Nanase stands on the deck in Classroom of The Elite Season 4 episode 9. She remembers the blow that she felt. It comes without any sign. It’s cruel and real. The warm hand that stroked her head. The smile that smoothed out her heart. He was tough and gentle person. She’s surprised that the guy couldn’t seize his dreams. It’s an outrage. It’s not true that she has no guilt. But she cannot forgive Ayanokouji. She decides to support her weak heart to beat him down. It’s the real goal of her.
A Turbulent Opening
Karuizawa looks at the seagulls. She thinks the view is very beautiful. Ayanokouji asks her if she didn’t see it last year. She admits that she took a quick look. But the view was secondly to her at that time. She had fun with her friends. She thinks it’s not real. He points out that they don’t have chances to take a cruise each time. She explains it to him what she means is that their dating isn’t real. She complains it to him that he’s not good at dating.
She asks him if he thinks it’s real. He doesn’t know it. After all, he cannot imagine it that he meets her without letting others know what they’re doing. He tells her that he’s going to ask her some favors, according to the special exam content. She agrees. But the prerequisite is that she can do it. They receive the message at the same time. The meeting of the first-year ends. They cannot go there together. So she leaves first.
In the hall, Ayanokouji sits with Ibuki. She’s angry to ask him why he sits there. She thinks he intends to do that. She tries to leave. But Another guy sits with her. She has to sit down.
On the stage, Mashima explains the rules of the Deserted Island Special Exam. Starting tomorrow, for two weeks, Wilderness Survival Exam will be held. If all teammates abstain, the team will lose eligibility immediately. The bottom five teams will drop out. There’re two ways to be accumulation of score. The first one is the basic moves. The whole island will be divided into 100 squares. The player can get some points once he moves to the designated area. Four designated areas will be announced everyday. The first place will get ten points. The second place will get five points. The third place will get three points. If a member arrives within the specified time, all his teammates will get one extra point. But the ranking payment depends on the time that all members gather. If a player cannot reach the designated area three times, he will be punished.
Mashima shows the watch to the students. He tells them that they need to wear the watch before the exam ends. He will give them the tablet that is match for the watch. Because the score is recorded by the watch. So it’s a necessary item. It will monitor everyone’s health status. Once it exceeds the specified value, it will send a signal. If the status abnormal isn’t improved, the member needs to go back to the starting point to accept medical examination. If he cannot reach the starting point, he will receive abstaining punishment. If the emergency bell lasts five minutes, the teachers and the medical team will go to the place, according to the location information. If the students take off the watch, or the machine malfunctions, the score system will close. They need to exchange new watches at the starting point.
The second scoring method is to complete the research projects that were set up on the island. The places that the research projects appear and the content cannot be predicted. The students can check the eligibility requirements. But they need to be there in person if they want to know the content. The payment of completing the research project is food and water. If a student wants to meet other teams, as long as the watch pairs, the system will approve.
Tsukishiro gives a speech. He tells the students that the exam will be unprecedented. He reveals the school will monitor the students to protect them. But it cannot cover the whole island. He reminds them that they will accumulate sense of frustration because they lacks food and water. They will cause minor conflicts. His approach is that he will give a certain degree of recognition. Because it’s impossible that there’s no conflicts happening. As long as the school makes a judgement that it’s a malignant conflict, they will intervene and mediate. They will give abstention depending on the situation. He asks them to take the action that the high school should have.
Ayanokouji takes a look at Ibuki. He thinks their personalities are hassles. They cannot jump in the group. But she asks him not to put her on the same level with him. She says that she can join the group. Ishizaki tries to carry the essential water. But it’s too heavy.
The next day, Ayanokouji gets off the cruise ship. Horikita asks him if he slept well last night. He says that it was normal. He asks her if she felt uncomfortable. She learns that he still blames her for what she did last year. He denies it. He tells her that he’s teasing her. She thinks he remains calm even if the special exam is going to begin. He points out that it doesn’t work even if he’s flustered.
She takes a look at his watch. She finds out that his area is F7. Her area is F9. It seems that they have different itineraries. She won’t worry about him anymore. She asks him to pass the exam with a higher ranking. He thinks so as well. But he cannot laugh if he’s the only one who drops out. She thinks it’s a distress. After all, she just lent some points to him. He’s surprised that she’s troubled by it. She mentions he and Kushida have a contract relationship. So he should struggle for money. But it’s too much to give Kushida half the points every month. He tells her that she mentioned his sore spot.
He asks her not to force herself. It will be a fierce fight that a girl fights alone. She treats it as a valuable advice. She will keep that in mind. She notices that there’s no impatient teams in the first-year. They and the first-year students who left first have a ten-minute gap. They will fight for designated areas. It’s not a good plan to consume stamina.
Ayanokouji notices that Kouenji walked past him. He wonders if the guy wants to get the first place. Horikita doesn’t know it. She admits that she made a bet with the guy. She still doesn’t know what he will do. Ayanokouji points out that the agreement isn’t binding. He hears Ishizaki’s voice.
Ishizaki tells the two girls that they should be the first even if they’re behind right now. He asks Nishino and Tsube to be fast. But Nishino thinks the guy shouldn’t force them. Because it’s very hot. She points out that they cannot keep up with the first-year students even if they do it right now. He persuades her that it’s over if they give up. He guesses the first-year students might be careless. She doesn’t want to waste her energy. She offers to let him leave first. He rejects it. Because they cannot get the ranking payment if he does so. It will be a problem if they get separated.
Ibuki finds Horikita. She claims that she won’t lose to her. She walks away. Horikita looks at Ibuki. She wonders if she understood the exam was very hard. Ayanokouji can tell that Ibuki is very motivated. It’s a good thing that Horikita has a tough opponent. Although Horikita doesn’t treat Ibuki as a tough opponent, they have different itineraries. She feels relieved.
In D8, Ayanokouji walks in the forest. He reveals one of the key points of the special exam is that he needs to get the score of the designated areas that he visits. As long as he can finish in the top few places in Ranking Payment and Research Project, he can get five points and ten points. But it requires appropriate physical and academic abilities. So it’s the basic principles to accumulate point by point.
Ayanokouji runs into Hasebe, Airi and Miyake. He guesses they’re talking about the next area. Hasebe tells the guy that their first area is D8. But it’s over. Miyake asks Ayanokouji about his area. Ayanokouji says that it’s D7. Airi thinks they can take action together if they have the same itinerary. He reveals he wants to pass the designated area early. He walks away. Hasebe tells him that she wishes they will meet when they’re free. But he doesn’t intend to take action with them. Because they lack the necessary strength, and they will hold him back. He feels very fortunate that they have different itineraries.
In D7, Ayanokouji goes to the central area. He has to meet the people to confirm if they’re his enemies who have the same itinerary. Nanase shows up. She greets her senior. He asks her about Hosen and Amasawa. She reveals the two went to explore the surroundings. She decided to confirm how many people from other groups were there. He learns that she’s the same like him. She guesses he’s tired. She asks him to be careful. She walks away.
He takes a look at his watch. He learns that there’re three hours left until the next announcement for the designated area. He can wait there or go to complete the project.
In C6, the teacher Hoshinomiya sees Ayanokouji. She brings a bad news to him that the deadline was five minutes ago. He knows what she said was true. He tries to leave. But she grabs his arm to stop him. She thinks he doesn’t have to leave so fast. She tells him that he can feel free to look around. He blames her for taking up his time. It’s a problem. But she thinks he’s being way too dramatic. She just wants to have a talk with him.
She brings up that their last talk was during the final exam. He stood out recently. She thought he didn’t like it. She asks him why he got a perfect score on his math test. She thinks the score is abnormal. He points out that a lot of student in the school could solve the question. She reminds him that he’s in Class D even if what he said was true. She asks him if it’s fine that a gifted student like him sneaked into the class.
He claims that there’re some outstanding student in Class 2-D and Class 1-D. She agrees with what he said. She thinks the school’s guidelines were changed since last year. She admits that there’re some outstanding students. But they don’t have the ability to motivate the entire class. But he changed others.
He learns that she gathered a lot of information when he knew nothing about it. She says that she doesn’t want to continue to take it easy. It’s the first time that she was demoted to Class C. She mistook that the class could be promoted to Class A. He points out that it’s her duty as a teacher. She tells him that his words were so harsh.
She has a groundbreaking idea. She invites him to her class. She persuades him to try hard with her for Class A. He points out that he cannot earn 20 million points even if he tries hard until he graduates. He doesn’t know which class will defeat Class A until the very end. She thinks he doesn’t have to analyze it so calmly. She notices that Sudou is changed a lot. She wonders who changed the guy. Ayanokouji claims that it wasn’t him. He walks away. Hoshinomiya reveals she was sent to guard the island. She tells him that they will see each other again.
In D7, Nanase shows up when Ayanokouji is setting up a tent. He reminds her that it’s their second time to meet. She asks him about his achievements today. He says that it was his limit to earn 3 points. He wants to know her achievements. She tells him that the three of them earned 8 points in the designated area. They got the first place in the project. So they earned a total of 13 points. He thinks it started off smoothly.
In the evening, Ayanokouji lies in the tent. He thinks he holds the upper hand even if Tsukishiro knocks him down to the bottom five. He guesses the guy might control the watch and tablet, showing the fake points. Once he protests to the school, the strategy will be over before it holds out until the end. He figures it out that Tsukishiro will let him be hurt or be sick to abstain if he plans to send the students of White Room. It means that it will be at the places where surveillance is lacking. They will attack him. It’s the more practical dropping out method.
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The next day, Ayanokouji receives a new designated area. It’s E8. He goes to the designated area. He’s the first one who arrives. He gets 10 points. He visits E6 and F7. He gets second place two times. He guesses there’s a formidable opponent, during the same itinerary. He decides to go back to E6, waiting for the project to appear.
In E6, Nanase runs into Ayanokouji. She wonders if they have the same itinerary. She wants to go with him if she won’t hinder him. She reveals Hosen and Amasawa said that they wanted to act alone. They got separated. She worries that she cannot arrive at the designated area alone immediately. He agrees to team up with her. They go to E8 for a project.