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part 7

"Let's go back. If someone saw us here, they would probably have ideas."

He was certainly right about that. Rumors about a guy and a girl hanging out alone in the dark would surely circulate. Not to mention the fact that our relationship seemed to be intensifying.

"Intensify seems to be a tricky word, Ayanokoji-kun." Sakayanagi's eyes darkened.

What's with his eyes?'

Horikita slowly got up and walked towards the bedroom.

"Hey. Were you really okay with how study group went?" I asked. If he didn't broach the subject now, he'd probably never get the chance again.

"Why do you ask? I was the one who proposed keeping the study group in the first place. Besides, I had a feeling you considered it a nuisance. Am I wrong?"

"No, you're not exactly wrong there."

"It just left a bad taste in my mouth. Look, I think things are going to get worse with the others."

"I don't care. I'm used to it. Besides, Hirata-kun picked up most of the students who failed. He knows how to study, he seems to get along well with others."and, unlike me, he will be a good tutor. At the very least, everyone should pass. There was no point trying to teach failing students myself. We would go through this same scenario for every test until graduation. It would be useless to try to make up for his failure every single time."

"Have you not thought about the demerit it can cause? We don't know the whole truth of the s system. Making sure to prevent his class point from going down is of the utmost importance." Katsuragi tilted his head, not understanding Horikita's reasoning.

-I was narrow-minded at that time, I only acted for my benefits. I know now." Horikita steeled herself.

"Sudou and the others don't like Hirata very much. I doubt they'd participate in his study group."

"That's your decision, which has nothing to do with me. Besides, if you're facing expulsion, you shouldn't complain about trivial nonsense. If you don't get close to Hirata-kun, then you'll be expelled. Of course, my goal is that Class D achieves Class A status. However, that's for my own good and no one else's. I don't care about anyone else. Really, if we throw out the failures in this upcoming midterm, then the best students will remain. That is what I need, right? In that case, reaching a higher rank will be simple. Everything will work out perfectly."

"How narrow-minded. I have doubts about the mastermind in the first special exam." Ryuuen smiled. "You didn't plan it, did you?"

They all looked at Horikita. Especially Class D. They waited for his answer.

Horikita sighed and said ya I was not alone that help in special exam

She wasn't wrong about that. Our conversation continued; Horikita was strangely talkative tonight.

"Horikita, isn't that way of thinking flawed?"

"Flawes? What's flawed? You're not going to give me gibberish about how there's no future for someone who would abandon their classmates, are you?"

"It's not gibberish, Horikita-san" Ichinose frowned. her classmates agreed with her.

"Relax. I understand you well enough to know that you don't really understand me."

"Then what is it? There is no strategic advantage in helping the failures."

"There's probably very little upside, certainly. It does help prevent a setback, though."