Shiina thought for a moment and realized that the current situation had indeed deteriorated to a point of no return, where they had no choice but to act. She could only nod in agreement to Ryuuen-san's proposal to initiate the plan early.
"You prepare the food we'll need next. I still need to go back and continue monitoring Class D's every move. Class D is also a bit strange this time; some changes have occurred that even I don't understand."
It was the first time Shiina had seen Ryuuen-san look so puzzled.
Even when Amane disrupted his plans in various incredible ways, leading to ultimate failure, Ryuuen-san had never shown such an expression.
What exactly happened to Class D while she was unconscious?
Noticing Shiina's expression, Ryuuen-san could only helplessly hand her a report.
"This is..."
"This is the report from the second day of observation, along with some special circumstances. You can read the rest at your leisure; I'll head back now."
After handing the paper report to Shiina, Ryuuen-san left with a flourish.
"Ryuuen-san, please be careful on your way."
Shiina watched Ryuuen-san leave before looking at the report.
The second day's infiltrator observation situation is as follows:
Class A chose to observe Kanzaki Ryuji, who has a special identity.
Class B chose to observe Totsuka Yahiko, who has a special identity.
Class C chose to observe Horikita Suzune, who does not have a special identity.
Class D chose to observe Shiina Hiyori, who has a special identity.
After reading it, Shiina finally understood why Ryuuen-san had such an expression.
It was only the second day, and all three classes, A, B, and C, had already exposed people with special identities.
Yet, Class D had consecutively checked the two people most likely to have special identities, and the result was that they hadn't found a single person with a special identity.
This could only mean one thing.
Class D was deliberately hiding the student with a special identity.
And such an action was quite abnormal.
That's right.
In this exam, hiding one's identity was the most abnormal approach.
Because the infiltrator and the key card holder have the same power, deliberately exposing one's special identity could create confusion.
As long as the key card is protected from being seen, even if the opponent knows which two people have special identities, they wouldn't dare to guess rashly.
After all, guessing incorrectly would result in a deduction of points.
No one would rashly write down the opponent's name without absolute certainty.
So, what was Class D trying to conceal with such abnormal behavior?
Shiina continued to read downwards.
Class D's Kouenji Rokusuke left the exam area without permission, deducting thirty class points from Class D.
The name Kouenji Rokusuke was quite well-known outside.
At least Shiina had heard of him, but she heard he was a rather difficult person to manage. Now it seemed to be true; his unauthorized departure led to a deduction of class points... Class D suffered a huge loss this time.
If they were frugal, a day's expenditure would only require twenty class points, which would be enough.
Kouenji's departure was equivalent to adding more than a day's worth of consumption burden to Class D.
Horikita-san must be having a headache over this now, right?
Shiina recalled Horikita Suzune, who had come to find Amane that day.
She looked like a very strong girl; perhaps there was internal conflict within Class D or something similar.
However, these were not problems she should be thinking about.
"Sakaue-sensei, please exchange all remaining points for meat ingredients and charcoal."
Shiina used up all the remaining hundred-plus class points in one go.
She didn't even blink.
Sakaue-sensei nodded.
"The supplies will be delivered in the afternoon. The rest is up to you."
After Sakaue-sensei finished speaking, he took the manual to apply for supplies from above.
Shiina, meanwhile, went to find Amane.
"Amane, why did you and Ibuki-san get into a fight?"
Shiina originally intended to go forward and mediate between the two, but to her surprise, Amane, upon seeing her approach, directly threw herself into her arms.
"Hiyori, it's so good you're back! At noon, I just ate a little too much, and Ibuki-san disliked me, boo-hoo-hoo."
Hearing that their quarrel was over such a matter, Shiina felt a bit helpless.
"Alright, alright, this is something everyone can discuss. Ibuki, be a bit more generous. I remember we bought a lot of food yesterday, didn't we? It's fine if Amane eats a bit more."
Ibuki, hearing Shiina say this, simply spread her hands.
"You call that 'eating a bit more'? The ingredients we bought yesterday are all gone. Even the ingredients for this morning's porridge had to be bought fresh. We shouldn't have many points left, right?"
Shiina recalled. Indeed, when she checked the points just now, there were only about 130 left.
She had thought Ryuuen-san used the points.
But she didn't expect Amane to have spent them.
Suddenly, Shiina thought of something.
"Are all of yesterday's ingredients gone?"
"Not a single thing left."
Oh no.
Originally, there wasn't enough food. Shiina thought there were still a lot of ingredients left from yesterday, so when she made additional purchases, she bought almost all meat.
However, meat wasn't cheap, so even with over a hundred class points, it would at most sustain the entire class for about three meals.
They also needed to prepare some extra meat, which meant... they only had two meals left. One tonight, one tomorrow, and then it would be over... The timing was much tighter than they had planned.
"It's okay... I've already bought some more food."
Shiina gave Ibuki a look.
Ibuki also knew that what Shiina said was probably their last food supply.
Seeing this, she could only pout and turn to leave.
"Hiyori won't blame me, right?"
Amane pitifully hugged Shiina.
"Of course not. Being able to eat is a good thing! Being able to eat means your body can..."
Shiina saw Amane's chest.
She seemed to have figured out the secret of why Amane was so exaggerated.
Due to the change in plans, Shiina could only contact Ryuuen-san again.
When Ryuuen-san heard that Class C would be forced to run out of food tomorrow, his entire face darkened. In the end, he could only initiate the plan immediately. If they delayed any longer, the plan might not even start before Class C began to starve.
Around five in the afternoon.
All the class leaders had gathered together.
They were undoubtedly all summoned here by Ryuuen-san.
Originally, they didn't want to get involved in this matter, but Ryuuen-san said that at this meeting, Class C would announce the specific names of the key card holders and infiltrators, which attracted the leaders of the other classes to come here.
Ryuuen-san chose Class D's campsite as the meeting location.
Because Class D occupied the lighthouse, there were many rooms inside the lighthouse that seemed to be specifically provided for the watchmen guarding the lighthouse to rest.
There was even a small room with tables and chairs, seemingly a temporary small meeting room.
It was perfect as a meeting place.
"Ryuuen, what kind of trick are you trying to pull this time?"
Immediately, Kanzaki questioned Ryuuen-san.
At the last arbitration meeting, Ryuuen-san made him lose face, so naturally, he couldn't give him a good look upon seeing Ryuuen-san chairing this meeting.
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