuan Yuyuan persuaded Sakura to exchange contact information and delayed Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji so Sakura could leave unnoticed.
• Yuan Yuyuan considered whether Sakura had witnessed Sudo's fight and decided that taking more Class Points from Class D would leave them with little reason to keep trying.
• Yuan Yuyuan realized Hoshinomiya might help him turn the injuries suffered by Class C's students into an advantage.

Yuan Yuyuan uncovered video evidence that Ryuen had beaten Ishizaki and the others, then offered to keep it from being used against Class C in exchange for points. Ryuen agreed to pay 500,000 points, while the video left him scrambling to contain the fallout.

• Yuan Yuyuan obtained Infirmary records and karaoke footage showing that Ryuen had beaten Ishizaki and the others after they arrived with milder injuries.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Himeno Yuki he had found Class C's weak spot, then met Shiina Hiyori at the Library to discuss the evidence.
• Shiina Hiyori offered to negotiate with Ryuen so the evidence would not get Class C students expelled, and Yuan Yuyuan agreed to make a deal with Class C alone.
• Shiina Hiyori sent Ryuen the video, and he realized the recording could expose his actions and threaten his classmates with expulsion.
• Ryuen agreed to pay 500,000 points, while Shiina Hiyori continued talking with Yuan Yuyuan in the Library.

Yuan Yuyuan negotiated a monthly half-income deal with Ryuen, then agreed to pretend to be Ichinose’s boyfriend so she could gently reject Shiranami. He left Ichinose uneasy about putting others first and continued teasing Himeno Yuki, who admitted she might be jealous.

• Yuan Yuyuan offered Ryuen a contract requiring every Class C student to give him half of their monthly Private Points, and Ryuen accepted.
• Shiina Hiyori tried to sign the contract, but Yuan Yuyuan told her she was exempt because he trusted her.
• Ichinose visited Yuan Yuyuan to ask for help after Shiranami confessed to her, and asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend.
• Yuan Yuyuan warned Ichinose that she always put others before herself, but she left before explaining her self-doubt.
• Yuan Yuyuan teased Himeno Yuki about his plans after school, and she admitted she might be a little jealous before denying it.

Yuan Yuyuan helped Ichinose reject Shiranami’s feelings by pretending to be Ichinose’s boyfriend, then revealed that Class D paid him a million points each month. He planned to use Kushida to surprise Class C and later visited her dorm, where she invited him in while she washed her hair.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose pretended to be a couple to explain their relationship to Shiranami, who left in tears after Ichinose tried to comfort her.
• Yuan Yuyuan took Ichinose to an expensive restaurant and told her Class D paid him a million points each month under their deal.
• Yuan Yuyuan considered using Kushida to give Class C a setback and thought she could become an important figure for Class D.
• Kushida called Yuan Yuyuan, complained about Sakura and Horikita, and asked him to spend time with her after he helped Sakura fix her camera.
• Yuan Yuyuan went to Kushida’s dorm on Saturday, and she welcomed him inside while saying she was going to wash her hair.

Yuan Yuyuan accompanied Kushida and Sakura to get Sakura’s camera repaired, where he confronted a lecherous clerk who had frightened Sakura. Back at Kushida’s dorm, Kushida confided that she sometimes wished Yuan had never seen her vulnerable side, leaving him unsure what she meant.

• Yuan Yuyuan waited with Kushida while she got ready, then the two met Sakura at the shopping center.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida accompanied Sakura to a digital goods store to have her camera repaired.
• Yuan Yuyuan confronted the clerk after learning he had made Kushida uncomfortable and had unnerved Sakura, then filled out the repair form and pressured him to fix the camera.
• Sakura thanked Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida for helping her, and the three returned to the dorm.
• Kushida complained to Yuan Yuyuan about the clerk, then said she sometimes wished he had never seen her vulnerable side.

Yuan Yuyuan explained to Kushida why he had agreed to pretend to date Ichinose, then admitted he cared for Kushida and kissed her. The chapter ended with Kushida asking whether he would always like her, and Yuan assuring her that he would.

• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Kushida that he would not judge her and redirected their conversation toward Ayanokoji's suspected attempt to divide them.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Kushida that he had agreed to pretend to date Ichinose because their relationship helped him gain influence in Class B.
• Kushida asked whether Yuan Yuyuan liked Ichinose, and he admitted he liked her but said it was not that kind of affection.
• Yuan Yuyuan drew Kushida into his arms and kissed her, and Kushida accepted the kiss because she trusted his kindness toward her.
• After they parted, Yuan Yuyuan told Kushida he would always like her, and she rested against his chest.

Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida investigated Sakura’s online activity and suspected that a clerk from the electronics store was stalking her. Kushida went to approach Sakura while Yuan Yuyuan planned to deal with the stalker, and the chapter ended with Ichinose watching him searchingly in class.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Kushida went out to eat together, and he promised that Nagumo’s influence would protect her from blame in future exams.
• Kushida called Yuan Yuyuan to her room and showed him a gravure model whose face resembled Sakura’s.
• Kushida and Yuan Yuyuan read obsessive comments on the model’s blog and concluded that Sakura was likely being stalked by the electronics store clerk.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Kushida to approach Sakura gently while he handled the stalker, and Kushida went to find Sakura.
• Yuan Yuyuan entered class the next day and noticed Ichinose looking at him searchingly.

Yuan Yuyuan comforted Himeno Yuki after she confronted him about his feelings for other girls, and he admitted that he liked her while refusing to give up on her or Kushida. He then reassured Ichinose by denying anything was happening with Kushida and resumed acting like her boyfriend, leaving Ichinose uncertain about their relationship.

• Yuan Yuyuan left Ichinose waiting and went to Palette Café, where he found Himeno Yuki upset and drinking bitter coffee.
• Yuan Yuyuan gave Himeno Yuki eleven peonies, apologized, and confessed that he liked her, but Himeno Yuki challenged him over his relationship with Kushida.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Himeno Yuki that he would not give up on her and admitted he was keeping his relationship with Kushida from Ichinose.
• Yuan Yuyuan returned to class with Himeno Yuki, then met Ichinose, who asked whether she was interfering with his relationship with Kushida.
• Yuan Yuyuan denied that anything was happening with Kushida, put an arm around Ichinose, and claimed they needed to act more intimate as a fake couple.

Yuan Yuyuan dealt with Himeno Yuki’s jealousy, visited Kushida Kikyo, and encouraged Horikita Suzune and Ichinose as Class D’s hearing approached. The chapter left Ichinose determined to grow while Yuan Yuyuan worried that she was shaping herself around him.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Himeno Yuki that his relationship with Honami was pretend, but she remained irritated with him.
• Kushida Kikyo called Yuan Yuyuan, who later visited her dorm room and spent the afternoon with her.
• Yuan Yuyuan encountered Horikita Suzune in the elevator and challenged her to surprise him at the hearing to prove she had grown.
• On Tuesday, Horikita Suzune privately worried that she had played no part in preparing for the hearing, while Kushida Kikyo had gained Sakura’s trust.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Ichinose what was troubling her, and she insisted she would grow so she could truly help him.

Yuan Yuyuan challenged Ichinose’s idealistic approach to class leadership, then presided over a Student Council hearing about Sudo’s fight with three Class C students. The hearing remained inconclusive until Horikita called Sakura Airi as a witness, leaving her to begin her testimony.

• Yuan Yuyuan argued that Ichinose could not protect everyone by treating her classmates as equals, but Ichinose insisted she could not treat them like subordinates.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose went to the Student Council Office, where Class C’s students and teacher Sakagami and Class D’s Sudo, Horikita, Ayanokoji, and Chabashira joined the hearing.
• Ichinose questioned Sudo and the Class C students about who had arranged the confrontation and whether Sudo had assaulted them, but their accounts conflicted.
• Horikita challenged the Class C students’ story and argued that they had started the fight, then named Sakura Airi as a witness to the incident.
• Sakura entered the hearing, and Horikita asked her to testify, but she began speaking hesitantly.

Yuan Yuyuan heard Sakura Airi testify that Class C attacked Sudo first and present a photograph of the fight, but the evidence did not establish who struck first. When Horikita Suzune rejected the proposed suspensions and demanded Sudo's full acquittal, Yuan postponed the case until the next day and handed it to President Horikita.

• Sakura Airi testified that a Class C student hit Sudo first, and Sakagami tried to undermine her testimony by questioning why she had waited to come forward.
• Sakura showed Yuan Yuyuan photographs from the Special Building, and he presented one that clearly showed Sudo fighting Komiya and the other two Class C students.
• Sakagami proposed suspending the Class C students for one week and Sudo for two, and Chabashira accepted the compromise.
• Horikita Suzune declared that Sudo was innocent and had been deliberately framed, and she refused to accept any suspension for him.
• Yuan stopped the students from arguing, postponed the proceedings until the next day, and said President Horikita would handle the case after he stepped aside from Student Council affairs.
• Yuan told Manabu Horikita that Suzune's class had Ayanokoji and said he was confident Ayanokoji could deal with Ryuen's three underlings.

Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose discussed Sakura’s unusual behavior, and Ichinose decided they should help her despite Yuan’s reluctance. The chapter ended with them planning to keep Sakura after school and ask her directly what was wrong.

• Yuan Yuyuan watched Ichinose warn Sakura that he was devious, then teased Ichinose after she was caught speaking about him.
• Himeno Yuki confronted Yuan Yuyuan about neglecting her, and he apologized and explained that the Sudo retrial had kept him busy.
• Ichinose told Yuan she thought Sakura seemed as if she wanted to say something but could not bring herself to speak.
• Yuan tried to dissuade Ichinose from questioning Sakura, but she insisted they should help their friend.
• Yuan proposed keeping Sakura after school so they could ask her privately if anything was troubling her, and Ichinose agreed.

Yuan Yuyuan agreed to help Sakura confront a stalker, lent Horikita Suzune points for her plan to help Sudo, and tried to explain his secrets to Ichinose. The chapter ended with Ichinose apologizing for pressing him after he claimed that learning about Ayanokoji could put her in danger.

• Ichinose stopped Yuan Yuyuan from leaving and took him to meet Sakura, while Horikita Suzune called to borrow one million points; Yuan first refused, then agreed to lend them.
• Sakura told Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose that an electronics store employee had been stalking her, and Yuan agreed to accompany her to confront him after school.
• Yuan Yuyuan met Horikita Suzune in the teachers' office, drew up a loan contract, and inferred that she planned to use the points to buy a fake surveillance camera to help Sudo.
• Ichinose followed Yuan Yuyuan to his dorm and questioned him about Ayanokoji and the secrets he kept from her.
• Yuan Yuyuan claimed that knowing Ayanokoji's background could endanger Ichinose, and she apologized for asking him to share more.

Yuan Yuyuan helped Sakura confront and report a stalker, while Ichinose supported her and learned about Sakura’s past as a model. The stalker was expelled, and Sakura and Ichinose grew closer as friends.

• Yuan Yuyuan noticed Ichinose acting strangely and gently reminded her to share anything troubling her.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose advised Sakura to confront the man who had been stalking her, and Sakura went to meet him near the Electronics Store.
• Sakura told the stalker to stop contacting her, and Yuan Yuyuan intervened when the man tried to grab her.
• Yuan Yuyuan called Manabu Horikita, handed over the evidence, and left with Sakura and Ichinose after knocking the stalker unconscious.
• Sakura let Yuan Yuyuan explain her modeling past to Ichinose, who accepted her warmly and became her friend.
• Yuan Yuyuan reported that the stalker had been expelled and exposed for his actions without revealing Sakura’s identity.

Yuan Yuyuan boarded the cruise ship with Ichinose, Himeno Yuki, and Kanzaki before the first Special Exam, then confronted Ryuen when he publicly declared war on Class B. After Ryuen left, Yuyuan questioned his motives, and an announcement called students to the deck to view an island.

• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Class C had withdrawn its complaint after Ayanokoji intervened, then recalled the month’s developments before the exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan traveled to Tokyo Bay with Ichinose, Himeno Yuki, and Kanzaki and suspected the luxurious cruise ship had a hidden purpose.
• Yuan Yuyuan met Kushida Kikyo at the ship’s café, where Ryuen arrived and declared that he would target Class B.
• Yuan Yuyuan stopped Ryuen from striking Ibuki Mio and mocked him, prompting Ryuen to leave with Ishizaki and Albert.
• Yuan Yuyuan doubted Ryuen’s public challenge was genuine, then went to the deck after an announcement said students would soon see an island.

Yuan Yuyuan and the other first-year students arrived at the uninhabited island, where they learned that their first Special Exam was about to begin. Before disembarking, Yuan Yuyuan revealed more about his harsh upbringing and his father’s plans for him, while the chapter left the exam’s rules and tasks unexplained.

• Yuan Yuyuan challenged Totsuka Yahiko and Katsuragi after they insulted Class D, then joined Ryuen in taunting Katsuragi over Sakayanagi Arisu’s absence.
• Yuan Yuyuan, Ichinose, and Himeno Yuki speculated about the island exam while teasing one another on the way to their rooms.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Kanzaki that his father had subjected him to brutal training to shape him into an heir, and that Yuye had helped prevent him from becoming like Ayanokoji from the White Room.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Kanzaki joined the first-year students on the island, where Mashima Tomonari announced that the first Special Exam was beginning.

Yuan Yuyuan and the other students learned the rules of a weeklong uninhabited-island exam, where each class could spend points on supplies and earn Class Points by saving them or occupying bases. He led Class B to a campsite behind a waterfall and chose Kanzaki Ryuji as captain, telling him to attract attention for a plan he kept secret.

• Mashima announced that the students would live on the island for a week, receive 300 points per class, and add any unspent points to their Class Points after the exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Koenji challenged Mashima's claim that the exam was based on real corporate training, while Mashima insisted the students could enjoy a week of freedom by spending points.
• Hoshinomiya explained the watch, roll-call, safety, and base-occupancy rules; Yuan Yuyuan agreed to buy a temporary toilet for the class.
• Yuan Yuyuan noticed that only the class captain could use a base key card and considered how changing or using the captain could mislead other classes.
• Yuan Yuyuan led Class B to camp behind a waterfall and named Kanzaki Ryuji captain, instructing him to get noticed.

Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose searched for Class D so he could offer to exchange their special-exam points for help escaping their monthly tribute. He persuaded Hirata to accept the deal despite Horikita Suzune’s objections.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Kanzaki captured four bases, then returned to camp and realized they had left Shibata Sou wandering in the forest with supplies.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose found Shibata Sou and brought him back before setting out to negotiate with Class D.
• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Ichinose that his schemes served their class, and they shared an embrace before Asako Amikura interrupted them.
• Yuan Yuyuan offered Class D a way to stop paying tribute in exchange for all three hundred of their special-exam points, but Horikita Suzune refused.
• Yuan Yuyuan warned that Class D could lose points and fall into conflict, then convinced Hirata to accept the offer.

Yuan Yuyuan negotiated a deal to exchange Class D’s special exam points for personal points, then learned that Ryuen had expelled Kaneda Satoru and Ibuki after a dispute over abandoning the exam. He and Ichinose went to meet Kaneda, while Yuan planned to make Class C believe they trusted him.

• Horikita Suzune and Hirata debated Yuan Yuyuan’s offer, and Class D eventually agreed to exchange its special exam points under his terms.
• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Kaneda Satoru and Ibuki had been expelled from Class C after opposing Ryuen’s plan to spend points and abandon the exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan told Ichinose to take in Kaneda and proposed pretending to oppose the decision before acting as though they trusted him.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose went to meet Kaneda, who recognized them and remarked that they seemed like a perfect couple.