Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Yang Ye had to confess to Kushida Kikyo to avoid having his soul annihilated. He confessed in front of Class D and received a system reward, whose details were not yet revealed.

• Yang Ye awakened as Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and learned that the system required him to confess to Kushida Kikyo before the deadline or face soul annihilation.
• During lunch, Ayanokoji approached Kushida in front of their classmates, drawing the room’s attention.
• Ayanokoji told Kushida that he liked her and bluntly praised the shape of her legs.
• The system declared the beginner mission complete and began issuing Ayanokoji’s reward.

After completing his beginner task and gaining Combat Mastery, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka (Yang Ye) bluntly complimented Kushida Kikyo’s legs in class, provoking shock and anger. After school, Kushida asked him to meet her privately on the rooftop, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka (Yang Ye) received Master-level Combat Mastery from the system.
• Ayanokoji told Kushida Kikyo that her legs were perfectly shaped, and she tried to pass his remark off as a joke.
• Ayanokoji insisted he was serious as Class D students criticized him for being rude and perverted.
• For the rest of the afternoon, Kushida acted friendly with classmates but watched Ayanokoji with wary hostility.
• After most students left, Kushida asked Ayanokoji to go with her to the rooftop, and he agreed.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka (Yang Ye) confronted Kushida Kikyo on the rooftop and used his combat skill to make her wary of him. After completing the system's Intimidation quest, he left with a new Insight ability and began viewing the world's plot differently.

• Kushida Kikyo accused Ayanokoji Kiyotaka (Yang Ye) of approaching her for a hidden reason, and the system triggered the Intimidation quest.
• Ayanokoji noticed two disguised boys hiding nearby and called them out.
• The boys tried to grab Ayanokoji, but he quickly defeated them with his combat skill.
• Ayanokoji told Kushida he had confessed because he wanted to and warned her not to cause trouble for him.
• Kushida nodded, and Ayanokoji left the rooftop after the system awarded him Beginner Insight.

Yang Ye, living as Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, assessed the attention he had drawn and accepted system missions tied to advancing D Class and proving his academic ability. At lunch, Kei Karuizawa approached him in the library and asked what he was preparing for.

• Yang Ye noticed a watcher near the rooftop and resolved to pursue the system's goal of leading D Class to Class A while preventing expulsions at midterms.
• Hirata checked in with Ayanokoji, while Horikita and Kushida watched him; Yang Ye noticed Kushida paying attention to Sudō.
• Sae Chabashira's interest triggered a system mission requiring Ayanokoji to get a perfect score on the next math quiz for a Memory Enhancement reward.
• Yang Ye went to the library after noticing that classmates and students from other classes seemed to be watching him.
• Kei Karuizawa sat across from Ayanokoji and asked whether he was preparing for something.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka drew attention after effortlessly deflecting Ken Sudō and dominating him in basketball, disrupting Kushida Kikyo's plan and intriguing the teachers. A newly activated system quest then challenged Ayanokoji to prove his worth in the next day's math quiz.

• Kei Karuizawa warned Ayanokoji about Sudō's hostility and Kushida's interest in him.
• During gym class, Ayanokoji deflected Sudō's attempt to grab him and then repeatedly outplayed him in basketball.
• Kushida realized her plan to use Sudō against Ayanokoji had failed, while the PE teacher recorded Ayanokoji's unexpectedly high-level skills.
• Sae Chabashira read the PE teacher's report and ordered him to keep an eye on Ayanokoji.
• Ayanokoji received a system notification activating the quest “Prove Your Worth,” which required him to prove himself in the next day's math quiz.

Yang Ye used his math quiz to earn a perfect score while secretly helping Ken Sudō improve his failing result, drawing Sae Chabashira’s suspicion. He gained Class Cohesion and a Strategy Point, then Kei Karuizawa joined him in the library as he considered the risks of revealing his abilities.

• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka finished the quiz early but waited, then noticed Ken Sudō struggling and Kushida Kikyo’s unusually clean scratch paper and scratched eraser.
• Yang Ye triggered a quest and secretly tossed Ken Sudō a note with guidance for the final questions.
• Ken Sudō thanked Ayanokoji after the quiz, while Kei Karuizawa, Yosuke Hirata, Suzune Horikita, and Kushida Kikyo noticed their exchange.
• Sae Chabashira found Ayanokoji’s perfect score and Sudō’s unexpectedly strong approach, then began suspecting a connection between them.
• Yang Ye completed the quest, received Class Cohesion and a Strategy Point, and simulated how Chabashira might respond to her suspicions.
• Kei Karuizawa joined Ayanokoji in the library and asked if something was up.

After Kei Karuizawa warned Ayanokoji Kiyotaka that Class C was collecting information about talented students, he planned to unite Class D’s strengths and faced questions from Suzune Horikita about his abilities. The chapter ended with Ryuen Kakeru identifying him as Class D’s outlier and preparing to make a move.

• Kei Karuizawa warned Ayanokoji Kiyotaka that Class C was gathering information on students with special talents and said Class D needed someone who could stand up to threats.
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka used the System Interface to assess Class D’s strengths and weaknesses, then planned to build a cooperative core circle.
• The system gave Ayanokoji Kiyotaka a mission to form cooperative relationships with at least three capable classmates within two weeks.
• Suzune Horikita confronted Ayanokoji Kiyotaka about his sudden improvement and hidden strength, then asked whether he would consider partnering with her.
• Ryuen Kakeru watched Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Suzune Horikita through binoculars and declared that he had found Class D’s outlier.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka earned a perfect score on a math quiz, drawing suspicion from his classmates and renewed interest from Kushida Kikyo. At lunch, Kushida led three boys from other classes into confronting him, and a system mission prompted him to repel them without serious injury.

• Chabashira announced that Yamauchi, Ike, and Shinohara had failed the quiz and that Ayanokoji had scored 100 points.
• When Chabashira questioned his advanced methods, Ayanokoji said he had studied college prep material over summer break.
• Kushida asked to meet Ayanokoji for help, and he agreed to meet her at lunch.
• Kushida brought three boys to the courtyard, where they accused Ayanokoji of cheating and mistreating her before threatening physical force.
• A system emergency mission ordered Ayanokoji to repel the boys without serious injury and intimidate the mastermind.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka defeated the boys Kushida Kikyo had brought to confront him, then accepted Ryuen Kakeru’s wager to face Class C in the next Special Exam. Afterward, Ryuen ordered his class to watch Ayanokoji, while Ayanokoji resolved to form a core group in Class D.

• Ayanokoji challenged Kushida’s account of her threat allegation, then used his combat skills to defeat the three boys who attacked him.
• Ryuen revealed that he had arranged the confrontation as a test and hinted that he suspected Ayanokoji had a White Room background.
• Ryuen proposed a wager for the next Special Exam, and Ayanokoji accepted the challenge on behalf of Class D.
• Ayanokoji told Kushida he would not pursue her actions this time, while Kushida resolved to uncover his secrets and control or destroy him.
• Ryuen instructed Mio Ibuki and the Class C members to monitor Ayanokoji and Class D without acting before the Special Exam.
• Ayanokoji completed the emergency mission, unlocked Tactical Thinking (Beginner), received the Tyrant’s Challenge mission, and wrote down names for a Class D core group.

Ayanokoji began building a core group for Class D and sought Horikita’s cooperation ahead of the first Special Exam. The year-wide assembly revealed that the exam would be a two-week survival competition on an uninhabited island, leaving Class D facing a difficult test of teamwork and resourcefulness.

• Ayanokoji received the midterm results, ranking second in Class D, while Horikita ranked first and Sudō barely passed with 58 points.
• Ayanokoji met Horikita on the rooftop, and she agreed that they should cooperate for the Special Exam.
• Ayanokoji urged Horikita to involve Hirata, Sudō, and Karuizawa and suggested seeking information from the Student Council; Horikita said she would decide after the assembly.
• At the year-wide assembly, Horikita Manabu announced that the first Special Exam would be an uninhabited island survival competition lasting two weeks.
• Horikita Manabu explained that the classes would compete to build camps, manage resources, and complete tasks, with the lowest-rated class losing many Class Points.

After the island survival exam was announced, Ayanokoji began forming a core team to prepare Class D and recruited Hirata, Karuizawa, and Sudō. The team was taking shape, but Horikita remained to be persuaded, and an anonymous warning raised the threat posed by Class A.

• Horikita Manabu announced a two-week uninhabited-island exam beginning in one week, with limited cooperation and competition between classes.
• Ryuen Kakeru challenged Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, while Hirata encouraged Class D after its students grew anxious about the exam.
• Ayanokoji proposed a core team to Hirata, assigning Sudō physical work, Horikita planning, Hirata group leadership, and Karuizawa intelligence gathering.
• Karuizawa agreed to gather information after Ayanokoji assured her the team would not use her as a pawn.
• Sudō agreed to handle physical labor and asked Ayanokoji to teach him teamwork and self-control.
• An anonymous message warned Ayanokoji that Class A had a complete plan to make Class D fall apart during the exam.

Class D landed on the island and sent Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s team inland to find a safer permanent campsite. After choosing a clearing by a stream and beginning to prepare it, Ayanokoji received a wilderness-survival skill, and Hirata arrived with supplies arranged by Kei Karuizawa.

• The first-year students received the island map and exam rules, while Karuizawa reported that Class A planned to take the central hills, Ryuen’s Class C had prepared traps, and Sakayanagi Arisu would direct Class A from school.
• After landing, Ayanokoji split Class D between a temporary beach camp and an inland scouting party, then led Horikita, Sudō, Ike, and Yamauchi into the jungle.
• The group found a secluded clearing beside a stream and chose it for Class D’s permanent camp; Ayanokoji sent Horikita and Sudō back to bring Hirata and supplies.
• Ayanokoji, Ike, and Yamauchi began clearing the site, and Ayanokoji unlocked Wilderness Survival Knowledge (Basic) as the camp took shape.
• Hirata returned with extra tools, water bags, purification tablets, fishing gear, and hooks that Kei had obtained, and Ayanokoji assigned the group to build a shelter, boil water, and inspect the area for dangers.

Ayanokoji and Horikita found fresh wild boar tracks while scouting, then returned to camp to discover that Class C had stolen supplies and injured Shinohara. Ayanokoji confronted the thieves with Horikita, Sudō, and Karuizawa, and the chapter ended as Class C drew weapons rather than return the supplies.

• Ayanokoji sensed a scout watching him and Horikita, then found fresh wild boar tracks along the stream and identified the herd as a potential food source.
• Ayanokoji returned to camp, where Sudō had helped build the shelter and Hirata had started boiling water, and organized the next group’s work.
• A girl told Hirata that Class C had stolen supplies and knocked Shinohara down, leaving her with a bleeding scrape; Karuizawa said the thieves had fled northeast along the coast.
• Ayanokoji ordered Hirata to get Shinohara treated and the camp secured, then took Horikita, Sudō, and Karuizawa northeast to confront the thieves.
• Ayanokoji identified Ishizaki, Ibuki, and Oda with the stolen supplies and demanded they return them, but Ibuki, Ishizaki, and Oda prepared to fight.

Ayanokoji led Class D in repelling Class C’s attack, then began preparing for the island exam while suspecting hidden scoring criteria. On the second day, he and Horikita found and helped an injured Hiyori Shiina, discovered a hidden waterfall, and learned that controlling it could become a future contest between classes.

• Ayanokoji, Sudō, and Horikita defeated Ibuki, Ishizaki, and Oda, reclaimed Class D’s supplies, and concluded that Ryuen’s attack had been a test.
• Hirata moved Class D’s camp inland, and Ayanokoji discussed hidden exam criteria with Horikita before the system activated the Uninhabited Island Trial quest.
• Ryuen ordered Class C to target Class D after hearing Ibuki’s report, while Ayanokoji noticed that Class B students were secretly watching the camp the next morning.
• Ayanokoji organized food-gathering preparations, set snare traps, and went with Horikita to seek a second water source.
• Ayanokoji and Horikita found Hiyori Shiina injured and lost, treated her ankle, and carried her back toward camp as she shared Ichinose’s interest in possible cooperation with Class D.
• The group discovered a small waterfall, and the system triggered a hidden quest requiring Ayanokoji to prevent another class from gaining complete control of the water source.

Class D took in the injured Hiyori Shiina, who analyzed the other classes and advised them to stay cautious. Ayanokoji learned about hidden scoring rules and an upcoming high-stakes task, the Perch Dispute, which would begin the next day.

• Ayanokoji decided that Hiyori Shiina could recover at the Class D camp and asked Kei Karuizawa to inform Class B; Shiina then analyzed the four classes and advised Class D to build strength while keeping a low profile.
• Ken Sudo and two classmates guarded the waterfall, where Mio Ibuki and Class C collected water before Kohei Katsuragi's Class A group took its turn without starting a fight.
• Akane Tachibana told Ayanokoji that the exam secretly scored internal class governance, that cameras observed the students, and that taking in Shiina had earned Class D points.
• Tachibana revealed that the Perch Dispute would begin the next day, offering points for occupying and defending a highland for twenty-four hours, with class alliances permitted.
• A system notice updated the task objective to placing in the Perch Dispute's top three, and Ayanokoji prepared for the coming contest.

Ayanokoji led Class D to seize Lookout Hill after Classes A and C weakened each other in a fight. Class C's first counterattack was stopped by unexplained traps, leaving Class D holding the hill and wondering who had set them.

• Ayanokoji briefed Class D on the Perch Dispute and assigned reconnaissance, combat, and support teams, with Hiyori Shiina helping plan despite her injured ankle.
• The task began at Lookout Hill, where Classes A and C clashed over control while Class D waited for them to tire.
• Ayanokoji sent Ken Sudō and the combat team up the hill, and Sudō planted Class D's flag to claim the 100 base points.
• Ayanokoji organized Class D's defenses as Classes A and C rested below, and Hiyori Shiina predicted that both classes would soon attack.
• Class C approached from three directions, but unexplained traps injured two students, forcing Ryuen to order a retreat.

Ayanokoji allied Class D with Ichinose's Class B and drove Ryuen's Class C from the high ground, but Class C later burned their camp and destroyed many of their supplies. With Class D struggling to survive and Class A waiting nearby, Ayanokoji faced an emergency choice that could determine the class's fate.

• Ichinose revealed that Class B had set the traps and offered to help Class D in exchange for support on a future proposal, and Ayanokoji agreed to the alliance.
• Ayanokoji led a western feint while Ichinose's members attacked Class C from behind, forcing Ryuen to retreat.
• Katsuragi refused Ichinose's invitation to join the alliance, and Class A set up an observation post to wear down Classes B and D.
• During the night watch, Ayanokoji realized the noises on the mountain were a diversion, but Class C had already attacked Class D's camp and burned supplies.
• Ayanokoji returned to the high ground and received three emergency options from the system: abandon the position, search for replacement supplies, or negotiate with Class A.

After Class C destroyed Class D’s camp, Ayanokoji led Sudō and Horikita to the waterfall, where they defeated and captured four Class C students while securing water and food. Class D then raided Ryuen’s camp, and Ryuen learned that Ayanokoji had taken his people and demanded supplies in exchange.

• Ayanokoji chose to hold Class D’s high ground and took Sudō and Horikita to the waterfall to find water and food.
• The three discovered four Class C students at the waterfall and used a coordinated ambush to defeat them.
• Ayanokoji questioned the captured students, learned Ryuen planned to attack at dawn, and had all four tied up.
• The group gathered water and edible food, and Ayanokoji said they would surprise Ryuen.
• Class D attacked Ryuen’s camp with torches, then left a note demanding supplies for the return of the captured students.
• Ryuen read the note and blamed Ayanokoji for provoking him.

Ayanokoji secured a supply exchange with Ryuen and then led Sudo and Horikita to seize the Special Supply Box from a clash between the other classes. The box gave Class D supplies, a detailed map, and access to hidden-camera footage, but Ryuen appeared to realize someone was watching him.

• Ayanokoji arranged for Class D to trade its four Class C captives for supplies, with Ichinose mediating the exchange.
• A helicopter dropped a Special Supply Box, and Ayanokoji chose to retrieve it with Sudo and Horikita.
• While Class A, Class B, and Class C fought over the box, Ayanokoji's team took it and escaped back to the high ground.
• Horikita solved the box's math riddle, allowing Class D to open it and discover supplies, equipment, a detailed map, and instructions for Observer Access.
• Ayanokoji tuned a walkie-talkie to the camera channel and saw footage of the Class A and Class C camps, then warned his allies to keep their access secret.
• Ryuen looked toward the hidden camera and mouthed, "Found you."

After Ryuuen suspected Class D had access to surveillance, Ayanokoji organized the defenses at Lookout Hill while Ryuuen sought temporary cooperation with Class A. As two o’clock approached, Ayanokoji spotted groups gathering near both rival camps.

• Ayanokoji stopped using the surveillance feed and assigned Sudō, Horikita, and himself to defend the west, north, and south approaches while Hirata coordinated support.
• Ryuuen told Ishizaki he had guessed the school was using cameras and planned to pressure whoever was watching; he said Class C would wait for Class A to test the waters.
• Ibuki gave Katsuragi Ryuuen’s warning that Class D could access surveillance and proposed a west-side feint to test it.
• Katsuragi agreed to support a southern attack at two o’clock, but said Class A was cooperating temporarily rather than forming an alliance with Class C.
• Ayanokoji used his [Insight (Beginner)] at the southern position and spotted groups gathering near the Class A and Class C camps.