Houtarou returned to the luxury cruise ship.
While regular students shared rooms three to a room, he had spent points to secure a single room with a large bed.
Lying on the comfortable bed, he took out his phone. The homeroom teachers had returned students' phones when they boarded the small boats to the ship.
He opened his phone and checked his student ID section.
『Houtarou Oreki』
『Student ID: 1008610010』
『Class: First Year, Class A』
『Personal Account: ¤ 3,123,500 Pts』
The freshly rebooted phone looked quite plain.
As his year's wealthiest student, after reviewing his ID, Houtarou checked the system notifications.
〖 Side Task: Give Me My Money, Dumb ATM! 〗
〖 Task Requirement: In the Island Exam, gain control of Class D and turn them into an ATM! 〗
〖 Task Duration: 2/8 Days 〗
〖 Task Reward: Enhancement of Restoration Ability (Extending disease healing duration) 〗
〖 Task Punishment: When using Clairvoyance, eyes will become cross-eyed (Charm decreased by 20) 〗
〖 Task Progress: 99% 〗
The task was simple: participate in the island exam, divide Class D, and gain control over them.
His chosen instrument was Rokusuke Kōenji, the eccentric genius from Class D.
Though his completion rate was high, the system progress had stopped at 99% after Tomonari announced the exam results. It remained stuck there.
What piece was still missing?
As he pondered this.
Beep!
〖 Congratulations on completing the Side Task! 〗
Two sounds rang out at once — his phone's notification and the system's quest completion alert.
The message was from Rokusuke, inviting him and Suzune to a celebration party for successfully dividing Class D after the island exam.
Rokusuke's physical condition was remarkable — he had pushed himself to self-harm that morning due to the rule that "leaders cannot be changed without proper reason", appearing deathly ill.
Yet here he was on the ship, full of life and holding a wine glass.
Houtarou questioned whether Rokusuke was bound by normal human limitations at all.
However…
〖 Receiving the Side Task Reward- Restoration Ability Enhancement (Extended Illnesses Healing Duration). 〗
〖 Would you like to enhance Restoration Ability? 〗
Restoration Ability, a supplementary power that came with awakening superhuman abilities, was remarkably effective.
It could restore damaged items to their previous state from one day ago and provide healing effects, returning others' physical conditions to their state from the previous day.
Like having unlimited refills, it could prevent illnesses indefinitely through daily contact.
Of course, daily contact was required — a frequency challenging even for married couples to maintain.
An enhancement to extend this duration would make the ability far more practical.
〖 Ding~! 〗
While Houtarou was thinking, a new prompt appeared in his mind.
〖 Restoration Ability Enhancement: Can restore objects or organisms to their state from up to one week ago. Can also skip over mandatory damage states. This includes being able to restore menstruation to before it started. 〗
Ugh. Let's skip that last one.
He touched his head with his left hand — he wasn't that perverted.
However, this enhancement was developing exactly as he'd hoped. He could now choose to restore items or people to any state within the past week.
This ability was incredibly powerful.
For instance, if someone fell ill, he could revert their physical condition to a healthy state from any point within the previous week. Once restored, the illness wouldn't return.
But this wasn't enough. In his Precognitive Dream on the ship, he'd seen that Arisu would become his girlfriend in their second year. She would then have to drop out during the first semester due to pregnancy.
None of this had happened yet, of course. Though it was a Precognitive Dream, reality didn't have to follow the same path.
In other words, he could choose not to date Arisu or become intimate with her, preventing her eventual dropout.
However, she was undeniably cute — he couldn't deny his interest. If he chose to be with her, he would need to take responsibility.
Her congenital heart disease had always prevented her from living normally. Given his abilities and position, he wanted to help her.
With these thoughts, he looked at his phone.
| Rokusuke Kōenji — The Narcisist from Class D |
| I've reserved a private room at the Gabriel Archangel Restaurant in the ship. |
| Though I invited Horikita, she hasn't replied to my message. |
Oh. So Suzune hadn't replied to him.
He found another message on his phone, this one from Airi.
| Airi Sakura — Probable Idol Girl |
| Um, thank you for this island exam, Oreki. |
Airi was the plainly dressed girl he'd encountered when selling information to Class D at the start of school. That day, he'd witnessed Haruki and others discussing crude things like R-rating rankings. Haruki had used her to cause trouble, spreading lies about her being infatuated with him.
Back then, she'd seemed weak and helpless.
But during this island exam, her classmates had discovered her true beauty, leading to unwanted attention.
In the end, while she was talking with Houtarou, Haruki and his group voluntarily forfeited and returned to the ship that day, much to her relief.
She sent the message as a thank you. Though introverted in person, she communicated quite naturally through messages.
After reviewing Rokusuke's message again, Houtarou sent a message to Suzune.
However, it wasn't marked as read.
Was she not checking her messages?
| Houtarou Oreki — Me |
| Sakura, have you seen Suzune Horikita? |
He sent the message to Airi.
Unlike Suzune's, her message was quickly marked as read.
From her response, he learned that while Yōsuke and Kikyō were holding a celebration party on the ship, Suzune hadn't attended. Airi mentioned she might not be feeling well and had gone back to her room to rest.
Houtarou immediately understood — today he hadn't "held hands" with that lone girl, meaning he hadn't given her the Restoration Ability buff.
Her cold from a week ago, brought on by late-night reading with the air conditioning on, had relapsed.
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| Houtarou Oreki — Me |
| About the celebration party, let's postpone it. Your body just recovered, I suggest taking it easy. Also, I'm going to check on Suzune Horikita. |
After quickly replying to Rokusuke, Houtarou began leaving his room.
His tone toward Rokusuke was distant — deliberately so.
While Rokusuke had been useful, 70% of the quest's difficulty had fallen on him to handle, including switching Class D's leadership and enduring self-inflicted illness at the end.
But both Rokusuke and Houtarou understood the situation.
Unless he dropped out now, Rokusuke wouldn't take further action. He had already secured the promise of 20 million points — all he needed to do was wait for them to accumulate and complete his goal.
Rokusuke had no need to exert himself further. As for the points, they were just living expenses to him.
As heir to the Kōenji Financial Group, he came from wealth — when Houtarou gathered the 20 million points, he planned to exchange them directly for cash. Money wasn't an issue.
He wouldn't take action again.
All things considered, Suzune remained the most valuable ally.
Houtarou contemplated this as he left his room and closed the door.
He could help her too — since they hadn't shaken hands today, she hadn't received his body restoration buff. She was likely feeling ill again.
But with his newly upgraded ability, he could now bypass her current sickness entirely.
Things had become much more convenient.
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