If Sakayanagi Were Here!

Did I do something wrong?

Seeing Katsuragi's expression, Yahiko suddenly became somewhat uneasy.

"No, it's nothing."

Katsuragi shook his head, took a deep breath, and decided to keep the matter a secret.

"Go swipe your card."

Katsuragi urged.

"Oh, okay."

Yahiko nodded hurriedly, then jogged over to the machine, took out his card, and prepared to swipe it.

However, his expression changed as soon as he took out the card.

"Katsuragi! Something terrible has happened!"

Yahiko looked anxious and said nervously, "This base has also been occupied by Class C."

"What?"

Katsuragi's expression changed drastically, and he pushed aside his classmates and ran to Yahiko's side.

Looking at the information displayed on the machine, his face turned grim.

"Cclass7:57:32".

It's Class C again, and they're only two or three minutes away from elimination.

It's like they had just arrived when the other party had already left.

And yet, the very thing he least wanted to happen still happened!

"To the next outpost."

Katsuragi panicked for a moment, shouted, grabbed Yahiko and ran to the other side, yelling, "We have to get ahead of Class C! We can't let them get ahead of us again!"

We can't let the rest of Class A stay here any longer, otherwise, once they come to their senses...

It's very likely that a problem will be discovered!

"What's going on?!"

"Is Katsuragi any good or not?!"

"Do we still have to go? I'm so tired, I don't want to walk anymore."

However, discordant voices have begun to emerge among the students in Class A, with many starting to complain.

These people were all from the Sakayanagi Faction; they trusted the seemingly petite girl's abilities more than Katsuragi's Sakayanagi.

However, since the people from the Katsuragi Faction had already left, they had no choice but to follow.

Otherwise, if they get lost and drag the class down, the consequences could be very serious.

After all, before Sakayanagi set off, he had instructed them not to deliberately sabotage Katsuragi.

However, ten minutes later, Yahiko looked at the burly, bald man beside him with a mournful face and a trembling voice.

"Katsuragi."

"Go to the next one."

Katsuragi's face grew increasingly grim as he looked at Class C displayed on the machine once again.

"Katsuragi, are you even capable of this?!"

The Class A students who finally caught up saw this scene and immediately questioned angrily, "If it were Sakayanagi, he would never make such a basic mistake."

"What do you mean?!"

As Katsuragi's top henchman, Yahiko naturally retorted immediately, angrily saying, "Katsuragi is already amazing for finding these strongholds so quickly, okay? If any of you can do that, then you do it!"

"No matter how good they are, they're still outdone by those flawed kids in Class C."

A faint voice came from the crowd.

"Who, who said that? Step forward!"

Yahiko was furious.

"Enough!"

Katsuragi snapped and loudly stopped Yahiko, his expression grim.

Yahiko hadn't even solved his own problems, and he hadn't realized that he had done something wrong.

However, if things are allowed to continue, it's hard to guarantee that other students won't discover the problem.

That will only make things worse.

Now, he needs to calm everyone down.

"Katsuragi, you have to give us an explanation, don't you? Or do you think that having a loud voice can decide everything?"

After being loudly reprimanded by Katsuragi, Yahiko immediately shrank back and remained silent, while the rest of Class A were also momentarily stunned. However, someone still stepped forward to question him.

After all, they were all members of the Sakayanagi Faction, not Katsuragi's people.

They are also trying to protect Sakayanagi's interests.

"Call."

Taking a deep breath, Katsuragi tried to calm himself down and said, "This time it's my fault. I should have thought of it earlier. Now that they've occupied the cave stronghold, they'll definitely try to occupy the surrounding strongholds as well. This time, if we go further away, we'll definitely be fine."

"Then I'll trust you one more time."

The boy who asked the question muttered, "Who told us to do everything you said before we left Sakayanagi?"

In other words, we need to cooperate with Katsuragi again.

Chapter 117 If Sakayanagi were here!

Although Classmate Sakayanagi was not present, students from the Sakayanagi Faction also took the exam.

Sakayanagi also gave them instructions, requiring them not to perform anything special, but simply to cooperate with Katsuragi.

Katsuragi is a cautious person, and he is known for his steady approach to things, which makes him less flexible.

While on the ship, he had already noted down seven or eight possible locations where strongholds might exist.

And now, the map of the island is etched into his mind.

So this time he chose to split up and disperse all the students in the class to search for possible hideouts in the surrounding area.

Once any one of them is found, someone is sent to report it, while the others remain there.

Prevent the stronghold from being occupied by others.

However, while his plan was good, he was ultimately a little too slow in his actions.

"This one is already taken!"

"Here too!"

"Me too, it's all taken up!"

Time and again, bad news kept coming from the Katsuragi Faction, and Katsuragi's face grew more and more gloomy each time.

"Katsuragi."

Yahiko spoke cautiously, trying to comfort him, "It's okay, you've done a great job finding so many outposts. The next one, the next one will definitely be no problem!"

"..."

Katsuragi's face was ashen. Yahiko's words of comfort not only failed to have the desired effect, but instead made his face look even worse.

Seven!

They searched for seven outposts in a row, but each one was already occupied.

Ironically, every time a new outpost was discovered, it had just been occupied a few minutes earlier.

And every single time it's Class C!

It was as if they were deliberately going against him, always arriving just a little bit early, like they were teasing him by timing it perfectly.

He was shown the countdown to the outpost, but it was only for a few minutes.

They wanted to search the surroundings, but couldn't find any trace of the other person.

I was so angry I felt like I was going to vomit blood.

"I'm so tired!"

Having searched the area and passed seven checkpoints, the students in Class A had already walked 10,000 steps. This number of steps wouldn't be a problem for an evening walk, but this was an island with trees and mountain paths, making it much more difficult.

Therefore, it can easily make people tired.

By this time, many students had run out of energy and were drenched in sweat.

"I can't walk anymore, maybe I should rest for a while."

"Yes, this journey was extremely physically demanding."

"Katsuragi, take a rest first."

Many students in Class A raised their demands, and the majority of them were still members of the Sakayanagi Faction.

Clearly, although Sakayanagi asked them to follow Katsuragi's instructions, they were inwardly resisting Katsuragi, and now that they had gained nothing, they were beginning to show their dissatisfaction.

But the Katsuragi Faction, including Yahiko, also looked at Katsuragi with some anticipation.

They were tired too.

"No."

Katsuragi really wanted to grant their request, but he could only grit his teeth and refuse, saying, "This place has already been occupied by Class C. We've been here long enough. The rules in the manual are very clear: using a base occupied by another class without permission will result in a deduction of fifty points from the class's score."

If we stay any longer, we'll likely get points deducted; we have to leave.

Because.

Although each class can gain points by capturing strongholds, there are some limitations.

Before sunset on the 1st, the mother base needs to be determined and informed to the class teacher before roll call at 8 pm, so that the class teacher can manage and protect it.

2. The mother base must not be changed arbitrarily.

3. To capture a stronghold, the team leader must personally swipe their Leader Card.

4. You can earn one point for each stronghold captured, and you can capture multiple strongholds at the same time.

5. Each time a stronghold is occupied, the validity period is eight hours. After eight hours, you need to swipe your card again.

6. Any stronghold can be captured repeatedly.

7. Using a stronghold occupied by another class without permission will result in a penalty of deducting 50 Class Points.

8. Team leaders shall not be replaced without a valid reason.

There aren't many rules, but they are very clear.

Besides scoring points by capturing strongholds, you will also lose points by wandering around other people's strongholds for too long or using them.

Although Katsuragi's refusal angered many people, he provided an explanation.

So many people remained silent and stood up.

None of them wanted to cause the class to lose points because of their own actions.

"Let's keep going."

Katsuragi sighed. He couldn't be sure whether the next base would also be occupied by Class C.

"Katsuragi."

Yahiko shook his head at Katsuragi; this time, Class C hadn't taken over beforehand.

Since there is no card reader here, it cannot be called a base.

"Since this isn't a base, let's all take a break."