I have a life simulator.

"This is the first part of the cooperation."

Kitagawa Ryo said to Hirata Yosuke:

"A batch of supplies worth 200 special test points from Class A should be delivered to Class D tonight."

Two hundred points? From Class A?

Hirata Yosuke's eyes widened in surprise. He felt like he had misheard something, and swallowed hard to confirm.

"what happened?"

"I cannot answer that at the moment."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head and refused:

"I'm here only to inform you of the results and to proceed with the second step of the collaboration."

"I will tell you the list of leaders of classes A and B before the exam ends."

After a moment of shock, Hirata Yosuke started turning around again, and asked with some confusion:

"The supplies worth 200 special exam points, combined with the leaders of the two classes, amount to only 100 points. It seems that Class D doesn't have the ability to give back the same benefits to Class C."

"some."

Kitagawa Ryo stared into Hirata Yosuke's eyes:

"After this exam, I will ask Class D to cooperate with me in an operation without any reason. Of course, it will not involve expulsion or changes in the class's points."

"Is that all?"

Hirata Yosuke was still a little incredulous. After all, if Kitagawa Ryo's words were true, then Class D would be able to obtain a full 300 special exam points in this special exam, which could be converted into 300 class points after the exam. However, the other party's request was merely to cooperate in an operation, and they didn't even plan for any changes to the class points.

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then finally raised his head with a strange expression, and said in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed:

"that……"

"Kitagawa-kun, are you... dating Karuizawa-kun from our class?

Kitagawa Ryo was speechless for a long time because of Hirata Yosuke's unique way of thinking, but seeing that Kitagawa Ryo didn't say anything, Hirata Yosuke thought he had guessed correctly, so he leaned over to comfort him:

"Don't worry, although relationships between students from different classes can be difficult, if two people truly have feelings for each other..."

"No, that's not true. I'll be going now."

Kitagawa Ryo stood up speechlessly and returned the cup to Hirata Yosuke. As he left, the sunny boy added one more thing:

"I understand, I'll cheer you on!"

As far as Hirata Yosuke was concerned, aside from Kitagawa Ryo's special feelings for Karuizawa Kei, he really couldn't think of any other reason why Class C would support Class D so much. To put it another way, it could be considered a gift to Karuizawa Kei. As for why he didn't admit it, well, Class D and Class C were still openly at odds, and it wouldn't be good if word got out.

Kitagawa Ryo never expected Hirata Yosuke to be able to conjure up so many ideas in his mind. His plan was already more than half complete, and now it was time to prepare to close the net.

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"It's Kitagawa-kun who's back."

"If it had been any later, I would have brought people to look for you."

As night deepened, the sounds of wind and insects in the dense forest grew increasingly noisy. Kitagawa Ryo crushed another dry branch under his feet and finally returned to Class B's camp.

The campfire in the campsite was already lit, and under the orange-yellow flames, Ichinose Honami's smiling face seemed even brighter and warmer. She stood up and waved in Kitagawa Ryo's direction, making anyone who didn't know better think that Kitagawa Ryo was a student in Class B.

However, compared to when he faced Kitagawa Ryo during the day, Kanzaki Ryuji was less hostile and wary, probably because of the plantain.

The other members of Class B were still a little awkward, but out of consideration for Ichinose Honami, they didn't show it openly. They simply moved aside silently, giving Kitagawa Ryo a lot of space.

"We're having a late-night chat around the campfire, Kitagawa-kun, would you like to join us?"

Ichinose Honami unabashedly pulled Kitagawa Ryo over to sit down. The flickering flames in her azure eyes revealed a demeanor somewhat different from her usual one.

"A late-night chat? I'd be quite interested."

Kitagawa Ryo didn't care about the stares of others. He smiled and sat down cross-legged, turning his gaze to the crackling firewood burning in the fire.

Although he said he was interested, Kitagawa Ryo was just a quiet listener for the next half hour. If Ichinose Honami hadn't brought up two topics, the students in Class B would have almost forgotten about Kitagawa Ryo's existence. However, thanks to Ichinose Honami's ability to control the atmosphere, the atmosphere that had become a bit dull due to Kitagawa Ryo's arrival was rekindled.

However, because there were things to do the next day, around nine o'clock, Ichinose Honami clapped her hands and told everyone to go back to their tents to rest. The students of Class B, still feeling the afterglow of their conversation, returned to their tents. Kitagawa Ryo was also planning to get up and leave, but Ichinose Honami followed her.

"What's wrong? Although we tested the weight-bearing capacity during the day, it's still a bit dangerous to have two people sleeping on it."

Kitagawa Ryo rolled over and lay down in the hammock prepared for him by Class B, putting his hands behind his head and uttering frivolous words, but his eyes were fixed on the starry sky above.

"It's nothing, I just felt like Kitagawa-kun might have something to say to me, so I followed him."

Honami Ichinose leaned against a tree with hammock ropes tied to it. Unlike the demeanor she had shown in front of her classmates earlier, she was much quieter now.

"What do you want to say?"

Kitagawa Ryo stretched out his legs, then stretched his arms, yawned, and asked:

"Actually, Fanbo didn't need to take me in at all. I do know a little bit of wilderness survival skills."

"But it's always more comfortable to have a bed to sleep in."

"Isn't Fanbo going back to sleep?"

"not sleepy."

Is the wound any better?

"It's impossible for it to be effective so quickly."

They were both saying trivial things, but they were also both enjoying the atmosphere.

"Does Kitagawa-kun really not have anything he wants to say to me privately?"

"Ha, you noticed that."

Kitagawa Ryo showed a helpless expression:

"The leader of Class A is Totsuka Yahiko. This is top-secret information that I just found out. I was planning to tell you on the last day."

Honami Ichinose nodded and hummed in agreement. She waited a while longer, but ultimately Kitagawa Ryo did not speak again.

He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Honami Ichinose whispered something:

"If you sleep in a hammock outside at night, there will be a lot of mosquitoes."

She found an excuse for her actions, then pulled a small trinket from her bosom and placed it next to Kitagawa Ryo's ear.

Kitagawa Ryo only heard the sound of footsteps, and when he opened his eyes again, Ichinose Honami had already returned to the B-class camp.

He reached out and picked up the object from beside his ear, making its appearance clearer in the moonlight—

This is a small sachet with a fresh and delicate scent, the fragrance of iris.

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"Cold? Cold? Cold?"

The moonlight, like water, bathed the entire forest in a silvery glow. Karuizawa Kei carefully avoided the overhanging branches, stepping lightly on the fallen leaves, softly calling Kitagawa Ryo's name.

"here."

Kitagawa Ryo walked around under a tree, his foot squeaking as he broke a branch, the sound echoing in the moonlight along with his voice.

"Keep your voice down."

Karuizawa Megumi instinctively feared the possibility of being discovered, but upon seeing Kitagawa Ryo's face, she began to enjoy the feeling of their clandestine meeting. The fear of danger and the sense of intimacy made her dizzy, and she almost stumbled and fell into Kitagawa Ryo's arms.

"Actually, I can come to see you tomorrow morning; there's no need to come so late."

Kitagawa Ryo reached out to support Karuizawa Megumi:

"Didn't you sleep well?"

"I'm so excited..."

Karuizawa Kei gradually adapted. She and Kitagawa Ryo leaned against the same tree, watching the moonlight filter through the gaps in the branches and leaves, shining on their faces as if it had been crushed.

"Class A actually agreed to that contract."

"Because they had no other choice, otherwise they would be directly accused of stealing the supplies from Class D. Actually, if they hadn't used them yet, there would have been room for maneuver. The worst thing is that Class A had already taken it upon themselves to open and use them, and even took the initiative to call school personnel to confirm the supplies."

Kitagawa Ryo was not surprised by this result. In fact, once Class A agreed to the contract with Class C, Class A's defeat was already inevitable. Ultimately, it was because Katsuragi Kohei was not able to completely control the entire Class A. Even without Kamuro Masumi as an inside man, most of the students in Class A only temporarily recognized him and reluctantly followed his orders.

"The students in Class D were stunned when they saw so many supplies being moved over, especially those girls who had been holding a grudge these past two days, hmph."

Karuizawa Megumi likes to tell Kitagawa Ryo about her feelings; sharing a good mood makes it double.

"Then I took the opportunity to announce that Class D and Class C were currently cooperating. Fortunately, the supplies were there in person, and with Hirata's continued support, everyone accepted the fact."

"However, some people still think that Class C must have some kind of conspiracy, and their clamor is getting a bit annoying."

Karuizawa Kei pouted and complained.

"Where's Lingyin? What did she say?"

"...She didn't say anything."

Karuizawa Kei clearly didn't want to hear Horikita Suzune's name, so she quickly changed the subject:

"As for her follower, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, whom Ryo asked me to keep an eye on, he's been quite active these past two days, and in a sneaky way at that. If I hadn't had someone watching him the whole time, I wouldn't have noticed that he's been acting alone for a long time."

"It's fine."

“Ayanokouji’s actions were originally planned. Without his efforts, the first step of the plan would not have been so successful.”

"The most important factors in framing Class A are four established facts:"

"First, the medicine must be kept at Class A's camp."

Second, the medication has been used.

"Of the three or four classes, only Class D used its special exam points to exchange for medicine."

"Fourth, there was a conflict between Class A and Class D."

Karuizawa Kei thought for a moment and asked:

"But there are no surveillance cameras in the forest on the deserted island. How can we be sure that there was contact between Class A and Class D?"

Kitagawa Ryo pointed to his bare wrist:

"That's why I told you not to wear the watch the school gave us when you came."

"A satellite positioning system is installed there."

“Ayanokoji Kiyotaka will definitely go to Class A’s territory to gather intelligence. All it takes is a little bit of inducement. I also have an inside man in Class A. Someone will definitely take the initiative to contact him. If Class A gives up signing the contract and confronts Class D, the school can easily use location tracking to find the intersection between Class A and Class D.”

“Ayanokouji is a smart man. If he was acting for the sake of Class D, he would definitely go along with it and claim that Class A stole the drugs at that time.”

"Although we haven't had a formal talk with him, it can be considered a collaboration from afar."

Kitagawa Ryo reveals the first step of his plan in its entirety:

"Next comes the second step."

When Kitagawa Ryo was about to launch into a long-winded explanation of the second step of his plan, Karuizawa Megumi seemed rather uninterested. She simply looked up at the brilliant starry sky and remarked with genuine emotion:

"it's beautiful."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head with a wry smile, realizing he was indeed a bit out of touch with the atmosphere, so he looked up along with Karuizawa Megumi.

Under a sky full of stars, Kitagawa Ryo remembered a sentence and murmured it aloud:

"The stars shine so that one day everyone can find their own star."

Chapter 32: I eat little but I don't get hungry

I was used.

After making contact with the two students from Class A, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji realized this. Combining the clues he had discovered earlier, he had roughly guessed Class C's strategy for this operation: using the "zero-point operation" as a cover to secretly induce the other three classes to guess each other's true plans.

This strategy can only be implemented if all class leaders' information is available. Class C can propose "cooperation" to all three other classes, revealing the leaders of the other two classes. It seems like they can earn 100 special exam points. However, the class cooperating with Class C is also the one being betrayed. Take Class A as an example. They can indeed obtain information about the leaders of Class B and Class D from Class C, but in the end, Classes B, C, and D will also guess correctly, which is equivalent to losing 50 special exam points. The same applies to Class B and Class D.

In the deserted island exam, the only ways to obtain points are to increase their income and reduce their expenditure, namely, occupying strongholds and conserving points. Since almost all of Class C's members have left the island, their income from occupying strongholds will be much less than that of the other three classes. However, if the leaders of the other three classes are all guessed correctly, the extra points obtained from the strongholds will disappear directly. This also indirectly brings the three classes back to the same starting line, namely, how to retain the initial 270 points (300 points for Class B).

"On the first day of the special exam, Class A signed a contract with Class C. Class A would spend one million personal points per month, and Class C would donate the supplies obtained by redeeming the special exam points to Class A. However, today we suspect that Class C tampered with the supplies, causing many students in Class A to experience physical discomfort."

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka concealed himself in the shadows of the dense forest, and heard Katsuragi Kohei speak not far away. The information in those words acted as a link, connecting the previously scattered clues and finally forming a complete plan in his mind.

【Kitagawa Ryo, is that right?】