Getting Chabashira for Free, and Horikita Suzune's Change! 6k! (Continued)

So these first-year students have other research topics in mind; they just happened to be passing by and came here to get some water.

The teacher in charge noticed this and stopped distributing water afterwards.

They did provide power banks for the students, allowing them to recharge their tablets.

And you can see several students taking their tablets to charge, clearly they didn't initially think they would need tablets for the exam.

Yesterday, the tablet ran out of battery and I didn't recharge it in time.

Hachiman's tablet still has half battery left, but since he just turned the screen brightness up to the maximum to check information, he should probably charge it first.

"Your 60-minute participation time is up. No new registrations will be accepted after this point."

There were a total of 5 groups participating.

"Different grades will use different test papers," the teacher in charge said.

Hachiman followed the instructions and went to the small table prepared by the other party to wait for the rolls to be distributed.

Meanwhile, Ibuki and the others sat under a tree to the side, waiting to rest.

Hachiman started doing the problems.

Only.

It was a little disappointing, because Hachiman thought he would run into Suzune Horikita here.

There was no result.

"The exam will last 30 minutes," the teacher in charge announced. "The exam begins!"

After the test papers were distributed, Hachiman took the test along with the other four groups who were taking the English exam.

There was no listening comprehension section, only 30 multiple-choice questions and 10 cloze tests.

30 minutes is more than enough time.

After the test papers were distributed, the teacher in charge stood aside and watched the students.

Hachiman noticed that the other person seemed to have stopped beside him.

This feeling is quite familiar.

Because the teacher in charge this time was none other than their former homeroom teacher, Sae Chabashira.

I never expected to meet you again in this way.

And perhaps considering that she would be in charge of the research project on the island, Chabashira-sensei also changed into the same sportswear as the students.

It was quite a novelty for Hachiman was used to seeing her in her work attire.

Although he didn't see Horikita, Hachiman felt a sense of belonging to the fact that Chabashira was his homeroom teacher.

The project has concluded.

Because none of the other groups participating in the project had any absolute academic geniuses, Hachiman's group won first place and received a reward of 5 points.

At the same time, they also received enough ingredients for three people.

It's a barbecue set, including lamb skewers, kidneys, squid, chives, cauliflower, and gluten.

It looks pretty good.

Hachiman and the others did not leave immediately, but were curious to find that Chabashira-sensei himself had not left either.

According to her, she would be here in the afternoon as well.

I'll even be here tomorrow.

In other words, this is what the exam rules are like: the number of topics that appear each day is uncertain, the content of the exam questions is random and uncertain, and only one syllabus can be provided at most, but there will be repeated topics.

This also reduced the workload for the teachers.

Otherwise, each time it would take more than a dozen groups of people to travel around with tools and props.

"Then will the exam papers for the English exam that Chabashira-sensei is in charge of be changed?" Hachiman asked.

"No," Chabashira said.

Oh!

This is great news.

In other words, the next time you take the English exam taught by Chabashira-sensei, you won't need to think; you can simply fill in the previous answers.

However, it still needs correction from top students.

After all, a person's Academic Ability is limited, and Hachiman only got 76 points.

If a top student comes along, the first place will go to the other student.

However, this could be considered a loophole. If top students were to take this kind of written exam and then write down their answers, it would be a good idea.

Then, if you encounter repeated exams, even a poor student might still get a good ranking if they memorize the answers.

However, this kind of scheme, which could only earn a little money, did not interest Hachiman in participating.

In this way.

The group decided to take a break and prepare the ingredients for three people.

After walking for more than two hours, everyone had used up a bottle of water and was also hungry.

And.

We saw the first-year students trying to get free water from Chabashira-sensei, while Shinohara had their eyes on Chabashira-sensei's barbecue grill.

The ingredients you get can be grilled directly or simply roasted.

Since none of them had prepared a barbecue grill, they had to follow Ryuen: after catching the fish, they would first light a small fire, then skewer the fish with thin wooden sticks and roast them next to the fire.

This requires a lot of skill; having a barbecue grill would make things much easier.

"My stomach is really full." Komiyama sat down under the tree.

"As expected, things that you put in the effort taste good." Hachiman was also very satisfied.

They got to use Chabashira-sensei's barbecue grill for free, and also borrowed his seasonings.

However, after eating and resting for a while, everyone quickly got back to work.

That is to pitch a tent.

Hachiman had originally planned to go to the river and pitch a tent there for the night.

But.

We've discovered that Chabashira-sensei still camps here, and the areas he chooses are definitely safe and comfortable. There are also free chargers available at Chabashira-sensei's place.

The other person will still be here tomorrow, and she will continue her English studies tomorrow as well.

So...

The research topic is right at my doorstep.

Why not take the points that are free?

The drawbacks of carrying a large amount of luggage that Hachiman had previously considered can also be addressed: by setting up a tent first, he can choose to travel light.

As for the luggage, since it's not far from Chabashira-sensei's tent, you can ask him to help look after it.

This is an extra person watching the luggage, which is free.

So it's basically decided that this area will be our campsite for tonight.

It was afternoon.

At 2 o'clock sharp, the tablet received a message from the second designated check-in area of the school.

However, the location was quite far away, requiring more than two hours to walk there, which would exceed the check-in time. Therefore, everyone gave up on going to the designated area to check in.

Instead, they wait for the topic to reappear.

Once a topic is started, it will not disappear until it is finished.

The map is currently blank; no topics are displayed.

But.

"I still can't check my grades." Ibuki frowned as she looked at the tablet.

"Do you have someone you care about?" Hachiman asked curiously.

Because generally only those who are very serious and hardworking want to know whether their efforts have been rewarded.

Or, to put it another way, you want to know the grades of a specific person.

"I want to see Suzune Horikita's scores," Ibuki said. "I scored higher than her in this exam."

Suzune Horikita.

Hachiman looked at Ibuki with some surprise.

He remembered that during last year's school-wide Sports Festival, Ibuki had also been very aggressive in challenging Horikita.

"What connection do you have with Horikita?" Hachiman asked.

"Origins? What's that?" However, Ibuki looked over like a blue idiot, "I just use Horikita as a mirror."

"She has similar physical abilities to me, and she has also studied martial arts, so looking at her is like looking in a mirror."

"I want to surpass myself!" Ibuki said.

If you want to surpass and defeat yourself, then find someone similar to yourself as your target, and then defeat that person. That is equivalent to defeating yourself.

Although I can't understand Ibuki's thought process, as long as Ibuki is happy, that's all that matters.

Hachiman thought Horikita was being targeted by Ibuki, but that wasn't the case.

I breathed a slight sigh of relief.

On the other side...

Riverside.

A girl with beautiful, straight black hair was staring blankly at the river.

The water was quite clear, and her reflection could be seen in it.

However, this water is still not drinkable directly.

Since we can see frogs moving around by the water, does that mean there might be frog eggs or something similar in the water?

So let's make a filter device.

"The second designated area has been generated."

Suzune Horikita stared blankly at the river when a girl with pink, rustic twin ponytails walked towards Suzune Horikita.

The opponent is a bit slower, but that doesn't mean they're completely outmatched.

This is Airi Sakura.

Horikita's group consisted of three people: her, Sakura, and Onodera.

Both she and Onodera are physically fit, and she even crammed on wilderness survival skills with Hachiman last year, so this kind of test can actually come in handy.

Theoretical knowledge that has no practical application has also found a place to be used.

Like a filter device that sells for 4000 resource points on a ship, according to her knowledge, once she got to the island, she could use an empty mineral water bottle, then find some sand, gravel, and a piece of wood to burn into charcoal, and finally use a layer of gauze. If she didn't have gauze, she could use an unworn sock to make a simple filter device.

"The second designated area?"

Horikita turned around, took Sakura's tablet, and discovered that the second designated area was quite close to where they were.

If you walk there quickly, it will only take about 30 minutes.

Horikita and Onodera were originally paired up because Hirata had certain ambitions for them.

Hopefully they can boost their scores.