We walked as Ichinose's suggestion and saw the cave on the cliff just she liked said. But we couldn't see inside of the case, because it was hidden by the curtain made from the larger number of plastic bags. On the edge of the cave, a guy was acting like a guard. Two temporary toilets and one bathroom were nestled near him.

"I can't see anything. " Horikita whispered with me behind the bush.

"We need to reveal ourselves."

"Hm?"

"We can't see anything here. We need to go inside that cave."

Horikita nodded. "You're right. Although they may be angry, there is the chance that class A will let us see their camp."

However, We both knew that if they did, they wouldn't be class A in the first place.

Horikita and I decided to walk toward the cave. Of course. That guy looked at us unfriendly.

"What the hell? Where are you doing here?"

"I want to spy your camp, any problem?" Horikita spoke indifferently.

Straightforward, on point, and frankly. All of these factors made that guy appreciate in Horikita's word and let us in---

Nah, of course, he looked angrier.

"Huh. I think your A class will use the intelligent way but---" She stared at the curtain and pretended to sigh. "This is less intelligent and more like foxy."

Horikita tried to provoke the guard.

And it worked.

"What are you saying?"

"Are you deaf? I won't say again. Ayanokouji-Kun. Do you remember what I said?"

"This is less intelligent and more like foxy." I played as Horikita's script.

"Look. Even class D can remember my word. I started to doubt this school's grouping standard."

"Tch. So you're just idiots from class D?"

"Idiot? Well, if the idiot saw your place, there was nothing, right?" Horikita raised her eyebrow. "Or your strategy is so sucked until it'll be destroyed easily by someone seeing your place."

"Nonsense!"

"So I can look inside, right?" Horikita reached her hand to the plastic curtained.

The guard tried to stop her.

"Stop! Don't do anything capricious!" He shouted.

"I will just look inside, there's nothing against the rule, right?"

"What do you mean!? This cave is been using by class A! Class D has no right!"

"I'm not going to use it. " Horikita said. "I'm just going to go into the cave. The rule doesn't ban it, right?"

"For the school's rule, of course. But about our rule, I don't think so."

Someone spoke up behind me. I turned around and saw the tall man without any hair on his head walking toward us.

"Who are these people, Yahiko?" That man asked the guard.

"They're from class D! They're trying to look inside our cave. They're cheating, Katsuragi-San!" Yahiko reported. The man called Katsuragi seemed to be his leader.

"Don't be overacting. I just open the curtain."

Horikita confronted those two without a sign of fear.

"Then, just open and see it if you want. But as soon as you do. I'll report to school that you mess with our stuff." Katsuragi said calmly.

"I told your minion that it's not against the rule."

Horikita still insisted on that.

"Yes. It isn't against the school's rule. But until now, is there someone mess in your camp?"

Katsuragai asked. Horikita flinched.

"Why does everyone in society greet each other when they meet? There is no law telling you to do that. But it's a social norm. Something that the social members realize and follow. It's set by that society's common idea. This norm gives us peace. Our norm here is to not intrude on each other's camp. If you insisted to come into this cave. I can come to your camp too. Imagine how chaos will be."

His word was reasonable. Horikita who never gave us couldn't find any word to reply. Finally, she gave us and stepped back from the curtain.

"If you said so. I'll wait for class A's true ability."

"Me too. " Katsuragi spread his hand as drive us away. Then, he spoke with Yahiko. "See, Yahiko. Their purpose is coming inside our camp. Don't let them trick you. I can't imagine that if I wasn't here, what would happen--"

He didn't finish the line yet when my luck started their work.

The strong wind blew. It made the curtain flutter and open.

We saw everything inside that cave.

Katsuragi and Yahiko opened their mouth widely, the same as every class A inside the cave.

Horikita looked at me.

"Thank you the meal, let's go. Ayanokouji-Kun."

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"There is only a little stuff in their cave, right?" Horikita asked me when we walked through the forest.

"Yes, I think so. Since they have many class points, I think they'll be less strict than this."

"Maybe this made them class A. They don't careless even for a second. " Horikita sighed. "Compare with our class, reaching class A is gonna be hard work."

"I guess so."

When I thought about it, I felt lucky that Koenji didn't leave the test. We'll lose 30 points and our class will need to be more strict.

I still felt bad for hurting him though.

"Do you find some food, Sotomura-Kun?"

I heard someone called Doctor's last name. Oh, I almost forgot his last name. We always called him Doctor.

The girl calling his name stepped out of the bush. When she saw me, Mori Nene flinched.

"A--Ayanokouji-Kun!" She said. "Why are you here?"

"I'm here too." Horikita coughed.

"I'm just back from spying on other classes with Horikita."

Mori raised her eyebrows. "Hm. You're so close, aren't you?"

I could feel jealousy from her tone.

"I find some fruit. Mori-Himesama!" Doctor followed Mori, he smiled when he saw me. "Hi, Kiyotaka-Dono. Horikita-Dono."

"Hi, Doc. Are you finding the food?" I asked him.

Doctor nodded. "Yes, sir."

"Well, we won't bother you more," Horikita said. "Let's go back to the camp, Ayanokouji-Kun."

I nodded and waved to Mori and Doctor. Then, I walked to follow Horikita.

But when we walked only 2 minutes. Horikita pulled my shirt and dragged me to hide behind the tree.

"Woh! Calm down, Horikita. I told you I can't forget Honami yet. I didn't mind outdoor though."

"Stop being Sakuta for a minute, please," Horikita said with annoyance. "Do you even see Mori-San's face when Sotomura-Kun called her Himesama!?"

(TL's note-Kun: Hime-Sama means Princess, Although I'm sure all of you know it.)

"How's it?"

"She looked at him with anger. I don't know why, but if we want to win this test, we have to make sure there is no conflict between our classmates. " Horikita said.

I considered it as her development.

If she was the Before Horikita, she wouldn't be interested in classmate's conflict and insisted win alone.

So I stayed silent as she told me, and waited for something.

For a while, Mori walked this way.

"Mori-Himesama! Wait a second." Doctor ran followed her.

Mori stopped walking, she gave Doctor a scary stare.

"Sotomura-Kun. Please stop calling me with that name."

"Why? I called you by this name for a long time, sir. Or you want me to call you Nene-Himesama?"

"Don't!" Her voice raised. She realized it and sighed. "At least, don't call me by that name in front of Ayanokouji-Kun."

Horikita raised her eyebrows and turned to me. I didn't say anything to her.

"Why, sir? We always talked like this since our childhood." Doctor said.

"It becomes the past. Hideo-Kun." Mori said. She changed his pronouns. "You have your life now, and I have mine. Since now, don't act like you're close to me. You're Sotomura-Kun. And I'm Mori-San."

The girl finished her line and ran away before Doctor could say anything. He looked confused for a while before running followed her.

After those two were gone, I and Horikita walked out of the tree.

"Now, tell me what happens with you and those two?" Horikita asked me instantly.

"Basically, Mori liked me, and Doctor liked Mori. " I sighed. "I feel bad for Doctor for liking that girl. She might be a shame to have Otaku as her childhood friend."

"Are you sure she shame?" Horikita asked me.

"Of course. If she doesn't, why doesn't she let Doctor call her with that name?"

But Horikita shook her head.

"I don't think she'll be like that. Girl's mind is complex, Ayanokouji-Kun."

I sighed. "Since when that our fiction become Romantic-Comedy?"

"I think it's more like a romantic drama."

"We have to ask Honami. She is a manga professional. But seriously, We should be the psychological thriller, shouldn't we?"

"No." Horikita refused. "The genre is nothing since we have a psychological baseballer, the man who can carry the half-ton toilet with his one hand, the scary ship trash, and a pervert sexual harasser who fell on the woman every 2 minutes."

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We reached our camp at the lunch. We ate only fruits for today. I didn't see the idiot trio there, so I asked Hirata.

"Oh, Ike-Kun told me he will go fishing" is his answer.

"Hirata-Kun. Where is Kushida-San?" Horikita asked him too.

"I think she just came back, take a look at the toilet---Oh! Kushida-San is coming this way. " Hirata raised his hand and waved. Kushida walked to our place with a smile.

"Are you looking for me, Horikita-San?"

Horikita nodded.

"I want to ask you something. I assume that you know everyone on our year."

"You exaggerate me! Although it's true." Kushida giggled. "So what do you want to ask me? I will help you if I can! We're friends, right?"

Horikita ignored Kushida's last sentence and said. "Do you know Katsuragi-Kun from class A?"

The social master nodded.

"Um. Katsuragi Kohei-Kun, right? Do you meet him?"

"Yes, what kind of person is he?"

"He is cold and mature. When he was young, he was sick and it causes him to lose his hair. I heard that many members of class A admire and support him."

"This is mean Katsuragi-Kun is like--the leader of his class."

Kushida tilted her head.

"Um. I'm not sure. Class A seemed to be two outstanding people. Katsuragi-Kun and Sakayangi-San. I never met Sakayanagi-San though. " She said. "If I don't misunderstand, those two are competing for the leader's position."

"But Sakayanagi-San doesn't come to this island, right?" Hirata asked with suspicion.

"Yes. I heard that she wasn't healthy."

Horikita looked satisfied with all of the information. "I see. Maybe he's trying to gain his influence behind Sakayanagi-San's back. Thank you, Kushida-San."

I looked at their conversation from far. The noon's sunshine made me want to sleep so much, but since everyone was walking, the social norms forced me to not sleep.

"Ayanokouji-Kun---"

The sound of the abyss was calling me. I winced when Matsushita Chiaki touched my shoulder.

"What do you want from me?" I asked with fear.

Matsushita smiled softly. "Nothing. I just want to check about Koenji-Kun. Where is he?"

I pointed to the bush outside the camp.

"I hid him behind that bush as you said. I will let him out on the evening's report."

"Good. Please go to see him every hour. If he tries to wake up, just call Onee-San. I'll make sure he can't wake up again."

That sounded weird. It almost liked the murder.

Because of this world was so dirty. I started thinking about going back to the white room.

At that moment, Ike's party was coming back from fishing. Ike walked proudly with a fishing rod that we exchanged with points. I decided to greet them, so I could run away from this criminal.

"Hi, Ayanokouji. I didn't see you this morning. " He greeted me.

"I went to survey something, what about you? What do you get?"

Ike didn't answer me, just smiled and nodded to behind him.

Sudo and Yamauchi were carrying a fish together.

Hirata opened his mouth widely.

"It's impossible!"

It was a 2-meters length of tuna. If I didn't wrong. It's called Northern Bluefin Tuna.

"How you fish this!?" Hirata yelled.

"I just put the hook into the sea and wait. " Ike explained. "At first, I got the shark too. But the little cute girl from class C said shark is almost extinct. We shouldn't hunt it. Personally, I want to eat shark's fin soup though, but since it's a girl's request. Simp--I mean the gentleman liked me can't request."

Sudo and Yamauchi put the tuna on the floor. Everyone in the class came to surround it.

Yukimura whistled.

"This's great. We can feed the whole class with this. " He said.

"What should we do with it?" Hondo asked.

Sato put her hand up.

"My family is the sushi restaurant. I think we should do sashimi. We usually use Northern Bluefin Tuna for sashimi."

Karuizawa nodded with agreed. "Yes. You have to taste Sato-San's food. It's super delicious!"

"I agree!" Ike said. "I haven't eaten sashimi for a long time, because I use my points for a cultural thing!"

Hirata smiled. "Don't worry about the condiment. I used the points exchange it for cooking since yesterday."

Sato kneeled beside the tuna. "Um. This is too big and cooking for 40 people will be hard too. I want an assistant, no, assistants."

I looked at Horikita. She realized my glance so she said.

"I'll help you."

"Great. I can cook something too. I'll help you. " Kushida said cheerfully. After her, Inogashira, Mii-Chan, Mori, and (without any sign) Ibuki joined the team too. Sakura looked hesitant. I remembered that she always took her bento for lunch.

"Sakura. " I whispered her name. "You can do it."

Sakura blushed a little and walked to be together with the chef's unit. Everyone seemed to be surprised that Sakura could cook.

Unexpectedly, Hondo stepped in.

"I can help you with the condiment. " He said. "When I got constipation, I learned about how to cook for healthy. The good cooking can make you poop easily---"

"Can someone just imprison him in his fucking toilet? We're talking about food, You idiot! Don't let your poop make us don't want to eat, okay?" Yamauchi said and made everyone laugh with funny.

Onodera, our best swimmer, came out of her tents and changed into her competition swimsuit.

"Where're you going, Onodera-Chan?" Kushida asked.

"Ike can catch the tuna. It makes me want to do it too. Maybe you don't know. My family is Ama of Mie!"

Ama or the sea woman is the female diver without tools to find the seafood. I read about them from the book in the white room. It said Ama is the ancient profession. Originally, they dived into the sea for searching for the pearl but now, they founded the fish, shell, or other kinds of seafood too.

"Do you want the fishing rod?" Ike asked Onodera. She shook her finger.

"No need. The real man dives into the sea and cath the fishes with her own hands!"

Onodera came back with plenty of fish thirty minutes later. As soon as Sato finished slicing the tuna. She continued her work instantly.

Everyone was looking forward to the sashimi party, except one.

"Are you sure it's safe?" Shinohara mumbled with fear. "I heard that sashimi was filled with parasites."

Her word was reasonable, this tuna didn't get a parasite removal process yet. But don't worry---

"Don't worry. There was no parasite in those fish." I told her.

"Why're you sure?"

"Because of my luck. Ike and Onodera catch only fishes without any parasites in their body. You can say we get the cleanest school of fish in the pacific ocean."

Shinohara raised her eyebrow with doubt.

"Is it possible?"

"Yes. Because it's a plot convenience. Author-San just ate sashimi and love it, so he want to push the situation that never happens in real life, like a sashimi party on the deserted island, in this fanfiction."

I turned my face to the camera.

"Remember kid. Unless you're the fictional character or the luckiest man on earth like me, don't eat the fish without any cooking. It will give you diarrhea and plenty of parasites. Before eating sashimi. Make sure you eat it in a safe restaurant. The fish need to pass the parasite removal process."

Shinohara looked following my glance.

"Where are you looking at, Ayanokouji-Kun?"

"The fourth wall. You won't see it, because it was broken."

Shinohara still felt uncomfortable.

"I don't think I can eat it---" But she didn't protest like a toilet case.

Ike saw her and sighed.

"I know someone like you won't eat it."

"What do you mean someone like---"

Before Shinohara finished her lines, Ike handed her the barbeque.

"That girl from class C give me this for releasing that shark. " Ike said. "I knew it gonna be the sashimi since I caught that tuna. And I know someone like you won't eat it. So I prepare it for you."

Shinohara looked at Ike with a complex stare.

"Thank you, Ike. " She said with a low voiced.

I saw Ike smiling for a second.

The sashimi party started with happiness. Under the afternoon's sunshine. I heard the laugh and saw the smile everywhere. I saw Ike and Shinohara sitting far from the group of friends, sharing the barbeque.

After we finished it. Hirata froze the remaining fish in the chilled bucket, the same as the one that class C used for freezing the water.

We were sleepy as soon as our stomach was full. This was the afternoon. The sun and the wind made us want to rest and the sound of the sea was just like the lullaby.

I lend my bag to the tree and closed my eyes. At my last glance, half of our class already slept. Ike and Shinohara seemed to hold each other hands, but I couldn't tell if it was the truth or my dream.

I thought we slept for 3 hours. When we woke up, the sky became red.

We were going to bathe and use the toiler. Most of us were still full. So we didn't have dinner. I put the barbeque that I got from class C together with the chilled bucket. If someone was hungry, they could have it.

We didn't realize any anomaly right now.

But after Chabashira-Sensei called two girls names and they didn't reply. Some of us started realizing it.

We were sure after Chabashira-Sensei resisted that they didn't go back to the boat.

Something happened to them.