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#16 For a Desired Future

You've resorted to rather heavy-handed methods...

Acting Chairman.

Nothing ever seemed to go my way.

I don't want to damage such a valuable commodity.

I've been hoping you'd come along willingly.

I've finally found what I want to do at this school. Responsibilities, too.

You're an exceptional success even by White Room standards.

Don't you find the competition at this school beneath you?

There are lots of exceptional people here, too.

Plenty for me to enjoy until graduation.

If you insist. Then...

I'll subdue you with my fists.

I won't have you claiming it's unfair.

You're the White Room's masterpiece, after all.

The only path to the future is one I take for myself.

Noon

Expulsion

It's so simple, it's barely even a code.

At noon today in Area I2, Ayanokoji-kun will be expelled.

Caught you! Finally!

What are you doing here?

Your score! Show me your score!

What in the world are you talking about?

I told you before! I'm going to beat you in this test!

Now show me your score!

I've got 131.

We may both be second-years, but you're still my competition.

I can't risk showing you my information.

Chickened out after hearing my score, huh?

Bet you're losing, right?

Sorry, but I'm in a hurry.

You're running away?!

All right, fine.

If I show you, will you please stop stalking me?

Found you!

Hey there, Horikita-senpai!

Who's that?

Amasawa Ichika-san from Class 1-A.

You're in the way, you know.

I have a prior appointment.

An appointment?

This all looks less than mutual to me.

Excuse me?

Was there something you wanted, Amasawa-san?

Where are you off to, Horikita-senpai?

Your designated area is nowhere near here.

It wouldn't be...

I2, would it?

You seem to know a great deal.

Even using GPS search, it shouldn't be easy to intercept someone like this.

Which means...

Would you shut up and butt out already?

Ibuki-san.

Horikita Suzune

My score is 145.

What? Seriously? This sucks...

I suggest you return to the test.

You still have a chance to overtake me.

Okay, but still...

Why aren't you going after your designated area?

There's something I have to do at my destination.

This is your chance, Ibuki-san.

Yeah, I guess.

Then I'll gladly use it to turn things around!

So, why are you going to I2?

I suspect you know that very well.

Whatever do you mean?

Don't play dumb.

You left this paper by my tent.

Why did you do it?

Sheesh. You just love your little games, don't you?

Games?

What exactly are you getting me and Ayanokoji-kun mixed up in?

Couldn't say!

Looks like I'm mixed up in it the same way you are, Senpai.

I don't have time to play along with your riddles.

You don't know the first thing about Ayanokoji-senpai.

Acting like you're on the same side is just cringe.

Are you saying you know more about him than I do?

Oh, I sure do!

I know all about him.

What makes him so cool and smart...

and why he's stronger than everyone else.

So? What do you know about him?

What do I know?

He's... Ayanokoji-kun is the first friend I ever made at this school.

At first I thought he was a normal student,

but he's proven far more capable than I ever imagined.

My brother acknowledged him.

But he wanted to hide that side of him to live a quiet school life...

You're right. I may not know much about him at all.

But I intend to spend the time between now and graduation learning more.

As a classmate. As a friend.

I'll learn far more than you know now.

You think a peon like you can be useful to him?

Perhaps I'm not capable enough for that yet.

But I intend to become someone who can help him when he needs me.

What a joke.

Ayanokoji-senpai would never come to you for help.

At the moment, perhaps not.

You think that'll change in the future?

Thanks to you, I know something's happening at I2.

You think you'll get there?

Yes. I certainly think I will.

If you're that determined to make it to him...

I guess I'll have a little fun!

That's a "one point to me!" kinda thing.

Don't worry. I'll give you time.

Take as long as you need. Five or ten minutes, even!

One more time.

You thought I just did judo?

Better start thinking bigger.

Who in the world are you?

Well, first off, I'm pretty disappointed.

You're not nearly as good as I expected.

That's why Ayanokoji-senpai never talks to you about anything.

You say you want to help him,

but I bet you want to know what he really thinks of you.

Maybe I do.

But I want to hear it directly from him!

It would just annoy me to tell you, so let's finish this instead.

Bye-bye!

Yow! What a punch.

Nice catch there! Wasn't expecting that.

What are you doing here?!

I'm the one who's going to beat you.

I won't let you lose to some random first-year.

I'm Amasawa Ichika-chan!

Try to remember my name, okay, Ibuki-senpai?

I'll keep her busy. You go on!

What are you talking about?

I thought you were trying to beat me in the test!

You're not going for your designated area, right?

There's no point in beating you like that!

This is my fight!

Yeah, right! I saw you getting your ass kicked!

You can't beat her!

You don't know that!

If you insist, I'll prove—

Then prove to me how determined you are.

Join my group.

If one of us were to end up knocked out,

we would immediately fail the test due to dropping out.

What a joke! Why should I work with you?

If you can't commit that far, then stay out.

I don't like it.

You don't have to.

But if you're going to participate, I want to know I can rely on you.

I'd honestly rather be dead.

But seeing you get expelled by a first-year...

would be even worse.

Not a bad plan at all.

You're both one-person groups,

so dropping out means you're expelled on the spot.

But you've miscalculated on one thing.

If it's okay for one of you to drop out,

it's okay for me to break one of you.

So, which will I crush first?

Bring it on!

Left!

Don't give me orders!

Okay, let's stop right there!

This first-year is insane!

Agreed.

Okay, let's start again.

Why won't she just put us down?

She's clearly good enough to do it.

Can it be...

If she's looking down on us, I'll teach her—

If you want to work with me, you have to do as you're told.

What? Hell no!

Ibuki-san,

as a combatant, you're equal to me.

No, perhaps a bit better.

Where'd that come from?

But that's all you have.

You refuse to study. You refuse to work with anyone.

It's ridiculous for you to call yourself my rival like that.

Excuse me?!

I think it's time for you to break out of your shell...

Ibuki Mio-san.

What are you getting at?

If you keep trying to bull forward on your own,

sooner or later, you'll get expelled.

So what if I do?

You'll have lost to me for good. Are you all right with that?

You can't be my rival if you're expelled halfway through.

Hang on until the end and mature into a true threat.

For that sake of that day, just for now, lend me your strength.

Fine, whatever.

I'll shut up and do what you want just this once.

That's what you want, right?

Perfect.

So, what are my marching orders?

Done with your planning time now?

Now!

You really got me with that one.

It's over.

You're lacking in stamina, aren't you?

Secret's out, huh?

How did you get that injury?

I had a teeny little fight before the one I had with you guys...

You were fighting in that condition?!

You wanna know who did it?

Too bad I'm not telling.

Things were just getting a little interesting, but I guess it's time up.

Go ahead and pass if you want!

Though...

I doubt there's any point in going after Ayanokoji-senpai by now.

Why?

It'll all be over.

What will happen to Ayanokoji-kun?

Why not go see for yourself?

I think you might regret it, though.

What will you do?

I'll go after Ayanokoji-kun.

I'll go with you, then.

If Ayanokoji's in trouble, I wanna be there to laugh.

What a spiteful attitude.

It's game over if I'm caught.

On paper, you should do everything you can to avoid being surrounded...

but is it really the wisest move here?

You really aren't someone to trifle with, Acting Chairman Tsukishiro.

It's my job to do the work nobody else wants to do.

I need to get this to one-on-one before my stamina runs out,

or this'll turn against me fast.

Acting Chairman.

Isn't this a sight to see?

What are you teachers doing to that poor student all the way out here?

I've been watching for a little while now,

but I can't stand by and let this two-on-one continue.

I don't remember seeing you on GPS.

Could this be the reason?

Goodness me.

So many technical issues with the watches on this test.

You're helping me?

I don't know the situation,

but it's the job of a third-year to protect her underclassmen, isn't it?

But what are you doing here?

I saw you scrambling from the first-years and got curious...

and here I've found quite an interesting situation.

I don't know how helpful I can be,

but it seems to me that you won't last much longer.

I'd appreciate every second you can buy me.

Listen to you.

Shiba-sensei, I'll leave her to you.

Still, Ayanokoji...

Can't you put up a slightly better front?

Uh...

Show me the pose of a man facing his destiny.

Have you ever hit someone?

I'm a lady. Of course I haven't.

Seriously?

Don't worry. I was just itching to try it out.

Let's finish this, Acting Chairman.

You think you can beat me if I'm by myself, then?

Then why don't you show me...

what you can really do?

How long has it been since I've experienced this?

I acknowledge it. You truly are a masterpiece.

I don't like to get too rough,

but I'm having so much fun, I can't help myself.

How did you know?

Something felt off.

Your glance at the ground, and how you intentionally let your guard down.

Well, what will you do now?

I'm afraid you're out of time, Acting Chairman.

How did you get the boats here?

You were laying groundwork in advance?

I reported that there were students from Class 2-A and 2-D collapsed here.

The earlier incident confirmed that the teachers would come to save them.

So this was your intent from the start?

Your lackluster attempt to intimidate Ichinose failed.

You should have been more thorough in dealing with her.

I'm still an educator, after all.

I could never do something so violent.

I'd like to know one last thing.

Were you really trying to get me expelled?

Surely there would be more reliable ways to do it.

You overestimate me.

I was doing everything I could to have you expelled. I simply failed.

Could you take a message to Amasawa-san?

Let's hear it.

For failing to obey orders, you're being declared a failure.

You may remain at this school or depart as you wish.

Show me how you struggle to the very end.

Well done, Ayanokoji.

Same to you, Senpai.

Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this.

But it does make me want to ask a few questions.

I've just got a complicated family situation.

I see. Probably not something I should pry into, then.

Ayanokoji-kun!

I hit an obstacle, but I hope you haven't forgotten our agreement.

Certainly not.

Feel free to raise the matter when the time comes.

You had an agreement?

I offered to grant Ryuen-kun one request in exchange for his mercenary work.

Was it all right for you to agree to that?

Yes, I believe his request will tie the noose around his own neck very soon.

I'd like to repay my own debt to you.

I only want one thing.

To have an even match with you, with no one to intervene.

That may be difficult.

There's no need to rush, of course.

We still have nearly a year and a half left at this school.

That sure was tough, huh?

No kidding.

I was seriously freaking out for a while there!

Just glad it's over.

For real!

What is it?

N-Nothing.

They'll announce the results soon.

Well done completing the island test.

It's time to announce the bottom five groups who will be expelled.

Class 3-D, Muto.

Class 3-D, Kawakami.

Class 3-C, Katsumata.

Class 3-C, Shinonome.

Class 3-B, Mikitani.

As no measures were taken to save them,

the fifteen members of these groups will be expelled.

I would have expected Nagumo to save them...

I will now announce the top three groups.

In third, Class 2-A,

the Sakayanagi Arisu group.

261 points.

In second, Class 3-A,

the Nagumo Miyabi group.

325 points.

In first, Class 2-D,

Koenji Rokusuke.

327 points.

We did it! We're Class C now!

That's awesome!

Koenji actually pulled it off!

He really did see it through.

This concludes my announcements.

Please enjoy your dinner and get some rest.

It's hard to truly celebrate it.

I think there's plenty to celebrate.

We've escaped Class D for the second time.

Class A 1,206 Pt Class B 578 Pt Class C 571 Pt Class D 551 Pt

True. We've taken a big step upwards.

We're within spitting distance of Class B, too.

That's a big increase in our private points, as well.

And it should improve class morale.

Perhaps you're right.

And it seems you made it through safely.

Yes, perhaps I should just celebrate.

That's for the best.

I'm just fine, and completely unchanged.

Completely.

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