(Okay, so this chapter is gonna start with the current mind state of students, about what they are currently thinking which i didn't do in previous chapter, and obviously they are thinking at the same time , in simple words the next reaction video starts in 5 minutes from where i left in previous chapter, in other words i am not giving them time for things like interval to discuss among themselves, sorry if you don't like my idea but this is how i am doing this, This is continuation from where i left , I recommend reading the last chapter before this one, though those who are jumping on this one should atleast know that ayanokoji is part of class A now. )
16 Thousand+ words
Third person (POV)
Right now Kiyotaka and Sakayanagi both are sitting side by side and behind them are Hashimoto, Kamuro and Kito
Sakayanagi -"Well this, really was unexpected but it was his classmates fault, it must be tiring to deal with them everytime , right now beside me ayanokoji-kun is sitting , the strong beatings in my chest felt pleasant to me. Every time I looked at ayanokouji-kun in front of me, my whole body felt hot as if not wanting to look away.
The world is big, us meeting in this school like this and now we are in same class sitting next to each other, if not fate what else could it be, i want to savor each and every moment.
Fufu, just like a maiden in love, isn't it? " she thought while being pleased with the turn of events
Hashimoto -"This is really some sudden turn of events, right now in front of me ayanokoji and princess are sitting, i had my suspicions of this guy but now after watching the previous video no to be more accurate the last 26 seconds of that video i felt shivers running down my spine, the calm expression and those eyes which seemed to pierce threw ones soul, the coldness in each word he spoke, i felt fear even greater fear when i met with princess, the match he played against princess, his perfect math score in recent test, right now i am sure of one thing this guy is on a whole different level..........but now things have changed he is in our class i don't think i have any need to keep my ties with ryuuen or anyone now Class A is unstoppable because now we have a King and a princess, all i need to do is to listen to them i don't care if i am princess plaything or a tool for our king as long as I graduate from Class A that's all I care" he thought
Kamuro -"OH GREAT! THIS IS GREAT!!! WHAT DID I DO TO END IN THIS SITUATION AAAHHH, Curse my fate , the girl and the boy both of them are the ones who gave me threats on our very first meeting, really can you imagine this, the girl, sakayanagi who met me on outside the convenience store and turned me into her plaything, and ,the guy ayanokoji who threatened me of exposing my incompetence to sakayanagi on our first meeting forcing me to accept his small deal......well it was a trivial thing ....but still, they both make threats on our first meeting, and now this, it was already hard to deal with the girl who thinks of me as her doll and now we have a guy who think of other's as a tool, THIS IS GREAT !! MY LIFE SUCKS!!.......but well they are strong i mean way too strong......." she thought
Kito and other Class A students -"Well that guy who just became a part of our class ,well he sure was scary and it may be true he has done some interesting things behind his class back but was it really worth to use our points for him, since it was sakayanagi-san we agreed to it but ...still the way she behaved , does she know him from before well I am sure it's fine since it was sakayanagi-san who made this decision, well let's just wait and see what kirito-kun will show us next" they thought
Ryuuen -"Well, if anything, then this is absurd, totally ridiculous, i made katsuragi a student of my class to destroy sakayanagi , but she called the final boss in her class in exchange, if not absurd then what else is , whatever , my initial plan was to crush ichinose and sakayanagi as a warm up and i would have gone against that bastard but that's totally out of the question now, there's no longer any need to even pay much attention to ichinose or suzune , ichinose class will just self-destruct itself and suzune's class well it's over for them and i can use kikyo again to destroy suzune anytime since that bastard isn't there anymore, though i shouldn't involve karuizawa otherwise he might take action, well that's unnecessary concern, right now our number 1 enemy is Class A beating sakayanagi and that guy at once isn't possible but that's just how lazy people think, I have 2 years i am going to crush both of them i was planning to do it anyway kukuku , i just have to wait and strike at right time it doesn't matter what happens in middle of this game all that matter's is who graduate from class A during our graduation , Me and Ayanokouji. The hound or the bitch. Who is which? It's fine, I just need to win. 'No matter the methods' I have to use. " he thought with a grin on his face
Ishizaki -" Isn't it too bad ayanokoji is part of class A , even ryuuen-san had been wary of Class A's comprehensive overall power under Sakayanagi -san leadership and now ayanokoji , who had the brute strength to overwhelm ryuuen-san and an immeasurable amount of knowledge and ingenuity to back that up has joined Class A how can we win, i don't think we can win, we will most likely graduate from class B ,i resign myself to this awful fate " he thought while freaking out and trying to hide his anxieties.
Ibuki -"Can we even win , this is ridiculous , even thinking to fight against them is ridiculous, but i have seen ryuuen from close up, he fought against albert and ishizaki after enrolling , at that time he said the strongest is always determined by who wins in the end, no matter how many times they have lost before, and it played out just like that albert and ishizaki gave in , then he lost against ayanokoji and then he stood again to challenge him, that's why , if it's him, even if it's ridiculous to fight against Class A, he will do it , he is going to fight against them despite the odds, i don't even know what strategies he gonna pull , aahhh this is pissing me off, if those idiots should have just taken that guys help and should have shut their stupid mouths...... because of them we will have to face two moster's .....no a monster and someone who was supposed to be final boss , screw it, ryuuen's gonna make us work to death from on now, THIS SUCKS!!" she thought with a look on her face which seemed to say she that she is totally pissed off
Hiyori -"Just now I have seen ayanokoji- kun's true thoughts does he consider me a friends or not...... i always thought whenever i looked in his eyes, his eyes which seemed to see through anything after the last video i became even more convinced of it, when our class will face against ayanokoji-kun , he will be the greatest enemy we will face, but just now he have changed classes, and the class he choosed to go is class A which already have a great leader like sakayanagi-san , it would be really hard for our class to win now, well i would have loved to have ayanokoji-kun in our class but we don't have enough points since we used it already, ayanokoji-kun said he don't think of other's as his friends but if I remember from previous videos he called himself 'horrible human being' that would mean he is also aware of how wrong he thinks, but then one can ask why don't just try to change yourself , but it's not like ayanokoji-kun isn't trying to do that he was helping other's as we saw in previous video's and there wasn't even a single malicious intent he showed , this change we saw in him is after chabashira-sensei 's threat , i don't know much but if have to say then there's still many things about ayanokoji-kun aside his talents which we don't know, that's why just like when you read a book you can't make a judgement in the middle of it , in order to make a decision i have to wait until more things are shown about him, that's when i will be able to know who ayanokoji-kun truly is....... i just have to wait patiently before making any judgement.....though deep down i hope he consider me as his book buddy" she thought while resolving herself to not make any decision until she reaches to an end of these video's.
Katsuragi -"Just in few minutes things have changed too much, that 26 second monologue during which I felt like as if the temperature of the room had died down, ryuuen told me that ayanokoji was the one who beat him i thought he was just joking back then but now watching him taking actions in these video's and especially the last one, he is truly dangerous and then sakayanagi just welcomed ayanokoji with open hands in her class , was it because sakayanagi liked the way he thinks or weather they know each other from before i still don't know, but I have to beat class A no matter what , I have to win against Sakayanagi for yahiko , that's why i am going to fully devote myself to this class i am in now " he thought while clenching his fist
Kanzaki -"I was sweating when his monologue started i didn't even breadth when he was saying those words with so much sharpness in them, i knew ayanokoji is dangerous for our class and now he has joined class A, and the way sakayanagi accepted him so easily.........this is going to be really hard for our class to win against there's but we can still do it, i think now our concern from class D now is only horikita-san and hirata-kun, we need to look out for them" he thought
Ichinose -"When ayanokoji-kun was changing his class i wanted to say him to come to my class but i couldn't say that what held me back wasn't because i don't have enough points, though they are necessary, but the biggest reason for me not being able to utter anything was because i remembered the words he said 'everyone is nothing but tools' my feelings are really complicated right now i don't know how he sees me, he helped me many times before, if not for him i might have decided to drop out of the school when sakayanagi-san attacked me......what will happen if sakayanagi -san decide to attack me again now that ayanokoji-kun is part of class A, will he help me like he promised, i don't know , right now i don't know what to do, ayanokoji-kun who helped me so many times just said he don't consider anyone his friend, i can say he isn't a bad person he also helped his classmates many times as shown in video's and even though he says he don't consider horikita-san a friend but he was still helping her, right now my feelings are like just like back during the spring break when i didn't know what to do, that time he told me to keep moving forward, that's why right now as of this moment all i can do is to wait to find the answer's, an answer towards these feelings and to know how i should think of him ............" she thought while praying that she find an positive answer to her complicated feelings.
Chabashira -"What just happened .........ayanokoji part of class A, does this mean class D will never reach upper classes, does this mean my dreams will be crushed once again, this time I had a chance to reach class A to finally be able to bury my past but it's all over now, .......can these students reach class A without ayanokoji , impossible, just look in the video kirito showed us just now, horikita is struggling unable to do anything and the class wasn't even cooperating among themselves on the island, they are failures, complete garbage. looking at them it wouldn't be wrong to call them pathetic , but they still won the island exam ..no they didn't just won.... they won with a landslide and that was because ayanokoji was there, again ...again my dreams will be crushed no they are already crushed because of some stupid brats who can't keep their mouth shut ......" she thought.
Hoshinomiya -"Ara ara .....this is something, looking at sae-chan it feels like someone just sucked all her blood, she looks lifeless.......though i have to say ayanokoji-kun really showed us something interesting, This might sound rude or something, but the first thing that comes to mind for me when I hear the name class D, then it's a laughable place chock full of problem children, filled to the brim with nothing but defects. And yet there he is Ayanokoji-kun with his outrageous specs with them, i don't know how he ended up in class D but well......that doesn't matter, class D was able work together because someone influenced his surrounding ....i don't even need to say who influenced it ,do I, but now that he is in class A which obviously is the place he belongs i wonder how will class D, sae-chan tackle their problems , well class D is nothing to worry about anymore, even if ichinose don't reach class A she atleast won't be in class D" she thought
Horikita- "Ayanokoji-kun.........joined class A , can we reach class A anymore the words rang in my head ' Nobody's stronger than me even when i am going easy on them' these words it may be arrogant but it's true, his score in math test , how he handled Hosen ,no that's not all, ayanokoji-kun no matter the circumstances, no matter what conditions he is given , he always remain clam and finds a solution for it, an existence like that which once was our ally is now an enemy , ridiculous, how can i fight a person whom i want to acknowledge me , this situation is all nothing but ........well I knew i would end up seeing something frightening if i get close to him but when he was saying of everyone being his tool i was feeling betrayed, though at that time i don't know why, but i looked at karuizawa-san she was looking at it like it's nothing, like she couldn't care less about it as if she already knew about this side of ayanokoji -kun , but how was she able to accept it just like that....., then i thought again about it and the feeling of being betrayed and the fear i was just feeling all vanished, i realised it's just like him , saying he don't want trouble, then taking actions actively, it's same he said he don't consider anyone his friend and yet he was trying to make friends from the first day of school when he came, he is always like this, contradictory, i guess i understand a little why chabashira sensei called him most defect in our class and why he called himself 'a horrible human being' ayanokoji-kun unlike other's knows his flaw of thinking but at the same time he just can't get rid of it either, if one can ignore that part of his then , isn't he the most reliable and trustworthy , he helped our class many times without any intention to harm anyone , it's true he used me like a pawn in the exam but i already know about that and besides if not for him my health would have deteriorated even more.........i guess that's why karauizawa-san don't feel any fear, she knows ayanokoji-kun is cold but at the same time he is caring too towards his friends.....no he said he don't consider them a friend so he is caring towards his tools .....ahhhh this is ridiculously hard to explain, whatever right now the problem is ayanokoji-kun changed classes , can we win ...no can we even cooperate in class properly anymore , right now i want to shout at my classmates stupidity, i wanted to reach class A , i was desperate for it , but ayanokoji-kun being in class A , reaching class A sounds ridiculous, it's impossible , reaching class A would mean surpassing ayanokoji-kun and i remember what my brother told me "You will never be able to reach at ayanokoji's level" these were the words he left me with , i want to shout, want to tell those stupid dumb idiots what they just have done ......i don't know really there are so many things going inside my brain .... but i know one thing that's clear to me ,my neighbor who just left without any words it made me feel alone once again just like when brother left on his graduation ......,I want to shout right now i want to tell him to come back ....but it's too late already we don't have points nor he want to be in this class anymore afterall who would want to be in the class where everyone looks at you with hostility even though you have helped them so much........... but still for some reason it hurts, really hurts, him leaving like this........." she thought while looking in ayanokoji's direction.
Sudo -" Right now i feel angry to the point i can't even describe, Suzune told me how she always fights alone during sports festival, she told me how she is trying to get her brother acknowledge her, she told me how she will keep fighting even if she have to do it alone, she told me how she will keep going on without stopping without caring about the difficulties she will have to face, that's why I was suprised to see how suzune was acting around him, suzune who always try to bear everything alone I saw ayanokoji helping her, i saw even if it was just a little but suzune was comfortable around him, suzune even called him her friend, the first time she called someone her friend, the words i never thought she will say to anyone she said that to ayanokoji, that's why I thought it's fine if ayanokoji would be with suzune instead of me, even though it was hard for me I convinced myself about it, i told myself again and again while watching the video that it's okay if ayanokoji is the one with her , but then..........the words he spoke in the end of the video , how he said he don't care about suzune, how he don't consider suzune his friend, how he called her tool , those words no matter how much i try to think about it I just can't make up any meaning behind them, that's why i am angry right now ...no i am not just angry i feel betrayed , i can't express how many things i am feeling right now .........Suzune is looking in ayanokoji's direction, ayanokoji who just changed his class as if running away , really i don't want him to be around suzune right now, ......how is suzune feeling after listening to what ayanokoji just said , she is looking at him right now .....does she feel betrayed , she must be feeling many things even more strong emotions than what i am feeling right now , Suzune has been close to ayanokoji from the beginning of the school year she must be dispirited right now but even so .........i can't say a single thing to her , i want to comfort her but i can't ......i just can't say anything , i can't bring myself to say anything ................that's why right now what i can do is to try to stay calm .........suzune wants to reach class A that's what she wish for and work hard for ........that's why right now saying something to suzune to cheer her or shouting at ayanokoji won't do me any good......I have to work harder, I have to become stronger , Strong enough so that suzune won't have to worry about me , strong enough to help suzune , strong enough so that suzune could rely on me , strong enough to support her back ...........I know ayanokoji is stronger than me ,I saw it when we fought hosen , I know ayanokoji is smarter than me his math test said it out loud , but still i want to become stronger , ayanokoji who just left suzune like this, ayanokoji who never cared about suzune's feeling , I know ayanokoji have a diffrent place in suzune's heart but i still want to become stronger, strong enough to support suzune's back, even if suzune won't see me in that way i still want to help, i don't even know how much hurt she is right now , but i don't want something like this to happen to her again , i don't want her to get hurt ever again , that's why right now I swear to myself that i will become stronger .........." he thought with newfound determination of not just helping horikita but also becoming someone who she could rely on.
Hirata -" Kiyotaka-kun .......the first friend I become close to after so long , he said he don't consider other's his friend, he said he consider other's as his tool, then .....then why did he helped me, why did he helped karuizawa-san , was it because i was useful to him is that why he helped me .....then what did I did, how I was helpful to him........i can't think of a single time I helped Kiyotaka-kun rather he is the one who helped me everytime , the matter with karuizawa-san, when yamauchi -kun got expelled, i am the one who is always receiving his help.... so what if he think of other's as tool, he never did anything wrong if anything he is always helping the class, helping various students despite knowing the difficulty ....he changed his class just now i wasn't able to say anything to kiyotaka-kun who is being seen as some kind of enemy by my classmates whom he helped so much ......isn't it only natural he will leave them ....... why can't anyone understand him , haven't they seen enough themselves how he saved them during midterms , how he used his points for helping them and never asked anything in return ............it's the same, in class pole exam they also planned to expel kiyotaka-kun but even then he never showed any resentment towards anyone, they targeted him for no reason, even if someone don't know about how he helped class from behind the scenes he was still contributing more to the class but they still choose him to expel they never even apologized to him for targeting him......his changing his class like this it's only natural why should he bear the hostility they are giving him for no reason ......but i still don't like his leaving the class like this i don't care what he thinks of me , i consider him my friend that's enough, that's why i don't like my friend who is being seen as some kind of enemy by other students ..... I am sure they will regret their actions soon enough.....and i can't do anything......" he thought while lamenting over his powerlessness.
Mii chan -"Hirata-kun is looking down for a while now, he always said ayanokoji-kun is the most reliable student, he trust ayanokoji-kun more than anyone, when i talked to ayanokoji-kun i also realized that how easy it was to conversate with him .....but i never thought ayanokoji-kun think of other's like that hirata-kun must be feeling down right now, i don't know how he is feeling right now but it must have come as a great shock to him, i don't know what i should do to help him but i don't want to leave him alone even though i haven't said anything to him but i just hope my presence could somehow help his anxities to reduce........" she thought while sitting beside hirata
Keisei - "I was happy when i become a part of ayanokoji group, after a long time I thought i made some good friends but that was just me thinking like that ........i feel like i was being mocked, he never thought of me as his friend , that guy he never looked at us as his friend .....whenever we all hang around with each other I wonder what kind of thoughts he always have in his mind, how many times he mocked us , when he scored perfect in maths test i felt the same but when horikita-san said it was her plan i was able to calm down but this isn't what horikita-san asked him , there's no way .....that's why i feel like i was being looked down, how many times he mocked me when i was teaching him , he must have been mocking me thinking something like how pathetic we are that we are cracking our heads around for something so simple , whenever we met to hang out with each other he must have been thinking that how much time of his we are wasting , he never changed his expression he must be thinking how boring and useless we are.........I was a fool to think of him as a friend when he was only looking down on me this entire time......it was a mistake i choose to became his friend......." he thought while trying to suppress his anger looking down
Airi -"I.....I....I never thought kiyotaka-kun would say something like that ......the look in his eyes whenever i remember it i can't help but become afraid it's so terrifying .....i can't do anything but become petrified ...." she thought while shivering remembering the scene
Haruka -"Right now i am stroking airi's head so that i can calm her down with what we just saw, kiyopon was sure scary .....woah didn't expect that to happen but well now he changed class and keisei is on full rage mode right now and airi is shivering the group has totally been distorted , really i don't know what to think i am sure Akito is also having same thought's as me ....i hope this group become as it was before but that's just impossible now, i think " she thought
Akito -"I don't know what to think right now well it's true i felt chills when kiyotaka said that but well......i can't think much about it weather kiyotaka think of other's as tool, i mean whenever we spend time with us he seemed to enjoy it even though he never changed his expression ....well that's just him being him ....really i can't think much about it i mean i consider him my friend and and besides these words he said it's when we didn't even meet each other who know's what he thinks now ....that's why i don't really want to think much about it for me he is a friend that's more than enough, there's no reason to make things complicated ......." he thought
Kushida -"I thought he was a frightening person, those words , i can still feel the chills it gave me, there's no way to forget it , he is in class A now, the way sakayanagi-san accepted ayanokoji-kun i don't know if they know each other from before, but now how can I expel him he is dangerous than that bitch but if I go against him it would also mean going against Class A going against Sakayanagi-san , but i don't have the guts to even go against him anymore after watching the video, WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW.........." she thought
(Pray Bitch.)
Matsushita -"Isn't anyone going to say about how sakayanagi-san and ryuuen-kun were just literally fighting over ayanokoji-kun , are they really that blinded ,can't they see that two well known leader were fighting to have ayanokoji-kun in their class , after watching this they still let go of ayanokoji-kun , really this is ridiculous but there's something i learned .......I thought ayanokoji-kun was hiding just like me not to stand out, but that was everything i thought , i never have thought about the possibility of ayanokoji-kun being the mastermind of class D, I thought it was horikita-san but looking at the video which we just saw horikita-san has no plan whatsoever, that means ayanokoji-kun must have done something behind our backs and gave all credit to horikita-san , the difference between me and ayanokoji-kun is like hell and heaven, i can't even compare myself to him, that's just how wrong my speculation were but.....now that the one who was leading our class has gone how will we win exam, what will happen to our class now , i thought about starting using my abilities since i saw how much our class was progressing but now that we lost ayanokoji-kun i am back to sqaure one there's no reason to even use my abilities since ayanokoji-kun isn't here anymore ..........Well i know one thing for sure our class is gonna regret soon enough they will regret saying those things for real......"she thought
Satou -"Those ....those words ayanokoji-kun just spoke they were so cruel, it's like watching a completely different person, I still like ayanokoji-kun, those feelings are still within me even though i know karuizawa-san and ayanokoji-kun are dating, but...... right now i feel betrayed, i feel a little happy that i am not going out with such a person who thinks so harshly towards those who are close to him, horikita-san has always been with ayanokoji-kun and yet he thinks of her like that ........but now that i think about it little more ....he told me about how he can't respond to my feelings, when he said those words i thought it was a rejection but what if.....what if he said that because he knows of how he think of others........what if ayanokoji-kun rejected my feelings because he didn't wanted to hurt me .......because he knows about himself ....and that's why he wanted to keep me away from him so that i won't get hurt........if that's why he rejected me then doesn't that mean he was looking out for me ........whenever i think like that .....i don't know how i should perceive ayanokoji-kun as ....is he someone cruel or is he someone caring ......."she thought
Karauizawa -"Everyone in the room looks so gloomy aahhh, what will happen to them when they will realize that they have totally screwed themselves ,completely, by making kiyotaka leave the class ......"she thought
Professor -"This is so cool, it's so badass , i thought about how everything was going like normal typical anime, really I was kinda bored to watch the same kind of anime again and again and then...........this ......this 26 seconds ......what is this........what kind of plot twist was that .......that came totally unexpected .....It gave me goosebumps....I am so glad i get to see this anime , i am glad I lived for this long .......this is a masterpiece .......i can't help but be excited to see more of this..........how many times have i watched this seen .......i asked kirito-kun to send me the clip and now is it 7 or 8 time i have watched i don't know ......but no matter how many times i watch this it's still cool and badass......damn i love this 26 seconds " he thought with excitement
(well kirito send the clip to prof on his phone and before the next video starts he is watching the scene repeatedly)
(well as the representative of defects i am choosing Miyamoto to show what all defectives are thinking don't expect me to write the mental thought of ike, shinohara, miyamoto, onodera, okitani, separately that had be ridiculous )
Miyamoto and all the defects -"I can still feel the chills running down my spine, that guy i never thought he would think like that, i thought he is same as us, but that bastard think of us as tools, i maybe stupid but even i know when i am being looked down upon, i was starting to have some respect for him for helping us once during mid-terms but after watching that I understand now how wrong I was, that bastard i don't need someone like him to help me, we have horikita-san anyway, who needs that bastard who just run away to other class , and how did sakayanagi-san let that freak come to her class, does he have ties with her, he must be thinking of betraying the class otherwise why would she let him in her class, come to think of it she also gave her votes to that bastard they must have been in contact with each other, a traitor like him it's good that he left the class....." they all thought
Kirito -"Okay the next scene is after island exam was over"
Ayanokoji (POV)
After I returned to the ship, I went back to my room right away. An exhausted Hirata was there, asleep on his side. I changed my clothes quietly so I wouldn't wake him and headed into the hall. When I turned my phone back on, the ringer started buzzing repeatedly. My call history had filled up. They were all from Horikita. Scary. For the time being, I just answered emails and relaxed in the lounge while I waited.
Miyamoto -"why did you call him so many times horikita-san"
Shinohara -"yeah, after what we saw, I had recommend horikita-san should stay away from him"
Okitani -"yeah, we don't want our class leader to get hurt by some kind of freak"
She probably wouldn't be convinced unless I explained things. Soon, a quite angry Horikita met up with me, radiating a silent pressure.
Ike -"why are you so angry horikita-san, i mean in previous video we all saw it but it's not like that guy said it out loud it, he was thinking about it, so what other reason do you have to be angry"
Onodera -"yeah it's just like ike-kun said, shouldn't you be happy from the results which you produced "
Miyamoto -"I think horikita-san was already thinking of other strategies for our class that time, really horikita-san you are so hard working, without your help it would have been impossible for us to move forward, it's true we are still class D but in last exam, it was 3-4 , it was a close match against class A, that's why i think we have improved, and that's all thanks to you"
Shinohara -"Come to think of it now, kirito-kun showed us how horikita-san was fighting in the exam and that was really touching but he didn't showed us when you came with a plan horikita-san"
Miyamoto -"yeah i guess this video will tell us about that, about what horikita-san did, and how it lead our class to victory but i don't like it since it's from .....that bastards perspective "he said looking with hostility in ayanokoji's direction
Mori nene -"it would have been cool to see how horikita-san came up with a plan which lead us to victory and we even won with a landslide from her perspective but yeah miyamoto-kun is right since it's from that guy's perspective it's really irritating "
Shinohara -"Yeah that's right if this video would have been from horikita-san perspective it would have been cool...... but, Horikita-san i want to say this.... you are always working alone that's why please try to rely on us too, you don't need that guy to help you, just ask us for help and we will do it, you don't need that freak, and anyways he don't help class much anyway so I think it's much better for us that he left, he was really annoying even more annoying than koenji but now since he is gone we will be able to move to upper classes more smoothly , right everyone " she said
All Defects of class D -"YEAH!!!! you can rely on us horikita-san, there's no need for a freak like him" they all said in unison.
Horikita -"Could you all stop pestering me, can you just use that unused brain of yours for once and shut your mouth, every word you speak make's me feel disgusted " she said looking at them with cold eyes and with the same behavior she had at the starting of the year
A silence fell upon, all the defects can't make sense of why their leader said that to them when they were just trying to help her and then the video's next words shook their very core......
"What do these test results mean? What in the world happened?"
Miyamoto -"wha....what do you mean hori.....hotikita-san, you are acting like you don't know what happened" he said while panicking
Shinohara -"ye...yeah what's that supposed to mea....mean"
"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."
Ike -"Horikita-san what's this supposed to mean.....why are you acting like that"
Miyamoto -"Why are you asking that guy about it"
Shinohara -"yea...yeah weren't you the one who came up with the plan"
Onodera -"Horikita-san please tell us something "
Keisei -"Horikita-san, what's the meaning of this, if you don't know what happened then why did you ask that guy, why did you suspect him that he knows something, this isn't making any sense , no why did you lied to us that it was you who came up with the plan"
Okitani -"horikita-san lied to us.....but why horikita-san...who was the one who helped us then"
Ike -"Horikita-san ....plz tell us that it's just a joke"
Horikita-" I can't even imagine how someone could be so dumb headed, even an middle school student would know the answer to who came with the plan, but seems like you are all pathetic creatures who were never taught about how to use that brain you are given , seriously I don't even know weather i should beat you for being an annoyance or pity you because of how pathetic you all are" she said ,every word she said contained so much sharpness, her annoyance was completely visible on her face
Keisei -"how are we supposed to know if you won't tell us anything, we deserved to know the answer"
Miyamoto -"yeah, we didn't even thanked the person who helped us"
Shinohara -"yeah miyamoto -kun is right"
Horikita-" ooooh , are you saying that you want to thank the person who helped you, are you sure about that" she said
The tension in the air increased drastically all the defects of class D were feeling it, they were breaking in cold sweats that's just how much pressure horikita's words put on them.
Keisei -"Obviously we would thank who helped us, how can we not, that's the minimum thing we can do, if this unknown person wouldn't have helped us we wouldn't have won and might be in bigger problems"
Miyamoto -"yeah thanking that person would be the minimum etiquette"
All defects -"yeah they are right tell us horikita-san who was it who helped us" they said in unison looking at horikita
Matsushita / Kei -"Oh man, they are so screwed " they both thought
Horikita-" You say some interesting things, you want to thank this person who helped you huh, don't make me laugh....."she said and stopped herself from saying anything else
Ike -"what do you mean horikita-san ....." he said and all the defects thought the same as the tension in the air keeps rising up
Ryuuen -"kukukuku, this sure is ironic isn't it, you want to thank this person you don't know about huh... i think you small fries better prepare yourself to do everything so that, this unknown person forgives you" he said
Sakayanagi -"fufufu , this is interesting you want to say your thanks to the person who helped you ...but i think you need to ask for forgiveness before that, it may be rude of me but you maggots better grovel on the floor and beg for mercy" when she said the last part there was clear hostility in her eyes
All the defects were suprised from what was going on and how ryuuen and sakayanagi answered them
Ike -"does that mean you know about this person"
Miyamoto -"tell us who it is"
keisei-"it's frustrating .......horikita-san even other class students knows about it, but we ourselves don't, plz tell us already" he said ,a little frustrated
Horikita -"It's AYANOKOJI KIYOTAKA-KUN........ AYANOKOJI KIYOTAKA-KUN was the one who helped the class" she said
All the defects stopped dead in their tracks, they didn't utter a single word, it was again the same like the last video when they saw, they felt as the time stopped
Ike -"aya...ayanokoji" / Shinohara -"tha...that guy" / Onodera -"Hi...him" / Miyamoto -"tha...that plain..looking guy" they all thought at the same time
Horikita -"Sorry ayanokoji-kun i know, i shouldn't have told anyone according to the deal we made, I apologize for breaking the deal " she turned towards ayanokoji's direction and bowed her head and said those words.
Ayanokoji -"I told you to not fret about every little thing, and besides it would have been revealed later either way, you don't need to apologize for anything, relax a little" he said
Ike -"wai....wait a minute what's that supposed to mean"
Shinohara -"If it's a joke then it's a bad one horikita-san"
Miyamoto -"are you seriously saying this"
Okitani -"he clearly said he don't care about anyone why would he..."
Keisei -"Horik.....Horikita-san i just want to confirm it so plz answer honestly..., the X person ryuuen was looking for...... was it ayanokoji" he said while stammering many times
Horikita -"YES ,i will say it more clearly this time that even an idiot and airhead like you people could understand ....AYANOKOJI KIYOTAKA-KUN HAS BEEN LEADING THE CLASS FROM SHADOWS USING ME AS A COVER , TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM STANDING OUT" she said
Matsushita/ kei -"And BOOOM!!! the finishing move" they both thought enjoying it, one enjoyed it because it was interesting and the other because she was happy to see the faces they were making after what they said about her boyfriend.
All of them were at loss for words they didn't know what to say they were frozen in time unable to gather their thoughts, one after another bomb keeps dropping on them and now the words horikita said reverberated in their brains unable to know what to say next, they were panicking
Horikita -"Oh, i thought you air heads are gonna thank him, so why are you looking lifeless go ahead and thank him, thank AYANOKOJI-KUN" she said while emphasizing on last part
Obviously until now they wanted to thank this unknown person who helped them but now they can't bring themselves to do anything because of what they said to him just few minutes ago
Sakayanagi -"Start groveling on the floor already, you maggots " she said with clear hostility while also enjoying herself
Ryuuen -"kukukukukuahhahaha , you guys, that look on your face it's really funny, what happened to your big mouth, you bastards were using until now " he laughed looking at them
Hashimoto -"huh, so ayanokoji was the one because of whom their class won, he single handedly won against all other classes i am glad we obtained a King in our class" he thought
Ike -"hey ayanokoji , man....."as he was about to say something he was interrupted
Sakayangi -"Oh, if you maggots have already forgotten then i will tell you this clearly....... AYANOKOJI-KUN IS PART OF MY CLASS, SO IF YOU DARE COME NEAR HIM YOU WILL FACE THE SAME FATE AS YOUR FRIEND ONCE FACED THOUGH I DON'T MIND IF YOU START GROVELING ON THE GROUND " she said that with the clear superiority aura around her, she clearly told them to stay away from him.
Ike and all other defects who were about to say something were all stopped, the way sakayanagi said that was obviously threatening but what felt as a lightning shock to them was that they remembered that ayanokoji was no longer part of their class
Ike -"No.....no way" / Onodera -"Wh...what" /Okitani -"Hu....huh"/ Miyamoto -"thi....this" they and all defects muttered these types of words
Kirito -" hey hey hey , are you planning to do all the talking before watching the video, i will run out of context that way watch some video and react that's how its supposed to be, that's the trend, don't go talking everything first."
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."
Matsushita -"Oh so that's why just now horikita-san apologized to ayanokoji -kun for telling his name"
(Not all students are petrified i still have people who I can use to increase the length of this chapter)
Kanzaki -"but now we all will know about this story which was supposed to be secret" he looked at the video with complete focus
Shibita -"Geez, kanzaki you really like to look into other's people's privacy" he said jokingly
Kanzaki -"wh...what .....no ...no that's not..." as he was saying he of cut off
Shibita -"i know, i know it's a joke, and beside i guess i am also interested in knowing about this story too" he said, class C (former class B) students have also realized how incredibly dangerous ayanokoji truly is , until now he was able to hide himself while also winning the exams, he is an existence which even ryuuen and sakayanagi want by their side
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.
"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."
Chihiro -"Weren't additional rules difficult to understand" she asked
Hiyori -"They were but if someone could understand then because of better understanding they can manipulate it or find loop holes in them given to help students" she said
Professor -"I understand now" he said with a grin on his face
Matsushita -"what do you understand" she asked because of curiosity
Professor -"This isn't our typical rom-com anime i was wrong all along but now i know, i know it has a PSYCHOLOGICAL TAG TOO" he said while matsushita thought he isn't completely wrong.
Shibita -"Manipulate......." he said while a little shock listening to the term
Kanzaki -"Looks like you really like to manipulate things ayanokoji, first the conversation with senior whom you bought test papers from, then horikita-san during sudo's case and now this" he said with hostility in his eyes
Hashimoto -"Oi oi oi , don't look our king like that , just because you can't do it doesn't mean our king isn't allowed to do it" he said to kanzaki
Ayanokoji -"could you stop with this nickname already" he said in response hashimoto just laughed
"But the additional rules were really difficult to understand. If you did things normally, you wouldn't have been able to identify the leaders. Right?"
"Yeah. First of all, I volunteered to join the search for the base camp. Able to move freely, I planned to search out spot locations ahead of everyone else."
"You make it sound simple, but no one should have known the spot locations."
"That's not true. You didn't understand because you were ill and holed up inside the ship, but the school already gave us hints about the locations when we were sailing around the island."
Katsuragi -"So you also noticed it huh, ayanokoji" he said "Ryuuen was wary of ayanokoji but how strong he actually is" he thought
Kanzaki -"what were the hints school gave us....." he was cut off by video's continuation
(This author loves to start the video when he can't find any words, and when he can, he stops the video for who knows how long lol)
Katsuragi had also noticed this when the ship circled the island at an unusually fast speed. Horikita fell silent. The ship had been traveling nearly three times faster than a usual cruise ship. Besides, if it were just for sightseeing, it wasn't normal to use a strange expression like "significant scenery."
Kanzaki -"damn..... i thought something was strange but i wasn't able to notice what it was, really I didn't know school was giving us hints that time " he said
Hiyori -"we book lovers knows how and when something is odd by the phrasing of the words, we can tell when there's something wrong" she said while looking a little proud
Nishino -"Does that mean you also noticed it hiyori-san" she said
Hiyori -"huh.....no i was indulged in the book i was reading so i didn't pay any attention to the announcement" she said with innocent expression on her face which was also saying sorry for not listening the announcement, looking at that face even nishino wasn't able to resist
Nishino -"Don't worry about anything Hiyori -san it's not your fault" she frantically moved her hands to show there's no need to apologize and hiyori's worried expression turned into normal and nishino sighed in relief
Kouenji had noticed this hint, too. Well, it was probably a waste of time thinking about Kouenji, anyway.
(I know you have read this line many times but screw it i am still gonna write it)
Koenji -"My my, ayanokoji -boy there's nothing wrong about thinking of a beautiful existence such as mine " he said while brushing his hair's looking in the mirror
Ayanokoji -"Koenji sorry......."he stopped a little before completing his sentence but koenji took it as an apology from him and started saying .....
Koenji -"You don't have to apolo...."he was cut of by ayanokoji's next words
Ayanokoji -"Fortunately, I don't swing that way"
Ryuuen / Sakayanagi -"kukukukuhahah/fufufufuhaha" they both started to laugh after hearing what ayanokoji said
Koenji -"Ayanokoji-bo...."he was again cut of in the middle by.....
Kirito -"Okay plz focus on the video" he said making koenji unable to say anything
"Then, I reached the cave. I thought it was the most important base."
Kanzaki -"cave....why was it the most important place"
Shibita -"I don't know i guess he will explain us"
"The cave was the most important base? Don't you think that the river and the well would have been more convenient, though?"
Shibita -"yeah like our, spot wasn't it the best one and comfortable"
"The spot itself wasn't what was important. Its location was."
Kanzaki -"what do you mean by that ayanokoji"
Matsushita -"loacation was important but why .......is it because to earn more points"
Shibita -"what to you mean by that matsushita-san"
Matsushita -"hmmm, i thought that if the location is somewhere near to other spots then it would be easy to claim more points, right"
Shibita -"Huh, are you perhaps smarter than what you lead on"
Matsushita- "huh, nonono it was just a random guess"
(I personally think of her as ayanokoji's tiny yes very tiny version)
There were no spots close to the river or the well. However, there were two spots near the cave: the hut and the tower. It was the perfect place to exercise control. Horikita looked like she understood once I explained.
"But what advantage is there in going into the cave if you don't have a keycard?"
"Well, I'd intended to explore various things, but in the end I discovered the leader's identity."
Katsuragi -"so that time when i felt someone's presence it wasn't just me hallucinating"
Shibita -"huh what do you mean katsuragi-kun"
katsuragi -"you will see soon"
"Well, I suppose that Katsuragi-kun was careless."
No, that wasn't it.
"There was that guy, Yahiko, remember? The one following Katsuragi around? He was the leader. I saw Katsuragi and Yahiko at the cave, but I didn't see the moment they occupied it. After the two of them walked away, I checked if the cave was occupied or not."
I explained the situation. When I saw them, Katsuragi had been standing near the entrance with the card in his hand. Yahiko came out of the cave, and they left together.
Kanzaki -"But how were you able to know which one of them was the leader"
Shibita -"yeah wouldn't you just mistake it for someone's else"
"Wouldn't you have mistaken Katsuragi-kun as the leader?" she asked.
"Do you think that the leader would have shown off the card so carelessly in front of people?"
Horikita should have known how unbelievably stupid that was, precisely because she'd been appointed as the leader.
Nishino -"But then why, why bother holding onto the card"
"But why? Why bother deliberately holding onto the card, then?"
"Because he didn't have any other choice. As far as I can tell, Katsuragi is a calm and collected man, excessively cautious. There's no way he didn't understand the high risk of occupying a spot immediately after finding it. In other words, the person who occupied it was enticed by short-sighted greed."
When ayanokoji said that many of the students eyes widened
Ichinose -"is this why ayanokoji-kun asked me about sakayanagi-san and katsuragi-kun to know about there personality" she thought
(those who are wondering where is class D well they are still in shock phase, though i will make them return soon enough and obviously to listen insults ....man my other side is leaking)
"That's...why there was another person."
"Yes." When Katsuragi found the cave, he didn't intend to occupy it. Nevertheless, he was holding the space down, probably because Yahiko had been careless. Even though he thought no one would be watching them, he'd probably wanted insurance. By holding onto the card and displaying it, even in the unlikely event that a witness was present, he could mislead them into thinking that he was the leader.
Katsuragi -"But since you already saw through my plan it was already over for us from the beginning"
Kanzaki -"that means doesn't matter how many bonus points they will get they were going get invalidated"
Hashimoto -"Must have hurt katsuragi, to know that you were working so hard but was already doomed to failure"
Sakayanagi -"fufufu, As expected, katsuragi-kun never had a chance against ayanokoji-kun , he wasn't even a challenge to ayanokoji-kun , but yahiko was really an idiot to claim the spot that early "she said while totally trying to rub katsuragi's old wounds
"So, aside from their base, Class A held down at least two spots, but we didn't confirm how many they were occupying by the end of the test. If I correctly guessed the identity of their leader, though, I could invalidate all of their points."
After I'd narrowed it down to Yahiko, putting effort into anything else would've been a waste of time.
Ryuuen -"kukuku, why the long face katsuragi, it's already in the past, just be careful from now on so that it won't get over for you again before you even get a chance to fight" he said, if not for katsuragi's class change he would have rather rubbed salt on his wound but since they are in same class now ryuuen said different words.
"I'm still not convinced. If he figured out the spot's location at such an early stage, and if he were acting alongside a lot of other people, shouldn't he have avoided trouble? Even if he just had someone standing watch by the cave, it should have been sufficient claim of ownership. Why would they occupy it?"
Kanzaki -"that's a good point horikita-san but the reason for that was they were divided into two groups that time"
Ichinose -"so that's why ayanokoji-kun you asked me about sakayanagi-san so suddenly"
Ayanokoji -"yeah, i latter learned about the two factions, so i needed confirmation"
Sakayanagi -"fufufu, so you already heard about me, you know you could have given me visit atleast" she said even though she know ayanokoji didn't know about her but she still said that it was to tell other's to stay away from him otherwise she wouldn't mind turning them to nothing
Ayanokoji -"I didn't know anything about you that time" he said
Other students jaws dropped listening to there words
Hashimoto -"Princess do you know ayanokoji from before"
Sakayanagi -"Fufufufu , we are childhood friends"
Another bomb got dropped on everyone and for the defects of class D it was enough to crush them again, but this time they decided to speak
Ike -"doe.....does that mean you both know each other from....before" he said trying to gather some courage
Shinohara -"so ...you ..that's why you accepted ayanokoji-kun in your class " she said following ike's suit
Miyamoto -"so ..tha......that's why .....sakayanagi-san behave differently towards ayan...ayanokoji-kun" he said while stammering his words
Sakayanagi -"looks like ayanokoji-kun will be troubled if i don't clear the misunderstanding, well to be more precise only i am the one who knew about ayanokoji-kun from before he don't know about me it must be hard for you to understand but that's just how it is, that's why YOU LOW LIVES, SO THAT YOUR HEART COULD BE SATISFIED I WILL TELL YOU AYANOKOJI-KUN WASN'T IN CAHOOTS WITH OUR CLASS, I ACCEPTED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SKILLS WHICH YOU MAGGOTS CAN'T APPRECIATE SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SHAME LEFT DON'T OPEN THAT FILTHY MOUTH OF YOUR'S AGAIN" she said , when she was saying the last part I could literally see the black substance surrounding her.
All the defects got silent once again unable to utter a word and cowering in fear from the words sakayanagi spoke, obviously they all thought that ayanokoji was in cahoots with class A leader that's why they spoke those words but sakayanagi saw through what they were trying to say and answered them, listening to sakayanagi's words and how she was able to understand what they were implying , all the defects became afraid.
Ryuuen -"So my guess was right ,though it's just sakayanagi who know's ayanokoji huh" he thought
"That was probably Class A's disadvantage."
Their overall points on the test were high, and they didn't receive a negative assessment due to behavior in class like Class D. However, their class was divided internally. In other words, there was a reason why Katsuragi couldn't rely on other people.
"Their class appears perfect at first glance, but it actually has a huge schism in it."
That was why my methods had revealed Class A so easily. Well, that was simple luck. It was like getting a good score by exploiting a mistake. Class A wasn't vigilantly watching for a surprise attack from overhead, so there was nothing to be done.
Sakayanagi -"fufufu, you are being modest thinking like that ayanokoji-kun, it was katsuragi-kun's incompetence which led to our defeat" she said
Kanzaki -"He won against class A and even found there mistakes and his thought process is as if he is analyzing things, just how calculative is he " he thought
"That's why I excluded Class A at that stage, and turned my attention toward Class C. Katsuragi was easy to understand, but with Ryuuen, there were many unknown variables. To tell you the truth, he was gathering more information than I was. He'd found out the identities of all of the leaders."
Everyone -"WHAT!!!!"
Kanzaki -"but then ......how did his class ended up with zero points"
Chihiro -"You are joking right.....he found out identities of all the leaders" class C (former class B) was afraid of leaning this information since they have recently received a terrifying defeat by ryuuen's hand
Shibita -"if you think about it more clearly then it make sense in last video we learnt how he sent ibuki and kaneda as spy in our classes" he said
"W-wait, he found out the identities of all of the leaders... So not only Class D, but also the leaders for Classes B and A? But that's strange. We were far from being penalized; we ended up getting first place by a wide margin. How do you intend to explain that?"
Kanzaki -"yeah your class won with a ridiculous wide margin what could have you possibly done, what methods, what kind of answer could lead to such a huge victory" he said
"This is a little difficult to explain, but the reason I made you retire is the answer."
Everyone -"HUH....."
kanzaki - "made her retire...."
"Wait, the answer is you made me retire? What in the world did you do?"
"Oh, that reminds me. I didn't return it to the school yet."
I took a single card out of my pocket and handed it over to Horikita.
"This is a keycard. Why do you...?!"
Horikita was astonished when she saw the letters engraved on the card.
"Wait, why does...?"
The name read "Ayanokouji Kiyotaka."
Except Ryuuen , Sakayanagi , koenji and Horikita who understood what ayanokoji was getting at everyone else were just looking at the seen dumbfounded they didn't have any words to speak they didn't know what's going on, they didn't even know what to say, for them who never even bothered with additional rules they didn't know where this was going, all they know right now is ayanokoji had done something which they never expected
"The test had to be fair. The rules were fundamentally created to be fair."
That was quite natural, something you would have seen if you'd carefully confirmed the additional rules. Only one person could be chosen as leader. The leader could not be changed. Only the leader held the rights of exclusive possession.
"What do you think would happen if the leader retired because of poor health?"
"That's... The leader would be absent. So the rights of exclusive possession would disappear..."
"Wrong. In the manual, it says, 'It is impossible to change the leader without suitable justification.' Don't you think that retirement is suitable enough justification?"
All the students the line reverberated in their heads "you were useful to me" , they all now understood what ayanokoji meant by those words
Kanzaki -"So.....when ....your leader's name was guessed you were able to avoid getting any penalties" he said
Katsuragi -"So that's why it ended so bad for us when we guessed there leader it was wrong and we lost 50 points and then ayanokoji who knew our leader's name guessed we lost all our bonus points" he thought
It seemed like the additional rules had been made to be broken if someone were absent due to poor health or injury. I could predict setting up a new leader. I was able to figure this out by looking at the other rules. For example, we couldn't change the base camp without suitable justification after we'd first decided where it would be, but there were suitable reasons.
We'd occupied the riverside area, but if we were careless and it was taken by another class, then that would have counted as "suitable justification." You couldn't stay in the base itself, so if there wasn't a system where you could search for a new base camp, everything would collapse.
Hiyori -"Ayanokoji-kun all the things you think are so organised and it's like a analytical report" she said with a complete shocked expression on how detailed and organised ayanokoji thinks
Ichinose -"yeah the way you described it ......i mean the way you think ayanokoji-kun it's really amazing"she said
"So then, you made me...?"
Horikita Suzune had retired, and I was appointed in her place. Of course, that meant that I was the leader they were supposed to guess at the end of the test. There can only be one.
"That's why even though Class C knew you were the leader, we avoided penalties."
"But wait. Ibuki-san stole my card, but what if I'd protected it really thoroughly?"
Kanzaki -"yeah what would you have done then"
Horikita recalled the day of the accident.
"Did you drop the card on purpose back then? Well, I suppose that Yamauchi-kun's actions might have provided Ibuki-san the opportunity to hatch a plan to steal the keycard..."
Kanzaki -"he dropped the card in front of ibuki-san"
Horikita -"yeah ayanokoji-kun showed that the card is always with me to ibuki-san making it a little easier for her to stole it"
Shibita -"wait......does that mean he knew she was a spy"
I'd been holding onto the muddy Horikita, so in that sense I had no choice but to give up the keycard.
"Unless I knew what Ibuki-san was aiming for right at the start, I couldn't have done anything..."
Right. Ibuki had been picked up by Class D purely by chance. I'd been almost convinced until I heard about the guy named Kaneda in Class B. He'd been sent as a spy by Ryuuen. I wasn't so good-natured as to believe that two people just happened to be saved by two separate classes completely by chance.
Kanzaki -"so you knew that she was a spy ......you knew ryuuen's plan.....you knew horikita-san health condition .....and you used all of them against them..."he said while in fear remembering the figure of ayanokoji from last video
All the dots started connecting what ayanokoji exactly meant by the words he used in the last video, why ayanokoji wanted horikita to drop out at that particular day, why ayanokoji was so calm even in that situation, everyone were starting to realise why chabashira was so interested in ayanokoji , the way he thinks the thoughts which are so organised as if they are some text notes written brilliantly, they can't help but gasp watching the scene.
"Besides, Ibuki has a habit of looking people in the eye when she's lying."
Nishino -"I didn't know about that ibuki-san how can you do that, how can you lie while looking directly in someone's eyes that's amazing, well even though it doesn't make sense but that's amazing" she said
Ibuki -"HUH!!! what kind of bullshit is that AYNOKOJI" she said
Ayanokoji -"huh, that's not intentional on your part ibuki you do it subconsciously like a habit remember when you were talking about underwear theft you looked straight in the eye" to ayanokoji's remark ibuki completely froze
Hiyori -"wait....aren't we diverting from something important and that's,... how was ayanokoji-kun able to tell this about ibuki-san when you met her on the island for the first time when ibuki-san herself isn't aware of it" she said while completely shocked by how ayanokoji was able to tell her lie even though ibuki made an eye contact
Ayanokoji -"Don't know....."he said
Sakayanagi -"fufufu, petty lies will never work on ayanokoji-kun, he will always know if someone lied to him or not, his eyes can see it "
All the students at that remark of sakayanagi shivered remembering the eyes which seemed to pierce through one's soul.
You could say that the bigger the lie, the more obvious the habit.
"Wait, when she lied she would look the person in the eye? Isn't it usually the opposite?"
"Generally speaking, you avoid eye contact if you have a guilty conscience. However, it was the opposite for her. I think that she made eye contact to make the person think that the lie was the truth. She probably didn't even notice it herself."
Even when we were talking about the underwear theft, she looked me straight in the eye.
"Her goal was probably to find the keycard, but she might have intended to disrupt Class D at the same time."
Kanzaki -"so you knew your class won't be able to cooperate properly" he said
Shibita -"In last video it seemed as if class D was in a tough position but now it's like it was nothing but a huge trap ayanokoji-kun created and everyone just fell into it"
What had happened to Karuizawa, and the underwear in Ike's bag, might have otherwise been seen as mere coincidence.
"But I have to wonder why Ibuki-san specifically stole my keycard. All she needed was to check my name."
Kanzaki -" yeah why did she do something stupid as to stole it, if you would have just checked the key card and then reported to ryuuen should have been more than enough"
Shibita -"yeah, or does ryuuen don't trust you"
"That was likely Ibuki's intention from the start. However, she ran into unexpected trouble."
Ibuki -"I already know now .....i already know .......how i was just dancing in the palm of his hand that's why listening to all of this again pisses me off, it pisses me off!!!!!" she thought with totally frustrated look on her face, watching that look on her face ishizaki froze he understood what she is thinking but the way she looks it's still terrifying for him, when ishizaki tried to look away way from her, ibuki looked at him seeing that ishizaki froze giving a wry smile which just pissed ibuki more so ibuki ended up stepping on ishizaki's feet to which ishizaki groaned in pain though in a voice not audible to others while trying to endure it.
That was the catalyst that led to verifying the leader of Class C.
"Ibuki had a digital camera in her bag to take a picture of the keycard."
Shibita -"a digital camera really to go that far .....wait how do you know she had a digital camera with her"
Kanzaki -"you said that ibuki-san faced some unexpected trouble.......don't tell me...."
Ayanokoji -"During night i used water to damage the camera without living any traces behind" he said casually
Hashimoto -"so that's why ibuki-san had no option but to stole the keycard which then led to skirmish between her and horikita-san"
Ayanokoji -"well no actually that's not how it is....." when ayanokoji said that hashimoto showed clear confusion
Kirito -"well, it wasn't shown to you guys but after stealing keycard from ibuki there's was a arsenal fire on class D camp that was done by ayanokoji to give ibuki an opening to run away though horikita's health was already deteriorated but horikita still went after ibuki which led to their skirmish remember when ayanokoji said in last video while carrying horikita that "well i sure messed up" that was because of that, the skirmish resulted in bad condition of horikita that she retired but it's also true that even if that skirmish between them wouldn't have happened horikita's health was more than bad, sufficient enough, to make her retire from exam, that's why that skirmish was really wasn't that much worth it"
Everyone realized how perfectly executed without any openings his strategy was, he lured the enemy let them do as they wanted and then used it against them without letting them realise that they have already become some puppet who is being controlled and listening to this ibuki's frustration grew more and more and ishizaki was sweating from watching her , ishizaki could literally see dark purple real dark purple color forming around ibuki
Matsushita -"does that mean that he was worried about horikita-san that's why he went to look after her"
Kirito -"well worried or not he atleast didn't wanted her health to get too much deteriorated and he also needed to make sure she drops out that's why he went after her"
Horikita listening to this thought about how troublesome he actually is and how much contradictory his actions always are, though she felt a little relieved, and she started to understand why karauizawa trusts him so much
"To take a picture...with the camera? Why would she go so far?"
"If she had a picture, then the leader's identity would have been clear for anyone to see, right? If she had convincing evidence, she would have profited."
"I don't quite understand... Did Ryuuen-kun not trust Ibuki-san?"
"That wasn't it. If the discussion only stayed within Class C, then there shouldn't have been any need for her to take a picture with the camera or steal the card."
Kanzaki -"what do you mean by 'stayed only within class C' ayanokoji "
Shibita -"does that mean someone else is also involved"
In other words, that meant there had been people involved who didn't trust Ibuki's words alone; they'd wanted reliable evidence.
"From here on out, I don't have any evidence of what I'm saying. Think of it as my intuition, which I derived from the test results. At the end of the test, Class A had 270 points."
In other words, they hadn't used a single point during the test.
Kanzaki -"huh they didn't used any points what's that supposed to mean"
Katsuragi -"Don't tell me....."he muttered as if realising something
"Classes A and C were connected, working together behind the scenes. Class C sacrificed their own points and bought whatever Class A needed. Also, by taking all of C's tools, Class A was able to spend the week without using any points."
The another bomb dropped on everyone, especially this time it was for class A, Katsuragi and all the students in class A except for sakayanagi all of their eyes widened
Katsuragi -"this is ridiculous .......ryuuen told me he is strong but this is......" he thought
All class A members -"This guy he deduced that much just from knowing how many class points we have left in the exam........" they thought, they were breaking in cold sweats
Defects were finally starting to realize how ridiculous strategies other classes were pulling in the exam and on the other hand their class wasn't even operating properly
Ibuki had obtained evidence and given it to someone in A Class.
"By the way, I became aware of Class C's leader after half of the students retired. It was certain that the leader would have remained on the island, right?"
Ryuuen -"kukuku, so it's my turn huh, i look forward to those thoughts of yours" he said
"Even so, we weren't supposed to know who was left."
"No, I was almost one hundred percent sure that Ryuuen was still on the island."
Kanzaki -"How did you know about that!!!!"
Shibita -"so your class managed to avoid getting penalty which you would have received from class A and class B (former class C) and also at the same time you guessed their leaders correctly, no wonder your class came on the top with that large margin"
Chihiro -"But you didn't did anything to our class...."
Ayanokoji -"well our classes were in cooperative relationship i didn't wanted to deteriorate our friendly alliance so i left you guys alone"
Shibita -"I am so glad that we were in cooperative relationship and now we are in cooperative realtionship with class A means we are again in same team ayanokoji, i can't express how much happy i am feeling....this is great"
(remember this is happening after year 2 vol 2 events means sakayanagi and ichinose joined hands )
Ichinose -"I totally forgot about our alliance with class A and now that ayanokoji-kun is in class A that means we can work together again, i can easily start aiming to upper classes again without worrying too much since ayanokoji is no longer an enemy of ours.....aaaahhhhh i feel like my heart is beating too fast my whole body is getting hot" she thought
Chihiro -"are you okay honami-chan your face is totally red" she said
Ichinose -"ah...yeah...yeah i am...i am to...totally fine" she said. In truth, she just arrived 💀.
Kanzaki -"well i am also glad that we are again in cooperative relationship ayanokoji , i am looking forward to working with you again" he said until now all that hostility he had been showing all disappeared into thin air like it never existed
I figured it out when I saw Ibuki hiding a wireless transceiver in the ground. Ibuki had used it to stay in contact with Ryuuen. Retired students shouldn't have been able to use a transceiver. In other words, someone was left on the island for her to communicate with.
Ryuuen -"Ibuki" he called her name and ibuki prepared herself to listen to him even though she know he is just gonna rub on her wounds she started feeling frustrated more and more and then ryuuen continued, "You know you could have......" he was cut off by the video
He'd casually set the transceiver on top of a table while enjoying his vacation. No one else was controlling it, just him. His mistake was that he didn't trust anyone.
Ibuki -"Like hell you are the one to talk!!" she said she finally found a way release her frustration then she continued ...."WOW JUST WOW , WHO THE FUCK IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD PUT THE TRANSCEIVER ON THE FUCKING TABLE , YOU BASTARD YOU TALK ABOUT OTHERS BEING SMALL FRY BUT WHAT KIND OF FUCKING IDIOCY IS THAT AT LEAST PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET!!!!!" finally she released her frustration feeling happy
Ryuuen -"WHAT THE FUCK, DID I PUT TRANSCEIVER ON THE TABLE, IT'S SAME AS TELLING OTHERS MY PLAN OPENLY WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING, THIS IS INCONCEIVABLE just like ibuki said i could have atleast put it somewhere else, what ...the fuck idiotic thing i did" he thought
Sakayanagi -"fufufufufufuahhahaha, dragon-boy-san really did something funny, that's sure is a funny way to lose dragon boy, its the most idiotic and pathetic way to loose actually, i didn't expect this from dragon boy, this is hilarious really i can't get enough of it" she said while laughing which made ryuuen frustrated but he didn't retort since he was already feeling frustrated from the mistake he made
"My god... I don't even have the words," Horikita answered, facing the truth.
If I were to summarize this test, I'd say that Class A's first mistake carried through to the end. They didn't function well due to an internal rift. Class B went through the test with a thoroughly defense-oriented strategy, which did neither harm nor good. Their only mistake was that, because there were so many good-natured people in Class B, they'd permitted Kaneda to stay, and they'd believed him.
Kanzaki -"what the... now you are making analysis and telling about the mistakes we made"
I don't know how Kaneda got the evidence, but he'd obtained something, and probably told Ryuuen. If you looked at the fact that Class A didn't get any points, you might think it was because they hadn't obtained any physical evidence. Then there was Class C. We were able to avoid damage because I'd been appointed as the leader. In addition to sending people off as spies to find out the identities of the other leaders, Class C had profited from some kind of negotiations with Class A. Ryuuen might be our number one enemy.
As ayanokoji finished his last sentence Katsuragi and class A felt shivers running down their spine , it was because of the accuracy of what he said ryuuen actually did end up getting a profit from class A as ayanokoji said
All the members of class A except sakayanagi -"There's no doubt, bringing that guy to our class it was worth all those points" they all thought
As ayanokoji finally stopped explaining everyone felt one thing, they realised that everything that happened were just as he predicted it's as if all the classes including his own were just dancing in the palm to his hand , class A, class B, class C lost miserably by ayanokoji alone, his classmates involvement in exam was next to none and yet ayanokoji won he won with a landslide alone he left a legacy of excellence behind him in the exam
All the students could do nothing but think that he isn't just smart, not just clever, not just genius not just a prodigy he is more than that, words like prodigy aren't enough, he won the exam like it's nothing, he explained everything like it wasn't even a strategy to him, he didn't even involve himself in the exam events, all he did was making bare minimum movements, he wasn't even serious in the slightest and yet he claimed a splendid marvelous victory, all student could do nothing but just look in awe.
One of the girls from class A came in front of ayanokoji
Class A (girl, because we need to have simps) - "Uhhmmm.......since we both are in same class we should exchange contact information right.....Ayanokoji-kun" she said while blushing a little , as ayanokoji was about to respond he was interrupted
Sakayanagi -"Yeah it's true that it would be convenient to exchange the contact info, that's why hashimoto-kun could YOU TELL ALL THE STUDNETS AYANOKOJI-KUN CONATCT INFO AND YEAH ALSO TELL ALL THE GIRLS TO THINK TWICE BEFORE MAKING A MOVE" the last part she said contained pure malice in it listening to that all the girls hopes got crushed in an instant
Karauizawa -"Aahhh , those girls were just trying to hit on my boyfriend , really they should just piss off , I am glad how sakayanagi-san handled them but they way she said, does that mean she also wants kiyotaka to herself I am not gonna let this happen even if it's skayanagi-san" she thought.
(Guys I haven't read any volumes past Y2V5. Why do people hate Karuizawa so much? What did she do?)
Sakayanagi -"Finally i can spend as much time as i want with ayanokoji-kun on the school campus without worrying about our surroundings that's why anyone who will try to interfere between my time and ayanokoji-kun's I am gonna show them hell" she thought
(lol i don't even know anymore weather i am in kei camp or arisu camp.......though i don't mind polygam..*cough* cough *cough*)
Mashima sensei-"I learned recently about him being special but this boy the air around him, the way he thinks, the way he handled the exam, compared to other students in this grade he is on whole different level.......why is his father trying to bring him back, why does he wanted to expel him, i guess i understand now, his father already knows about his son's capabilities he might have wanted to send him to a better learning place than this school that's the only way to explain it......,but then shouldn't he go to the place where he can refine his skills even more,.......I don't know there must be more things i will watch this patiently to decide weather it's really a good idea to help him stop his father who wants him to go to a better place .......I have to choose the right answer for the student named Ayanokoji Kiyotaka , for his future as his teacher" he thought
Sakagami sensei -"This student .......i have no words ...his excellence is beyond his peers .....even though he is in enemy class as a teacher i could only describe him as....incredible" he thought
Chabashira -sensei -"I knew he did something but i didn't have any exact details ......truly of all the excellent students i have seen in my career he is different to them ....a whole lot different .....but what's the point anymore when he isn't even in my class anymore........" she thought.
Hoshinomiya -"BULLSHIT........what the heck is school administration was doing during the time of enrollment ....how the hell did they send him to class D ...why did they send him to a class full of defects.......what were those higher ups thinking.......He is now in class A with sakayanagi huh... reaching class A ,you better forget trying to do that ichinose-chan it would be futile...." she thought
Kamuro -"I do remember sakayanagi saying that he is strong , she told me about it that how likes of ryuuen ,ichinose ,katsuragi don't even have a chance against him, after the rumor incident i also realized he is strong but watching it and experiencing it first hand it's more of an impact than before really with these two in our class......"she thought
Hashimoto -"heh , no wonder former student council president Horikita Manubu thinks highly of him.......really it's a relief he joined our class, even if he don't do much and decides to live normal life, it's really a relief to see that he isn't an enemy , it's true that the princess won that chess match but that was also a close call too, and he totally beat princess in our current math exam, i was thinking that he is a math genius but heck ......he scored 50 across board he might be genius in other subjects too ......really it's a relief he is in our class " he thought
All other class A students except sakayanagi -"With our princess and him our class is really ...really strong glad princess bring him to our side before any other classes could" they thought
Ibuki -"I already know about what happened but....listening to all this again and the precision in it really what is that guy for real...."she thought
Ryuuen -"In the two first year semester i was literally just dancing in the palm of his hand really what was I doing......but even though he seems to be a monster i still want to fight him....I want to see that apathetic expression on his face to turn one into of defeat ......kukuku, i am grateful to his homeroom teacher ....what was her name chabashira right well if not for her , he might have decided to do nothing .....i am grateful because of that ..... i have found an opponent who makes my blood boil, i am going to crush him with everything i have kukukuku," he thought with a grin on his face
Karauizawa -"AAHHHH MOUUUUU, how cool is kiyotaka , just how does his brain can work like that , really my boyfriend is totally cool , he is smart ,strong ,handsome , really aren't I somehow cool too , to be able to have such a perfect boyfriend....." she thought
Professor -"Cool......so cooool.......the way ayanokoji-dono is explaining everything in his casual voice which is like it didn't even interest him.....i have to ask kirito-dono to give me a clip of this video too" he thought
(try to remember the scene in the anime that is if you watched, where ayanokoji rest's his back on the railing looking up in the sky and telling horikita his plan)
All the defects of class D didn't utter a single word, watching the brilliance in front of them they don't even have any words to say, they were fighting among themselves on the exam they didn't even plan any strategy for their class to win, compared to other classes ridiculous strategies they began to realize how pathetic their actions were , they were celebrating their victory they didn't know how much damage they would have ended up with if ayanokoji wouldn't have done what he did.............
Ike -"Hey .......,but now that he is gone......what will happen to our class...."he somehow uttered those words to which all other defects froze
Horikita -"OOOH, SO THAT THICK BRAIN OF YOURS CAN ACTUALLY THINK, REALLY IT'S A SURPRISE THAT YOU EVEN REALIZED IT " she said
Miyamoto -"he....hey horikita-san it's not like we don't appreciate his help but still we can't just accept someone who thinks of us as tools ......"he said in a meek voice and all the defects agreed with him in order to protect that small pride they have left inside of them
Horikita -"OH, before you speak Yukimura-kun didn't you said that you will obviously thank him then where is it, the video had already finished i didn't heard your thanks, so could be humble enough to thank him in front of me and miyamoto-kun you said it's a minimum etiquette so where is it now " everyword she said contained coldness and death glare in it
Keisei -"But.......still horikita-san couldn't he have just told us about what he know's , couldn't he have asked us for cooperation .......I just can't bring myself to speak to someone who was just looking down on me this entire time" he said with pouring his feelings in them
Koenji -"You say some interesting things Glasses -boy , but they are idiotic, a kid's whining " he said
(damn koenji is still pissed because of what ayanokoji said and how he was cut of by kirito, now he is taking it on them)
Keisei -"what do you..."he was saying in an angry voice but of cut off by koenji...
Koenji -"If ayanokoji-boy would have told you his plans it wouldn't have worked it's precisely because how pathetic your actions and cooperation was that his plan worked brilliantly, if ayanokoji-boy would have told you about his plans , first thing you wouldn't have listened to him and second if you would have start acting strangely that spy girl would have realized it and there would have been changes in dragon's boy plan, do you understand now glasses-boy" he said
Shinoahara -"That's........" all the defects didn't utter any word
Horikita -"Yukimura-kun you said something about looking down right...... then tell in any of the video we have seen, when did ayanokoji-kun looked down on anyone , even in this video, in his thoughts he is saying about how good other's class strategies was and what mistake they made.....i can't understand what part of it seemed like he was looking down on anyone" she said with hostility in her eyes
After listening to what horikita said keisei stopped in his tracks, his mind went blank until now he was angry thinking about how ayanokoji must have been mocking him but after listening to horikita he was left speechless
Horikita -"Really, how can you even act like that towards your own friend with whom you spend so much time with, it's really ridiculous to even think, it's true ayanokoji-kun said he don't consider anyone his friends but really if you ask me then how could someone think of a person like you to be their friend " she said ridiculing him and then she continued ...."You know yukimura-kun when you all formed that group of yours i told ayanokoji-kun to leave it because of how worthless it's to waste his time with you people..." when horikita said that every member of ayanokoji group except ayanokoji flinced then she continued ......" you know what he said in return ...he said he likes to spend his time with you people " she said
When horikita said that keisei was totally taken back , he started to regret eveything he said to his friend about whose feelings he didn't even tried to understand tears started to form in his eyes
Sudo -"Bu...but suzune he was using you as a pawn ....he called you a tool" he said in meek voice
Horikita -"Oh do you think i am that stupid that i won't even realize that he used me as a pawn after everything he told me on the island ........I already know this" she said
Koenji -"My my red hair boy looks like really frustrated looks like you don't understand everything yet do you" he said
Shinohara -"what's there to understand about him using other's as a pawn" she said
Koenji -"I see, I see.....do you really think the island exam was just him wining it , you still don't see huh , because of the actions ayanokoji-boy took and because of the desperate struggle and situation horikita-girl went through , that just didn't result in our wining but also as a by product of the equation horikita-girl was able to understand her shortcomings and learnt to rely on other's too, don't you think horikita-girl made a progress ...well it might be a little cruel method he choose but it was necessary to break that years of living in solitude mentality of her's" he said while brushing his hair
(he is totally pissed because of what happened earlier)
When koenji said that Sudo froze he realized that unlike him who was thinking to become stronger so that suzune could rely on him, ayanokoji was helping her to learn on how to stand on her own two feet , sudo felt the difference between ayanokoji and him, the huge difference between their thinking , sudo was left speechless unable to utter a word, loathing himself for cursing ayanokoji and saying what he said without even thinking twice on the matter.
All the defects, their small pride they were trying to protect, by blaming ayanokoji was now completely crushed into smithereens they weren't able to say anything anymore, many fall on their knees and were cursing themselves thinking what will happen to them now since ayanokoji had now left them, thinking how will they even fight against other classes , their mind state totally distorted , eyes which were lifeless , today they all learnt what it feels like when a despair strikes in.
( in the end they never said thanks to ayanokoji)
Author's note
As a former toddler, I relate to and sympathize with Yukimura.
Okay, I don't know whether you liked my low level writing or not but this was the best I was able to come up with, so those of whom expections I might have betrayed, I truly apologize. And yeah, I am now gonna go and read a webnovel I recently stumbled upon while surfing on google "My death flag shows no sign of ending " so I don't know when I will write my next chapter though it will be on spread your legs. Well with this vol 3 reaction ends.