The teachers of the four Classes were all students of this School.
To cultivate students, the School adopted a merit-based system, and the specific operation was to set up various special exams, allowing students to grow through competition.
However.
The School's exam questions were not inexhaustible, so there would be cases of overlapping questions.
For example, the Uninhabited Island Exam for this batch of students was the same as the exam questions when the four teachers were students.
Occupying bases, then living collectively, then initial points, and finally the Team Leader guessing round.
Because they were very familiar with it, plus they had Teacher privileges, they easily knew the total number of bases on this Uninhabited Island.
At the same time, they could also learn where they had fallen short in the past.
Among them, the administrator's cabin that Hoshinoimiya Chie brought up was marked as base 25 on the Uninhabited Island map.
This base was very special.
It was located at the edge of the White Tower, but no student had ever found it before.
Regarding this.
"I remember that place was--"
Sakanoue Digital, the Teacher of Class D, said, "Isn't that where the hired staff live?"
"This location is very hidden." Majima, the Teacher of Class A, said, "Occupying this place requires insight beyond ordinary students, and there's also a card reader here. Although it doesn't have the advantages of a normal base. But."
Teacher Majima flipped through the exam rules and answers that only teachers had access to.
"But occupying this place can earn an additional 50 points as a reward. Because to discover this place, one would have fully considered the situation on the Uninhabited Island, understood that this Uninhabited Island is an artificial island, and thus naturally someone would take care of it, leading them to search for it based on that information. It's like extra credit for an extra question."
In other words, discovering that place would first earn a special bonus of 50 base points.
"So it's Class C again."
Sakanoue Digital looked here with a hint of sourness.
Because among the 25 bases on the Uninhabited Island, in past exams, none were ever fully discovered, and even discovering 20 bases was rare. But in this exam, 23 were discovered directly.
Moreover.
Class C occupying 20 bases within 2 hours of landing on the Uninhabited Island was astonishing, and now they even discovered such a super-hidden place.
Both their scoring and their insight were terrifying.
As the Teacher of Class D, Sakanoue Digital knew Ryuen's plan. Ryuen was smart, excellent, and would find loopholes in the exam, but now it seemed he was somewhat inferior to Class C here.
Then it would be very difficult to catch up.
Because his Class was already at the bottom, and Ryuen had always been strategizing a comeback. He also believed in Ryuen's strength, but now, he suddenly felt like they might not be able to beat Class C.
So.
Could they only aim for Class B?
...
And two hours later.
To be precise, two and a half hours.
Hikigaya sat on a wooden chair at the entrance of the cabin, waiting.
The reason was that after Kushida vented, she insisted on taking a shower here.
Because it was a place where people lived, basic living supplies were available, such as a water heater, a TV with an antenna, and even a washing machine.
"Actually, you could have showered back at the camp instead of having to put on and take off your clothes here." Hikigaya said.
"I can't." But Kushida quickly replied from inside the house. "If I go back in my current state, everyone will see me drenched in sweat, and they'll suspect I did something outrageous."
"This will affect my reputation."
"So I need to take care of it." She said.
You also know your exercise volume is very high.
Speaking of which, since you can kick so much, when there are sports-related activities, can I just fully rely on you?
Because she heard that being with him and returning together would make her worry about rumors.
She even felt her reputation would be damaged.
So, Hikigaya had already thought of fully utilizing Kushida in sports-related activities.
Thus.
Hikigaya continued to sit on the chair at the entrance of the small wooden cabin, listening to the rustling sounds of Kushida getting dressed from inside the house.
And now, he heard a "thump."
She must have put on her socks.
It was just that he didn't know if it was the left sock or the right sock.
As he was thinking this, Kushida, with her golden short hair, opened the door and appeared before Hikigaya.
Perhaps because she had just showered, there was a faint mist around her neck, and combined with her slightly damp hair, it gave her a seductive aura.
Only.
"Lend me your jacket," Kushida said. "My hair isn't dry enough yet."
What a troublesome person.
So Hachiman took off his jacket.
Another ten minutes passed.
After waiting for Kushida to return to her Little Angel appearance, the two began to leave the cabin.
Only.
"You decide based on the situation. If you still want to vent your emotions, then come back tomorrow afternoon."
"But."
Hachiman said, "Before we go back, you go to Ichinose and her group, borrow 1 initial point from them, and have them exchange for 2 pairs of underwear."
"Karuizawa's underwear was stolen. Although Ibuki did it, even if the underwear is found, she'll have psychological trauma and won't be able to use it."
"So you exchange for two pairs, one for her, and one for yourself to keep."
"You're actually so considerate," Kushida looked over in surprise.
Because.
Hikigaya's perspective was indeed something no one else had paid attention to... that is, the underwear incident was put aside, but Karuizawa's spare underwear was stolen.
So she would be without underwear next.
And Hachiman's Class's 300 initial points were completely spent on the first day.
A large amount of supplies were exchanged, but some of these supplies were useless, and things like underwear, surprisingly, no one exchanged for.
Rather, no one would have thought... that someone's underwear would be stolen and then they wouldn't have enough...
Only.
What Kushida didn't quite understand was why they needed to exchange for 2 pairs of underwear, because Karuizawa only lost one, so providing her with one would be enough.
And then she had to keep one for herself.
Wait a minute.
Could it be that he thought she would need to shower after coming to the cabin to vent her emotions, and since she hadn't prepared today, she was wearing dirty clothes? So he was actually thoughtfully considering that she would need clean underwear for showering?
...Kushida.
Although she found Hikigaya's insight disgusting, she couldn't deny that he was quite a gentleman.
...
Thus.
"These two students finally moved."
Class D's Teacher, Sakagami Digital, pushed up his glasses. Then he shifted his gaze from the computer screen and said.
The wristbands distributed to the students have a positioning function and can be displayed on the island's map.
This is to prevent accidents to students and to allow for timely rescue.
At the same time.
It is also for observing the students.
Tracking their movements and then conducting big data analysis on the students.
These are all data that the school wants to obtain.
However, because it's only a wristband and doesn't have an identity confirmation function, it can only identify which Class the student belongs to.
Then.
They found two students from Chabashira's Class went to Outpost 25.
This outpost had bonus points.
It made people jealous.
But.
It was also quite strange.
Because.
Although these two students arrived at Outpost 25, according to the wristband's positioning, they stayed there for a full two and a half hours.
And during these two and a half hours, there was no card swipe and no intention of moving.
No card swipe could mean that neither of them was the Team Leader.
But they also didn't arrange for one person to go back to the camp to report first, and then have their Class Team Leader come over to swipe the card.
This made people feel very strange.
Until now, these two students have left the camp.
Then.
"Chabashira, these two students from your Class wouldn't be..." Sakagami Digital said. "...having a tryst at Outpost 25?"
"Sakagami, don't make such arbitrary guesses about students." But Teacher Majima coughed, stopping Teacher Sakagami's conjecture. "This is a rigorous exam period."
But he couldn't deny it either.
Because.
Does a cabin need to be explored for so long? Or... were they really spending time as a couple?
Then the next day.
The teachers on duty found that the two Class C students had gone to Outpost 25 again.
But.
After waiting for a long time, they didn't see them swipe a card, or bring a third person to swipe a card.
Instead, after two and a half hours, they continued to leave together.
Then on the third day.
Still two people came, and two people left.
And the stay time was also quite long.
Still the same development.
...
...
It could be confirmed that there was indeed a couple in this Class.
...
And time returned to the second day of arriving on this island.
Hachiman and Kushida walked down the iron stairs onto the lawn again, arriving at an area where ordinary students might go.
Because he had explored outside today, and Hachiman would also have to accompany Kouenji to swipe cards later to continue acting for Ibuki.
So after Hachiman returned to the outpost, he immediately found Karuizawa.
He planned to deal with her matter, and then rest himself.
Although he was thinking this.
But when Hachiman returned to the camp, he found only Karuizawa burning a fire in the camp.
Although she had cried in the morning, she seemed to have recovered a lot now.
The red jacket of her tracksuit was unzipped.
"Where are the others?"
"Some went fishing, and some went to pick fruit."
"And some went exploring."
Karuizawa squatted by the fire, then poked the burning log with a branch and replied.
In other words, the students of Class C had moved on from the underwear incident of the morning, and had begun to continue enjoying life on the island.
This Class was a bit thoughtless.
"As for Horikita, she's catching up on sleep."
"She seems worried about something else happening and is considering standing guard at night," Karuizawa said.
Horikita is truly reliable.
So Hachiman sat down next to Karuizawa.
But just as he sat down, he noticed the cute girl with the golden single ponytail next to him twitch her nose.
"Why do you smell like Kushida?" she said. "Did you go somewhere with Kushida?"
...?
Hachiman immediately turned around.
Because he came back alone.
But.
Soon, Hachiman realized that she seemed to be smelling his tracksuit jacket.
Uh.
He had lent his jacket to Kushida. So of course it had her scent.
"Cough, cough." Hachiman quickly changed the subject and said. "I didn't have time to be alone with you this morning."
"But about this underwear incident, you don't need to worry."
"I will handle it properly," Hachiman said.
"I sent Kushida to Ichinose to borrow initial points, and asked her to exchange for two pairs of underwear."
"One of them is for you."
"And the other one is for her."
Hachiman said, "To prevent some idiots from randomly thinking about victim-blaming, I plan to have Kushida's underwear stolen as well."
"If only your underwear is stolen, you might be talked about, and even criticized, making it seem like it's all your fault. But if Kushida shares the burden at this time, it can be alleviated," Hachiman said. "Kushida is everyone's angel, I think she'll be happy to help."
However, at this moment, Kushida, who had sought help from Ichinose and finished exchanging for the underwear, returned, just about to talk to Hachiman and Karuizawa, and upon hearing this, her expression instantly stiffened.
Because.
She had thought that Hikigaya was thinking of her, that he was a gentleman.
Turns out.
What an outrageous thing this was.
...
Although it was a very outrageous act for Kushida, Hachiman was also working hard.
To complete the plan, he still had to continue acting for Ibuki.
The next day, he accompanied Kouenji to clear outposts.
On the third day, he was also accompanying him to clear outposts.
But on the morning of the fourth day.
"Hikigaya."
Occupying a base point only lasts for 8 hours. It needs to be refreshed repeatedly.
So Kouenji was also doing this monotonous work.
When occupying their Class's home base, 10 students would form a chain around Hachiman, Sudo, and Kouenji.
Then Kouenji would swipe his card.
This was to guard against Ibuki.
When going to other areas, Kouenji, Sudo, and Hachiman would move together.
It seemed to serve as some kind of cover.
However.
The early morning wave was not needed.
Because at that time, few people would be awake. And now it was a new day's early morning card swiping operation.
Sudo was sleeping too soundly this morning, so only Hachiman and Kouenji went.
When Kouenji reminded him, Hachiman knew that Ibuki had probably followed them.
Then she probably dug out the camera she had buried. And first found a Class C base point, then waited for them.
She wanted to take pictures.
Because only the Team Leader could swipe the card; others would have points deducted for swiping.
Can you do it, Ibuki?
However.
"Then let's go swipe the card," Hachiman whispered to Kouenji.
"Heh heh--" Kouenji immediately understood that Hikigaya was preparing to drive Ibuki away.
So, he generously made it look like Hikigaya was standing guard, then he walked over to the card reader.
He took out his Team Leader card.
"Beep!"
A sound came from the card reader.
And Ibuki, in the distance, remained motionless. Although Hikigaya and Kouenji were both by the card reader, she clearly captured a photo of Kouenji Rokusuke swiping the card through the camera's long lens.
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