Chapter 15: Behind the Scene

The Theater Room is currently still in a state of commotion regarding Chabashira-sensei troubles.

As a teacher she should be a good example for her students, but instead of being a good example for her students, Chabashira-sensei uses psychological coercion through threats to her student.

Of course for most students it was an act that could not be simply ignored.

Most of the students saw Chabashira-sensei actions as very unscrupulous and they really didn't like the situation that there was a teacher who wanted to realize her dream through threatening a student to be in the same environment with them.

While some students don't care about the current situation because they think things like that are quite normal things that happen in today society.

Several second year D class students asked Ayanokouji opinion on this matter, and Ayanokouji who heard the question simply replied that the matter had been resolved the previous year so there was nothing to worry about anymore.

Hearing Ayanokouji words, many students began to feel calm because at least Ayanokouji problem had been solved.

Batler who had been silent all this time, seeing how enthusiastic the audience was in carrying out a fairly boring discussion only smiled kindly.

*Claps*

"Alright now that everything has calmed down, let's continue with Episode Thirteenth Theater Room, Behind the Scene."

Hearing the title given by Batler, many second year students have started speculating because previously what was aired was about before the island exam day started, so can be sure this episode is about events that happened behind the scenes and how Class D was ranked first.

[It seems like this school owns a small island in the south, and we're heading there now.

"Attention to all the students! Please gather on the deck. You'll be able to see the island soon. For a while, you will be able to see a very meaningful and splendid scenery.". This curious announcement suddenly reverberated throughout the ship. Kushida and the others paid attention to it and calmly seemed to be looking forward to what was to come.

The students' enthusiasm also increased greatly when the island could be clearly visible to the naked eye and the distance shortened more and more. I thought the ship was directed to the island, but I don't know why we passed through the pier and the ship began encircling around the island. The area lent by the country to manage the island is 0.5 km. The highest altitude is 230m. It's a very tiny island if seen from the perspective of Japan's totality as a country, but if seen by a hundred and a dozen people on a cruise like us, it was even too big.

Somehow, the liner circumnavigated the island and showed it entirely. It continued to go round and round the outer perimeter without changing speed. Although the ship barely made a splash of water, it actually navigated at an unnatural high speed.

"It's a very mysterious sight... I'm impressed. Don't you think so, Ayanokoji-kun?"

"Oh? hmm yeah true."

I looked at Kushida whose eyes were shining while looking at the desert island, and my heart pounded a little. Again. After all, Kushida was really cute. I wanted to protect that smile and that child-like behaviour.

"From here, we will land on an uninhabited island owned by the school. Students should change into their jerseys, check their prescribed bags and luggage properly and don't forget to bring out their mobile phone. After that, please assemble on the deck. Please keep all your personal belongings in your rooms. Since there's a possibility that you won't be able to go to the toilet for some time, please settle it properly now."

This announcement rolled around. Apparently, the docking point on the private beach is near. It seems like Ike and the others are going back to change with high spirits. I also turned my feet back to the group room. Then I dressed myself in a jersey I used during physical education class, returned to the deck and waited for the boat to reach the island. As we drew closer to the island which was directly ahead, the enthusiasm of first-year students reached its peak..

...]

"I'm really curious now Ayanokouji, about what things you were doing back then." Ryuuen laughed in anticipation.

Horikita who saw the first clue that Ayanokouji had said last year was amazed that the small details were quite difficult to grasp.

[The deck of the anchored ship was too exposed to the sun. No wonder many complaints came out. Class D was standing on the ship ready to go down while enduring the heat, and in the end Horikita joined them too. At first glance it seemed like a usual situation, but something has shifted. There was like a feeling of discomfort and uneasiness. Even Horikita who is usually a methodical and scrupulous person seemed to be anxious about outward appearances. Nevertheless, she kept her black hair tousled not changing completely her own aspect. She looked a bit cold and unconsciously she rubbed her arms while waiting for the landing on the island.

"What have you been up to?"

"I've been just reading a book in my room. "For Whom The Bell Tolls".... You wouldn't know".

C'mon. It was one of Ernest Hemingway's representative works, wasn't it? An unparalleled masterpiece, no doubts about it. I thought about it for a long time, but Horikita's hobby of reading this kind of books is amazing...But, I wonder about the priority of reading even during this wonderful trip. Well, in these circumstances I'm also dubious on whether I favoured the room as a good place to read books or not.

Let's just forget about it. The person herself won't say anything about the topic and to pry inquisitively from here would be rude.

...]

"So you've read the book I was reading back then Ayanokouji-kun?" Horikita asked Ayanokouji.

Hearing Horikita question, Ayanokouji nodded his head, "I did read the book."

Hearing that Ayanokouji said that he had already read the book, Horikita was quite embarrassed for assuming without clear evidence.

"For someone like Horikita, it doesn't look like she usually looks like that right?" Katsuragi asked feeling a little suspicious.

"Suzune did act suspicious back then didn't she?" Ryuuen was quite curious as well by that unusual behavior.

"Could it be that Horikita strange behavior is the clue in this scene?" Kanzaki expressed his suspicions.

Hearing the suspicions of the three of them, the students also began to focus their eyes on every clue.

["So, let's explain the additional rules"

"Additional rules? There's still something else...?"

"Shortly, you will be granted permission to roam freely, but several spots are provided in each part of the island. These spots will be recognized as places simply called 'Rights of Possession', and the class that will have them is entitled to exercise its own rights there. How to use them is a prerogative of the class that got the right. However, the right of possession has validity only for 8 hours from when it takes effect first after which the right is automatically revoked. It means that every time, you get the right to acquire another class. And you can get one bonus point each time you occupy one spot once. Even so, this one point is provisional and cannot be used during the trial. So, it will be settled and added up only at the end of the examination. Due to the school constantly monitoring the situation, there is no room for fraud regarding this rule. It's better to pay attention to this last point"

"Well, then, isn't that important? It's fantastic to come to the point. Leave it all to us!!!"

Sooner than later, Ike begun to ask Yamauchi and others to go searching.

That's also written in the manual in minute details. And various devices that indicated the right of possession were always prepared near the spots. We don't know how many spots are on the island, but it can be said that they should be important factors in the trail. Still...

"I understand that you're impatient, but this rule has a big risk. It's about whether to make use of that risk, take it into consideration and check it. All is written in the manual, including that risk."

As Ms. Chabashira suggested, the manual was written to clarify the special rules and additional rules all organized in bullet points.

– An Exclusive Keycard is required to occupy a spot

– You will get 1 point for each occupation. Occupied spots can be used freely

– If you use a spot occupied by another class without permission, you will get a penalty of 50 points

– The use of Keycards is restricted to the people who became leaders

– Leaders cannot be changed without justifiable reasons

...]

Seeing that this scene was only about Chabashira-sensei explaining the additional rules of the island exam, many students were confused because they didn't see any clues.

Unlike the other students, Ryuuen had already found the true clue of this scene, because he knew that time in the past from Ayanokouji words that Horikita retired for various reasons.

The fifth rule was something Ryuuen suspected because he knew very well that Horikira was the Leader of D class at the time, so it was possible that Horikita retirement was Ayanokouji plan to make him guess the D class leader wrong.

So like that...

But what makes Ryuuen curious is how Ayanokouji will get Horikita who has a stubborn personality to retire while the exams are still ongoing.

["It's nothing". Maybe, I was too mindful, turning around to see.

"I wonder what are the other classes doing. I am a little interested to see how is their attitude. If A Class and B Class thoroughly enforced a plan to restrain the use of their points, we must too, be prepared. In this kind of exam, we cannot let happen a big difference in points."

At that point, I realised that this extraordinary determination might exist. By Horikita's serious look from before. The change of behaviour in someone's every day life by tiredness. A test of scholarly ability may separate the current status quo, but the only antagonism in this test, may be to fight so that we will not fall behind A class at any cost.

"To fall behind upper classes would be so terrible"

"The things that Ms. Chabashira said I thought they were joke at that time, but are you really not interested in moving up to an upper class?"

Ms. Chabashira said some of those things when she bumped into me and Horikita in the consultation room.

"I don't really have doubts on it. Even Ike and others don't want to fall behind A Class, especially. I'm happy if there will be a lot of allowances every month and I would be lucky enough if I can go to A Class"

I don't even know what Hirata and Karuizawa are thinking, to what extent these were their true intentions.

"People who entered this school thought that they entered to make use of those privileges"

Rather than looking discontent, she coughed lightly with a puzzled air. Originally at the time of enrollment, college entrance and place of employment were supposed to be guaranteed by the school. De facto, a lot of students were expecting them.

"What did you choose this school for?"

"About that, can I also say the same? To use openly and shamelessly of those privileges"

"...........I see"

This time she coughed openly in dissatisfaction, looking up to me with a sharp side glance. I think Horikita enrolled here to go to the same school as her brother. I understood so. If not for herself to climb up to A Class, to be recognized by her older brother. In other words, her original purpose in the school changed.

"It's not a pleasant thing to be prying into a person's past.That's a good example of it"

I intended to pierce the nail a little farther, but it seemed like she immediately realized my true intention. I'm trying to find out my past by analyzing this person's past, or perhaps I should say, by analyzing humans/other people thoroughly. That's not a pleasing thing for me. I'd like to do something about it as soon as possible.

...]

Some students who have more mental capacity can see the possible clues in this scene, and that explains Horikita strange behavior in the previous scene which showed Horikita slightly disheveled appearance.

In this scene it shows how Horikira is experiencing symptoms of cough and this is most likely a clue in this scene.

Ryuuen who knew that had also started putting together the puzzle of Ayanokouji plan, but he still felt something was missing because with Horikita stubborn personality, there was no way she would voluntarily retire.

So there is the possibility of Horikita forcibly retiring.

That was what Ryuuen was thinking at the moment, and he felt even more intrigued.

[After hearing Hirata question about students wanting to join the team to explore the surrounding forest.

I've raised my hand a bit later, roughly at the same time as Hirata started to count the number of people.

"Eleven. If one more participated, we could make four teams."

"Are you going too?"

"I'll have to restrain. But it's unusual to see you volunteer so assertively."

"If you don't have a role for some reason, you'll be cut off from class."

When ... A reserved hand beside me was raised. When Hirata saw that hand, he named it in relief.

"Thank you, Sakura-san. We're 12 now. Let's go in 4 teams with 3 persons each. It's 1:30 now so I want you to return here at once at 3:00 regardless of the outcome."

Then each person joined a team as they liked. In a blink of an eye I became a scrap even here.

"Hey, by all means, Ayanokouji-kun."

Said Sakura who was likewise a scrap with nobody calling her, and ...

"Refreshing sun indeed. My body needs energy."

Kouenji Rokusuke. This guy is really gonna cooperate with our research group. Luckily, a son of freedom and a quiet girl. With these two there won't be any difficulty.

...]

"It's weird seeing Kouenji make unnecessary moves like wanting to make a team to explore the surrounding forest." Kanzaki sensed a suspicious situation.

"Could it be a clue in this scene." Some students try to speculate.

Kouenji who hearing the discussion going on ignored them while directing his gaze towards the screen ahead.

["Sakura! We have to hurry up a little"

"Eh?! Uh, yeah!"

Confused by my sudden remark, she started running. I guess it cannot be helped again....

"He sure walks fast, that Kouenji".

Kouenji without thinking at all, about the pace of a girl, he kept walking deeper into the forest. Ignoring that he leads us steadily into unfamiliar territory. On an unknown path, there is nothing to do but rely on our feet and stamina and admire the obedience.

"Nevertheless, he would never...."

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing"

What is the meaning of this. Is this a coincidence? No! There is no hesitation in Kouenji's pace. For example, we chose the place for our base camp in discretion for the sake of the whole team. How is it normal for someone to walk straight forward without looking left or right in unfamiliar territory?. It is like that Kouenji has a pretty clear aim on his mind. Above all the quick progress on the route surprised me. There is a chance that Kouenji just not push forward blindly.

"I will turn my ideals into a path" So I do not get lost willingly.

But there is a problem here. I have to accompany Sakura into matching Kouenji's pace, so I take a deep breath and move forward.

"Hey Kouenji! Don't you think we've come too far away from our base?, We might get lost out here!"

Sakura looked both my way and Kouenji's looking concerned as I called out to him. Kouenji's silhouette stopped and turned our way to face us, as he fixed a strand of his hair.

"I am a genius with the perfect physical ability, there is no way that I will get us lost in a forest of this size. If anything might happen to you that's because you might have lost sight of me and then let's be honest, it would be better if you'd give up"

As I would expect of him, maybe with the exception of myself to make a declaration as a man. The situation around here is not entertaining at all.

"I would like to ask you, ordinary people, don't you think that this is truly beautiful?"

Thinking that he showed us of his perfect nature as always, Kouenji flashed us a daring smile, asking us that question.

"Well.... It is only natural for the forest to be a mysterious place, although, I mostly feel that it is beautiful"

More or less this is how I felt and tried to transmit it. However, Kouenji did not expect this kind of reply, feeling a little disappointed he took a deep breath.

"What are you talking about? This is not what I asked you about! Having a perfect physical condition, myself, I can shine beautifully in this place. You do not understand?

So when you have a perfect body physique, you have to make self proclamation remarks about your body abilities.. Ah, you are right, then. I do not understand.

...]

Seeing the answer given by Ayanokouji to the question given by Kouenji, many students laughed.

While some students are still laughing, some students have started to find clues in this scene.

"Looking at the moves Kouenji made, so there's a chance he's also paying attention to the clue given by the school before the exams begin." Katsuragi felt that might be true.

"Clue? What do you mean...?" Ishizaki was quite confused by his words.

"Before the exams took place the school had given us students a clue by saying that we should watch very meaningful and splendid scenery, and for some strange reason at that time the ship moved around the island three times." Katsuragi explained to Ishizaki.

"But I'm quite curious about Ayanokouji, we've been shown with his situational observation skills, and we all know that his observation skills are very good, but in this scene he acts like he doesn't know what Kouenji is doing, who obviously already knows the route the bottom of the island after observing from the ship spinning three times." Kanzaki said his suspicions.

"With Ayanokouji observational abilities, it's impossible for him to miss the clear clue given by the school at the time before the exam." Kanzaki re-added his words after taking his previous breath.

"Wait a minute..." Horikita interrupted their discussion.

"What's wrong Suzune? Do you have an opinion on this matter?" Ryuuen asked Horikita a question.

"Actually Ayanokouji already knew that the announcement before the exam started was a clue given by the school, Ayanokouji himself told me back then that he already knew about it." Horikita made her point by interrupting their discussion.

Hearing Horikita words, many students started to get confused because if Ayanokouji did know the clue, why was he acting confused with Kouenji making a move like on the screen?

"Could it be that all of you are overthinking his abilities?" Several third year students commented.

"That's impossible, if it's Ayanokouji-kun there's no way he doesn't feel suspicious about the strange announcement given by the school." Sakayanagi felt the situation was starting to get confusing, but for some reason she felt an interest in solving this mystery.

Hearing Sakayanagi confident statement, many students began to fall into a pit of confusion.

[Soon we reached a place. It was the entrance of a cave, empty and unoccupied, built as a large gaping hole in a part of the mountain. At first sight, it seemed like a natural cave, but when you looked at it closely the inside of the cave seemed to be firmly enforced and supported. Maybe the hole itself might have been created by human hands.

"Could it be......a spot, possibly?"

"Well, I'm not sure"

Since time immemorial, caves have fulfilled an outstanding function as people's dwellings. If this is the place designated as a spot, there should be an evidence or proof inscribed somewhere.

When I tried to approach the cave to confirm and check this, I saw a man coming out from the inner depths of the hole.

Immediately, I pulled Sakura's arm, retracting in the shade and hiding. I feel sorry for her and I hope she will forgive me for pulling her abruptly because I've already seen the figure. When the man stopped at the entrance, he stood quietly facing the southwest direction without moving. Did he stand there for a minute or two?

Without wasting any time, this is how you should secure a spot promptly. It seemed like he came straight into the cave without hesitation. However, apart from that, the problem is that the man gripped something similar to a card tightly in his hand. Then, a voice directed to the man could be heard from inside. I retracted immediately in a fluster.

"If this is the size of the cave, two tents are enough, Katsuragi-san. Even so, we were just lucky. We got to hold down such a spot this quickly"

I listened carefully, trying to grasp the situation from a faint voice I was hearing.

"Luck? What have you seen until now? I've figured out there's a cave here since before landing. It was inevitable to find it. Be wary of words and deeds. We don't know if someone's eavesdropping on us somewhere. I have a responsibility as a leader. Let's keep in mind not to do even a slightest mistake."

...]

Seeing that the possibility of the leader of Class A had already been exposed on the first day of the exam, the students couldn't help but laugh at the funny situation.

Seeing the situation displayed on the screen, Katsuragi only sighed at the thought of the careless situation.

"For Katsuragi-kun to make such reckless moves, it is very suspicious." Sakayanagi laughed at the careless behavior.

"What's wrong Katsuragi? How could you do something so reckless like that?" Ryuuen was curious about Katsuragi reckless actions.

"Haah... It was an act of recklessness that I did in giving Yahiko an chance to claim the cave." Katsuragi once again sighed after recalling the incident.

[While everyone was thinking of avoiding this kind of role with such heavy responsibilities, Kushida told everyone to gather and make a circle. In a small voice, she began:

"I had a lot on my mind and I thought about various things but, whether one likes it or not, Hirata-kun or Karuizawa-san stand out as persons. But isn't a leader one that you could rely on and also one that has a deep sense of responsibility? I think that Horikita-san is the one that meets both conditons. How about that?"

Horikita looked like she didn't expect this kind of recommendation from Kushida, but her expression didn't change. I wonder if it's less risky to let her act as a leader since she's always observing and aiming for A class than to let someone else do it. I think the main point is there. I was calmly looking at the reactions around me.

"I agree with Kushida-san's opinion. I also think that Horikita-san can be a good leader. So long as Horikita-san is okay with it too, I would like her to take over later"

Even though all the gazes gathered on her, she didn't particularly appear as she wanted to refuse it.

"You don't want to do it, right? Don't force her. I can do it instead"

Suddenly, Sudo announced his candidature, doubtful as to whether Horikita had decided not to take over. But ironically, that became a trigger for Horikita as she soon made a cool decision.

"Ok, I accept"

Even if it's a little troublesome, I'm relieved since this is more secure than having Sudo or Ike as leader.

As soon as he heard those words, Hirata immediately went to Miss Chabashira to pass on Horikita's name. Before long, he received the card and entrusted it to Horikita when he came back.

...]

Seeing that they had no clue in this scene other than that Horikita was the class D exam leader, most of the students lost interest in this scene.

While some of the other students started to rethink the situation when the ranking announcement happened after the desert island exam took place.

Horikita wasn't in the room at that time and if what Ryuuen said was true then Horikita would have retired before the end of the exam.

[Such an adventure happened on the way back.

There was a girl sitting with her back on a large tree who seemed to have been left behind. She wasn't a D class student. When she realized our presence, she turned her eyes to us only once and then she completely averted her gaze like she had immediately lost interest.

Because another class left her to fend for herself, I immediately understood that the situation of the girl was not a trivial matter. On her cheek, there was a red swelling mark. I knew at first glance that was a sign of a slap, like it was struck by someone. One given with a great force too. When Yamauchi tried to rush to the girl, unconsciously I grabbed his shoulder.

After getting acquainted and a short conversation.

Ibuki accepted Yamauchi invitation to stay in our class camp.

Ibuki got up and took the bag she was carrying and placed it on her shoulder, like it was something troublesome, then she flashed a strange look at Yamauchi. Her eyes flickered as she almost saw something coming.

Well, Yamauchi has to show that he is a man, at least in front of Sakura. Moreover, in order to impress me too with his technique, he offered his hand to the new girl. Truth be told, it was courteously.

"... I'm ok, wait, I'm telling you, I'm ok. Stop it."

We might have Ibuki and her bag into custody, but there is no chance that she will entrust it to us to carry it, if we possibly believe that she will trust us, then we are in denial. The bag left her hands and as it bounced it bumped into a tree with a thud. As the atmosphere became awkward and almost dark Yamauchi apologised.

...]

"Ibuki is quite weird in the scene, but somehow Class D accepts such a suspicious person into their class camp." A certain Snake-kun who was also known as Hashimoto felt Ibuki actions were too suspicious not to be considered weird.

"The class that accepts a suspicious person like that is even weirder." Kamuro found it strange to see a class that accepted someone suspicious like that.

[Lately, I wake up in the morning always way earlier than I thought I would. Tonight, the heat and the humidity made me turn over in my sleep countless times. So, before I even realised it, I was awake already. I felt my back warm and I remembered that in my tent we kept the lamp alight all night. Moreover, I was feeling already sweaty. The subject of how to use the tent, was still a complicated matter, so we kept it unchanged. The night air that was coming in the tent was a blessing, but as soon as the dawn breaks then the temperature is slowly rising. Without wanting to wake up anyone else, I sneaked out of the tent, as quietly as possible. Outside it was like being enclosed by mountains, because a lot of packages were stuffed close to our tent. My classmates, boys and girls alike prefer to keep their things, supplies and bags out of their tents. Because we wanted to do the best out of the use of the tent, we did not bring any of the packages inside.

First, I checked that no one was close around and then, I started looking for a certain thing of a certain color. Yesterday, we found a girl from another class, Ibuki and it is her bag that I am looking for. Because her bag has a different color from those we use in my class, it will be easy to find it.

As soon as I see it, I stretch my hands to take it. While I am opening the zipper slowly, I am thinking that if I get caught by someone this very moment, then I am sure I will be stuck with the stigma of being a pervert. Inside there is a towel, a change of clothes, underwear. Just the fundamentals that everyone would carry in their bags. But, wait, what is this?.....

"A digital camera?!..."

So, I was right... I knew I heard a dull sound yesterday when Yamauchi tried to help get the bag and it fell close to a nearby tree. This is not an item fitting to have on a deserted island . At the bottom of the camera there is the sticker seal that proves it has been lent. Why Ibuki has such a thing? I have to think of the reasons why. If I were in Ibuki's shoes... What would I use this for? As soon as I bring the image in my head, a lot of possibilities are rising into the surface. Well, now that I retrieved a digital camera the first thing that I have to do is to find a source of electricity and try to check what kind of images it has saved in its memory card. There are no traces that proves it has been used, no data that have been uploaded. After I found out what I was looking for, I returned the bag to its place and returned to my tent.

...]

Seeing Ayanokouji suspicious actions on the screen, some of the female students wanted to condemn him for doing such an impolite act like checking a girl bag like that.

But after seeing the next scene which showed a digital camera in Ibuki bag, they canceled their plans.

"Look? Isn't Ayanokouji very suspicious now? A dull sound from someone bag was on his radar, but somehow a clear clue given by the school he didn't know about?" Kanzaki felt the situation becoming increasingly suspicious.

Even though some people had illogical and unreasonable thoughts in their minds about Ayanokouji strange behavior, they didn't say it because it had not been proven true.

Unlike the others, Ibuki felt irritated after seeing Ayanokouji behavior, even though she already knew from Ayanokouji words that her digital camera was damaged by him, for some reason after seeing what Ayanokouji was doing she felt very annoyed and wanted to punch his apathetic face.

Hearing and seeing directly is a very striking difference.

[After breakfast, Horikita returned immediately in the tent and didn't show up anymore. I called out to her in front of the girls' tent. Although there was no reply for a while, a sound of the tent swaying slightly and of cloth rubbing was heard. When that sound stopped, Horikita came out slowly from inside.

"Did you hear the voices a while ago?"

"Yeah, I heard it was a cheap provocation on C class's part"

"I'm a little worried and I'm thinking of going to supervise the situation, do you want to go together?"

"It's something rare...seeing you act by yourself, taking the initiative. Are you ok? Is your physical condition good?"

These are actually words I want to return back to her.

After some talk, Horikita and I set out to see Class C situation.

After arriving at their destination, the situation in Class C was shocking, because Class C didn't show the slightest bit of concern for the exams this time, they were basically on vacation.

"What the hell is C class doing? Does this mean they don't have to save points?"

We could only think that way looking at this. It exceeded the level of splurging.

"Let's check that out. What the hell is C class thinking doing this?"

The two of us walked in on the beach from the bushes, stepping firmly on the sand. One of the male students noticed us and called out to the boy nearby. We couldn't see his face from here well because he leaned his body on a chair. One of the boys immediately rushed to us.

"Err, Ryuuen-san called..."

Said the male student somewhat frightened, or perhaps I should say without drives.

"Just like a king. Using classmates like this. Looks like we're welcomed by the king. What are we going to do?"

"That's on you to decide, Horikita."

"Alright. I wanna know what's going on. Let's go."

We accepted and accompanied the male student. A savory smell of burned meat got into our noses as we approached the sea.

"......This is outrageous."

I realized again how we're not enjoying vacation even a little.

We drew near the guy who seemed to had commanded this dionysia.

"Hey. Were you the one secretly snooping around? What do you want from me?"

"You're doing very good. This really looks like an extravagant spree."

Ryuuen, who was tanning in the chair in his swimsuit, showed his white teeth.

"As you can see. We're enjoying summer vacation." He said this spreading his hands, showing off the entertainment that fully unfolded on the beach.

"This is the trial. Do you understand what that means? Although I'm shocked that you don't understand the rules themselves..."

He was rather disappointed than delighted, being alerted about his incompetence.

"Oh? I'm amazed. Does that mean you're showing humanity even to an enemy like me?"

"If the ones at the top are incompetent, then those under will deal with hardships. That's only pitiful."

Ryuuen only laughed, taking a plastic bottle of water that was next to the radio.

After the talk for a while between Horikira and Ryuuen was over, we started walking back into the forest to see the situation of the other classes.

...]

The students who watched the scene being shown did not see any clues and made them confused because so far they had only found a few clues.

Ryuuen, who had been so focused on watching what was shown on the screen, tried to rethink what situations were being shown on the screen that could be clues to his defeat.

Is that...?

Ryuuen who was thinking back on what was on the screen started to see what was the factor in his defeat, and he couldn't hold back a chuckle from his mouth.

[When I was in deep sleep, I heard the girls' voices coming from outside, all in a bad mood.

"Hey boys, will you gather up?"

She didn't even finish talking that everyone got up promptly and came out in rage. I went to sleep at dawn so I woke up slowly while rubbing the sleep out of my drowsy eyes.

"What the hell... I'm so fucking tired."

An irritated Sudou came out from the tent looking at the others around him.

"What's wrong?"

"Uhm Hirata-kun... Sorry but can you wake up all the boys here? It's serious."

Shinohara notified Hirata looking apologetic. Whether she was confused or angry, Shinohara's appearance was not the problem regardless. A little far away, the girls were glowering at our side.

"Understood. I think they'll soon come out as I give them a shout."

Then, in a couple of minutes the boys came out of their tent rubbing their sleepy eyes. When they began looking at the girls gathered outside the tent, the half-asleep boys sensed an alarming situation.

The girls' eyes, that stared at us boys, were all unusually scared.

"What's wrong, so early in the morning?"

"Sorry Hirata-kun. It's something that doesn't concern you, Hirata-kun but........We've gathered here because there's something I have to check at any cost."

Shinohara gave everyone, except Hirata, a look of contempt and then she spoke.

"This morning, well... Karuizawa-san's underwear was missing. Do you know what that means?

"EH... UNDERWEAR?"

Even Hirata, who was always calm, appeared shaken and upset at the completely unexpected situation. Which reminded me, I couldn't see neither Karuizawa nor the other girls.

"Now Karuizawa-san is inside the tent, crying. Kushida-san and others are comforting her but..."

Saying so, Shinohara looked to the girls' tent.

"Eh? Ehhhhh? What, Why are you glaring at us knowing that the underwear is missing?"

"We decided that someone, in the middle of the night, went through the bag and stole it. The luggage had been put outside so if someone thought of stealing all of it, they could have done so after all."

The boys, still dominated by drowsiness, looked at each other simultaneously.

Hirata seeing the situation getting worse, made the decision to search all the bags held by the male students on the advice of the female students.

...]

Seeing a dispute taking place in Class D, the students with higher mental capacity were able to quickly find out what was really going on.

"Isn't it obvious that it was Ibuki doing?"

"What do you expect from the defect class."

Some students laughed at the dispute that occurred.

Meanwhile in class D.

"This scene reminds me, wasn't it at the time that it happened, Karuizawa was a very insistent person that Ayanokouji-kun was the real thief?" Mori said as if recalling some memories.

"That's right, at that time Karuizawa kept alleging that Ayanokouji was the one who made the mistake." Ichihashi found the situation between the two of them very interesting.

"Even after experiencing such conflict, the two of them can still have a relationship, maybe it's fate."

Hearing her classmate words, some of the girls in class D really didn't like what she said.

["May I have a word with you?"

Since I completed the first stage I thought I'd rest for a while when Ibuki called.

"The discussion about the underwear thief this morning looked very serious. I mean, D class isn't monolithic."

"Hmm, could be. We can't stand various hardships."

"Whatever the reason, as a woman stealing the girls' underwear is unforgivable."

That's right. But why was she telling me this? It wasn't me who was protecting Ibuki but Yamauchi as he was looking after Kushida's group. Since we had a discussion there shouldn't be any special entwined concern...

"Are you doubting me?"

It looked like Ibuki saw my treatment of being a culprit from Shinohara and the others this morning from far away as well.

"Are you the culprit?"

"No, that's not the case."

"Then it's fine. Well, it's not like I have specific proof. It looked like some girls trust you and that boy Hirata. I think the chance of you being the culprit is low."

She had such a conclusion after hearing the argument between Karuizawa and Horikita.

"You have no clue about the culprit?"

"Right now, not at all. I don't want to doubt the guys as much as possible."

"So, who do you think is the culprit?"

Her inquiry was as if she was testing me. I was side glancing Ibuki who was standing right beside me, but she was waiting for the response without facing me. Even so, she continued without an answer:

"If the guys aren't the culprit as you're saying, then the next one who is suspicious is me, a stranger. Someone is certainly doubting me. I might be pretending as if the guys have stolen the underwear. Am I right?"

She said so in self-mockery as if being fully aware that she herself is a suspect. I replied to her in a moment full of feelings:

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"I wonder if you at least trust me. I don't think you're the culprit."

I answered this to Ibuki without hesitation. She looked at me a bit surprised as if wanting to make sure that this is true. When my eyes matched hers, she looked away.

"... Thank you. I didn't think you'd be so kind."

"It's just an honest answer."

The reason I could answer so honestly is because I trusted her only by looking at her sincere eyes.

...]

Ibuki who saw how Ayanokouji was thinking honestly, couldn't hold back her emotions, "It doesn't make sense!"

Hearing Ibuki swear so loudly, many students turned their eyes to her.

"What's wrong, Ibuki?" Katsuragi asked her.

"Ayanokouji actions are completely unreasonable." It wasn't Ibuki who answered but Ryuuen.

"Unreasonable how?" Kanzaki questioned Ryuuen.

"In the future maybe you will understand what I mean, but I will give you a little clue. At least I can be sure that Ayanokouji knows that it was Ibuki who broke his class solidarity by stealing Karuizawa underwear." Ryuuen smiled saying the clue.

"If he finds out about that, why does he still believe Ibuki and say that it's his honest thoughts for him to believe Ibuki wasn't the culprit?" Kanzaki was very skeptical about the situation.

"That's still a mystery, with his observational abilities it should be pretty easy to see." Ryuuen felt again the confusion he had felt in the past when he faced Ayanokouji.

["Could you show it to me?"

"Huh? Here?"

"It's rather convenient here. It's too suspicious in the basecamp."

"... That's true, but what will you do when you see the card?"

I explained the situation to Horikita who was giving me suspicious look.

"To be honest, I was being silent until now. Since I was together with Sakura she can confirm it later, but I saw students having some kind of keycard on the first day."

I told Horikita about Katsuragi obtaining the card in front of the cave.

"However, I'm not sure if that was really the keycard. I haven't properly seen the thing. I wouldn't joke about the thrown telephone card, right?"

"... Right. If you're absolutely positive, then that's a huge accomplishment."

Being convinced of the reason, Horikita turned to alert Ibuki and secretly took out the card. I received and checked its front and back. The back side was the usual magnetic card, but as Ms Chabashira said the front side was having the proof of the leader. The name of Suzune Horikita was carved. Even when I tried touching it with hands, I understood it wasn't something to be peeled off.

"Well? Is it the same card Katsuragi-kun had?"

"No... Hmm. I thought I'd know seeing it... But it's of a different color than I remember."

"There's a possibility that the keycard is of different color depending on the class."

"Indeed. But there's a shortage of material to decide. If we make a mistake we can't recover."

When I tried to return the card, I dropped it from my hand on the ground.

"Oh!"

At the same time I let my voice in panic, Horikita immediately reached out her hand to pick it up. She put the card in her jacket, but due to the noise we naturally gathered the attention of surroundings.

"What happened?"

Kushida looked over here a bit worriedly. Ibuki as well.

"No, it's nothing. There was a bug and I got surprised. Yuck."

When I looked at Horikita apologizing, she glared at me terrified.

"S-sorry..."

...]

Suspicious.

That's how most students feel about the situation happening on the screen.

How is it possible for someone to commit almost the same recklessness twice.

"This.....? There's no way he was purposely giving Ibuki a clue that the leader card is with Horikita right?" Katsuragi couldn't contain his surprise.

"Why would even he do that on purpose? You're probably thinking too much."

Some students agreed with his opinion, as to why someone would want to do something that would harm the class.

"No, we learned beforehand that Ayanokouji is a martial arts practicer and his level might not even be lower than Horikita Manabu, so it's certain that he has at least some ability to control his body well, so there's almost no chance of him taking action reckless like that twice." Katsuragi spoke his mind.

"Could it be that just like with Kushida matter, Ayanokouji had some secret thoughts of dropping his class leader card near Ibuki and he even screamed in panic which would be a strange move for Ayanokouji to do." Kanzaki said his analysis too.

"Most likely Ayanokouji purposely gave Ibuki a clue as to who holds the D-class leader card." Ryuuen was now starting to feel Ayanokouji scheme.

Hearing the theory the three of them were talking about, many students were confused because they didn't know what the benefit of making such a reckless move was.

[Horikita became extremely furious and took a distance from me.

"Did she dump you?"

Yamauchi approached grinning.

"Look, Yamauchi. I have to ask for advice so would you lend me your ear?"

"What is it, is the consultation fee for love expensive?"

"This vicinity's ground is full of mud due to rain, right? I want you to put this mud all over Horikita's hair. Can I ask you that?"

"... Huh? If I do that I'd get killed! I certainly won't do that!"

Of course, I understood I won't get an agreement. However, this was an act that was too unnatural for me to carry out. Since Yamauchi is normally good at telling lies and doing pranks, I thought he could pull off this stunt.

"You know, even if Horikita gets mad at me it's still uncool to do a revenge."

"Maybe if you do it, you'll get an opportunity to get an email address from Sakura."

"Whaa—- !?"

"How's that?"

"Huh, Sakura's email address... Hm. I, I'll do it."

Boy that lives for love quickly decides to die for it. This decisiveness is amazing.

"Are you absolutely sure? If you're lying I won't do it."

When I gave a sign, Yamauchi gathered up a lot of near-by mud with both hands and turned behind Horikita's back. If she had not been ill, she might have noticed signs, but Horikita couldn't afford to pay attention to her surroundings now. Kushida and Ibuki, noticing the bizarre behavior of Yamauchi, were watching curiously. And then, Yamauchi did it. With all one's strength he covered Horikita's beautiful black hair in mud with both hands. He filled her up all over with both hands. He didn't have to overdo it, but well...

"Ahaha! Horikita, you're full of mud! Funny!"

Like a youngster, Yamauchi laughed at the prank pointing finger.

As if she couldn't grasp the situation for a moment, Horikita didn't move for a while. However, when she understood it, she got up and without words grabbed Yamauchi's hand that was pointing at her.

In a moment of confusion Horikita threw away Yamauchi.

...]

Seeing what Ayanokouji did to make Yamauchi do the act of covering Horikira hair with mud, and getting a clue that Horikita was sick when it happened.

Many students started to analyze what clues were in this scene, but after a while they found no useful clues other than that Horikira was sick at the time.

As for Ryuuen he just fell silent and started laughing loudly.

"Ayanokouji you are indeed a terrible human being, to make your class win in this exam, you even used a plan like this." Ryuuen laughed finally understanding how Ayanokouji whole plan was going.

Now he could almost understand how that person made Horikita retire from the exam.

[I was waiting 15 minutes in front of the boys' tent for Horikita to come out. She stood stock still for a while, laying her eyes down to check up her condition. She then slowly raised her head looking around. When her eyes met mine, her pupils swayed for a moment. Her figure approaching me with heavy footsteps didn't seem to be frail.

"... Ayanokouji-kun. Could you come for a moment..."

I turned around once again to check if Ibuki lined in front of the shower room.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Follow me... We can't talk here."

With only uttering this, Horikita left the camp moving towards the forest.

"What happened? Are we going to enter the forest searching for food again?"

Horikita kept on walking without answering my calls. She stopped once we couldn't see the camp anymore. Horikita turned back wanting to say something, but hesitated for a moment as if having second thoughts.

"... It was my negligence. I wanted to say to you after I realized it was a mistake. Is that alright?"

"Mistake?"

"... It is stolen."

"Y-you aren't saying you underwears were stolen, are you?"

"No. Even worse. The thing stolen is... key card. It was a complete mistake."

Falling into self-hatred, Horikita showed a facial expression I hadn't seen until now.

"I wanted to talk to you since I trust you. I couldn't consult with someone who might be a culprit. It's so embarrassing I want to die..."

I was honored to hear that, but I couldn't possibly rejoice in front of her when she was feeling down.

...]

"How could it be...?" Kanzaki who started to understand the secret plan carried out by Ayanokouji could only be surprised.

"Is it possible that all Ayanokouji wanted by using Yamauchi to cover the mud in Horikita hair was to give Ibuki a chance to get the leader card?" Katsuragi felt a similar feeling to Kanzaki.

"That might be true, there's no mistaking that maybe this is what Ayanokouji really wanted." Ryuuen laughed happily seeing how he had come to understand the plan that Ayanokouji had put in place.

Many students who heard the theory of the three of them fell silent, somehow their minds couldn't process that there was a student who deliberately exposed the weakness of his class to their enemy.

[After about 10 minutes, Horikita came back and felt the uneasy air of the campsite. It was because of the dark smoke that could be seen from the back of the temporary toilet.

It was too early to make a fire. She also noticed that the place where this was coming from was very strange.

"What's that smoke? What on earth happened?"

As I joined Horikita, I caught Ike's tension nearby and asked him about the situation.

"This is serious. It's a fire! Fire! Something is burning behind the toilet!"

All the girls who were lined up in front of the shower room are gone. As soon as they heard that a fire broke out, they must have left in a hurry.

"I can't see Ibuki. The fire might have been her work. Where is she?"

"As soon as she noticed the fire, she just walked there."

I hurried to the back of the temporary toilet, there were Hirata and the others.

Ibuki was also there.

Horikita was ready to call out Ibuki, however the moment she saw her profile, she hesitated. Because Ibuki's expression was so genuine. She couldn't hide her confusion about the fire. That's the face she was making.

"Does that mean... She didn't do this?"

Such doubts attacked Horikita, causing her confusion.

If it was for the key card to be stolen, it had to be Ibuki. If there was a fire, only Ibuki could have caused it. Nevertheless, Ibuki was still on the scene and acted surprised by the fire.

When I looked into the origin of the fire, there was something left after the east side of the papers got burnt. But since most of it had been already turned into soot, I couldn't tell exactly what it was, as I saw it just for a moment.

However, some parts that had not burned completely looked familiar, so the moment I saw them, I realised.

"Did the manual get burnt?"

Horikita also noticed the same thing, so she raised the question.

"Yup. Apparently, it looks like that. Who would do this?..."

"... It's one after another...."

Horikita gave a small cough and looked down regretfully.

...]

"Isn't it really you who caused the manual burning on the screen?" Ryuuen asked Ibuki once more.

"Didn't I say last year that it wasn't me who did the burn." Ibuki started to feel annoyed after being asked again by Ryuuen like the previous year.

"If Ibuki didn't do that then who did?"

After saying those words, most of the students turned their eyes to someone who was currently feeding popcorn with his girlfriend.

Could it be that he really did that?

It feels a bit unbelievable.

[August 7th. At last, our never-ending short life on the uninhabited island was reaching its end. Was our minimal salvation lying in the fact that we spent our time having modest fun in this cruel survival?

There was still no sight of Mr Mashima and others when noon arrived. It was time to end.

"I'll announce a tally of the trial's result. Please wait for a moment. Due to the trial being already over, we're kindly asking people wanting to use toilets or drink to use the rest spot."

With this announcement, the students went to gather in the rest spot in unison. Among others, there were tables and chairs prepared under the temporary tent and it seemed as if you could take plenty of rest. There was no sign that Kouenji, Horikita or retired students were waiting on the cruise ship. Sudou who was always with Ike and the others was standing still, looking up at the cruise ship.

Due to most of C class' students retiring during the roll call of the second day, there was no one left in this spot. I couldn't find Ibuki anywhere on the sandy beach as if she had also retired. Only the bizarre sight of Ryuuen was ahead us.

"Why is he... Why only Ryuuen hasn't retired?"]

"It was quite a shock at the time, wasn't it? Knowing that Ryuuen, who we thought had retired before the end of the exam, reappeared in the room as the leader of Class C." Several students of class A and class B exchanged opinions.

Many other students also felt the same way back then last year, they really didn't expect that Ryuuen was still taking the desert island exam.

[When Hirata and I peeped from a distance, he turned his head in our direction as if being aware of our gazes. He then slowly moved closer as if thinking something. Tension arose in the air.

"Oi, stalkers. What happened to Suzune?"

"Horikita-san retired yesterday. She's not here."

"... Retired? Suzune? She doesn't seem like a girl that would retire."]

"Horikita-san retiring is an unreasonable act and deserves suspicion." Several students who knew Horikita stubborn personality commented.

Looking at the things that were displayed on the screen, some of the students already knew through Ryuuen beforehand that Horikita retired early.

But that's what's suspicious, Horikita retiring early is a very suspicious thing.

With her stubborn personality, it was absolutely impossible for Horikita to retire in the exams voluntarily.

["That's..."

The squeaky sound of the speaker's switch-on enveloped the beach and Mr Mashima appears. The first years hurried to form a line, but Mr Mashima stopped them with a sign of his hands.

"You may relax, now. The exam has already finished. Now, this part is our summer vacation. It is alright to act more freely."

Even so, the students were still naturally tense and their chatter disappeared instantly.

"This past week, We, the teachers were able to keep an eye on your efforts in the special examination. There were students who took this exam directly up front and those who used their scheming abilities into this exam. Various things happened, but I think that the test results were splendid, overall. We appreciate your hard work."

The students felt kind of relieved hearing the praise from Mr Mashima. Finally, we were starting to feel like we had finished this one week exam.

"Well, then, without further ado, I would like to announce the final result of the special exam."

Perhaps no one, including our homeroom teacher, had seen through the results of this test.

"We will not accept any questions or inquiries about the test results. You should accept the outcome of the exam and then we would like you to analyze them and use them to help you for the next exam."

"It is what it is. Do not lose your temper. Accept the reality, properly, alright?"

"It is you guys from Class C that should be worried, you used all your points, right? Ridiculous!"

Sudou made fun of the well-known recklessness of Class C.

"We are left with 125 points, including the bonus points that we accumulated. I think that we are going to be fine."

Hirata may have felt a little irritated by Ryuuen's unreasonable provocation. So he answered with a sense of pride. Ryuuen on the other way, acted disgusted towards Hirata's immature words and made a gesture like vomiting.

"Oh! I envy the nerve of the small fry, when they are satisfied with such a small amount of points."

"It does not matter what you say, Class C still gets 0 points."

"Oh ho ho. You are not to decide on your own. Certainly, we have used up all our 300 points. However, have you forgotten the additional rules of this exam?"

"... You are saying that you are going to expose our class leader, that's what it is."

"That's right. I wrote it on the paper, didn't I? The name of the leader of your Class D!"

Me and also Hirata tried not to show any emotion on our faces, but Sudou felt the shock of these words in his face.

"And I did the same thing to our colleagues from Class A and Class B. Do you understand what that means?"

"Wait a minute. What do you mean? Hey!? If this is true..."

"Your false assumption against Class D, along with your other wrong guesses will result in a penalty and you will lose 100 points in total."

That moment, I heard Mr Mashima's voice from the loudspeaker.

"Well, now we will announce the ranking of the special exam. The lowest is Class C with 0 points."

"Bwahahaha.. Look! I told you! No points at all! Laughable!"

As soon as he heard the results, Sudou laughed heartily holding his belly, ridiculing Ryuuen.

"0 points?"

Ryuuen didn't seem to understand the situation, he was rather in shock. Mr Mashima continued with the announcement of the results without hesitation.

"Subsequently, in the 3rd place is Class A with 120 points. Second place is Class B with 140 points."

A commotion broke out. They were rankings and points that no one had expected.

I wondered if it was because they couldn't hide their embarrassment about their mistake on the numbers they calculated.

"And Class D..."

Instantly, Mr Mashima's movements stiffened. However, his speech soon resumed.

".... Got first place with 225 points. This concludes the announcement of the test results."

The students of Class D, except for Hirata, were the most confused by this situation. Even Hirata, just smiled excitedly, not being able to believe it either, even if he was the only person who was aware of the situation, beforehand.]

Seeing how their situation was in the past, the D-class students began to recall their memories back then, even though at that time they thought Horikita was the one who did the petrification of the class.

If there wasn't a Theater Room maybe they didn't know that Ayanokouji had been behind the scenes controlling every classroom situation that occurred.

In retrospect, it felt like they were so blind not to see how Ayanokouji was always there in every class trouble that occurred.

[The exam was over and the first year students scattered around. Two hours later, when the ship seemed ready to depart, we still played in the sea. We took our time to get on board feeling relaxed. I also began to walk, boarding the ship.

"Yo! Ladies and gentlemen. How was your week on the deserted island?"

On the deck of the ship, with a drink in one hand, Kouenji greeted Class D.

"Kouenji, you jerk! Because of you, we lost 30 points, you know what am I talking about, right?

"Calm down, Ike boy. I was sick in bed, in bad condition. I had no other choice, right?

Shiny and glossy, I could tell that he tanned his skin spending the whole week on the ship. Also, saying these things while looking perfectly fine, gave you not even a fragment of persuasive power.]

"Even if it's in the past, you should feel happy and blessed to be able to see this perfection of me again." Kouenji praised himself while looking at his perfect reflection in the mirror.

Hearing Kouenji narcissistic words, not many students wanted to argue with someone like him.

Arguing with people like Kouenji was a mistake and they didn't want to be a student who was sacrificed for the insults that Kouenji would throw.

[A little later than the moment when Kouenji was blamed all at once by the boys, Horikita showed up. She was still pale as if she hadn't been in good shape yet. The students who noticed the presence of Horikita gathered naturally around her.

"Su.. Suzune, are you feeling better, now?"

Sudou spoke hesitantly, but approached Horikita anyway, by calling her by her first name.

"Not too bad. I can't say that I am in perfect condition, yet. Above all, retiring was my big failure."

"Don't worry about it."

It seemed like Horikita accepted to be called by her first name, so naturally. That was unexpected.

"By the way, Sudou. Do not call me Suzune without my permission, got it?"

"Oops... Understood."

Apparently, she didn't accept it. Sudou had no other choice but to bow in agreement.

"But what is the meaning of this? How did Class D get the 1st place?"

They had gained evidence of who was our leader, so I made Horikita retire. If I let this happen, in terms of calculation, I guess we would have been close to 0 points.

"That's right. How did this happen Hirata! I do not get it, at all!"

Hirata is asked to give an appropriate answer, but there seemed to be something that needed to be solved before that.

"Well... Karuizawa. First of all, I think you have something to tell to Horikita, right?"

Having said that, he called out to Karuizawa who was hiding behind Shinohara. Karuizawa after being called, approached Horikita, slowly.

"... Horikita, can I talk to you for a second, please?"

"Yes. There is something that you should talk about with me. Isn't that right?"

Horikita closed her eyes as soon as she saw Karuizawa making a small nod in agreement. Karuizawa answered about things like the underwear theft incident and about using our points selfishly and acknowledged that since the identity of our leader became known, Horikita had to retire.

In other words we had to accept her words, no matter what she had said before. That's what her facial expression was telling us.

"I'm sorry."

Karuizawa apologized, just a little bluntly but with a regretful expression on her face.

"It was Ibuki the one who stole my underwear. I heard it all about it from Ayanokouji."

"Eh?"

Horikita, who was prepared to be abused, was puzzled by an apology she did not expect about actions she did not remember.

"Horikita, you realized that Ibuki was the thief, and you questioned her, so she tried to escape, didn't she? I was told that this is the reason why you ended up sick."

Horikita turned to me, startled by Karuizawa's unexpected words.

Somehow I felt awkward and averted my gaze.

"And I heard it from Hirata first. He said that you, Horikita had seen through the leaders of Class A and Class C. That's why this time, our points were this high, so... I'm sorry for all the things I said."

Having said this, Karuizawa returned immediately close to the other girls.

"Wait a minute. I... found out about the other leaders, you say. But I retired."

"You do not have to be humble, Horikita. I am sure we had this result because your answers about the leaders were absolutely correct."

I felt the doubts rising up in Horikita's head. About this enigmatic result on the test, I think it made sense to everyone but her, at least for the time being.

"Wait, Ayanokouji...What are you..."

Horikita tried to talk to me in the midst of the confusion and joy of many students.

However, Horikita, being the leader of this victorious test, was surrounded by our classmates at once.

"Horikita, you are really awesome! A true genius, right?!"

"When I heard that you retired, I was concerned about what would going to happen, but everything turned out to be okay."

"Just, hold on a second!?"

As she was bombarded with questions from girls and boys, alike, I clasped my hands in prayer for the successful result and then I retreated.]

Seeing Horikita cute behavior when she was praised by many of her classmates, many students started laughing because after seeing the scene that was showed here earlier.

They really couldn't believe that if Ayanokouji didn't have a hand in the victory that this lowest class had.

As for class D.

"It's quite embarrassing to see myself in the past praising the wrong person back then." Sato hid her blushing face.

"Don't worry about it, maybe all D-class students feel the same way." Matsushita tried to calm Sato down.

"Even though we've been misunderstanding the situation of our class all this time, Horikita is still the true leader of class D." Mori spoke her mind.

"That's right, Suzune is the one who deserves to take the title of class leader." Sudou said confidently.

[Well, I was glad that it ended good. Our Class took first place and Horikita became popular. I guess, she could make it through, just fine. Meanwhile, I woule try not to get caught up by somebody else and rest in my room. Just when I thought so, I ended up meeting a death god, instead.

"Can I have a few words with you?"

"It is really a bad time for invitations. Ms Chabashira. May I refuse?"

"If you don't want to, then I guess I'll just start talking here. Is it okay with you if we attract attention?

"Because it's hot, be brief please."

I walked to the opposite side of the ship so that Ms Chabashira could take the lead. People were completely out of sight here. When there was silence I broached out the topic.

"Is it okay for me to think that you are satisfied with this for the time being?"

"Yeah. Firstly, let me say that it was admirable. Honestly, I was impressed."]

"So it's most likely that Ayanokouji behind-the-scenes moves are just to keep his peaceful life safe from this teacher senseless threat."

Several students agreed with his opinion, and they were quite curious what if Class D was led by him from the start.

["Then tell me now, is it true that «that man» demanded that I drop out of school?"

Ms Chabashira leaned her back on the palisade and and looked up at the sky.

".....Is there an actual basis that make you say that this story is true?"

"I know a lot more than you think about you. Don't you think that's enough basis? Other faculty members and teaching staff don't know about your true abilities. But I have no doubt about them."

Something else was in doubt. It was true that I did something that made me stand out for the entrance examination's question, but none of the teaching staff should have known about my insider knowledge. This time, the order of things will be amusing. Ms Chabashira said she had been in contact with that man recently. As expected, this person was hiding something.

"You've probably heard about the famous myth of the wings of Icarus."

"What's wrong with that?"

"Icarus flew away from the tower he occupied to gain freedom. But that didn't happen because of his own power as a person. It happened because his father Daedalus designed and constructed the wings and made them fly. He didn't fly because of his own intention or purpose. Don't you think this is the spitting image of you right now?"

"I don't understand."

"That man.......no, your father said this. Kiyotaka will choose the way and the road that, in the end, will make him drop out on his own. It means that your ending will be like Icarus'. The same Icarus who burned his wings flying too close to the sun. The same Icarus who fell into the ocean and died."]

"Somehow I feel embarrassed after knowing that the words that Chabashira-sensei said confidently were lies."

Atsuomi Ayanokouji who heard this teacher confident words only snorted coldly and lost interest after seeing such behavior.

Tsukishiro who saw Chabashira-sensei funny behavior on the screen just chukled, because he felt this teacher confident behavior who boldly mentioned that she was very knowledgeable about Ayanokouji Kiyotaka information was quite funny.

First year D class teacher Shiba just shook his head.

[So that's what Icarus' wings is about.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"You should know, Ms. Icarus will continue not to follow Daedalus' advice."

Despite the burned wings, Icarus will continue to fly as much as he can. Seeking freedom.]

[Episode Thirteenth Teater Room, Behind the Scenes. End]

Seeing the screen that was slowly turning pitch black, many students started discussing everything that was happening on the screen.

Most of the students did not understand all the instructions in the previous show.

Meanwhile, some students who have more mental capacity can understand everything that happened, and they are just waiting for the next episode which will show how it all happened.

They felt the next episode would be very interesting.

Atsuomi Ayanokouji who saw the expression his son spoke on the screen, felt that the progress he had experienced was enormous.

From someone who couldn't go against orders in the past, to the person he is today.

Episode Thirteenth Theater Room ends with the students feeling that the next episode will be very interesting and a father watching his son development.

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