Practical teaching: Starting from the soul traveling through Dragon Garden

Chapter 199: Card Exchange
The first thing was the distribution of special cards. Class A received an invalid card, Class C received a recruitment card, and Class D received a trial card.

This is not good news for Class B. After all, they are one step short of a bargaining chip at the start, three special cards. This means that one class has no special cards, and Sakayanagi is the unlucky one.

Horikita looked at the distributed cards, and she was not much happier than Sakayanagi. Trial cards were useless to Class D. What Class D needed to worry about most in the exam was the problem of dropping out, so the invalid card in Ryuuen's hand was what Class D needed most.

"It seems that we have to negotiate with Long Yuan."

Horikita sighed. Once she made a deal with Ryuuen, she would be in a very difficult situation. Unconsciously, it was difficult for Horikita to remain absolutely rational in front of Ryuuen, so Horikita didn't want to negotiate with Ryuuen on the class issue at all.

The Trial Card was in the hands of Chiaki Matsushita. When Horikita found her and wanted to exchange the Trial Card in her hand to trade with Ryuen, he was told that the Trial Card had been given to Ayanokouji.

When he opened OAA, the system showed that the card Ayanokouji owned was indeed a trial card.

Horikita was a little excited for a moment. Did Ayanokouji think he could win the exam? So he took the initiative to exchange cards with Matsushita Chiaki?
The truth is that Horikita was overthinking it. It was Matsushita Chiaki who took the initiative to exchange the cards, and her purpose was very simple, which was to team up with Ayanokouji. After all, after Ayanokouji got full marks in the math test, Matsushita Chiaki had a new understanding of Ayanokouji's strength. Naturally, she would not believe Ayanokouji's previous words, let alone Horikita's words.

Now, Chiaki Matsushita thinks that Ayanokouji is the strongest member of Class D.

Horikita found Ayanokouji and asked him about the details. After learning the truth, Horikita was visibly disappointed.

"You want to trade this card with Ryuen. I suggest you trade it with Ichinose. Ichinose wants this card more than Ryuen right now. You can get more benefits from Ichinose."

Ayanokouji is not greedy for the only special card in the class. It is really useless and risky for Class D.

"Let me think about it. I'll take the card first. What are your specific plans? Do you want to team up with Chiaki Matsushita? Her strength should not be enough to hold you back."

"I have no plans to team up with anyone for now."

"??? Are you planning to take the exam alone? This is very risky. If you feel unwell and withdraw from the exam, your team will definitely be the last. Or are you quite confident in your own abilities? Do you think you can win?"

Even after seeing how powerful Ayanokouji was, Horikita still felt that it was quite risky for Ayanokouji to take the exam alone.

"Who knows, I just haven't found the right teammates yet."

Ling Xiaolu said expressionlessly.

Horikita couldn't control Ayanokouji at all now, so she didn't worry about Ayanokouji forming a team anymore.

Horikita pondered for a long time about whether to find Ryuuen or Ichinose to exchange cards, but still could not come to an answer. Although the invalid card was what he wanted, it could only save one person. In the worst case scenario, five people in the class would be expelled, and one card would not be enough.

The best way is to have an additional 5 million points prepared on top of the invalid card, just in case.

However, if he negotiated with Ryuen, it would be a problem whether he could exchange for invalid cards from him, not to mention 5 million points. And the recruitment card in Ichinose's hand was not very useful for Class D. Ichinose's own class was very short of points, so it would be difficult for him to get 5 million points from her.

Horikita sighed. This exam really posed a big problem for her.

Ryuuen didn't know what Horikita was thinking, but he could see that she looked worried while making dinner.

"Are you worried about the exam?"

Horikita thought for a moment and said, "Now, I want to discuss the special card with you not as Ryuen's girlfriend, Horikita Suzune, but as the leader of Class D, Horikita Suzune." Horikita was serious and Ryuen wanted to laugh. Horikita tried her best to separate her emotions from the conflict between the class, which was ridiculous, because no matter whether she was the leader of Class D or Ryuen's girlfriend, Horikita Suzune was Horikita Suzune and could not be separated at all.

But at this time, Ryuen saw Horikita's serious face and cooperated with her. He sat up and asked, "What do you think?"

"I want to exchange the trial card in my hand for the invalid card in your hand."

"impossible."

Ryuuen answered decisively.

"Why? The gap between you and Class B isn't that big right now. With the Trial Card, you'll be in a safer position. Why don't you switch?"

Horikita was quite confused. She had thought that there would need to be some discussion, but she didn't expect Ryuuen to refuse so straightforwardly.

"The reason is simple. The card is not with me, and I didn't notice which classmate got the card. If you want to exchange it, you can contact him directly."

"???"

This really made Horikita feel at a loss. What was Ryuen's attitude like? Was he just giving up? As the class leader and a dictatorial tyrant, it wasn't just a matter of asking for the card. Why didn't he want it? He looked like he was going to give up the exam, which made Horikita think more deeply.

Ryuen tapped Horikita's forehead and said, "Don't think about it. You can't figure it out, and I won't tell you. If you really want to change, just go find that classmate. Or you can find Kaneda. I've already handed this exam over to Kaneda."

"What do you mean? You don't want to take the exam?"

"How could that be? Even Sakayanagi is participating, so how could someone as healthy as me be absent?"

Yes, Sakayanagi will also take part in this uninhabited island exam. In the last uninhabited island exam, Sakayanagi gave up the exam due to health reasons, and this time the school gave Sakayanagi a chance to appear.

Sakayanagi can participate in the exam remotely in a room on the cruise ship that is similar to the command tower exam classroom, and can give advice to her teammates, but when all her teammates fail, she will be judged as a failure instead of being the last person to survive in the group.

"Then why did you let Kaneda be in charge of this exam?"

"Since Kaneda is confident that he can lead the class to victory, I will leave it to him. It will also make things easier for me, so why not do it?"

Ryuuen said it casually, but Horikita didn't believe it at all.

"You must have other reasons. I don't believe you would be so perfunctory in taking the exam!"

Ryuen smiled: "What do you think the reason is? Or do you think I will tell you the real reason?"

Horikita was a little embarrassed. If she were a girlfriend, she might have the right to know, but as a leader, Ryuuen really couldn't tell her.

"Since you know I won't tell you, don't ask next time. I'll have to find an excuse to perfunctorily answer you, which is quite troublesome."

Ryuuen didn't want to talk about these trivial things with Horikita anymore.

(End of this chapter)