The remote island exam was officially declared over.
The match results began to be announced.
All students from all classes, including the homeroom teachers, had gathered below the cruise ship.
This was the first time Ryunosuke saw the new homeroom teacher of Class C, Kirisu Mafuyu.
It must be admitted, she was truly a beautiful woman, especially with that tight skirt paired with long legs wrapped in black stockings...
(Tsk tsk tsk, her beauty is no less than Chabashira-sensei's. If you don't count the smoking habit, she's far superior to Chabashira-sensei.)
Sae, who was standing on the upper part of the cruise ship, suddenly furrowed her brow. She felt as if there was someone thinking improperly about her, but she didn't know who.
The homeroom teacher from Class A held the microphone and began announcing the exam results. Starting from the highest to the lowest.
"Class C Horikita Suzune, initial class points are 183 points. Remaining points from this special exam are 100 points, which will be added to current class points."
"In addition, because they successfully guessed Class A's leader, they get an additional 50 points."
"In this location point sweeping activity, they surprisingly obtained 385 points, which has been recorded into class points."
"Total additional points are: 535 points!"
"This is the most extraordinary result here!"
"This point addition will be added to next month's point distribution, which becomes 718 class points."
Class A's homeroom teacher, Mashima Tomoya, applauded! He gave them congratulations. He was sincerely proud because they managed to catch up through their own hard work.
Class C students still hadn't fully come to their senses.
What did they just hear?
They were first place?
And next month's points would be over 70,000?! That meant they wouldn't lack food and drink anymore!
At that instant, thunderous cheers erupted from Class C's direction. Unconsciously, they looked toward their class leader, namely Suzune who had just taken fever-reducing medicine and hadn't fully recovered. They all considered this success was thanks to her efforts.
After all, they felt they hadn't done anything and only "won while lying down." Plus, on the surface, Ryunosuke appeared to be Suzune's person.
This was indeed deliberately done by Ryunosuke; because he had promised Manabu to look after his sister. He gave all the credit for this exam to Suzune. The purpose was so this formal leader would have greater influence and authority after the exam ended.
Only one person didn't care much, namely Matsushita Chiaki. She looked deeply at Ryunosuke hiding in the distance with a flat face, as if this incident had nothing to do with that young man.
For the first time, Chiaki felt interested in someone.
As for the other Class C members, who cares about the truth? In that euphoric atmosphere, they all poured all credit to Suzune.
Kushida put on a gloomy face, but she didn't say anything.
Class C students who were cheering wanted to lift Suzune's still weak body that had just gotten off the ship trembling.
Suzune hadn't realized what was happening; when surrounded, she reflexively assumed a martial arts stance.
Because she had just gotten off the ship, she didn't hear the last sentence clearly, so she didn't know what was happening. Until those people presumptuously lifted her and threw her in the air, only then did she realize. Their class seemed to... win.
"Ahem! Please be quiet!" Class A's homeroom teacher cleared his throat, signaling for everyone to be silent. He hadn't finished speaking, and the results of the other three classes hadn't been announced yet.
Class C stopped being noisy. They all grinned foolishly and remained quiet.
On Class A's side, Kohei clenched his fist full of dissatisfaction.
Their leader's identity being guessed meant they had to be deducted 50 points. But that wasn't the most important thing. What was most important was, why could Class C's points be that high?
Who had that much ability?
Was it Ayanokouji?
Kohei looked deeply at Ayanokouji who was currently on the ship with one hand wrapped in a bandage hanging on his neck.
At this time, Ayanokouji was eating the ship's luxurious dishes with a calm face, as if not caring about this situation.
Kohei gritted his teeth.
(Forget it! A class that even Sakayanagi is wary of must have something special. Now the most important thing is what rank is my own class?)
Kohei didn't think further and waited patiently for the teacher's next announcement.
Meanwhile, Arisu who was also on the cruise ship had walked toward Ayanokouji with the help of her cane, then sat beside him.
"You don't mind if I sit here, right, Ayanokouji-kun?"
Ayanokouji gave a signal with a flat gaze for her to please sit. Arisu made a polite noble gesture, then sat and greeted like old friends who hadn't met in a long time.
"Long time no see, Ayanokouji-kun. Do you still remember me?"
Ayanokouji kept staring flatly and shook his head slightly, signaling he didn't remember.
Arisu sighed.
"Is that so? That's natural. For someone like you, a loser like me might not be worth remembering." Arisu said in a half-joking but serious tone.
Ayanokouji remained unaffected and continued eating. "Just say what your purpose is looking for me."
"Hehe~" Arisu laughed softly like a little demon, then spoke full of mockery. "I didn't expect the White Room's best masterpiece could actually obey other people's orders."
"What reason makes you willing to obey Akasaka Ryunosuke's orders?"
Arisu looked at him sharply, observing his every movement to look for clues. Ayanokouji remained calm as if not caring about Arisu's words.
In the past, if anyone dared mention the words "White Room" before him, his first thought was to eliminate that person. No matter who it was. But now it was different. He had a practical "errand boy" who would clean up problems for him, and he only needed to occasionally help solve some complications for that person so his life remained peaceful.
The "errand boy" meant was of course Ryunosuke. The two of them needed each other, so... neither wanted the other party to have problems.
Seeing Ayanokouji give no reaction, Arisu lost interest. She stood up with her cane, preparing to leave. Before leaving, she threw out one last question.
"What's actually the reason? What could make you obey that person's orders... Is he better than me?" Arisu gripped her cane tightly, as if seeking an answer for her inner peace.
After finishing eating, Ayanokouji wiped his mouth with a tissue, stood with his hands in his pockets, and prepared to leave. Before passing Arisu, he whispered softly.
"Akasaka Ryunosuke is a person far more valuable than you. At least as far as I know currently... you still can't match him."
After saying that, Ayanokouji just left, not caring about Arisu at all.
Arisu's lips curved into a smile. "Interesting... even you admit he's stronger than me? But I actually want to compete with him! I'm not just decoration."
Her cane struck the floor hard; the sound was quite loud. She walked away limping.
She knew very well she had already lost. Since Class C occupied first place, she had already lost to Ryunosuke. But she wanted to know, how big was the distance between herself and that young man?
Would it be as hopeless as when facing Ayanokouji?
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