Chapter 11: Mastermind Have A Dream

"Alright, this episode will be the last for today."

Apparently the tenth episode is the last episode for today.

Many audience are starting to look forward to what will air next with how the tenth episode takes one episode to build up the audience hype.

Seeing that many audience were very enthusiastic about the episode that would be showing this time, Batler smiled and clapped his hands.

"Let's start Episode Tenth Theater Room, Mastermind Have A Dream."

"Mastermind Have A Dream, what a shocking reference." Sotomura who probably recognized the reference used for the title smiled.

Many audience who heard the name of this episode title began to analyze and try to find some clues for what was to be aired later.

"Mastermind, after seeing the previous episode nine, we can assume that Mastermind is Ayanokouji." Kanzaki who started to see Ayanokouji behavior pattern tried to analyze it more deeply.

"Have A Dream, Kiyotaka has a dream." Karuizawa voice reached every corner of the theater room.

"Dream...? Is that freedom like we saw in the previous show?" Hirata started to wonder what his friend dream was.

"But the meaning of freedom has nothing to do with the trouble Sudou-kun is in." Matsushita tried to argue because it was completely unreasonable with how Sudou matter was related to something like Freedom.

Ignoring the ongoing debate, the screen started to show a blurry image accompanied by Horikita voice.

["May I leave now, Chabashira-sensei?"

"Wait just a moment. There's something I want to talk to you about, Horikita. You two leave first, though."

Chabashira-sensei urged my older brother and Tachibana-san to leave.]

After hearing and seeing that the current Horikita showing, was not Ayanokouji like before, many audience were shocked.

"So now we'll see from Horikita-san perspective." Ichinose spoke.

"It's a pretty refreshing change after seeing the previous nine episodes." Kanzaki found this happening quite refreshing.

"Kukuku, so now we will see how Suzune mind works."

[Once they were gone, she looked deeply interested, crossing her arms before her on the table.

"So. What methods did you use, Horikita?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't try to dodge the question. They wouldn't withdraw their complaint without a reason, would they?"

"I'll leave that to your imagination."

We'd fabricated a lie because we were backed into a corner.

"So it's a secret, hmm? Well, allow me to change the question. Who came up with the strategy that defeated Class C?

"Why do you care about that?"

"Ayanokouji isn't here, so I'm a little curious."

Chabashira-sensei had been rather preoccupied with Ayanokouji-kun ever since we started school. I could somewhat understand why, now.

"I don't want to admit this, but Ayanokouji-kun...might have something exceptional to him."]

After hearing Horikita thoughts about Ayanokouji, many students started to have some basic understanding of the situation happening on the screen.

"So it's not only Horikita-senpai who can see Ayanokouji abilities, but also Chabashira-sensei, it's really interesting." Nagumo had already begun to understand why Horikita Manabu was so interested in Ayanokouji, after his defeat to Ayanokouji during the previous special exam.

"If Chabashira-sensei found out through the student information, Horikita-senpai found out only from their first meeting, and maybe a bit of information from the Student Council."

If that's true, then it is certain that Horikita Manabu has keen observations and probably has sharp instincts as well.

[I surprised myself by saying this, which could be taken as an admission of defeat. However, our victory would not have been as decisive without him.]

"It's quite surprising to see Horikita-san admit to being exhausted, for someone like her it might be very difficult to admit defeat herself." Matsushita said her thoughts.

Horikita Manabu who saw how his younger sister was thinking smiled happily, "It only means that she is growing into a better person."

Horikita Suzune who heard her older brother compliment smiled happily.

["I see. So you recognize that, hmm?"

"Is that surprising? You were the one who first put me together with Ayanokouji-kun, Chabashira-sensei. You did it because you couldn't overlook Ayanokouji-kun's potential, right?"

"His potential, hmm?"

"Though he does try to hide his ability by pretending to be an idiot, for some mysterious reason."]

After hearing Horikita words on the screen, many students also agreed, as they were also confused by Ayanokouji strange actions.

[Yes, he was truly incomprehensible. I could not find meaning in such behavior. It was likely that he was simply being absurd.

"There are various things to consider. But if you want to reach Class A, I'll give you one bit of advice."

"Advice?"

"The students in Class D all have some kind of defect, more or less. To borrow an expression used by others in this school, Class D is an assemblage of people that could be called 'defective products.' You already understand this quite well though, don't you?"

"I don't intend to admit that I have a defect. But I do understand."]

Hearing Chabashira-sensei words, further confirms the theory that Ryuuen gave earlier, that Class D has some defects that cause it to be included in the lowest class.

Although they were still curious, what kind of defect caused a popular student like Hirata to be included in class D.

As for most of the D-class students that Chabashira-sensei talked about on the screen, they could only remain silent and bow their heads in shame, although there were certain people who didn't agree with that.

"As a perfect being, it is impossible for me to be tainted by some inferior defects like that. It's obvious the school can't see this perfection of me." Kouenji who was currently combing his hair with a mirror that reflected his perfect face.

["Well, what do you think is Ayanokouji defect?"]

Some students started to feel interested after seeing the question Chabashira-sensei gave on the screen.

Since even they were curious after seeing the abilities shown so far, it wasn't very clear what caused Ayanokouji to be included in the lowest class.

[Ayanokouji-kun's defect...One thing immediately came to mind.

"We've already established it. He already knows what his own defect is."

"Oh? And what is it?"

"He 'dislikes trouble',"

I answered, with confidence. However, I felt a strange sense of discomfort that I couldn't explain.]

"I don't think it's possible, because as we saw before, Ayanokouji-senpai always gets himself into trouble himself." Utomiya said his suspicions.

"There's also the possibility of that, even if it's shown how Ayanokouji-senpai always avoids trouble, there are cases where he enters himself on purpose." Tsubaki who had been watching while eating her candy was also suspicious of this situation.

"Isn't it obvious that the guy is just deceiving himself by saying he doesn't like trouble, when in fact he really likes to stick his nose into every problem there is." Hosen who overheard their conversation just snorted.

"Obviously Horikita-senpai also noticed something was wrong, and caused her to feel some discomfort." A certain Yagami joined in on their conversation with the smile that had been on his baby face for so long.

Hearing the first year conversation, many audience also began to feel a similar sense of suspicion.

["He dislikes trouble, hmm? Is that what you perceive when you look at Ayanokouji?"

"No... It's because he said it himself."

Chabashira-sensei snorted and chuckled. She spoke again, her tone

firm.

"Well, Horikita. Let's try to learn as much as we possibly can about the

boy called Ayanokouji, without delay, shall we? Otherwise, it'll be too late. You already seem to have fallen into Ayanokouji's trap."

"What do you mean?" Fallen into his trap? That was nonsense. "Why do you think Ayanokouji purposefully got scores of 50 points

across on the board on his entrance examination? Why do you think Ayanokouji is helping you? Why do you think that Ayanokouji doesn't put himself forward as a superior student, despite having superior ability? Is Ayanokouji Kiyotaka really someone who 'dislikes trouble'?"

"That's..."

If he truly wanted to prioritize peace and tranquility, then why score 50 points in all subjects and allow himself to draw this much attention? Had he deliberately poked his nose into this incident as well? I wondered if he ought to have been carefully monitored, like many other students. As Chabashira- sensei said, his behavior didn't fit the pattern of someone who "disliked trouble." That unconscious realization must have been the cause of my earlier discomfort.]

"I think it's correct to assume that Ayanokouji-san might have some secret thoughts to carry out such a blatant act like this." Ishigami Kyou commented.

"Even if it's like that, this further shows the contradiction that Ayanokouji-senpai has." Tsubaki replied to the first year A class representative while putting her candy back in her mouth.

Ignoring the first year discussion, Ryuuen cast his gaze on Horikita, "So... Suzune you fell into the trap set by Ayanokouji."

"Perhaps everyone who knows him has also fallen into a trap that he has set on purpose." Horikita replied to Ryuuen sarcasm.

"Fufufu, you act like you've never been in a trap set by Ayanokouji-kun." Sakayanagi laughed at Ryuuen behavior.

Ryuuen ignored Sakayanagi sarcasm, because he knew if he dipped his hand into the trap set by her, he might lose the argument.

["In my personal opinion, Ayanokouji is the most defective student in Class D."

"He's the most defective?"

"Higher functioning products are more difficult to handle. If you misunderstand how to handle him, the class might be completely destroyed in short order."]

"Chabashira-sensei seems to understand Ayanokouji abilities very well, to even dare to say the class will be destroyed if he mishandles Ayanokouji." Kanzaki felt Ayanokouji threat for his class getting bigger and bigger after seeing what was show here.

"Doesn't Chabashira-sensei high opinion make it clearer that Ayanokouji-dono is a protagonist who wants a peaceful life but has a secret wish to fulfill. If we take the logic of fiction, Ayanokouji-dono is someone who must have had a past dark enough to make him want a peaceful life within the school, and usually that past will haunt him again in the future." Sotomura said his opinion while doing the iconic gesture of correcting his glasses.

Many experienced shock after listening to Sotomura opinion, even some people who knew Ayanokouji very well were quite surprised by his observations.

["Chabashira-sensei, do you really understand what about him can be considered defective?"

"Get to know the person called Ayanokouji. What is he thinking? What focal point does he base his actions around? What is his fatal flaw? There's definitely an answer there."

Why was Chabashira-sensei telling me such things? As our homeroom teacher, she usually appeared unaware of and unconcerned with her class.

But, if someone so disinterested thought this way, then...

Chabashira-sensei said nothing more.

...]

No one commented after seeing the show slowly going dark.

Even many students started to see all of Ayanokouji behavior on the screen, even after seeing how his mind worked couldn't find anything that Ayanokouji wanted.

Peaceful life? That could be argued after seeing how Ayanokouji was always involved with every troubles that had been aired.

"So Kiyotaka, what have you been wanting and dreaming of all this time?" It was Karuizawa who asked Ayanokouji this question.

After hearing Karuizawa question, many audience focused their attention on Karuizawa question.

"My dream...?"

"Yeah, what was your dream...?"

Hearing the rambling conversation, many in the audience grew impatient, but they held back because it was quite a private conversation.

"My dream is......"

Seeing how Ayanokouji answered with a very long pause, many audience started to have thoughts of throwing their soda bottles in Ayanokouji face.

"Ice cream." Ayanokouji answered with a very serious face for the first time.

"Is that so...? Alright, tomorrow we will bring a lot of Ice cream into the theater room." Karuizawa was happy with the answer her boyfriend gave her, because she knew well enough that Ayanokouji really liked Ice cream.

Is that so?

Only that? And you accept such a stupid answer?

They began to doubt Karuizawa intelligence to easily accept Ayanokouji absurd answers.

[I waited outside the student council room until the meeting had concluded. The students from Class C and Sakagami-sensei left first, with Sudou following a little while later. He wore a bright, cheerful expression.

"Looks like it went well," I said.

"Man, I don't understand what happened, but Horikita did something for me. Right?"

I nodded.

"I knew it. I knew she'd come through for my sake. Heh heh heh." He looked incredibly happy. "Well, I gotta head to my club. We should have a party tonight."

"Yeah."]

"So the show isn't over yet, and could it be that now is the time for the big reveal to happen...?" Asahina said quite curiously.

After hearing Asahina words, many students began to look forward to what the big reveal would be this time.

Ryuuen and the rest of the class representatives were quite curious about the upcoming reveal as well.

"So now we will return to Ayanokouji-kun perspective." Ichinose commented.

[The next people to exit were the student council president and Secretary Tachibana.

"Excellent work." I thought we'd just exchange a light greeting, but the president stopped in his tracks to address me. "I have approved Class C's request to withdraw their complaint."

"Is that so?" I said. "Well, I guess miracles do happen."

Horikita's brother remained still and looked me in the eyes. I couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"So this was all to prove that Sakura wasn't a liar, as you said? I suppose if Class C withdrew their complaint, then talk would spread quite naturally. If Sudou or Sakura weren't the liars, then Class C was."

"Your little sister handled things well. I didn't do anything."]

"Somehow after hearing Ayanokouji words, I feel something suspicious." Kanzaki felt suspicion after seeing what was displayed.

"The way Ayanokouji-senpai said it was indeed quite suspicious." A certain Yagami spoke his mind about Ayanokouji.

Hearing the conversation between the two of them, many audience started to feel the same way because in the previous episode it was shown that Horikita was still having trouble dealing with this problem.

["If that's your answer, then I'm impressed. Even though it's a simple story." The unflappable Secretary Tachibana clapped her hands.

"Tachibana. Do you still have one seat open for secretary?" "Yes. A first-year Class A student applied the other day, but was

rejected after the first interview."

"Ayanokouji. If you wanted it, I would appoint you to the position."]

Most of the students who witnessed the ridiculous things displayed on the screen were startled because Ayanokouji received an invitation directly from the Student Council President.

"Horikita-senpai must really appreciate his abilities, even to the point of inviting his directly into the Student Council." Kiriyama began to understand why Horikita Manabu introduced him to Ayanokouji.

"Senpai really appreciates his kouhai ability to even invite him in person." Nagumo felt a strange feeling after seeing Senpai behavior.

"Isn't it obvious after watching nine episodes so far, Kouhai abilities are amazing." Kiryuin felt her more interest increase after seeing how Ayanokouji abilities displayed.

[I was surprised, but Secretary Tachibana appeared even more shocked than me. "S-student council president... Do you really mean that?"

"Do you disapprove?"

"N-no. If you say so, I have no objections. But..."

"Nah, I hate troublesome stuff. Besides, being in the student council is no joke. I want to lead an ordinary student life at this school," I replied.]

"He refused!"

Many students were very surprised to see how Ayanokouji flatly refused the invitation given directly by Horikita Manabu.

"Ayanokouji why did you decline the invitation? Wouldn't if you accept it, it would help the class more." Ike asked a question that already had an answer on the screen, it really didn't make sense.

Ayanokouji who heard Ike question just pointed at the screen as if to say 'That's the answer', while sharing popcorn with his girlfriend Karuizawa.

"Senpai, how did you feel after your direct invitation was rejected like that...?" Nagumo who was curious about Horikita Manabu response asked him.

"That makes him even better and more interesting, because even after I invited him he dared to refuse like that, it just shows his stand." Horikita Manabu who failed to invite Ayanokouji smiled recalling the memories that existed at that time.

[Secretary Tachibana was even more shocked by my response. "Huh? Are you refusing an invitation from the student council

president?!"

"Well, I'd just never do anything that I'm not interested in..."

I didn't do what I didn't want to do. Besides, there was no reason to invite me onto the student council in the first place.

"Let's go, Tachibana."

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"Y-yes."

Their interest in me had apparently run out with my refusal, so they left. A short time later, Horikita and Chabashira-sensei appeared. Chabashira- sensei just gave me a slight glance, leaving without saying anything in particular.

"Yo." I raised my hand as I greeted Horikita, but was met with an intense glare the likes of which I'd never seen from her before. She quickly returned to her neutral expression, though.

"What were the results?" I asked.

"You'd already know, right?" she replied.

"I'm glad to hear that. Looks like your strategy worked well."

"Hey, Ayanokouji-kun. Am I just your puppet?]

Surprised, that's how many students felt after hearing what Horikita said.

"As expected." Ryuuen had already gotten some clues after seeing the previous Episode ninth, it was just that he felt something was still missing from the previous episode.

"Horikita-girl, you should remember the advice your sensei gave you, the higher quality products, the harder to handle." Kouenji who was well acquainted with Atsuomi Ayanokouji, assumed that his son Ayanokouji Kiyotaka couldn't be a stupid, and if the rumors circulating about Atsuomi Ayanokouji running a suspicious educational facility, then there was a possibility that this Ayanokouji was the result of that education.

Kouenji wasn't stupid, after their first meeting. Ayanokouji was the one who gave him the most strange feeling.

Few people had ever given him such an strange feeling.

Even though he didn't care about everything that happened in the classroom, he could understand how the class structure really was.

Only stupid sheep might not understand that Ayanokouji had been in control of his class development all this time.

["My puppet? What are you talking about?"

"Ayanokouji-kun, you brought up the idea of surveillance cameras in the classrooms. Next, you took me to the special building and made me realize that there were no cameras. Then, you guided me to the idea of inventing false evidence, so that we could parse the truth from lies... When I look back on it now, that's all I can think of."

"You're overthinking it. It's just coincidence."]

"What!"

"Suzune, that can't be true right?" Sudou who didn't accept the fact that his crush was being manipulated, he asked Horikita.

Many of his classmates also felt a great shock after seeing the class leader they had been thinking about being manipulated by someone who didn't even stand out in class.

"Is that true Horikita-san...?"

"That can't be true right?"

Many of her classmates started asking Horikita about whether what she said was true.

Meanwhile, Ayanokouji he was still casually feeding each other popcorn with his girlfriend Karuizawa.

"Kiyotaka, you are so cool like a villain who controls the whole situation with his manipulation abilities."

"Of course, who was his girlfriend...?" Ayanokouji who heard Karuizawa compliment only replied by teasing his girlfriend.

Horikita who was listening to Sudou question and her classmates just kept quiet and continued to watch what was displayed on the screen.

"Kukuku, so it's like that huh...?" Ryuuen laughed after seeing what clue he lacked earlier, a very important clue disappeared which made it difficult for him to understand the whole situation.

"What do you mean by that Boss?" Isizhaki asked his leader because he didn't understand the situation.

"Alright since you lack the brain to think, I'll explain." Ryuuen explained.

Hearing Ryuuen words, many audience started to focus their hearing on Ryuuen seat.

"Do you remember the incident that caused this plan to fail, right?" Ryuuen asked Ishizaki.

"Eh that... Ayanokouji and Ichinose who threatened us with the cameras that were inside the special building."

"That's right that's why I and probably most of the people here can't understand the whole clue." Ryuuen said confidently.

"Is it possible...?" Katsuragi who had the same thought as Ryuuen about something missing in this clue that caused them to not be able to understand the whole clue.

Seeing that Katsuragi understood what he was saying, Ryuuen smiled, "That's right, if we take a closer look at Suzune words on the screen, we will see that there is a clue there that wasn't in the episode ninth specially made to give us a clue for the big reveal. which is in the episode tenth."

"First, Ayanokouji told Horikita that there was a camera that had been monitoring the classroom.

Second, Ayanokouji brought Horikita into the special building where the incident occurred to show her that there were no cameras in the building.

We were only shown these two clues, whereas Horikita said something different.

We all missed an important clue which is, when Ayanokouji guided Horikita mind to come up with a plan using the fake camera evidence, and the creation of that fake evidence." Ryuuen spoke his mind while laughing at Ayanokouji brilliant plan.

"Fufufu, you still lack the most important factor to make this whole plan work." Sakayanagi laughed at Ryuuen confident behavior.

"What do you mean by that...?" Ryuuen asked because he also had a strange feeling.

"Didn't you notice that there was something strange about Ayanokouji behavior while inside the special building." Sakayanagi who had finished getting all the clues smiled in amusement.

A certain Snake-kun who heard his Princess words was enlightened, "It's hot! King always says how hot it is inside the special building, as if trying to give Horikita a clue."

"That's right, perhaps the hot temperature inside the special building is the most important factor for the plan that Ryuuen-senpai said to be successful." Yagami added to the most important factor of the plan that Ryuuen said.

"Huh...? How could hot temperature be such an important factor in this plan?" Some students who were still confused asked.

"Remember what the Student Council President said earlier? That he agreed to the withdrawal of class C complaint? It's a well thought out plan because nobody wins in that situation." Yagami said.

"Then why does that C class student want to withdraw his complaint, isn't that a very stupid act?"

"The hot temperature inside the special building was an important factor that caused the withdrawal of complaints to occur."

"I still do not understand."

"Try asking the person concerned." Yagami directed the conversation back to the person in question because he had said too much.

Ryuuen who had begun to understand what Sakayanagi meant, asked Ishizaki to explain what had happened in the special building that caused them to withdraw the complaint.

Isizhaki who was confused because he was ordered to explain by the leader tried to explain clearly, "At that time the three of us were called into the special building by Kushida, after we arrived at our destination, it wasn't Kushida that we found but Ayanokouji and Ichinose who we found there, there they both told that there was a camera that recorded us when the incident with Sudou happened, and the school probably already knew of the truth according to the two of them, after that they said that if we withdraw our complaint, maybe we won't be expelled. That's how I remember what happened there."

Many were still confused even after hearing Ishizaki explanation.

"Why didn't you call your leader Ryuuen back then...?" Kanzaki asked Ishizaki.

"Eh... We've been wanting to try call him, but because of the urging given by Ayanokouji and Ichinose, we didn't call Boss."

Even after hearing this, many audience didn't understand what the function of the hot temperature in the special building was which was an important factor as Yagami said.

Katsuragi who probably already understood what was happening here asked Ishizaki the question again, "Is it really that hot inside the special building?"

"That's right, the temperature inside the building is very hot." Ishizaki who heard Katsuragi question answered as if remembering it.

"Oh, I see. So the hot temperature in the special building is an important factor for this plan to be successful." Katsuragi commented.

"Kukuku, so it's like that. It's only natural that there's still something suspicious, with the hot temperature inside the special building making these three idiots unable to think properly, which caused them to accept all the pressure the two of them put on it." Ryuuen laughed after seeing properly now the whole situation.

"That's right, actually without the hot temperature factor inside the special building, the plan might end up failing, because if Isizhaki and the others could think straight they might just call they leader at that time and solve the problem they were facing." Katsuragi commented.

"So... Suzune, is it possible that all of this was a plan that Ayanokouji was guiding in your mind...?" Ryuuen asked Suzune.

Horikita who had been observing the debate all this time nodded her head and replied, "That's right, with the hot temperature in the special building and the insistence of Ayanokouji-kun and Ichinose-san, they couldn't think clearly to deal with the situation. This plan probably wouldn't have come to fruition if it weren't for Ayanokouji-kun back then guiding my mind to come up with a plan like this."

Hearing Horikita confirmation stating that all the plans she had in mind were thanks to Ayanokouji manipulating her that caused the plan to appear in her mind, many students and school staff who were in a special place were deeply shocked.

Because even someone as smart as Horikita Suzune was manipulated in her mind by Ayanokouji.

And now that many audience are starting to think about what the purpose of all this manipulation is, why didn't Ayanokouji just say the plan without manipulating Horikita mind?

"W-Why didn't he just tell the plan honestly, without manipulating Horikita-san mind?" Ike spoke his thoughts fearfully, because after seeing how his class leader Horikita was manipulated, Ike experienced fear of Ayanokouji. Maybe he wasn't the only one who experienced such fear, many of his classmates and even other audience also experienced the same thing.

Many audience wanted to ask Ayanokouji that question, but after seeing how he could manipulate the thoughts of his seatmate who had been with him for a long time, many audience started to cancel their minds who wanted to ask.

["Who are you?"

"What do you mean, who am I? I'm just a guy who dislikes trouble,

right?"

I realized that I had gotten involved a little too much this time. I'd need to reflect on that. The always-sharp Horikita probably guessed my thoughts, to some extent.

I had to dial it back a little. I just wanted my life here to be peaceful.]

Hearing that Ayanokouji only wanted to live peacefully and didn't like trouble, many students started to assume in their minds, maybe the reason Ayanokouji manipulated Horikita was because he wanted Horikita to plan without Ayanokouji telling her.

["Someone who dislikes trouble. If that's—"

As Horikita started to speak, a male student walked towards us. This was not a conversation that we wanted overheard, so both Horikita and I fell silent. We waited for him to pass, but the guy stopped in front of us.

It wasn't on accident. He had black hair, styled so it was worn long. He appeared to be around the same height as me, maybe a little taller. I glanced at his profile and noted that he wore a wide grin. His smile looked ominous.

"Setting up a camera? You really did something funny, huh?" The boy didn't even turn to face us entirely as he spoke.

"And you are?" Horikita asked the mystery student, seemingly perturbed.

"Next time, I'll be your opponent. I look forward to it."

The boy walked on without answering Horikita's question. We never got a clear look at him. We were only able to watch in silence as he walked away.]

"So Ryuuen-kun first appearance on the screen was due to a conflict of contention, this is as expected." Hiyori stated her thoughts to Ryuuen.

"What's with the innuendo, did Ayanokouji affect you that much...?" Ryuuen found Hiyori behavior very strange.

"Ryuuen-kun is a delinquent, so it's to be expected that if Ryuuen-kun appears on the screen it must be because of some trouble, and Kiyotaka-kun doesn't affect me in a bad way." After saying that, Hiyori turned her gaze back to the screen.

"Fufufu."

"Fu~hahaha."

"Hahahahaha."

Hearing Hiyori words, the laughing voices of three strange people were heard in the theater, consisting of a smug loli, blonde narcissist, and a muscle-brained gorilla.

["Well. I'll be heading back now." I had the feeling it would be better for us not to be seen together, and turned my back on Horikita.

"Wait. We're not done talking, Ayanokouji-kun." "I'm done talking." I kept going without looking back.

"You promised, right? You promised you'd help me reach Class A."

"You sort of forced me to. You helped Sudou in this case, too. Right?"]

"So Ayanokouji was forced to help Horikita to reach class A, it's hard to believe after seeing the thing that was aired earlier." Kanzaki expressed his suspicions.

Many students agreed with Kanzaki opinion, because after seeing how Ayanokouji manipulated Horikita, it was a little hard to believe Horikita could force Ayanokouji to work.

If only they knew...

["That's not what I meant. I want to know what you're thinking."

"I'm thinking 'This is annoying,' and 'I don't have any motivation to do this.' Stuff like that. That's what I'm thinking. Even if you took back what you said just now, Horikita, I do intend to live my life quietly. Whether we aim for Class A or whatever, that's it."

I'd hoped that answer would satisfy her, but Horikita didn't listen]

Katsuragi who heard Ayanokouji words, expressed the suspicious thoughts that he had all along, "I'm quite curious how Ayanokouji mind is structured as shown on the screen."

"After you say that, I've also never seen Ayanokouji get nervous, or anything that can arise in one's mind when faced with various situations." Kanzaki also expressed his suspicions.

"Even when Ayanokouji-kun situation was threatened by Kushida-san on false accusations he didn't show any signs of panic."

"We also don't see Ayanokouji lustful thoughts when his hands are holding Kushida breasts."

Katsuragi who heard the words of many students, again commented, "If you look closely, Ayanokouji mind is very logical and structured."

Many of the returning students were in shock after hearing some people opinions about Ayanokouji state of mind.

["If you really hated drawing attention, you wouldn't make all this

effort to get involved. You say you're someone who 'dislikes trouble,' after all. Yet you act all evasive and non-committal even while you help me.

Why?"

I assumed that this change in Horikita's behavior was Chabashira- sensei's doing. She was probably pulling the strings here. I wouldn't be surprised if she knew about my past.]

"So there really might be something going on with Ayanokouji-kun past, and Chabashira-sensei maybe know about it...?" Matsushita was curious enough what Ayanokouji past was like to make him into the person they now see.

Atsuomi Ayanokouji who heard something unreasonable like a teacher knowing his son past raised his eyebrows and fixed his eyes on Narumori Sakayanagi.

"There's nothing like that, Sensei."

Many audience started to get curious about Ayanokouji past, after they saw a one-sided conversation in a special place.

Perhaps Ayanokouji past is a secret, and Chairman Sakayanagi denies that a teacher at his school can know about it.

["I thought that I should help the first friends I've ever made. Probably." If I kept talking, I might say something unnecessary. I walked faster.

By now, I had reached one absolute conclusion. If Horikita were truly aiming for Class A, it would be impossible under our present circumstances.

We'd received a declaration of war from some guy apparently known as Ryuuen. This could be just the start of a cunning, audacious, and brutal attack. He would probably stand in our way as a vigilant enemy in the future.

Then there were Ichinose and Kanzaki from Class B. They were two capable people who took only small, indirect steps. Ichinose probably had more plans lined up in her ambition to reach the top than I could imagine. It was impossible to fully understand how we'd landed in this situation, or her methods and process.

I didn't understand what she wanted, but her goals would most likely prove a huge obstacle for us. In other words, it was fair to say that trying to reach Class A in three years was hopeless. Even if we tried to tackle this situation head-on, then...

"Ugh!"]

Many students were no longer surprised by Ayanokouji observational abilities. They were more curious what happened to him to make that sound like pain.

Although some of them still felt shock after seeing the observations that Ayanokouji had in mind.

Needing only one indirect interaction and a plan to bring his class down, Ayanokouji already knew how Ryuuen mind worked.

[I unintentionally let out a small noise.

I really was an idiot.

What was I getting worked up for? I had arbitrarily started analyzing Class D and considering the options. I didn't want to. I mean, she was the one who chose this school, right? Horikita and Ichinose were aiming for the top, not me. All I wanted was an ordinary, regular life where nothing ever happened. Otherwise? I couldn't do this.

I knew more about me than anyone else. I knew just how defective, just how foolish I was. I was a horrible human being.]

["Episode Tenth Teater Room, Mastermind have A Dream. End]

"Kiyotaka, don't look down on yourself like that. Even if you're a pervert, you're not a terrible human being." Karuizawa scolded her boyfriend for having such condescending thoughts.

"Ayanokouji-kun you are not a terrible person, you are actually a good person." Ichinose cheers on her crush.

Many of Ayanokouji friends started cheering him on for having such thoughts as shown on the screen, and Ayanokouji who saw that just nodded his head and thanked him.

"So the dream that senpai has been dreaming of is an ordinary and regular life where nothing ever happened?"

"As expected of senpai~, will do whatever it takes to secure his peaceful life."

"Quite surprising indeed."

A voice from three certain mysterious students closed the tenth episode this time.

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Author Note:

What do you all think of the big reveal that took place in this chapter?

I purposely made episode nine to give the students to see the clues and build hype among the audience.

After that surprised them with what really happened.

Actually the disclosure of Kiyotaka Ayanokouji manipulation ability would not be complete if it wasn't accompanied by the clue I gave in episode nine.

The Episode tenth is closed by three certain mysterious students.

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