With the sound of the broadcast, this week-long special exam finally came to an end.
Upon hearing the news that the exam was over, most ordinary students, whether on the island or already back on the cruise ship, cheered.
This exam, which had brought them various unpleasant memories, was finally declared over, and what awaited them next was probably to enjoy a leisurely vacation on the luxury cruise ship.
Filled with anticipation for the upcoming vacation, most people seemed full of energy, and some had even begun to celebrate the arrival of their comfortable life, with cheers and shouts making the beach seem to boil.
However, there was also a portion of people whose expressions visibly grew solemn after hearing the broadcast announce the end of the special exam; for them, the main event of this exam had just begun.
Katsuragi Kohei of Class A sighed deeply, looking at the clipboard in his hand.
Because of the sudden withdrawal, Class A had no contingency plans; from the start of this special exam, the outwardly united but inwardly divided Class A was unable to fully coalesce and implement Katsuragi's arrangements. This led to Katsuragi spending most of his energy on maintaining Class A's stability, neglecting to observe the key card holders and infiltrators of other classes.
The result was that Katsuragi was completely at a loss when looking at the clipboard, needing to fill in the names of key card holders and infiltrators from other classes.
After a long hesitation, Katsuragi finally wrote down a name in the Class C column. For the Class C key card holder, Katsuragi wrote Shiina Hiyori, and for the infiltrator, he wrote Ryuuen Kakeru.
Katsuragi was strictly following the agreement he had made with Ryuuen, perhaps this was the only list he had personally seen and could confirm was correct at the time.
As for the other sections, Katsuragi could only choose to leave them blank.
Because filling them in would be meaningless, even if they had nothing left to lose, Katsuragi was still unwilling to take a gamble.
In Class B, Ichinose Honami was responsible for filling out the list. She really wanted Kanzaki to take out the key card from his pocket, so they could know who the key card holder of Class D was.
Originally, according to Kanzaki's reasoning, Ichinose also thought Amane should be the key card holder, but ever since Amane informed her about another type of illegal use of the key card, she became less confident.
Compared to Class A, which had already run out of points.
Class B had too many things to worry about. Class B had saved 105 exam points, and if they guessed one key card holder incorrectly, they would lose fifty points. If they guessed the infiltrator incorrectly, over a hundred points would become spoils of war for other classes.
Especially... Amane already knew who Class B's key card holder was, and it was likely that these hundred-plus exam points would be completely plundered.
In the eyes of other students, they still had 80 base points, totaling 185 class points, which was undoubtedly a huge sum for Class B after experiencing the penalty.
Unfortunately... all of this had now become a thing of the past.
Ichinose hesitated for a long time and still did not reveal the cruel reality Class B was about to face to everyone. She didn't know how to explain why the key card Shibata had exchanged for turned out to be Class D's, nor how to explain why Class B's key card appeared with Amane.
She also couldn't make everyone accept that Amane, whom they had guarded against all night, was merely Amane's deliberate act.
Someone had, unknowingly, allowed all of Class B's bases to be occupied by Class C at some point.
And she had naively thought that Amane had let them off the hook.
Alas.
Ichinose sighed heavily in her heart.
Finally, she only wrote Yamada Albert's name for both the key card holder and infiltrator of Class C.
Whether it would succeed or not was just a gamble.
In Class C, due to Ryuuen's injury, he was still recovering in the hospital.
The important task of filling out the list was handed over to Shiina Hiyori.
Compared to other classes, this task was very unfriendly to Shiina Hiyori, because Class C was the first to run out of points and be eliminated, and had not conducted any investigations into other classes. Therefore, Shiina Hiyori had no information to refer to.
Ryuuen and Albert, who had the most information, were both unavailable; one was severely injured and still recovering in the hospital, and asking him would take too much time. She had to make a decision immediately.
The only hope, Albert, only made Shiina Hiyori show a helpless smile, because Albert said that Ryuuen's task for him was to stay on the island until the end of the exam, and he wasn't told to look for key card holders.
Shiina was helpless with such an explanation.
Thus, a heavy pressure fell on Shiina Hiyori's shoulders. She had to try her best to gain more points for Class C without any concrete intelligence.
The only intelligence available at the moment was the results of the infiltrator's peeking, and throughout the exam, only this information was public.
Just as Shiina Hiyori was at a loss, a unique idea suddenly came to her.
Since I can't guess who it is, why not fill in the same person's name for both options?
For example, the special identity people in Class A are Katsuragi Kohei and Totsuka Yahiko.
If Shiina Hiyori were to fill it out, she would definitely write Totsuka Yahiko's name in both the Class A key card holder column and the infiltrator column.
Because the identity of the infiltrator is mostly known by the class leaders, and since Shiina Hiyori is not an exchange student, there is no extra bonus for guessing the identity correctly. The regular reward for guessing the infiltrator correctly is to obtain the remaining exam points of the opposing class, which does not include base points.
But Class A was known by everyone to have been eliminated with zero points, so there were no points to deduct. It would be useless even if Shiina Hiyori guessed correctly, so Shiina Hiyori's focus was entirely on who was more likely to be the key card holder.
Shiina Hiyori filled in Totsuka Yahiko's name in both columns for Class A, and Ichinose Honami's name in both columns for Class B. Compared to Kanzaki, Ichinose Honami seemed more like the key card holder.
Then, in the Class D column, Shiina Hiyori hesitated for a long time. Although Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was the only one identified as having an identity, Shiina Hiyori still suspected that Amane was more likely to be the person with a special identity. After a long hesitation, Shiina finally filled in Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's name in both columns for Class D.
After Sakaue-sensei received such answers, he was stunned. These answers, which looked somewhat like child's play, did not seem like something a student like Shiina Hiyori would produce.
"Sakaue-sensei, is it not against the rules for me to write this?"
Shiina Hiyori still looked at Sakaue-sensei with some concern.
"You can, but... Shiina, have you thought it through? The probability of guessing correctly this way will be very low."
"It's okay. For us, who have nothing left to lose, there's no loss even if we don't guess correctly. If that's the case, why not try a method that has a fifty percent chance of being correct?"
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