COTE : Backed By Black Technology System

While Class D was holding their distribution meeting, the atmosphere in Class A was filled with gloom and resentment.

Gloomy, because the only base they currently control is the cave where they're living.

Resentful, because Koenji took over their base right under their noses and kicked them out.

Just as Kanda Shuichi had predicted, after Koenji took over their base, they didn't dare to stay there, fearing Koenji would find an opportunity to report them to the school.

So, Koenji kept taking over their bases, all four of them.

"Damn Class D, are they willing to reveal their leader's identity just to steal bases?" one Class A student gritted their teeth.

"But if they reveal their leader like that, and the leader's identity is guessed, no matter how many bases they occupy or how many temporary points they get, it'll all be for nothing, right?"

"Are they planning to sacrifice this leader and then change leaders at the last moment?"

"Change leaders? But didn't they say you can't change the leader unless there's a special reason?"

"Then how do you explain Class D's behavior? They're completely unafraid of their leader being exposed!"

"Hmph! Those trashy people can do anything. I think they just don't want us in Class A to get high points. They want us to blow up together."

Class A students argued back and forth, making Katsuragi Kohei, the temporary leader, feel like his head was going to explode.

"Hey! Stop arguing! You're distracting Katsuragi from thinking!"

At a critical moment, Katsuragi's little brother, Totsuka Yahiko, the leader of Class A this time, stood up to try to stabilize the situation.

"Hah? Why should we listen to you? Our boss isn't Katsuragi!"

"That's right. In the end, it's Katsuragi's fault for letting things get to this point."

"If Sakayanagi were here, this wouldn't have happened!"

A few of Sakayanagi's people immediately started attacking Totsuka Yahiko with words. They might be a little afraid of Katsuragi, but they had no hesitation when it came to Totsuka Yahiko.

Seeing his loyal little brother being bullied like this, Katsuragi couldn't sit still anymore. As the boss, he needed to act like one.

"Alright, enough. Arguing won't solve anything."

"So, what are you going to do?"

This question left Katsuragi speechless. What should he do? How would he know?

"Anyway, we need to check the opponent's strength, confirm what they have. If possible, we'll try to take back all the bases we've lost."

"Then, we'll monitor the well-occupied strongholds. As soon as the enemy shows up, we'll report them to the school, saying they're sabotaging our stronghold and deduct points from them."

"Even if we can't retake the stronghold, we need to confirm their identities. Once we know who they are, we can strike back at the end."

That's right, they were wiped out before they could even confirm the invaders' identities.

Koenji took advantage of the blind spots of the watchers, occupied the stronghold, then made some noise to let Class A's watchers know that the stronghold had been taken. In fear of losing fifty points, they panicked and immediately left.

As for why the watchers didn't guard the stronghold, it's simple: they never considered that someone could take it right under their noses.

Their main goal in guarding the stronghold was to prevent other classes from sneaking in and discovering their leader. 

But the area of the stronghold was so large, and Class A had limited manpower. To monitor the entire stronghold, they had to spread out.

This gave Koenji the chance he needed, and he took full advantage of it.

This led to the current situation—Koenji took over Class A's stronghold right under their noses, but they never realized who he was.

But they didn't mind too much. Even though they were caught off guard by Koenji at first, they were still Class A students.

Once they figured it out, even if the enemy was too strong to retake the territory, they still had ways to fight back.

That was to secretly infiltrate and confirm their leader's identity when they saw the person swipe their card. Even if they lost temporary points from the territory, it would be worth it.

Class D, we'll make sure you fail!

After hearing Katsuragi's plan, the Class A students all felt a surge of energy.

"The next stronghold refresh will be between 2 AM and 3 AM, but I don't recommend trying to catch them in the act then."

Seeing how fired up his classmates were, Katsuragi threw cold water on them.

"Huh? Watching from the shadows would be better at night, wouldn't it?"

"But if they're disguised, it won't help us, and everyone's been tired all day. Watching at night is too risky. Plus, if they don't show up, we'll just waste our energy. If we miss tomorrow's 8 AM roll call because of it, that would be even worse."

Katsuragi made a good point, and they were indeed exhausted. The continuous exploration all day had already worn them out, and they hadn't really noticed the fatigue earlier, as their anger had distracted them.

Not everyone was like Koenji, a monster of stamina, so after Katsuragi's persuasion, they all gave up on the idea of monitoring the stronghold at night.

Once they relaxed a bit, the fatigue hit them all at once.

After saying their goodbyes, they found a place to rest before going to eat.

The first day of the uninhabited island exam passed, with everyone feeling exhausted.

As for Class D, after deciding on the night shift watchers, they went back to rest.

At 2 AM, a few of Class D's special personnel emerged from their tents and got ready to head out for their respective tasks.

Not only could they earn temporary points, but they could also get personal points as a reward. This double gain left even Ike and Yamauchi excited, not wasting any time.

Among them, Koenji had woken up early on his own. Judging by his expression, he didn't seem tired at all.

However, due to the poor visibility at night, even with a flashlight, he couldn't move too quickly.

Well~ except for Koenji, who, relying on the faint moonlight, moved through the forest like Tarzan, invisible and silent. Even if someone was watching, they'd probably only hear the rustling of leaves as he passed.

Therefore, even though Koenji had the toughest task, he was the first to return to the camp.

The others returned around the same time. Though Ike and Yamauchi were the closest, since it was their first time, they weren't familiar with the terrain and ended up wasting some time.

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