Around noon, Chabashira-sensei came to Class D's camp and announced something to the students.
"Horikita Suzune has dropped out of the exam due to health reasons. Class D will lose thirty initial points."
This news made the students of Class D feel stunned, as if it were bad luck.
"Are you kidding me? There's only one day left. Couldn't she have held on a little longer?"
"That's thirty points! That's three thousand private points every month!"
"Damn it!"
These reactions from the Class D students made Kamio Tatsuya even more disgusted.
For thirty class points, they didn't care about their classmate's health?
Horikita's situation was obviously different from Kouenji's. Although the students in the class didn't interact with her much, they all knew that she was a very serious student.
So they knew very well that Horikita Suzune really quit the exam because she couldn't stand the discomfort, which was completely different from Kouenji's deliberate laziness.
But even so, there were still some people who stood up to blame her, not just the boys, but some of the girls as well.
"Um, Chabashira-sensei, how is Horikita doing? She seems to have been holding on for a few days."
Finally, someone normal spoke up, still caring about Horikita's health.
Oh, it's Kushida. Never mind I said anything.
You probably want her to burn to death!
"She already has a fever of over 39 degrees. I don't know the specific situation. She's already been sent back to the ship for treatment."
Now the Class D students shut up. Although some of them still looked unhappy, they all knew that a fever of thirty-nine degrees was no joke.
How stupid.
Kamio Tatsuya also understood Horikita's feelings, probably feeling that quitting would affect the students in the class.
Then why didn't you just tell -sensei that you were not feeling well and use points to buy some medicine? Did you think these idiots in Class D would object?
Indeed, if you said you weren't feeling well and needed points to buy cold medicine, maybe the Class D students would disagree, but if you said you weren't feeling well and wanted to quit the exam.
Then they would definitely choose to let you buy cold medicine and hold on a little longer. After all, a pack of cold medicine only costs five points, while quitting the exam would cost thirty points.
And that's not even the biggest problem.
The biggest problem is that Horikita is likely to become a source of infection.
Because everyone's constitution is different, and their resistance to things like colds and fevers is also different.
You Horikita have a strong body and can resist for six days, but others are not the same.
What if a few people get infected, and then these people get sick at the same time... Then Class D might as well not take the exam and just be wiped out.
In short, he respected her will, but did not agree with her actions.
"Also, since Horikita is the leader of Class D, but now Horikita has to drop out due to health reasons, you must choose a new leader in order for the exam to continue."
Horikita is the leader?
Most of the students in the class looked at each other, obviously not knowing this news.
So that's why she quit at this time?
Is it to guard against Ibuki?
Although he didn't know if it would work, Kamio Tatsuya thought Horikita's move was pretty good and worth praising.
At this moment, Hirata's face was a little complicated, with some relief, but also some other meaning.
"Chabashira-sensei, we need to discuss the new leader."
"Give me an answer as soon as possible."
After Chabashira-sensei left, Hirata immediately expressed his opinion here.
"Actually, I knew about Horikita's withdrawal."
"Eh? Hirata knew?"
Hirata nodded.
"Because Ibuki was missing early this morning, Horikita suspected that Ibuki was a spy sent by another class."
"I knew it!"
"I also think she's a spy."
...
"So, we are trying to find a way to change the leader, because no one can guarantee that Ibuki has not found out who the leader of Class D is."
Hirata's words were agreed to by the students in the class.
"So, letting Horikita quit the exam due to health reasons is the solution you came up with?"
Hirata nodded and continued to explain.
"Although I don't know if Ibuki knows the identity of our class leader, I don't want to gamble on this possibility, because if it is really exposed, we may lose more than 70 class points as a result.
So we judged that it would be safer to choose a new leader, even if it costs thirty points, it is worth it. I am very sorry for not informing everyone in advance."
With that, Hirata sincerely bowed to the Class D students to apologize.
"It's not Hirata's fault. Yosuke did this to ensure that our leader is not guessed, right?"
"Karuizawa is right, this is not Hirata's fault. Whether we deduct thirty points or fifty points, we can still tell the difference."
"It's not just fifty points. If the leader is guessed, not only will fifty points be deducted, but the points we have occupied these days will also be reset to zero."
"So it's seventy points."
"That's right, that's right. If that's the case, didn't Yosuke make a great contribution?"
After Hirata made this explanation, the Class D students' resentment towards Horikita also visibly decreased.
After all, if it's for the sake of the exam, it's not unacceptable.
The next thing to do is to choose a new leader.
In order to prevent the new leader from being exposed, Hirata only invited a few people.
On the girls' side, he invited Karuizawa and Kushida, who are both more influential people on the girls' side.
On the boys' side, there were Ayanokouji, Yukimura, and Kamio Tatsuya.
"Time is limited, so I'll just say it directly. I plan to choose one of us to become the leader."
Hirata didn't beat around the bush.
But someone immediately raised their hand to speak.
"What's wrong? Kamio-kun."
"Don't pick me. Or rather, don't pick me."
"What happened?"
Kamio Tatsuya hesitated for a moment, then took out a key card from his pocket.
"This, this is?"
After seeing the key card with Kamio Tatsuya's name on it, everyone else was very surprised.
Ayanokouji, don't be surprised. You already know about it.
"This is a fake key card that I bought with five points, and I have also shown this key card to the people in the class. If nothing else, the class will write my name on it on the last day."
This also means that Kamio Tatsuya directly reduced his class' points by fifty by spending five points.
"So, so amazing."
"In short, don't choose me as the leader, that's all." Kamio Tatsuya put away the fake key card.
"But if you have a fake key card, why didn't you show it to Ibuki?"
As a matter of course, someone asked a question.
Kamio Tatsuya glanced at the person who asked the question, Karuizawa Kei, Hirata's girlfriend. This guy doesn't seem very smart.
"On the second day of the exam, I stayed outside for a day. During this time, you should have occupied bases, right? If Ibuki knows about this, she can easily determine that I am not the leader."
Karuizawa's face was a little embarrassed, because she didn't even know that Kamio Tatsuya went out on the second day.
"In short, you can choose a new leader. You don't need to tell me. The less people know about this, the better."
Although he has already decided to go to Ryuen's class later, he hasn't gone yet.
He can't do anything that would make that Chabashira suspicious.
Soon, Hirata and the others chose a new leader, and the exam continued.
At the same time, on the other side of the island, Ryuen was holding a snake that he didn't know where he got it from and put it on his leg. When he took it away again, there was a row of snake teeth marks there.
"Is it necessary to go this far?"
Ibuki, who was next to him, couldn't help but say while looking at Ryuen.
"Hmph, what do you know? This is a necessary sacrifice." Ryuen sneered, "Go call up Ban."
Not long after, Ban and Ibuki came over. When he saw the snake teeth marks on Ryuen's calf and the snake in his hand.
"That's the way it is, I'm afraid I have to drop out here."
"I understand, I will contact the medical staff immediately." Ban nodded seriously, "What are you going to do about the leader?"
"Give it to this guy. Remember Ibuki, just write the name of the class leader Totsuka Yahiko and the name of the Class B leader Shiranami Chihiro, nothing else, you don't have to do anything."
Before being carried away, Ryuen still did not forget to tell Ibuki.
Holding the newly issued key card, Ibuki's face was a little serious.
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