In fact, I can add unlimited points

As long as there are enough outposts on the island, and the leader's identity is kept a secret, Class B's final gains won't be too bad.

"How many outposts did your B class find on the ship?"

Instead of answering Koenji immediately, Aragaki Shun suddenly asked this question.

"Seven, how about yours?"

"I am 11."

After they finished speaking, they both looked at Long Yuanxiang.

The tyrant of Class C snorted and casually gave a number—6.

As for Class D, judging from their bewildered expressions, don't expect them to have gained anything on the deck.

"What? You can find a base while still on the ship? I've never heard of that before!"

As expected, the first reaction of Class D after regaining their senses was this, and Ryuen, who was in a bad mood, didn't hold back in mocking them:

"What a bunch of idiots! The school had already given a warning over the loudspeaker before we even got to the island. Your brains are like those of unevolved monkeys."

The school suggested they see those meaningful sights, and even made a special trip around the island before docking... Were they just bored and had nothing better to do?

Shunya Aragaki shook his head. After the homeroom teachers finished explaining the supplementary rules, any smart person should understand just how important the school's reminder was.

Observing the island from the ship from an outsider's perspective, the more obvious outposts are almost all visible. Just look for traces of human intervention and observe where the vegetation is sparse.

After all, the school needs to provide enough space for a class of forty students to set up a suitable camp.

"The score for this deserted island test is mainly divided into three parts: 300 temporary points provided by the school, points earned from capturing strongholds, and points earned from guessing the leader."

"To put it bluntly, this special exam was definitely a perk deliberately given by the school. There were only bonus points and no negative points, and there was no penalty for simply withdrawing."

"According to information provided by upperclassmen, this kind of special exam with benefits is usually only held during the freshmen's first summer vacation, so I hope to maximize the benefits of this exam and snatch all the points I can get from the school."

With his arms crossed, Shun Aragaki smiled and announced his plans.

Since the school is being so generous, they naturally can't leave without making a gesture.

"The first step is to exchange all the temporary points of Class D for supplies. Classes A, B, and C will each receive 100 points. Try to keep all the temporary points. That will give us 900 points."

"Then comes the second stage. There are 11 obvious strongholds on the island. If we add the hidden ones, let's say there are 20. If we can get the full points for the strongholds, we can get about 380 points."

"The last part is guessing the leader. The leaders of classes A, B, and C cannot be guessed, but someone from class D can stay and become the leader. If all three classes guess once, you get 150 points."

In other words, if all the points for this exam were allocated to one class, the final winner would likely receive 1430 points or even more.

Upon hearing what Shun Aragaki called the optimal solution and understanding its value, everyone present gasped in astonishment.

At present, Class A's class evaluation score is only 1360 points. It is unbelievable that the score issued by the school for a special exam is so outrageous.

Majima Tomoya, who had been silent the whole time, was speechless.

Is it possible that the most outrageous thing is that the leader of Class A, who has already taken control of the first-year students after just one semester?

In previous years, every freshman class was still in a state of intense struggle during the summer vacation of their first year. Even the C and D classes had not lost hope of making progress, after all, this was only the first special exam.

The school did allocate a lot of points, but without a powerful figure like Shun Aragaki to unify the efforts, how could the four classes possibly work together to secure all those benefits?

Putting everything else aside, just figuring out how to divide the spoils, and who will be the first class to be sacrificed... If this issue isn't resolved, even the best solution is useless.

The homeroom teacher of Class B hesitated several times before finally saying nothing, but secretly envied Hoshinomiya Chie's luck.

If it weren't for an unexpected incident, this kind of student would never have been assigned to the original Class B in the first place.

"How about it? Although I'll be taking most of the individual points, all three classes (A, B, and C) will gain at least 350 class evaluation points. Don't you think this is like a gift from the school?"

Looking towards the stunned Class D members, Aragaki Shun smiled.

If all four first-grade classes work together, everything will be alright as long as Class D is willing to become the sacrifice.

Katsuragi took a deep breath and reluctantly stepped forward to ask, "How many points does Class B have left? And what about Class D's supplies?"

He didn't want to agree to the plan, but he had no choice. It was a far cry from the situation where the entire class lost their exam eligibility because of a student's violation of the rules.

It was barely acceptable for Shinjuku Shun to eat meat while the other classes only drank soup.

"I will give Class B supplies worth 100 temporary points. After the exam, Class B will need to give me 250 points, and 100 million personal points per month."

Knowing it was time to divide the cake, the leader of Class A didn't hesitate and immediately gave his own distribution plan.

"Then Class D will sell the remaining 100 temporary points to Class C. You can negotiate the price yourselves. At the same time, Class C will also give me 150 points, which is 60 personal points per month."

If this plan succeeds, Class A will gain at least 350 class evaluation points after the exams, earning 160 million personal points per month.

Classes B and C also benefit, as they each gain 350 class evaluation points. After giving the majority of the individual points to Aragaki Shun, each of them will still receive an additional 1 yen in living expenses per month.

Finally, there's Class D. Although they don't receive any class evaluation points, they get a living allowance from Class C and don't have to stay on the island to suffer, which is a good thing, no matter how you look at it.

"Wait, because of Sakayanagi, our Class B's initial temporary points were deducted by 30 points. This allocation method is not reasonable."

With a slight frown, Katsuragi pointed out the problem in Aragaki Shun's words.

"Class B should only get 320 points in the end, and the supplies purchased with 100 temporary points may not be enough for us to live here for seven days. What if we need to use our personal points for other places later?"

Shun Aragaki smiled, not caring about such a small detail, and casually explained, "When I was scouting out the bases on the ship, I saw that the school had set up all sorts of resources on them. As long as all the bases are filled and all those resources are used well, 100 temporary points will definitely be enough."

"Also, Koenji, didn't you want to challenge me? Let's have a match during this base-clearing phase. Whether you're from Class B or Class C, I'll allow you to freely compete for base points. The final result will be determined by our strength."

Advanced training would not allow for the emergence of a second Nagumo Masaru, so Aragaki Shun decided to leave some hope of resistance for the three lower-ranked classes instead of forcibly unifying the first year and ending the exam as soon as it began.

During the temporary point counting and leader guessing phases, he did not allow any objections, but he allowed more freedom in scoring outposts, giving the other two classes some room to maneuver.

In other words, Shun Aragaki forcibly changed the format of this exam, turning it into a pure card-swiping competition.

This is his answer sheet; it's unclear what the school will think...

182. The cabin under the cliff; Dragon Garden prepares for the supremacy of force.

Due to the "demolition effect," in order to avoid being forced to withdraw from the exam by an insider from the very beginning, Class B and Class C ultimately agreed to Aragaki Shun's method of dividing the cake.

After negotiating all the details, the four first-year classes signed several agreements regarding the uninhabited island exam under the notarization of Majima Tomoya.

These included prohibiting classes A, B, and C from guessing each other's leaders; Horikita Suzune voluntarily becoming the leader of class D, which would increase the score of each of the three classes by 50 points; and class C purchasing the remaining 100 temporary points from class D at a price of 1 personal points per person per month...

With the agreement signed, the overall situation is set. From a holistic perspective, all four first-grade classes will profit, just to varying degrees.

However, most of the personal points will flow into Class A, which is a terrifying gain of more than 1000 class evaluation points. Both Ryuen and Katsuragi are extremely concerned about this.

On the contrary, the carefree students in Class D only muttered a few complaints before forgetting about their unhappiness and running off to play in the water with great interest.

Even though they didn't keep any of the 300 temporary points, didn't they still get some living expenses from Class C?

To be optimistic, this money is practically free; you're not losing out at all.

“Then I’ll be the leader of Class B,” Rokusuke Koenji announced his name to the Class B homeroom teacher. While waiting for the key card to be made, he unusually put down the mirror in his hand and began to warm up. “Aragaki boy, you’re the leader of Class A, right? Let’s calculate who can grab more base points after the exam.”

“Of course it’s me,” Shun Aragaki nodded. “I have to run across the island three times a day. I’m the only one in the class with that kind of stamina.”

After observing the physical abilities that Koenji displayed during his warm-up, the leader of Class A was certain that, among all first-year students, Koenji's physical fitness was definitely among the top three, if not the second.

It's hard to say who is stronger between him and Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, since they haven't had a formal match.

Turning his attention to Class C, Shun Aragaki asked directly, "Ryuen, who are you planning to appoint as leader? The strongest in Class C should be Albert Yamada, but capturing more strongholds requires more than just physical ability."

The school's supplementary rules emphasized that leaders cannot be replaced without a valid reason.

But for an ordinary person to run across the island 19 times in seven days would be an unimaginable strain on their body, and it would be easy to find a legitimate reason to withdraw from the exam.

With this supplementary rule in place, if classes A, B, and C choose to guess the leader, they will only lose 30 temporary points each due to the change of leader.

Therefore, Shun Aragaki simply used an agreement to prohibit the guessing games between the three classes.

In this situation, it wouldn't be presumptuous for him to directly ask who the leader of Class C was, since they wouldn't be able to hide it after they were going to seize control of the area.

"Hmph! Of course, I'll personally go up and play with you!" Long Yuanxiang sneered, turned around and led the rest of Class C away from Class B's gathering place. "Just wait and see, don't think you can really control everything!"

As he watched the figures of the C-class members disappear, Shun Aragaki narrowed his eyes. His keen intuition, brought by his talent, allowed him to sense a deep malice emanating from them.

It's not exactly dangerous, but like seeing a cockroach in the house, this kind of inexplicable trouble is always unpleasant.

"Heh~ Trying to pull those silly tricks again? You really never learn."

After marveling at Ryuen's indomitable spirit of never giving up despite repeated defeats, Aragaki Shun yawned nonchalantly, then turned and walked back with Kanzaki and Shibata.

Unlike the route they had taken, this time they took a longer route, climbing over several steep slopes, and before them appeared a cave that looked as if it had been carved out of the deep mountain, like the gaping mouth of a monster.

Next to the cave entrance, there were two temporary toilets and a shower room, and a group of Class A students were taking care of various supplies around the area.

"Is this the camp that you had Ichinose and the others occupy ahead of time?" Kanzaki Ryuji carefully examined the cave's surroundings, and after two minutes nodded with great satisfaction. "It's indeed quite good, and the space is spacious enough to accommodate the more than forty members of Class A."

"While on the cruise ship, the school told us to observe the meaningful sights on the island, which was actually to have us scout out suitable locations in advance."

After greeting Ichinose, Chihiro Shiranami, and Hiru Shiina, Shun Aragaki walked over to Chie Hoshinomiya and asked her to take out the key card that had already been made.

"Of the 11 more prominent outposts I saw, this one should be the most suitable location to establish a camp."

“It’s not just because of the cave. I remember there are several other facilities not far away, one is a tower occupying the highest point, and another is a small house directly below the cliff. I need to take over these two strongholds as soon as possible.”

After saying that, he called over a dozen boys and a few girls with good physical fitness, and prepared to go to the tower to occupy the high ground.

That facility was clearly built by the school specifically to overlook the entire island; it must be taken over as soon as possible, as it will be easier to find other hidden strongholds from its elevated position.

"Are you sure there won't be any problems?" Ichinose Honami asked with a worried expression. "You have to run across the island 19 times in seven days, and you also have to be careful of all kinds of difficult terrain. Aragaki-kun, you must be careful to stay safe."

"Don't worry, this situation is nothing to me."

The leader of Class A casually instructed, "Ichinose, you stay here and lead half of the class to build a camp and prepare necessities such as food and water."

"The rest of you will follow me under Kanzaki's leadership. After we capture the tower, I'll need you to search for hidden strongholds throughout the island."

"Oh right, prepare another set of basic supplies worth 100 temporary points. Katsuragi from Class B will bring people over to pick them up later, so just hand them over to them."

Seeing that they understood, the leader of Class A no longer hesitated and immediately took the lead in running towards the tower.

Because the facility was not far from the cave, Shun Aragaki found the corresponding location in just a few minutes by following the scenery he had noted on the cruise ship.

After climbing up the platform that can accommodate four people, they successfully checked in at the outpost. For the next eight hours, the facility would be entirely for use by Class A.

"This is indeed the highest point on the island. Even with forests and other environmental obstructions, you can still observe a lot of information from this vantage point."

Satisfied, Shun Aragaki stood atop the tower and surveyed the island several times. Through this unique perspective, he discovered that he had found two more outposts that he had not discovered before.

"Himeno, your eyesight is better. I'll leave it to you to stay here and observe the surroundings, and instruct Kanzaki and Shibata to find those more hidden strongholds. I still need to go and take over the strongholds that we've already found."

"I understand!" Hime Yuki nodded seriously. When it came to serious matters, the girl's attitude was always trustworthy.

“I think we need to leave someone here to guard this place. This tower is a strategic location to some extent, and we absolutely cannot let Class B or Class C take it away.”

While observing the activity on all sides of the island, Ryuji Kanzaki offered his suggestions.

This deserted island test has been forcibly changed by Shun Aragaki into a base capture battle.

As the driving force behind the plan, Class A is now able to get ahead of their opponents and make some arrangements in advance. For example, Class B and Class C may have just finished making the key cards when they have already occupied the two strongholds of the cave and the tower.

But once all the strongholds are found in the first round, the exam will enter a fierce battle mode, and the tower might be secretly occupied by the leaders of Class B or Class C at any time.

Kanzaki felt this wouldn't work. The importance of this vantage point was obvious, and if possible, it would be best to preserve it until the end of the exam.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to leave people here to guard the area at all times.

"Okay, Kanzaki, make the arrangements. Have people take turns staying behind, with at least three people on each shift so they can look after each other."

To make the tower a useful reconnaissance tool, it is necessary to keep people here at all times to observe the movements around the island.

Moreover, the three strongholds—the cave, the tower, and the hut—are not far apart, so there's no need to worry about anything happening to the people left behind.

"You guys go find the hidden strongholds first. I'll go to the cabin to check in first, and then I'll circle the island to take over all the known strongholds."

"When looking for hidden strongholds, it's best if you form groups of three. Once you find a stronghold, collect the supplies inside first, and then find a relatively conspicuous spot nearby to wait for me to pass by."

After giving the instructions, Shun Aragaki walked alone along the cliff.

Since he observed the cabin directly below the cliff from the cruise ship, there should be a route nearby that allows him to detour down.

Sure enough, after walking about ten meters, Shun Aragaki found a ladder in a hidden corner by instinct.

After grabbing the ladder and trying to pull it hard to make sure it was sturdy enough, the leader of Class A used the ladder to move down the cliff.

After climbing to the end, Shun Aragaki indeed found the small house he had seen on the cruise ship.

If nothing unexpected happens, this is a place that cannot be reached without prior discovery before landing on the island; it was probably specially arranged by the school for staff accommodation.

After all, there are many artificial facilities built by schools on this island. Not to mention anything else, the fruits and vegetables alone cannot be grown in just one or two days.

Therefore, advanced breeding programs definitely require the involvement of professionals.

After swiping the checkpoint device at the entrance of the cabin to confirm his exclusive rights for the next eight hours, Shun Aragaki decisively opened the door and began looting the supplies inside.