People bring their own maids to the training camp

"You're crazy."

"I agree with Kanzaki-san's assessment."

"That's weird." Kanzaki could tell that Chihaya didn't seem to like being called "Demon Girl".

"Okay, let's go back too."

......

On the way back to the sea, there will be a giant broken tree. From there, head southwest into the forest. Not far ahead is the campsite where Class B stayed.

Food or water is served at 6 points per meal for each class, but if a set meal can be served at 10 points, then eating two meals a day would cost 20 points.

When Chihaya returned to Class B's camp, Honami had already asked for a meal—after all, it was the first day, and they needed to fill their stomachs before they could get to work.

"You're back!" Fanbo greeted them with a smile. "Will we be able to eat in a little while?"

"There should be a photo spot here, right?" Chihaya asked in a low voice. "Tell me the location, and I'll sneak over without attracting attention."

"Okay." Fanbo nodded and then pointed to a location.

The time clock is silent; you just need to scan it, so you won't be exposed by clocking in.

Moreover, Honami instinctively set up two tents next to the checkpoint, and with the cover of the tents, Chihaya cleanly and efficiently completed the occupation.

"You're back?" Hayasaka appeared behind Chihaya like a ghost.

"Yes, we've taken three, this is the fourth," Chihaya replied.

“While setting up camp, I said that you could assign me tasks, and then I scouted out the campsites of each squad.”

"Well, tell me."

164. Even if you stay in your dorm for a week without leaving, you still need to take a shower.

“Class A has occupied a cave, Class D is stationed by the river, and Class C remains where they are,” Hayasaka said.

"Class C is stuck in place?" Chihaya was a little surprised. "Although I don't know the specifics, he must have some dirty tricks up his sleeve."

“Indeed, shall we go and scout ahead tomorrow?” Hayasaka asked. “I can go secretly.”

“…I’ll go.” Chihaya hesitated for a few seconds. “He must have some plan. Maybe I can get involved.”

“I understand.” Hayasaka nodded.

Did Fanbo say anything?

"No, we're studying the instruction manual after setting up camp. The shower room costs 20 points, and now everyone is debating whether to save those 20 points."

Food and water are allocated at six points per meal for each class, but if a set meal can solve the problem at ten points, then eating two meals a day would cost twenty points. In the worst-case scenario, without any food or water, food and water alone would require 140 points over seven days. This leaves 160 points for food and water alone, and after renting a temporary toilet, 140 points remain.

If you also rent a shower room, you'll only have 120 points left out of 300.

For Class B, whose morale was high, the natural desire was to press their advantage and overtake Class A as soon as possible. However, they hadn't accomplished anything on the first day and were already less than halfway through.

Not to mention that two tents are simply not enough to house 40 people.

“Well, they probably don’t know that I’ve already captured four points,” Chihaya said. “One point a day, that’s 5 points, a total of 20 points, and 140 points in seven days.”

"I'm a little confused. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be this generous. Did you get a total of 10 checkpoint locations?" Because she was asked to keep it a secret, Hayasaka didn't know the details, even though she had guesses.

“Yes, I gave Suzune six, including the river where they camped, while our four included the campsites,” Chihaya said. “But I bet there are more than 10 checkpoints on the island, otherwise how would the other classes have fun if I told them all?”

"Do you think there might be a surprise element, like asking each class to send one person to participate in some kind of competition tomorrow at noon, with rewards for the winners and punishments for the losers?"

“That would be quite fun,” Chihaya said. “Simply camping is too boring.”

"Do you want to see 'rivers of blood' again?"

"This special exam is too flexible; it would be a disservice to the rules not to cause some trouble."

"So you already have a goal, right?"

“Of course, and I already have a preliminary plan.” Chihaya smiled. “Alright, let’s go back to Honami’s place. If we don’t go now, they won’t make a decision even by bedtime.”

"You definitely want a shower room, right?"

"Loving you is a no-brainer. How could I not want you?" Chihaya sighed. "Let alone the forest, even if you stay in the dorm for a week without leaving, you still need to take a shower."

“That’s true.” Hayasaka nodded.

"So I guess I'll have to make this decision," Chihaya said, walking toward Honami, who was talking to Kanzaki.

The two are discussing points.

"Ah, Chihaya, you've come at the perfect time. I wanted to ask for your opinion on the tents," Honami said to Chihaya. "We'll probably need two more tents to accommodate everyone, and if we also need showers, then the remaining points will..."

“I have an idea about this,” Chihaya said, taking the instruction manual from Honami and turning to a page. “Hammocks would be perfect for our base; they’re much cheaper than tents.”

"There's such a thing?" Kanzaki was quite surprised. "In that case, it wouldn't be a bad idea to use the points saved to buy a shower room."

Surprisingly, Kanzaki actually supported using the shower room, while Honami was concerned about the remaining points.

“We now have four locations, so buying a shower room is no problem at all, right?” Chihaya said again.

"Huh? Four?!" Fanbo's eyes widened. "That many?"

"Kansaki-san, didn't you tell Honami?"

“I thought you had already mentioned it,” Kanzaki said helplessly. “Besides, I didn’t even have time to bring it up.”

"Great! That means we'll have at least 20 points a day!" Fanbo was very happy, but then he became worried, "Since it's so easy to find, won't other classes take up more of the checkpoints?"

“I don’t think you need to worry too much about that. Based on the distribution of the checkpoints we’ve occupied, there shouldn’t be more than 20 on the entire island,” Kanzaki said. “And considering the time, we can only explore a small part today; tomorrow will be the main part.”

"Is that so? Well then, you'll have to do your best tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work, Chihaya." Honami said to Chihaya with a hint of apology, since simply finding the checkpoint wasn't enough; the leader had to personally go and check it in.

"It's alright, it's my duty," Chihaya said with a smile, not taking it to heart.

165. Wilderness Survival

After Chihaya intervened, Class B quickly passed a resolution to purchase hammocks and shower rooms.

After all, with the points from Chihaya's four bases, Class B is now slightly better off—compared to Class A and Class D, which have already suffered casualties, Class B now has a certain advantage.

Moreover, although it's called wilderness survival, no one can guarantee that the school won't launch any surprise attacks. After all, the initial points are enough to save a lot of energy; real wilderness survival wouldn't offer such generous treatment.

As it was getting late, Class B bought small tents, while the rest used hammocks.

After discussion in Class B, the right to use the small tent was awarded to Honami and Chihaya.

According to Class B's idea, since the two of them would need to devote a considerable amount of energy to managing the class, it would be more comfortable for them to sleep in the small tent.

Honami didn't refuse because she felt Chihaya really needed it. On the other hand, she really wanted to live with Chihaya—she had been looking forward to the nighttime girls' club for a long time.

However, since there isn't enough time to tie up all the hammocks, we'll have to squeeze in a little tonight.

The two free tents were allocated to the girls and the boys. The hammocks that were set up tonight were first used by the boys, and then Hayasaka, who "volunteered," was crammed into Chihaya Honami's small tent.

After everything was arranged, Shibata came to explain the situation he had just discovered.

"Shibata-san, you mean you found Kaneda-san from Class C alone, with bruises on his face from being beaten?"

"Yes, according to him, he got into a dispute with Longyuan about the use of points, got beaten up, and was kicked out."

"Such a thing is happening?" Kanzaki frowned. "Won't this kind of reduction in personnel result in point deductions during daily roll call?"

“Even if Class C was planning to use underhanded tactics, there’s no need for them to deliberately not award any points, right? I can’t think of a reason,” Shibata said. “But it doesn’t look like an act; the marks on Kaneda’s face are quite obvious.”

"Shall we go take a look?" Fanbo asked for his opinion.

"You guys go ahead, I want to rest for a bit," Chihaya said, while secretly glancing at Kanzaki.

"I'll go with you. You can stay at the camp and rest for a bit." Kanzaki understood and followed Honami out of the tent.

After the group had walked away, Chihaya let out a cold snort.

"Class C is so fake!" Hayasaka commented. "Who doesn't know that Ryuen is like a dictator? Even the black exchange students don't dare to rebel—how dare Kaneda oppose Ryuen? It's hilarious."

"You won't truly understand how awful Ryuen is until you experience it for yourself." Chihaya shook her head. "Forget it, I guess they'll keep Kaneda. After all, everyone in this class except us is a nice guy."

"Are you now able to frankly identify yourself as a bad person?"

“No, I only said I’m not a pushover, not that I’m a bad person,” Chihaya replied. “Besides, good and bad aren’t absolute, but judging a person by good or bad is something only children do; adults consider their own interests.”

"Isn't that a bit too realistic of you to say?"

“That’s just how it is, there’s nothing we can do about it.” Chihaya shook her head. “For example, in this exam, I’m a good person to Suzune, but I’m definitely a bad person to Katsuragi from Class A.”

"You've made no attempt to hide your intentions toward Class A and Katsuragi."

"There's nothing to hide. My guiding principle is first and foremost self-interest, and secondly, personal likes and dislikes. Katsuragi is indeed a talented person, but his subordinates are really problematic, which makes me very unhappy. There's nothing I can do about it. I can't remain inactive during this exam, and since his people have angered me, I have no choice but to choose Class A as my hypothetical enemy."

"That makes sense. For Class B, Class A is definitely a hypothetical enemy."

“So my actions are reasonable,” Chihaya said. “Besides, in the end, Katsuragi might not even realize that it was us who did this.”

"As expected of you, you kill without leaving a trace," Hayasaka praised.

"Katsura is no match for Sakayanagi. His downfall is only a matter of time. Beset by internal and external troubles, Class A is not as glamorous as we imagine."

“I agree with that. The infighting between Katsuragi and Sakayanagi has already caused Class A to miss many opportunities,” Hayasaka said. “By the way, you didn’t reach some kind of agreement with Sakayanagi, did you?”

"No, but it's obvious that the Sakayanagi faction will definitely cause trouble for Katsuragi. All we need to do is prove that Katsuragi is not suitable to lead Class A."

"That's true." Hayasaka nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Alright, they're back too. So they really decided to take Kaneda in." Chihaya said, looking at Kaneda following Honami Kanzaki in the distance. "I'll find an opportunity to talk to Ryuen tomorrow. Giving up points that are within easy reach? That's not something Ryuen would do. That opportunistic guy is probably up to something behind the scenes!"

166. I'm not even a Bear Grylls fan.

The next morning, after roll call, Kaneda stayed in Class B and even helped set up the hammocks.

This is also direct proof that Class C, represented by Longyuan, did indeed give up on passing this exam through conventional means.

The points deducted from the two daily roll calls alone are more than the 30 points for giving up the exam and returning to the ship.

The points deducted for seven days of roll call are terrifying.

However, Kaneda seemed to have no intention of returning to the ship and was determined to stay in the forest and survive in the wild.

It's quite abnormal just from the perspective of motivation. Everyone else stays here to earn points so they can have more pocket money later. But Kaneda is different. He has absolutely no reason to stay on the island. Even if he shares weal and woe with Class B, he won't enjoy the same treatment as Class B.