You Smell Like Kushida

So the presence of a card reader here means that this place is actually a base.

However, this place cannot be used as a base.

The reason is that the cabin is small, only allowing a few people to sleep on the ground. It's like the kind of small wooden cabins you might visit in Chiba Village for an elementary school science experiment.

Therefore, it is impossible to accommodate a class of students living together.

"Since this place has also been used as a base and allowed to be occupied by students, what's the point of keeping an administrator?" Hachiman said. "So the administrator will definitely be kicked out. The other party won't be back during the exam period."

"That makes sense." Kushida nodded.

"Should we tell Kōenji about this base?" Kushida asked.

A stronghold can earn 3 points a day, and it's only the second day of the exam, so occupying an extra stronghold can bring the class an extra 20 points.

"No need," Hachiman said. "Didn't you want to vent your emotions? If the information about this base is made public, then you'll lose your Matoba to vent."

"I've suggested a way for you to vent your emotions: go paint."

"But you don't want to draw."

"Then you didn't dare kick the railings at school anymore. Two months have passed, and you must have accumulated a lot of emotions. Kicking the railings for a while certainly won't satisfy you," Hachiman said.

"Ugh, it's like I need to vent every day." Kushida blinked gently.

"Then let it all out today and you don't need to come tomorrow," Hachiman said. "I'll tell Kōenji tomorrow that there's a base here."

"No." But Kushida changed in an instant. "How could I possibly vent all my frustrations in one day?"

His tone also became cold.

As Hachiman looked at her, her cute little angelic appearance had begun to turn dark. Although her appearance had not changed, her eyes had become cold.

This is a strange behavior.

Everyone finds Kushida the little angel adorable, but Hachiman thinks he's even more attractive now that he's turned evil.

In other words, his taste is actually quite strange?

"Then please," Hachiman said.

So he walked over and sat down to the side, and began to keep watch.

"What a boring man." Kushida gave him a deep look. Then she walked over to the wooden stake, seemingly preparing to kick it.

But.

"Also, you're not allowed to insult me," Hachiman added.

"..." Kushida.

She only insulted Hachiman Hikigaya once before he exploited her weakness, which prevented her from repeating the same mistake.

Therefore...

"Those guys really have no self-awareness whatsoever."

"Like Chi, what right does he have to confess his feelings to me?"

"Do you know how much I hate you?!"

"That Suzune Horikita guy, I've been sucking up to you so much, and you won't tell me a single secret. So, you still only see me as a friend on the surface, don't you..."

"..."

Kushida is still hopeless.

On the other side...

On the other side.

On the beach, at the supplies exchange point.

"Chabashira, one of your students has discovered the hut where the administrator lives." Meanwhile, the teachers are on the beach watching their computers, and the students are wearing wristbands with GPS tracking devices that can monitor their movements.

Then.

"It is Hoshinomiya who spoke."

It's the second day of the Island Exam.

The students have mostly settled down here.

Although the fact that Class C only had a 2-hour exam yesterday and yet managed to take away 20 strongholds shocked the other class teachers, at least there were some clues to it.

That is, the ship's announcement had already reminded the students that they had an exam.

So Class C probably made preparations.

There are a total of 20 outposts on the island.

Currently, only 22 are occupied and in use.

Three of them are blank.

But just now, one of the remaining three was also discovered.

This outpost is unique and is harder to find than other outposts.

It's like an Easter egg.

"That's really impressive," Hoshinomiya said. "To be able to find it from such a hidden place. Chabashira, your students have really stood out in this exam."

"In fact, it's completely unexpected that your class is so outstanding."

"..." Chabashira.

Chabashira was just making coffee when he heard this and almost trembled.

But she held firm.

She knew that her friend was saying that on purpose.

The purpose was to attract the attention of the other two homeroom teachers.

That's for sure.

In this exam, to get points, you need to preserve your initial points as much as possible, acquire enough stronghold points, and then guess the leaders of other classes correctly.

As for the initial points alone, with the material support from Class D, Class A's initial points remained unchanged at 220.

However, Class B of the Hoshinomiya has already used up 100 initial points, and will continue to consume them due to the large amount of points consumed by the entire class.

Even with great frugality, the final initial points were estimated to be only around 150-170.

Meanwhile, Class C on the Chabashira side has their initial points reduced to 0 and they're not showing up for roll call, but they've occupied 20 strongholds. As long as other classes don't guess their leader, they can earn over 300 points.

As for Class D, their initial points were also reduced to zero, and 37 students abstained. However, their abdication was worthwhile because they used their initial 300 points to buy supplies and then moved them to Class A.

In other words, a deal was definitely completed with Class A. They gained something.

So Hoshinomiya, as the teacher of Class B, started to get a little anxious.

Because.

It's as if Class B got nothing out of this exam. They're just honestly taking the test.

Chapter 135 You Smell Like Kushida

The homeroom teachers of all four classes are students of this school.

In order to cultivate students, the school adopted a Meritocracy approach, which involved setting up various Special Exam to allow students to grow through competition.

Only.

School exam questions are not endless, so there will be overlaps in the questions.

For example, the Uninhabited Island Exam are the same as the exam questions that the four homeroom teachers took when they were students.

Occupy a stronghold, then live together, then start with initial points, and finally guess the leader.

Because they were very familiar with the island and had the authority of teachers, they easily knew the total number of outposts on the island.

This also allows you to see where you fell short.

The hut that Chie Hoshinomiya mentioned is the base marked as 25 on the island map.

This outpost is very special.

It was placed on the edge of the White Tower, but no student has found it yet.

In response to this...

"I remember that place was—"

"Isn't that the residence of the hired staff?" said Sakagami Digital-sensei from Class D.

"This location is extremely well-hidden," said Majima-sensei of Class A. "Occupying this place requires insight beyond the average student, and there's a card reader here, so it doesn't have the advantages of being a regular base. However..."

Majima-sensei reveals the exam rules and answers, which are only accessible to teachers.

"However, occupying this place will earn an extra 50 points. Because the fact that they discovered this place shows that they fully considered the situation on the island and understood that since it is an artificial island, it would naturally be taken care of. That's why they followed the information to search for it. It's like the bonus points for the bonus question."

In other words, discovering that place means you get a special bonus of 50 points for the outpost.

"So it's Class C again?"

Sakagami Digital-sensei looked over here with a hint of sourness.

Because of the island's 25 outposts, in past tests, not all of them had been discovered; even discovering 20 outposts was rare. But this time, 23 outposts were discovered.

And.

Class C occupied 20 strongholds within 2 hours of arriving on the island, which is astonishing. And now even such a hidden place has been discovered.

Both their scoring and their insight are terrifying.

As the homeroom teacher of Class D, Sakagami knows about Ryuen's plan. Ryuen is smart, excellent, and good at finding loopholes in exams, but now it seems that she is not quite as good as Class C here.

Then it will be very difficult to make a comeback.

Because his class was already at the bottom, and Ryuen had been strategizing to make a comeback, he believed in Ryuen's strength, but now, he suddenly had a feeling that he might not be able to beat Class C.

Therefore...

Is the only option to aim for Class B?

Two hours later.

To be precise, it took two and a half hours.

Hachiman sat on a wooden chair at the entrance of the cabin and waited for someone.

The reason is that after venting his Kushida insisted on taking a bath here.

Since it's a place for people to live, it has all the basic living necessities, such as a water heater, a TV with an antenna, and a washing machine.

"Actually, you can go back to the camp to wash instead of having to put your clothes back on," Hachiman said.

"That won't do," Kushida replied quickly from inside the house. "If I go back like that, everyone will see me drenched in sweat and they'll suspect I've done something terrible."

"This will affect my evaluation."

"So we need to deal with it," she said.

You know you exercise a lot.

If you're so good at kicking people, does that mean I can ask you to do anything related to sports?

Because I heard that if I went back with him, I would worry about being rumored to be having an affair with him.

They even felt that her reputation would be damaged.

Therefore, Hachiman had already decided to make full use of Kushida in sports-related projects.

In this way.

Hachiman continued to sit on the chair in front of the cabin, listening to the rustling sounds of Kushida getting dressed coming from inside.

And now, I heard a snap.

She must have put on socks.