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

Holding the key card openly in his hand, Hachiman was the first to step into the rain.

Chapter 82 You'll Regret It, Ichinose

Day 6 of the deserted island exam, morning.

"Chihiro-chan, you lost again."

Inside a large tent that could easily accommodate ten people, five or six girls were playing a card game, with Chihiro Shiranami sitting next to Ichinose and her face covered with evidence of her failure.

"Why can't you draw the Joker, you pockmarked guy?"

"That's because you're so easy to understand, Chihiro-chan. You figured it out at a glance."

“Yes, Chihiro is just too easy to understand.” Kohashi Yume nodded at Shiraha’s cheek in agreement with Netkura’s words.

"You all bully me." Shiraha pursed her lips and threw herself into Ichinose's arms. "Honan is the best."

Ah—perhaps so.

Patting Shiraha's head, Ichinose looked wistfully at the gloomy weather outside the tent, where the wind and clouds were swirling.

What happened to Hachiman? I really want to see him.

After Ichinose chatted with Hikigaya for a while on the first day of the exam on the deserted island, he parted ways with Sakayanagi and then visited Class B with Kamuro.

Sakayanagi has three requests, which come at the cost of 100 exam points.

One million personal points.

Class B is prohibited from forming alliances or contact with students from Classes C and D.

If Class A identifies and fills in the names of the leaders of Classes C and D during the exam, Class B must follow suit.

Ichinose had no objection to the first two conditions. The one million personal points in the first condition were incomparable to one hundred exam points. As for the second condition, Class C never intended to form an alliance. Ichinose from Class D did want to, but the anonymous post incident made it impossible.

However, she was firmly opposed to the third point, which required the names of the leaders of Class D to be written on it. Although some classmates had some objections, they quickly reached an agreement thanks to Ichinose's insistence.

The deal will fail unless the condition specifying the leader of Class D is removed.

Sakayanagi didn't insist, and after changing the name to just "leader of Class C," the two parties signed a contract.

"He's wearing that lonely look again, Honami." Amakura couldn't help but sigh. "Is he thinking about Hachiman again?"

She didn't understand why her best friend liked Hikigaya, the tyrant of Class D, so much. It was fine when Hikigaya hadn't revealed his true colors, but now that his reputation had plummeted, Hikigaya was simply not worthy of Ichinose.

At the beginning, Hikigaya was perceived by the students in Class B as a somewhat handsome and capable student council secretary.

After betraying Hirata and involving three classmates who dropped out of school, he became a gloomy and scheming man.

After the anonymous post was exposed, he was portrayed as a lecherous, gloomy, and scheming man.

"Mako." Ichinose's expression turned serious, causing Amakura to retract her next words that were intended to belittle Hachiman.

The previously cheerful atmosphere inside the tent turned somewhat somber.

"You guys keep playing, I'll check if there's anything wrong with the boys."

Realizing this, Ichinose gently pushed Shiranami away from his arms, stood up, and walked out of the tent, leaving the others inside somewhat dejected.

As soon as Ichinose stepped out of the tent, he saw Sakayanagi walking slowly towards him with Kamuro's help, followed by Kito.

After using the 100 exam points given by Class A to buy essential items for Class B, they still had some left over. After discussing it, the students in Class B bought some entertainment items such as playing cards and board games.

This also includes shogi, and Sakayanagi would sometimes come over to play shogi with the students in Class B.

"Good morning, Ichinose-san."

"Good morning, are you here to play chess again today? The chessboard is over by the boys' side."

“No, today I want to play some games that girls play.” Sakayanagi smiled slightly.

"I want to play Joker. How about we have a two-on-two Joker game between the girls? Kamuro and I will play against you and Kushida."

“麇衫sf逝另七栮，弍私爸<似对不起，我刚刚玩了现在我不想玩。

Although she didn't know why Sakayanagi suddenly wanted to play Joker, Ichinose really didn't want to play right now. The hostility of the B-class students towards Hikigaya worried her, and the culprit for the recent increase in hostility was Sakayanagi in front of her.

She couldn't understand why Sakayanagi would risk her own reputation to drag Hikigaya into this mess. Wasn't she afraid of being gossiped about by other students?

"In that case, I guess I'll have to play Go with Kanzaki-kun."

Passing Ichinose Sakayanagi with practiced ease, she walked towards the boys' tent. Her movements at Class B's base were as natural as if she were inspecting her own territory.

Kanzaki is a disciple of a wealthy family and has studied shogi. He is the only person in Class B who can play a few games with Sakayanagi.

Looking at Sakayanagi's petite figure from behind, Ichinose felt even more melancholy.

Kanzaki is the number one leader who wants her to break up with Hachiman.

At first, her strong demand that the students in Class B stop interfering with her and Hachiman got a good result, but things started to go wrong after Sakayanagi started coming to Class B to "play" every day.

Recently, more and more students around her have been hinting that she and Hikigaya have broken up, and even her closest friend, Amakura, seemed to be losing patience.

She knew it was out of concern for her, so she couldn't bring herself to say anything too harsh.

But no matter how painful it is, she will not give up.

Although her relationship with Hachiman didn't start out from the heart, after spending time together, she felt that she couldn't live without Hachiman, this somewhat awkward but kind and gentle boy.

I want to be with him.

I want to touch his face again.

I want to bury my head in his arms again.

I want to hold his hand again.

"I miss you so much, Hachiman." Ichinose looked up at the sky. It was morning, but the sky was somewhat gray, just like her mood.

"You can't get involved, Ichinose. Remember you're the leader of Class B."

Suddenly, Hoshinomiya-sensei appeared behind her, his expression serious, devoid of his usual joking demeanor.

"Didn't you tell me to tie him down by being his boyfriend in the first place?" Ichinose lowered her voice. Two days ago, for some unknown reason, Hoshinomiya-sensei, who had strongly supported her relationship with Hikigaya, suddenly betrayed her.

“The past is the past, the present is the present.” Hoshinomiya put his hand on Ichinose’s shoulder, his face grim.

"If you can provide information about who the leader of Class D is, you must write it down. You know this is good for Class B; it's worth fifty class points."

"That's wrong. We still have a friendly relationship with the 101%引san>倭二IID班."

Ichinose refused to back down. If she did that, she would truly be on the opposite side of Hachiman, even though Hachiman had taught her a way to never lose on the very first day of the exam.

"As a leader, you should prioritize the class. Now is not the time for you to be sentimental."

"My judgment as a leader is that we cannot break with Class D now, not because of personal feelings, Hoshinomiya-sensei."

"You'll regret this, Ichinose."

"I am the leader of Class B, Ms. Hoshinomiya."

Ichinose's eyes revealed a rare hint of anger, and the two parted on bad terms.

Chapter 83 The Last Day of the Deserted Island Exam

"Where's Horikita-kun?"

"It's already eight o'clock, the teacher is going to take attendance."

"He went out last night and hasn't come back."

On the last day of the exam on the deserted island, the students in Class D became restless because Horikita had gone missing. If they were only absent from roll call once, they would only lose five points, but if they withdrew from the special exam, they would lose thirty points.

"Where did Horikita-san go? Hikigaya-san, you were the one who asked her to go out last night, weren't you?"

After Chabashira finished taking attendance, Karuizawa, who was in the same tent as Horikita, was pushed out by the girls for questioning.

"You don't need to know where we went. Now, everyone except Koenji, follow me." Hikigaya looked at the crowd that hadn't dispersed after the roll call.

He couldn't command the strong-willed Koenji, but he still had things to do for the other students.

It's time to settle accounts.

"Why doesn't Koenji work?" Shinohara said indignantly. She always felt that Hikigaya was too lenient with Koenji and didn't need him to do any work.

"Of course, I'm more valuable to those small fry boys than you, hot girl."

“That’s right. The strong have special privileges here. You can get the same treatment even if you get a perfect score on the exam.” Hachiman calmly reiterated his class leadership principles.

"How is that even possible?" Shinohara said, then shrank back into the crowd.

After resolving the minor dispute, the thirty-odd people from Class D of Koenji arrived at Class C's base. The students at Class C's base didn't react much to their arrival, probably because Ryuen had already informed them.

“Now it’s my turn to leave. I’ll leave Albert and Ibuki to you.” Ryuen smiled at the stern-faced Hikigaya, with Ishizaki Ayanokoji and a few other boys standing behind him.

"Because of his status as a leader, Horikita was only able to withdraw from the special exam after his teacher confirmed last night that he was truly unconscious."

"........."

The smile shifted from Ryuen's face to Hikigaya's.

Looking at Ryuen's chin, Hikigaya raised his fist and said, "Want me to help you with a punch? I have experience with this, I guarantee it will be done in one go, giving you the quality of a baby's sleep."

Hikigaya was quite interested in punching Ryuen; why not?

"No need, I'll figure out a solution myself."

After being rejected by Ryuen, Hikigaya followed him to the front of the remaining thirty-odd students in Class C.

“From now on, you will all follow Hachiman’s orders. I don’t need to say more about the consequences of disobeying.” Ryuen suddenly smiled sinisterly. “This is a big devil who has expelled several students. Last night, he knocked a girl unconscious with one punch. You’d better watch yourselves.”

As soon as Long Yuan spoke, the students in Class C began to look at him with the same respect they would give Long Yuan, a mixture of awe and contempt.

"No way."

"I knew he was strong, but I didn't expect him to be this strong."

"very scary."

Seeing the murmuring students in Class C, Hikigaya could only take a step forward, his face turning cold. "Since you've heard what Ryuen said, then obey my orders."

"Yes, Hitori-kun."

"understood."

Albert, who was at the front of the crowd, still couldn't call out his name correctly, while Ibuki still had that indifferent expression as if she owed him money.

"Everyone, follow me."

Looking around at the more than seventy students in Classes C and D combined, Hachiman waved his hand, a sense of pride rising within him.

Is this the exhilarating feeling of having everyone around you when you're in a relationship?

No wonder so many people want to be leaders.

As Hachiman led everyone towards Class A's base while explaining what they were to do, a good show also unfolded at Class A's base.

A great show directed by Sakayanagi.

"Totsuka-kun, this must be you." Sakayanagi, sitting gracefully on the stone bench, covered her mouth and chuckled.

Hashimoto, who came from Class C to take attendance today, did not immediately return to Class C as usual. Instead, he stood next to Sakayanagi and raised a camera.

The camera footage shown to the students showed a boy lying on the ground with his name on his card and Long Yuan, the leader of Class C, standing next to him.

This means that Class C knows who their leader is. Once Totsuka's name is written on the record, Class A will be punished by having their base check-in points invalidated and being deducted 50 exam points. In this way, Class A will only have 40 or 50 exam points left at most.

If Class D is tipped off by Class C and Totsuka's name is written on their name, then Class A will only get to eat eggs.

This fact plunged the other students in Class A into frustration and anger, and they all looked at Totsuka with accusatory eyes.

"Hashimoto, you lied to me!"

Under the reproachful gazes of the crowd, Totsuka, his face contorted with rage, strode forward to snatch the camera from Hashimoto's hand, but was stopped by Kito. Just as he was about to attack Kito recklessly, Katsuragi slammed a heavy blow to his head.

"Stop doing pointless things, Totsuka."

After Totsuka collapsed to the ground, Ge Ling Er Yi Shan Ling Ba Er Cheng stood in front of him and looked at Sakayanagi.

"Why would you do something like this, Sakayanagi?" Katsuragi's face darkened. "Even if you want leadership, you can't sacrifice the class's interests. This will only drop us to Class D."

Class A is currently only a few hundred class points behind Class D, the lowest class. Class D starts with a full 300 points, and with Class C relaying intelligence to Class D, Class D has 350 points, not counting the points captured in the outposts.

With a maximum of fifty exam points in Class A, it's only a matter of time before they drop to Class D.