Deep in the forest, after Hashima Hikaru expressed that he wanted to consider it, he stood alone in the distance, while Ichinose Honami approached that Yamashita Saki to ask about the current situation.
"Um, Yamashita-san, right? I'm Ichinose Honami."
"I know you. You are the class leader of Class A."
Yamashita's eyes looked at the pink-haired girl who was close at hand. The other party was indeed extremely beautiful. Her exquisite face was almost impeccable, coupled with her voluptuous and proud figure and the gentle temperament that radiated from her body, she would probably attract the attention of countless people wherever she went.
"Yes, but more than that, I want to know why Yamashita-san is unwilling to return to the cruise ship with the others." Ichinose Honami looked at the red mark on the girl's face, her expression a little serious. "If Ryuuen-kun really used violence, why didn't you tell the teacher? It is absolutely unacceptable to attack a student."
"Heh."
Yamashita Saki, with her twin tails, sneered, as if mocking Ichinose's naivety.
"That Ryuuen is our class's current class leader. The teacher trusts him very much. It's useless to try to accuse him with just this little bit of a mark. At most, it's just a verbal reprimand."
"...Then why did you have a conflict?" Ichinose Honami asked calmly. If she was going to take in students from other classes, she had to find out the cause and effect.
"Why should I tell you!"
Yamashita Saki glared at Ichinose Honami, showing a very unhappy look: "Anyway, I didn't ask to go to your camp. A few days is all. It doesn't matter if I stay here."
Although the tone of her speech was very bad, Yamashita knew in her heart that this was an essential part of the role-playing process, because only in this way could she reduce their vigilance and present herself as if she was really staying on the island because of anger and unhappiness.
"This... Yamashita-san, don't say that. If you really can't get on the cruise ship, everyone doesn't mind letting you stay in our camp."
"Is that so? Are you really brave enough to take in a student from another class?" Yamashita Saki curled her lips, and couldn't help but recall what happened yesterday.
After being selected by everyone in the class as an undercover agent, Ryuuen Shou specifically told her a lot of things, including the general situation of Class A and who needed to be paid attention to.
For example, this Class A's class leader, Ichinose Honami, was a kind-hearted and easy-going girl, so she would not leave a student alone in the forest.
Ranking first alongside her was a boy named Hashima Hikaru. Yamashita Saki had a good impression of him. She had seen him once when selling the rules. Later, she had heard this name several times from her classmates Shiina Hiyori and Ibuki.
Most importantly, Ryuuen singled him out and emphasized it before setting off, with a very jealous expression on his face when he said this.
[Remember, the real core of Class A has always been this Hashima guy, but he's too naive and doesn't want to use tough methods to make everyone obey him. Instead, he does this family-like thing of voting and discussing. So as long as you can arouse the sympathy of most people, he won't be able to refuse to let you stay in the camp.]
Yamashita glanced at the boy standing at the far end without showing any signs, but still maintained a very impatient expression on her face.
"It is indeed risky to take in students from other classes, but we can't leave Yamashita-san alone in the forest." Ichinose Honami said as a matter of course, "Everyone is a student, we wouldn't be so cold-blooded and ruthless."
"Then can Ichinose-san make this decision? Let me stay in your camp temporarily?"
Yamashita Saki pretended to hesitate for a while and asked tentatively.
"As for this..."
Ichinose Honami did not answer this question immediately, but turned to look at Hashima Hikaru standing aside.
"Hashima-kun, how have your thoughts been?"
"Almost."
After hearing the pink-haired girl's voice, Hashima Hikaru walked straight over. He didn't even ask the Yamashita Saki sitting on the ground, but immediately pulled Ichinose Honami aside and said in a very low voice.
"Although I don't know what happened, if we really want to take her in, we must make some preparations in advance."
After ending the thoughts in his mind, the boy felt a little fortunate, because Class A had not officially started to occupy the bases, so now, faced with this "gift" that fell from the sky, it might provide him with a new idea.
In any case, if he told this to the others in the class, most people would probably choose to agree to take in this girl. After all, the students of Class A were very kind and would not ignore Yamashita.
Since Class D had been proven to have given up on this special exam, then judging from common sense, perhaps taking in a student from another class was just adding one more mouth to feed and was not a big burden at all.
However, for Hashima Hikaru, who had had several contacts with Ryuuen Shou and Ibuki Mio, when he discovered this Class D member who was still on the island, he instantly pulled his vigilance to the maximum.
Before collecting enough evidence, he had to think of a better way to deal with the most important key card.
"What preparations?"
"Um... Let's do this. I'll go back to the camp alone to do something first," Hashima Hikaru looked at his watch and leaned close to Ichinose Honami and said, "I estimate that it will take about half an hour. You can leave to return to the camp after five o'clock."
"Okay, I understand."
Ichinose Honami looked at the boy's serious face and nodded obediently. She didn't continue to ask, because the girl believed that the other party would definitely explain clearly later.
"I'm going first. You can stay here for a while."
Hashima Hikaru nodded to the other students and immediately strode into the forest.
Such actions, on the contrary, made Yamashita Saki sitting on the ground a little unable to understand what the situation was now.
"Yamashita-san, it has been decided. You will return to the camp with us later," Ichinose Honami's expression was very gentle and said to her slowly, "Otherwise it would be really dangerous to let you stay here alone."
"Is that so?"
Yamashita Saki nodded slightly, but still said with some concern: "Then why wait a while?"
"Well, it's because Hashima-kun said that the garbage in the camp hasn't been cleaned up yet, so he rushed over to let everyone clean it up first. Only then can we bring Yamashita-san back."
"Is that necessary?"
"Of course. If Yamashita-san comes to our camp, wouldn't that make you a guest?"
Ichinose Honami smiled lightly, and her expression was impeccable.
At the same time, on the other side, Hashima Hikaru was moving at a fairly fast speed in the forest. He had to make a series of preparations before this Yamashita-san came to the camp.
The students of Class A all knew that the class leader was Minakata Kozue. After accepting this girl from Class D into the camp, the key card had to be dealt with.
Now Hashima Hikaru had mastered the name of Class B's leader, but not Class C and Class D. But since Class D, who had clearly indicated that they had given up, still had people staying on the island, that might be a good breakthrough.
After all, mobile phones could not be used on the uninhabited island. Communication between information had to be face to face. If it was really an undercover agent, wouldn't they have a chance to find out the name of their class leader.
In addition, regardless of whether she was an undercover agent or not, Class A had not started to earn points by occupying the bases, so they could temporarily terminate this arrangement and change their plan to deal with this sudden arrangement. That was the real adaptability.
After the boy rushed back to the camp, there were still quite a few students inside. Everyone was slightly surprised by Hashima Hikaru's early return, but they didn't ask much. After all, he was the strategist of the class core, and he didn't need to explain what he did.
As for that Minakata-san, she was naturally in the camp.
In order to ensure the safety of the key card, she would enter the forest in the morning to search for supplies, and in the afternoon, she would stay in the camp and be with the students in the cooking group. All the arrangements were the same as most of the students. This was to ensure that it would not attract the attention of others.
"Minakata-san."
"Hashima-kun? Why did you come back early?" Minakata Kozue was looking down at picking vegetables. When she saw the boy suddenly coming over, a surprised expression appeared on her face.
"I have something to tell you. Come with me for a moment."
"Okay."
After the two came to a secluded place behind the camp, Hashima Hikaru explained to her what he had just seen and everyone's decision.
After listening to these words, Minakata Kozue quickly understood what the boy meant and said, "So you suspect that this Yamashita-san didn't actually give up on the exam and is planning to come over as an undercover agent?"
"That's right, but there is no evidence yet, so this can only be considered a guess." Hashima Hikaru gave the other party a look of approval, "Therefore, after dinner, I will announce a new strategy to everyone, so that everyone will stop looking for bases and change the strategy to collect information about the Class C's class leader."
"And your task is to hide the key card completely, because if this Yamashita-san is really an undercover agent, she will definitely secretly go to confirm the name on the key card."
"I understand."
Minakata Kozue's brain wasn't stupid, and she quickly nodded and said, "Then I'll just dig a hole and hide the key card underground until you say I can take it out."
"Um... that's fine too."
Hashima Hikaru touched his chin. If Yamashita Saki was an undercover agent, he could completely track her actions to confirm whether Class D had other students left on the island, and maybe that was the real leader.
Hiding the key card had cut off the point-scoring model of occupying the bases, but under the boy's arrangement, the points spent by Class A to exchange for supplies were low enough, and they already knew the name of one class leader.
In order to ensure that they would get more points in the end, putting all the goals on investigating the names of the class leaders was the key to winning.