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part 9

"Don't worry about the details, Rika." Manabe whispered back. He glanced in Ayanokoji's direction for a moment before looking away.

"That is certainly true. But then, you are as contradictory as ever, since you are helping a friend."

Help is still help. Thank you, Ayanokoji." Sudo thanked him gratefully.

How many times are you going to thank me every time I do something?"

"Well, human beings are, for better or worse, creatures of convenience."

I had already brought this up with Horikita before, but she seemed relatively open to my ideas. She usually acted alone, so as long as something didn't hurt her, she didn't care. However, she was not the type tobut she seemed relatively open to my ideas. She usually acted alone, so as long as something didn't hurt her, she didn't care. However, she was not the type to sympathize with another person's pain.

"Everyone is like that deep down." Ibuki commented. "And don't add me to your friendship shit, Ichinose. Honestly, it's repulsive." She interrupted Ichinose who was about to retort with his class motto.

"Well, your way of thinking isn't relevant to me, Ayanokouji-kun, so you're free to think what you want. Also, I appreciate you saying that those two are hard to deal with."

"Well, that's just because you hate them, isn't it?"

Sudo looked at Horikita sadly. His crush just admitted she hates him. that she

Well, from how he acted towards her in the beginning, that most likely explains that hatred.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I neither hate you nor like you." Horikita blankly answered some of the class's questions.

'Oh.'

"Having a common enemy tends to lead to cooperation."

"No. Just because I'm bad at dealing with

them doesn't mean I hate them. Please,

Don't think I'm like you."

"Huh, does Ayanokoji-kun hate us?!" Sato asked in disbelief.

"No, I don't know how Horikita came up with it, but I don't hate you guys. None of you." Ayanokoji soothed.

"You seem to be the type." Horikita stiffened herself better in her chair.

What? Did you base that on the fact that you thought I seemed like the guy?"

I really wanted to get closer to Kushida and Hirata. But Horikita's interpretation of my stance was quite broad, and she seemed to think that we had similar thoughts on the matter. Muttering, I walked to the end of the hall and scanned the corners, making sure I didn't miss any nooks and crannies. Horikita seemed to notice something and began to look around. She began to reflect.

"It seems there are none here. Too bad."

"Some of what?" Yume asked.

"Security cameras." Ichinose replied. Seeing that he helped us in this case, Yume believed her . But who said that he doesn't trust Ichinose in the first place?

"In what?" I asked.

the classrooms. If there were cameras here, we'd have solid evidence. I can't find any."

"Is there one in our classroom?" Yamauchi was stunned.

"Yes, didn't Chabashira-sensei hint at it? They supervised our movement in the classroom. That's why they were able to deduct points every time someone misbehaved." Hirata explained softly.