"What I want to ask is, when Hashima-san said before, that you wanted to be my companion forever, was you sincere?"

"Of course, it's not like Horikita and I have known each other for the first time. Do you think I would lie to you?"

"That……"

It was obvious that the girl was very nervous. Staring at the boy's smiling face, she was a little hesitant to express herself. Her inner reserve and shyness made Horikita Suzune unable to speak for a moment, and she could only clench her fists.

"If I weren't here, would it be easier for Horikita to speak out?"

Hashima Hikaru continued to smile encouragingly.

"Well……"

After another pause, Horikita Suzune took a deep breath, a determined light flashed in her eyes, her red lips parted slightly, and her tone was serious.

"What I want to ask is, does Hashima-san know what the relationship above companions is?"

"..."

Hikaru Hashima was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Horikita-san... have you really figured it out?"

"Well...if this is what I want to do, then I won't back down."

"very good."

He nodded, his tone softer.

"Today's time and place are not right. I will have a good talk with you later."

A smile played on Hashima Hikaru's lips. "I'll tell you my answer when the time comes. Can you wait a little longer?"

"oh, I understand now."

Horikita Suzune nodded slightly. After expressing the thoughts hidden in her heart, the black-haired girl finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved.

She is looking forward to the final result.

473

Chapter 473: A special exam for the entire grade.

After Hoshinomiya Chie announced the new activity schedule, the three days of preparation passed in a flash. The students were all making preparations before departure, including packing spare clothes and items that might be needed when going out.

On Wednesday night, Hashima Hikaru and Ichinose Honami were making final preparations in the dormitory. The specific time had not been announced yet, so it would be enough to bring two or three sets of clothes. As for other items, the boy thought it was not a big problem.

But his girlfriend obviously didn't think so. She felt that some necessary items should be brought with her. The impression left by the previous uninhabited island was too deep, so Ichinose Honami bought a series of skin care products such as face cream, hand cream, etc. She bought double and prepared some for Hashima Hikaru.

"Do boys really need to use this thing?"

Holding a fragrant face cream in his hand, Hashima Hikaru's mouth twitched, "Hand cream is fine, but forget about face cream."

"That's not possible. Even though you're a boy, you can still use facial cream on your face. After all, it's very cold now. You can use it after washing your face to protect it."

Ichinose Honami's attitude was very firm. She put all the items into Hashima Hikaru's backpack in an unquestionable tone. Looking at his girlfriend who was busy running around, the boy just opened his mouth and didn't say anything more.

"There may be second and third grade students in this event, so we should pay more attention."

Hikaru Hashima shared his discoveries of the past few days with Ichinose Honami. If it was just a competition among the first-year students, it would be much simpler, but with the addition of the second- and third-year seniors, the problem would become very complicated.

"Are the three grades doing activities together?"

After Ichinose Honami packed her luggage, she too fell into thought, "Will we have to divide the groups into groups again, just like at the sports festival?"

"Anyway, if there really were second- and third-year seniors, winning wouldn't be so easy."

"Will Guang be worried?"

An interested smile appeared on the pink-haired girl's face.

"Of course not. No matter what the rules are, as long as we can unite everyone, we will definitely win in the end."

Mitsuru Hashima touched his chin. Anyway, he would just deal with it as it came. Everything just had to wait until the rules were announced tomorrow.

"Yeah, I think so too. Let's continue to lead everyone forward."

Ichinose Honoki coquettishly approached her boyfriend, put her arms around his neck, and said with a hint of intoxication, "Now that we've packed up, is there anything else Hikaru to do next?"

"No."

Hashima Hikaru pretended not to understand, but his hands were already on her slender waist.

"Hehe, now you have to give me today's portion~"

"Okay."

The two figures began to slowly approach each other under the light, and the passionate affection and love gradually blossomed inside the room.

——乇——

It was Thursday, eight o'clock in the morning.

The students gathered in the classroom with their luggage. After the teacher counted the number of people, they walked towards the playground below in a mighty procession.

Hashima Hikaru was carrying his backpack and standing with Ichinose Honami. As they were heading to the playground, the boy glanced to the side and saw familiar people there.

Because they were transported by bus, all the first-grade students had to stand in the seats according to their class. They were still assigned according to their class ranking, with Class A on the far left and Class D on the far right.

Looking at those familiar girls, Hikaru Hashima thought of the new item [Love Ring] that was refreshed in the [Trading Shop], because it can prevent the stock price of the stock character from falling, which is a very powerful item.

But there is currently no suitable opportunity for him to give it to another person. This collective activity may create an opportunity, but everything is unknown.

"Guang, it's time to get in the car."

Ichinose Honami's voice reached his ears, and the boy's face turned grim. He picked up his things and followed the main group.

After finding his seat, Mitsuru Hashima discovered that the seats on the bus were arranged in order of name, and the person sitting next to him was not his familiar girlfriend, but another classmate.

After saying hello, Mitsuru Hashima stared through the glass at the long line of buses behind him, and he sighed slightly.

This was a group activity that brought together students from all three grades. Apart from being told at the beginning that they needed to prepare sportswear and underwear, the students did not know what the rules of this exam were.

As the buses roared one after another and the convoy of more than ten vehicles slowly drove out of the school, feeling the unique atmosphere inside the vehicles, the boy developed new expectations for the upcoming exams.

The destination of this bus trip is quite far away. The teacher said that the journey will take about three hours.

The originally boring atmosphere gradually transitioned to a more relaxed chat rhythm. Some people even started distributing snacks. There was a lot of laughter in the bus of Class 1A.

After the vehicle had been driving for about two hours, Chie Hoshinomiya suddenly stood up from the front seat. Her action naturally attracted everyone's attention.

"Well, could everyone please be quiet for a moment? I have something to tell you."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was almost no need to emphasize them too much. The bus instantly became quiet, and everyone knew that the rules were about to be announced.

“Everyone’s response was very cooperative, and the teacher was very happy.”

After feeling the atmosphere quiet down at the speed of light, Hoshinomiya Chie slowly spoke.

"Then I will announce something very important to you. The destination of this bus trip is the new special examination site. I need to explain the important details of this examination to you first."

"It will take about an hour to reach our destination by car, and the exam will start directly after we arrive, so this period will be a buffer time for everyone, and students can also think about their strategies in advance."

"what?"

“Are we going to start right away when we get there?”

"About an hour of buffer time..."

After understanding Hoshinomiya Chie's explanation, Hashima Hikaru understood the purpose of the school's arrangement. One hour was probably used to familiarize themselves with the rules, and all the students were on the bus. The faster they understood the rules, the faster they could discuss strategies with their classmates.

"Then please start explaining the rules."

Hashima Hikaru took the initiative to speak. As the core figure of the class, everyone's expressions became serious after he expressed his opinion.

"Okay, then please listen carefully, Hashima-san."

Hoshinomiya Chie glanced at the boy whom she had high hopes for. A serious aura was revealed on his handsome face. This expression was a manifestation of his seriousness, which made the young female teacher quite satisfied.

This time, please continue to shine, Hashima-san.

474

Chapter 474: Forest School, Rules of Mixed Training!

As the bus drove steadily on the vast road, Hoshinomiya Chie began to talk to the students of Class A, Grade 1, about the arrangements for the exam.

"This forest school organized by the school is a very special opportunity to give everyone more opportunities to interact with senior students. Since it accommodates students from all three grades, you can think of it as a [mixed training]."

"The specific duration is eight days and seven nights, during which time students from all three grades will act together."

When the young female teacher said this, she picked up a thick stack of materials from her seat. "This is the detailed information for this activity. After all, if the teacher only uses words to explain, you might misunderstand it. It's better to skim through the text to gain a deeper memory."

After she took out the information, she began to distribute it to each student according to their seats. Hashima Hikaru quickly got the detailed information.

The document was quite thick, about twenty pages long. As the document was spread out, the boy fixed his eyes on the information and began to read it page by page.

The content of the information is not pure text, but is embellished with various pictures. At first glance, it really looks like a travel brochure of a training camp location. It provides detailed information about the rooms and public baths that the students will stay in, as well as the corresponding classrooms, student cafeteria, etc.

If the rules had not been announced earlier, people would really mistakenly think that this was an ordinary forest school training activity when they first saw this booklet. However, after the core prerequisites were explained, everyone's mood when browsing the information was naturally not so relaxed.

"Students, while you're reading the materials, I have a few things I need to emphasize. Please pay attention."

Seeing everyone absorbed in reading the information, Hoshinomiya Chie began to talk about something else. "Because this information will be collected when you get off the train, you only have so much time to memorize it, so make sure you remember it clearly."

"what?"

"Is it only such a short time?"

Just when everyone was panicking, the young female teacher's next words shocked everyone again. "In addition to the information, I will also explain the precautions for mixed training. These are also things you need to know. Please listen carefully."

"..."

After understanding Hoshinomiya Chie's explanation, everyone quickly made a decision. In addition to continuing to spread the information on their legs, everyone began to listen attentively to her explanation of the rules.

"First of all, the theme of this special exam is to help students achieve [spiritual growth]. During this exam, everyone needs to form new connections with people they don't normally interact with and successfully build those relationships."

As soon as these words were spoken, the students in Class A of Grade One immediately understood the implication. After all, it had been mentioned before that students from Grades Two and Three would participate, so was it possible that they would form a team with students from Grades Three?

But that's not necessarily the case. Although the three grades were nominally divided into red and white to compete in the previous sports festival, in the final analysis, everyone's opponents were basically students of the same grade. After that event, Hikaru Hashima didn't have much contact with the senior students.

"First, after arriving at your destination, the school will separate you by gender. Students from the entire grade will have individual discussions and then be divided into six groups."

"There are upper and lower limits on the number of people in a group. The manual contains detailed rules. Please check it out immediately. It's on page five."

The students immediately began to turn the manual to the corresponding position, and Hashima Mitsuru had already carefully browsed through it before. After turning it to the designated position again, he reinforced his memory again.

To form a group, there are specific upper and lower limits on the number of people required. The number of people is calculated based on the total number of boys and girls in each grade. Assuming there are more than 60 male students in the same grade, the minimum number of people in each of the six groups is eight, and the maximum is thirteen. If the total number is over 70, the minimum number of people is nine to fourteen; if the total number is over 80, the maximum number is ten to fifteen.

[If there are less than 60 people, the number of participants will be limited in other ways.]

Although that's what he said, Hikaru Hashima discovered at the beginning of the school year that the school had made special considerations when dividing the classes. Each of the four first-grade classes had forty students, and the ratio of boys to girls was exactly five to five.

If we follow this rule, the total number of boys in the group is eighty, and there has been no dropout so far. If we form a group of ten to fifteen people as required, the fluctuation will depend on the specific grouping process.

"After understanding the grouping rules, I think everyone should understand the meaning of this restriction."

Hoshinomiya Chie's eyes swept over everyone on the bus. "Because boys and girls will be divided into different large groups, and the large groups will include everyone in the entire grade, it will be inevitable that they will form groups with students from other classes."

"During the forest school, everyone must work as a team to overcome this special exam. We must work together to achieve the final victory."

Although many people understood the deeper meaning of this rule, after Hoshinomiya Chie emphasized this sentence, many students still found it difficult to accept it.

"Does that mean we'll form a team with people from other classes and live together?"

"It's okay if it's someone I know, but if it's a stranger, who knows if they'll do something bad? It's hard to build trust."

"But since we're talking about ten to fifteen people, wouldn't the problem be solved if both groups were classmates?"

Someone thought of this. After all, if all the people in the group are classmates, everyone will trust them more.

"This won't work."

Seeing that someone had already raised this question, Hashima Hikaru immediately felt the gaze from Hoshinomiya Chie, and he understood what the other party meant - he had to explain it himself.

This woman is really a hands-off boss.

"why?"

After seeing Hashima Hikaru stand up, although everyone trusted him, they still wanted to know the specific reason.

"Please turn to the corner of the next page. The detailed rules for grouping are written there."

Hashima Hikaru's eyes swept over everyone on the bus. "A group can't consist of only one class of students. It must be at least two classes, and we need to collectively discuss the list of names that will make up the group. If even one person disagrees, the group won't be formed."

"Isn't this... forced cooperation?"

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