"Giving up is easy, but if we give up now, we'll lose too badly."
To be ambushed by Amane-san, who single-handedly stormed the camp and stole the key card, yet be powerless to do anything – could there be anything more humiliating than this?
Ichinose had considered that she might lose to Amane-san, but definitely not in this way.
"I admire your persistence, Honami, but the fact is, as soon as I look at the name on the back of the key card, the game is over."
"Classmate Shibata, wake everyone up."
Ichinose didn't turn around, but she knew Shibata could definitely hear her voice.
A short while later, the entire Class B camp began to stir, and students, wearing sportswear and disheveled, ran out of their tents one after another.
"Classmate Hamaguchi, Classmate Ninomiya, Miss Jiye, you all lead people to surround Amane-san. Do not use violence. If Amane-san wants to leave, stall her. Classmate Shibata, go find Hoshinomiya-sensei now."
Ichinose issued orders one after another before everyone had even fully woken up.
Soon, two teams of girls and two teams of boys surrounded Amane-san from four directions.
Ichinose, meanwhile, kept her distance to avoid being taken hostage by Amane-san for a breakout.
Since the four groups were very close to each other, if Amane-san made even a slight move, someone would definitely be able to interfere with her. No matter how strong Amane-san was, she was still just one person.
Ichinose originally didn't want Shibata to take risks, but now the only way to make Amane-san give up the key card was to have Hoshinomiya-sensei arbitrate, to determine whether Amane-san's actions constituted malicious seizure of Class B's key card. It was well known that if a class was found to have seized another class's key card, the entire class would be immediately disqualified from the competition.
"Classmate Ichinose, what exactly happened here?"
Ninomiya was still a bit surprised. Amane-san had been sitting there quietly monitoring Class B during the day, so how was it that Amane-san looked like she was about to make a move after they woke up?
"Everyone, listen to me. Due to Classmate Kanzaki's mistake, the key card was snatched by Amane-san. The key card is now under her foot. Fortunately, Amane-san has not yet seen the name of the key card holder. Now, I hope everyone focuses their attention on Amane-san. If she moves or intends to bend down to pick up the key card, everyone can interfere with Amane-san without me giving the command. Even if it means bumping or pushing, it's fine, but physical assault is strictly forbidden. Everyone, do you understand what I mean?"
Ichinose stepped forward at the critical moment and gave instructions to everyone.
"Although there's a lot to complain about, simply put, if this woman moves, we all rush up and knock her down, right?"
Himeno scratched her head, asking somewhat uncertainly.
Her head wasn't very clear right now, so she specifically asked Ichinose.
"Miss Jiye is right."
Ichinose looked at Amane-san, who was surrounded, and for the first time showed a confident expression.
Although she was the mouthpiece of the collective will in various matters, at the same time, as long as she issued a command, no one would ever question it. This was the advantage and disadvantage of collective unity: losing freedom while gaining a more powerful force.
"Good idea, but the drawback is, you shouldn't say that in front of me, because… I have a lot of patience."
The facts proved that Amane-san's words were not a lie.
She maintained an unmoving posture and stood for a full ten hours.
It wasn't until Hoshinomiya-sensei arrived in the morning to check the situation, seeing the Class B students sleeping scattered on the ground, and then seeing Amane-san, who was surrounded in the middle and as still as a rock, that Hoshinomiya-sensei's face showed a shocked expression.
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