Classroom of the Elite: Reaction

by KavkaShin

Karuizawa Kei and the other first year students receive a mysterious message that takes them to the theater, where they are told to watch something they would never have thought of before.

13. Future Reaction Part 2: Secret Manuvers

After the video ends, the next video does not start immediately. After 1 minute passed, people started to think that Eve might be choosing which future videos to show.

Therefore, on Horikita's orders, the Ayanokouji group excluding Ichinose and Shiina who were of different classes, gathered to discuss about the future video they saw.

"Geez, it looks like you've gotten into some troublesome trouble, Kiyotaka," Miyake said bluntly.

"Yeah, the first year is targeting Kiyopon for 20 million points. Who gave the bounty and for what?" Hasebe said angrily.

The thought that one of their friends was being targeted by someone certainly caused discomfort for the Ayanokouji group members.

Ayanokouji also thought about the person who was targeting him and had some guesses, but for now he refrained from telling everyone so as not to cause unnecessary speculation.

"Let's put that aside for now since there aren't many clues about it, what's more now is the exam on the uninhabited island," said Horikita while folding her arms.

"The exam on an uninhabited island... the last time we did the exam it was difficult even though we were first place," said Kushida.

"That's right, and this time the scale is much bigger because all school years take exams."

"Moreover there are students like Housen in the first year who target Kiyotaka," Miyake said with a sigh.

"That too, and the two girls who are together should also be watched carefully because they also intend to get Kiyotaka-kun out. Also focus your attention on this future video because this could be a clue to make things easier for us."

"Okay, we will do it," said Hirata nodding, followed by the others.

Soon Eve announced that the video was starting and everyone returned to their seats.

Secret Manuvers

As usual, everyone paid attention to the title of the video and thought for a moment before continuing to watch.

An email came from the school as the heavy rain continued. Although it was predictable, it was announced that today's exam would be cancelled. If there are no basic movements and tasks, it will be difficult to turn things around, but it is written that they are considering compensation methods so that we are not forced to accept the situation.

"Hm? This time from Kiyotaka-kun's perspective," Satou said while tilting her head.

"Yeah, and it looks like he's in the middle of a test. But the place he is now… isn't that a tent?" said Matsushita frowning slightly.

"Tent? Why is he using a tent?" Shinohara said confused, then she realized something, "Wait, the only time we use tents is during special exams outside of school. Am I right?"

"Yes, and this is likely the special exam on the uninhabited island mentioned in the previous video."

"Exam on the island? Wow, then we can see the contents of the exam," Satou said happily.

"Yes, that's why we have to pay close attention," said Matsushita, her two friends nodded in agreement.

If the weather does not improve, it seems that the school will not be able to confirm the contents of the compensation.

However, any compensation does not erase the fact of today's exam being cancelled.

In terms of overall points, this was acceptable, but the strategic plans that each group had created would be forced to be completely revised.

And for me, it's hard to say that the cancellation of this exam is a shower of blessings.

I was adjusting to peak in the second half, and I planned to overtake the group that stalled due to fatigue in the first half and score more points. However, since the 7th day was empty all day, everyone would be able to recover their physical strength with this break.

"Day 7 and the exam is still going on!? How long will this special exam last?" Ike said wonderingly.

"I don't know, dude," Hondou said shaking his head.

"The island exam this time is longer than the previous island exam," Sotomura said, pushing up his glasses.

Meanwhile, Horikita was busy recording the information she had just learned.

"Heavy rain on the 7th day of the exam on an uninhabited island," Horikita muttered in a low voice.

"-pai."

"Hmm?"

"Hmm?" Everyone was as confused as Ayanokouji on the screen.

Outside the tent it was raining heavily and making loud noises, but I could hear someone's voice faintly.

"Sen-i."

Once again, a voice called out to me. It seemed like the owner of the voice came from the tent opposite, namely Nanase. I opened the zipper again and looked out of the mesh fabric.

Everyone was shocked when they saw Nanase appear on the screen.

"Wait, isn't she the Nanase girl who intended to expelled Ayanokouji in the previous video," Shibata said in surprise.

"You're right. Why is she with Ayanokouji?" Hamaguchi said wonderingly.

"Could she be carrying out her plan?" said Amikura trying to guess.

"There's a possibility," Kanzaki said.

Meanwhile Ichinose was lost in thought while listening to her friends' discussions.

"Kiyotaka-kun wouldn't be so stupid as to let someone approach him, perhaps he and Nanase-san were already acquainted before this. I hope Kiyotaka-kun already knows their plan."

With that in mind, Ichinose looked back at the screen.

Visibility was poor, but it wasn't difficult to see the tents ahead.

"I want to talk for a moment. Can I go there?"

Nanase had made such a proposal from across the tent.

She should have known that the composition of two men and women gathered together in a cramped tent was inappropriate, but I think she had completely forgotten about it.

"T-That's right, what was she thinking?" Karuizawa asked a little stuttered.

"Could it be that she wants to create a scandal with Kiyopon?" Hasebe said carelessly.

"E-Eeeh!?" Sakura screamed in surprise.

"Don't just talk, I don't know her but there's no way that girl is that low," Yukimura scolded, Hasebe just chuckled.

"Y-Yes, I think so too," Sakura said nodding.

"Let's continue watching, maybe we will find out her goal," said Hirata.

The rules only forbade sleeping, and there was no problem with spending a little time together.

There will be no moral problems unless students lose their minds.

Even so, it's a heavy rain. Even with the entrance only a little less than 2 meters away, it was inevitable that she would get wet.

"That's fine, but do I need to go there?"

I answered that, but Nanase shook her head, then spread out a towel, preparing to protect her head, and opened the entrance. I also immediately opened the entrance to welcome Nanase.

Nanase jumped out of the tent at the right time and quickly entered my tent.

Of course, she was hit by the rain even though it only took less than a second to get in, but the impact was minimal.

"Being alone with a cute girl in a small tent... ugh, it makes me jealous," said Miyamoto complaining.

"Yeah, dude. Ayanokouji sure is lucky," Hondou said enviously.

"Phew… sorry senpai, for disturbing your rest time."

"It doesn't matter."

On the contrary, it was Nanase who was more tired than me.

Apart from walking until he arrived at this area, he had just fought a fierce battle, even though it was because of a misunderstanding.

"Fierce battle?"

Everyone wondered what Ayanokouji meant.

I wondered if there was anything to talk about, but Nanase didn't bring it up straight away.

No, it seemed she couldn't say it.

For a while, we remained silent as if observing each other.

"Aren't I shameless?"

"Shameless? What is she talking about?" Onodera asked confused.

"Maybe because she suddenly entered the boys' tent," said Mori, trying to guess.

"Then why did she enter Ayanokouji-kun's tent?"

"I don't know," replied Mori, shrugging her shoulders.

Saying that, Nanase bowed her head in apology.

"Even though until a while ago, I was hostile towards senpai and even said bad things… it must be annoying to be called so familiarly like this by me, right?"

There was silence for a moment as everyone thought about Nanase's words, a moment later a sigh of relief could be heard.

"It looks like you've dealt with her," Horikita said to Ayanokouji.

"It seems so," said Ayanokouji.

"Hmm~, hmm~, I thought so. It's impossible for Kiyopon to lose to them," said Hasebe, nodding confidently.

"Heh, those guys made a mistake," said Sudou grinning.

"But that still doesn't solve the problem, the person who gave the bounty to Kiyotaka-kun is not yet known," reminded Kushida.

"Yeah, whoever gave the bounty was definitely not an ordinary person, because it is very difficult to collect 20 million points," said Miyake.

"Let's hope we can get the answer in this video," Horikita said, her friends nodding.

I don't mind it anymore, but Nanase now seems to be dealing with that guilt.

"Don't think about it, and stop apologizing. At least it should be clear that we don't need to be enemies. Is not it?"

"T-That's right."

"So, is there anything you want to talk about in the rain?"

"Oh, yes."

Nanase replied as if remembering her purpose in coming here.

"I still can't forget Amasawa-san's previous appearance. When I thought about Ayanokouji-senpai's matter, I finally decided to call you."

"Amasawa?" said Hashimoto raising his eyebrows.

"Fu fu, it seems like that sneaky girl is also involved here," said Sakayanagi.

"But what problem is that girl talking about?" Kamuro asked.

"Who knows? There are no clues about that yet."

Apparently, she was just worried about me rather than having any specific goals.

"I've decided that Amasawa-san was the one who pushed Komiya-senpai and Kinoshita-senpai. I thought Amasawa-san's attitude of not revealing herself was because she wanted to hide the truth, but Ayankouji-senpai said that Amasawa-san wasn't necessarily the one who did it, and I couldn't understand why."

"Hah?"

"Eh?"

Komiya and Kinoshita let out a surprised gasp, while the others fell silent at Nanase's words.

"W-Wait, what actually happened?" Asked Komiya who stuttered.

Of course no one answered because everyone didn't know the answer either, and also this happened in the future.

In the silence, the rustling sound from the speakers attracted everyone's attention.

"I guess I'll give you guys the context. Someone had pushed Komiya-kun and Kinoshita-chan off a cliff, as a result of which they both had to withdraw from the exam due to injuries," said Eve.

"WHAT!?" everyone shouted simultaneously.

"Fuck! Who did that!?" shouted Ishizaki angrily, meanwhile Ryuuen narrowed his eyes at the news.

"A-Are they both okay?" Shiina asked worriedly.

"They are both still alive, but the injuries they suffered mean they cannot continue the exam."

"T-Then what happened to us?" Asked Komiya who had recovered from his state of shock.

"A-Are we expelled?" Kinoshita asked very worriedly.

The people closest to them immediately paled when they heard that, of course they didn't want Komiya and Kinoshita to be expelled.

"Before that, let me briefly explain the special exam this time."

Instead of answering Komiya and Kinoshita's questions, Eve talked about something else. Everyone focused their attention on what Eve was going to say.

"This exam lasts 2 weeks, there you will do several assignments given by the school. Previously you already knew that this exam requires you to form a group or you can also do it as an individual, each group will be given points for the tasks they have completed. Groups that have received points will then be sorted from the most points to the fewest. Do you understand at this point?"

Some nodded at Eve's explanation. Horikita then raised her hand to ask a question, even though that action wasn't really necessary.

"Is the number of points each student gets the same after they complete the assignment?" Horikita asked.

"It depends on the task, for example a mathematics task with 2 participants, if both participants answer all the questions correctly then the points will be divided equally. There are also individual tug-of-war competitions which require there to be a winner and a loser, meaning the winner will get points while the loser gets nothing. All regulations depend on where the assignment is held."

"I understand," said Horikita nodding as she entered the information into her notes.

"That means the points that will be obtained will vary greatly, there will probably be quite a large gap in points between the superior group and the non-superior group," thought Ayanokouji.

"This is quite important. During the exam, the rankings of the top 10 groups and the bottom 10 groups will be displayed for everyone to see, while for groups outside that their rankings will not be displayed."

"W-What will happen to the bottom 10 groups?" Shinohara asked carefully, even though she could already guess the answer.

"Expelled from school."

The room fell silent. Even though they are very familiar with how cruel this school is, there are still some people who are not used to the punishment of being expelled from school.

"Well, now I will answer questions from Komiya-kun and Kinoshita-chan," Eve said to Komiya and Kinoshita, "The two of them formed a group of 3 consisting of Komiya-kun, Kinoshita-chan, and one other person. Until that incident happened, you had collected enough points so that you didn't get into the bottom 10 groups."

"But both of us have withdrawn and can't continue with the exam anymore, is that okay?" Komiya asked.

"As long as there are still your members participating then you are still safe."

"That means the one person remaining from Komiya's group can still continue the exam," thought Ayanokouji while looking at Komiya and Kinoshita who breathed a sigh of relief.

"But this is where your difficulties begin," Eve continued, "The remaining students must survive difficult exams on the island alone. Even though there are some students who do not form groups and choose to go solo, they are students with extraordinary abilities. Meanwhile, the remaining student from Komiya-kun's group is just an ordinary girl."

"So there is a possibility that the girl cannot survive and their group's points are overtaken by another group which makes them fall to the bottom 10 groups," said Ichinose in conclusion.

"Exactly."

"…You must be joking…" said Komiya who turned pale, while Kinoshita looked like she was about to cry.

"Well, luckily for you that incident hasn't happened yet, so you can fix it in the future," said Eve trying to be comforting.

"Oi, who was the perpetrator who attacked them?" Ryuuen asked sharply. He needed to know who the person who dared to attack his class was.

"I want to know too, Eve. This incident could endanger students' lives, I can't just keep quiet," said Mashima firmly.

"Do you guys really want to know?"

"Of course!" Several students immediately shouted.

"Unfortunately I can't tell you guys, at least not yet," Eve said, making several students scream in anger.

"What!?"

"Why!?"

"Are you just going to leave that person alone!?"

Protest after protest was shouted by the students, seeing the commotion that was happening, Mashima decided to intervene.

"SILENT!" shouted Mashima loudly.

The effect occurred immediately, the students who were fighting over immediately fell silent, the room became silent in an instant. Seeing that the commotion was over, Mashima decided to talk to Eve.

"Eve, you said 'at least not yet'. Does that mean you will tell us later or will you show a video related to it?"

"Maybe and maybe not, we'll see. By the way I suggest you guys don't depend too much on my power, otherwise it could have a bad impact on your daily life."

"Huh? Why is that?" Ishizaki asked in surprise.

"That's because of cheating, Ishizaki-kun," said Shiina, "It's the same as when someone has a cheat paper in an exam that allows them to get good grades, but when the cheat paper is lost then they can't do anything during the exam."

Shiina paused for a moment before continuing, "If we depend too much on Eve, then if one day we need Eve and she isn't there to help us, then we will definitely give up hope."

"Exactly as Hiyori-chan said. There are certain rules if we rely too much on something, especially something like knowledge of the future."

"I see…" Ishizaki said in understanding, but then he realized something, "But wait, then why are you showing us this video of the future?"

"…"

The room fell silent, it was as Ishizaki said, if there really were rules like Eve said but why was she showing them this video of the future?

Everyone stared at the speaker which was the source of Eve's voice. If Eve were in the room with them now, she would definitely feel a sharp stab in every gaze directed at her.

"W-Well… sometimes rules are there to be broken, you know. A-Anyway, I'll broadcast what I want to broadcast, understand? Then let's continue watching."

((The point is you just want to have fun!)) everyone thought in unison.

The unimpressive looks everyone gave the divine entity, but even so they didn't complain, because they were quite grateful that Eve was willing to give them a little of this future knowledge to help them.

…even though the Overseer was only doing this for her own pleasure.

"For now, the truth remains unknown."

Amasawa is a gray that is as close to black as possible, but not quite black.

"So the perpetrator hasn't been found yet, but Amasawa-san is the main suspect at the moment," Ichinose observed.

"It's possible that she was around the scene when it happened," Kanzaki agreed.

"Wouldn't that make her the perpetrator?" Shibata asked confused.

"As long as there is no evidence or eyewitnesses, we cannot label her as a perpetrator, even if she was at the scene. In law, Amasawa is now considered a witness," explained Kanzaki.

"But why did Ayanokouji-kun say that she was gray?" Amikura asked confused.

"As I said earlier, there is a possibility that Amasawa was at the scene, which draws suspicion towards her."

"I see."

Amikura and the others nodded in understanding listening to Kanzaki's explanation, after which they returned their attention to the screen.

"Then, what makes me curious is the purpose. Whoever the perpetrator is, what is the reason for such a dangerous act?"

"If we knew the answer, we wouldn't have any trouble. Let's assume that Amasawa wasn't the perpetrator."

I once again decided to share my thoughts on the Komiya and Kinoshita cases.

Because by exchanging opinions, sometimes you can see what you can't see.

Someone pushed Komiya and Kinoshita. Since there was no GPS response from the watch, it was clear that it was planned rather than done suddenly.

"Whoever did this, I want their punishment to be expelled from school. I don't want any other punishment than that," growled Ishizaki.

"Yeah, I agree. I can't accept that the punishment is so light," said Kondou, who was just as angry as Ishizaki, "Just calm down, Komiya. We won't let that happen to you and Kinoshita."

"Yeah, thanks, dude," Komiya said gratefully.

Then next-

"That… is like this, but isn't that strange?"

As soon as I started talking, Nanase frowned as if there was a part she couldn't understand.

"If Amasawa-san has nothing to do, isn't this strange? When her watch broke, by chance Komiya-senpai and Kinoshita-senpai were attacked and she happened to be watching nearby. And by chance I found her?"

"That's quite a coincidence," Kitou said.

"Yes, but that doesn't prove that he was the perpetrator," said Sakayanagi.

"The watch works for GPS, right? Can't that be used as evidence?" Kamuro asked confused.

"I don't think so. The option to replace the broken watch must have been prepared by the teachers, so it cannot be used as evidence."

"Well, considering we're taking the exam on an uninhabited island that has unpredictable terrain, some damage to our belongings is natural," Hashimoto said.

"I see," Kamuro said frowning, she then crossed her arms and stared at the screen.

"When many coincidences overlap, it is difficult to call it a coincidence. In other words, once Amasawa comes up with the excuse that she has nothing to do with the Komiya case, that excuse will immediately collapse."

A theory emerged that someone close to Amasawa had brought down Komiya and Kinoshita.

"Even if the real perpetrator is not Amawasa-san, it means she knows the perpetrator. In that case, is there a possibility that Amasawa-san is an accomplice?"

"Is that Housen? I mean they're in the same group, right?" Sudou said wonderingly.

"Perhaps, but Nanase-san's presence here is quite questionable. It seems like she and Kiyotaka-kun just resolved their conflict and reconciled, so what happens to the rest of the members?" Horikita said expressing her confusion.

"Could Nanase-san be pretending to be nice?" Kushida asked, because she herself had that kind of nature making her ask that.

"I don't think so. The attitude she is showing right now is more of respect, I don't know what Kiyotaka-kun did, but she has made that girl have a high level of respect for him."

"So we can say that Nanase-san is clean?" Hirata asked.

"For now, yes. I can't give a final decision due to lack of information, what is certain is that this Amasawa-san could be working with Housen-kun or someone completely different."

"That's how it is. The previous footprints may also belong to the actual perpetrator."

If I assume she helped the real culprit to help, that also explains Amasawa's actions.

"If that person tried to use violence, the way of doing it would be similar."

"I wonder why Eve is showing this video, huh? Isn't this the case for other classes?" Hasebe said.

"What do you think, Kiyotaka-kun?" Sakura asked Ayanokouji.

Ayanokouji thought for a moment before answering, "Normally I'm not that interested in other classes' matters. But seeing myself on the screen discussing things related to other classes, I was sure that it was a problem that caught my attention or that the problem had something to do with our class."

"What's it got to do with our class?" Karuizawa asked tilting her head.

"You mean the last member of Komiya-kun's group?" Horikita asked.

Ayanokouji nodded, "There is a possibility that the last member of the Komiya group will be from our class, that means whatever happens to the Komiya group will also have an impact on our class."

All members of Ayanokouji's group now realize how serious this problem is, if what Ayanokouji said is true, then one of their classmates will probably be expelled from school.

"What should we do?" Hirata asked worriedly.

"Do you know who from our class is close to Komiya-kun and Kinoshita-san, Kikyou-san?" Horikita asked Kushida.

Kushida thought for a moment before replying, "There is, but I don't know if this information is useful. Because this happened in the future and maybe they have made new friends that I don't know about yet."

"I see… okay, I understand. For now let's continue watching, we need information on who the last member of Komiya-kun's group is," Horikita said, everyone nodded before turning to the screen.

Nanase felt a reaction to the connecting outline.

"But…"

Every time… how should I say it, I start to think about something unrelated to this.

"?"

Several people tilted their heads at Ayanokouji's change of mind.

"What are you thinking about?" Karuizawa asked, Ayanokouji shook his head because he didn't know either.

"But what?"

It's about Nanase, who is looking at me with a confused face, but this is hard to ask.

Because, simply because I couldn't understand the mechanism.

Life on this uninhabited island has also entered its 7th day of repetition. Until now, Nanase has basically moved with me. And I didn't even have time to clean my body.

"Oh shit…"

Ayanokouji groaned in his mind, he already knew what he was thinking on the screen.

"Seems like Eve won't help this time," Ayanokouji thought after looking at the screen that had no skip scenes, now he could feel a headache coming on.

Of course, there is the opportunity to wash off the sand when wearing a swimsuit at Flag Beach, and I swim in the sea, she can take a shower while changing clothes.

Even so, still, after a day, sweat gushing out usually becomes a problem.

"Ku ku, so that monster can also think about this, huh," Ryuuen said grinning.

"Hm? What do you mean?" Ibuki asked.

"You'll see it in a moment, this is quite important for you, Ibuki."

"Huh!?" Ibuki asked frowning, but Ryuuen didn't say anything else, and grumpily Ibuki looked back at the screen.

Due to being in a cramped tent, Nanase's scent was slightly diffused, but this had nothing to do with the unpleasant smell. Even if you can disguise sweat by wiping it diligently, how come she smells good?

"…"

There was silence in the room. They all wondered what Ayanokouji was thinking, they thought that Ayanokouji might be thinking about something else important, but they didn't expect Ayanokouji to think about something like this at a time like this, especially towards the girls.

Ayanokouji himself made his face as poker-like as possible like a Buddha, for him the current situation was more tense than when he fought Sakayanagi in the last special exam.

"Kiyopon..." Hasebe said disappointedly, for some reason Ayanokouji felt even more pierced by the look Hasebe gave him.

"Kiyotaka-kun, how can you think about things like that when there are more serious problems," Horikita said sharply.

"That's not good, Kiyotaka-kun," Kushida scolded.

"Do your predatory instincts arise when you are alone with a girl in a small room?" Karuizawa asked in a piercing tone.

"H-Hey, I'm not at fault here, these are my thoughts and I'm free to think anything. Besides, I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that," said Ayanokouji defending himself.

The girls' gazes didn't change at all or became sharper which made Ayanokouji even worse, but then help came from an unexpected place.

"Hmm, that's actually a good question," Ike said crossing his arms.

"I also want to know what the mechanism is," Hondou said cupping his hand to his chin.

"Yeah, the answer makes me curious," said Miyamoto with a small nod.

"See?" Ayanokouji said while pointing at Ike and the others, he was glad they showed their perverted side at the right time.

Horikita and the others just sighed in annoyance but didn't discuss the matter further, meanwhile Ike and the others received unpleasant looks from the girls.

"Pervert."

"Pathetic."

"Disgusting," Shinohara said mercilessly.

"Huh!? What are you saying, ugly!?" Ike shouted.

"Shut up! Don't talk to me!" Shinohara snapped while crossing her arms, then looked away.

"Tch!" Ike clicked his tongue and leaned back against the chair roughly, but then he sighed heavily and scratched his head as if he regretted his actions just now.

On the other hand, Ibuki looked at Ryueen with a scary gaze.

"Fuck! What is important to me!? This is just his perverted thinking," Ibuki growled.

"Ku ku, I think it's quite important for you to show your charm to that monster," Ryuuen said grinning, making Ibuki even angrier.

"You-!"

"There, there, Ibuki-san. Look, the video has started," said Shiina calming Ibuki, grumpily Ibuki looked back at the screen.

I wanted to ask about the mechanism, but it was clearly senpai's inappropriate behavior.

"No, this is my misunderstanding. Don't worry about it."

"Oh, I see?"

Nanase nodded without digging deeper into my statement and without even realizing it.

This is a topic that I brought up myself, but I ended up being very awkward.

Nanase doesn't seem to think anything of it, but let's change the topic again here.

"There's no way to confirm what exactly Amasawa did to Komiya and Kinoshita, but I have a rough idea of who and which table she's at."

Everyone was paying close attention, even more so from those from Ryueen's class because it was their class that was now in trouble.

Nanase tilted her head, perhaps because she didn't understand the meaning of what I said.

I took out the tablet and showed it to Nanase.

"Is it really okay? That, isn't that Ayanokouji-senpai's personal information? Even showed it to me."

"Why are you showing it?" Horikita asked Ayanokouji.

"Don't know, but maybe she has already gained enough trust from me."

"Hmph, all your actions must be carefully calculated, Kiyotaka. You might just be testing that girl on whether she's useful or not," Karuizawa said crossing her arms.

"That... is possible," said Ayanokouji, a little surprised because his movements were so predictable.

"It's probably because we share a past," thought Ayanokouji, "Well, it doesn't matter. I have judged that they are people I can trust."

Personal information probably means the score I got. This is important information because scores and rankings other than the top and bottom 10 groups are not disclosed to the public.

"I thought there was no longer a gap between Nanase and I to have a relationship of trust, but is that just my misunderstanding?"

When I conveyed my honest feelings, she raised her face as if surprised.

"N-no! Thank you, umm, for trusting me."

She answered somewhat shyly, somewhat seated, and somewhat apologetically.

"Seriously. What Kiyopon has done, the girl seems to really respect him," Hasebe said curiously.

"Yeah, she's very different from the strict girl in the previous video," Miyake agreed.

It was a very Nanase-like expression that couldn't be shown without the impoliteness I just mentioned.

"Besides we acted together, and if you look back, you can tell how much score I got, right?"

"Act together? Nanase is in a different group to Ayanokouji, right? Why are they acting together? And what's more, where are the other members of the Ayanokouji group?" said Shibata expressing his confusion.

Shibata's question is very natural because there is a lot of information they don't know about this video, because this all happened in the future.

"I think each member of the group doesn't have to act together, they can split up to complete each task," said Ichinose thoughtfully.

"I think so too, it's a waste to bring a lot of people just to do tasks that are done by individuals," Kanzaki agreed.

Ichinose nodded, "And I think Kiyotaka-kun acted alone and didn't form a group with anyone."

"Wouldn't that draw people's attention to him? Eve said that people who don't form groups are extraordinary people," Amikura said frowning.

"Kiyotaka-kun had no choice, I think he already knew about the 20 million point bounty, as a result he decided to fight alone to avoid the risk of betrayal."

"I see, he must be having trouble alone," said Kobashi with pity.

"He he, I'm not sure that will happen, Yume-chan," Ichinose thought with amusement.

"Looking at Nanase, I think she has defected from her group and teamed up with Ayanokouji," Kanzaki observed.

"Hmm, that explains why she wanted to go after Amasawa," Hamaguchi said while pushing up his glasses.

After that the discussion ended and they all looked back at the screen.

Even though there was a task challenged by me alone, Nanase would probably assume that I took first place.

So I tried to start the explanation without caring about revealing my score.

"I said earlier, I know who and at which table she is."

The astute Nanase immediately noticed something suspicious.

"Hn? Isn't senpai's score lower than I thought?"

"You mean?"

When I asked to test her, Nanase folded her fingers with both hands to calculate inside her head.

"Testing her?" Kamuro said raising an eyebrow.

"Fu fu, it looks like that girl has potential to make Ayanokouji-kun pay attention to her," thought Sakayanagi with a small smile.

"Arrival bonus, arrival order reward, and tasks. After deducting the penalty, I think that all the tasks senpai participated in during my break also ranked first."

Horikita immediately recorded some of the information into her notes, after which she looked at Ayanokouji.

"All in first place, are you not holding back in the exam this time?" he asked.

"The exam venues are separated, so I don't think it's a problem to get first place other than at the same venue multiple times."

"I see, that makes sense."

She has a pretty good memory.

This will also be a useful point for something in the future.

"As I thought," Karuizawa said looking at Ayanokouji from the corner of her eye.

Ayanokouji just shrugged, to be honest he was also interested in who this Nanase was, why his future self was interested in taking advantage of that girl.

"You realize it well. Supposedly, the score I have now is 88 points."

"Now 78 points, 10 points less. This is not because of a penalty."

So when, how, and to what end do the 10 points disappear? I'll explain that.

"In this special exam, the designated area will be announced 4 times a day and basic movements will be carried out. The total time is 10 hours from 7 am to 5 pm. At 7am on the 6th day when GPS searches were lifted, I decided to do a total of 10 GPS searches every hour, from 7am on the 6th day when GPS searches were lifted, except for 12 noon which was the break time."

"That's 1 point for each GPS search," Satou said calculatingly.

"But why would he do that? What did he get from the GPS search?" Shinohara asked confused.

"That's definitely to track other students," said Matsushita, her two friends nodded in understanding.

Nanase still couldn't understand what could be seen by doing that.

"GPS search is a very useful tool for knowing the location of all students across the island. But, if you only use it once you can only know its current location and that's of low utility. But by dividing the day into 10 parts and repeating the search, you can see things you couldn't see."

By connecting the dots into a line, you can trace the trajectory of a person's movements that day. Likewise, if someone searches 10 times, he or she will also notice that Nanase and I always move together.

"But what's the point of him doing that? Wouldn't it be better for him to get on with the task rather than wasting points doing that?" Asked Ibuki who didn't understand Ayanokouji's actions.

"Maybe he has a specific purpose," said Shiina.

"Purpose?"

"Kiyotaka-kun is tracking someone or a group, although I don't know why he's doing that."

"I see."

"Umm, I know exactly what that score is used for. It's true, if we knew where everyone was moving every hour, we might be able to figure out who was at the same table. But on the 6th day, senpai didn't seem to have played with the tablet for a long time, and that's not something that can be remembered easily, right? Does that mean you remember everything in an instant?"

"It is impossible. It took a lot of time just to check everyone's names and locations."

I opened the photos folder and showed the pictures I saved there.

"After using GPS search, I saved the screenshot. This way, I can slowly observe in my free time and find out what happened that day."

Sending messages or photos to someone is not possible during the exam. But saving an image of the tablet screen is a standard feature, and of course available there. By repeatedly zooming in and out of the saved map, I was able to keep a detailed record of the positions of all the students.

"By comparing over time, all other people's actions throughout the day can be seen as a record at any time."

"That way you can find out about the activities of other groups, such as which groups are collaborating with other groups," concluded Horikita.

"But I still don't understand why he's observing other people," Sudou said confusedly.

Horikita didn't answer and looked at Ayanokouji, "Any ideas?"

"No," Ayanokouji answered, he couldn't give a definite answer right now but he had a guess, "Could it be Nagumo? Has my confrontation with him begun?"

Before bed, in the morning before the exam starts, or while resting. Since there is still a lot of free time, just check it out at that time.

Since the task details for the time period were also displayed on the map, it was not until the 6th day that what kind of policy each group and student adopted could be seen clearly.

"…You already did something like that, I didn't realize it at all."

"I don't do stupid things that someone who could be my enemy might be aware of. Because I still don't know what kind of person Nanase was next to me on the 6th day."

"So Nanase-san before the 6th day tried to get Ayanokouji-kun out," said Mii-chan in conclusion.

"Why would anyone try to get Ayanokouji-kun out? Did he make a mistake?" Inogashira asked confused.

"I don't know, Kokoro-chan. But a person who is willing to waste 20 million points just to get him out is definitely not an ordinary person."

It would be the height of stupidity to let Nanase, who at that time was my enemy, know that I was using this GPS search.

While maintaining the attitude to pursue the designated area and task, perform hourly GPS searches and take screenshots. Impressed, Nanase shifted the map left and right. Every time it is shifted, each student's GPS changes its position, making it interesting.

"But, sorry in advance for being presumptuous, but is it worth paying 10 points? It might be worth sharing the screenshot with someone, because it would take a long time to analyze just one person's behavior patterns, right?"

Some people also ask the same question, is it worth wasting 10 points just to do that? They watched the screen carefully to hear Ayanokouji's goal.

The feasibility of these images would indeed emerge if they could be easily sent via an attached message to a friend via email. It is even possible for some people to search at shorter time intervals and check outside of exam times. With rules like those, it wouldn't be strange if other classes practiced them.

"Even in individual use, it depends on how you use it. It can be said that it will be decided from now on whether this strategy will ultimately be worth more or less than 10 points."

"…what does that mean?"

"Right. There is something like this in the information obtained by repeating GPS searches."

By looking at each school year such as the first year and the third year, new aspects can be seen.

Especially in the case of the third year students, the special movements of the group were obvious.

"For example, several groups of third year students were acting strangely all day long. And Nagumo's group and Kiriyama's group were always involved with that strange group. When I looked into it, I noticed something interesting."

Ayanokouji and a few sharp-minded people straightened their bodies staring at the screen, while the others were confused as to why he was discussing third years.

"This is a good opportunity to learn about Nagumo's plans," Ayanokouji thought.

From starting at 07:00 on the 6th day, I focused on Nagumo's group and looked at the situation every hour.

"First, Nagumo's group is at B8 at 07.00."

"Does that mean the last area designated on day 5 is B8?"

"The possibility is high, but it is also possible on B9 which is at the southernmost part of B8. But what is clear is that, initially, only the GPS responses of their group members were there."

However, an hour later, at 08:00, several groups began to gather around Nagumo.

It was even more striking at 9am, apparently gathering under Nagumo.

"It seems Nagumo-senpai told them to gather," said Ichinose.

"The ones gathered are the third years, right? Does that mean the entire third year group followed Nagumo-senpai's instructions? I mean, he's already mastered his class year," asked Shibata.

"Yeah, but whatever the purpose is is still unknown," said Kanzaki who narrowed his eyes.

And from here, this group began to move.

If observed at 10 am and 1 pm, you can see the difference.

"Many groups purposely gather and move together, yes… like schools of fish."

"It's not distracting if you look at the whole thing, but when you narrow it down, you'll see something completely different, right?"

Nanase accepted my explanation and nodded twice to answer. After that, shift the image until 3 pm.

"Is this movement to monopolize tasks?"

"Perhaps it is a mechanism where Nagumo can easily rank first in any task depending on the coordination of his friends."

"Wait, then he can get a lot of points, right?" said a shocked Ike.

"Yeah, he could get first place easily," Sotomura said.

"Wow, it's really nice to be the student council president. He can order his members to do tasks, but wait,… then the other third year groups won't get any points, right?" said a surprised Hondou.

Hondou's question caught everyone's attention. As he said, if all the third year groups helped Nagumo then what about their own group?

"Could they be targeting second and third place? That way they still get points," said Satou.

"Even so, the points they will get will definitely be few and not every task they will get a ranking. There are also tasks intended for individuals," said Matsushita.

"Then they won't get any points?" Shinohara asked.

"That should be it, but I don't know what Nagumo-senpai is actually planning," said Matsushita shaking her head.

It's not complicated or anything, but it's a very simple and powerful strategy.

"But this method doesn't give any scores to groups other than the student council president Nagumo's group, right? I don't think they're all at the same table working together to win a certain group… it's an idea that might have occurred to anyone, but it's impossible to put into practice."

Several people nodded in agreement seeing Nanase reveal what they were curious about.

Other groups need to target the areas designated by other groups.

Additionally, if they gave Nagumo's group a task, they couldn't get the highest score in the task.

"They could be overtaken by other groups and enter the bottom 10," said Yukimura.

"Yeah, it is a loss. I still don't understand why they would do that," Miyake said.

No one would help others if it was to their own detriment, but the third year group did just that. That fact made everyone confused.

"Correct. This strategy works because it ignores the basic premise of a test on an uninhabited island. Originally, why couldn't we work together to win a certain group?"

"That is of course, because it has something to do with class points and expulsion."

I showed Nanase the group members gathered around Nagumo.

"This… the group serving as escorts are the senpais whose group sank to the bottom."

"There aren't any students from class A in this group."

"Huh? Does that mean those senpais no longer have the fighting spirit to compete for class A?" Azuma asked surprised.

"I've heard that the gap between class A and the others in third year is very big," said Ishikura while remembering.

"So because of the big difference, the competition in the third year is no longer meaningful, huh," said Nishimura.

"But why are they still following Nagumo-senpai after being defeated like that?" Asked Ichihashi who was confused.

The girls pondered thinking about the answer, they actually didn't understand why the third years who had been defeated by Nagumo were now following Nagumo's orders.

"If I'm not mistaken third year students do have a desperate gap in class points to catch class A, huh."

"In other words, whether class B loses or class D loses does not affect the battlefield."

Both the first and second year students have not yet entered the stage of high-level class confrontation. Since we're competing to reach class A, I don't think anyone is willing to sink to the bottom.

"Even if we sink to class D, as long as our number of points is not too far from the other classes, we can still push them in the second and third years," said Horikita.

"Yes, it's different from the third years now, they can already see the end of their battle because their point difference is very big," added Kushida.

"So that's why even if they lose it doesn't affect anything?" Sudou asked to confirm.

"Yes."

No matter what the other classes did, in the end it was Nagumo's class who stood on top.

But, only third year students can ignore the framework and all four classes can cooperate with each other.

"The strong point of this strategy is that the group that sinks to the bottom can freely do as much as they like during the test. Even if they only have 1 point or only 50 points, the disadvantage of being bottom of the rankings does not change. They will only lose class points and be expelled."

"If they support a certain group with all their might, their score should be close to 0, right? It's true that the third year group has sunk to the bottom, but how come they still have scores of 20 points and 30 points, huh?"

At that moment everyone finally noticed the oddity that Nanase mentioned, the group that neglected the task should get around 0 points, but what they saw was something different. Each of the groups has 20 points or more.

"That's right, why do they get points? They should get 0 points, right?" Ishizaki said confused.

"No, they definitely got points from second or third place, or maybe from the arrival bonus," Shiina argued.

"So they still have fighting spirit?" Ibuki asked.

"Ku ku, that was an undercover plan ordered by that student council president. He doesn't want anyone else to get in his way," Ryuuen said grinning.

If they ignore all the basic movements and tasks, it is natural that the score will not be collected.

On the other hand, Nanase said that it wouldn't be strange if they stayed around 0 points in a row because of penalties.

Nanase started to realize it little by little as I encouraged her to think without answering.

I added a few sentences to help her out.

"If the strategy is exposed, it will be less effective. What can be done to prevent it from being exposed?"

"If there are 2 or 3 groups with 0 points, clearly something is wrong and it will be looked at another school year. So give them a rough score so they are hard to notice."

"I see, no one will pay attention to those who are inconspicuous. But what exactly does student council president Nagumo plan to do with the fallen third year student?" Hashimoto said wonderingly.

"Fu fu, who knows? He could give a beautiful hope that makes them crawl after him," said Sakayanagi.

"Hope?" Kamuro said frowning, but Sakayanagi had already turned her attention to the screen.

She probably already found the reason in her mind, said that and looked at me.

Yes, that's why Nagumo's skills are so visible. If some groups get 0 points, it's too obvious and it's like revealing the trick.

"There seem to be several groups that seem to support Nagumo, but at least one person from each group is working to step on the designated area."

"This is to prevent the accumulation of point deductions from increasing due to repeated penalties."

That way, a minimum score will be collected.

"The groups that Nagumo and others work with should be seen as competing within it. If they gave up on first place, second and third place would absolutely not care who took it. Therefore, sometimes the ranking changes or points widen even at the lowest rank. They can pretend to be serious about this particular exam."

This strategy cannot be recognized without doing 10 GPS searches.

Even if I feel suspicious, the suspicion will stop itself.

"Are they trying to win over student council president Nagumo with the intention of getting expelled? Even if they can't advance to class A, they would want to avoid expulsion, right?"

"Well, that's what I don't understand. Why are they helping Nagumo-senpai when they are threatened with expulsion?" Shibata asked in surprise.

No one answered Shibata's question because they also didn't know what the answer was and felt the same curiosity as him.

Meanwhile Ichinose thought hard while folding her arms, even when she was in the student council, no one dared to go against Nagumo, everyone submitted to him. Even though he acted relaxed, his aura of dominance was felt by Ichinose. That's why Nagumo was able to quickly stand above all the students in this school.

But sometimes there is also a good side to Nagumo who wants to help people who ask for his help...

Ichinose's thoughts stopped when she realized something, after which she looked at the screen curiously.

"What if Nagumo-senpai has prepared a plan to help them?"

It was the most sensible move according to Ichinose because he couldn't think of anything else besides that. If Nagumo had prepared a plan to help people from the lowest group, then it made sense that they would follow Nagumo's orders.

"Some people might be crazy, but it's basically like Nanase said. Behind this deception, Nagumo may have prepared his own relief measures."

"His own relief measures, huh?"

"H-His own relief measures? But how?" Shinohara asked.

"Could it be with private points?" Satou said.

"If it's just one person, that might be possible. But the number of third year group members who are in the bottom 10 is so many, I'm not sure Nagumo-senpai can save them all," said Matsushita.

"Then how is he going to save them?"

"That... I honestly don't know either," said Matsushita shaking her head in disappointment.

"It is impossible to pass as class A for all three classes B and below just by continuing to take special exams. But what if there is a possibility of being able to advance to class A if they work together with Nagumo?"

"Huh!?"

Many students were shocked to hear that information.

"R-Rising to class A with that plan? Is that possible?" Asked Ike who stuttered.

"Chabashira-sensei once said that we can change classes with predetermined private points," said Sotomura.

"Yeah, I remember that too, but it's not one person we're talking about, but many. How can the student council president get them all into class A?"

"Who knows? After all, this is just Ayanokouji's guess, it could be that the student council president has other methods that we never imagined," said Miyamoto shrugging his shoulders.

"…Now that you think about it, you're right," Ike said, scratching his head.

"If that was the only way, they… would probably work together."

If there was a choice to pass as class B or lower, or bet on passing as class A, it wouldn't be strange if volunteers would appear.

"I don't know whether the school or the student council president is carrying out the exam, okay?"

"The reality is like that. Nagumo has control over all classes in his school year. He is not the one who follows the rules, but he is the one who creates and controls them."

This means that he is someone who is capable of creating this situation. Even if you look at the history of Advanced Nurturing High School so far, it is not an exaggeration to say that Nagumo is probably the first and last person to be able to do that.

Everyone finally understood how great a person called Nagumo Miyabi was, not only did he dominate everyone in his school year but he also did something extraordinary that no student had ever done, even Horikita Manabu, who is said to be the best student in school history, has never done that.

Now after knowing the fact that they would be up against another school year in a special exam, some of the second year students were feeling downcast. The thought of fighting Nagumo had reduced their will to fight.

Then…

Of course, we second year students will not let Nagumo act as he pleases.

Everyone, including those who were bowed, immediately looked at the screen after hearing Ayanokouji's words, they felt a glimmer of hope shining on them when their fighting spirit was already low.

Important people like Sakayanagi and Ryueen grinned and smiled with satisfaction at the change in the atmosphere. They are sure that Eve will not show greatness or nonsense about Nagumo without a turning point, because without a turning point this video would definitely be very boring. Something Eve didn't want.

Unlike the main video, this future video only shows the important and interesting parts that Eve has selected.

On the 5th day of the special exam, I made a proposal to Ryuuen and Sakayanagi.

"Oh?"

"Ho…"

Sakayanagi and Ryuuen immediately reacted and looked at the screen excitedly, even though they also had their own plans in their heads, they also wanted to hear Ayanokouji's plans.

Meanwhile, everyone, especially those from Horikita's class, felt confused by what they heard.

"Ayanokouji did it?"

"What is he doing?"

"Why not Horikita?"

Ayanokouji's classmates expressed their confusion, indeed Ayanokouji had revealed his abilities in the main video but that was not enough to gain their trust, and in the past year, Horikita was the one who took the lead and conveyed her plans to them.

Naturally, they were confused to see Ayanokouji who made the proposal to the other class president, not Horikita.

This is to complete a specific task by working together only a portion of the entire second year students. Simply put, this is similar to the strategy used by Nagumo. However, unlike Nagumo, scores are not concentrated on a particular group to win. Since the second year students were competing against each other, discussions became dicey when class points were involved.

"It means we will work together as long as class points are not involved," Horikita concluded.

"It also helps hinder Nagumo-senpai and raise the points of the groups below which contain members of our class," added Kushida.

"But will they listen to Kiyotaka? I mean, from the perspective of other classes, Kiyotaka is just an ordinary student who runs fast," Miyake said expressing his confusion.

"It depends on how big a problem it will cause. If student council president Nagumo's plan disturbed them, maybe they would agree to it. And he could have used my name to convey his plans, or…" Horikita trailed off, making her friends look at her in confusion.

"Or?"

"No. Nothing," said Horikita shaking her head, "Let's continue watching."

Her friends still looked at her in confusion, but they finally complied and looked back at the screen. Actually there was still something she wanted to say and it had to do with Ayanokouji, but for now she kept it to herself.

Therefore, on condition that we cooperate with each other on factors other than class points. People like Sakayanagi and Ryuuen are also worried about several groups containing their classmates. Equal negotiations have been agreed in the form of supporting each other.

Students in Ryuuen's class don't believe that Ryuuen is worried about his classmates, they think that the reason for Ryuuen's worry is that if any of them leave it will be detrimental to himself.

Even though we are enemies, we can hold hands without hesitation as long as our interests match.

"So our class is working together with other classes in the exam this time," said Satou in conclusion.

"Yes, as long as this cooperation benefits each party," said Matsushita.

"If only this could have been done earlier, everything would be easier."

"I don't think so, in fact this plan probably wouldn't work if implemented while we were still first years."

"Eh? Why?"

"Now let me ask. Would you cooperate with someone who is clearly your enemy?"

"That…" Satou seemed hesitant to answer.

"You're hesitant to answer that, right? That's what our classmates would think, our cooperation with Ichinose-san's class was possible because our relationship had been established well from the start. But what about Sakayanagi-san and Ryuuen-kun's class? Our classmates will definitely react negatively and there is a possibility that the two class leaders will use this collaboration for their own benefit and to our detriment."

"Then why do they want to cooperate now?" Shinohara asked curiously.

"Experience," answered Matsushita, "Our first year school life was enough of a meaningful experience to make us understand that working together with the enemy sometimes brings benefits as long as our goals are the same."

"I understand," Satou said understandingly, then she and Shinohara pondered the information they received inside their heads.

"I'm surprised that Ayanokouji-kun was the one who put forward the cooperation proposal, not Horikita-san," Shinohara said after a while.

"I also didn't expect that he took the initiative to propose cooperation, I thought he didn't want to stand out," said Matsushita.

"Was he ordered by Horikita-san?"

"I don't think so because he said that he made the proposal himself," said Matsushita, then she turned to Satou, "Satou-san, did Ayanokouji-kun ever say that he had contact with Sakayanagi-san and Ryuuen-kun? "

"Eh? Umm… no, he never said about that," said Satou shaking her head.

"This means that this is one of the things that Ayanokouji-kun is doing secretly," concluded Matsushita.

Shinohara understood Matsushita's words, Satou once said that Ayanokouji did a lot of things behind the scenes, and as Matsushita said, this meant that this was one of the things Ayanokouji did behind the scenes.

Shinohara and Satou nodded in understanding with Matsushita's explanation, and they should have looked back at the screen. However…

They both looked at their long-haired friend with gazes full of questions. Matsushita, who sensed her two friends, suddenly felt nervous.

"W-What's wrong?" Matsushita asked nervously.

"You know, Matsushita-san. Ever since we entered this room and watched the video, I felt there was something different about you," Satou said while looking at Matsushita.

"Eh? Different?"

"Satou-san is right, you look mature, well that's your usual self. But now you are more insightful and knowledgeable, you also often provide precise analysis and your observations are also great," said Shinohara.

"Hmm, hmm, yes. That made me think, Matsushita-san… are you holding back?" Satou asked.

Seeing Ayanokouji who was holding back, of course some people thought that maybe there were more of their classmates who were doing the same thing.

"E-Eh, there's no way I could hold back, I'm not a genius or anything," said Matsushita laughing nervously.

"You can say that now, but what if Eve broadcasts about you later?"

"…"

Matsushita was silent.

Satou is right, there is a possibility that Eve will broadcast about herself, at that time perhaps unpleasant glances will definitely be directed at her for holding back all this time.

"Now I understand why Ayanokouji-kun told those closest to him about his secret," thought Matsushita.

Matsushita thought that the reason Ayanokouji told his friends about his secret first was to find allies, and when everyone found out that he was holding back, then his allies came to his defense.

Thinking that, Matsushita decided to use the same method.

"Okay, I'll be honest. I did hold back," said Matsushita, who was resigned.

Satou and Shinohara looked at each other with complicated expressions, after Ayanokouji and Kushida, once again they learned another secret from one of their classmates.

"But that doesn't mean I'm a genius like Ayanokouji-kun or Horikita-san, I'm just good at academics, that's all," added Matsushita.

"Why are you holding back, Matsushita-san?"

"Same reason as Ayanokouji-kun, I don't want to draw attention to myself. For example, if I don't hold back in academics, people might view me as smart and ask me to tutor them, which is something I want to avoid. But I swear I never looked down on you guys, I'm serious."

"So that's the reason…"

"I'm sorry for lying to you guys," Matsushita said guiltily.

Satou and Shinohara looked at each other once again, actually Matsushita didn't need to apologize because the two of them never blamed Matsushita. But Shinohara got an idea in a situation like this.

"We will forgive you, Matsushita-san. But on one condition."

"What's that?"

"From now on you have to be our tutor in studying."

"Eh?"

"Yes, that's right," said Satou nodding, even though she already had a study group with Ayanokouji's group, it wouldn't hurt if she also studied from Matsushita.

Matsushita stared at her two friends for a few moments, then she sighed in defeat.

"Okay, I agree," said Matsushita, although this was against what she wanted, but at least she was just teaching her two best friends.

Shinohara and Satou nodded in satisfaction and after that the three of them looked back at the screen.

That could be said to be one of the excellent things about the second year leaders.

Of course, I don't think it would work out well if this was done during first year.

This was possible because we all have almost one and a half years of experience.

"Huh, is our class not involved in this cooperation?" Shibata said wonderingly.

"Our class should be the most appropriate one to work with in a situation like this, but I didn't expect that they didn't involve us," Amikura said with a bitter expression.

"We don't know what the situation of our class is now, maybe our class is fine and doesn't need that kind of cooperation," Kanzaki said calmly, although he wasn't too happy to see all the classes working together and leaving their class in an uncertain situation.

"Kanzaki-kun is right, for now let's watch this video to find out what the situation is in our class," said Ichinose to her friends.

"I understand. That means paying 10 points to get this information isn't a big risk for senpai, huh?"

"Not that I'm throwing away the goal of highest ranking, but luckily Kouenji is trying. Instead, I want materials that can support my friends at any time."

"Huh!?"

A gasp of surprise was released by the students from Horikita's class, they couldn't believe what they had just heard.

"Kouenji is…"

"…trying?"

Murmurs of disbelief were expressed by Ike and the others, so far they had never seen Kouenji struggle so it was natural that they were truly shocked.

Kouenji himself raised his eyebrows for a moment before smiling broadly as usual, he didn't question himself on the screen at all.

"That narcissistic bastard is struggling? It seems impossible for me to imagine," Sudou said in surprise.

"This is a good development, isn't it?" Kushida said happily.

"Maybe. But we don't know what his true goal is, until I know about that, I can't say this is a good development," Horikita answered.

"I see," said Kushida nodding in understanding, then she turned to Ayanokouji, "What do you think, Kiyotaka-kun?"

"I don't know, Kouenji is the person who is the most difficult for me to predict," answered Ayanokouji.

"That means we have to keep watching then," concluded Horikita.

"Kouenji-senpai is amazing, right? He alone can beat Student Council President Nagumo's group."

"WHAAAAAAT!?"

Almost everyone shouted in surprise when they saw Kouenji's achievements.

"Impossible, he is really number one?"

"And he's alone!"

"Isn't Nagumo-senpai's plan amazing? And Kouenji can still beat him!?"

Shouts and words of disbelief were uttered by the students because they saw something they had never imagined, not only was Kouenji serious about taking the exam but he also ranked first and surpassed Nagumo who had made an extraordinary plan.

"Oh my, why are you so surprised? You should be grateful to see my noble perfection," said Kouenji, shaking his head in disappointment.

"What the hell are you saying? You should have done this a long time ago!" shouted Ike and his friends, the other students in Horikita's class also agreed with Ike.

"We could have had better results if you had worked together!"

"Yeah, that's right!"

Hearing their complaints, Kouenji just sighed in disappointment.

"I didn't expect you to fall so far and crawl to ask for my help. But I won't help you, I will do whatever I like and no one can stop me. I hope you still remember my words on the first day of school."

Those who protested felt goosebumps on their necks hearing Kouenji's words, of course they still remembered his words on the first day of school, even though they didn't know what Koeunji was going to do and they didn't intend to find out.

After that Kouenji didn't say anything else, he sat relaxed in his chair while looking at the screen with a big smile.

On the other hand, some people were amused by the sight.

"Ku ku, that narcissist is really something," Ryuuen said grinning.

"What makes him serious now? So far I've seen him not participating in his classes," said Ibuki, who felt suspicious.

"Yeah, I can't imagine it. That person is very wild and difficult to control," said Ishizaki irritably when remembering the exam at camp.

"Maybe there's something we don't know about that Eve hasn't shown yet, for now it's better if we keep watching," Shiina suggested.

Meanwhile, in the Ayanokouji line, a conversation was also taking place between them.

"Wow, I never thought he was really serious about taking the exam," said Miyake in admiration.

"Yeah, and he also ranked first, I thought all this time he was just bragging," said Hasebe.

"Me too," Sakura said following.

"Tch, that bastard could be a valuable asset if he cooperates," Sudou grumbled.

"Leave him alone for now, until now we still don't know what's inside his head. At least we know that he is currently participating in the future exam, whatever his purpose is we will probably find out later," Horikita said while crossing her arms.

Kouenji is great. But that's a little different from reality. Kouenji and Nagumo's group compete fiercely with each other. Every time checking the top group, everyone would think like this. "One person competes with Nagumo's group". However, in reality, Nagumo's group only played close combat with Kouenji.

"Fu fu, you make an interesting statement, Ayanokouji-boy," said Kouenji chuckling, ignoring the students' confusion towards Ayanokouji's words.

"Close combat? What does it mean?" Shibata asked confused.

"That means that the student council president Nagumo, can take first place at any time from Kouenji. At this time he deliberately gave Kouenji first place and conditioned his points so that he was not too far from Kouenji," explained Kanzaki.

"Huh? Does that mean he's just messing around with Kouenji-kun? Why did he do that?" Amikura asked surprised.

"I don't know but I've heard that student council president Nagumo and Kouenji have had a feud recently."

"So this is where they're going to settle things?"

"I don't know. But I suspect that student council president Nagumo is deliberately keeping his points at a safe distance from Kouenji and will defeat him at the last moment."

"Wow, that's a cruel way to beat someone," Kobashi said stunned.

"Yeah, I can't imagine how Kouenji-kun would feel if he was defeated like that," Amikura said, grimacing slightly.

"I'm sure he won't feel anything," snorted Kanzaki.

Nagumo will maintain this state until the end of the 12th day when the top ranking can still be checked.

And he will run fast in the remaining 2 days when the score cannot be checked.

That way, only the results achieved by Nagumo by eliminating the exhausted Kouenji at the end of the exam remained.

"Fu fu, I wonder if he can really do that," Kouenji said confidently.

The fact that he used his multiple friend groups to his advantage on assignments was not revealed. Well, if Nagumo competes with Kouenji, that's also a chance for me to seize victory.

That statement caught everyone's attention, they all already knew that Ayanokouji didn't want to stand out, so through that statement it made them wonder if Ayanokouji was getting serious?

But for the Ayanokouji group who knew about Ayanokouji, they all had different perspectives on the 'victory' he mentioned.

"Are you aiming for first place or something else?" Karuizawa asked.

"Something else, I guess," Ayanokouji answered directly, "If the top and bottom 10 positions are displayed for everyone, then 11th and above are the ideal rankings for me."

"For now, let's find out what kind of moves Amasawa made on day 6 based on this information."

"Oh right, the two of them discussed about her before," said Shinohara.

Everyone was reminded of Ayanokouji's purpose in showing the GPS function he did.

Komiya and Kinoshita focused on the screen, even though it wasn't proven that Awasawa was the perpetrator who pushed them, at least they wanted to know about the girl.

With that statement, Nanase also understood that new benefits would be added to this 10 point payment.

"It seems Amasawa was not in the designated area in the morning."

Normally, it wouldn't be strange to spend the evening in the same designated area as us, sharing a table.

But her GPS response remains in the area two boxes below.

No other GPS overlapped with her, perhaps she spent the night alone.

"It is 8 o'clock, one hour after the designated area was announced."

"The area we are heading to is B6, yes."

"Yeah. Amasawa seems to be heading towards B6 on a different route than the one we took."

Considering the distance covered in one hour, the transfer is quite fast.

Is she faster than the average walking speed, or is she following the optimal route accurately?

Either way, I don't think she's a girl walking alone in the woods.

The girls shuddered at the thought of walking through the forest alone.

"I-I can't imagine getting lost in the middle of a forest, it's so scary," Shiranami said shakily.

"Y-Yeah, me too. But as long as we're together we can't possibly get lost, right?" Kobashi said, Shiranami nodded in agreement.

"That girl was brave enough to wander in the middle of the forest alone," said Amikura.

"Maybe she has high self-confidence? I mean just look at the previous video," said Shibata.

"Hmm, you're right," Amikura said thoughtfully.

"Whatever it is, we better be wary of that girl. Even though she's still a first year, she's a dangerous enemy," said Kanzaki warning his friends, they nodded in agreement with Kanzaki.

If I check the map an hour after that, he's in area C6 to the right of the designated area.

It seems that she stepped on the designated area in an hour and headed for the task next door.

"Once again this is great. We can see everyone's actions recorded on the map."

At least on the morning of the 6th day, it could be said that she faced the exam like any other student.

Next, I just looked at Amasawa sequentially from the 3rd to the 7th picture.

There were no unusual movements, and she had followed about 3 tasks while stepping on the designated area. I could tell to some extent whether she really won or not by looking at Nanase's tablet, but the results weren't important.

"At least at 5 pm on the 6th day, Amasawa didn't seem to be approaching us or showing any suspicious movements."

"…It's a shame, the results obtained are 0."

"No, this is enough. At least Amasawa seems to be taking the special test to some extent seriously. And she didn't do anything that could be found with a GPS search."

"Does this mean she is innocent?" Kushida asked.

"If you look at her movements on GPS, it's possible, but we don't know what her actions actually were," said Horikita.

Meanwhile, Ayanokouji was thinking something different from the two girls.

"Approaching us? I think what I was talking about on screen wasn't about the Komiya and Kinoshita incident, but something completely different. Whatever it is, I don't know yet."

Except for special exam times, there is no doubt that she does something from afternoon to morning. A GPS search for that time is possible, but that would be a waste of points.

And now, the school will send additional news about scores that could not be obtained due to the cancellation of today's special exam.

[Due to the bad weather, you guys were only able to complete about ¼ of the basic movements and tasks on the 7th day, so it has been decided that the arrival bonus, arrival order rewards, and rewards for tasks on the last day are all doubled. The weather is expected to return to normal tomorrow morning.]

"Hm, this is pretty good news," Horikita muttered.

"Uh, what do you mean, Suzune?" Sudou asked confused.

"With the final day's points doubled, all groups will make thorough plans for the day. This means an all-out battle will occur on the final day."

"There will be quite a striking change in ranking between all groups," said Kushida, adding, Horikita nodded.

Like the first day, the last day only has ¾ of the exam time in a day.

In this case, is this the right allocation to make up for it?

"This might be a bit of a turning factor."

If on the final day, when most of the fights are certain to occur, the points are doubled, the phenomenon of turning the tide is also likely to occur.

"The decision to convey the message early about doubling the points on the final day was correct. This way, we are given time to rethink how the students in the second half of the battle will move."

Make today a complete rest, starting tomorrow some groups will think about changing the speed of distribution of physical strength and shifting it to the last day.

After staring at the tablet for a while, I noticed that Nanase, who had reduced her word count, was sleepy. Sometimes her consciousness flew, her eyes opened and closed.

Cute.

The boys collectively thought about it in their heads.

"Even though it's still daytime, wouldn't it be better for you to sleep?"

After pushing herself up the mountains in the morning, and she had exhausted her stamina all at once in the fight with me.

"Fight!?"

Several people were shocked to hear the news.

"Oi Ayanokouji, why are you fighting with her?" Miyamoto asked.

"That's not good, dude," Hondou said.

Some boys started following Miyamoto and the others, they expressed their dislike of Ayanokouji fighting a girl.

"Hey he wasn't wrong, didn't that girl mean to expel him from school? Of course he will defend himself," Satou said angrily.

"Yeah, that's right," Shinohara said agreeing with her friend.

"W-What!? We just wanted to defend a girl," said Miyamoto in self-defense.

"Then you have to look at it from the right side, here it is clear that Ayanokouji-kun is the victim," said Matsushita sharply.

"T-That… H-Hey, Kanji. What do you think? You agree with us, right?" said Miyamoto who asked for help from Ike who had been silent for a long time.

"Umm, I don't know, from what I see they have reconciled now. So there's no need to worry about it anymore, right?" said Ike who uttered his wise words, surprising his friends.

"T-That…" Miyamoto and the others were at a loss for words. What Ike said was true, Ayanokouji and Nanase had already reconciled so there was no point in them making a big deal about it now, even that incident hadn't happened in their time.

"Heh, so he can act mature too," said Shinohara smiling at Ike.

"Hmm, I think he's done that several times since coming into this room, Shinohara-san," said Satou.

"Yes, I see that. Even though his annoying nature still hasn't disappeared."

"So if he got rid of his annoying nature, would you notice him, Shinohara-san?" Matsushita teased.

"I-I never said that!" Shinohara stammered, making her friend chuckle.

She had exceeded her limits again and again, and exhaustion should have overwhelmed her.

"Uh, ah… sorry."

She tried to correct her posture quickly, but sleepiness was not something that could be easily shaken off.

Especially if she is covered in wounds.

"…I'm going back to my tent, okay?"

She is the one who knows best about her own condition.

More than this, it would only be a nuisance if she stayed here in a situation where she was sleepy.

" It's better that way.."

After this, even in rainy conditions, we will not be able to move satisfactorily today.

In this case, even if it was only for a second, she needed to rest her body.

Nanase turned her back to leave the tent and looked back.

"As soon as the rain stops, I will go after Amasawa-san. It is clear that she is a student of the White Room, and I am worried about her future movements."

"White Room student…?"

"What does it mean?"

"I don't know."

The students wondered what Nanase said, they didn't understand what she meant at all. But for those who understood, an eerie silence fell between them.

Sakayanagi widened her eyes before a small grin graced her face, she was intrigued by this new development.

All members of the Ayanokouji group were silent when they heard that information, they had just heard something they had never imagined. Meanwhile, Ayanokouji slightly widened his eyes before returning to his straight face to process the information he had just received.

"O-Oi, Kiyotaka. What does this mean?" asked a stuttering Sudou.

"W-We heard wrong, right?" Asked Kushida who was also stuttering, Ayanokouji didn't answer because he was lost in thought.

"Let's continue watching," Horikita said firmly, this information was too surprising to pass up, but for now she needed more information.

It's true, even if she stays with me, she can't see anything about the situation.

Amasawa also won't be able to do evil to Nanase, who is in the same group as her.

"The fact that Amasawa had graduated as a White Room student without difficulty until that year was a threat. It's important not to get caught up in gender or age."

"There is no doubt, Amasawa-san is from the White Room and it seems Kiyotaka-kun already knows about that information," thought Ichinose whose brain was in overdrive because of the surprising information.

Ignoring her confused friends, Ichinose turned to the back row to look at Ayanokouji, simultaneously, the other members of Ayanokouji's group also looked at Ayanokouji.

"Kiyotaka-kun, do you know anything about this?" Horikita asked.

"No, this is the first time I have heard this information. But I did hear that there will be White Room students entering this school," said Ayanokouji, deliberately providing that last information.

"Huh!? Why didn't you tell us?" Karuizawa asked surprised.

"Firstly, I don't know whether what I heard was true or not because it just came out of someone's words without definite evidence. Second, there is no chance for me to tell you about it in this short time."

The members of Ayanokouji's group received the news quickly because what Ayanokouji said made sense, the time had already passed the schedule set by Eve when they were in the meeting room, so there was no chance for Ayanokouji to share any other information with them.

"Who said that, Kiyotaka?" Miyake asked.

Ayanokouji thought for a moment, he could say Tsukishiro's name now but if he did that, an unnecessary commotion might occur as he could see the other students starting to direct their attention towards him. So he decided not to tell now.

"I'll tell you guys later, there are too many ears now."

After hearing his words, his friends realized that almost all the students had turned their attention with curious glances at them.

Ike stood up and worked up the courage to ask, "Hey, Ayanokouji. What is the White Room?"

Everyone looked at Ayanokouji in hopes of getting an answer, meanwhile Ayanokouji was thinking about how to get through this situation comfortably.

"Do I have to explain? I don't know if Eve will broadcast anything related to that place, but if Eve doesn't, it would be a loss for me to explain it."

Ayanokouji stopped his thoughts when help came from somewhere else.

"That's a question that can't be answered right now, so be patient, okay? Now let's keep watching, the video will end soon."

With Eve's notification, everyone looked back at the screen even though they were still curious.

"So she'll tell them about that place, huh. Well, I think that's also one of the fun things for her."

Ayanokouji thought about that while staring at the screen, just like Eve, he also wanted to see everyone's reaction when they found out about the White Room. Not for fun like Eve, but out of pure curiosity to see the students' reactions when they found out about the darkness that humans possess.

"I don't know the details, but she's a very strong opponent."

If it's about simple strength, it could be considered that she surpasses Sudou or Ryuuen.

"Huh!?"

"What the hell!"

"Impossible, stronger than Ryuuen-san!?"

Many expressed their surprise at Ayanokouji's words, even more so those who were close to Sudou and Ryuuen. They thought it was impossible for a little girl like Amasawa to have strength that surpassed Sudou and Ryuuen.

Sudou just sighed in defeat and agreed with Ayanokouji's statement, he already knew how great the White Room students were. Even if the student was a girl, he still didn't think he could beat them.

Meanwhile Ryuuen narrowed his eyes hearing Ayanokouji's statement, he had been defeated by Ayanokouji and Ayanokouji must have known the size of his strength. Hearing Ayanokouji say that Amasawa was stronger than him made him think it wasn't nonsense.

Usually other people would be wary about that.

But…

"Heh. To hell with that. Whoever it is, I will destroy them if they get in my way."

Fearless, Ryuuen thought that with a sharp and bloodthirsty grin. He had fallen once before, but that was enough. He won't let himself fall until he faces Ayanokouji once again.

Even if they were superior in strength, she was still far superior in technique. Besides, Nanase won't win even if she does a handstand.

"Is that girl that strong? I'm not sure she can beat Ryuuen or Sudou-kun," said Shinohara frowning.

"Regardless of her being a girl, she is indeed strong, Shinohara-san," Satou said confidently.

"Do you know her, Satou-san?" Shinohara asked.

"No, I don't know her."

"Then why did you-"

"White Room," Matsushita suddenly interrupted Shinohara's words, making Shinohara and Satou turn towards her, "She has something to do with that name, right?"

"Yes," said Satou nodding, "But sorry, I can't say anything about that for now."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter," said Matsushita smiling slightly, "Eve doesn't want us to dampen the fun anyway."

"And there's also Housen in your group."

"He too, is not someone I can control in terms of simple strength."

Nanase understands that it's not just his power that's dangerous.

Rather, it was better to assume that Housen was not an opponent who moved with simple strength.

"I don't think it's possible that Housen is a student from the White Room, but with Amasawa's case, there's no certainty. However, don't prioritize me and protect yourself."

"Student from the White Room… could it be that the White Room is some kind of school? Ichinose, what do you know about this?" Shibata asked.

"Sorry Shibata-kun, I really wanted to answer but it seems like Eve doesn't want an explanation about it to come out until the time she specified," said Ichinose guiltily.

"...Okay, I understand. At least we'll get the answer later," said Shibata shaking his head. Ichinose gave a gentle nod of gratitude.

On the premise that getting me expelled from school wasn't the main goal.

"I'm not afraid of being expelled from school. I will do anything to protect Ayanokouji-senpai."

"Wow Kiyopon, you made that girl completely devoted to you," Hasebe said stunned.

"I wonder what Kiyotaka did to that girl," Miyake said wonderingly.

"Yeah, in the previous video she intended to expel Kiyotaka the same as the other first years, but now she intends to protect Kiyotaka. Either she was lying from the start or Kiyotaka has changed her mind," said Yukimura.

"I think Kiyotaka-kun has changed her mind, because he fought with Nanase-san," said Hirata.

"I think so."

"But how did Kiyotaka-kun persuade her?" Sakura asked.

No one answered because they all didn't know the answer either, asking Ayanokouji was useless because this happened in the future.

"I hope it's not something like 'Spread your legs' again," Karuizawa muttered in a low voice.

Ayanokouji, who was sitting next to Karuizawa, heard the girl's muttering and looked at her in surprise while raising an eyebrow. Karuizawa, who was aware that Ayanokouji had heard her words, looked at Ayanokouji sharply.

"What?" she said spicyly.

"It's nothing," Ayanokouji replied quickly and looked back at the screen, "It's better not to discuss it."

I intended to give advice, but Nanase didn't listen to it easily.

"I'll change my words a little. Nanase's careless actions could have an unexpected negative effect on me. So I want you to avoid risky cooperative actions."

I told her that I was worried that it would harm me, not Nanase herself.

Then, Nanase's brave face became weak like a child.

"That's... not allowed. I don't want to bother Ayanokouji-senpai any more than this."

"If you feel that way, just take wise action. You understand?"

"Okay, I promise."

If I tell her this, Nanase also won't do any strange actions.

She may not want to do something that she might think would cause further embarrassment.

After Nanase returned to her tent, I looked at my tablet again.

I checked the scores of the top 10 and bottom 10 groups.

And this is a summary of the current state based on my own scores.

[List of top 10 groups]

1) Second year Kouenji group 168 points

2) Third year Nagumo group 166 points

3) Third year Kiriyama group 150 points

4) Third year Mizoe group 133 points

5) Third year Ochiai group 133 points

6) Second year Ryuuen group 128 points

7) Second year Sakayanagi group 127 points

8) First year Takahashi group 115 points

9) Second year Kanzaki group 104 points

10) Third year Kuronaga group 101 points

Everyone looked carefully at the list on the screen, some of them even wrote it down in their notes.

"Oh, hey Kanzaki, there's your group's name in 9th place," said Shibata while pointing.

"Wow, that's right, you're great, Kanzaki-kun. By the way, who are the members of your group?" said the excited Amikura.

"I don't know, what interests me more is the first year of the Takahashi group. For a first year to get into the top 10, that's quite an achievement," Kanzaki said while watching the screen.

"Kanzaki-kun is right, we can mark his name as someone we should be wary of," said Ichinose, her friends nodding in agreement.

"Wow Ryuuen-san, you are in the top ten," Ishizaki said in admiration.

"Tch, that's not something to be proud of," said Ryuuen clicking his tongue.

"Who are the members of your group?" Ibuki asked.

"Who knows? This happened in the future," Ryuuen replied indifferently.

"But you should have already decided on some people in your head, right?"

"Even if I had, I wouldn't tell you," Ryuuen said, making Ibuki glare at him.

"Come on Ibuki, Ryuuen-san definitely chose us, right?" Ishizaki said casually.

"Hmph, who wants to group with you," snorted Ibuki while crossing her arms.

Ryuuen ignored their conversation and sat relaxed in his chair. Ibuki was right, he had people's names that crossed his mind, but for now he kept them to himself.

"I didn't expect you to take this exam, Princess," Hashimoto said to Sakayanagi.

"Hmm, maybe this exam requires all students to take it. If that's the case, I have to admit that this exam was tough for me," said Sakayanagi.

"You say that but you can still enter the top 10," Kamuro said.

"Fu fu, no matter what exams I take, I'm still me, Masumi-san," Sakayanagi said amusedly, Kamuro snorted while crossing her arms.

And I was 49th with 78 points. The difference from first place Kouenji is 90 points.

This may seem like an insurmountable point gap, but if I place first in the order of arrival prize, I will get 11 points including the arrival bonus. Since there are 4 times in a day, if I continue to rank first nine times in a row, it's just enough to catch up. Of course, this is a story with the premise that the other side does not score even 1 point.

If Kouenji continues to score without slowing down, the final landing point will be around 350 points. If I want to catch up, I need to get close to 40 points a day. If other groups heard this story, they would definitely give up that it was absolutely impossible. But, even Kouenji, who was far from an ordinary person, should have slowed down in the second half of the exam.

"But 10th place is 101 points, huh?"

When all the exam rules on this uninhabited island were explained, at this turning point I thought the entire group would have a slightly higher score, but considering the scores of the top 10 groups and the fact that I who currently had 78 points was in 49th place, I got the strong impression that the overall score grew slowly from the beginning to the middle. After reaching the peak on days 2 and 3, fatigue began to appear, and it was seen that failure to reach designated areas, penalties, and non-participation in tasks increased.

"…"

Everyone was silent and speechless hearing Ayanokouji's complex, long and wide thoughts. Some of them even got dizzy hearing it.

"W-Wait a minute, my brain can't process this," groaned Ike.

"Me too," said Hondou and the others.

"Ugh… is his brain made of computers? How could he think of all that in such a short time?" said Shinohara who frowned.

"H-Ha ha…" Satou could only laugh nervously while Matsushita rubbed her head.

However, as small groups continued to merge, the number of groups gradually decreased. That must not be forgotten.

"Wait, what does he mean by small group merged?" Ryuuen asked Eve.

"Exactly as he says. When the exam has reached a certain stage, small groups can merge to form a large group," answered Eve.

"That means Komiya-kun's group can join other groups?" Shiina asked drawing conclusions.

"Yes."

Several sighs of relief were immediately heard from the students of Ryuuen's class.

"Thank God Komiya, there is still a chance for you to survive," Kondou said while patting Komiya on the back.

"Yeah," said Komiya with a sigh of relief, Kinoshita also breathed a sigh of relief when her friends congratulated her.

In order for me to break through to the top of the rankings, I needed great progress in the second half of the game.

And the key is that the 10th place score is important.

That's why I tried to stand calmly without forcing myself in the first half.

I don't know whether it will rain or not, but in the second half of the exam starting tomorrow, I will fight with a new strategy, even though there are some worries such as Nanase's whereabouts.

Video ends.

Everyone immediately relaxed their bodies on their chairs, their minds were now full of new information and it took them a while to process it.

Ayanokouji is also the same as the others, the only difference is that he focuses on the most important information and puts aside all other information.

Namely information about White Room student.

Ever since Tsukishiro told him that there were White Room student who would come to school to expel him, he had been wondering whether what the old man said was true or not. Now he knew that the information was true and he didn't expect to find out so soon.

When the new school year starts, he can observe Amasawa from the start. He could determine whether Amasawa was a threat or not, and whether he could manipulate the girl. For all these questions he needed further observation. For now, he was satisfied with knowing Amasawa's identity.

However, there was one thing that confused him.

If Amasawa was the White Room student sent to expel him from school, then…

Who is Nanase?

Whoever she was, Ayanokouji stopped his thoughts for now as Eve started showing the next video.

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Start: August 15, 2023

Finish: September 27, 2023

Words: 15.465

Thanks for reading, everyone!

Phew, it's been quite a long time since I last updated this story, about 5 months ago. I apologize for the delay, and if you want to know why I'm late then it's because I'm focused on creating new stories on other websites.

In the last few months I have been very focused on making another reaction story, namely Honkai Impact 3rd on the Fanfiction website. If you are interested, please just search there with the author's name KavkaShin.

Or should I upload it here too?

Anyway, that's all I want to say for now. Sorry if there are mistakes in words, repeated words, or language errors during writing.

See you in the next chapter.