cote react to

part 9

"Impossible. The person in question himself didn't recognize what was going on. Only now do I reluctantly offer to help for the good of our class. Frankly, I still think it would have been better to abandon him."

Sudo looked down sadly.

"I take that back. You'll be a great asset in the future Sudo-kun. I'm sure of it." Horikita retracted her earlier statement.

Sudo smiled happily.

"Fool." Ike whispered.

"It looks like a dog." Yamauchi exclaimed.

"What did you say, you bastard?!"

Whoops-Sudo heard him.

"Even though you helped Sudou during the midterm?

"Probably. Kushida-san and Ike-kun and the others haven't noticed at all, it seems. They just believe in Sudou-kun and want to save him fromthe lie for his good and that of our class. They don't understand the urgency of the situation."

"The dumbest people." Sakayanagi attacks again.

Kushida stared at her. "What did you call me?"

"Silly girl. Are you deaf?" Sakayanagi irritated her further.

"Hey!" Ike and the others protest.

Kushida gritted her teeth in anger.

"Stop antagonizing my classmates, Sakayanagi-san." Hirata the peacemaker intervened before the fight could escalate.peacemaker, intervened before the fight escalated.

"But I only spoke that truth." Sakayanagi did not back down.

His comments towards his classmates, those who had already shared joys and sorrows together, seemed completely heartless.

"Kushida seems to understand at least a little, and despite that, she's working to save Sudou," I said.

"A little? So, did she figure it out on her own?"

"Huh? Well, no, that..."

"You told her  didn't you?"

She cornered me with his words. It was like being interrogated. A little scary.

"You came up with the idea of ​​getting the old exam questions and buying exam points. I can't say I'm surprised. Sometimes you seem quite cunning, but... I'm not satisfied.

Those who want to one day live peace  must also sometimes be cunning

"Don't keep overestimating me," I replied.

Although I didn't mean to, Horikita laughed. However, her smile immediately faded.

"Honestly, there's so much about you that I don't understand. You're a mystery. You're the hardest person in our class to predict. You're versatile, but you often waste time. You never seem to sit still. It's like you can't be categorized."

"Those are all really questionable ways of describing someone. They're not the kind of things you'd say as praise…"

There were better ways to express all of that. Horikita looked at me suspiciously.that.

"I think what I should say is that you're just blending in and hiding your true talents. You're hiding in plain sight. You disgust me more than anyone."

Class D, who already has an idea, was still shocked. Having such great talents and not using them left them perplexed.

Matsushita, who already deduced, thought: 'It takes a lot of talent to hide one's talent.' What a monster.'d He looked at Ayanokoji's poker face. He seemed determined to live his high school life in peace and quiet. 'However, why stick your neck in these kinds of situations? You are so confusing.