I have a life simulator.

"...If Class D helps the Karuizawa group the way they helped Class C, and with the advantage of the 'Chosen One' card, they get first place in the group, and since the Karuizawa group is a mixed group of B and D, the class points they get at the end will be split equally. Tsk, could it be that these two planned this from the beginning?"

Seemingly having heard Katsuragi Kohei's speculations, Hirata Yosuke, standing beside him, nodded in agreement and said with a smile:

"If it's Kitagawa and Karuizawa, then that's certainly possible. I remember Kushida mentioning before that the two of them were very close back in middle school or even earlier. Not only did they work in the same theater troupe, but even though they weren't in the same school, they would still visit each other frequently."

"Kushida? How does she know all this so clearly?"

"Because Kushida and Kitagawa went to the same junior high school, and they were both managers or something in the drama club back then. I remember Kitagawa was the club president... When they first entered school, didn't the girls hold a poll for the most handsome guys in the grade? It seems that Kushida filled out most of Kitagawa's personal information."

"I see."

Looking at the cheerful, sunny boy in front of him who was ranked in the top three on the list, and the number one person not far away who looked like he was thirty-six but was actually sixteen, Katsuragi Kohei sighed and scratched his head. Just as he took Sanada Yasushi's name tag and was about to stick it on for him, a thought suddenly struck him. He remembered that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had just reminded him not long ago that the reason why the mole in Class A betrayed them might be due to his past before entering the school.

Although it was almost a semester late, after Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who had begun to suspect and investigate Kushida Kikyo at the beginning of the semester, Katsuragi Kohei also turned his attention to her. He was determined to ask other students who might know about Kitagawa Ryo, Karuizawa Megumi, and Kushida Kikyo's past in junior high school after this special exam on the deserted island.

"Please have all students who have already put on their name tags double-check, and then quickly gather around me. This project will be conducted simultaneously for both boys and girls."

The female teacher in charge seemed to feel that her voice was too soft, so she picked up a megaphone and pointed to two flat open areas next to him that had been marked out with ribbons that resembled warning lines, which would serve as the confrontation site.

The four boys in the group stood together during the preparation phase. Kohei Katsuragi, Yasushi Sanada, and Yosuke Hirata from Class A, while Ryo Kitagawa from Class D stood alone on one side. However, he did not show any signs of panic. He even glanced at the three from Class A who were rubbing their hands together, and slowly looked at the girls' group.

Compared to the rather meager number of boys, the girls, who numbered nine, occupied almost a third of the entire venue. Although they were still grouped into threes according to their respective groups and factions, the three girls from Class A were quite clear that once the project officially started, they would be facing six people.

"Try your best to score points—if things really get too bad, I'm sorry, but Morishita's name tag might have to be torn off by me or Kamuro."

In the last little while before the project started, Kikyo Kushida quietly encouraged the two people next to her. Although tearing off the name tags of their group members would result in a deduction of points, Morishita Ai and the others were not actually in the same group, so they could take advantage of this loophole. On the one hand, this would at least prevent the two groups from Class D from getting the point, and on the other hand... it would ensure that their Katsuragi group would not be at the bottom, which was another purpose of their plan to bring the Sanada group along.

Of course, Ran Morishita knew that the other party hadn't explicitly stated this intention, but she acted quite nonchalantly. In her view, Class A had already failed, at least in this special exam on the deserted island, and these methods were perhaps more like a desperate struggle of a cornered beast.

After the girls in Class A finished their brief discussion, the teacher in charge blew a whistle to officially start the project, and the competition between the boys' and girls' groups quickly erupted. Everyone rushed towards their chosen opponent without prior agreement.

Although the designated open space was quite large, with enough room to wander around, and it was possible that the time limit could be reached, neither the advantageous nor disadvantaged side had such intentions. After all, although it had gathered the elites of Class A and D and the two groups ranked first and second on the leaderboard, this was ultimately just the first round of the special exam on the eleventh day. Everyone wanted and needed to finish the task quickly in order to conserve more energy to deal with the other tasks that followed.

In fact, at the moment he lunged toward Kitagawa Ryo, who was not far away, Katsuragi Kohei was still a little confident. Although he had an overly mature face and seemed to be pretending to be a high school student, his physique was also developed ahead of his appearance. Even among all the boys in the grade, he was the most muscular, and his visual impact was still quite strong.

It was precisely based on this that Katsuragi Kohei's initial plan was for him to tackle Kitagawa Ryo to the ground first, and then the three of them would work together to tear off the name tag on his back. Even if they couldn't tackle him, they should at least make him lose his balance to some extent. After all, they had the advantage in numbers, and if Kitagawa Ryo showed even the slightest weakness...

Just as Katsuragi Kohei was watching Kitagawa Ryo get closer and closer, and his arms were already poised to push the other man's shoulders, Kitagawa Ryo boldly chose to close in. With a force that Katsuragi Kohei couldn't resist, he pushed the man so hard that he was completely disoriented and staggered backward, almost landing on his backside in a "sand-sand-goose" style landing.

Then, as he was getting up, Katsuragi Kohei witnessed Hirata Yosuke and Sanada Yasuhiro grabbing Kitagawa Ryo's name tag from the left and right rear respectively, only to have their arms grabbed by the other's left and right sides, clamped tightly, and both of them showed expressions of pain on their faces.

Although Hirata Yosuke was the class's top athlete and an undisputed star player in the soccer club he joined, just like boxing and fighting are divided into different weight classes, Katsuragi Kohei knew that in this close-range physical collision, he was actually the main force among the three. Therefore, he immediately got up like a bull and charged towards Kitagawa Ryo, trying to get Hirata Yosuke and the other two out of the predicament.

Kitagawa Ryo was actually quite relaxed. Although he couldn't shout things like "Deep Blue, add points!", with the combined support of numerous high-level gold and purple talents, even Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who had trained in the white gym for over a decade, was slightly inferior to him in terms of physical fitness. Naturally, dealing with Katsuragi Kohei and the other two was no problem at all.

Seeing Katsuragi Kohei charging towards him again, Kitagawa Ryo casually tossed Sanada Kohei and Hirata Yosuke forward, swiftly tearing off their name tags from the backs and tossing them into the air before calmly bracing himself against Katsuragi Kohei's arms once more for a head-on physical confrontation. He quickly pushed the panting opponent to the edge of the arena.

At this point, Katsuragi Kohei finally understood the gap between them in physical fitness, strength, and agility. Although he still had the trick of lying on the ground to put up a last-ditch effort, which he had learned from variety shows, he sighed after considering that doing so might not win but would definitely be very embarrassing. He loosened his grip and let Kitagawa Ryo tear off the name tag from his back.

"The boys' group has ended. Kitagawa's group has 3 points, while Katsuragi's group and Sanada's group have 0 points."

Seeing Kitagawa Ryo solve the three-person problem quite easily, the female teacher in charge stared in surprise, but still diligently performed her duties and announced the final scores of the boys' group.

Just as the teacher in charge announced the results for the boys' group, the girls' group had already entered the second stage. With Katsuragi Yasuhiro's expression ashen, Kushida Kikyo, Kamuro Masumi, and Morishita Ai from Class A were all eliminated.

If Kitagawa Ryo's easy victory against three opponents before the match had a bit of suspense and excitement, the outcome for the girls' team was already decided from the moment the whistle blew.

In fact, the moment she saw Amazawa Ichika rushing towards her, Kushida Kikyo was already showing signs of PTSD from that night. In a moment of brain overload, she subconsciously reached out and tore off the name tag of Morishita Ai, who had just faced off against Amazawa Ichika.

Morishita Ai herself hadn't expected this. After all, with Sakayanagi Arisu standing still and showing her hand, the weakest among the opponents was clearly this short, reckless, and somewhat out-of-touch Amasawa. She was thinking of calling on Kamuro Masumi and Kushida Kikyo to take down this student who seemed to have too much of an advantage and was starting to give away points. But instead, her name tag was cleanly torn off by Kushida herself.

...Although I knew this scenario would occur, isn't it a bit too early?

No, the French newspapers didn't start reporting "His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is about to return to his loyal Paris" on the first day!

Aside from the speechless Morishita Ai, Kamuro Masumi was also a bit caught off guard. However, the next second she was sandwiched between Sakura Airi and Ichinose Honami, and before she could even speak, she was caught in a fierce battle against two opponents.

Finally, it was Karuizawa Megumi and Horikita Suzune who came to Kushida Kikyo's front. In a sense, the three of them had known each other since junior high school. However, the atmosphere of their meeting was not like that of old friends reuniting. There was not a single word of greeting. As if they were in a hurry, the two of them attacked at the same time, one on the left and one on the right.

As it turns out, not everyone can handle multiple opponents at the same time as easily as Kitagawa Ryo. Moreover, although Kushida Kikyo's strength is considered excellent among girls, Horikita Suzune and Karuizawa Megumi, who were competing against her, were equally formidable. After two rounds, they seized her weakness and tore off her name tag at an opening.

Then, the two of them turned around gracefully and went to surround the already struggling Kamuro Masumi, leaving only two backs and their name tags in Kushida Kikyo's sight.

Horikita Suzune's Chinese characters are neat and beautiful, giving people a dignified temperament that reflects her personality. Karuizawa Megumi's Romanized characters immediately catch the eye with the capital K, as if it is echoing the K behind Kitagawa Ryo, who also quickly finished the competition.

Before long, even Kamuro Masumi, whose two fists could not defeat at least four hands, was defeated. Although the first and second place had not yet been officially determined, the Katsuragi team and the Sanada team had already locked in the third and fourth place.

Having no intention of staying to finish reviewing the entire topic, Katsuragi Kohei quickly composed himself after all the members of Class A were eliminated. He comforted Morishita Ai, who had voluntarily withdrawn from the exam, and then walked over to Kushida Kikyo.

"Let's go, we need to take advantage of this time to leave as soon as possible and get rid of them to move on to the next project."

"……Um."

Noticing the complex look and expression on Kikyo Kushida's face as she looked towards Class D, Kohei Katsuragi's thoughts stirred slightly, but he didn't ask any questions. He quickly led his group members and Yasushi Sanada away from there.

Suddenly realizing he was the only boy left on the field, Kitagawa Ryo borrowed a chair from the female teacher in charge of the project and leisurely moved it to the vicinity of the girls' area. Looking at the two groups of girls who had just been working side-by-side but were now standing in separate groups, he cleared his throat:

"Um, friendship comes first, competition..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Ichinose Honami rushing forward towards someone.

The target was probably Karuizawa Kei, or perhaps just an illusion, like the Ship of Theseus in the story, a phantom of the past.

Kitagawa Ryo stopped speaking and quietly looked at the two people in the arena.

This will be an important step for them to move towards the future.

Chapter 231: Then this one is mine.

For Kitagawa Ryo, the relationship between Ichinose Honami and Karuizawa Megumi is like the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, which still has no fixed solution today. The information gap between the three of them meant from the beginning that no one could truly empathize with the others.

In a sense, this was actually the consequence of Kitagawa Ryo's own choice. The turning point in Ichinose Honami's mental state was actually before this summer vacation, after he finished the simulation chapter for all the participants. He announced everything to all four parties involved using a theory that was almost like a parallel world, proving that the emotions that sprouted and accumulated in their memories and manifested in reality were not fake. But it was precisely this statement that indirectly destroyed Ichinose Honami's self-comfort over the years, as if he were pronouncing to her the truth that 'you once killed me'.

But in reality, everything Kitagawa Ryo experienced in his simulation with Honami was distorted, distorted in a physical sense. After all, compared to Karuizawa Megumi and others later on, he was really just reading a line of text like, "The Fourteenth Day: On the night of the fireworks festival, you blocked Ichinose Honami's blade from stabbing Karuizawa Megumi. Under the grief and shock of the two of them, you died." His sense of immersion on various levels was quite weak.

As for Karuizawa Kei, it goes without saying that she and Honami, who had transformed into parasites in the second simulation, are now completely different people except for their names and appearances. In fact, she only has memories of her own simulation chapters from beginning to end. It would be more accurate to say that she is the one who is completely unaware of the situation but has been dragged into this vortex.

That's why it's said that this is a completely unsolved case caused by a lack of information. Whenever Kitagawa Ryo thinks about this matter with a bit of a sore throat, he always feels that the blame should be placed on Hotaru's head, which is practically a way of framing his brother.

Of course, after spending the last few days on the deserted island having a frank discussion with Ichinose Honami about his thoughts and feelings, Kitagawa Ryo was also willing to believe that Honami could pull herself out of this predicament, and this "name tag ripping" project might be a very suitable opportunity.

He then borrowed two empty plastic bottles, originally used for drinking water, from the female teacher in charge of the project. Kitagawa Ryo held them in his left and right hands, striking a pose as if he were a fan cheering for his idol. He cheerfully encouraged all the girls in the room, and began to dance around without any manners, which made the teachers nearby look at him with some disapproval.

"Hui! It's crucial to keep your lower body stable!"

"Fanbo—cut her down the middle lane, down the middle lane!"

He was still trying to create a certain atmosphere, hoping to convey some message to Honami Ichinose:

This is an ordinary world where she lives, where she neither steals nor kills. Everything is like the earth after a night of snowfall, where everything can still be arranged and planned freely. There are surging memories, but no definite scars that constantly remind them of their past... Their lives have been restarted for a long time, and it's time to give themselves back to themselves.

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Although neither Kitagawa Ryo nor Ichinose Honami ever explicitly told her, Karuizawa Megumi was still able to easily deduce the cause and effect of the incident. After all, she had also experienced the simulation. In her view, it was nothing more than her playing the role of Shiina Hiyori or Horikita Suzune in Ichinose Honami's exclusive memories.

However, on the other hand, Karuizawa Megumi herself was a little curious about what she had done to Ichinose Honami. After all, she didn't feel anything special when she saw Horikita Suzune and Shiina Hiyori, who had become couples with Kitagawa Ryo in their two memories. In fact, she had a pretty good relationship with the latter and they were true best friends.

However, it wouldn't be accurate to say that her relationship with Ichinose Honami was particularly bad, or that Ichinose Honami's subtle hostility towards her made Karuizawa Kei quite unhappy. After all, she could also sense that compared to feelings for her as a specific individual, the other person seemed to be simply concerned with some intangible concept, and her anxious and insecure demeanor sometimes reminded Karuizawa Kei of the days immediately after her rebirth.

Add to that the obvious encouragement from someone nearby, practically screaming "Heh heh, I'll seduce all the girls here!", and the two of them, though charging at each other with fierce intensity, weren't actually as hostile as outsiders perceived. Once they got to each other, all other thoughts vanished; their minds were completely focused on the name tag on the other's back, desperately trying to tear it off.

Suddenly, Ichinose Honami seized an opening and swiftly reached her right hand past Karuizawa Kei's neck toward the name tag. However, Karuizawa Kei reacted just as quickly, turning around to deflect the attack, leaving Ichinose's fingertips brushing past the capital letter K.

"Tsk."

Seemingly regretting not seizing the opportunity, Ichinose Honami lightly smacked her lips, adjusted her breathing and pace slightly, and then launched another attack, using her height and size advantage to regain control of the situation.

Unlike the well-proportioned figures of Karuizawa Megumi and Horikita Suzune, Ichinose Honami, despite not coming from a particularly wealthy family, developed exceptionally early and held an absolute advantage in height and other aspects. As time went on, the scales of victory gradually tipped in her favor.

Meanwhile, right next to the two who were so engrossed in their passionate lovemaking that they were about to roll around on the ground together, Horikita Suzune and Sakayanagi Arisu found themselves in an awkward predicament.

Although a plan similar to Tian Ji's horse racing strategy was devised from the beginning, when the actual competition started, Sakayanagi Arisu belatedly realized that she and Horikita Suzune had made a mistake in their selection of the top horses for the Karuizawa team.

It's actually another information gap issue. She did see and know about Amasawa Ichika, a graduate of the fifth class of the White Room, in the simulation, but Horikita Suzune didn't. She neither knew the value of being from the White Gym nor had she personally witnessed the spectacular scene of Amasawa Ichika chasing and smashing three groups of Class A in the team dodgeball event.

Therefore, from Horikita Suzune's perspective, no matter how you look at it, Sakura Airi next to her is more threatening, after all, Ichinose Honami, who has the same figure as her, is still suppressing Karuizawa Megumi and attacking her.

"Just hold Airi back, I'll come help you as soon as I've dealt with Amasawa."

Seeing Horikita Suzune confidently make her judgment and face Amasawa Ichika, Sakayanagi Arisu could only force a smile and brace herself to face Sakura Airi beside her.

If Karuizawa Megumi next to her was at least well-proportioned, then Sakayanagi Arisu was attacking with a childlike (crossed out) and slender figure. It even felt like she wasn't just fighting against two hands, as all sorts of exaggerated parts of her body seemed to be pressing in from all directions as if to assert her presence.

Good news: I didn't run into Tianze Yixia.

The bad news: the situation isn't much better.

"I'm sorry—Arisu was really unlucky this time, drawing this topic."

After Sakura Airi apologized and gently and easily tore off her name tag, Sakayanagi Arisu simply lay down on the spot as if she had no will to live. She then took the name tag with her name on it that the other person handed her and covered her face with it, as if she didn't want to face this cruel world where everyone seemed to be far below the average level of high school students.

Meanwhile, Horikita Suzune, who was confident in her attack, was also somewhat surprised to find that Amasawa Ichika was not an easy target. The other girl's stamina was so high that it was hard to believe she was a first-year high school student who had been fighting on a deserted island for more than ten days. Not only did she effortlessly circle around her, but she also occasionally moved closer to Kitagawa Ryo, who was standing outside the warning line, and gave this one-of-a-kind fan a wink or something like that, just like an idol on stage. Finally, she rubbed her legs and said with a grin, "I can't run anymore," as if she had deliberately let her win and had her name tag torn off.

Since the score was temporarily tied at one to one, Horikita Suzune and Sakura Airi had no intention of playing another match. Instead, they both turned their attention to Karuizawa Megumi and Ichinose Honami, who were still locked in a close battle, intending to use the outcome of their match to conclude the two matches.

As the most serious pair among the three opponents, Honami Ichinose and Megumi Karuizawa had their name tags torn in half by each other, hanging precariously on their backs. Neither of them intended to conserve their energy, gritting their teeth and struggling against each other. Although it was still morning, their foreheads were already covered with a fine layer of sweat, and their faces were somewhat grayish due to the dust that had been kicked up.

Honami Ichinose pressed her arm down on Karuizawa Megumi's shoulder and reached out towards the name tag on the other's back again. The tips of her middle and index fingers brushed against the capital K once more. She was also the one who understood Karuizawa Megumi's thoughts the moment she saw the name tag.

You could even say that she herself was someone who watched as the K&K couple-like name emerged and rose to prominence.

If we take the present time as the starting point, this is also a thing of the past, in a sense just like those past events from even further back that only exist in her memory. But this past is clearly reflected in the present, becoming another period of time that Ichinose Honami feels a little regretful about.

The best time to plant a tree was either ten years ago or now.

When Ichinose Honami saw that the seeds planted by Karuizawa Megumi in the past, who was in a similar situation to hers, had blossomed into sweet fruit in the present, she felt this more deeply. It was something that she had missed and ignored for a long time after her rebirth.

At that time, she didn't need to be on high alert and only think about avoiding her own theft or even murder in the timeline. She could have used that extra time to freely weave and construct new memories with Kitagawa Ryo that were different from the simulation, memories that would make them smile knowingly even in the future or in the present moment.

Just like the umbrella that Kitagawa Ryo once gave her in the simulation, which was large enough to accommodate two people and had "I & K" engraved on the handle. But after being reborn, she only copied this detail on her own umbrella as if deceiving herself, and never thought of giving Kitagawa Ryo such an umbrella.

But it's not too late now.

Sensing everything Kitagawa Ryo wanted to convey to her from the sidelines, Ichinose Honami smiled with pursed lips. Her two trembling fingertips finally managed to firmly grasp a corner of Karuizawa Megumi's name tag, and with a little force, she completely tore it off, even though it was already on the verge of falling off.

"Phew, I'm exhausted."

Although she lost the match against Honami Ichinose, Kei Karuizawa did not show any resentment. Instead, she sat down on the ground with a sense of relief, panting heavily.

“Impressive—in this aspect, I can’t compare to Fanbo.”

After calming her breathing, Karuizawa Kei gave Ichinose Honami a thumbs-up in a very casual manner. Honami smiled and reached out to help her up.

"If it's two to one... then your group wins."

Karuizawa Kei nodded. As soon as she said that, Sakura Airi turned her back to Horikita Suzune next to her and let her tear off the name tag on her back, thus ending the name tag ripping game.

"Hey, what are you saying? I even got three points from the boys' team, so by any measure, our team won, okay?"

Feeling ignored, Kitagawa Ryo immediately raised his hand in protest. The teacher in charge beside him, as if she had just watched a dramatic emotional scene, paused for a moment before beating around the bush and announcing the final result:

"The girls' group has finished. Kitagawa's team scored 3 points (1 point for tearing off Kikyo Kushida's name), and Karuizawa's team scored 2 points (1 point for tearing off Masumi Kamuro's name)."

"Total scores: Kitagawa Group has a total of 6 points, ranking first; Karuizawa Group has a total of 2 points, ranking second; Katsuragi Group has a total of 1 point, ranking third; Sanada Group has a total of 0 points, ranking fourth."

"Please have a representative from each group come over to collect the points rewards for the top two teams."

Although the Karuizawa team only came in second place, with the blessing of the Chosen Card, the original reward of 2,000 points was turned into 3,000 points and added to the team's score. This allowed the Karuizawa team to surpass the Katsuragi team, which did not receive any points because it came in third place, and take the first place in the team rankings.

"Finally, we're in first place! But we're only a thousand points behind Katsuragi and the others. Hui, you guys need to work harder in the future..."

After collecting his group's 2,500 points and casually taking Sakura Airi's name tag, Kitagawa Ryo was about to congratulate Karuizawa Megumi with a smile when he suddenly felt a strange touch on his back. With a crisp 'swish', Ichinose Honami was already in front of him, casually waving the name tag she had just torn off Kitagawa Ryo's back and winking playfully at him:

“Then this Kitakawa Ryo… is mine.”

Chapter 232: The Final Project Begins (4k6)

After successfully completing the "name tag ripping" challenge, Kitagawa's team and Karuizawa's team parted ways again. After all, both teams strive to be number one in every challenge, and it was enough for them to occasionally team up for a challenge for fun due to personal reasons.

Anyway, there are only a few days left until the special exam on the deserted island. After the exam, there will be plenty of time to get together properly when we return to the cruise ship. After all, according to the class teacher, because the special exam on the deserted island was changed from one week to two weeks, the special exam that was originally scheduled to be held on the cruise ship has been cancelled. Students can enjoy the rest of their vacation freely on the school's luxury cruise ship. It can be considered a promise made to the students who are still fighting on the deserted island.

It has to be said that the Karuizawa group's success in taking the top spot in the group rankings was quite a sensation. As the Kitagawa group progressed, they could hear enthusiastic discussions from students in other classes as they passed by. After all, compared to their group, which had briefly held the top spot at the beginning of the exam, the Katsuragi group, the strongest in Class A, had maintained the top spot for ten days. Their sudden drop to second place was naturally quite eye-catching.

Of course, this was undoubtedly a morale-boosting piece of good news for classes B and D. After all, if their mixed group remained in first place until the end of the exam, both classes would share the 300 class points as a bonus. More importantly, this also meant that class A had suffered a double defeat in both group and class rankings. With the difference in class points between classes A and B now less than 100 points, class promotion seemed to be just around the corner.

In this urgent situation, the remaining students of Class A also unleashed amazing energy. After reaching another partial exchange with Kohei Katsuragi, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji finally took the initiative and eliminated the entire Kanzaki group of Class B by fighting two opponents in two consecutive projects. Before the final round of projects on the eleventh day of the special exam, he not only reduced the number of Class B students on the deserted island to only six, but also managed to lead Class A to overtake them in the class rankings once again, turning the tide of the battle once more.

In this situation, class ranking is the most crucial factor for both Class A and Class B, since there is a difference of 200 class points between first and second place. Yes, I will give you first place in my group, but your mixed group from Class B will only get 150 points at most. In fact, it is not even as good as the 200 class points reward for second place in the Katsuragi group.

Just as the students in Class A breathed a sigh of relief, Katsuragi's group seemed to be in a complete slump, falling one place again and being overtaken by Shiina Hiyori's group, who had been racking up points all day, to third place.

The reason is quite simple: after hiding from the Kitagawa group all day, the Katsuragi group was caught again in the last round of the day's challenge. This time, the Sudo group, which happened to be active nearby, joined the Kitagawa group in attacking them. In the end, they were also defeated in a sorry state in the challenge called "rope skipping problem".

The content of this task is quite simple. Each participating group selects two groups of students: a "rope skipping" group and a "problem-solving" group. The problem-solving group students need to solve as many arithmetic problems on the test paper as possible while the rope skipping group students jump rope at least 150 times per minute. The problem-solving time ends when the rope skipping group students make a mistake, fail to meet the frequency requirement, or all of them stop jumping due to exhaustion. Finally, the ranking is based on the number of questions solved correctly.

Although individual groups can jump rope first and then use their jump results as the time limit to solve the problem, it seems to be a topic where groups with more people have a greater advantage, just like the name tag ripping problem this morning.

Kitagawa's team and Sudo's team had completely opposite solutions to this problem. Kitagawa Ryo jumped rope alone while the three girls worked together, while Sudo Ken, Yamada Albert, and Miyake Akito took turns jumping rope, leaving Yukimura Teruhiko to work alone. Both teams performed well, forcing Katsuragi Kohei's team to abandon Sanada Yasushi and suffer the defeat of third place.