On the other side.
Hearing everyone's conversation.
Hasebe Haruka silently clenched her fist.
The surrounding people had already completely forgotten Sakura Airi's sacrifice.
Thinking of this.
Hasebe Haruka was a bit dissatisfied, but on second thought, she let it go.
She didn't care about these things anymore anyway.
In fact.
This wasn't just because Ike Kanji and the others were thin-skinned and cold-hearted, but also because of the reason that Hikigaya was deliberately targeting Class D.
Their mindset instantly became different.
"Karuizawa, Hasebe-san, did Hikigaya contact you?"
"Ha? Is Horikita-san suspecting us?"
Karuizawa knit her beautiful brows and said with some anger:
"It's already been explained, hasn't it? Although we are dating Hikki, he has never asked us to do anything to betray the class, and even intentionally avoids us in this regard."
"Furthermore, I won't speak for myself, but if she wanted to betray the class, haruka would have done it long ago; how could she have achieved good results in the sports festival and the cultural festival?"
"That's true, sorry."
Horikita Suzune nodded.
The fact was indeed so.
If these two wanted to betray, they wouldn't have waited until now.
Horikita Suzune was very clear on this.
After this period in the student council.
She had gained some understanding of Hikigaya.
Although his behavior wasn't worth praising, Hikigaya was indeed good to his women; rather, it was 27 a bit too good, which made people somewhat envious.
She was mainly saying it for the others to hear.
The probability of Karuizawa and Hasebe Haruka betraying the class.
Was very low.
The surrounding people couldn't help but turn to look at Yukimura.
It couldn't be helped.
Karuizawa, Matsushita Chiaki, and the others were one thing.
If there were an opportunity to rise to A.
The possibility of Yukimura betraying the class should be the highest, although Miyake Akito felt it wouldn't go that far.
But.
Others didn't understand.
They only knew that Yukimura was someone who frequently talked about graduating from A by the roadside.
Horikita Suzune, however, chose to remain silent at this time.
After all, compared to Yukimura, what needed more attention was whether there were guys who had been in contact with Hikigaya but remained hidden.
Horikita Suzune wanted to investigate the matter clearly even more.
Therefore, she didn't speak.
After a moment of silence.
Maezono finally spoke up and asked.
"Yukimura, what about you?"
"I naturally refused as well."
Yukimura pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and responded frankly.
"Is that true?"
"Isn't that obvious? How could I possibly betray the class, what do you mean by that?"
Yukimura frowned.
Why did it feel like the people around him didn't quite trust him?
"Because."
Maezono said with a somewhat loud voice: "Don't you want to rise to Class A very much? You really won't betray the class and transfer to Class B at a critical moment?"
"I do indeed want to rise to Class A."
Yukimura suddenly felt targeted and felt some anger, but he still remained calm and said:
"But I wouldn't betray the class just because of that thought. Moreover, if you put it that way, aren't Karuizawa and the others even more suspicious?"
"In case Hikigaya asks them for help at a critical moment, they are the ones more likely to betray the class, right?"
Yukimura's suspicion naturally had a basis.
Instead, it was even stranger.
According to logic.
In any case, Karuizawa was more suspicious than him.
"Yukimura, what do you mean by this?"
Karuizawa suddenly slapped the table and stood up: "Didn't I already say, I only found out about these things today. Hikki has never looked for us. If we were going to betray the class, our scores wouldn't be like this now."
"Who knows?"
Previously, it was only to maintain class unity; Yukimura finally voiced the doubt in his heart.
"Isn't it because we are only Class D now and don't pose a threat to Class B yet that Hikigaya doesn't need your help?"
"When we rise to Class C or even Class B, who knows what will happen then?"
"Furthermore, there should be some people who haven't raised their hands yet. Aren't those people even more suspicious?"
After speaking.
Yukimura turned his head to look at Koenji Rokusuke.
If anyone else might betray the class, Koenji Rokusuke certainly couldn't escape notice.
"What did you say..."
Soon.
An argument broke out in Class D.
This kind of one-sided suspicion was simply meaningless; even if words expressed trust, no one knew what the heart truly thought.
Soon.
The bell for class rang.
Yukimura and the others returned to their seats with ugly expressions.
He clearly didn't want to betray the class, nor had he betrayed the class, and he even followed along by raising his hand without any intention of hiding anything.
Yet he was still targeted like this.
It was simply infuriating.
During the next break between classes.
"Yukimura, could you give me your phone to check."
Horikita Suzune immediately stood up and said.
"Yeah, Yukimura, take out your phone and let us see!"
"What did you say?"
Yukimura's face suddenly turned extremely ugly.
Although he knew he wasn't outstanding and lacked physical ability, he was at least top three in the class for academic ability and in the top ten of the whole school.
If there's no merit, there's at least hard work.
He had been contributing to the class like this.
Clearly not wanting to betray the class, yet he had to suffer this kind of questioning.
Thinking of this.
Yukimura felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten excrement.
It would be better to just transfer to Class B.
Since Class D is unkind, don't blame him for being unjust.
However.
The next second.
He heard Horikita Suzune continue.
"Of course, it's the same for everyone else. Everyone, give me your phones to check."
"Ha? Why? Our phones are private items, absolutely not."
"This is a matter of necessity. To be safe, we need to confirm if anyone else is in contact with Hikigaya."
"This..."
Maezono and others looked at the people around them and hesitated for a moment, but thinking of the chat records in their phones, they were still a bit hesitant.
"That won't do either, I don't want my chat records to be seen by others."
"What's not to do?"
Yukimura suddenly sneered and pulled out his phone without hesitation.
"Horikita is right. If we're going to check, then check everyone. If you're upright, you don't fear the shadow being crooked; what's there to be afraid of? Or is it that someone among you really has contact with Hikigaya and doesn't dare stand up?"
"What did you say?"
One girl suddenly became even more dissatisfied: "That's right, Yukimura can even abandon Sakura, so he definitely doesn't even have a single friend."
"Of course it doesn't matter, but we still have many topics that can't be seen by others, it's different for us than for you."
"Are you joking?"
Yukimura's expression became even uglier; even as calm as he was, he slapped the table at this moment.
"The matter of Sakura's expulsion was voted on by everyone, it wasn't just my business alone. Take back those words."
A kind word keeps one warm for three winters, but a sharp word cuts like cold in mid-summer.
Some words.
Should not be spoken.
However.
As long as such a thing was done.
At every critical moment, it would be used as material for attack, mentioned over and over again.
Even among those who cast a vote in favor.
There was a gap between them.
They weren't familiar with Sakura Airi to begin with; they were surely much stronger than cold-blooded companions like Yukimura and Ayanokouji, right?
On the other side.
Horikita Suzune felt truly a bit sorrowful.
She didn't expect.
It had been nearly two years.
It was still like the uninhabited island last year, needing to argue over such things.
Fortunately.
She already had experience.
Horikita Suzune also knew how to solve it.
She believed it could be solved... definitely.
Horikita Suzune prayed in her heart.
Like a drowning person exhausted from running for their life, desperately grabbing the life-saving straw in front of her.
She had already sensed it in the dark.
What awaited in front might just be a dead end.
However.
No matter what difficulties were ahead, Horikita Suzune was determined to overcome them.
Definitely.
She would overcome it for Hikigaya to see...