Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"What the hell are you talking about?" Hikigaya didn't expect Ryuuen to suddenly cue him, and said helplessly, "I don't intend to get involved in this matter."

"Is it?"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Ryuen seemed a little surprised for a moment, or even dumbfounded.

He looked at Hikigaya for a long time, and after making sure that he was serious, he sneered and said, "You are really funny, dead fish eyes. Okay, this way, I will have one more thing to be amused about."

"What are you talking about?"

Although he felt that Ryuuen seemed to be mocking him, Hikigaya had no idea what he was mocking.

He had always been able to easily see what others were thinking, but now he was rarely able to understand Ryuen's meaning.

Ryuen himself said calmly: "Anyway, it's best for me if you don't interfere in this matter. That way I can concentrate on catching the guy behind your class!"

"You already have a clue?"

"No, but I think we're very close to finding out who that guy really is."

Ryuuen showed a confidence that came from nowhere.

Before Hikigaya could react, Horikita sighed in dumbfoundedness. She didn't expect that the other party would totally ignore her and her mind was full of the so-called mastermind.

She decided not to pay any more attention to this arrogant guy and walked past Ryuen.

"Wait a minute, you're also going to hand in your paper on time, right? Let's go together."

Ryuuen said this and handed the envelope in his hand to Horikita.

Seeing this, Horikita frowned slightly, but did not refuse. She said frankly: "It seems that you are on guard against me doing something. Okay, I understand why you would be on guard."

"Haha, you've become much sharper with your words." Ryuuen shook his head, "But I don't need to be on guard. After all, there's no idiot in our class who would betray me."

"Tsk tsk, so you're still going to hand in your papers on time like me?"

Horikita easily countered Ryuuen's sarcastic tone.

By now, she had truly grown up and was no longer easily manipulated by Ryuuen's methods.

However, Ryuen was not disappointed by this. Instead, he showed an expression of interest and was very interested in this provocation.

Several people then went to the office together.

During the process, Ryuen kept mocking, "It would be great if the wisdom squeezed out of you defective products could be useful to our class."

In order to ignore him, Horikita simply looked at Hikigaya.

"Hikigaya, have you had any problems studying recently? I'm also curious about the situation of your partner."

"It should be fine." Hikigaya thought for a moment, "Let's not talk about myself, Karuizawa's grades have also improved during this period."

"But it shouldn't be possible. Because we can't have any students drop out." Horikita said, and mocked Ryuen, "No matter how confident we are in the questions given by Class C, you should not be careless."

"Oh? This is an interesting statement. It seems like he has some idea of ​​what we should do."

Ryuuen has always been a person who never admits defeat. Even if it was just a casual remark, he was not going to remain silent and responded to Horikita's verbal attack again.

"Humph, you can take this as pure provocation."

Horikita shook her head, not wanting to speak any further.

The few of them quickly came to the office and met the former C class teacher, Ryoma, and the D class teacher, Chabashira Sae.

The teacher Sakagami who came took the brown envelope from Ryuuen in silence.

"Can I take this question?"

"Well, I'll trouble you later, teacher."

Facing the former C class teacher, Ryuen's attitude was not particularly arrogant, and he even had a calmness that was different from usual.

After Sakagami-sensei, Chabashira-sensei appeared as if the order had been reversed.

"Looks like you brought it."

Chabashira Sae seemed to already know what was going on and only fixed his eyes on the brown envelope.

"Chabashira-sensei, the topic I propose next will be the final draft."

"I'll take it."

Horikita saw Chabashi Saeda-sensei's hand preparing to take the brown envelope and paused.

She frowned and said, "I want to ask you something. Is your time convenient?"

"Ah."

"I want to ask you, have the questions and answers I proposed been accepted?"

"..."

Seeing Chabashi Sae pause, Horikita frowned immediately, while Ryuen in the distance showed a gloating attitude on his face.

In this situation, anyone could sense that something was wrong.

Horikita himself took the initiative to ask: "Chabashira-sensei, you wouldn't lie to the students in the class, right?"

"Yes, as a teacher, this is natural."

"Well, has anyone submitted their final exam papers before me?"

"..."

After hearing Horikita's question, Chabashira Sae fell silent again.

After a long while, when everyone was thinking, Chabashira Sae sighed and answered silently: "I have only one answer to your question just now. The acceptance has been completed without any delay."

"Unexpectedly..."

Most people may not understand what Chabashira Sae said.

But Hikigaya could clearly understand that what the other party meant was that the acceptance of final exam papers had ended, and the accepted paper was not the one submitted by Horikita.

Horikita Suzune seemed to have come to the same conclusion, and gritted her teeth and said, "Does that mean someone else has come up with the question and the answer?"

"Yes, if you keep going like this, your question won't be accepted."

"Please cancel that application immediately. The correct question is here."

Horikita pointed at the brown envelope the teacher was holding and said so.

However, Chabashira Sae shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Horikita, this is your own subjective opinion. Because I also received questions and answers from other students, and I have completed the review and acceptance. And that person is also worried about similar things. In order to prevent the questions and answers from being leaked, he hopes that I will keep it secret. If someone wants to replace someone without permission, just accept it and keep it, and don't adopt it."

"How could this happen..."

Horikita collapsed helplessly on the spot, and for a moment he seemed to be forced into a desperate situation.

Chapter 530: Are you two going to continue acting in front of me?

Horikita seemed unable to accept the fact that someone had submitted the test before him, and the expression on his face became extremely stiff for a moment.

"Who is that student, please? You can tell me, right?"

"It's Kushida Kikyo."

Because this answer was too obvious, Horikita Suzune's expression did not change for a moment, she just took a breath silently.

Horikita seemed to have originally thought of using the same method as Kushida to prevent the other party from interfering with his actions, but he did not expect that the other party would take the initiative and his expression became extremely stiff for a moment.

"Depending on the situation, the subject of the application can be changed, right?"

"Of course." Chabashira Sae nodded to Horikita's request, "I can help you deal with this unexpected situation, but the deadline ends today. If you want to change the topic to yours, you have to bring Kushida here."

"That kind of thing..."

Horikita's expression became more and more uneasy.

There was no way. It was impossible for Kushida to come over obediently at this time. The other party might have planned it from the beginning and had completely hidden himself at this time.

In fact, it was true that as long as she turned off her phone and stayed in her room, she could almost completely get away with it. Horikita would not be able to find her or bring her to this office.

Seeing that Horikita had given up, Chabashira Sae slowly said, "I can guess that either you or Kushida is lying, but I don't know the truth. I can even imagine that there is an unknown third party behind the scenes. If I don't ask you to solve the disputes in the class in class, I will be very troubled."

Seeing Chabashi Sae's obvious attempt to pass the buck, Horikita Suzune frowned, "...What time can we correct the questions today?"

"Until six in the evening."

Horikita was stunned for a moment and looked at the time. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon, which means there were only about two hours left.

"Hehehe... Ha, hahahaha! Really, what are you doing, Horikita Suzune!"

Ryuen Sho, who was standing next to him, watched the conversation from beginning to end and laughed.

He seemed to have known this situation from the beginning, and he let out a desperately suppressed laugh, "Aren't you already in a dead end? The questions you've been trying so hard to come up with are completely meaningless!"

"..."

In response to Ryuen Sho's ridicule, Horikita Suzune tried her best to suppress her anger, but still couldn't help but speak: "Did you instigate this? It was you who instructed Kushida-san to set the questions, right?"

"I don't know. There's no way I know about Class D, right?"

Ryuen Sho smiled and shook his head, making it clear that he wouldn't care about Horikita's reaction.

"I can't stand being eavesdropped by that outsider any longer...!"

"Oh - how scary! I will go back obediently." Ryuen Sho said with a happy face, "I am looking forward to the test results."

Seeing Ryuen Sho leave, Hikigaya's expression became a little subtle for a moment.

He looked at the teacher and student who were continuing to confront each other normally in front of him with an almost strange attitude, and after a while he spoke: "Ryuen has left, do you two want to continue acting?"

"Hikigaya?"

They didn't expect Hikigaya to directly expose the fact that they were acting. Both Horikita Suzune and Chabashi Sae were surprised and even horrified for a moment.

Horikita Suzune spoke up immediately: "Hikigaya, how did you know we were acting? Chabashira-sensei and I shouldn't have revealed any flaws!"

It's completely understandable that Horikita is so anxious.

She and Chabashi Sae had just been acting for so long, all just to deceive Ryuen Sho and make the former leader of Class C let down his guard.

But now Hikigaya's attitude seemed to have already seen through their plan in advance, which made the two of them unbelievable, and they also suspected that Ryuen Sho could also see through everything.

"No, Ryuuen probably can't guess it."

Hikigaya saw what the two were thinking and explained it in advance.

"why?"

"Why?" Hikigaya said awkwardly in response to Horikita's confusion, "First, Ryuen Sho doesn't understand you as well as I do. Whether it's Horikita or Chabashira-sensei, your reactions just now may not seem to be a problem, but they really don't match the impression I have in my mind. Second, Ryuen probably doesn't have the observation ability that I do."

Hikigaya gave two reasons, but the focus was undoubtedly the second one.

As an expert in human observation, Hikigaya observes whether a person is telling the truth or a lie almost to an instinctive level.

Therefore, no matter how well Horikita Suzune and Chabashi Sae acted, it would be difficult to completely fool him.

"This……"

Seeing Hikigaya's attitude, Horikita Suzune looked helpless, yet a little happy.

Because she was different from Hikigaya, she thought Hikigaya could see through the truth, mainly because of the first reason, she felt that the other party had been observing her carefully.

Horikita showed a complicated expression for a moment, and at the same time, a certain attitude became more and more firm.

乣On the other side, Chabashira Sae said silently: "Tsk, since you have already seen it, I am too lazy to pretend anymore. That's right, Horikita and I are both acting. She proposed these plans before Kushida found me, and asked me to cooperate with her to deceive Ryuen and you."

"Cheat me?"

Hikigaya was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Horikita was planning to cheat him as well.

Horikita Suzune looked at him helplessly and said, "I can't help it. I can't trust you completely, Hikigaya. If you choose Kushida and tell her the news in advance, I will be completely screwed."

"..."

I didn't expect Horikita to have such an idea. Hikigaya thought about it and it really made sense.

This is not because Horikita does not trust him, it is just necessary suspicion, or in other words, leaving a way out.

Hikigaya himself is the same. When doing anything, he will never put all his hopes on others, but will try his best to leave a way out for himself.

Of course, this escape route disappeared when Hikigaya himself saw through the truth.

At this moment, Horikita seemed to have seen the reality clearly. She looked at Hikigaya deeply, but spoke to Chabashira Sae first: "I'm sorry, teacher, thank you for accompanying me and acting cautiously for such a long time."