Hōsen: "I'm the One Who'll Win!" Ryūen: "I Thought the Same Thing Last Year!"

"And one more thing," Hachiman said. "Kamuro is here too. Is it really okay to say these things in front of her?"

"Forehead..."

Hashimoto immediately realized that someone was staring at him with a disdainful and indifferent gaze.

Forehead.

It's unclear whether the other person was unhappy because they knew he used to like her, or because they directly revealed in public that she actually had feelings for Hachiman Hikigaya.

So Hashimoto stopped complaining and started diligently participating in research projects to earn points.

Hachiman, on the other hand, led Ibuki and the disgruntled Kamuro back to the starting point.

Area A7.

You can see students who want to give up but also want to persevere sitting there.

The abstention rate among third-year students is alarming.

Moreover, many third-year students formed groups of six, and some even used prop cards to increase the number to seven.

This is not a tactic of overwhelming numbers, but rather a strategy to ensure that some people can stay and avoid losing too many points.

Compared to other grades, their combat strength is not high.

The best team only managed to get eighth place.

This is also partly Nagumo's fault. There are very few third-year students, but Nagumo did not follow the so-called principle of Meritocracy. Some of those who dropped out were not strong enough, while others were strong but rebelled against him.

This resulted in the third-year students being left out.

Back in the Area A7 where they started, Hachiman saw a senior with silver straight hair and snow-white skin.

"Do you have enough resource points, senior?" Hachiman asked. "I have a little over a thousand left that I can give you. My exams are over."

"No need," Kiryuin-senpai, shaking her head.

"Actually, you could try teaming up with students from your class," said Hachiman Hikigaya. "Your score has consistently been around eleventh place. If you had teamed up with students from your class a few days ago, you might have had a chance to get a ranking."

"They invited me when they first found out I was ranked tenth," Kiryuin said.

"But."

"I don't want to," Sister Meili said.

So, just like Classmate Sakayanagi, she held up a parasol and sat on a deck chair, slacking off.

How carefree!

As well as.

Should we say she's antisocial, or that she's unique?

Hachiman discovered that people with similar auras are attracted to each other.

"Yukino, you don't need to stare at that rock for so long. That's not a cat," Hachiman said to a female student who was sitting in the tent area, staring blankly at a rock.

"I'm not Cat slave, I just wonder why there are such furry animals in the world with cute pink paw pads and round eyes that seem to have no flaws."

OK

Knew.

This guy is definitely a true Cat slave.

No wonder you just joined the Student Council, but you went to Student Council there after school without missing a day. I thought you were ambitious, but it turns out it's just because there's a cat in the Student Council.

"Sakayanagi is looking for you."

At this moment, Kamuro had just arrived at the starting point to report to Sakayanagi, returned.

"She will pay for lunch today," Kamuro said.

Profound.

Hachiman then turned and left.

Classmate Sakayanagi remains as poised and confident as ever.

He will treat people to meals.

In this way.

On the last day of the Uninhabited Island Exam, when the results were announced...

Chapter 47 Hōsen: I'm the winner! Ryuen: I thought so too last year!

The fourteenth day of the Uninhabited Island Exam.

It was exactly 12:00 noon.

All the students gathered at the starting point.

However, the school was quite humane. Considering that the exam would only last half a day, they arranged for students to stay in their designated areas near the starting point in the morning.

Of course, only a portion of the students actually tried to improve their scores; most just gave up.

So the beach is quite lively now.

"If Kiyotaka Ayanokoji doesn't abstain, then his schedule this morning will be arranged to go to the area near H10."

"Then I'll have Yagami lure Kiyotaka Ayanokoji over, and then my mission will be complete!"

As one of the teachers, Tsukimaru Ten stood in the line of teachers, watching the students return one after another and then stand in their respective class positions, thinking to himself.

He was probably in a bad mood, because his face was expressionless.

However, the teachers of the first-year A, B, and Class C did not greet him. The homeroom teacher of Class D was a newcomer who seemed to have gotten in through connections with the Acting Chairman Tsukishiro.

The other party just seemed gloomy and difficult to get along with, so there was no need for other teachers to try to win their favor.

In contrast to Tsukimaru Ten, the Acting Chairman Tsukishiro was in a better mood.

He has already received the exam results.

As of today, the scores for the second designated area have been fully tallied for all groups.

The first place went to the group of Kōenji from Second-year Class C and Yamada Albert from Second Year Class D.

In.

He knew about Rokosuke Kōenji, the sole Kōenji Zaibatsu. When White Room wanted to expand, he asked Sakayanagi Narumori to introduce him to some wealthy Zaibatsu for support.

Although Sakayanagi Narumori provided some lists, Sakayanagi Narumori rejected some of them.

For example, the Kōenji Zaibatsu in front of us.

Their financial resources are several times greater than those of the Kanzaki family.

However, Tsukishiro also knew that the Kōenji Zaibatsu had long supported the Onishima Prime Minister's faction, so it was difficult to win them over, but it was still possible to build more goodwill.

But.

In such an extremely demanding test of physical endurance and other aspects, one can perform like a non-human.

In other words, Kōenji was actually a wild genius.

And below.

Hachiman also began heading to the area where the students were gathered.

The Acting Chairman, who will be the chief examiner, will announce the exam results shortly.

But.

Now, beside him is Horikita with straight black hair who is already used to his presence.

"You did quite well on this exam," Hachiman commented on Horikita's performance.

He and Horikita were already in different classes, but Hachiman noticed that Horikita seemed to be somewhat dependent on him.

However, this was the task Horikita's brother had given her: to help Suzune find herself.

At that time, Hachiman failed to complete his mission.

However, she also provoked Suzune Horikita, encouraging her to continue striving for even greater heights.

So.

The fact that Suzune has become like this is perhaps his fault; he bears some responsibility for it.

So we can only take the lead for now.

But.

Suzune Horikita's decision to consider Onodera's condition and his inability to contribute to the team this time made Onodera treat Hachiman differently.

If Horikita's brother knew, he would surely feel some comfort.

Because his younger sister has really learned to be considerate.

Although I can't do my best yet, putting myself in the other person's shoes and seeing things from their perspective is already a sign of growth.

"So, what were the results of this exam...?"

"The results of this exam should be as shown on the tablet."

"But there is one exception," Hachiman said.

Suzune Horikita checked the information on the tablet.

First place: Rokosuke Kōenji + Yamada Albert

Second place: Hōsen Kazuomi + Nanase Tsubasa (who withdrew)

Third place Ryuen Kakeru + Daichi Ishizaki + Kohei Katsuragi + Shun Kito

Fourth place Riku Utsunomiya

10th Place: Iroha Isshiki + Random Girl A (who has withdrawn) + Random Girl B (who has withdrawn)

Looking further ahead, the last group consists of five consecutive groups of individual students from First-year Class D. All of them received a score of 0.

This was the group that everyone initially assumed would be at the bottom after receiving payment.

This is something that First-year Class D can also do.

Horikita has also confirmed that there are some issues with the current rankings.

"Your class's Ryuen was actually surpassed by Hōsen," Horikita said. "Is that the exception?"

"It's probably because Hōsen used some kind of trick," Hachiman said.

After Kiyotaka Ayanokoji withdrew, Hōsen began a fierce scoring spree. In the final assignment last night, he squeezed out third place. Then Hōsen continued his efforts, scoring points in the last two designated areas today, earning a total of 22 points.

They surpassed Ryuen by a narrow margin of 2 points.

This was probably the part that surprised the two of them.

However, Hachiman Hikigaya knew.

He returned to the starting point to rest yesterday morning, and Ryuen also returned in the evening.

Or rather...

Last night, after confirming that they had pulled ahead of the fourth-place team by a full 30 points, Ryuen led the team back to the starting point to rest.

Then this morning I didn't leave the A7 area at all to farm points.

It's obvious.

Ryuen's bad habits have never been cured; he's still so arrogant.

To be fair, Ryuen is quite intelligent, willing to put in the effort to execute his plans, and extremely persistent in winning and losing.

However, he also has a major weakness: he is easily arrogant and complacent.

Oh well.

The fact that Ryuen has been so high-profile means that the purpose of this exam has been achieved.