Volume 2 Chapter 2 Part3 (2/2)
”Well, I've got nothing to say since the number of rivals for Kushi+da-chan just decreased”
It seeirls around a chest size of70 while keeping Kushi+da as his oal
”By the way Ayanokouji, if you don't like Horikita, who do you like? Sudou has Horikita, Ya to be a rival?”
”Who…”
No particular girl came to mind
For a few ht about it seriously If I were to choose, then… Kushi+da? She's the person I talk to the most, so it's inevitable But since I know she doesn't like ht about her
”There's no one”
However, Ike and Yalances
”Do you believe that there are guys that don't have a crush on a girl?
”There's no one like that at all Don't hide it, Ayanokouji”
”Unlike you guys, I haven't really irls other than Horikita and Kushi+da”
”Well, I guess I haven't really seen you talk to any other girls”
It's sad that it's true
”Should I introduce you to soirls?”
Placing an arm around my shoulder, Ike talked with confidence
”Isn't it sad that you're trying to introduce soirlfriend?”
”Uu… yea…”
”Sae-chan-sensei said that ould have a vacation in the suirlfriend then Kushi+da-chan if possible! Or soirl!”
”Me too, irlfriend… and then I'll have h school life!”
”…When should I confess to Horikita…”
The three of theirls in their minds
”We should have a coirlfriend first The first person to have a girlfriend will treat all of us with food! Alright?”
It was difficult to decide if I was a true friend by participating in a competition like this
”What's wrong, Ayanokouji? By any chance, you're not going to say that you won't participate, will you?”
”No, I was just wondering why the first person to get a girlfriend is the one to treat everyone else”
”Oh, I see You're just being jealous, right?”
”A person who gets a girlfriend is happy Since they're happy, they treat everyone It's that kind of feeling”
Although they were getting excited, Sudou's problem still persists
2
The class was divided up into certain groups after school
However, there weren'tin the first place
Hirata and Karuizawa led the Hero & Girl team while Kushi+da led the Beautiful Girl & Co team
They had decided to look for the witness by themselves
Even so, it's difficult to get results in such a short amount of time
There are 400 enrolled students at the school Even if everyone from Class 1-D was left out, there isn't much of a difference
It would be difficult even if all the ti, breaks and after school were included
”Well, I' home”
”Are you really going to go Horikita-san?”
”Yeah”
Horikita replied without hesitation and left the classroom
As expected of Horikita She wasn't discouraged by the surrounding gazes, all asking, ”You're leaving?” When she becomes an adult, she would probably be the type to quickly leave a drinking party—pro the mood
”Well…”
If Horikita's tactic is to leave out in the open, my tactic is to leave quietly in the shadows
”Ayanokouji-kun”
Kushi+da called out to me with an anxious voice The small size of the classroom prevented my escape as I was immediately discovered despite my stealthy footsteps
”What is it? Do you need anything from me?”
Sorry, Kushi+da I' to reject your invitation with a heart of steel And then I'll return to the dorms
”You'll… help, right?”
”Of course”
I couldn't refuse her Kushi+da's upturned eyes and her cute request added up to a lethal combination
I couldn't help it; it felt like I was being controlled by Kushi+da I wasn't able to resist
If a person resolves to stay awake, they'll fall asleep in 24 to 48 hours Despite some people who occasionally clai time without sleep, they would eventually collapse
To put it si they can endure It's a human mechanism
After I finished giving an excuse, Kushi+da estion
”I really want to get Horikita-san to help this tiain please?”
”But she went home today”
They failed to stop her just a few e?
”Yea Can you chase after her? If it's Horikita-san, I think she will definitely beco help”
”Well, that's true”
”If we take the time to persuade her, don't we have a chance?”
If she wants to try again, I have no right to stop her I nodded, telling her I understood
”Ike-kun, Yamauchi-kun, can you stay here? I'll come back quickly”
”Ok”
The two of them aren't on the best of terms with Horikita Anyway, it doesn't see
”Let's go”
Taking Kushi+da's arm, I left the classroo is For sory voices behind ination Heh
As I , there was no sign of Horikita I decided to go out of the building As she's not the type to stop for anything on the way back, she was probably heading straight towards the dorms
I pushed past the crowd of students putting on their shoes Soon after, I saw Horikita in between the school and the dorms (as there's not much of a distance in the first place)
Most of the groups headed back had two people or ure that stood out
”Horikita-san”
I hesitated before speaking to her, but Kushi+da called out to her with confidence
”…What is it?”
Horikita turned around, looking slightly surprised It seemed like she didn't expect us to chase after her
”I really want Horikita-san to help with Sudou-kun's incident… Is that not possible?”
”I thought I already rejected that a few o”
She shrugged her shoulders, as if the person she was talking to was an idiot
”I know, but… But I do think we need to do this to get to class A”
”We need to do this to get to class A, huh?”
Looking completely unconvinced, Horikita didn't listen to Kushi+da's words
”If you want to help Sudou-kun, go ahead I don't have the right to stop you However, if you need soo ask someone else I'm busy”
”There isn't anyone that's playing around right now”
I unintentionally retorted She glared at ?”
”It's important to spend time alone It's uncomfortable to have that time snatched away”
As expected of a loner's line of thought, she disliked spending time with other people
”Even if I help hiain Won't it just be a vicious cycle? You may believe that Sudou-kun is the victim this time, but I think differently”
”Huh? …Isn't Sudou-kun the victih”
Kushi+da didn't understand what Horikita said
”Maybe it really was class C that started the fight this time, but in the end Sudou-kun is also the perpetrator”
”W-Wait, Why? Wasn't he dragged into the fight?”
With an expression that said, ”Oh my”, Horikita looked in my direction
Notinto her eyes
After a few seconds of silence, Horikita spoke with a tired voice
”Why was he dragged into this incident? The entire issue will be difficult to resolve without solving this fundaree to help until this question is answered Since I can't help you, why don't you ask the guy next to you? Even though he pretends to not understand, he probably knohat I'”
Please stop talking with the impression that I understand
Kushi+da looked at , ”Do you know?”
Horikita, don't say anything unnecessary… She resu that ere left to resolve the issue Kushi+da, having understood so from Horikita's words, was unable to stop her
”Sudou-kun is also… the perpetrator? Is that… so?”
Kushi+da looked atfor advice
After Horikita revealed that I was pretending, even if I were to try to feign ignorance, the future see Moreover, if Kushi+da were to ask with a cute expression, I would gladly give her my bank account information
”I kind of understood what Horikita said At the very least, Sudou is partially at fault here He's the type of person that easily resents others, so he has a violent behavior and tends to say reckless remarks to those who provoke him I was surprised and iular He seeance and pride would eventually make some people, particularly those who practice just as hard, hate him Further since middle school I don't know anyone who knew Sudou previously, but seeing that the ru for awhile, there must be some truth to the matter”
The iood
”This was bound to happen sooner or later That's why Horikita said that Sudou was the perpetrator too”
”In other words, his usual actions caused this situation, didn't they?”
”Yep As long as he continues to provoke those around him with his behavior, this trouble was unavoidable And if there's no proof, his iainst him For example, let's say there are two suspects for a murder case One of theht and diligent Who would you believe?”
If one was forced to answer, the majority would have made the same choice
”That's obvious;the upright person”
”With or without evidence, a decision must be ht now So long as Sudou doesn't recognise his ive in”
However, it felt slightly different than the expression of ”you reap what you sow”
”I see, so that's what she meant…”
Kushi+da, finally understanding what Horikita ave a small nod
”So Horikita-san isn't helping in order to teach Sudou-kun a lesson?”
”So him, she wants Sudou to have some self-awareness”
Kushi+da seeree with it
Instead, it looked like she was er
”I don't understand why she would abandon Sudou-kun just to punish hi, she should tell hi a friend is for”
I didn't think Horikita considered Sudou a friend in the first place… Putting that aside, she wasn't the type of person ould teach this nicely She had no sense of responsibility for others
”You should do what you believe is right Wanting to help Sudou isn't wrong in the first place”
”Yeah”
Kushi+da nodded without hesitation She's the type to help out however many times for her friends To be honest, it's a really difficult thing to do; so only people like Kushi+da could do
”However, it's probably better to beSudou directly Since there's no point if he doesn't reflect on it, he should become aware of it by himself”
”…Alright I'll follow Ayanokouji-kun's advice”
Changing her line of thought, Kushi+da stretched her back
”Let's go look for a witness now”
After returning to the classroom, I joined up with the others
”Were you unable to persuade Horikita in the end?”
”Sorry, we tried”
”It's not Kushi+da's fault We should be fine with the people we have”
”I look forward to working with you, Ike-kun, Yamauchi-kun”
Kushi+da stood there, eyes shi+ning brightly, asking for help The two of theazes
”Where are we headed?”
Looking randomly for a witness would be inefficient
It would probably be best to co a move
”If everyone's fine with it, how about asking class B first?”
”Why class B?”
”Because they're the class that benefits the most if a witness is found”
”Sorry Ayanokouji-kun, but I don't quite understand”
”Between classes D and C, which class is an obstacle to class B? To put it simply, which class is more of a threat?”
”Of course, it's class C So we should ask class C last But why not class A?”
”In the first place, there is very little evidence Class A has no need to provide help in a situation that wouldn't affect them as this dispute is between classes C and D”
Of course, we still weren't sure if class B could be trusted If it was soht have a plan to defeat not only class C but also class D Even if their plan isn't as detailed, they would have some kind of plan
”Alright, let's head to class B!”
”Stop”
I reflexively grabbed the back of Kushi+da's collar as she went ahead
”Nya~!”
Startled, Kushi+da let out a cat-like scream
”Moe~!”
Yamauchi had hearts in his eyes at Kushi+da's cute yelp That action was probably on purpose…
Although I had thought that, my heart died from cuteness overload
”Kushi+da's communication skills are vital here However, it's not as si to make friends
”Is that so?”
If the witness was a friend, or would help for free, there'd be no proble person, they wouldn't agree to help without a price
We won't knohether or not they'll help us until we talk to then Even if we take that into consideration… will things turn out as expected?
”Do you have any acquaintances in class B?”
”Yep There's only a few people that I talk to and get along with, though”
”Let's try to ask those people first then”
We didn't ord to spread quickly that ere looking for witnesses urgently
”One by one? Isn't it better to ask all of them at once?”
Ike seey
”I also think we're looking at it a bit too negatively It ood to ask class B first, but I think it's better to ask a lot of people at once We ht not be able to find the witness in time if we do it slowly”
”I see That ht be true; do what you think is best Kushi+da”
”Sorry Ayanokouji-kun”
Kushi+da held her hands together in front of her apologetically It was nothing she should be sorry about It's natural that our opinions didn't match, and if there were several different viewpoints, we should go with the majority opinion I withdrew and left the plan up to Kushi+da and the others Unexpectedly, I felt soaze on me and looked behind
Only about a third of the class remained in the classroom
Nothing seems out of place
At the very least, I couldn't pinpoint what’s bothering me
3
The first class we visited felt slightly odd Although it had the same basic layout, it felt like we came to a completely different place I corrected ahtly different Since we didn't know if the class would be an enemy or an ally, our initial impression of the class was also different Even Ike and Yamauchi were shocked; they couldn't move from the doorway
Being the only one unfazed, Kushi+da started talking to her friends with a s attitude She was able to easily chat with her friends regardless of their gender, similar to how she acted with class D I wouldn't be able to do the same
The tere theand having fun with people ere clearly more attractive
”D-da for my Kushi+da-chan!”
What do you mean… What kind of dialect is that?[1]
”Don't panic Ike, it's alright We've have an advantage: we're in the same class as Kushi+da-chan!”
Feeling annoyed, the prideful two coh there were only 10 people in the roo the situation to those ere there
Class B's atmosphere felt the same as Class D, certainly not someone one would expect from a bunch of honor students It wasn't stiff at all and, contrary to how I iined theirls earing skirts that were too short
I guess you couldn't judge a book by it's cover Or was there so other than academic ability that Class B was better than Class D at? This school's system still had way too many mysteries
It's bothersos
As this was Kushi+da's lead, I left her to take care of things
Trying not to be noticed by the others, I took a few steps back from the doorway
”I want to go home…”
I didn't want the to myself
Out on the field, I saw the track and field club running laps around the track
Since the air conditioning was co outside
”The sports club sure is working hard”
Having finished scouting out class B, Ike joined uy; this waitfor him
”People who participate in club activities are stupid”
”What's with the sudden thought? You know that saying those kind of things will turn half the school against you, don't you?”
I didn't know the exact number, but I estimated that around 60 to 70 percent of the students participated in club activities,
”Where's the imen? If they like to exercise, they should just do it as a hobby”
It was strange to consider club activities solely as a benefit or a drawback
Participating in clubs had its benefits One was able to socialise with others, as well as experience success and failure These were experiences not included in acadeo ho in a club
”I guess”
I waited for Kushi+da's report for the next few
When Ike says there are ”way too inai”, which is spelled in kanji as ”Sugiuchi”, a famous baseball player Apparently this is a meme that Ayanokouji also doesn't understand when he says, ”Is this some kind of dialect?” (I don't really know the meme either but it exists)