Although Kikyo Kushida and Suzune Horikita were encountered on the road, after all, a special exam for class confrontation was being held, so the two sides quickly parted ways after a simple greeting.
Everyone was very clear in their hearts that it was best not to have too much contact with students from other classes at this stage. If there was too much contact, it was very likely that information would be leaked out inadvertently, and everything needed to be more cautious.
Entering the forest, Hashima Hikaru and Ichinose Honami continued to collect supplies and herbs on the island. After seeing that the black-haired girl's expression was not right just now, the boy decided to make cold medicine as soon as possible, maybe it would be useful later.
And in addition to collecting supplies, the two did not stop exploring the base and the camps of other classes. After encountering a suitable hillside, Hashima Hikaru would quickly climb up to observe the nearby scenery.
After being busy for a while, it was already noon. According to the internal agreement of the class, the students who went out to explore and collect supplies must plan their itinerary according to the time displayed on the watch.
After starting out in the morning, they had to return to the camp for the first gathering at noon, followed by the second gathering before dinner, and finally wait together in the camp for the roll call time stipulated in the manual.
Everyone didn't agree to exchange exam points for dry food that could be carried around, so they had to return to the camp in order to replenish their energy and water.
"Hikaru, it's almost twelve o'clock now. We should go back, right." The pink-haired girl wiped the fragrant sweat from her forehead and smiled at Hashima Hikaru, "We can't let everyone wait for us."
"Okay."
Hashima Hikaru nodded. He and Ichinose Honami had probably set off at around nine o'clock in the morning, and they still hadn't found a suitable target.
Thinking of this, the boy couldn't help but think of the new item that had been refreshed in the system bar yesterday.
[Lucky Amulet.]
Although this required 20,000 system funds, if it could really improve luck, maybe it could make this exam easier?
Hashima Hikaru thought for a while and decided to exchange it when searching later. He hoped that it could increase his chances of winning and reap the fruits of victory in this exam.
After the two returned to the camp, the students who remained in the camp were preparing lunch in an orderly manner. Although the number of forty people was not small, fortunately, the exchanged kitchen utensil set itself was designed to cope with a large number of people, so there would not be too many difficulties in terms of cooking.
"Hashima-kun, Ichinose-san, you're finally back!"
Some students quickly gathered around after seeing them return, and some people even had relieved expressions on their faces.
"What's wrong?"
Hashima Hikaru and Ichinose Honami were a little puzzled after putting down the resources they had collected.
"Actually, Mijitsu-san and the others discovered a very strange thing, so everyone is waiting for you to come back to make a decision."
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"Mijitsu-san, what did you guys discover?" Hashima Hikaru looked at a few boys who came out from the students, standing in the middle was Mijitsu Haruto, who was usually a more active boy in the class.
"It's about Class D."
Mijitsu Haruto's expression was a little serious. After all, when he was leading his companions to collect supplies in the forest, he suddenly saw the students lined up and walking out of the forest. Looking closely, they were all members of Class D.
In order to confirm what had happened, Mijitsu and two students immediately decided to follow them and eventually discovered that the students of Class D had directly returned to the beach where they had landed yesterday.
Not only that, but they also packed up some items that they might have exchanged in advance and returned them all to the staff stationed on the shore. Then, one by one, they lined up and walked up the boarding ladder.
"Are you saying that all the students of Class D have returned to the ship?"
Hashima Hikaru instantly understood what the other party meant, and immediately grasped the key point and asked, "Did you count the number of people?"
"...As for this, because the distance was a little far, we couldn't clearly see everyone's face, but it seems like they all went back."
Mijitsu Haruto was completely shocked by the scene at the time, so he couldn't take the time to confirm it in detail.
"You didn't count the number of people?"
Ichinose Honami understood what the boy was worried about. After all, if Class D really withdrew from the exam as a whole, it would mean that Class A would directly have one less enemy.
"But as for this, we also took some remedial measures later."
Seeing Hashima Hikaru's expressionless face, Mijitsu Haruto quickly added, "After seeing them all return to the cruise ship, we immediately turned back to the forest and walked in the direction that their main force came out of."
"Yes." Sumida Makoto, who was helping out, took over the conversation and said to everyone, "The three of us walked forward in this direction and finally found the place where Class D had set up their camp before."
"As a result, we found that their camp had been completely cleaned up. Because there were bonfires and traces of camping, we can judge that that was Class D's original camp setup point."
"I see."
Hashima Hikaru nodded after listening to this explanation. If the camp had really been confirmed, then that could be used as a basis for making a judgment.
After all, for every student who withdrew, 30 points of exam-specific points would be deducted, and a maximum of ten people would deduct all the points. Plus, the camp had been cleaned up, so it was unlikely that there would be anyone left here. It was illogical.
"So, the people in Class D have really completely given up on the exam..."
Ichinose Honami was still a little unbelievable. After all, this was the first special exam held since school started. As the bottom class, shouldn't they work harder to get class evaluation scores in the exam?
"That should be the case." Mijitsu touched his hair. After giving this information to the two core figures of the class, he didn't need to handle the remaining matters.
"So what do you think, Hashima-kun and Ichinose-san? We can now give up on collecting information about Class D, right?"
"As for this, I still need to think about it carefully. What do you all think?"
Hashima Hikaru touched his chin, his gaze sweeping over the students of Class A: "I want to hear everyone's opinions."
"I think it should be true. After all, the camp is gone, and so many people have already returned to the ship, so the points must have been directly deducted."
"Yes. Whether there are still people left on the island or not, Class D's exam results are already destined to be the last."
"Should we now concentrate our efforts on Class C? They're the only ones left."
Listening to everyone's thoughts, Hashima Hikaru turned his head and glanced at Ichinose Honami next to him. The girl was also thinking about how to respond to the truth of the matter at this moment.
After all, she hadn't seen the boarding team with her own eyes, but the three boys who had seen it were unlikely to lie about this kind of thing. Ichinose Honami had always trusted the people in her class.
"What do you think, Ichinose-san?"
"...I think that since the students of Class D have abandoned the camp, and there are many people who have already returned to the cruise ship, we can temporarily give up on collecting information about them." The pink-haired girl pursed her lips. After all, she couldn't let everyone continue to collect information about a class that had already given up on the exam. This was a pure waste of energy.
"Well, I agree with this view as well." Hashima Hikaru nodded and said to everyone in a deep voice, "Since Class D has abstained and we have already grasped the information about Class B, then in the next few days, I will trouble everyone to collect information to put most of their energy into Class C."
"However, in order to ensure that the list of leaders we guess at the end is not wrong, we still need someone to monitor the situation in Class B, because we need to confirm the leader's physical condition and prevent the variable of the leader changing midway. Can everyone understand?"
"Understood."
The students of Class A immediately actively expressed their attitudes. After learning that Class D had abstained, everyone's mood became very good. After all, Hashima Hikaru had already grasped the leader of Class B. As long as they could figure out the name of the leader of Class C, the victory of this exam would belong to their class.
"Okay, everyone, come and help cook. After lunch, we will continue the next round of resource exploration."
While everyone was working hard in the camp again, Hashima Hikaru walked to the open space where he had just put his herbs. As a resource storage place that had been cleared out, he needed to check the results of the half-day's harvest.
After exchanging the [Wilderness Survival (Master)] skill, the boy had indeed done a lot of things these two days. In addition to teaching everyone how to identify some edible wild vegetables and fruits, he had also collected some herbs and made insect repellent.
In addition, Hashima Hikaru had conducted many patrols around the camp and carried out a series of checks and omissions, such as placing some bushes that could make noises in various subtle places to better alert everyone.
After all, in addition to the base, other places on the island could be moved freely, so it could not be ruled out that members of other classes would be lurking nearby to observe the situation in the camp.
"Hashima-kun."
Ichinose Honami's voice came from behind.
"What's wrong?"
"In the afternoon, are you going to the original Class D camp with me to take a look?" Ichinose Honami had just agreed to the next arrangement, but she was still a little concerned if she hadn't confirmed it with her own eyes.
"Okay. After checking the camp, let's go back to the beach on the shore to take a look and explore all these things."
Hashima Hikaru smiled, and was very supportive of the girl's idea.
"Okay."