Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

Kusuo Saiki's mind raced as he considered that if an exam were to actually be held, he could use illness as an excuse to leave.

Thinking of this, Kusuo Saiki couldn't help but smile slightly.

Meanwhile, next to Majima Tomoya, other staff members from the school began setting up tents and installing various electronic devices, which confused the other students present.

Majima Tomoya continued:

"Now, we're going to begin the first special exam of the year!"

Do these freshmen really think our school will pay for their vacations for nothing? How incredibly stupid!

Majima Tomoya thought to himself.

These words immediately caused an uproar among the students present.

"What?! There's a special exam?!"

"They didn't say that beforehand!"

"Damn it! No wonder they confiscated my phone earlier!"

Majima Tomoya ignored the students' comments and continued:

"The exam period is one week from now and will end at noon on August 7th. You will spend the next week living in groups on this deserted island. This is the content of the exam. Also, let me make this clear in advance: this is a special exam designed with reference to real corporate training. It is very practical and realistic."

'In reality, probably 99% of people never need to experience something like island survival.'

"Furthermore, you are not allowed to board the ship without a valid reason during the exam. You will need to figure out everything for yourselves on this island, from where to sleep to preparing your own food. The school will provide each class with two tents, two flashlights, and a box of matches at the beginning. As for other things, there is no limit to sunscreen, and each class will be assigned a toothbrush. As an exception, we allow girls to use menstrual products without restriction. Please make your requests to your class advisors."

"What?! Why are we suddenly doing something like desert island survival? I've never heard of such an absurd thing! This isn't an anime or a novel! And there are only two tents, which isn't enough to sleep everyone! And what about food... This... is simply unbelievable."

Ike Kanji loudly expressed his doubts, still harboring the possibility that the school was joking.

“You say it’s hard to guide you, but that’s only because your life has been short and superficial—in fact, there are companies that conduct training on deserted islands, and they are big companies that everyone has heard of, and they are holding similar events.”

Majima Tomoya said with utmost seriousness.

Is this guy from Class C? What a stupid idiot.

"While I completely agree with the latter part of your statement, I don't believe any well-known company would conduct survival training on a deserted island."

Kusuo Saiki responded to the other person in his heart.

'Anyway, I'll just use being sick as an excuse again. As long as I control the temperature and don't let the thermometer melt, I should be able to get away with it.'

"Teachers, you said this was a trip, and you didn't mention any exams at all!"

Another student present also raised his hand and spoke.

“What you say is indeed true, so this exam is special; it's a ‘free’ exam. As a prerequisite for this special exam on this deserted island, we will first distribute 300 exam-specific points to each class. By making good use of these points, you may be able to spend a week of special exams as if you were enjoying a trip!”

Majima Tomoya paused briefly, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"I've prepared a list of items for you. This list contains all the items that can be obtained with points. Of course, you'll need to know about the necessities like drinking water and food. If you want to have a barbecue, we'll even provide the equipment and food. Not only that, we've also prepared countless game props for you to enjoy the ocean to the fullest. If you can make good use of these 300 points, then it will be no different from a real vacation."

"Wow, really?!"

"If it's 300 points, then it's practically the same as a vacation!"

"So it was just a matter of allocating assessment points?"

Upon hearing Majima Tomoya's voice, the expressions of the other students present relaxed to varying degrees.

'Things aren't that easy in this school.'

Kusuo Saiki pursed his lips; he could clearly hear Tomoya Mashima's thoughts.

If you think exams are that easy, then you're being incredibly naive!

'As a teacher, can you please stop making statements that are practically indistinguishable from a small fry turning the tables?'

"After this special exam, the remaining exam points will be added to the class points."

'Will the remaining points be added to the class points?' This means that if we don't spend any exam points this week, our class will gain 300 points—and that'll add another 30,000 individual points each month, enough to buy a lot of desserts. For me, I don't need to spend any points at all; I can just stay home for a week. But that probably won't work for others.

Kusuo Saiki muttered to himself.

'I'm not interested in things like desert island survival, so I'll just say I'm not feeling well and ask for leave now.'

Just as Kusuo Saiki was about to raise his hand, Tomoya Majima continued speaking.

"According to the special exam rules, those who withdraw due to physical discomfort or other reasons will have 30 points deducted from their class as a penalty. Therefore, the A class exam will start from 270 points."

[Does taking leave actually deduct points?]

Honestly, it's unbelievable that someone would take time off from a trip like this.

[30 points! That's equivalent to 3000 person points!]

'Tch, now I can't just ask for leave directly, can I?'

Kusuo Saiki's lips twitched slightly.

'If I withdraw from the exam in this setting and cause the class to lose points, I'll probably be seen as a troublemaker by my classmates, and might even be considered one of the most disliked people, alongside Kogenji and Sudo. If that's the case, I'd rather die.'

“Now I’m going to give each of you a watch. Please don’t take it off until the exams are over in a week. Students who take off their watches without permission will be punished. This watch not only tells time, but it also has sensors to detect body temperature, pulse, and movement, as well as a satellite positioning system. In addition, just in case, the watch also has a function to report emergencies to the school. In an emergency, you can press this button, and staff will come to your side immediately.”

As soon as the words were spoken, the school staff distributed the watches to all the students one by one.

'Is there a satellite positioning system? But that wouldn't be a limitation for superpowered individuals.'

Kusuo Saiki lowered his head and put the watch on his wrist. With his superpower, he could easily take off the watch and interfere with its reading, making it impossible for the school staff to detect anything unusual about his whereabouts.

After all, if they saw their own personal signal, which was originally on an isolated island, suddenly teleport to thousands of miles away, it would probably cause panic.

Meanwhile, the homeroom teachers of each class began to take turns explaining to the students how to use some daily necessities, but Kusuo Saiki didn't listen much, since he didn't know how to use these things.

"Finally, there is a rule about stronghold occupation on this island. There are several strongholds on this island that can be occupied. Occupation lasts for a maximum of eight hours. Each time a stronghold is occupied, one extra point is awarded. However, these points cannot be used during the exam and will only have an impact during the settlement."

"Tea Pillar Sae said with a smile."

[This island is quite large, but we already gave you hints about the base! The earlier ship's announcement reminded you to pay attention to the scenery outside, which was to help you spot the base's location in advance. How many of you actually noticed that hint?]

'Oh, I see.'

Kusuo Saiki had heard the broadcast before, but he didn't take it seriously.

After all, Kusuo Saiki had already used his superpowers to observe the locations of all the outposts.

[Does a base exist? The broadcast that previously suggested we look at the scenery must have been a hint about a base.]

Beside Saiki Kusuo, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka thought to himself, having already determined the location of the base.

"In addition, the list of items I just sent you also contains more details about the rules of this exam. Please take a good look at it."

Listening to Chabashira Sae's words, Saiki Kusuo opened the manual in his hand, his eyes scanning over the rows of text:

A special key card is required to capture a stronghold.

The use of key cards is limited to those who have become leaders.

A leader cannot be replaced without a legitimate reason.

Kusuo Saiki noticed that there were other rules at the end of the manual.

On the last day of the exam, each class member can guess the leader of the other classes. For each correct guess, the class that guesses correctly will receive 50 class points. At the same time, the class whose leader is guessed must pay 50 class points as a price, and all extra points will be cleared. However, if the wrong person is guessed, 50 points will also be deducted.

'They've come up with this whole complicated set of rules again. More important than wilderness survival is guessing the identities of the other class leaders.'

Kusuo Saiki analyzed it this way in his mind, but he had no intention of getting involved in this matter.

Whether the other students in his class wanted to be promoted to Class A was none of his concern. Kusuo Saiki only wanted to spend these seven days in peace and quiet, doing nothing and thinking nothing, and then return to the cruise ship after the exams to enjoy all the delicious food he hadn't had the chance to eat before.

"Are we really going to use this temporary toilet...? I think we should prepare a separate toilet for girls too, otherwise it's too inconvenient."

"These are points that belong to our class. Even if we want to use them, we should at least get the consent of the boys in our class!"

"This is a matter for us girls, what business is it of yours, boys?"

Meanwhile, a heated argument has broken out within Class C regarding whether to spend points to purchase another outdoor toilet.

'Oh dear, the exam hasn't even officially started and it's already turned into this?'

Kusuo Saiki was well aware that this special exam was destined to be anything but easy.

Chapter 66: Wow, what a fit body!

"Without a second toilet, our lives would be very inconvenient!"

I need to go to the bathroom.

"One toilet should be enough if allocated reasonably!"

I need to use the restroom.

“Definitely not enough!”

【I'm going to the toilet now!】

'Then you'd better hurry up and go!'

Kusuo Saiki turned his head and glared fiercely at the source of the voice, which was none other than Ken Sudo.

At this moment, Sudo Ken was unaware of Saiki Kusuo's gaze. His attention remained focused on the toilet that had already been set up, and he did not participate in the class's argument at all.

......

The other classes had already set off one after another. Although the argument in Class C was still unresolved, in order to take control of the stronghold as soon as possible, they ultimately chose to head deeper into the island and soon entered the forest. However, as they went deeper, the unease in everyone's hearts seemed to grow stronger.

Are there any tigers, brown bears, wolves, or anything like that around here?

"Don't worry, I've already scouted it. There's no such creature on this island. After all, it's an island built by the school itself; it's mostly inhabited by harmless creatures."

Kusuo Saiki answered the other person in his mind.

I wonder what we'll be able to eat these next few days... Are we... going hunting?

'It won't reach that level, but fishing or something like that would be necessary. However, for someone with superpowers, accomplishing this would be a piece of cake.'

I need to use the restroom.

‘…’

"Everyone, let's rest here for a bit."

Upon arriving at a certain spot in the forest, Hirata Yosuke stopped everyone.