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part 16

"It's sad, a person in their own class sabotaged them." Hirata said.

"They can't really compete with the other classes seriously if their class itself was divided by two faction. The chain of command between the two and their inner circles will be confusing. " Matsushita commented.

Yahiko was cut off when Katsuragi placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Hashimoto, you were working with Ryuuen, weren't you?" Katsuragi said. The two of them stared at each other. "You told him who Class A's leader was."

Hashimoto smiled slightly, he closed his eyes before turning around the hallway to walk away. Katsuragi stared at his retreating form.

"What do these test results mean? What in the world happened?"

It's Horikita-san and Ayanokoji-kun again." Sato pointed out.

"Finally. We're going to find out what really happened behind the scene." Matsushita said.

"And it made it clear that Horikita-san didn't know the strategy executed in the island." Yukimura fixed his glasses.

"You look like you don't have any idea at all."

"I just can't imagine it. I don't understand it at all. I have a mountain of questions."

"You look so confused." Ike blurted out.

Horikita glared at him, "Of course I was! The last thing I remembered during the exam was that I passed out, and then everyone is crowding around me, throwing praises and congratulations left and right."

Horikita ordered a drink from an attendant. I started talking.

"I'll tell you everything. However, my one condition is that you stay quiet on this matter. I won't compromise on this."

I'd assumed it would come to this, considering Horikita hadn't retired of her own will. This story was for Horikita's ears only.

"Why though?" Nene frowned.

"It's private?" Miyamoto asked unsure.

"Because it will exposed Ayanokoji-kun as the one who plotted against Katsuragi-kun and Ryuuen-kun." Matsushita rolled her eyes.

"You know," Sato stared at her for a long time. "I never knew that you were smart, Chiaki-chan, If I remember, your test scores are always a bit above average. Then suddenly you're saying complicated and complex things."

Matsushita grew nervous. She was carried away by the display of Ayanokoji's abilities. Her ticket to Class A while relaxing herself. "What do you mean, Maya-chan?"

"It looks like you're hiding your abilities or something." Sato thought hard, "You're not holding back are you?"

Luckily, their conversation was not heard by anyone. Matsushita glanced around her before leaning in to whisper to her. "Please keep quiet for now. I'll explain everything later."

Still suspicious, Sato let the matter go.

"What would you like to ask?"

"What were you doing during the test? Tell me," she said.

That was a much better question than I'd expected. She wanted to hear everything at once.

"When the special test was announced, I didn't focus on anything except for the additional rules. I roughly understood how to manage the 300 points, but you couldn't manipulate them as an individual."