The Ryūen Class Takes Action! Ibuki! (Continued)

So this seemingly foolproof plan was immediately discarded by Hachiman as soon as it emerged.

For now, let's wait a bit and see if there's any opportunity to contact Ryuen.

Because Hachiman doesn't believe that students in his class can directly obtain information about the leader of Class A.

However, the act that Ryuen created on the ship to make it seem like he had a bad relationship with the students in his class could come in handy.

Meanwhile, Ryuen has already begun to take action.

They have no base, but that doesn't stop them from operating.

Since they had already traded their initial 300 points with Class A and exchanged all the supplies, they were now at one of Class C's bases.

Anyway, there's no one at this outpost.

He spoke to Ibuki alone.

"So, what brings you here?"

Inside the woods, Ryuen frowned slightly as he looked at the girl in front of him, his tone stern with a hint of dissatisfaction, "You've already squandered all of our class's starting points."

"What do you mean by 'wasteful'? I'm using my initial points to give you a stable source of income," Ryuen said.

"But didn't you only give us half the points?"

"So you actually pocketed the other half, didn't you?" Ibuki said.

As she said this, she seemed to be glaring angrily at Ryuen.

On the ship, Ibuki's hostility towards Ryuen was an act, but in reality, she was also dissatisfied with Ryuen's current embezzlement.

"Foolish!" Ryuen said dismissively. "First of all, the idea of having Class A pay for the initial points was my idea, and then..."

"As the one who actually does the work, isn't it reasonable for me to receive income?"

"Or are you pig-brains capable of thinking of this?" Ryuen said. "Stop babbling, the plan for this exam has been released."

"The minimum guarantee is that Class A took our class's initial points, so our living expenses will be guaranteed from now on."

"So as long as we get this point, our class will win this exam."

"Then there are the conditions for trading with Class A, which require obtaining information about the team leaders of other classes."

"You and Kaneda will proceed as planned to gather information on the leaders of Class B and Class C," Ryuen said.

"..." Ibuki.

Ibuki had nothing to say about this. Rather, it was because she was worried that Ryuen might need to intervene that he and Ryuen staged a self-inflicted injury on the ship.

And now it has come in handy.

"Then the other students went back to the ship," Ryuen said. "I will stay on the island. After obtaining information from the other class leaders, I will show them the evidence."

"Although our class's starting points were reset to 0, it didn't mean we couldn't continue participating in the 'Guess the Team Leader' game."

"If I can guess the leaders of the other three classes, including Katsuragi's Class A, then I can get 50 x 3, which is a total of 150 points."

"Why not take the points if we can get them?" Ryuen said.

"You can guess Class A?" Ibuki was quite surprised.

Because this time, didn't Ryuen team up with Class A?

The result is that they will target the allied classes.

"Foolish. The agreement I signed with Katsuragi didn't say we couldn't guess their class during the team leader guessing game, did it?" Ryuen chuckled. "So we can bully Katsuragi a bit."

"At the same time, I plan to assign you to Class C, which is the class of Suzune Horikita, Kushida, Hachiman Hikigaya."

"This time, their class took over a bunch of strongholds. I'm really not happy until I wipe out all their stronghold points. And since they took so many strongholds, they'll definitely be very careful about protecting their leader's identity."

"So, Ibuki's task is quite difficult, and I can only entrust it to you, you know?" Ryuen said.

This time, Kaneda and Ibuki were sent out as spies.

Kaneda was both Academic Ability and intelligent, but Ryuen felt that Ibuki was more suited for this kind of work. Therefore, he also had high hopes for her.

"Understood."

Ibuki is a girl, and she is physically excellent among girls, but she is Academic Ability poor, and at the same time... she is not very smart either.

But she knew that if she wanted to climb up to get into Class A and graduate with Class A, she couldn't do it on her own.

Only Ryuen can lead them upwards.

"Then go and call Kaneda over," Ryuen said. "Since we're going to act as spies to infiltrate other classes, let's make it as realistic as possible."

"So let me punch you a few times. I got injured while I was gathering you up, so now I can get my revenge."

"..." Ibuki.

In this way.

Ryuen's class is taking action.

Meanwhile, Class C is also taking action.

In the evening, after clearing out strongholds, Kōenji mentioned something.

The stronghold I cleared this morning has been taken over by Class B.

It seems that the students from Class B were waiting nearby, and then quickly went to retake the stronghold every 8 hours when the stronghold's hold effect was lost.

Then they occupied the stronghold over the half-acre vegetable field.

This left some students who redeemed the woks wanting to stir-fry vegetables feeling a bit disappointed.

But.

Ichinose is very popular, so a large portion of her classmates actually feel that it's okay for Ichinose and her friends to occupy so many places.

"Everyone!"

Meanwhile, Hirata had already begun recruiting students to do the work.

"Our tents are all pitched, but it will be night soon."

"Considering that we're on a small island, staying warm is also important, so we'll need to collect some wood to burn at night," Hirata said.

Having confirmed the mother base and moved all the supplies there, it was time to consider setting up camp on the island.

This kind of thing wasn't difficult for either Hachiman, Horikita, or even Kushida, because they had borrowed the relevant books beforehand.

However, the plan did not forget that there was also a classmate Kanji Ike who was good at camping.

So when it came time to set up the tent, we flattered Ike, and he happily started working hard.

So, with the help of the other party, the two tents that the school gave away for free, plus the two tents that were redeemed with points, were all set up.

Thus, Hachiman actually received quite a few eye rolls from Suzune Horikita throughout the afternoon.

Because the other party noticed that I was slacking off.

Only.

"Hey everyone..."

"Let's go collect wood. Raise your hand if you agree, and it would be best to form small teams of two or three," Hirata said. "I saw a snake this afternoon while walking through a grove of trees, but don't worry, it's a non-venomous snake."

"So please be careful."

If Hirata hadn't mentioned the snake, it would have been fine. But the moment he did, some students who were interested in camping, suddenly found themselves on an island after leaving the city, immediately put down their hands that were raised to pick up firewood.

The situation was even worse; five minutes after Hirata made his request, he still hadn't managed to gather 10 people willing to work.

"Sigh." Life is tough, Horikita sighed.

The students in Class C really need to be coaxed and tricked; you can't rely on their self-discipline at all.

So she raised her hand.

Seeing that she had raised her hand, Hachiman hesitated for a moment and then raised his hand as well.

"Ah, thank you so much, Horikita, Hachiman." Hirata called out for a while but only managed to get two groups willing to set off.

So when he saw Horikita and Hachiman raise their hands, he quickly struck up a conversation.

"So... are there any other students willing to go collect firewood?"

Seeing that Hachiman and Horikita had volunteered, Hirata wanted to add another person to the team.

So he looked at his classmates.

Unfortunately, many students in the class avoided his gaze.

After all, gathering firewood is no easy task, especially since you have to be assigned to Horikita and Hachiman's group.

Hello.

Isn't eating their dog food in the school classroom enough?

As a result, they also had to eat on the small island.

That's too much.

"Then... um... if—"

Faced with Hirata's recruitment, a seemingly unremarkable girl with a dowdy pink pigtail and wearing non-prescription glasses in the corner seemed to want to give it a try.

However, her voice was very soft, and Hirata was standing quite far away, so he didn't hear her request.

Hachiman immediately recognized the other person as Sakura.

But why would Sakura is so shy, voluntarily participate in labor?

However, just as Hachiman was thinking this, he noticed that Sakura was shrinking her head back.

Then he stopped speaking.

Forehead.

In other words, she had run out of courage.

Although it was a little disappointing that Sakura didn't come along, it wasn't too bad to travel with Horikita.

Only.

Hachiman knew about her physical condition.

Is it really that kind of helpful to offer assistance at a time like this?

Hachiman thought otherwise, so perhaps Horikita had something to say to him.

Thus, the two followed the group collecting timber southwestward, towards a forest.

Finding tree branches is the easiest way.

"We don't know how pristine this island is, or what dangers it might pose," said Horikita was standing next to Hachiman.

There were probably other people around, so even though Horikita wasn't feeling well, she still tried her best to act like nothing had happened.

"Are you talking about snakes?" Hachiman asked.

"It's not just snakes. Didn't you notice? The trees on this island are quite tall, so it's pretty pristine. So it's possible that some dangerous animals might appear," Horikita said, pressing her left hand against her right elbow.

It may be impolite to say this, but Horikita's little sister is definitely cuter when she's sick.

But.

"No, my opinion is the opposite of yours," Hachiman said. "See these bracelets we're wearing? They're equipped with GPS and a lot of sensors. And don't forget what schools love to do most, so there must be a bunch of cameras on the island. So there shouldn't be any danger. Therefore, it's not easy for students to get into trouble."

"I see." Horikita nodded.

Hachiman continued, "By the way, are you afraid of snakes?"

"I'm not afraid," Horikita said calmly. "My family's restaurant also serves snake dishes, so I've been exposed to them since I was little, and that's why I'm not afraid."

Is that so?

You're very brave.

Hachiman, however, is averse to snakes.

"Snake... snake... there's a snake!"