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part 18

First, he'd intentionally set up his weaker students against our more talented athletes, like Sudou and Hirata. Then he put his more athletic students up against our hopelessly unathletic competitors, like Ike and Yamauchi. That way, he could snag even more wins by beating them.

Second, Ryuuen was targeting Horikita. However, that really had no direct bearing on leading his class to victory. He wanted to crush Horikita for the sole purpose of destroying her. And, in truth, Horikita had been crushed. She'd completely lost strategies revealed much about Ryuuen Kakeru. He could have switched around his players to keep us from figuring out his plans, but he wanted us to know. He wanted to rile us up.

"Foul."

"What the hell?"

"You're the worst."

"Poor Horikita-san."

"But it is a nice strategy though."

"Huh? Whose side are you on?"

"Uh... No one?"

Horikita glared at the laughing Ryuuen.

"Great job, future me." Ryuuen smirked.

"You do know that since I already knew this, it will never happen." Horikita snaps.

"Oho? How sure are you?" Ryuuen challenges her.

"Unfortunately, we're in the same team." Nagumo sighed. He was referring about his one sided rivalry with Horikita Manabu. Since they're in the same team, he can't play against him.

"I kind of liked that kohai's thinking." He added. He plays and crushes his opponents leading him to victory while simultaneously satisfying his desire to play around. But it looks like Manabu disapprove of the method.

"Yikes." Shibata grimaced.

"Is it wrong for me to be glad that we're not up against them?" Yume whispered to Amikura.

"So, you're not going to help her?" asked Karuizawa.

"How would I do that?"

"Well...I don't know," she replied.

"The participation table is already set in stone. There's nothing I can do."

"You're saying that Class D is going to lose?"

"Guess so."

"You're giving up just like that?" Ryuuen asked suspiciously.

"Or he anticipated it and focused more on a different thing?" Katsuragi said thinking.

"With their participation table leak and their words, it can be surmised that you can't replace it with a new one." Hashimoto added.

"But what if someone was injured?" Hiyori frowned.

"Then a large amount of private points or class points will be exchange, I supposed." Ibuki said.

"Isn't there anything we can do?"

You should ask Hirata about that."

"That's...well, that's true, I guess. But...I thought if I talked to you, you'd think of something."

"Oho? You seemed to trust Ayanokoji-kun." Shinohara teases her.

"I trust his abilities, there's a difference." Karuizawa looked away.

"But yeah, I trust him." She whispered.

"What was that, Karuizawa-san?" Nene asked her.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Karuizawa squeaked.