Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

"Didn't Horikita say she doesn't trust Hirata? Then why don't we just let her search them?"

"That's right, we all believe in Hirata."

Ayanokouji was quite satisfied with the current situation, because he was certain that Horikita would protect him. However, if it weren't for Kamio, she probably wouldn't have thought of this.

To come up with such a perfect solution in such a short time, Kamio is truly amazing. I owe him a huge favor this time.

Thinking of this, Ayanokouji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“In that case, I will search Ayanokouji, Hirata-kun will search Yamanouchi, and as for Ike… Shinohara, didn’t you suspect Ike was hiding something? I’ll leave her to you. You can rest assured now, right?”

"Who's going to search that guy?"

"Who wants to be searched by that guy?"

Ike and Shinohara refuted in unison, but it was obviously too late, because the girls thought Horikita's words made a lot of sense.

“Yeah, Shinohara, you should search Ike. I also think he’s the most suspicious.”

"Please, Shinohara."

Under pressure from so many girls, Shinohara had no choice but to hold her nose and walk to Ike's side, quickly searching him over and over again before giving up.

"He didn't have it on him."

"Yamachi-kun didn't have any either."

Hirata then ended the search.

As for Horikita...

"Unfortunately, Ayanokouji doesn't have any either."

Immediately, Yamauchi and Ike looked at Ayanokoji and Horikita with disbelief.

"That's strange... I thought it must have been those three guys who did it."

Shinohara said with a distressed expression, then turned her gaze to Tatsuya Kamio, who was watching the scene unfold.

"And him, he suddenly burst out laughing just now, probably because he felt that the investigation hadn't reached him."

By now, Shinohara's desire was no longer simply to seek justice for Karuizawa; it was purely a personal grudge, and he had to drag Tatsuya Kamio down with him.

Seeing that Ayanokouji and the other two didn't put up any resistance, this guy gradually lost sight of himself.

And then Shinohara, oblivious to the danger, went to pick a fight with Kamio Tatsuya.

As the person whose underwear was stolen, Karuizawa was practically cursing her to death in his heart.

In reality, she had no intention of offending Tatsuya Kamio at all, but she couldn't bring herself to stop him because, although Shinohara's motives were no longer pure, he had initially been on her side.

If she tries to stop her, she will lose the girl's trust.

So, hiding in the crowd, she could only look at Hirata with pitiful eyes, but unfortunately, Hirata didn't notice her gaze at all.

"Enough! Shinohara, haven't you made enough of a scene?"

Seeing Shinohara's unreasonable behavior, Horikita, for once, lost her temper.

"What do you mean I've had enough? Horikita, whose side are you on anyway?"

Shinohara was very dissatisfied and looked at Horikita with great displeasure.

"Of course I'm on the side of fairness. Now that we've already conducted a close search on the three boys, it's the girls' turn."

"Alright, whoever wants to step forward for an inspection, hurry up. Of course, I have no objection to a search if you want."

Horikita's words left the girls looking at each other in bewilderment.

Although they were not afraid of being searched directly, it would be too humiliating to stand out in public and be searched as a suspect.

Now that things have come to this, they finally understand how the boys felt.

Chapter 120 Thank you for your hard work, classmates!

After Horikita said that, the girls immediately fell silent. Seeing the mockery in the boys' eyes, they all felt humiliated.

The boys, on the other hand, were extremely pleased. They thought, "You suspected us, didn't you? It seems you haven't cleared yourselves of suspicion either."

Let's see who's afraid of losing face, come on!

No one in the silent D-class camp wanted to leave. Even those who needed to use the restroom were holding it in, afraid of missing any good show.

Moreover, whoever leaves first will likely be immediately accused of stealing underwear.

However, remaining in this stalemate was not a good idea, and at this moment, the person who stepped forward surprised everyone.

“I said, instead of us in the class being suspicious of each other, aren’t there more suspicious people around?”

The speaker was a girl named Matsushita Chiaki, who was usually very close to Karuizawa.

Did this guy just stumble upon something by accident?

Was it intentional?

When internal conflicts cannot be resolved, they are pushed outwards; this is the basic approach to resolving internal conflicts.

And Matsushita Chiaki's words had just that effect.

Her words directly awakened the boys and girls in the opposing classes.

Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to Ibuki, who was standing at the very edge of the crowd. The boys and girls who had previously disliked each other now turned their anger towards Ibuki.

"W-what? You can't find the culprit, so you're going to pin the blame on me?"

Being watched by thirty or forty people like that, Ibuki also felt a little nervous.

"Since Ibuki-san is from Class C, it wouldn't be surprising if she did something that seemed to interfere with Class D..."

"Since you doubt me, then I can leave, right?"

As he spoke, he walked directly to one side of the campsite and picked up the backpack with the unusual color.

Wow, this guy's reaction is really something.

It seems that stealing the underwear was indeed not Long Yuan's order, but rather this guy's own idea.

To be fair, this tactic actually works against the stupid Class D.

"Ibuki-chan, calm down. We don't think you're a criminal."

Ibuki only feigned grievance, and Yamauchi immediately fell for it.

Then, Kushida ran over to comfort Ibuki, saying that everyone was just in a hurry.

With a common suspect, the relationship between the boys and girls eased considerably.

Unfortunately, the relationship between the boys and girls in Class D has already developed cracks, and if no one is able to step up and mend it, it will inevitably erupt sooner or later.

This is why the girl is still unwilling to continue living with the boy and demands a division of living space.

Kamio Tatsu wasn't particularly interested in this either. He had already achieved his goal of disrupting the internal environment of Class D, so he simply left the camp with the troops that went out to explore.

However, after this incident, Tatsuya Kamio realized once again just how incredible the people in Class D were, and he had another reason to leave Class D.

Yeah, I'll use that as an excuse then.

Inside the camp, Ayanokouji secretly approached Hirata and took out his underwear from his pocket.

“This, this is…”

“Ike found it in his backpack and then forced it on me,” Ayanokouji explained. “Kamio must have seen what happened at the time, so he told Horikita about it.”

Hirata could guess what would happen next.

In order to maintain harmony in the class, Horikita took action.

"I understand." Hirata wasn't angry about this, but instead began to analyze the situation calmly. "I don't think the culprit is a classmate of ours, because there's no need to put it in the bag."

Ayanokouji nodded; he shared Hirata's view that the culprit was Ibuki from Class C.

"If it's alright, can I keep your underwear?"

"It's possible... but is this a good idea?"

"The worst-case scenario is that I'm treated like a criminal. If the victim is me, the harm will be minimal, since I'm also her boyfriend."

Hirata took the underwear from Ayanokouji and put it into a plastic bag.

Meanwhile, after leaving the camp, Kamio Tatsuya didn't go anywhere else. Instead, he was thinking about what to do if he couldn't get a large number of points through the exam.

In the current first grade, classes C and D are basically useless, as their low class points result in low efficiency in accumulating points.

In Class B, Tatsuya Kamio was still reluctant to trick Ichinose.

If that's the case, then only the class remains...

So, how do we scam them?

As he pondered this, Tatsuya Kamio began to form the initial outline of a plan.

Implementing this plan requires help and prior site scouting. Let's go scout the location today.

After touching the digital camera in his pocket, Tatsuya Kamio made up his mind.

Ban's main base is located in a cave in the northern part of the island, and there are many outposts around that cave.

Kamio Tatsu also needs to figure out the movements of those guys in the squad, and then find suitable places to set traps among these strongholds.

At that time, we may need another person to assist us.

Kamio Tatsuya was incredibly lucky. Although he found several bases based on his memory, the time at each base still had several hours left before the end of the day.

This means there's no chance he'll be discovered by the class.

Moreover, there are indeed suitable places to set traps in these strongholds.

Soon, there was only one place left to explore: a tall tower near the center of the island. This stronghold was very conspicuous, and if it was this place, it would be the perfect spot to set a trap.

However, when Tatsuya Kamio arrived, he found that there were already guests here.

And he was in Class D.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, what are you doing here?

And he was surrounded by the students in his class?

Kamio Tatsuya was a little dumbfounded. Was my luck a little too good?

System, did you really not give me any luck attribute boost?

In Tatsuya Kamio's view, two boys surrounded Ayanokouji, one of whom was holding a tree branch and pointing it at Ayanokouji's throat.

Hey, do you think you're wielding a holy sword?

Do you really think this will make Ayanokouji surrender?

Well, he really surrendered.

Ayanokouji offered no resistance and answered whatever the other person asked.

Hey, hey, hey, Ayanokouji, what are you doing?

In this situation, you're not going to fight back? There are no security cameras here, you know. Even if you beat them all up, they wouldn't dare do anything!

This scene made Tatsuya Kamio re-evaluate Ayanokouji.

At that moment, another person searched Ayanokouji and found a ballpoint pen and a piece of paper in his pocket.

Even though I don't know what it is, it doesn't matter. And my classmates, you did a great job. This is the moment I wanted.

Tatsuya Kamio raised his digital camera and meticulously documented the scene.

Looking at the scene captured by the digital camera, Tatsuya Kamio nodded.

Well, my photography skills are pretty good, aren't they?

I wonder what the reaction will be when Katsuragi and his classmates see this.

Ban still has over a thousand private points, which means they can earn over 100,000 private points every month.

However, a portion of this will soon be mine.

It's really great that you guys have maintained such high scores!

On the platform, Ayanokouji was finally released after being questioned by her classmates for quite a while.

After being released, he looked at the place where Tatsuya Kamio had been hiding and a slightly puzzled expression appeared on his face.