At 7:00 a.m., the four members of Shiraishi Makoto's group were fully prepared to set out.
At the same time the movement instructions were updated, new Challenges were distributed across the island.
As the school had said, only about 20% to 30% of the groups would be granted permission to open their group member limit. This was also reflected in the distribution of the bonus Challenges.
Among the first batch of eleven Challenges, only one offered the reward of opening the group member limit. That Challenge was located in the 5E area.
Shiraishi Makoto's group was currently about 1.8 kilometers from the 5E Challenge. If there were two groups with different Route Schedules near the 5E area, they would have no chance of participating in this Challenge.
Yet the destination listed in the first movement instruction they received was the 3A area, in the opposite direction from the Challenge.
"The Challenge is a Three-Legged Race. Kanzaki and I will give it a try. Katsuragi and Hirata, sorry for the trouble, but go check in at 3A first." Time was tight, and Shiraishi Makoto had no time to discuss who would go with everyone. After quickly assigning the tasks, he set off at once.
Although Shiraishi Makoto had left immediately and hurried as fast as he could, by the time the two of them reached the Challenge site, it had already begun.
But here, Shiraishi Makoto saw quite a few familiar faces.
There were Kiriyama and Tonokawa from the Third Year, Hashimoto Masayoshi and Yamada Albert from the Second Year, and Ishigami Kyo from the First Year, among others.
Nearly all the prominent figures from each year had gathered here.
Everyone had come for the reward of increasing the group member limit, but most had not obtained a spot in the