Hachiman's physical fitness was only average, about the level of an ordinary boy, and Hachiman's Class was rated as the worst after the selection.
So his physical fitness was considered above average, barely excellent, among these poor students.
However.
Hachiman didn't think that such speed could quickly use the Team Leader card to cover all the stronghold areas on the entire island.
Moreover.
Since they had seized the initiative, it was natural to maximize profits.
Therefore.
The chosen Team Leader should be the fastest person in the Class.
Hachiman's Class had two sports fanatics.
One of them was Sudo, who successfully joined the Basketball club and became a regular member less than a week after enrollment.
It was just that Sudo had not made much progress since enrollment until now.
Moreover.
If it was just Sudo, they would also have to consider if he was a terrible navigator. Although he was very fast, would there be problems moving quickly through the island's forest?
Therefore.
Considering this, there was only one other person to choose from.
Thus.
"Regarding the Team Leader," Hachiman looked in one direction, "I recommend… Kouenji."
Hachiman spoke a name that surprised everyone.
"Kouenji?"
Hirata was slightly stunned, completely unprepared.
"Can he really do it?"
Horikita frowned. In her eyes, Kouenji was on the same level as Sudo. He was usually isolated, unsociable, and couldn't provide any help to the Class.
The only good thing, so far, was that he hadn't caused any trouble.
"Kouenji is a genius," Hachiman said.
He put a high hat on Kouenji Rokusuke, who looked over after being named.
"Not only is his academic ability very high, but his physical fitness is also not a problem."
"Moreover."
"This kind of forest won't be a problem for him, right?" Saying this, Hachiman looked at Kouenji.
Because private items were not allowed, Kouenji, who usually held a small mirror in Class to look at his reflection and think he was beautiful, was not that conspicuous.
But now.
"Heh heh…"
"An island of this level is, of course, no problem for me," Kouenji said confidently. "I've been to several islands in the past, and the conditions there, both in terms of danger and scope, seemed greater than here."
Is that so.
Then you are indeed from a wealthy background.
A young master's family can wander around.
Hachiman had speculated this before.
This Kouenji was probably from a wealthy family no less prominent than Sakayanagi's.
And this was confirmed on the ship. While Hachiman was enjoying life on the ship, he occasionally continued to act as a human observer, and then he found that although the ship provided various services, Kouenji was quite casual, either self-disciplined or vain, and then swam in the swimming pool, but walked on the deck with wet feet.
Making the attendants very distressed.
Constantly advising him to dry himself.
And his explanation was, "I have never wiped my body since birth. You should feel honored to be able to wipe the body of someone like me, who bears the future of the country."
So, he's a child of the upper Class, right?
Not only does he have capital, but he even has the resources to train his body to be super excellent.
"Then can I give you the Team Leader card?" Hachiman said.
"No," but Kouenji directly refused. "I don't want to participate in this kind of activity."
Right.
Hachiman knew it.
During the previous behavior assessment, Kouenji was unwilling to cooperate, and now, directly assigning tasks and accepting them was almost impossible.
And Hachiman also remembered that during the behavior assessment, he criticized Kouenji.
At that time, Kouenji was willing to abide by everyone's self-discipline agreement to avoid being expelled.
In other words, even if a wealthy young master like him was assigned to Class D, he had reasons why he had to stay.
So not being expelled was his bottom line.
And bringing out the same bargaining chip was meaningless; on the contrary, it might completely alienate him from the other party.
This was quite a terrifying thing.
So Hachiman quickly changed the topic, "I have recorded 11 possible stronghold locations, and there is a White Tower in the center of the island. I believe that by standing on the White Tower, we can see even more stronghold locations."
"In other words, if we are fast enough, I believe our Class can occupy most of the strongholds."
"Excluding the initial point, we can obtain additional stronghold bonus points of over 300 points," Hachiman said.
Then, he deliberately paused.
The surrounding students reacted.
"300 initial points plus 300 additional stronghold points!"
"Our Class is going to get 600 points?!"
The students became a little excited.
After all, the current Class evaluation score was 550 points, and the monthly living expenses were distributed to each student based on the Class evaluation score multiplied by 100.
In other words, their living expenses would increase by 60,000 points!
No one disliked having more money.
"And the fastest person in our Class is Kouenji, he is the most likely person to seize all the initiative," Hachiman said.
This also explained the choice of Kouenji.
His speed was obvious to all.
Instantly.
The students' expectant gazes turned towards him.
"Hmph."
Kouenji noticed the gazes of the surrounding students. Was this a moral kidnapping against him?
He was strong, so he had to work hard for these people?
If it was just this plan, Kouenji would not be willing. Hikigaya, I overestimated him.
During the last behavior exam, he was rebutted by Hikigaya.
At that time, to avoid being voted out of school by these students, he chose to accept.
But he also didn't think this Class had a chance.
As a result, after more than two months, this Class was actually still salvageable, which also exceeded Kouenji's expectations.
As a result, Hikigaya was only at this level.
Moral kidnapping him wouldn't work.
As he thought this.
"However, simply assigning Kouenji to do such a difficult thing is a bit much to ask."
"So," Hachiman said, "if we can give Kouenji 100 Class evaluation points, I think it's reasonable."
"In other words, if we can get more than 300 stronghold points, then I think we can give 100 points specifically to Kouenji," Hachiman said.
"What does this mean?" Hirata's mother quickly asked.
He actually knew what it meant: taking a portion of the living expenses issued by the school from each person and giving it all to Kouenji.
But this involved distributing everyone's points, and if not handled well, it could cause dissatisfaction among the students.
And Hikigaya hadn't discussed this with him in advance, so he could only quickly provide assistance now.
"It roughly means the more capable work harder," Hachiman said.
As he said this, he glanced at Horikita.
Horikita Suzune reacted; this seemed to be the very phrasing she used when she hoped Hikigaya would help her before.
Did he remember it after all?
But Hachiman had already withdrawn his gaze.
"..." Kushida.
She always felt like these two were exchanging glances.
But now was not the time to inquire.
Hachiman continued, "It's not about dividing the Class, but about encouraging some excellent students."
"So I suggest that from now on, students who make outstanding contributions to the Class should be rewarded."
"Like this time, if Kouenji can bring an additional 300 points to the Class, isn't it reasonable to give him a reward of 100 points?"
"But, you should know, Kouenji is currently the most likely candidate to bring 300 points to the Class."
"Moreover."
Hachiman said, "The other Classes are already about to depart."
Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked at the D Class not far away.
That was Ryuen Class.
Everyone had become acquainted with Ryuen Class during the previous Sudo assault incident, and now, Ryuen had already sent out many people to scout ahead.
Although departing earlier than others didn't necessarily guarantee a good outcome, it would make others anxious.
For example, Hachiman's current Class.
There was a feeling of being robbed of the initiative, of 300 points flying away. The students' gazes became more urgent.
Kouenji was once again surrounded, but this time it wasn't just moral kidnapping.
It also came with a reward.
Regarding the reward.
100 Class evaluation points, calculated based on a Class of 40 students, amounted to 400,000 points.
And Class evaluation points would follow them until graduation.
In other words, if he was lucky, he would receive around 10 million points by graduation.
Thinking this, he glanced in Hikigaya's direction.
Hikigaya currently had no expression.
"Kouenji, what do you think?" Hirata's mother breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the expressions of the surrounding students.
Although he felt that Hachiman directly using Class evaluation points as a reward was troublesome and radical.
It could even cause conflict.
But now it seemed that the students in the Class all agreed with this plan.
After all, if Kouenji could get 300 points, it meant that 200 points belonged to the Class, and they could get an extra 200 Class evaluation points, which was 20,000 in living expenses. No one would dislike such a thing.
So there was no point in him stopping it now; instead, he would become an obstacle to everyone getting more living expenses.
That would be troublesome.
"It's a good proposal," Kouenji said. "If you can deliver on the reward, then I don't mind putting in some effort."
Is that so.
Then Kouenji might be able to become an ally.
Hachiman thought to himself.
Because this was an idea he learned from Sakura: anyone could be useful.
And what about someone like Kouenji, the strongest person on the Class's roster?
So the previous proposal was actually a test, indicating that Kouenji actually wanted points. And what did he want points for?
Was the ordinary monthly living expense of 55,000 not enough?
And Kouenji was a young master, with a unique family background, so he didn't need these points from the school.
In other words, if he needed to collect points not for conversion into money, then there could only be one reason...
Collecting 20 million points allowed one to transfer to another Class.
He could even go to Class A.
In other words, Kouenji might also be someone aiming for Class A.
Confirming this was an unexpected piece of information.
Then Hachiman gave Hirata a look.
Hirata's mother then stood up, walked out of the crowd, and approached Chabashira Sae, who was wearing a black OL suit not far away, and said seriously, "Teacher, we have decided on the Team Leader."
"I see, I understand."
Chabashira Sae nodded lightly and handed an electronic card to Hirata.
And Hirata quickly handed it to Hachiman.
Although it was called a card, it actually had a display screen.
Once the Class Team Leader was confirmed, the Team Leader's identity information would automatically be displayed on it.
Now, the Class C Team Leader card displayed Kouenji Rokusuke's name.
"Then we'll leave it to you, Kouenji," Hirata said.
"Hmph, you all just wait for the results," Kouenji said, taking the Team Leader card and directly putting it into his pocket.
But.
Everyone noticed that he walked towards Hikigaya.
Kouenji was very tall and had an athletic physique.
He looked very muscular.
Compared to him, Hikigaya seemed a bit thin.
But it was this thin Hikigaya... with a whoosh, amidst the surprised gasps of some students, he was picked up.
"Ko-Kouenji, what are you doing?!"
Sudo was startled by Kouenji's action.
Hachiman had been standing next to him, so if he hadn't instinctively moved aside just now, would he have been the one being princess-carried by Kouenji?
"Of course, I'm taking Hikigaya as my map," Kouenji said.
"Although I'm very confident in myself, I know nothing about the suitable stronghold locations on this island."
Is that so.
Can you just say something like that?
But.
It was indeed true.
Kouenji Rokusuke was super confident. He didn't need to get the same information as everyone else.
But this also meant that Kouenji's physical fitness was incredibly good.
So, with Kouenji as his ride... bah, his assistant, Hachiman began quickly recalling the video of the island that Sakura had filmed and that was stored in his mind.
Based on the principle of proximity, he began directing Kouenji's movements.
Moreover.
If two people moved together, even if they were spotted, the opponent wouldn't be able to confirm who the Team Leader actually was.
But.
If they could occupy a large number of strongholds, it would be even more secure.
Even a 10% chance of the other Classes guessing the Team Leader's identity should not be allowed.
So some protective measures had to be taken.
Thus.
Even though they hadn't started occupying strongholds yet, Hikigaya was already thinking about what would happen next.
And Hachiman's Class didn't waste much time. Students from other Classes who were confident in occupying strongholds had already started moving.
For example, in Grade 1 Class A, Katsuragi.
He was now leading his Class towards the stronghold they had seen on the deck.
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