The Situation Has Become Clear (Continued)

While Shuichi Kanda and Nanase were setting up their tent, they saw Horikita Suzune walking along the beach.

"Kanda -kun?"

Horikita looked surprised upon hearing Shuichi Kanda's voice, but she didn't appear tired.

That makes sense, since all the students were forced to take a day off yesterday.

"Looks like you didn't catch a cold this time."

As Shuichi Kanda opened his mouth, Horikita's face darkened.

She had a slight cold before the Uninhabited Island Exam last year, and if Shuichi Kanda hadn't noticed it in advance, he would have forfeited the exam last year.

However, reuniting on this vast Uninhabited Island should have been a happy occasion, but why did you bring up my embarrassing past right off the bat?

Girls, does anyone know this?!

I feel like punching this guy just looking at him!

If Horikita Suzune hadn't known she couldn't beat him, she would have already given him a good beating.

After all, she had been disciplined once in Shuichi Kanda's room, where Kushida had held her down and tickled her for a long time.

Thinking about this, Horikita's face turned a little red.

Shuichi Kanda, observing Horikita's constantly changing expression, grew curious. Was this guy... thinking about something interesting?

"You're not thinking of beating me up, are you? Horikita, you'd better watch out, or I'll make you cry your eyes out."

As soon as Shuichi Kanda uttered his teasing remark, Horikita's eyebrows twitched violently. No, he couldn't take it anymore! He had to fight even if he couldn't win! Anyway, with everyone watching, he wouldn't dare do anything to him!

At this moment, Horikita no longer cared about the final destination for the day. He threw his backpack on the ground, his eyes narrowed, and he wanted to beat up Shuichi Kanda.

However, before she could get close, Nanase stood directly in front of Shuichi Kanda, looking at Horikita Suzune with a serious expression.

"What you up to?"

Nanase's serious words made Horikita pause for a moment, then she spoke with a hint of amusement.

"Was that my line? Nanase- san, what do you want to do?"

"Of course, we're protecting Kanda- senpai! Horikita Manabu, please don't come any closer!" Nanase's expression was very serious, and she was already in a fighting stance. If Horikita dared to step forward, she definitely wouldn't hold back.

Horikita, seeing Nanase blocking her way and Shuichi Kanda hiding behind her and snickering, nearly died of anger.

What's wrong with this junior schoolgirl? Why is she suddenly so protective of Shuichi Kanda?

Just as the two were at an impasse, Ayanokoji came over carrying a bucket and a fishing rod. He then tilted his head when he saw the three people in front of him with a strange atmosphere.

"Uh, what are you doing?"

Then, all three of them looked at Ayanokoji.

"Ayanokoji..."

"Horikita Manabu wants to harm Kanda- senpai."

Just as Horikita was about to say something, she heard Nanase's 'victim-first' accusation and immediately couldn't hold back anymore. She kicked Nanase, but Nanase's reaction was no joke. She easily dodged Horikita's attack.

Then... the two began to exchange blows, fighting back and forth, evenly matched, until they reached a point of no return.

Meanwhile, Shuichi Kanda, standing to the side, shouted with a smile, "Stop fighting! You won't be able to decide a winner like this!"

However, Shuichi Kanda's words did not stop them; instead, they fought even more fiercely.

However, the fight didn't last long, as more and more people gathered on the beach, and the two realized that Shuichi Kanda was right.

If they continue fighting like this, it's impossible to determine a winner.

More importantly, they didn't want to be treated like spectators, especially Horikita Suzune.

After glaring fiercely at Shuichi Kanda, Horikita picked up her backpack from the ground and stormed off to the north.

"Horikita, come over for dinner later! I'll treat you to grilled fish!"

Watching Horikita's departing figure, Shuichi Kanda more.

However, after turning her head and glaring at Shuichi Kanda, Horikita said fiercely, "I don't want to eat your grilled fish!"

After Horikita left, Nanase breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Shuichi Kanda.

"Kanda- senpai, don't you and Horikita Manabu get along? She was really going to hit you just now."

"It's alright, they're all classmates, it's just that I've dealt with her before."

Shuichi Kanda said casually.

Is she your girlfriend?

"How could that be? I have a girlfriend."

"Is that so?" Nanase didn't speak, but nodded, then realized she might have been meddling.

Then, Shuichi Kanda stood up, walked to Ayanokoji's side, and took the bucket of water from Ayanokoji's hand.

It has to be said that Ayanokoji's fishing skills are really good. Even though Kanda Shuichi Kanda, Ayanokoji is always successful.

We can have grilled fish again tonight, hmm, not bad.

By the time Horikita reached I5, it was already past five o'clock.

If it weren't for the slight delay, Horikita could have at least secured a minimum score of one point. Horikita grew angrier the more she thought about it; she had to eat him a fish.

So Horikita turned around and walked towards Shuichi Kanda. When she arrived, Shuichi Kanda had already prepared the ingredients and started cooking.

"Hey, isn't this Horikita? What brings you back again?"

Because he had solved Yagami's problem, and Koenji Shuichi Kanda was in a very good mood and even joked with Horikita.

"I want to eat fish, and didn't you invite me to eat fish?"

"Really? But 'Who would want to eat your grilled fish!' sounds familiar... where have I heard that phrase before? Where?"

Shuichi Kanda looked deep in thought, which made Horikita's eyelids twitch.

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's incredibly lifelike tone, Nanase couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Horikita Manabu, please have a seat. Kanda- senpai prepared one for you."

Looking at Shuichi Kanda's smiling face, Horikita knew perfectly well that he had been tricked again.

Shuichi Kanda placed the fish a little distance away from the flames while glancing at Horikita.

"You seem to have much more energy than I expected."

Horikita is taking the exam solo, and as we can see from what just happened, he's different from Nanase and the others who are only pretending to team up with Shuichi Kanda and the Nanase; he's genuinely taking the exam alone.

"Is it really that unbelievable that I'm so energetic?"

Horikita immediately showed a displeased expression.

Shuichi Kanda shrugged. "Most of the students I've met seem to be very tired. You seem so energetic; maybe you're adapting to life on Uninhabited Island even better than I thought."

You don't need to tell me that.

Although Horikita's academic and athletic abilities are not the best among the second-year students, her abilities are quite balanced, and she is the type who can participate in first or second place in any subject.

So even if she encounters top-level competitors, she can still get second or third place to secure a ranking, so her life these past few days has been quite good.

"But speaking of which, have the perpetrators who attacked Komiya and the others really been caught?"

Horikita frowned, a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Don't worry, the person who attacked Komiya and the others has withdrawn from the exam. However, it's hard to say whether someone will follow suit and attack others."

What do you mean by that?

"It's nothing, I just hope you won't be careless."

After dinner, Shuichi Kanda earlier that day and began to analyze them.

The situation started out similar to before. Nagumo's initial location was B8, and the only GPS signals he could hear were from his teammates.

However, an hour later at 8 a. m., several other groups had gathered around Nagumo, much like the time before the exams ended yesterday morning.

However, today is different from yesterday. The group around Nagumo is not only composed of third-year students, but also includes some second-year and first-year students.

Because of the interference from these students, the students in the Nagumo group were unable to obtain the first place that had been ceded, or rather, they simply did not dare to cede first place.

After maintaining this situation for an entire day, the Nagumo group's performance had been completely outpaced by Koenji.

In just one day, the gap widened to 30 points, and now it has reached 50 points.

Perhaps because he was caught off guard, Nagumo didn't handle it well, but that's not how it appeared in the eyes of the other students.

Especially in the eyes of Kiriyama's group in Class 3-B.

At this moment, Kiriyama was alone in his tent, looking at the rankings at the front.

Koenji's fifty-point lead over Nagumo's group was, in his opinion, an insurmountable chasm.

When Nagumo first proposed this plan, Kiriyama thought it was very feasible and faithfully carried it Nagumo.

As it turned out, the plan was indeed very effective, allowing them to easily keep up with Koenji's pace using only 70% of their strength.

There are reasons why they didn't go all out from the start.

First, there's the issue of the students' physical stamina. Dominating a topic requires a considerable amount of physical strength, and even though they are third-year students, their physical strength isn't unlimited.

Secondly, it was to avoid attracting attention and to conceal the operation. This operation was nothing special; it was simply a human wave tactic. They would fill the entire number of participants in the project with their own people and then predetermine the winner.

Third, it was to lull Koenji into a false sense of security, and then, when the ranking points were no longer visible in the last two days, to overtake Koenji decisively and send Shuichi Kanda.

However, even though they were so discreet and careful, their purpose was still discovered.

Some operations require operating in the shadows; once discovered, the operation is highly likely to fail.

It would be fine if other grades were to imitate, but they lacked experience in working together as a whole grade, and since Koenji was only one person, their efficiency was ultimately not as good as that of six people.

Unfortunately, the second-year students never even considered imitating them; they flipped the table the moment they saw Nagumo cheat.

If you look at a day's schedule, you'll see that almost all the members of Nagumo's group were constantly traveling between different projects.

But each time, just when I was about to catch up, the project started.

Then I moved on to the next project, but then I missed it again.

How can you get points if you don't even qualify to participate?

Although they could have guaranteed the eligibility of Nagumo's team members by having them register first, that would have essentially brought the competition back to normal.

Nagumo's team cannot guarantee that they will win first place every time.

Once or twice is fine, after all, Nagumo only picks the best fighters, and they can take first place through their strength. But what about after that?

You get tired sometimes, don't you?

How can you win first place when you're exhausted?

The people Ryuen sent are no pushovers either. Even if you don't get first place, it doesn't matter. I can force you to use your full strength.

Life on Uninhabited Island is very physically demanding.

I'll see how much stamina you have!

This is Ryuen's open strategy, a kind of variant of the "catfish effect".

By introducing first and second graders, the third graders are made unable to fully control the topic, thus restoring the competitiveness of the topic and exhausting their energy.

However, when it comes to physical strength, Koenji is the king of kings! He's completely fearless!

Thinking about what he had experienced today, and the gap between Koenji Nagumo's group, Kiriyama's face darkened.

His promise to help Nagumo achieve victory came with a condition: upon returning to school, he would immediately give Kiriyama 20 million Private Points as a ticket to promotion.

However...

In the current situation, how can you expect me to believe you can still win, Nagumo!

Kiriyama's expression shifted between light and dark. He then looked at the Intercom beside him, and gradually heard the words of the mushroom-headed, bespectacled boy from earlier that day.

"As long as Nagumo is gone, do you think your Class 3-B can't beat a crippled Class A? Even if you can't, it's okay, we'll help you!"

In this exam, Class 3-A started with a score of -500. I heard that Qiao Huan is going to drop out of school, which will result in a score of -300.

Kiriyama felt that the opportunity was right in front of him!

As the Uninhabited Island Exam continues, some students have begun to withdraw, mostly girls, and most of them are first-year students.