Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

Is it this one?

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Silence is better than sound.

The image on the phone disappeared completely in the darkness, and the sound of the monitor being crushed echoed in my mind.

Tsk, I was discovered after all.

Although I can prevent him from controlling Karuizawa this time, I know that guy will still succeed after this. Rather than doing that, it is better to make the facts clear and confirm the fact that Karuizawa has become a pawn.

"..."

"How rare..."

"I knew what was going to happen and anticipated what he would do, but I had a plan but didn't try to stop him. This is really rare—"

I brushed the hair in front of my eyes, walked into the bathroom with a cup of water, and squinted at myself in the mirror.

The next moment, I raised the cup and poured the water down, intending to clear my mind, but I subconsciously turned my head away and avoided the water column.

In this way, water and clarity flow separately.

Chapter 103 Are you avoiding me?

It was the last day of the special exam for favored students. Although the school gave students a day off yesterday, a day on a cruise ship full of entertainment activities was not a break at all. Instead, students felt reluctant to leave because the good time passed so quickly. Perhaps it would increase their psychological burden.

Brunch is an English word I just learned today. It is the contraction of breakfast and lunch. I looked up this word because I realized that my weekend state is quite different from that of the urban people. I always eat breakfast and lunch together.

I was having a hard time figuring out what to call it, so I searched the Internet and found out that there is such a combination of words - breakfast and lunch. It sounds random, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that it is indeed the case.

After having a good meal and a few drinks, we had our fifth discussion.

"How many defeats have you had in a row?"

"Because we won the last hand yesterday, it's only our sixth losing streak now."

"It's amazing that you can say 'just' when facing a six-game losing streak."

"Think about it from another perspective. My ability to draw joker cards is much weaker than yours. It's not bad that I can struggle for this long."

"You no longer care about winning or losing, but are starting to measure time?"

"So what else do you want from me?"

Even in the fifth meeting, all we can do is still play poker. If the theme activity can be changed from "drawing ghost cards" to "Monopoly" or "24 points" and other poker activities, I think I will not make condemnation, but the current situation is too "comfortable" for me.

If possible, it would be better to bring Class A into the discussion and have an epic feast of ideas rather than this kind of "counter-falling treasure". Although I don't know where this new term from Toumura-san came from, it sounds like it's directed at me.

"Is it really okay to continue like this..."

Yukimura from Class D looked at us playing the game in annoyance.

"You have a very gloomy expression on your face, Yukimura-san. Why don't you play poker with us to relieve your boredom? You'll probably feel happier if you win a hand."

But there is also a chance that you will become like me, which would be even worse.

"How could I possibly have such thoughts under such circumstances? Rather than that, is it really better to just let this exam end like this, Ichinose? Don't you have any means to escape from the impasse?"

That's right, Ichinose hasn't made any moves until now, which is completely different from the behavior he made with Ayanokouji on the second day of the special exam. He waited silently, as if he was letting Class A win in the end.

In fact, the completion of the Monkey and Ox Group exams already means that the results of this special exam will be like a wild horse running wild.

"This is too selfish. If you really want to win, Yukimura-kun, you shouldn't rely on the power of others, but use your own power to unite everyone, right?"

"...Of course I understand this, but..."

It's just that I'm not strong enough to integrate or utilize everyone's power at will. If I had, the current situation on the field wouldn't have become a two-way confrontation between Ichinose and Class A.

If he can discover his shortcomings at this moment and work on them, he will probably achieve results in the near future.

After the bullying incident yesterday, the girls in Class C, except for Ibuki who did not participate in the bullying, have completely stopped moving, although they looked worried when observing us. Karuizawa's eyes have also become suspicious. She used to stare at her phone screen closely, but now and then she would look at Ayanokouji's profile.

As for Machida-san from Class A, I think he would be very confused. After all, they were so affectionate yesterday, but suddenly became cold today.

After shuffling the cards, I opened my deck with a calm heart and hid the first joker card that I dealt to myself behind the deck.

Looks like we're going to lose again.

In this way, we spent an hour peacefully. After the meeting, I quickly got up and left the Rabbit Group's room. Although I felt a slight tugging sensation coming from my cuffs when I left, I ignored it because the strength was not strong enough.

Before the sixth and final discussion, I planned to take a nap.

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"Dong, dong, dong——"

When I woke up again, I was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

Looking back, I have also been woken up by such noises in the dormitory, but I didn’t expect that such a situation would still occur even when I was on vacation.

The door locks of the cruise ship accommodation rooms are opened by key cards. Each room is equipped with four such key cards, so there should be no situation where Shiratori and his two companions forget to bring their key cards.

So who will be the visitor?

I opened the door sleepily. The light from the corridor blinded me for a moment. After I calmed down, I noticed Ichinose standing in front of me.

"Sure enough, he's sleeping again."

"...This is the boys' dormitory floor."

"If Luo hadn't ignored the messages and calls I made, I wouldn't have come to you in person."

"...did anything like that happen?"

"Of course, and I kept listening to every ring of the phone until I had to interrupt it."

Listening to Ichinose's explanation, I subconsciously touched my pocket and found that I was wearing pajamas and my cell phone was placed on the table.

"So is there something urgent that's making you look for me so urgently?"

“I know how to win.”

"Winning or something... Has Ichinose figured out how to choose the favored ones?"

"The victory I mentioned is actually from the opposite side of Class A. At least we can't let the exam end like this. It may be difficult for us to achieve result three, but we can let students from other classes achieve result four."

"..."

"I have already made a plan, but I need the cooperation of Ochi and Hamaguchi-san to make it happen."

"Does this mean that I want to go on a trip with Ichinose now?"

"Yes, Hamaguchi-san is already waiting for us."

"...I understand. Please wait while I change my clothes."

As soon as I finished speaking, I let go of the handle and let the door close due to the shift of my center of gravity. I grabbed the clothes and cell phone on the bedside and went into the bathroom inside the room.

After changing my clothes, I applied some clean water to my face. At this moment, my consciousness became clear again, and I clearly felt the gaze, so I quickly turned my eyes away.

"...How did Ichinose get in...?"

"Because Luo didn't close the door, I just pushed it open and came in."

"This is a boy's room... I don't mind, but Okabe and the others won't be able to say that."

"I'm sorry, there are some things that bother me, but I don't know how to say it..."

"......What?"

"Maybe it's my illusion, I always feel like Luo seems to be avoiding me recently... Is that so...?" Ichinose spoke to me cautiously.

"..."

"..."

At this moment, only the sound of running water filled the secret room.

I applied some water to my face again.

"Why should I hide from Ichinose?"

"Haha, I think so..."

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"so slow."

As soon as we arrived at the cafe on the deck, Hamaguchi glared at me with disdain, and I could only force a smile.

"Sorry, I just muted my phone completely because I wanted to take a nap."

"You really know how to sleep. Also, at least turn on the vibrate mode of your phone."

"I'll pay attention next time... So are you abandoning your battle plan?"

Having said this, Hamaguchi picked up the coffee that had already cooled on the table and sighed.

"I don't have any battle plan. I have no solution to Class A's refusal to discuss. Although I feel a little disappointed, it seems that my ability is limited to this."

"Class A is just defending blindly this time. If they change their approach, Hamaguchi-san might make a big breakthrough. So we can't say that."

"Maybe... Then what exactly is the plan that Captain Ichinose has come up with? I have no idea what those experiments just now are making."

After a few pleasantries, Ichinose went straight to the point.

"Let me first state the conclusion. The apparent purpose of this plan is to get the group to reach Result One, but in reality it is to get students to send betrayal text messages to achieve Result Three or Result Four."

"Does that mean that regardless of whether or not we find the real favored person, we have to let students from other classes answer first?" Hamaguchi frowned. "Then why can't we answer first if we find the favored person?"

"Because we need to play the role of the Rabbit Group's favored ones."

"Play?"

"Yes, that's right. I will explain the details of the plan next. Please read this first."

After she finished speaking, Ichinose took out a mobile phone from her right pocket, unlocked it, and showed us the text messages sent by the school.

[After a rigorous adjustment, you have been selected as a preferential candidate. Please act as a member of the group and challenge the exam. The exam will start at 1:00 pm today. The exam will be held for three days from today. Students in the Cow Group, please gather in the Cow Room on the second floor.]

"This, this is a message from a favored person? Could it be that Captain Ichinose is a favored person? But earlier--"

"Wait, Hamaguchi-san, please carefully read the group to which this message belongs."

"Bull...group?"

Ichinose nodded.

"After confirming in advance that none of the three of us are favored, we have received a rule from the school stating that letters sent by the school are prohibited from being copied and forwarded. In order to play the role of a favored person, we must first have a favored person's email. So I asked for the cell phones of other favored people in the class. The exam for the cow group ended not long ago, so there is no need to worry about her cell phone being used or anything like that."

"The one who gets favored by the Ox Group is in our B class?! Have we been seen through?"

"Don't worry, the result of this betrayal text message is result four. As for why I know this, it's because this is a deal."

"trade?"

"If you want to know, Hamaguchi-san, I can tell you after the exam. Now let's focus on the Rabbit Team's exam."

"In the last discussion tonight, I need Hamaguchi-san to take the lead in unifying the situation, and then say that he has found a way for the group to reach Result 1. The method is: email information cannot be faked, so as long as you show the content of the email on your mobile phone, you can let others know whether you are a preferential treatment recipient."

"But you're not stupid enough to do that, are you?"

"No, there will be. The favored ones know that they might be betrayed, so they don't show their phones. However, from the perspective of non-favored ones, it's not a bad thing to know their true identity, and it can also eliminate the favored ones. If the favored ones are in Class A, then the number of people is limited to three, and the accuracy of the guess will be higher."

"After we find the one who has given preferential treatment, wouldn't it be a competition to see who can betray faster?"

"That's also what we need to consider when the real preferential treatment is exposed."

"What do you mean?" Hamaguchi asked in confusion.

"We will play the role of the favored ones. After Hamaguchi-san proposed this idea, I need Luo-kun to pretend that he doesn't know about this plan and agree with Hamaguchi-san's plan, and reveal to everyone that I am not a favored one either."

"Then we need to act accordingly depending on everyone's intentions. If no one on the field responds, I will pretend to be in deep thought; if someone on the field responds and takes out their phone to show it, I will let them reveal their identities step by step, and during this time I will act as if I want to stop this plan, or..."

"Why?" Hamaguchi immediately responded after Ichinose explained his plans.

"Because this phone with the preferential information will be on me, I am the 'Preferred' of the Rabbit Group."

"..."

"In the final moments, I need to pretend to be reluctant to accept the behavior. Hamaguchi-san and Luo need to act surprised in accordance with my identity. Uh... forget about Luo-kun, after all, he usually looks stupid, and if he does that, it will lead to misunderstandings."

"..."

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