I have a life simulator.

Hirata Yosuke stretched and chatted with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka while loosening his limbs:

"If we include Koenji's withdrawal, we only used about 80 points yesterday. Although I think we should have at least 120 points left, Karuizawa seems to want to save more. I feel like if we don't handle this well, the class will fall into arguments again. Just thinking about this makes me unable to sleep, so I just got up."

Hirata Yosuke seemed to be thinking about the class even in his sleep, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka nodded in agreement.

"The work of mediating the class is really hard."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji felt completely incapable of handling this kind of work, which is why he chose to rely on Suzune Horikita to participate in class affairs. However, as Suzune Horikita gradually lost power, he now faces two choices: whether to find a new tool or to revive Suzune Horikita.

Hirata Yosuke wet a towel with water and handed it to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka:

"I'm only doing this because I enjoy it. I'll be content as long as everyone in the class is happy. But I've found it's more difficult than I imagined. Although how many special exam points we have left will greatly determine our future school life, I don't think it's right to force everyone for it and make them feel miserable and start arguing."

It seems that Hirata Yosuke is also a little dissatisfied with Karuizawa Megumi's approach, but he probably won't bring it up before things get worse. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka even believes that the other party will do his best to assist Karuizawa Megumi's work. Hirata Yosuke is that kind of guy.

The idea of ​​making everyone in the class happy sounds too naive, but Kiyotaka Ayanokouji doesn't dislike this kind of simplicity. People with flawed personalities and inner shadows are the easiest to control and exploit, so Kiyotaka Ayanokouji doesn't deny the other person's statement.

"By the way, I remember you exchanged some commonly used medicines yesterday, where did you put them?"

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji and Ryo Kitagawa only had a brief encounter yesterday. He believed that Kitagawa wouldn't act arbitrarily. Horikita Suzune's concealment of her illness should be a good thing for Class C, since withdrawing from the exam would deduct thirty special exam points from Class D. However, Kitagawa chose to point this out, even "kindly" advising Class B to purchase some common medicines. Although he didn't know Class C's specific plans, this should be a significant step, at least yielding benefits exceeding the potential thirty points.

"Oh, you mean medicine? Apart from the cold medicine that Horikita-san took, the rest seem to be in Karuizawa-san's luggage."

While washing his face, Hirata Yosuke pointed to the mountain of luggage piled up in the camp. The boys' and girls' luggage were placed separately in front of their respective tents. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka secretly noted the location of Karuizawa Megumi's package, planning to find an opportunity to rummage through it.

"Is Ayanokouji-san not feeling well either?"

Hirata Yosuke cast a concerned look at Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who shook his head and replied:

"I'm not feeling unwell, I'm just asking out of curiosity. What kinds of medications are available?"

"If you ask me that, let me think about it..."

Hirata Yosuke recalled the scene when he exchanged the currency yesterday:

"It's just common medicines for colds, fevers, coughs, runny noses, diarrhea, etc., packaged together with some bandages, alcohol, etc."

"Ok."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was about to ask some more questions when a commotion came from the beach, which immediately caught their attention.

Finding a higher vantage point, Hirata Yosuke and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka looked in the direction of the sound. It seemed that the students of Class C were lining up to board the ship. However, because of the distance, they couldn't count how many people had returned to the ship, but there were definitely more than ten. In other words, Class C's special exam points had now become zero.

"I didn't expect Class C to actually give up on this exam."

Ignoring Hirata Yosuke's sighs, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka looked at the beach, which was much emptier than yesterday, with only a few empty tents remaining.

He seems to have found a clue.

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On the morning of the second day, after roll call, the students of Class A began to explore and collect food and information. Although Class C had taken advantage of the darkness to move all the supplies into Class A's base in the cave the night before, they still had to maintain appearances. After all, if Class B and Class D found out about the deal between Class A and Class C, they might unite against Class A.

Good morning, Kamuroku.

Just as Kamuro Masumi entered the dense forest alone to find some fruit, a figure suddenly jumped down from a nearby tree. However, Kamuro Masumi didn't seem surprised. She took two steps back, crossed her arms, and sized up Kitagawa Ryo, who was completely covered up in a tracksuit.

"You really didn't leave."

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, I'm not sure if the guessing-the-leader segment on the last day of the exam requires the participants to still be on the island. If Class C can't guess the leader of another class because everyone has returned to the ship, then we'll be at a huge loss."

Although Kitagawa Ryo said this, Kamuro Masumi didn't believe it immediately. After all, Sakayanagi Arisu had told her before the exam not to take any suggestive words to heart except for the other party's explicit orders. Although the two sides had formed a temporary alliance to suppress Katsuragi Kohei, the other party might take advantage of this alliance to sabotage their ally and gain an advantage in the next confrontation.

"The leader of Class A is Yahiko Totsuka."

Kamuro Masumi ignored Kitagawa Ryo's statement and spoke first about the information she possessed.

"Class A still has a full 250 special exam points left. Because of the agreement reached with your Class C, with the help of your supplies, these 250 points will most likely be preserved intact. Moreover, you also need to provide Katsuragi with the leaders of Classes B and D. In total, Class A can gain a full 350 points from this special exam."

She glanced at Kitagawa Ryo, who showed no reaction, and continued:

Even if Class C manages to guess the leader of Class A in the end, Class A will still have 300 points left after deducting 50 points.

"But what if all three classes, B, C, and D, guessed it correctly together?"

Kamuro Masumi was somewhat moved by Kitagawa Ryo's words, but still frowned and calculated:

"Then Class A can also retain 200 special exam points, which won't be a big blow to Katsuragi."

"Is this all the tricks you have, Kitagawa?"

"Provocation doesn't work on me."

Kitagawa Ryo stepped forward and handed Kamuro Masumi a small packet of yellow powder, probably only a few grams in size.

"what?"

Masumi Kamuro examined the small packet of powder in the sunlight, then opened it and sniffed it.

"Some interesting little things that I brought in under my tongue when I came to the island."

"It was prepared for me by that guy Longyuan, but sometimes his underhanded tricks are quite useful."

Kitagawa Ryo leaped back into the tree, resting his head on the broad trunk while speaking to Kamuro Masumi with his back turned. His tone, however, was abruptly strange, as if he were suppressing a laugh:

"So what is it?"

Kamuro Masumi also felt a sense of unease; whenever Sakayanagi Arisu tried to torment her, she would show an expression similar to that of Kitagawa Ryo now.

"laxative."

Kitagawa Ryo succinctly summarized it.

"You want me to drug my classmates and force them to withdraw from the exam?"

Kamuro Masumi abruptly took two steps back, looking Kitagawa Ryo up and down:

"It will definitely be discovered, and the school isn't stupid. They'll definitely investigate such a large-scale collective withdrawal, and then we'll all be finished."

"Thinking too much."

"This amount is not enough."

Kitagawa Ryo turned to the side, revealing half of his face, and said:

"What I mean is, give it to yourself."

"what?"

Kamuro Masumi looked incredulous. Although her personality was a bit eccentric and her habits somewhat naive, she was still a standard beautiful girl, and she usually had no shortage of suitors in her class. However, Kitagawa Ryo showed no chivalry whatsoever, immediately asking her to administer laxatives herself. Thinking of the consequences, Kamuro Masumi quickly shook her head and refused.

"No."

"If you control the amount, it won't kill you in public; at most, you'll just have a stomachache for a while."

Kitagawa Ryo had a look that said, "You have to believe me," but Kamuro Masumi still shook her head and refused to agree.

"Alright, then who else can do this? I don't believe that Arisu only kept you as a pawn in Class A."

Seeing Masumi Kamuro's resolute expression, Ryo Kitagawa could only click his tongue and change his target. It seemed that beautiful girls really did reject this kind of thing.

It must be said that when it comes to shifting blame, people's thinking is always unusually quick; Kamuro Masumi didn't even hesitate before naming another person:

"Masayoshi Hashimoto!"

"Alright, you can give that thing to him."

Having obtained another piece of information about Class A and Sakayanagi Arisu, Kitagawa Ryo calmly gave instructions while writing down the name.

"Oh, and then what? Each person who skips the exam loses thirty points. Kitagawa, you didn't go to all this trouble just for this, did you?"

Having escaped the fate of being killed by the company, Masumi Kamuro came to her senses and, after rethinking the matter, asked a question.

"of course not."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head and denied it:

"If Hashimoto Masayoshi ever feels unwell, have the Sakayanagi faction disrupt the class atmosphere as much as possible. All you need to do is casually say something like, 'It seems like there's some medicine for diarrhea in the supplies sent by Class C,' when things are at their most chaotic."

"Have it?"

Kamuro Masumi recalled the supplies that C-class had brought over yesterday. Because there were so many items, and a significant portion of them were unopened food and water, the members of A-class simply checked the list on the contract and carried them into the cave.

"some."

"You can use it without worry."

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Everything is Ready

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was trekking quickly through the dense forest. If the other members of Class D were to see him, they would be amazed that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, who did not look particularly strong, could unleash such speed. It was precisely because he knew that he would not be watched or followed in this forest that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, who had been hiding himself, was able to reveal his true form.

Pushing aside the branches and leaves, a distinctive tower came into view; Class A's base cave should be nearby.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji took out a borrowed pen and folded paper from his pocket and drew a simple map of the terrain he had traveled along the way.

After a day of reflection, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji had made his own judgment on this special exam. Eighty percent of the content of this special exam on the deserted island was a "defense test" to confirm whether there was any cooperation within the class, that is, whether the whole class could work together to overcome difficulties. Horikita Suzune defined it as a test of "endurance," which was barely reasonable. However, the remaining 20% ​​was equally important. It was an "offensive test" that tested the ability to investigate and gather information from other classes.

However, this 8 to 2 ratio will not be reflected in the exam results.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the 20% contains factors that can significantly influence the exam results.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji stopped in his tracks. Below him was a cliff. He glanced around casually and found a ladder leading down. Climbing down the ladder, he came to a small, man-made hut.

The electronic device at the entrance of the cabin indicates that this is a base set up by the school. If Kiyotaka Ayanokoji is the leader of Class D, he can occupy it once every eight hours, and each time he can add one special exam point to the class.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji stepped forward to check the occupation status of the base. Sure enough, the text above indicated that it belonged to Class A, with approximately four hours remaining.

Peeking through the window, one could see fishing rods and other equipment. This meant that if one could claim this spot, one could fish without spending points to rent fishing gear from the school.

However, the props inside showed no signs of being touched, and were even covered with a thin layer of dust.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji took out a map from his pocket and marked the location of the hut. Of course, it was only a rough location; accurately measuring the spot would likely take a lot of time.

After marking the paper, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji folded it again and put it in his pocket.

Just as Class D operated with the riverbank as the center, Class A should also have considered the area around the cave as their activity range. This hut should also be within their activity range, but they did not choose to take these items, even though they could have saved some food-related points.

Because of Sakayanagi Arisu's absence, Class A started with only 270 special exam points, and should have been just as strapped for cash as Class D, having to be frugal in every way.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji climbed the ladder back up the cliff and squinted at the cave not far away. The entrance to the cave was blocked by a huge curtain made of plastic bags, and two students stood on the left and right, looking around like guards.

As expected, Katsuragi's initial occupation of the cave was not without reason.

The true charm of the cave as a stronghold is not that it can provide shelter from the wind and rain; the location itself carries significance.

That is its excellent concealment.

As long as you keep an eye on the single entrance, you won't easily discover what's hidden inside.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji tried to continue approaching the cave. Class C's plan was definitely closely related to Class A, but now that Class C had most likely withdrawn, Class A was the only remaining target for investigation.

Considering the relationship between Karuizawa Megumi, the current leader of Class D, and Class C, it can be said that Class D has already lost half the battle in terms of defense in this exam. Therefore, if they want to gain more points, they can only choose to attack, which is risky but also has high potential rewards.

Just a few dozen meters after Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had walked a few dozen meters, two boys suddenly appeared from the thicket, as if they were waiting for their prey to fall into a trap.

"What are you doing there? This is a place that our Class A is using."

They surrounded Ayanokoji Kiyotaka as if to pin him down, each holding a thick tree branch, seemingly as a weapon... It was probably a deterrent, since any act of violence would be severely punished.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji raised his hand to indicate that he meant no harm.

"Who are you? I've never seen you before."

One of the boys from Class A held a branch to Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's throat, seemingly enjoying the sensation, and threatened him to reveal his identity.

"I am Ayanokouji from Class D."

Upon hearing the letter "D," the two students from Class A relaxed slightly, but their attitude remained unchanged; in fact, they laughed with an air of smugness.

"Let's investigate whether he's carrying any suspicious items."

The two men approached Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, one reaching into his pocket while the other checked his ankles for anything hidden.

"This is not an act of violence, you understand?"

The two continued to intimidate him while searching him, and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji nodded in understanding.

They quickly found the ballpoint pen and folded paper.

"Why bring a ballpoint pen? ...A hand-drawn map?"

The boys in Class A confronted Kiyotaka Ayanokouji with a rough sketch of the island and a record of whether it had been occupied, questioning him about it.

"give me back."

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji tried to snatch his things back, but missed.