"Even if you are an enemy...the reason why you are so reluctant to withdraw from the exam and go back to the ship is because you don't want Class D to have points deducted for your own reasons, right?"
After saying that, Suzune directly turned her head away, cheeks stained with a light pink.
'....I don't know if it's because I feel ashamed by complimenting others, or because of the excitement of lying.'
But, it was like Ibuki Mio was even acting with her to gain her trust.
And, the same goes for Suzune.
"Class C is just full of idiots!"
Ibuki lowered her head again, her tone sounded a little disappointed, "Everyone is a good person....This kind of thing should be impossible in Class D!"
"But, we are Class C now, right?"
"....." Ibuki.
Only, Suzune didn't pay much attention to her weird face, just unscrewed the bottle cap.
Look, Ibuki didn't even resist, probably because she didn't like being dirty, so she also cooperated and stretched out her hands covered with mud.
Clear water flowed from the mouth of the bottle, and Ibuki reached out to catch it, rubbing her hands together to wash away the dirt on it.
"???" 'Is it so easy for you to get Horikita-san's water? I obviously had to work my ass off!'
"Um, Ibuki-san....."
Here is another cute girl with blond features, who had been quietly waiting aside, looking in Suzune's direction.
She came up with an angelic smile on her face, "Dinner is not ready yet, so let's eat some fruits...."
As she spoke, the girl handed over a variety of fruits held in leaves in her arms, and opened her mouth a little embarrassedly, "Because I don't know what you like to eat, so I picked one each...."
This is Kushida Kikyo.
She went to pick fruit with the others in the team, that Ibuki was scouted back from.
"I...."
Ibuki opened her mouth, to give a response, but just couldn't...seal her lips altogether, and had no words to provide.
Just looked at Suzune and Kushida, with eyes full of utter shock.
'...I never expected these 2 girls would be so kind to me, a foreigner no less!'
But still, Ibuki didn't say anything, just silently accepted the fruit from Kushida.
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"You are back...."
At the entrance of the cave, Hachiman, who had just been silently observing the situation, gave a little wave.
Suzune had now come over from Ibuki's side.
She nodded her face lightly, sat down next to Hachiman, and parted her lips softly, "Ibuki-san's hands are covered with dirt, probably from when Ryuen knocked her to the ground..."
"Is there something else that loo-"
"Let me explain first, I took a closer look just now, and realised Ibuki-san also had a small amount of soil in the nails of her ten fingers..."
"Therefore, it can be ruled out that she fell to the ground and caught dirt because of her fight...
"It was more like digging in the earth with her hands for a long time!"
Suzune now gave a proper reason for why she just contacted Ibuki.
It was to check on her life status.
'....From this point of view, Horikita actually has made progress.'
But, Hachiman didn't have enough courage to speak it out, just analysed what data he was being given.
"...Digging the soil, Ibuki is probably hiding something. And, if I had to guess correctly, it may be the way to contact Ryuen..."
"Why don't Ibuki-san just carry the device with her?" Suzune wasn't able to understand this, out of her logic.
"....." Hachiman. 'Should I say, it's just as expected?'
'I have noticed it before, Horkita has the power for turning into stupid at any second.....'
"Our class has gained so many strongholds this time. Ryuen probably knows that people of Class C will be defensive against spies..."
"After all, if more than 300 points are lost, it will be uncomfortable for any class, that's the reason why both Karuizawa and Sato spontaneously refused Ibuki to join...."
"No way, Ryuen will let Ibuki carry it directly," Hachiman shook his head, knowing this kind of plan is just ridiculous.
He expected better from the Leader of Class D, "The plan will just fail if Ibuki gets searched....."
"Um....." Suzune now didn't know what to respond with.
'Is it actually so easy to understand?'
She felt like.... horrible, then used her brain to make up for her past error.
"The forest on this island is very big. I don't think even Ibuki-san can easily find the place where things are hidden..."
"Just to be on the safe side, that girl will definitely mark the place..."
"I think, we should look around where Yamauchi-kun found her...."
Suzune quietly told her analysis, while looking down, feeling a little uncertain, troubled expression on her face.
She wanted Hachiman's approval.
"Now that you've thought about it carefully, let's do it..."
Hachiman clapped his hands together and stood up, "Like I said, sooner or later you have to be on your own!"
"B-But, when I was meeting Ibuki-san just now, I saw Kushida-san giving her a portion of each variety of fruit...."
"Even though, Koenji-kun occupied a lot of strongholds, there are not that many fruit groves...."
"We can only eat the ones that Kushida-san and her friends brought over, but they gave quite a lot to Ibuki-san!"
Yeah, Suzune also noticed Kushida-san and the others went to pick up fruits, but she hadn't distributed among the people yet.
It's going to be eaten as an after-meal fruit.
Divide it into 40 portions, and because the quantity is limited, each person can only have one portion of each type of fruit.
There are some types which cannot be divided into 1 half/person.
'But, Kushida-san just gave Ibuki-san portions of all kinds of diverse varieties!
'She got preferential treatment!'
"Kushida-san has now started to reveal her colours again!" Suzune would never forget, how she was previously bullied by this yellow-haired girl.
Even made her bed wet!
"What she did today, was not even as good as Karuizawa-san and the others....."
"I was also surprised but, Karuizawa-san was indeed anxious regarding Ibuki-san being a spy, used by Ryuen-kun to obtain information about our class leader..."
"But, look at Kushida-san, who just gave a possible criminal such preferential treatment!"
Suzune then directly spat on the ground in anger, crossing her arms over her chest, veins popping on her forehead.
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"Kushida is indeed a holy mother...."
"Do you remember what she said on the 1st day? I hope to become friends with everyone....Her communication skills are just too strong, and she can even get in touch with the 3rd-year seni-"
"Please don't flatter her too much?!" Indeed, Suzune felt that Kushida-san was being too holy, after giving her a headache for a whole month!
There is something very fishy here!
"Besides, many people in our class have not even considered the risks after Ibuki-san decided to sneak into the class...."
"Easily believed her statement that she was raped because of her disagreement with Ryuen-kun!"
"I don't understand how determined other classes are to get points...."
"T-They are willing to do whatever it takes...."
In other words, in order to gain the trust of Class C, which they wanted to infiltrate, Ryuen even resorted to beating one of his own to leave injuries.
This is to win the special exam.
Strategy of Ryūen's Class C and their determination to take the exam with everyone they have to offer.
'....Although it is very shameful to use such an act of harm, I can feel that the other party is doing whatever it takes to pass the exam.'
'But, looking back at the performance of some students in my own class....'
The dogs just shook their heads.
"....." Kushida-san.
"Hey, do you want more fruits Ibuki-san?"
" •̀ ᴖ •́ " Suzune's face was like this.
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