CotE: Year 2 Volume 5 Translation

Chapter 2- Part 6

"Come in, Kushida-senpai." 

A few hours ago. 

After finishing school, Kushida visited Takuya Yagami's room in the freshman dormitory. The evening sun was faintly shining through the closed curtains.

Gazing at the steam from the freshly brewed tea on the table, Kushida did not reach out to touch it. 

"There's no medicine or anything in it, is there?"

 "I don't care about that, can we just get on with it?" 

Without trying to hide her frustration, Kushida pulled out her cell phone with a grim look on her face.

 "I beg your pardon. Then let me ask you without reservation."

 After pressing the play button they hear the voice of chabashira sensei explaining the outline of the unanimous special exam announced to the second-year students, though it is only halfway through the explanation. And after silently listening to everything in the class, including the examples, Yagami returned the phone to Kushida.

 "Kushida-senpai wants to crush Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. Isn't that what you meant?"

 Not needing to answer now, Kushida kept silent. 

"I had been briefed by my seniors beforehand, but it was still a very simple special exam. From the multiple choices, the voting is repeated and adjusted to be unanimous. There are five tasks in total, and we have five hours to complete them. What did you think when you heard this?"

 "............ Easy, right?"

 "Yes, it is. It is considered to be very easy for being called a special exam. However, only the punishment for running out of time is severe. This must be because the school is making the assumption that it is clear. A consideration that will inevitably bring us closer to unanimity as the time nears its end. Whether it's a choice you don't like or not, we all want to avoid heavy penalties."

Yagami reaches for the tea that continues to steam in front of Kushida and picks up the cup.

 "Well, here's the thing. I'm already in the middle of my second year. But while I've been wanting to expel those two, I haven't been able to get the perfect opportunity to do so up until this point." 

"As far as I'm concerned, you're partly to blame, but not right now."

 There is nothing to be gained by lashing out at Yagami here, Kushida thought as she held her ground. 

"Did you tell Horikita about this?" 

"Yeah, ....... You know, the one where you're supposed to be the leader? Sort of. Well, I'm sure she'd have done it on her own without me telling her." 

"It's not good to leave things ambiguous. It's important for Kushida-senpai that Horikita-senpai was entrusted with that role after getting a firm word from her."

 "So what? You think you can get Horikita expelled on the next special exam?"

When Kushida asked him back, Yagami laughed and sipped from his cup. 

"That's right. I had to listen to the recording just to make sure I didn't miss anything or misinterpret anything, but now it's clear. Next special exam: ........ That's a good possibility." 

"...... How could you possibly know that? The only condition for expulsion is to let the accumulated penalty time accumulate in the individual's voting time. Do you think Horikita would make a mistake like that? Not just Horikita. No one makes that kind of mistake."