Zongman: I can modify the status bar

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Chapter 127 Class B

In the forest near Class B's camp, the road was full of traces of being trampled by many students, and it was obvious that this area had been fully explored.

As long as you simply follow this trail, you can reach the B class camp. Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is exploring the way ahead. The only annoying thing is that mosquitoes and flying insects will fly to your arms or feet from time to time and bite you.

After a while, Ayanokouji and Horikita Suzune arrived at Class B's camp.

"As expected of Class B, right? But... where are all the people?"

As soon as the two arrived at Class B's camp, they saw a completely different scene from Class D's. As part of their base, Class B had a well to use, and there were many trees, boulders, and tents made of leaves and vines of tropical plants around them.

Ayanokouji tentatively opened a tent, and the sight inside shocked him. Not only had they made their own tents, but they had also used hammocks to compensate for the lack of space, ensuring a secure place to sleep. Although everyone started from the same starting line, the props they used were completely different.

"Is this the strength of Class B? It's really amazing!" Horikita Suzune couldn't help but sigh after looking at the various facilities of Class B from behind.

"But where have all the people gone?" Horikita Suzune searched several tents but couldn't find any trace of the Class B members. Before this, Haruki had not told her any plans or anything like that. He probably just let Suzune move freely, so Horikita Suzune had no idea what Haruki wanted to do.

"The embers in the fire over here are still smoking, so they must have just left. If we count from 8 a.m. roll call, the time is reasonable." Ayanokouji walked into a tent. "There are no luggage or backpacks here, and the items left behind are all large and inconvenient to carry. I guess they went to explore the depths of the forest..."

Ayanokouji guessed that the disappeared Class B had most likely lost the opportunity to explore other bases. After all, such complete facilities were still here, and it was not realistic to abandon them directly. It was very likely that they decided to put all their efforts into exploring new bases. This was consistent with Ayanokouji's usual impression of Class B.

"If you put it that way, I think it fits the style of Class B!" Horikita Suzune mused, "But it's a bit hard to understand why they didn't leave anyone behind at their headquarters."

"Who knows? Maybe they think these things are no longer important..." Ayanokouji observed the surroundings carefully. "Actually, what Ryuuen said just now is right. We are indeed a little too naive about some things."

"Hmph!" Horikita Suzune snorted coldly. Although she didn't want to admit it, there were indeed many things that she couldn't imagine.

"If we take a look at the various arrangements of Class B, we will find that there are many things we can learn from them. Although we don't have to copy them all, at least we can get some inspiration from them." Ayanokouji looked around aimlessly.

"Are you looking for something?" Horikita Suzune also noticed Ayanokouji who had been wandering around since a while ago.

"The stronghold's capture device. If I could see the time on it, that would basically confirm my guess, right?"

"Well, you're right, let's look for it together!"

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune searched the entire camp but couldn't find the location of the occupation device. Although they swaggered around in the camp of the occupied class, the school regulations only prohibited the use of the base occupied by others, and did not say that they could not go in to take a look.

Finally, Ayanokouji stood in front of a huge rock. Almost every place in this place had been searched, and only the huge rock in front of him had not been checked. That should be here. First of all, since Class B set up camp here, this must be a stronghold. Secondly, there are some traces of human intervention in this place. Although it is not very obvious, it can still be found if you observe carefully.

Ayanokouji walked around the stone, and a familiar figure appeared in front of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

"Hello!" Haruki was sitting on a chair...fishing?

"What are you doing?" Ayanokouji was also a little dumbfounded. Just seeing the arrogant Ryuen just now made him feel a little stunned, and now Haruki was also like this.

Just as Horikita Suzune thought, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka also felt that Haruki at least would not do anything reckless, especially in such a group as Class B. As a result, reality slapped him in the face.

But Ayanokouji immediately calmed down.

"Wait a minute, just to be on the safe side, I'll assume that I'm the guard responsible for staying in the camp to guard the base. That should be okay, right?" Ayanokouji looked at Haruki who looked like he was on vacation, and tried hard to suppress the urge to complain.

"Ah? What are you talking about? Why are you looking at this thing? If you want it, just move away." Haruki glanced at Ayanokouji, and then spotted Horikita Suzune who had just come around from behind the rock. "Oh, Suzune is here too! I missed you after not seeing you for two days."

As he said that, Haruki pulled out two bottles of drinks from the box under the chair and threw them to Ayanokouji and Horikita Suzune.

"You must be thirsty! Just have a drink!"

"This...what's going on? Where are all the students in Class B? And why are you dressed like this?" Horiki Suzune was a little embarrassed when she saw Haruki fishing while looking like he was on vacation. Why did he look like that guy Ryuuen?

"Let's not talk about the students in Class B for now. Is it really okay for you to leave your exclusive key card here like this?" Ayanokouji stood next to the base occupation device under the boulder, and the exclusive key card with Haruki's name printed on it was placed on the device.

"Eh? What do you mean?" Upon hearing this, Horikita Suzune hurried over to Ayanokouji's side. "This... Haruki-kun, what are you doing? Isn't this completely exposing your identity as the leader of Class B?"

"If this is all you want to say, you can leave. You should have seen everything you need to see here. I am too lazy to explain anything else." Yaohui picked up a fishing rod, pulled up a crab and put it into the bucket on the other side.

"One more thing. You're not the first to know I'm the [Leader] of Class B. When the exams are over, even if you don't fill in my name on the form asking for other classes' [Leaders], other classes will. So, you'll have to decide for yourself what to do..."

After saying this, Haruki stopped looking at Ayanokouji and Horikita Suzune and slowly tied the minced meat on the fishing line to use for catching crabs.

"What the hell happened? How did you become like this? And where did all the people in Class B go?" Horikita Suzune almost roared.

"Class B is gone, don't ask anymore..."

Chapter 128 Haruki's Self-Destruction

The first day of the survival test, 8:02 pm.

"Kōenji—"

A roar was heard in the forest. Although it was weakened by the obstruction, Yaohui could still hear the content of the other party's shouting.

"Kouenji? Who is this? Why would someone call out this name?" Haruki leaned against the thick tree trunk with his ears blushing. Haruki, who had always been emotionless, was actually blushed by these guys from Class B. It was really not easy.

Bored, Haruki turned on the intercom that Arisu Sakayanagi left for him.

"Good evening! Over!" Haruki had just turned on the intercom when a girl's voice with a hint of electrical noise came out.

"It's just the two of us, so let's just talk it out. Don't get all the fuss." Haruki was resting in a tree a good distance from the B-class tents, so normal conversation was fine. The sleeping bags and other supplies Class B had purchased were perfect, but Haruki wasn't resting in the tents, so his share went to Class C's Kinda Satoru.

"Okay, then let's just chat normally." Sakayanagi Arisu also lowered his usual tone. "From your tone, it seems like you're in a bad mood. Did someone make you angry?"

"Yes, there are a bunch of idiots..." Haruki was about to complain to Sakayanagi Arisu, but reason immediately pulled him back, "Let's not talk about this for now. You should have heard the noise just now. Did something happen?"

"Ah! You mean that? A student from Class D escaped from the island and returned to the cruise ship, saying he was feeling unwell or something."

"so what?"

"Even if he withdraws from this survival test, the corresponding points will be deducted just like me." Arisu Sakayanagi sighed.

"What do you mean, can you just quit on your own?"

"Of course you can. If you get tired of it, you can just quit. It's no big deal." Arisu Sakayanagi's interested voice came from Haruki's hands.

"Honestly, I really want to quit..." Haruki was also a little speechless. These idiots really didn't deserve to win. "But what if the class has no points left and someone still quits at this time, how should it be calculated?"

"Oh? Then it's still zero, of course. There won't be any negative scores this time. If it reaches zero, we can actually play whatever we want."

"So there is such freedom!" Yaohui now completely understood that it was completely unnecessary to carry this bunch of burdens with him!

"Then what if..."

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The second day of the survival test began at 8:05 in the morning.

"Alright, everyone's here now! Keep up the good work, there are still five more days of events to go, thank you all for your hard work!" Hoshinomiya Chie closed the roll call and enthusiastically encouraged the students of Class B. "See you tonight!"

"Wait a minute!" Just as Hoshinomiya Chie was about to leave, Haruki called her.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong, Haruki-kun?"

"I have something to announce!" Yaohui stood in a conspicuous place. Because the roll call had just been taken, the students of Class B were gathered in the open space in the middle of the tent.

"Okay, then I'll stay for a while." Hoshinomiya Chie found a place to sit down.

Haruki nodded. In fact, it was just what Hoshinomiya Chie said. She would obey whatever Haruki said.

"Since everyone is here, I'll get straight to the point." Haruki paused, "I hope everyone will withdraw from this survival test!"

"..."

Suddenly, there was silence below, and no one reacted to what Haruki had just said. They originally thought that Haruki had come to his senses and was going to accept the abandoned person, but it turned out that he was being persuaded to back out.

"What? Did I hear wrong?"

"Quit? Why would you quit? Didn't everyone do well? We even made it through the first night safely."

"That is to say, is Haruki-san upset and why is he talking nonsense?"

"If Haruki-kun is unhappy with us for accepting Kaneda-san, then we are willing to apologize to you, but we will definitely not stand by and watch Kaneda-san die in this matter!"

"Yeah! Haruki-kun, you're going too far..."

Faced with the confusing remarks from his classmates, Yaohui didn't intend to waste any more time talking to them.

"There's no need for you to work hard anymore, because I've already spent all the remaining S points. If you don't believe me, you can check with teacher Hoshinomiya Chie!" Haruki was no longer as excited as before, but unusually calm, as if he was judging the person in front of him for his wrongdoing.

"what?"

"what?"

"Really? Chie-chan! Our points are really..."

As soon as Haruki finished speaking this time, the whole class was in an uproar. Even Ichinose, who obeyed Haruki unconditionally, felt shaken after hearing the news.

Haruki never informed her, and she was unwilling to believe that Haruki would do such a thing.

But Hoshinomiya Chie nodded silently, "Yes, the class points have been reset to zero. I was planning to tell you, but seeing that you were still so excited, I couldn't bear it..."

"Huh? How could this be?! The class points are so..."

"It's okay, Chie-chan, you did this for everyone else. It's clearly someone else who made the mistake!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Hmph! So why don't you quit? Staying here now will only mean suffering in vain!" Yaohui looked coldly at this group of brainless guys.

"Everyone! We can't give up yet. Besides, we haven't lost yet! As long as we hold on to the end, we can get bonus points!"

"Yeah! We can get rewards for capturing a stronghold!"

"Haruki! Take out your exclusive key card so I can capture more strongholds!" She regretted it as soon as she said this and quickly covered her mouth.

"Hahaha - you guys are really stupid!" Haruki was so angry that he laughed. Then he slowly walked to Kinda Satoru who had been standing next to him and took out his exclusive key card and showed it to him.

"Look carefully, the name on it is mine! Isn't this what you always wanted?" Yaohui's eyes turned, and he suddenly thought of something, "Oh, right, you need to take a picture, right? Hurry up, I don't have time to accompany you any longer!"

Kinda Satoru was not vague either. He immediately took out a camera from his clothes, took a few pictures of Haruki's key card, and then left.

Everyone in Class B was dumbfounded. They hadn't expected that this guy would even prepare a camera in order to obtain information about the [Leader] of another class.

Watching Kinda Satoru go away, Haruki turned around and said calmly, "Alright, if there's nothing else, you can leave now. The points have been reset anyway, so there's no more to deduct."

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Chapter 129 No, buddy?

"But..." The student from Class B was about to say something but found that it was meaningless to say anything now.

First of all, this Kaneda Satoru from Class C whom they had taken in out of good intentions was indeed a spy, and a very well-prepared one at that. Although they had been keeping a close watch on him before, they could have been careless that time and caused the identity of the class's [leader] to be exposed.

At that time, he only needs to take a photo and go back to report.

There was nothing wrong with Haruki's judgment on this point, but his subsequent actions were a bit confusing. They couldn't understand why Haruki would spend all the class points without authorization and actively expose his identity as a "leader" to the spy.

Almost all the students in Class B were in confusion.

On the other side, Haruki was still urging them to leave immediately. They also wanted to stay, but there seemed to be no reason to stay. What should they do?

"Bang!" Just when the situation reached a stalemate, Hoshinomiya Chie clapped her hands. "Everyone, Haruki is right. It's best for everyone to just quit now! So don't hesitate any longer. There are still five and a half days left. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone could enjoy the wonderful vacation to their heart's content?"

"But! We could have gotten a lot of points! They were all ruined by this guy Haruki..." The students in Class B also faced the reality, although there was no point in blaming Haruki now.

"Everyone! Listen to me!" At this time, Ichinose also began to act under Haruki's gaze. "Actually, we can roughly estimate that after deducting necessary expenses, the maximum points we have left is no more than 150 S points. Add to that the rewards of about 50 points for occupying the strongholds this week, and the most we can get is only 200 S points. In other words, we can only gain an additional points every month from now on!"

As soon as Ichinose's estimate was announced, some people's faces turned even uglier, and their gazes towards Haruki became even more angry, but they couldn't explode due to the situation, as Ichinose's weight was still considerable.

"But! This is only under ideal circumstances. As you all saw just now, Class C's spies are very well prepared, even equipped with equipment like digital cameras. And this is only the first day! So do you think other classes will be so obedient and play survival games with us here?"

As soon as Ichinose said this, the expressions of the students in Class B changed again. Ichinose's assumption was not unreasonable, because even in Class B, there were people who suggested to spy on the identities of the "leaders" of other classes. How could the other classes be honest?

"Then I think there's a good chance we'll be guessed right. In that case, all the bonus points will be invalidated, and an additional 50 S points will be deducted!" Ichinose paused and looked at the Class B students gathered in front of him. "That leaves us with only 100 S points. Besides, we don't know if the deductions will be cumulative if we're guessed right by multiple classes. If we're unlucky enough to be guessed right by all three classes, our points will be cleared. And this is still under ideal circumstances. Although we were able to obtain food yesterday by gathering and fishing, there's also a lot of uncertainty involved. If the weather is bad or something, we'll have to spend a lot more points, and we might not even have enough to cover the deductions..."

Everyone's faces became increasingly grim, mainly because Ichinose was being very realistic. Although everyone was working together to accumulate points and kept silent about the problems they faced, reality was unavoidable.

"And honestly, did everyone get any rest at camp last night? I'm sure you all woke up with back pain like me this morning." It would have been fine if no one had mentioned it at first, but once Ichinose said that, everyone felt uncomfortable. Accustomed to sleeping on soft mattresses, they were suddenly forced to sleep on the floor. Of course, some of them rotated hammocks, but those were just to save space, so the actual experience wasn't much better.

"Haruki-san is simply accelerating the process of collapse, allowing everyone to see the results in advance. You can ask yourself, even if we persevere to the end and earn a few points, is it really worth it for everyone to suffer so much in the process? Do we really need these points? Under my unified management, everyone has already saved so many points from their lives, right? Now there is such an opportunity to enjoy the beach and the ocean to the fullest, and it's a cruise ship funded by the school. How many points do we need to enjoy such treatment! In fact, Haruki-san saw through this and chose this last resort!"

As soon as Ichinose finished speaking, some of the students around him suddenly had an epiphany.

"Yeah! Why didn't we think of that? Such a great opportunity! The most economical cruise costs around 30,000 yen per person. We can't even earn that much even if we work so hard for a week!"

"And our cruise ship is obviously not the usual economy type..."

"Speaking of my health, I don't think I can make it to the end of the test. If I get sick, I might be forced to withdraw, and my class points will be deducted..."

"Could it be that... Haruki-san acted this way after seeing through all this? Then why didn't he just discuss it with us? The remaining class points are enough for everyone to have a beach party here!"

Haruki:? Did I think so much? Ichinose, you do a great job with your teeth! Then Haruki gave Ichinose a look of approval.

"If I tell this to everyone directly, I don't think anyone would agree so easily. Haruki must have thought of this. Now we have no way out, so we can only be forced to enjoy a luxurious vacation. It's really sad..." Ichinose said while looking helpless.

"Yeah! It's too late to say anything now. We can only enjoy the luxury cruise!"

"Really?! Since I can't get any points no matter what I do, I might as well go back to sleep. I miss that soft bed so much!"