#27 Class B's camp

When I arrived near the place occupied by Class B, I immediately spotted a campfire with 2 people sitting around it.

Ichinose and Kanzaki...

Tch, this will be much harder than I thought. I don't really want to use violence against them since I have no grudges against them plus our classes might cooperate with each other during this test.

If they were from Class C I would have just knocked them out but I will have to sneak in if I don't want to injure them.

Before I do anything, I should think about who could be their leader.

Ichinose...she stands out too much and it would be a great risk to name her a leader.

Kanzaki...he is one of the suspects since Ichinose seems to trust him a lot and he himself is a quite clever individual

There are also 2 girls who are pretty close to Ichinose.

The first one is Chihiro Shiranami, who previously confessed to Ichinose and the second girl is Mako Amikura who played volleyball with us before. Both of them seemed really close to Ichinose so I should start by searching the girl's tent and if it's none of them then it is probably Kanzaki but I won't vote for him without clear evidence.

"Do you think we should take a risk and try to name leaders from other classes?" Ichinose asked Kanzaki with a worried expression.

"I think it will be safest if we just do it straightforwardly without any risks. We have a water source nearby and we can gather the food for ourselves, this way we can save up a lot of points"

They were too engrossed in the conversation and this gave me the opportunity to easily sneak in and peek into the closest tent.

Bingo! The girl's tent, now to find those two.

I silently entered the tent and looked around for Shiranami and Akimura.

There is Akimura...I quietly approached her and when I noticed a bag near her I immediately opened it.

Nothing... Let's hope that Shiranami has the card inside her bag or I will be forced to search the clothes they are currently wearing. This already makes me look enough like a creep, I don't want to spend more time than needed here. I put Akimura's bag back and looked around for Shiranami.

There she is...I approached her and grabbed her bag.

Please be there, please be there. I silently prayed as I was searching for a card inside her bag.

?!

Yes! I took out the card that looked exactly the same as the one I received from Chabashira-sensei.

I checked the name on it and then put it back.

Nice, finally I can leave this hell overflowing with sleeping girls. At least that's what I thought before I heard Ichinose's voice.

"Aah, it's already time to switch. It was nice to talk to you, Kanzaki-kun, see you tomorrow" Ichinose said with a yawn.

Fuck...What to do?

My first thought was to just silently knock her out after she would enter the tent but I shook my head and abandoned that idea since I already said I won't use violence against Class B unless necessary.

I quickly looked around the tent for a good hiding spot but there was simply no place to hide.

...Sorry. I apologized in my mind and quickly hid under the blanket right next to Shiranami.

Please don't be the one who needs to go switch with Ichinose.

"*Hey, Mako-chan?!*" Ichinose whispered and lightly shook Akimura's shoulder.

"*Hmm? Is it already my turn?*"

"*Yup, I am sorry*" Ichinose apologized with helpless smile.

"*It's alright, don't apologize Honami-chan*" Akimura got up and left the tent.

*sigh* "I feel guilty about suggesting this idea but it's much safer this way...Ah, forget it, I should go sleep to be ready for tomorrow*" Ichinose quietly mumbled and then I heard low slapping sound. I guess she slapped herself to get rid of those gloomy thoughts.

I waited for 15 minutes under the blanket until Ichinose fall asleep.

I carefully got up and covered Shiranami with the blanket.

I apologize for the intrusion. I lightly bowed to her and then left the tent.

..

So I have the name of Class B's leader, now it's Class A's turn but I already think that Class A's leader is that guy named Yahiko who previously held a conversation with Katsuragi right in front of their cave. I noticed that he hold Katsuragi in high regard and Katsuragi probably trust him the most since he is in bad position where anyone could turn against him inside his class.

I looked at the position of the moon and decided to delay the visit of Class A for another night. I still had some time but I can't be gone entire night plus they have a good location with only 1 entrance which would take me some time to sneak in.

I will at least use this spare time to claim a lot of spots.

I started to freely run through the forest while looking for any spots.

1 hour later...

I changed back to my normal clothes and arrived back at our camp. I was a little bit sweaty from all the running so I took off my clothes except for the underwear and decided to jump into the river to refresh myself.

"Walker-kun, is that you?" Someone came to check on the river and when I turned around I found out that it was Hirata with a flashlight in his hand.

Hmm, even though I made a noise, it wasn't that loud, he has quite a good hearing.

"Yep, I needed some clear air and I decided to also freshen up while I was here." I told him

"...I didn't see you in the tent even when I got up to go on the watch...I decided not to make a scene considering your words that you are experienced but I was really worried that something happened to you" He said with revealed expression without any hint of suspicion.

"Aren't you suspicious where I went?" I asked him with a smile.

"No, I believe that you wouldn't do anything that would damage our class" He answered with a smile.

"...Hirata-kun, having full trust in the people you know can be a powerful thing but you also trust people that you don't know, I think you should be at least a bit cautious. I bet that if I said that someone in our class is traitor you wouldn't believe me at all, right?" I asked him with a serious expression.

"I-...That's a too difficult question, I would need more time to decide on what to do. But I guess I really tend to trust most of the people"

"I am not saying it's wrong but kind people like you are easy to control. Let me ask you something. Do you believe in Ibuki-san's story?"

"...I- I want to trust her" He said while looking downwards.

But what is the reason? Why do you want to trust her? Why are you forcing yourself to trust her?

"Then forget it, can you please throw my towel at me?" I asked him to do something useful instead of just watching me.

"Ah! Sure" He threw my towel precisely at me.

"By the way... Would you mind if I asked about those scars on your back?" He asked with a hint of uncertainty in his voice.

"I have already told you. I am a bit experienced in this kind of life" I dried myself with a towel, dressed up and then went back to the boy's tent to get some rest.

..

---The second day---

When the sun came out I immediately went to visit the large tent on the beach constructed for the teachers.

"Hm? Walker, I wonder what brings you here so early?" Chabashira-sensei was already awake and greeted me with a small smile.

"My wristwatches somehow broke at night so I came here to get a new one" I gave her my broken wristwatches and she started to inspect them.

"This little crack wouldn't destroy them completely..." She said to me with an amused smile.

"Well, I didn't know about the crack on them and went to refresh myself into river previous night. I guess they aren't as waterproof as you mentioned, teach" I teased her a bit.

"Oh? I apologize for the false information I gave you"

"No need, you compensate for it by being a good homeroom teacher" I said with a smirk.

"...Here you go and just between us. Do you have hands in the current Class A's situation?" She handed me a new wristwatch after a slight delay and then asked me with a suspicious expression.

"What? What do you mean" I asked her with a genuine confused expression

"...Forget it then, you can go" She said while cautiously observing changes in my expression

"Ok, bye-bye, teach" I waved at her and then went back to our camp.

I didn't do much after that but Horikita and Ayanokoji decided to go to Class B's camp to form a cooperation pact with them.

When they came back they told us that they also decided to visit other classes. When I heard how Class C was spending their points I wasn't surprised but they said nothing else about them which quite surprised me...

Didn't they drink or eat anything from those boxes?!

When I asked what kind of things they bought, Horikita told me that they bought a lot of sodas and meat.

There weren't any sodas in those boxes, only bottles of clean water and canned food...

They continued with the report and when they mentioned Class A, I finally understood it. Apparently Class A was having some problems and no one knew why not even school.

I guess that's why Chabashira-sensei asked me if I don't know anything about Class A's situation.

Upps, shit happens but that means that Ryuen bought that stuff for Class A so I guess I already know one of the conditions of their contract.

In the evening...

"Hey, I saw Class C guys returning to the ship today. Doesn't anyone know anything about it?" Ike asked everyone sitting around the campfire.

"No..." Everyone just shook their heads and started to assume that they got sick of life on the island.

"Did you see everyone board the ship?" I asked Ike.

"Well, no...but there were simply too many people to count them all" He answered with a confused expression.

I guess Ryuen already started the second stage of his plan...