Real teaching, but diary flow

As for the latter...

This is the advantage I want to offer the archangels.

I'm announcing this in advance: I will have the archangel send out the most powerful gym graduate in the class, so that he can openly and swiftly take over the vast majority of strongholds as a leader.

If you can, try to stop him.

......

'Information that can be disclosed at this stage'

Katsuragi Kohei doesn't have a nickname. If you really have to call him Baldy, that's fine, because he really is bald.

I originally wanted to reveal Miss NPC's real name, but after thinking about it, I decided to postpone the reveal of my favorite Miss NPC's real name a little bit. Consider it my personal whim.

That being said, there's really nothing about Katsuragi that's worth publicly revealing.

He is a high school student, but suffers from a rather rare condition called 'alopecia', so his shaved head was not voluntary. Please do not laugh at him.

However, upon closer inspection, aside from being bald, this guy surprisingly fits the protagonist mold.

Both parents are deceased, and there is a younger sister, who is a twin sister.

He served as student council president in both elementary and junior high school, boasting an impressive resume.

If it weren't for this terrible advanced training program, she would truly be the epitome of a happy future.

Calm and cautious, a complete conservative, with no major flaws in ability, a perfect representative of Class A.

The only problem is that while his abilities are excellent, they are not outstanding, and he cannot be compared with geniuses of a higher level.

Therefore, his caution and conservatism could not hold onto the existing city, and he could only retreat step by step.

In this respect, it's quite a pity.

It can only be said that the only thing missing in his life is a cheat code.

But there's nothing we can do; he's bald and not a pretty girl.

In this highly developed environment, men who aren't beautiful girls are all severely humiliated! (Not really)

"..."

Horikita Suzune remained silent, carefully reading through today's diary entry word by word.

Then, she finally understood something.

—Class D is not expected by anyone.

Even with Horikita Suzune there.

Each of the other classes had its own tactics, and regardless of success or failure, the competition seemed quite fierce. Ryuen from Class C demonstrated his amazing courage and unique thinking, Katsuragi from Class B was praised as the perfect representative of Class A, and Ichinose, although criticized for doing something uninteresting, must have completed the special exam on the deserted island in a sufficiently positive manner.

The only class that was casually mentioned and ignored with a laugh was Class D.

...She could easily imagine what Class D would be like during the exam on the deserted island.

That's right, Class D will never focus its energy on exams. For Class D, what matters more than competing with other classes is the 'internal strife' within the class.

The hardships of surviving on a deserted island versus the future life with an extra 300 class points is clearly not a choice that can be easily weighed on a scale.

Different people have vastly different levels of tolerance for wilderness life, a conclusion she reached after watching a large number of wilderness survival videos during this period.

...Perhaps in the end, we may really have no choice but to spend a lot of points to improve the conditions.

After all, she could only carry a little over 10,000 yen worth of supplies, which was not enough to take care of the entire class.

As for persuading others to prepare survival supplies together...

That's enough. Haven't you forgotten the lessons of the past?

Rather than having her try to persuade the students in Class D, it would be better to just kill her.

“Phew…” So, Horikita Suzune let out a long breath and, before picking up her pen to write today’s notes, looked up at Kushida Kikyo in front of her.

She wanted to hear what Kikyo Kushida had to say.

Although the notebook itself was started because of Kikyo Kushida, its purpose was not to give it to her to read. With her right in front of her and reading it together, she shouldn't need to take any more notes.

But perhaps because this has gradually become a habit, and writing down her thoughts helps her better look back on what she thought when she reads her diary at the time, Horikita Suzune has no intention of giving up recording.

However, before putting pen to paper, listening to Ms. Kushida's opinion would obviously be more helpful for the thinking process.

...Come to think of it, it seems like it's been a long time since she's heard Kikyo Kushida offer any opinions on the diary.

They had seemed to share a similar sense of camaraderie with me before.

But now... it's like he's come out of it.

I'm quite envious.

"Have you finished watching?" Horikita Suzune's voice came the moment Kushida Kikyo looked up.

Closing the diary and tossing it aside, Kikyo Kushida nodded slightly.

"Ah."

She finished reading it.

Today's diary entries are numerous and contain a lot of information.

But to be honest, the only thing that caught her attention for a long time, and that made her finish reading the diary a little later than Horikita Suzune, instead of just glancing at it, was a single sentence.

'I will have the archangel send the strongest gym graduate in the class.'

Who?

Subconsciously, Kikyo Kushida's gaze paused at that moment.

Then, the thinking process naturally began.

The only student in Ichinose class who could be called a sports student was Shibata Hayate from the soccer club.

Logically, the thinking should stop here.

But for no apparent reason, she sensed something unusual during this subconscious thought.

Who says a gym graduate is some kind of sports student?

Why is Shibata Hayate considered the 'strongest'?

The answer born from the question is another person's name.

Asakusa Toru.

She had only recently truly experienced the sheer power of his monstrous, seemingly endless stamina—a power she could only acknowledge in this one person.

After a moment of silence, facing Horikita Suzune's hopeful gaze, Kushida Kikyo said softly, "How about we just throw it?"

"Just like he said before, we should find a way to step forward and get together with the leaders of the other classes in advance to sign a peace treaty and securely divide up the points we can get for capturing strongholds."

"That way it will look more presentable."

Yes, just respectable.

"...That's not what I wanted to ask." Horikita Suzune pursed her lips and revealed her thoughts: "I was wondering if we could... perhaps borrow Ryuen's plan a little bit?"

This is what Horikita Suzune really wanted to ask.

Although it was a plan clearly written in the diary, and although it seemed like a plan that didn't really succeed.

But it is also the only plan in the diary that is described as 'presentable'.

So, after thinking about it for a long time, Horikita Suzune came to this answer.

—How about we copy it over?

Anyway, even if I don't copy it, Ryuen will use it, right? Even if I don't copy it, Sakayanagi Arisu will copy it, right?

Borrowing the wisdom of others is not something that is unacceptable.

Dragon Garden's plan can actually resolve the biggest conflict in Class D.

That is, the expectation of future visible benefits and the resistance to existing suffering.

Is it not exactly what Class D needs most that they can gain benefits and satisfy their needs without suffering?

They don't care about class points anyway; in fact, what they really want is for the class points to never exceed 300.

The only problem is that it borrowed someone else's plan and plagiarized their work.

Can this achievement still be considered one's own?

"...No, forget I said anything." Having realized this, Horikita Suzune suddenly denied what she had said.

She needed to produce something that would make her brother proud, or at least demonstrate her abilities in the special exam.

However, it cannot be obtained by copying someone else's plan.

"That's enough for today." So, she took a deep breath and stood up. "Would you like me to see you off?"

Horikita Suzune intends to think independently.

“No need.” Kikyo Kushida shook her head and walked back to the door.

Before leaving, she paused, turned back, and left her with a word of advice: "You should really think about what you want to do."

"You're... contradicting yourself now."

As a friend, she would still offer this level of reminder.

I don't mind the trouble.

"..."

"Click." The door closed, and he was alone in the room again.

Horikita Suzune fell silent.

Am I contradicting myself?

...Perhaps.

But that doesn't matter.

The important thing now is to buy everything you need for tomorrow before the stores close.

That was precisely why she borrowed the money.

I'll add the notes later.

Picking up her bag, Horikita Suzune left the dormitory.

......

Class C for one year.

"Hey, Shiina."

The commotion gradually subsided, the moving activity slowed down slightly, and Long Yuanxiang raised his head and called over the class's strategist.

"That's about it. Come over and help me check if anything is missing."

The boxes that Albert Yamada, Daichi Ishizaki, and the others were painstakingly moving and arranging contained various supplies for surviving on a deserted island.

That's right, Long Yuanxiang also prepared supplies.

What made Ms. Hiyori sigh was that he had spent tens of thousands of yen to bring over these boxes of supplies.

"...Aren't you worried that the school won't allow you to bring personal belongings?" Shiina Hiyori sighed softly and asked.

It was also her fault, after all, she couldn't just openly tell Long Yuanxiang the rules of the special exam, so she still wanted to keep it a secret for the time being.

By taking advantage of the actions of other classes and the 'island vacation' talk that the class teacher had mentioned before the previous exam, Long Yuan was reminded that this was the next special exam and that was the limit of what she could do. It would be too arrogant to announce the rules.

...unless someone else does it first.

Hiyori Shiina had been waiting for Arisu Sakayanagi to reveal the exam rules so that she could elaborate on the original text and add other information from the diary.

But for some reason, Sakayanagi Arisu, who usually loves to jump around, was well-behaved this time.

So she could only watch helplessly as Long Yuanxiang bought those boxes of supplies.

Fortunately, there weren't many items, and Long Yuanxiang had taken her concerns into consideration.

"As long as we don't get caught, it's fine." Long Yuanxiang sneered and said, "As long as the school doesn't search us, I can always find a way to get people to bring our things to the island in small pieces. Being able to gain an advantage in the exam is a worthwhile trade."

"If it's allowed to be brought in, wouldn't it be a waste of Sakagami's hint if we didn't make adequate preparations?"