Hachiman Hikigaya, who returned from his studies after completing his training.

If Sakayanagi really extends an olive branch to him, he will definitely betray him.

Chapter 75 The Reason Ichinose Gave It Away

"I think I have. I was once asked to help by Nishikawa from Class A, but nothing special happened."

Hirata looked troubled. "Hachigaya-kun, you don't suspect that one of us has betrayed the class, do you?"

"No, that's not true. You go ahead and do your work. Make sure to fetch some water before it gets dark."

After comforting Hirata and leaving Hikigaya from the corner, he looked at the camp that had become lively because of the boys' return. The boys who had been to Class A's base were busy with their own things as usual.

"How many test points do you have left?" Hachiman walked into the awning where the tea pillar was located. He had always felt that there was something he had overlooked.

Each class teacher would set up a work point at the stronghold occupied by their class, and the way to purchase supplies was to forward them to the staff on the cruise ship through tea pillars.

"The full three hundred points are not missing at all."

Sitting on an ordinary student chair, Chazhu rarely smiled; it must be because Class D was about to take off that her mood improved.

The school seemed afraid they would starve to death, as there was plenty of food available on the island, plus a large number of freshwater fish in the river.

Class D has almost collected enough food to last until the exams are over, so these 300 points will become class points as soon as the time is up.

"Why are you so obsessed with getting Class D promoted to Class A?"

With a kick of his legs, Hikigaya jumped and sat on the workbench in front of Chabashira, turning his back to her and looking at the students in the camp who were playing around in twos and threes.

The novelty of camping on the deserted island has worn off in the last few days. Hachiman is quite bored now, without his phone to surf the internet or any books to read.

After verifying that no one had touched the exam points, he had nothing else to do.

Chairman Sakayanagi didn't go into details about the tea pillar, but it's impossible for Hikigaya not to be curious about her love-hate relationship with Hoshinomiya, the homeroom teacher of Class B.

"It's just wishful thinking on my part, but I can guarantee that as long as I can get promoted to Class A, you can do whatever you want with me."

After a long silence, Chabashira avoided Hachiman's question and simply revealed his determination to him.

"You mustn't be disrespectful to your superiors, Saeko."

"Intelligent!?"

As Hachiman marveled at Chabashira's willingness to disregard even his teacher's pride, a familiar voice behind him told him that Chabashira was in trouble.

Turning around, Hoshinomiya-sensei, wearing a light pink T-shirt, had already wrapped her arms around Chabashira's neck and buried her head next to her ear. She didn't know where she had come from.

Ms. Meishinomiya was smiling, but Hikigaya couldn't read any smile on her face.

"I have to go now, so I won't disturb you teachers from catching up."

Although Hoshino-miya-sensei always plays the role of a lively character who is forcefully suppressed by Cha-hashi, Hachiman knows that Cha-hashi feels apologetic towards Hoshino-miya-sensei.

Unfortunately, Chabashira's words just now undoubtedly caused Hoshinomiya to explode.

He has to leave.

"Wait, Hachiman, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to lead Class D to A?"

"What if I said yes."

Hachiman tried to break free of his grip on his wrist, but Hoshinomiya held on tightly.

Class D now seems poised to make a significant contribution to the deserted island. He would have to explain why he's doing this, so he might as well not deny it at all. Besides, why should he deny it? He doesn't owe Hoshinoguchi anything.

Initially, he proposed to become a leader in Class B, but the students in Class B objected and he couldn't go, which wasn't his fault.

"So what? Kushida, such an outstanding talent, was sent to Class B. I originally thought you just wanted to have some fun and that's why you dropped out and put a few people together in Class D."

Hoshinomiya revealed a horrified expression, "You think Ichinose became your girlfriend? It was all because I was the one who brought them together."

"You encouraged her to do this?!"

Hikigaya stared wide-eyed at the furious Hoshinomiya-sensei in front of him. If it really was someone like Ichinose, then there would be a reason why Ichinose suddenly did something inexplicable that day.

He couldn't understand why Ichinose had suddenly given away his prize that day.

I thought Chashu was already awful enough, but I didn't expect Hoshinomiya to be even worse.

"Isn't it good to have a girlfriend who's like a campus idol? If you want to get into Class A, you'll eventually have to face off against Ichinose. And then she'll definitely leave you for the sake of Class B." Hoshinomiya's tone was icy.

"How ridiculous," Hachiman sighed.

He didn't have a strong desire to be promoted to Class A; leading Class D forward was merely to fulfill his promise to Chairman Sakayanagi and suppress Ayanokouji.

However, he really had no intention of going easy on Class B when they faced off in the future. If Class B lost, it would only be a matter of Class B's own strength.

He had already given the talent he promised Ichinose, and he hadn't neglected the task of earning points for Class B either.

During this uninhabited island test, he didn't even try to take over the B-class leader's position; in fact, he even suggested they could change leaders.

"You are even less fit to be a teacher than Chabashira, Hoshinomiya."

His free hand grabbed Hoshinomiya's delicate wrist without any mercy, and Hikigaya easily pulled his hand away from hers as she winced in pain.

No matter how much resentment Hoshinomiya harbors towards Chabashira, she is no longer fit to be a teacher after her students have been implicated.

After leaving the sunshade where the two were, Hachiman bumped into Komiya from Class C, who was eagerly handing Shinohara an unknown fruit that looked delicious.

"We're not in that kind of relationship, Hachiman."

Shinohara looked panicked when she saw him approaching, probably because she was afraid that he would mistake her relationship with Komiya for that of a boyfriend and girlfriend, and then have the delusion that she would be expelled by him like Maezono.

"I won't forbid you from dating other boys, as long as you don't leak class information."

Although he wasn't in a good mood, seeing Komiya's sad face, Hikigaya showed him the reason why Shinohara said that, including thanking Komiya for helping him resolve a doubt.

After saying that, Hikigaya walked past the two of them back to the cave, lay down on his bed, and began to think.

There's a problem with Class B.

Just like Hoshinomiya would come to visit her 'best friend' Chabashira, Shinohara and other students from other classes would also be approached to chat or wander around the deserted island together.

Ichinose might not ask him to walk together because the class needs her to be there, but what about Kushida?

Why hasn't Kushida, who has many friends in Class D, visited Class D's base yet? Is it because he doesn't want to come or can't come?

It's impossible for her not to come; after all, she has so many friends here, and she still needs to maintain her public image.

If you transfer to Class B and then stop playing with your old classmates, it can cause resentment.

So Kushida didn't not want to come, she couldn't come; there must be something restricting her movements.

Could it be that Ichinose didn't come to see him for this reason as well?

It wasn't that he felt good about himself, but after the anonymous post incident, Ichinose clung to him until a few minutes before curfew that night before leaving his room.

There must be something that Class B is hiding from him.

Chapter 76 The Exhausted Shiina

On the fourth day of the uninhabited island exam, at noon,

"What's so interesting about the ocean? You haven't been here since morning, have you?"

From the observation deck high on the deserted island, Horikita Suzune looked at Hachiman with the eyes of someone looking at a weirdo.

"What do you know? I'm fishing." Hachiman ate the food Horikita had brought him.

Since this location offers a panoramic view of most of the uninhabited island, others can also spot him from various angles.

The fact that no one from Class B has bothered him since this morning shows that Class B is indeed avoiding him.

"Did you catch anything? It wasn't an empty shell, was it?" Horikita feigned disappointment.

"I caught one, and I've already started eating it."

Hikigaya picked up a piece of fish that Horikita had brought and showed it to her, saying, "You've taken the bait."

He had planned to stay a little longer before heading back, but Horikita had brought him food.

"If it weren't for Shiina, I wouldn't have come here."

"Just tell me whether you came or not. Besides, you were the one who took Shiina around yesterday, so why is she still resting in the tent now?"

Thinking of Shiina Hikigaya, who had just returned from roll call yesterday looking exhausted, I couldn't help but smile. Horikita, with his A-level stamina, never seemed to get tired running around, but Shiina was a sickly character with an E-level stamina.

"I already told her that if it doesn't work out, she can go back and not worry about me." Horikita was completely unaware of her mistake.

Although it's an artificial island, I was worried that a girl would get lost if she wandered around Hachiman Island by herself. Shiina probably didn't want to put Horikita in a difficult position, so she insisted on following her.

Have you ever thought about going to the beach with your friends?

The beach where he spent half an hour with Yamamura yesterday was now right in front of him. He couldn't help but think of the past when both Yamamura and Horikita had no friends since childhood, although he didn't have any friends in junior high school either.

But during elementary school, there was a period when I was led around by the leader of the kids.

"Huh? Are you stupid? How could that be?"

"That's true, after all, it's you."

"You're really infuriating."

Horikita glanced at his hand holding the chopsticks, then coldly turned her head away. Hachiman thought that if he weren't eating, he probably would have been chopped in the hand by her.

Hikigaya stood a little further away from Horikita and said, "Let's go to the beach this afternoon. Use your ten exam points to buy some entertainment items."

Ten exam points may not seem like a lot, but they're not a small amount either. However, for students like Horikita Yukimura who are determined to get an A, even ten class points won't go to waste.

This was not only a test of Shinmura's abilities, but also a genuine desire from Hachiman to let the students have some fun.

Just like in the mountain village, there must be some students in Class D who hope to create some wonderful memories of the exam on the deserted island, rather than just a boring special exam.

"What nonsense are you talking about? There are only a few days left until the exam ends."

As Hikigaya had predicted, Horikita expressed his opposition.

"The exam is over, so we should be going back to the ship. Besides, these ten points are like bait for fishing. I'm telling you in advance not to ask for your opinion, but to make sure you don't lead the opposition."

"Fishing again?" Horikita looked speechless. "Another traitor in Class D?"

"It's only a slight possibility that this is the case."

"......"

After eating the food Horikita brought, the two returned to the base together. Since it was noon, all the students from Class D were gathered at the base and did not go out. After everyone was gathered, Hachiman announced his decision to buy entertainment supplies at 10:00 in the afternoon and go to the beach together.

Five points each for boys and girls.

"Agreed, agreed."

"You can have this."

"Great."

As soon as he finished speaking, several girls expressed their agreement, each with a happy expression on their face, while most boys remained silent, with only a few in agreement.

“I object. I don’t think it’s necessary to waste precious exam points here.” At this moment, Xin Cun stepped out from the crowd.

“I have considered your suggestion, but I think it is necessary.”

Considering that Shinmura still cared about his class points and probably hadn't betrayed the team, Hikigaya decided to save him some face and shut him down.

"That's settled then. Girls, report to Horikita if you want to buy something, and boys, report to Hirata."

Although he looked unwell, Shinmura remained silent, and with Hikigaya pushing things along, the matter was considered settled.

After chattering for almost half an hour, Hirata decided what he wanted to buy and went to buy Chabashira. After the staff delivered the goods to his door, they went to change their clothes.

Since it's an uninhabited island in the sea, and considering that the students will be allowed to bring their school swimsuits to the beach, the school will not confiscate them as personal belongings.

"Aren't you going?" Horikita asked, putting on her school swimsuit as a base layer before approaching Hikigaya and Shiina.

“If I’m going, I won’t change this stuff.” Hikigaya, who wasn’t wearing a swimsuit, waved the novel he had just acquired. “Besides, the base needs someone to watch over it.”

Knowing he was always the unpopular one, he decided not to interfere with the other students' fun.

He planned to read with Shiina, who had been overworked yesterday, and as a boy, he had the right to use one of the five points.

Although he suggested that Shiina also change to another book, Shiina chose to save her points for the other girls, so the two of them could only share one book.

"I don't want to go either." Horikita said coldly, preferring to read rather than go to the beach.

Hikigaya rejected Horikita's request to stay behind, saying, "Two people are enough to keep watch over her, and to avoid any accidents, you'll have to keep an eye on the girls in Class D."

"........."