124 -123- Please accept

Until this moment, the students of Class D realized.

Unconsciously, they had already walked out of the forest.

Before them was a clear open space.

No.

That wasn't an open space, but a cliff.

This was a cliff located in a corner of the isolated island.

After coming out of the forest, the first thing everyone saw was the panoramic view of most of the forest.

The trees bathed in sunlight were vibrant green.

A breeze blew from the other side of the sky, bringing a coolness.

"Wow..."

"It's so beautiful..."

"So, this forest can also be beautiful..."

Overlooking the forest from a high vantage point, the female students of Class D each exclaimed in admiration, their eyes slightly mixed with emotion.

"It's really beautiful."

Even Karuizawa Kei, who hadn't spoken since entering the forest due to losing her competitive edge, smiled, adding some charm to her cute face.

At this moment, Ike Kanji also noticed something and shouted to the whole class.

"Found it! Is this the sensing device used to occupy the stronghold?"

Ike Kanji's shout made the students, who were enjoying the extraordinary view, snap out of it and gather around him.

On the edge of the cliff, there was a terminal device installed on the rock wall, with a display screen attached.

On the screen, there was an area for sensing card swipes.

"As long as a leader is decided, and the leader uses the key card here, we can occupy this stronghold, right?"

Ike Kanji, sensitive to points, quickly voiced out to everyone.

"Let's quickly decide on a leader so we can start calculating bonus points. It's one point every eight hours!"

Ike Kanji made this decision impulsively.

Before the students in the class could give their opinions, Chabashira Sae, who had been following the students and observing the entire journey, spoke up.

"The school has regulations that homeroom teachers must act together with the class until the end of the exam. If you decide to occupy this place, then think again about whether you want to set it as your camp."

That is to say, whether to consider this stronghold as Class D's living place for the next seven days.

"If you decide to set this as a camp, I will conduct the designated roll call here for the next seven days. Once the roll call time arrives, if any student is absent, points will be deducted."

Chabashira Sae informed everyone.

"Also, once you decide to set this as a camp, it cannot be changed without a valid reason. You need to think carefully about this."

This should be the school's final notice, right?

Decide on the camp and decide on the leader.

As long as these reports are completed, Chabashira Sae will leave.

At that time, Class D will truly begin to live in the wilderness.

And this last notice from Chabashira Sae also made many students present show a difficult expression.

"Do we want to set this as a camp?"

"Or is it better not to?"

"Although it's very beautiful here."

"But, it seems like it will be very hard to live here."

The students of Class D each made such remarks.

Indeed, it was the case.

Although this was a rare stronghold, if it were to be used as a camp, everyone would be somewhat repelled.

Not to mention, since arriving here, the sunlight had not stopped shining, and no one would want to live here for the next seven days.

Of course, not all areas were exposed to sunlight. There were large areas of shade near the forest. If this place were to be set as a camp, the students could also live there.

But apart from this, there were no other advantages to this stronghold.

Once the camp was decided, it could not be changed.

Therefore, it was natural for everyone to hesitate.

But while the students in the class hesitated, Hirata Yousuke pondered for a moment, looked at Hori standing at the edge of the cliff, standing in the wind, looking at the distant scenery.

Then, Hirata Yousuke spoke up.

"Nanaya-san, do you think we should set this as our camp?"

Hirata Yousuke's question silenced everyone present.

No one expressed their opinions anymore. Instead, they all, like Hirata Yousuke, looked at Hori.

Obviously, Hori's opinion had already gained great influence in the minds of everyone in Class D.

This was the hidden prestige that Hori had accumulated so far.

After all, even though every word Hori said was extremely sharp, it was also irrefutable every time, and his ability was obvious to everyone, which everyone tacitly accepted.

In this way, it was natural that everyone could not ignore Hori's words.

So, Hori turned his head and looked at Hirata Yousuke.

"Why ask me?" Hori said with interest, "Whether to set up a camp or not should be decided by you. I don't care, you should know that, right?"

Not to mention, when Hirata Yousuke asked for Hori's opinion on the beach, Hori belittled him to the point of being worthless. Now, to seek Hori's opinion again, Hirata Yousuke's behavior was inexplicable.

But Hirata Yousuke seemed to completely disregard what happened at that time.

"I believe that Nanaya-san's words are all very correct," Hirata Yousuke said very sincerely, "Whether it's the problems that exist in Class D or my own lack of ability, these are all facts."

"Not to mention, just in the aspect of discovering the stronghold, according to Nanaya-san's words, while Class A, Class B, and Class C confirmed it when they were on the deck, only Nanaya-san was prepared at that time. I hadn't even noticed the existence of the special exam at that time, which already proves my lack of ability."

With that, Hirata Yousuke looked directly at Hori, with the most sincere tone he had ever used, making this request.

"Therefore, I would like to ask Nanaya-san to be our leader and lead us through this special exam."

In other words, Hirata Yousuke wanted to do this?

"Class A has Katsuragi, Class B has Ichinose, and Class C has Ryuen."

"And our Class D has you, Nanaya-san."

Hirata Yousuke's voice echoed throughout the room.

"Without you, we are destined to lag far behind the other three classes."

"But if you are willing to lead us and participate in this special exam together, I believe that even if our opponents are Class A, Class B, and Class C, we have the ability to compete."

"Katsuragi, Ichinose, and Ryuen should also be aware of this. That's why they paid so much attention to you on the ship."

"So, please accept my request and work with us!"

After the words fell, Hirata Yousuke bowed deeply in Hori's direction, showing the greatest sincerity.

Hori narrowed his eyes and remained silent.