“…I accept.”
After a brief thought, Horikita Manabu agreed.
"Oh yeah, if it's more than this, then maybe I can join in."
Wu Yi seemed to suddenly remember something and changed his words.
Nan Yunya was a little surprised.
"Oh why?"
He didn't understand why the other party suddenly changed his mind, as he had clearly asked the question with a lack of enthusiasm before.
"Well..."
Wu Yi shrugged meaninglessly.
"I'll tell you when the final test results come out."
Volume 204: Chapter : Strong (literally) leadership
In this way, a personal strength competition spanning three grades was decided in the presence of all the boys in the school.
Half an hour later, Wu Yi was walking slowly in the semi-open corridor outside the classroom on the way to the dormitory, followed by Koenji, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and others.
"We will be taking classes in a place like this starting tomorrow..."
The golden afternoon sunlight from the mountains and forests shone obliquely into the corridor. Hashimoto Masayoshi looked through the window at the classrooms passing by.
As mentioned before, the entire forest school was built in an antique style, so there will naturally be no modern equipment such as air conditioners and electric fans in the classrooms.
The only heating equipment was a stove-like device placed in the middle of the classroom, and there was one in each classroom.
“I wonder if that will be nice to bake.”
Moriyama poked his head in curiously, looking eager to try.
However, Wu Yi only took a glance and poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"That one looks pretty good, but it's not that comfortable when you're baking because you have to keep the window open."
"Open the window? Why?" Moriyama was puzzled.
"Because when you use a furnace, carbon monoxide is produced."
Hashimoto, who was a former top student in Class A, answered the question.
"That kind of stove burns wood, and wood will produce carbon monoxide when it is not completely burned. If you inhale too much, you will die. This kind of death is generally called carbon monoxide suicide."
"No way..."
Moriyama shrank his neck silently.
"But speaking of it, your Class C really made a big profit this time. You immediately took up the two major groups that others were most optimistic about."
As they walked and talked, Hashimoto joked to Wu Yi who was walking in front.
What he was referring to was of course the first-grade rock-paper-scissors group selection session. According to the rules, the person who wins in the end can be the first to select the second and third grade groups to form a large group.
This should be a pretty good way to group people. It all depends on luck, and it's very fair.
And then... no more.
The only two leaders of Class C of the first year seemed to have unprecedented luck in this competition which was not even considered an exam. They both fought their way out of the initial six-group melee, and finally one won the championship while the other was eliminated in the finals.
In fact, the final could be described as a shady affair, because Wu Yi voluntarily gave up.
At the latter's instruction, Hirata chose Horikita Manabu's group, while Wu Yi himself chose Nanyun's group, and at once snatched away the two senior groups that the other first-year classes wanted the most.
He really didn't give me any face at all.
"Well, how does the saying go? Once your luck comes, you can't stop it." Wu Yi turned his head and teased.
The group of people walked and talked, and soon, the school building was right in front of them.
When they pushed open the door, they didn't know whether to say that the school was consistent in appearance and reality or that the school knew how to save costs. What appeared in front of Wu Yi's group was a multi-person dormitory that was as simple as a concentration camp.
To put it simply, it is a large bunk bed.
The layout of the room is quite accessible and one can see the front and back at a glance. There is an aisle in the middle and five wooden beds with upper and lower bunks are placed on both sides. They should be arranged according to the number of people. All the luggage of everyone has been delivered to the room.
"This...is a lot older than I expected."
Although he had expected that the school would never hesitate to give people "surprises", when he saw the interior of the room where he would live for a week, Hashimoto couldn't help but hold his forehead slightly and complain.
"Um, about the allocation of beds..."
While everyone else was still numbing the poor accommodation conditions, the head of Class A tentatively proposed to negotiate.
Wu Yi glanced back.
"Hey, hey, there's no need to discuss this. Those who are lighter go to the upper bunk, and those who are bigger stay in the lower bunk. The reason... I don't need to explain it, right?"
"Hahaha, but I prefer the top bunk."
The voice rang out, and Kouenji laughed and while no one was paying attention, he grabbed a wooden bed nearby and was about to jump onto the upper bunk.
The two Class A students were so agile that they were shocked. They had no time to stop him and could only watch him seize the advantageous terrain... What a fuck.
In the blink of an eye, a strong hand came across and pulled the divine beast Kouenji down from the stairs between the upper and lower bunks. With the latter making a series of funny "ohs", the hand then stuffed him into the lower bunk on the other side with a "duang" sound.
Facing the look of astonishment from others, Wu Yi returned to normal standing position from the throwing posture and shook his hands.
"I'm sorry, even if you like it, it's useless. I have the final say here now."
As he said this, he turned around and raised his eyebrows at the others behind him.
"Do you have any other questions?"
"No, no, no..."
The two students in Class A quickly shook their heads.
Ryuuen burst into laughter at this.
In this way, the problem of bed allocation was quickly resolved.
After everyone took a brief break, it was time for lunch.
After all, it was a large-scale special exam. Even if the students were asked to get up early, it would take a lot of time just to gather and count the number of people. In addition, there was a three-hour drive on the road, and various divisions into small and large groups after arriving. By the time everything was done, it was already past 11:30 in the morning.
It's time for lunch too.
After wandering around the school building area and arriving at the cafeteria of the Forest School, Wu Yi began to look around as soon as she entered the door, trying to find the figures of Karuizawa Megumi, Kushida Kikyo, and Sakayanagi Arisu.
At this time, we have to mention the convenience brought by modern technology. In the same situation, if you want to find someone, you only need to send a message or make a phone call, and you can quickly confirm the other person's location and find them.
But now everyone’s cell phones were left on the bus, and there was no way to even make a phone call.
And perhaps due to the number of visitors to the summer camp, the cafeteria of this forest school is also large.
The school cafeteria of Gaoyu High School can only accommodate 400 people at most, but Wu Yi roughly estimated that the cafeteria of Linjian School can easily accommodate at least 500 people at a time.
"Numb..."
Sighing helplessly, Wu Yi finally decided to go get some food first.
The main thing is that this crappy training camp even has a time limit for meals, with only one hour at noon.
It's just...very rushed.
After ordering a full plate of high-calorie food at the cafeteria window, Wu Yi was just walking around looking for a place to sit down and have a good meal when a rather tired but cute sigh sounded from behind him.
"Hey……"
Volume 205: Chapter : Petting the Cat Ichinose Honami
When Wu Yi looked back, at the nearest table, a girl with long pink hair was lying on the table with a tired look on her face, with her nose and the rest of her body buried deep in her arms.
The upper part of the zippered sportswear bulged slightly on both sides under the support of the inner pressure, causing her back to slightly arch upward, looking a bit like the posture of a kitten or puppy stretching.
And maybe it was because the cafeteria of Linjian School was too big and there were too many people and too mixed, but Ichinose Honami was not surrounded by a bunch of fellow students like usual in school.
Instead, she was alone, sitting alone at a large dining table.
But perhaps it is precisely because of this that he dares to show such a vulnerable look.
"Oh wow, what a coincidence."
Without any hesitation, Wu Yi sat down opposite the girl.
Along with the sound of the metal plate hitting the table, the rich aroma of food followed, causing Ichinose Hoba to open her eyes subconsciously.
"...Ah, it's Wu Yi-san, what a coincidence."
As she said this, she forced herself to get up from the table.
Wu Yi waved his hand to stop him.
"It's okay. If you're tired, just lie down like this. Have you had lunch?"
“Actually, I’ve eaten…”
Ichinose Honami lay down again obediently, her indigo eyes blinking.
"By the way, is Wu Yi's team formation going smoothly?"
"It's okay, it went pretty smoothly."
As he said this, Wu Yi picked up a piece of New Orleans barbecue and ate it with relish while speaking clearly.
"Although there are only ten people in the group, it's a big group with Nanyun, so it's basically no problem to get second place... Oh, by the way, Tokito and Moriyama from your class are also in my group."
"Ah, Tokito-san and Moriyama-san."
When she heard the name, the face corresponding to that name immediately appeared in Ichinose Honami's mind.
"They both have very nice personalities. It should be no problem for them to be in a group with you, Wu Yi."
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter even if they are problem children. I already have enough problem children in my group. Even if there are two more, it won't make much difference."
"What exactly does this problem child refer to..."
"Ryuen, Ishizaki, Koenji, Ayanokouji, and that black man." Wu Yi counted them all.
"Black? Oh, you mean Yamada-san."
Ichinose Hoba nodded hurriedly, yet secretly frightened.
Although she had not heard of Ayanokouji's name, the rest were well-known problem students among their age.
However, even so, Wu Yi still said that it was "quite smooth". It is hard to imagine what exactly happened in the specific process.
While he was talking, Wu Yi had already finished the New York barbecue. He then picked up a piece of tempura and started crunching it, raising his eyebrows and asking Ichinose.
"So, how's it going over there?"
"On my side..."
The topic came back to herself, and Ichinose Honami sighed helplessly.
"Anyway, it just wasn't going smoothly. I thought it would be done quickly, but in the end we still had a quarrel."
"So the groups haven't been divided yet?"
"Well, it looks like it will take until at least the afternoon."
"That's too tragic..."
Wu Yi actually wanted to comfort her, but perhaps because the reflection from his sunglasses was too dazzling, his smile, which was originally meant to comfort her, became distorted.
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It was clearly visible that the girl's cheeks bulged out like an inflated puffer fish.
“That’s too much!”
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant..."
Wu Yi tried his best to suppress his smile, but Ichinose's angry look was so adorable that he just laughed out loud. He was laughing so hard that he even stopped eating. With half a piece of tempura in his mouth, he buried his head and pounded the table with one hand.
Fortunately, the noise level in the cafeteria was extremely noisy, so not many people noticed the noise here.
"Student Wu Yi, if you continue like this, I will ignore you..." Ichinose Hoba pouted, looking resentful.
"Sorry, sorry, I won't laugh anymore."
Seeing that the girl was really getting angry, Wu Yi coughed lightly and stopped laughing. When he raised his head, his face had returned to complete calmness, and the speed of his expression changing was comparable to that of the two policemen in The Mermaid.
