On the fifth day of living on a deserted island, I had the best dream of being pampered by Hiyori, but then I woke up because it felt noisy, but everyone around me was asleep.
From this, I assume that the girls are making a fuss, so I leave the tent in frustration.
At the same time, the girls are approaching me. Most of the girls are hostile towards me, but what did I do?
As I was looking at the questions, Shinohara, who was standing in the lead, spoke to me.
"Hikigaya. Wake up all the boys."
"Huh? What's this all of a sudden? It's still early, so why don't you let them sleep?"
There are some people who work hard until late at night, so it's probably not good to wake them up unless it's something really important.
That's what I thought...
"Wake them up."
Shinohara dismisses my opinion. I guess there was a lot more to it than that.
"(As expected, it seems impossible to refuse)...wait a moment."
While saying this, I went inside the tent again and started waking up the boys.
5 minutes later…
"Is this everyone?"
"So? Tell me the reason why my best dream of being pampered by Hiyori was destroyed by the commotion."
I woke everyone up, and I replied, feeling quite irritated. Just when I thought I'd be able to enjoy Hiyori's knee pillow, the noise started, and I was so shocked as I realized it was just a dream.
"You're an idiot. Don't get all angry over something so trivial."
"Ah? Aren't you an idiot? I'm better than Shinohara, who was at the lower level of my class and caused a lot of noise during class, contributing to lowering my class points."
"What? Are you picking a fight?!"
"Unfortunately, I have no intention of picking a fight with someone who doesn't have many points. There's no benefit in the slightest!"
In that respect, Totsuka from A class is the best customer. Thanks to him, I got 2.4 million class points and was able to sign a contract that would allow me to receive 160,000 private points every month until I graduate.
"Both of you, calm down! That's it, Shinohara-san. Could you please explain to me why you woke everyone up?"
Hirata intervenes. With that, I decide that any further argument is pointless and shut up.
Then Shinohara opens her ugly mouth.
"This morning, Karuizawa's underwear was missing. Do you know what this means?'' she says. Looking around, it seems that some girls, including Karuizawa, are missing...
(I guess Karuizawa wasn't careful with her belongings, right? Don't let something like that happen to you.)
If this were Hiyori or Arisu, I would be desperate to find the culprit and force them into expulsion, but since Karuizawa is not an important person to me, I really don't care.
"Karuizawa-san, she's crying in the tent right now. Kushida-san and the others are comforting her, but..."
"What? Why are you staring at us because she lost her underwear?"
"Isn't that obvious? Someone in here went through her bag in the middle of the night and stole it. It was left outside, so if they wanted to steal it, they could have stolen it!"
The boys become agitated by these words and start fighting with the girls, but deep down they don't care.
Can't it end soon?
That's when I thought about it.
"Is Hikigaya there? I need to talk to you."
Kamuro arrives at the very edge of the boundary between the spot and the outside.
The class calmed down at the sight of this unexpected person.
"What do you want? I'm getting into a lot of trouble right now, so could you please leave me behind?"
"Then I'll wait until it's over. But what happened?"
"A girl in my class lost her underwear and was about to be falsely accused."
To me, who isn't involved, it's a nice nuisance.
"There's no way it was a false accusation! No matter how you look at it, the boy must have stolen it!"
"What kind of sense is that? Where is the proof that boys stole it? Besides what about that girl over there? Isn't she from Class C?" Kamuro was confused by the stupidity of Shinohara.
"There's no way a girl would do something like that. All the boy's baggage should be inspected!"
Shinohara's words cause the boys to make a fuss.
'Now I understand, why they're called defective products? No wonder this girl is in Class D' Kamuro-san thought maliciously in her mind.
"Huh? Don't be silly."
"Why do we have to do that?"
"In the first place, Karuizawa just lost it, right?"
The girls also get excited by the boys' words. Hirata tried to stop it, but he was met with nothing.
It's really a hassle...
I sigh as I return to the tent, grab my bag, and throw it in front of Shinohara.
"If that clears your suspicions, then check it out. I don't mind a body check, so do it quickly. It's bad to keep Kamuro waiting."
"What? Is it more important to spend time with girls from other classes at times like this?"
"At least it's more important than wasting time on Karuizawa. Instead, hurry up and get your check done."
Basically, I have no intention of interfering with things that don't matter.
Therefore, I don't really care whether Karuizawa has her underwear stolen or is raped.
Kamuro, on the other hand, is a relatively important person, so it would be obvious which one to prioritize.
"Huh... Hirata-kun. Body check, please."
Shinohara glares at me, then asks Hirata. Since the girls don't object to that, they seem to think that Hirata is not the culprit.
"Okay. Hikigaya-kun, is that okay too?"
"No problem. Do whatever you like."
When I answered that easily, Hirata checked my body, focusing on my jersey pocket, and several of the girls checked my bag.
"Yeah. Nothing special about this one. What about that one?"
When Hirata says that and looks at the girl, she takes out everything in my bag and begins to thoroughly examine it.
I unfolded my spare jersey and checked its pockets.
I don't care, but isn't it as strict as customs inspection? I've never been on a plane, so I can't say anything about it.
After about 3 minutes, the girl who inspected my bag shook her head.
"No."
"Of course. I didn't steal Karuizawa's underwear. Now that I've proven my innocence, I'll go to Kamuro. After that, I'll search for the spot."
While saying this, I grabbed my luggage and headed towards Kamuro.
If you leave your luggage there, there's a chance that underwear thieves who might be among the boys could steal my underwear too.
A girl is screaming from behind me, but I don't know. I know I'm innocent, so there's no point in being here.
It would be more meaningful to talk to Kamuro and search for spots.
"Thank you for waiting for me, Kamuro. Let's go"
"Is that okay?"
"I'm not the culprit. It's more important to talk to you."
I don't know what happened with Kamuro on the first day, but if she talks to me from the other side, I'm going to listen.
"So? Why are you here?"
When I asked that, Kamuro played with her hair and turned away, opening her mouth.
"I have free time today, so I just thought I'd ask you to join me to kill time. Well, you got into trouble, so I won't force you on me."
"I don't really care. Where are you going?"
Even if you stay here, you'll only get bored and irritated by witnessing the ugly conflicts.
"...Huh?"
"If you want to go, I'll go right away."
"...thank you"
After saying that, Kamuro turned away and started walking, so I followed.
"What is he doing? Are you kidding about taking a walk in this situation?!"
When Hachiman leaves the base camp with Masumi, Shinohara yells, and some of the girls agree.
Some of the girls look horrified.
"Well, just calm down. Hikigaya-kun is actually innocent."
"That's not the problem! What's wrong is that you think you can do anything because you're innocent!"
"Isn't it a big deal? As long as he's not the culprit, there's no problem, and it's important to search the spot."
"I see. To begin with, isn't Shinohara just being a bitch even though she's not really doing anything?"
"I agree. Hikigaya, on the other hand, is free-spirited, but thanks to his connections, he has been able to obtain information on A-class, and is steadily occupying spots. His strategy to keep the leader from being discovered is also brilliant and contributes. In terms of performance, it is top class in the class."
"What?! are you calling me an idiot?!"
"Then let me ask you, did you do anything well in this exam?"
"Uh, boys are so annoying! They have a habit of being an underwear thief!"
After Hachiman left, the commotion grew even louder.
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I leave the forest with Kamuro and walk along the coast. There was a lot of time without speaking to each other, but strangely it didn't become an awkward moment.
Eventually, we arrive at the starting point, the sandy beach where the teacher has announced that a special exam will be held. There is a luxury passenger ship waiting in the sea, and most of the retired Koenji and Hiyori and other C-class students are probably on board there.
Living a poor life on a deserted island, I may feel like a sinner in hell dreaming of heaven.
"...Meet Hiyori over there..."
I couldn't help but whisper that. I never thought I would be this lonely.
"You really care about Shiina, don't you?"
Kamuro has a cool expression on her face as usual, and says this while glancing at me.
"I won't deny it."
"…So, if you compare Sakayanagi and Shiina, which one is more important?"
Arisu and Hiyori... Honestly, this is a pretty difficult question. I met both of them on the first day of school, and although I was a bit swayed by them, it was kind of fun, and even though they knew about my past, they still treated me the same way.
From my point of view, that makes me very happy, and the two of them are irreplaceable.
"Ah, you don't have to answer after all. Being at a loss for answers is just as important, isn't it?"
"I agree with that understanding."
"Yes...by the way, what about me?"
Kamuro asks such a question while playing with her hair.
It was completely unexpected that Kamuro would ask such a question, so I was troubled for a moment, but...
"Recently, I've started to feel comfortable spending time with you."
At least for me, it's half a step behind Arisu and Hiyori, but she's still an important person.
"…Hmm."
Then, Kamuro suddenly joins their hands, looking away in a daze.
I'm confused by the unexpected behavior...
"I'm enjoying spending time with you too... Hachiman."
She replied with a slight blush on her cheeks, and finally called out my name.
Her embarrassment and joy well up in her response.
When Hiyori and Arisu called me by my name, they always said, "Call me by my name too,'' and from past experience, I might as well call Kamuro by her name.
"It's me too. Thank you... Masumi."
"...Idiot"
Ah, I think I made a mistake. She's red and angry.
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"By the way, Hachiman. There's something I'd like to ask you."
As we were leisurely walking along the sandy beach, Kamuro was holding hands with me...Masumi started talking to me.
In the end, I ended up calling her Masumi as well.
At first, I thought it was the same pattern as Hiyori and Arisu and called her by name, but Masumi told me,
"From now on, call me by my name,'' which led her to where it is today.
"What?"
"The shower room in Class A broke down, did you do that?"
It looks like Hashimoto really destroyed it. I respect that lack of hesitation.
"No, it's not me."
I only asked him to destroy it. I don't mind if he destroyed it, but if I find out,
I'll be immediately disqualified from class D and all the 4 million+ private points I've accumulated will be lost.
"That's right. If that's the case, the one who broke it was Hashimoto or Kito, and if it's from another class, maybe it's Ryuen?"
"Who is Kito? Is he an executive of the Sakayanagi faction?"
"Well, even though he's an A-class, he's quite a martial artist, and Sakayanagi trusts him quite a bit."
"I see. By the way, did you buy a new shower room?"
"We bought it again. I don't have any complaints about bathing in the river, but most of the girls and some of the boys were against it, so we bought it because Katsuragi had more points."
"I see. By the way, how many points do you have in class A right now?"
They received supplies worth 150 points from Ryūen, so I don't think he've lost that much.
"We bought a shower and got 220 points. Katsuragi said this morning that if things go well, we'll have more than 450 points by the end of the exam, including the spot bonus points...well, that's definitely not the case."
That's right. Because B~D classes know the leader of A class. I don't know if Archangel Ichinose will nominate since she's not aggressive.
But I've decided to nominate him in our class, and I'm sure Ryuen, who is probably somewhere on the island, will also nominate him.
In that case, A class will lose all bonus points and will have an additional 100 points reduced to 120 points.
If Ichinose B class nominates him, it'll further decrease.
If that happens, the trust of the Katsuragi faction will fall to the ground, and from the second semester onwards, it will become a one-party system of the Sakayanagi faction, and there will be little chance of it falling into class B.
"I guess so. By the way, you, A-class members are going to pay Ryūen 15,000 private points every month until you graduate, right? I'll cover your and Hashimoto's share, okay?"
I get 160,000 private points every month, so I'm not too dissatisfied with paying Masumi and Hashimoto's 30,000 private points.
"It's fine. The A class points are around 1100, so you can get close to 110,000 private points every month. So paying 150 class points won't hurt that much."
"I see. But if you're in a pinch, I'll lend it to you, okay?"
I wouldn't be shy about lending my private points to Masumi. As expected, 1 million or 2 million is no problem.
"Thank you. But you're quite a nice person."
"That's not true. Regardless of merits or demerits, I'm only kind to those I consider important."
In fact, I never lent points to guys in my class. I exchanged points with some of the boys, but he just sold me games and manga for cheaper than buying them at the store.
"Hmm...that."
As soon as I said that, Masumi tightened her grip on my hand. I wondered what was going on, and when I looked at Masumi, her cheeks were slightly colored and she looked cute.
"What happened all of a sudden?"
"It's nothing. I'll go somewhere else instead."
"Ah, okay"
Although I was a little confused by the different attitude from Hiyori and Arisu, I felt strangely comfortable and continued my walk with Masumi.
"(Hachiman's hands are really warm. Sakayanagi likes it.)"
"Did you say something?"
"I didn't say anything."
"It's not a good thing to come home late!"
When I returned to base camp, Shinohara glared at me and said something like that.
Why is this idiot always yelling?
Karuizawa was next to her with red eyes, and several girls were glaring at me, but I didn't know anything about it.
The boys were glaring at the girl from a distance, but something must have happened while I was gone.
"I'm not the culprit, and I don't care if Karuizawa's underwear is stolen. Ah, I found two new spots, and they're not monitored by other classes, so I have to report them to Hirata. "
"Can you please stop ignoring me for a second?"
"There's no reason to listen to the words of someone who always complains. Besides, those are the words of a small fry with no track record."
I did a fair amount of work for the class in this exam. At the very least, I have probably contributed far more than Shinohara.
"What? Are you picking a fight?!"
"If I'm going to do it, I'll do it to small fry who have points. Or rather, don't talk to me if you don't have any points. I'm sweating so I want to take a shower."
"Hmph. We don't have any showers for potential criminals to use. Boys are not allowed to use them."
...What did she say?
"That's quite an attitude, Shinohara. I can't believe you would cause trouble for the boys just because you're the only scum in our class."
"Huh? Who are you talking about, Hikigaya? You're the one who doesn't have any friends in the class, right?!"
Karuizawa gets angry when she hears those words, but she's too stupid to think that having friends = greatness, right?
However, I'm getting irritated by all the unreasonable things being said to me in the hot and humid weather, so I think I'll stir it up a bit.
"Really? You think you're better than me, who was fiddling with your cell phone during class until April, which caused you to get bad grades at the end of the term and lose class points."
"B-but if that's the case, there are other people too!"
Well, I guess so. Karuizawa was the reason for lowering the class points, but there were many other people besides Karuizawa who were holding us back. Like that monkey Sudo.
"I see. But I'm sure you went around asking the girls in our class to lend you their points, right?"
When I said that, more than 10 girls timidly raised their hands. Moreover, all of them are timid girls in the classroom.
"I haven't gotten it back yet."
"me too..."
The girl starts raising her hand like that. Karuizawa looks shocked at this, but I won't show any mercy if she doesn't let me use the shower.
"Well, let me ask you something, if there's someone to whom Karuizawa asked something like "We're friends, okay?'' in a semi-threatening way, please keep your hands up.''
When I asked that, all the girls who raised their hands kept raising their hands.
"So? Hey, Karuizawa. A girl who extorts points from a weak-minded girl with a threatening request, and then doesn't return a single point in return is the same as a thief. So what's wrong with calling a thief a piece of trash?"
"Oh, that's..."
"If you still don't think you're trash after listening to this, why don't you give back all the points you got after completing the special exam? If you're not trash, then you should return what you borrowed, right?"
Well, I don't think she can return it. Even if class points are added due to exams, private points are only paid at the beginning of the month.
Karuizawa groans at my words and tries to look away, but I won't relent until I can use the shower.
"What's wrong? If you can't nod here, does that mean you accept yourself as trash? If that's the case, it's your own fault that your underwear was stolen, so we boys can use the shower, right?"
"Oh! And this is a different matter! Since there are criminals who steal underwear among the boys, I won't let them use the shower room!"
Shinohara then intervenes.
Karuizawa was unable to fight, but there is no weapon that can crush Shinohara.
(I can't help it. Should I pull back for now?)
"Okay, okay. I guess we shouldn't use it."
"Hmph, you should just say that from the beginning."
"Hey, hey... Oh, and for those of you who lost your points to that trash, if you're having trouble with points, I'll give you up to 10,000 points for free, so you can always come and tell me."
Those words caused a commotion among the girls, but I ignored it and headed towards the tent.
Then Hirata seems to have heard the commotion and comes out of the tent.
"Ah, that's good. Now that I know the location of the new spot, please send me the map."
"That's fine, but...the girls are making a fuss over there. Did they get into trouble again?"
"I was just telling them the truth. Also, Hirata. Be sure to warn your girlfriend, "If you don't return something you borrowed, you're a scumbag.''
"Huh? Just what do you mean..."
Hirata was muttering something, but I ignored him, marked the location of the spot on the map, and left the base camp.
For now, I should go to the B class base camp and ask Ichinose to lend me a shower.
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"Hey, do you understand what Hikigaya-kun meant?"
While Hachiman was about to leave the base camp, Suzune Horikita asked Kiyotaka Ayanokoji a question at the same time.
"Probably an ally for himself...his purpose is to prepare "pawns'' who can provide detailed information about girls and to weaken Karuizawa's influence.''
Ayanokoji answered immediately and Horikita nodded.
"That's right. The girls who lent points to Karuizawa-san had some bad feelings towards her, but they couldn't complain to Karuizawa-san who has such a strong influence in the class."
"However, Hikigaya completely denied Karuizawa's actions and even proposed that he would give Karuizawa's victims several times the points taken. Many of the people who lent points to Karuizawa would go to Hikigaya. I think he made a good impression on them."
In fact, looking at the girls, Karuizawa's friends, including Shinohara, Maya Sato, and Chiaki Matsushita, are glaring at Hachiman's back, but Inogashira and Mii-chan, who had their points stolen by Karuizawa, have a look of hostility in their eyes.
They was looking at Hachiman with confusion and gratitude.
Also, two or three girls, including Hasebe, who doesn't belong to a clique in the class and prefers to be alone, looked at him with interest.
As a result, as far as Ayanokoji could see, half of the girls were hostile towards Hachiman, 40% of the girls were confused or grateful towards Hachiman, and the remaining 10% were interested in Hachiman.
"There are many girls who are hostile towards him, but it's impossible to openly go against Hikigaya-kun."
"I guess so. At least out of all the girls over there who are hostile to Hikigaya, there isn't a single one who has contributed more to the exam than him."
While talking with Horikita like this, Ayanokoji was becoming more wary of Hachiman.
(Reading people's psychology and easily cutting down on Karuizawa's influence... it would be dangerous if Hikigaya rose to class A)
It is well known in the class that Hachiman is trying to move up to class A on his own, but for Ayanokoji, who is being threatened by Chabashira-sensei to raise class D to class A, Hachiman's existence is dangerous.
Hachiman has moved up to Class A, and although he has never spoken to him, he believes it will be extremely difficult to defeat Class A, which is led by Arisu Sakayanagi, who Hachiman recognizes as an amazing person.
No matter how troublesome Hachiman is, once he is promoted to A-class, he will do his best to protect his position.
(Should I crush Hikigaya, who could be an assassin sent by that man... no, it's a big risk since Hikigaya's insight is unpredictable and there's no proof about his connection with the White Room. In that case...)
Hachiman's goal is 20 million private points, to transfer into Class A.
Judging from his past behavior and this exam, Hachiman is a man who will do anything to get points, and if it's to get points, he's contributing to the class.
Besides, Ayanokoji decided that it would be more rational to leave Hachiman alone and contribute to the class for points, rather than devoting his effort to crushing Hachiman who hasn't made any serious move against him yet.
(It will take some time to save up 20 million even for Hikigaya, and during that time I need to prepare "pieces" myself. If I want to use "pieces"...)
Thinking so, Ayanokoji turned his attention to Karuizawa, who had an embarrassed expression on her face.
He also needs some useful pawns, to help him if Hikigaya does something like that again.
If it was done properly by using someone else (Kushida) than Horikita, Ayanokoji was sure that his chances of being expelled that day would be more than 70% for being accused of rape.
It's very troublesome to prove one's innocence in serious matters like this, even if he was able to save himself, his peaceful life would have been destroyed.
And he would have no choice but to voluntarily leave this school. So, Ayanakoji thought it was just a warning by Hikigaya at that time.
So, He raised his guard against him even more.