BRRR!

Instantly, I twisted my body then raised my feet and gave a scything kick.

The loud sound of wood shattering as a result of the impact from something strong could be heard.

I froze, my sweaty body and my eyes wide open from shock and confusion that engulfed my consciousness.

There was no one behind me, I just kicked the air, and accidentally my leg that was swinging sideways hit a 4-meter tall tree.

I started to observe my surroundings. My previous instincts screamed into my head that there was something behind me. My nervous system and body reflexes moved on their own and strengthened the guard.

To my right, the tree trunk which was quite wide in diameter shattered deep enough, and slowly a tall tree collapsed and produced a ground shocking, strong enough to repel the wild birds perched on the tree.

Earlier, I clearly heard something whispering behind me.

Even though it sounded like the wind blowing past my ears, but I clearly heard it whispering to me and saying

"Here—"

I started to adjust my breathing and my posture again. Trying to clear my mind, I looked between the trees in the forest.

Only silence, the leaves falling from tree branches, some animals such as squirrels jumping from branch to tree branch again, and the wind that blew gave the impression that nothing strange had happened before.

Like an illusion, my mind began to say that what I had been through before was just a hallucination.

But I will reject my common sense for a while.

I don't feel any malice from It who watched back a while ago. What does it really want? What is it trying to do? As if trying to communicate with me, it repeatedly showed me its presence.

For a moment, I felt the corners of my mouth curl slightly upwards.

In the end, you didn't show yourself.

Hiding behind the forest, a mystery behind the darkness of evil itself.

Even for a moment, I knew that It wasn't human.

Regardless, it looks like I have been dealing with something very troublesome.

It tried to stir fear inside of me, and now you've done it.

But let's look ahead...

How long are we going to play hide and seek like this?

Soon,

I will turn the table and hunt you...

Meanwhile, in the current class D camp...

For some reason, Hirata Yosuke, the male figure who is believed to be the class president, is currently looking quite anxious

He sat on a large rock near the boys' tent, slightly wiped his sweaty forehead with a towel, he sat gazing deep into the forest among the shady trees.

For some reason, his mind was filled with worrying things.

He must lead his classmates through the exam on this uninhabited island, survive with the existing provisions and save as much as possible the points given by the school.

It takes a figure of a wise leader to lead 39 people at once, like a sheepherder, if he is very negligent, the sheep he is guarding could be preyed on by lurking wolves.

Hirata had endured the belief that he had to protect his classmates. The dark past has held him back until now. He repeatedly convinced himself to do what was right and prevented him from regretting back.

"Why isn't Ayanokouji-kun coming back yet?"

It has passed one hour since Ayanokouji left the camp and reported Chabashira sensei as their teacher to the school.

She should have been on her post all day, but Chabashira sensei had not been seen until now.

The road to get to the beach where the ship is anchored shouldn't be too difficult to walk, because you only need to go straight across to the beach from here. Plus you will also find a small path nearby that will make it easier for you to get to your destination quickly.

Besides that, the group of boys that he had assigned to find firewood in the forest until now had not returned.

He was starting to get a little worried about the current situation.

Many times he had bad feelings since morning, plus the strange dreams he had last night.

Last night, a strange dream haunted him.

And for some reason, that dark past came back into his mind. He saw before his own eyes his friend who was suffering from the constant bullying and was about to commit suicide.

Feelings of guilt continue to terrorize him, clutter his mind.

He decided to take his mind off for a while by talking to some of his friends.

"Oh, Hirata what's wrong?"

He approached his classmate Ike Kanji who was seen compiling the pile of firewood left last night and was about to make a campfire.

He was accompanied by Sudou, Hondou, and also Sotomura.

"Nothing, I'm just a little worried about Yamauchi-kun. I didn't see him all day till now. I thought he was with you. "

Yamauchi Haruki is one of Ike and Sudou's close friends, they are often seen going out together wherever they go, sometimes Ayanokouji is also seen with their group which is often referred to as the "three idiots".

"Haruki? Hmm, that's right, all day I haven't seen him anywhere. Hey Ken! Have you seen Haruki? "

"Hah? That idiot? The last time I saw him was in the tent when I took my bag. Wait, don't tell me he's still asleep until now? "

If that was the case, then it wouldn't be normal for someone to fall asleep all day long. The thought that Yamauchi might not feel well crossed Hirata's mind.

If it was true that Yamauchi was not feeling well, then in the worst state he would have to be forced to retire from this special exam, and the effect of that action would be to reduce the class points that Class D had. He asked Ike to go check on Yamauchi's condition in the tent. If he was really in a condition that made it impossible to take further exams, then he had to retire and return to the ship.

The sky above shows a strange and amazing phenomenon in one place. Like a whirlpool, the clouds above seemed to gather in one place forming a vortex in the middle, a little flash of lightning could be seen among them. Anyone would think that rain will soon fall.

Back at the class D camp, Hirata Yousuke ordered his friends to prepare themselves for the rain that was about to fall. The clothes and wet clothes were put one by one into the tent, the fruit that was collected fruit was quickly transferred to a safe place from the falling rain, and covered the tent with a thick tarp that was thick enough to block the rainwater that fell through the tent cloth.

Suddenly, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up as if they felt something and feel a shiver down to his feet.

Like a wolf lurking behind the bush, he sensed that something was watching him and his friends deep in the forest.

He turned to the south, right between the tree with a branch low enough to touch, the dry leaves slowly fell from above and touched the ground, which would become fertilizer for the tree one day.

"..."

For some reason, he couldn't take his eyes off the trees, as if bound by a spell saying that something was behind there. Watching him

"...!"

His eyes widened, beads of sweat began to show on his face, trembling and scared at the same time, Hirata desperately tried to control his panting breathing as if he had seen something terrible with his two eyes directly.

His mouth was open, the nerves on his face like had been electrocuted and made it difficult for him to express his expression and speak. He tried to move his mouth but intense fear had engulfed him.

"Umm, Hirata—"

His friend who noticed Hirata's strange attitude tried to call him only to be taken aback by something.

Brrrr—

"Eh? What was that? "

"Earthquake?"

Sounds like falling trees could be heard from the south, along with the ground shaking and the birds perching on the branches of the surrounding trees flying as they felt the shock.

Class D students who realized something was strange began to wonder what had happened, and when they were confused by what had just happened, an incident shocked the entire camp at that time.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"