Ryuuen arrived in front of the punch-in machine at the fishing hut. Looking at the machine, whose occupation time had already reset to zero, he sneered as he took out C Class's key card and chose to punch in and occupy it.
According to the school's rules, when points are settled, even if the infiltrator or key card holder is guessed by all classes, the points held will basically be deducted or even cleared.
However, stronghold points are the only ones that cannot be deducted through conventional means.
Therefore, all classes regard stronghold points as their guaranteed minimum points.
But even these guaranteed points are not easy to obtain.
After a class punches in to occupy a stronghold, there is an eight-hour cooldown period, during which no class can punch in to occupy that stronghold again.
However, if the cooldown period ends, even if that stronghold was previously occupied by other classes, it can now be punched in and occupied with a key card from a different class.
But the punch-in machine can only record one class's punch-in history, meaning that once people from another class participate in punching in, all previous punch-in records will be invalidated.
Without a punch-in record, naturally, no corresponding points will be obtained.
For classes that have already accumulated a lot of stronghold points, this is tantamount to pulling the rug out from under them.
What Ryuuen was doing at this moment was erasing all of D Class's stronghold points.
"This is the fourth one. The remaining two are a bit troublesome. Tsk, hasn't Albert-san finished yet?"
Ryuuen listened to the commotion from not far away and looked with some dissatisfaction at the ongoing fierce battle.
Despite being beaten down by Albert-san with an absolutely overwhelming advantage, the bruised Hirata-san would always force himself to stand up again.
This tenacious, clinging tactic put Albert-san in a tough fight.
Fortunately, they had two people; otherwise, they might really have been held back by Hirata-san alone.
Ryuuen shifted his gaze from Hirata-san.
He knew very well that Hirata-san and Albert-san were not in the same league at all.
Even if he fought to the death, Hirata-san could not be Albert-san's opponent; defeating him was only a matter of time.
Instead of worrying about a battle whose outcome was already decided, it was better to focus on the last two strongholds.
D Class's campsite occupied a unique advantage; the four easily occupiable strongholds had already been taken by Ryuuen. Now, the remaining two punch-in machines were one inside the lighthouse and one at the source of the river on the nearby small mountain, which supplied D Class's daily water.
Ryuuen greedily wanted to occupy them all, but he was faced with difficulties in terms of information.
Because the lighthouse's punch-in machine was inside, Albert-san couldn't scout its exact location.
Perhaps it could be seen upon entering the lighthouse, or perhaps the punch-in machine was on the top floor of the lighthouse, or even in a certain room.
Searching one by one would undoubtedly drag on until Amane-san and the others returned.
Especially if he startled others during the search, in a confined environment, whether he, Ryuuen, could escape from the lighthouse was a question.
So, even though Ryuuen wanted to deliver an unforgettable blow to D Class, he had no choice but to give up due to time constraints.
That left only the remaining stronghold... the stronghold on the small mountain not far away.
Ryuuen walked towards the stronghold punch-in machine on the small mountain.
Hirata-san saw Ryuuen's actions and felt a secret urgency in his heart.
But Albert-san in front of him firmly held him back... No.
Rather than saying he was held back, it was more accurate to say that he, Hirata-san, was being thoroughly beaten.
"Still daring to be distracted while fighting me?"
A clean left hook landed heavily on Hirata-san's face.
Albert-san's iron fist, as big as a sandbag under his dark skin, made Hirata-san's nose bleed profusely with just one punch.
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