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part 9

"Is that supposed to be a bad thing?" Sato

he seemed confused.

Hirata kindly explained, "You might think that we're forcing her to speak for Sudo-kun's sake and ours."

"Oh." Both girls seemed enlightened. Airi stepped back and shrank back in her chair as several eyes met hers.

Horikita probably understood. Yet she was acting distant, cut off from the world, like she was too cool to care about anything.

"Ara, it seems you like to tease her in your mind, Ayanokoji-kun." Hoshinomiya-sensei sneered at him.

Ayanokoji felt Horikita's hard look on her face, " I'm just telling the truth."

Multiple students laughed after hearing it. It only served to fuel Horikita's gaze on him.

"Sudou has many qualities that I can't stand. However, I want to lessen the blame being placed on him. The best possible result is that we will still have some points even if Class D's image worsens."gets worse.

She sounded honest. Normally, she wasn't so candid. That wasn't a particularly bad thing. However, most people are not suitable for solitude. Therefore, sometimes they behave in a hypocritical way, as if they saved someone out of feigned altruism so that others would adore them. However, that didn't seem to be Horikita's style. Also, unlike Kushida and the others, she had completely given up on proving Sudou's innocence.

"As I said, unless a perfect witness appears, proving Sudou-kun's innocence will be impossible. If those students from Class C admitted they lied, I suppose things could work out. Do you think that's likely?"

"No way. They would never admit it."

"However, you managed to get them to back off." Katsuragi commented. He looked at Class C and D before continuing to look.

Class C and D before continuing to watch.

Horikita averted her gaze from me before answering. "I will do whatever it takes to defend my class and raise them to Class A. Won't you do the same, Katsuragi-san?"

"I guess. But still within the rules and regulations, of course. Don't think of me as the kind of person who plays sneaky and dirty." Katsuragi looked at Ryuuen and Sakayanagi as he said this. The first one just looked at him hello while the second one smiled.

"I hope you're not talking about me, Katsuragi-kun."

The lie would hold, especially since the other class also lacked evidence. That was what I thought, anyway. Our only proof was Sudou's word. We were completely in the Dark.

"There's no one here after class."

"Well, that's obvious. They only use the special building for club activities."

One of the parties, be it Sudou or the students of Class C, had summoned the other to the special building. After that, as if by fate, the two enemies began to fight. In the end, Sudou hurt the others and they complained. That was the whole case.

I definitely wouldn't come to a hot place like this unless someone had brought me. The humidity was stifling. I felt like if I stayed a few more minutes, my head would explode.

"You really can't take the heat, huh, Ayanokoji-kun?" Ichinose took pity on him.

"It seems that you are about to die." snapped Ike.

Ayanokoji sighed, "Thank you."

"That Wasn't  a compliment...?"

"Aren't you hot  Horikita?"