The Long Competition Officially Begins-and Tsukishiro Wants to Watch the Show!

But.

[Being in a group with Hachiman makes me feel a little more at ease.] by Shinohara.

Hui discovered that Shinohara had sent her another message.

Yes, if she and Hachiman were in the same group... then I would definitely feel at ease.

Huh? Huh? Huh?

Karuizawa suddenly realized something was wrong.

But.

"Then submit your phones," said Chabashira-sensei. "You're about to begin the exam."

"Then, those who have a ride-sharing card can place bets via tablet."

"Once you place a bet, you can't change it."

Hui didn't have a rideshare card, but she wanted to reply to Shinohara.

But.

Chabashira-sensei has already received it.

There was nothing Hui could do to get any more answers.

Guh!

P. S.: sobs

Debt of 70,000 words.

This chapter has 6,500 words, and it still needs 64,000 words.

Then.

The bounty ends at 6 PM tonight, and the results will be settled later tonight.

I'm hesitant to look at the data.

They were almost done paying off their debts, but instead, they've added more debt to their existing debts.

But as I always say, if you dare to vote, I dare to update; unruly and rebellious. jpg

Chapter 027 The Long Match Officially Begins, Tsukishiro Wants to Watch the Show!

10 o'clock sharp.

All the students were arranged to line up and board different small boats to different departure points.

There are a total of twelve different itineraries, but the itineraries for the same group are the same.

Because of their different itineraries, they all started from different points.

Hachiman and his group were assigned to depart from area D7. However, there were quite a few students departing from this area.

It seems they are people with the same schedule.

However, there are quite a few second-year students, including some from Class B and Class A.

Just like how Hachiman was with Ibuki, and Ibuki used a tablet to check the messages one by one, Hachiman wasn't very familiar with the other students in Class A.

Hachiman also noticed that several first-year students were sitting in a corner.

There are probably six people.

The first-year student who was waiting for the second-year students downstairs in the teaching building before the exam was also there.

Because the other person's height is somewhat similar to that of his younger sister.

So Hachiman had a pretty deep impression of her.

He remembered the name as Iroha Isshiki.

"You can only get one point by going to the designated area, but if you participate in the project and get into the top three, you can get at least 3 points. I think we should go participate in the project first."

"However, I didn't bring sunscreen, so I'll go to the starting point to get some first."

Iroha Isshiki sat alone, while two of her companions chatted with her.

Hachiman checked the already registered team information.

These two companions are in the same group as Iroha Isshiki.

Even though there were clearly three people, her two companions seemed to have completely separated her from them, utterly ignoring Isshiki.

Meanwhile, Iroha Isshiki sat quietly, then focused her attention on the tablet, seemingly looking up information.

However, from Hachiman's perspective as a human observer, this was probably just an attempt to ease the awkwardness.

It seems that Ichinose's plan has failed, even though she managed to recruit members for Iroha Isshiki's group.

But.

Forced relationships are never sweet.

It's just that this situation is a bit strange.

Because.

Hachiman didn't think Iroha Isshiki would be like Yamauchi, who was disliked by a bunch of people as soon as she entered the school.

Moreover, even someone like Yamauchi still had a friend named Ike during last year's Uninhabited Island Exam, and their daily social interactions were not affected.

However, Iroha Isshiki was rejected here and then completely separated.

Therefore, there's probably some hidden reason behind Iroha Isshiki's current isolated situation.

Hachiman thought to himself.

But.

"So that's the arrangement for now. We'll head to area D3 to pick up Shinohara."

Sitting in the small boat, Komiyama, with a "struggle" ribbon tied around his forehead, was somewhat excited.

And this is probably how you want to act in front of someone you like.

In other words, this is what being in love looks like.

Hachiman felt a little envious.

He doesn't believe in high school romances, and even the romance he experienced with Kushida is definitely not the right thing to do.

So other people's simple yearning for beautiful emotions is quite attractive to him.

Then.

After sitting on the small boat for about 10 minutes, the boat began to dock.

And people began to emerge from the cabin one after another.

Just stepping out of the cabin, a spectacular sight immediately unfolds.

A vast beach came into view. Not far ahead, one would enter a forest and jungle. Taking a deep breath, besides the hot, dry weather, one could smell the salty seawater.

Even though I was wearing shoes, I could still feel the temperature of the sand on the ground.

Indeed, moving around on such a small island with all one's might is no easy task.

And students have to compete for rankings and rack up points, which usually takes three, four, five or six days for an average student to exhaust themselves.

"Then let's head towards area D3 first," Hachiman said. "Let's go pick up Shinohara first."

He turned the tablet's brightness up to the maximum, opened the map, confirmed his current location, and then checked Shinohara's starting location, area D3.

The map of the Uninhabited Island is divided into ten equal parts by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J on the horizontal axis.

The vertical axis, represented by the numbers 12345678910, is also divided into ten equal parts.

This divides the entire island into 10x10, or 100 parts.

However, some areas are in the sea, so only about 86 of them are actually in use.

Hachiman pondered this.

Then it was discovered that the tablet's message area had received the first mobile area sent by the school.

E9.

This is the first mobile area sent by the school.

The time allotted for visiting area E9 to collect points is 2 hours. Each area is approximately 1 kilometer in diameter. A normal walk takes 10-15 minutes, but the time required will increase depending on whether you're on the beach or in the forest.

Taking the shortest straight line between two points to reach the E9 area would take half an hour to an hour.

If we choose to go to area E9 now, we'll have to leave Shinohara in area D3 and then travel from E9 to D3, which could take two or three hours.

Everyone's cell phones were confiscated.

This also means that the communication devices have been taken over, and the team formation was a last-minute decision, so it is currently impossible to contact Shinohara.

I could only passively go and pick her up first.

Hachiman saw on the ship's inventory list that there were also walkie-talkies used by the Ryuen's class last year.

However, only Sakayanagi's class should have enough resource points to buy this kind of thing.

Therefore, the only option is to pick up Shinohara, even if it means missing the first designated area check-in score of the day.

But it shouldn't be a problem.

After all.

This exam has been entirely entrusted to Ryuen, Ishizaki, and Albert.

For the other students in Class D, simply not being eliminated is considered a victory.

So Hachiman doesn't plan to score many points today.

However, it doesn't necessarily mean that you won't be able to go to the designated area to score points.

According to the exam rules, the schedule will be standardized after teams are formed.

It is uncertain whether this unified schedule was obtained from Hachiman's side.

So it's still possible that after teaming up with Shinohara, the group will follow Shinohara's schedule and then go to her area to farm points.

Ibuki is clearly not a brainy person; she didn't even take out her tablet.

All you need to do is issue the instructions and assign her tasks.

However.

"Hachiman Hikigaya, your preparations are truly thorough," Ibuki said.

She has now accepted a green hiking hat from Hachiman.

To prevent heatstroke, Hachiman paid extra for a hiking hat and a plastic raincoat.

While on the ship, Ibuki hadn't thought about all that; she hadn't even bought a hat. Now that she was actually on the island, she realized the sun was a bit terrifying.

Standing for a long time will definitely cause heatstroke.

"Am I included too?" Komiyama was also somewhat surprised at this moment.

Because Hachiman handed him another green hiking hat.

"Hmm." Hachiman nodded, seemingly not very good with words.

It was actually a lie.

He considered buying a hat, but the one he received from the staff was a green one.

That's a bit strange. After all, probably no guy would like to be cuckolded.

And the resource points are plentiful.

So Hachiman bought another one.