While Ai Urana spoke, she seemed to think of something, and said to Saiki,
"I just saw a girl just now, in every aspect all extremely scary."
After speaking, Ai stretched out his hand and pointed, the target was exactly Kushida, who was in the distance happily chatting and laughing with others,
"I have never seen that kind of girl, it seems like she has always been disguising her own appearance."
"Mm, I know."
Saiki nodded, Ai, also being an esper, saw through Kushida's essence at a glance.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going first."
"Rest assured, I definitely won't do any strange things!"
Saiki carefully stared at Ai for a while, and after confirming that the other party had nothing abnormal, he left that temporary water bar.
It's just that he seemed to have noticed something, his gaze shifted toward the direction of Kushida in the distance.
———
"Then I'll go to the restroom first."
At the same time, after Kushida greeted the friend beside her, she quickly left the sports field, but she did not go to the restroom; instead, she turned a corner and arrived at a corner of the corridor.
A familiar figure was at this very moment standing in front of her, Ryuen.
"You finally came."
Ryuen's face carried a meaningful smile as he looked at Kushida in front of him.
"This is our class's list of each event this time!"
Kushida's face maintained a cute smile, forming a stark contrast with what she was doing now. She then took out her phone and sent a file to the other party.
"Not bad at all."
Ryuen's gaze swept over the list, about the same as he had expected, "Sudo, Horikita, Hirata, those few people really are your class's main force... and this one called Saiki, unexpectedly also has so many events?"
"This is our class's situation, don't forget our agreement." Kushida slightly narrowed her eyes.
"Of course. To make Horikita Suzune taste humiliating defeat, I certainly have not forgotten this." Ryuen immediately responded.
He had already said before, that in this sports festival, Class D would receive the most terrifying punishment.
[Simple physical ability is no use, the most important is personnel arrangement.]
[Just arrange the weak ones in the class to face the main forces of other classes, and then target the remaining people.]
[Also... for main forces like Horikita Suzune and Sudo Ken, if we mainly cause them injury, then the results will definitely be greatly reduced.]
Thinking of this, Ryuen's face once again revealed a smile. In his mind, he had already thought out the methods to target Class B.
'Yare yare, heard some incredible words here.'
At this very moment, neither Ryuen nor Kushida had the slightest idea that Saiki was right beside them, listening to their words loud and clear.
Saiki had already heard Kushida's inner voice earlier, and had also caught Ryuen's voice, so he immediately used invisibility and followed beside them.
"I will make Horikita Suzune get injured in this sports festival."
Ryuen said, then as if thinking of something, "Right, your class's Yamauchi, it seems like he hasn't participated in many events, right?"
"Yamauchi?" Hearing this name, Kushida became a bit puzzled.
"That's right. From what I see now, your class's Yamauchi is very likely the real culprit operating everything from behind the scenes. Maybe even that earlier recording was done by him."
Ryuen's expression gradually became serious.
"How could that be? That guy from start to finish has only been an idiot!"
Kushida frowned tightly, completely not expecting to hear Yamauchi's name from Ryuen's mouth.
"That is his brilliance. From start to finish, you have never suspected him, have you?"
Ryuen paused slightly, then continued, "Earlier he attacked me; it could have been testing my skills, or deliberately leading me to attack him."
"At that time, I already had some suspicion of him. And during this time, I noticed Manabe's behavior was somewhat abnormal."
"After the earlier meeting in the gymnasium ended, she, who doesn't really eat sweets, actually went to buy pudding, and then placed it somewhere, I kept secretly observing her, and later saw Yamauchi take that pudding."
'Yare yare...'
Hearing the two's conversation, sweat involuntarily seeped from Saiki's forehead, 'I seem to have caused some incredible thing here...'
"Pudding... I remember in our class that Saiki seems to like sweets a lot, could it be..."
While Kushida was speaking, the sweat on Saiki's forehead increased, 'What should I do, feels like I must do something...'
But at this time, Ryuen directly interrupted Kushida's words, "Too naive. Your class's Saiki liking sweets, probably many people know this, right?"
"You think if it was Saiki, would he do such a thing that exposes his actions? And moreover, buying pudding, what's the meaning of that action anyway? This is Yamauchi's tactic, deliberately misleading our attention, making us suspect Saiki."
'?'
'Uh... actually I just purely wanted to eat pudding.' Saiki answered Ryuen's words in his heart.
Although they almost suspected him, in the end, he inexplicably avoided suspicion, 'Really, that Ayanokoji guy is totally unreliable...'
"I see..."
Kushida nodded thoughtfully. After thinking about it for a bit, she felt that what Ryuen said was indeed reasonable, "But why would your class's Manabe have contact with Yamauchi?"
"Not clear yet. Although the other party's actions were under my awareness, Manabe probably hasn't realized this matter."
"And I haven't startled the snake, so maybe I can even make use of this. If your Yamauchi has any situation then, tell me immediately. Also, you have to be careful, Yamauchi might already have noticed your betrayal."
"Mm, I should go back."
Kushida nodded, then parted with Ryuen, preparing to return to the sports field.
'Yare yare, didn't expect Yamauchi to suffer such an undeserved disaster?'
While Saiki was thinking this, he suddenly heard a familiar inner voice.
[Really, that Sudo guy, what's he showing off for? And also that hateful Saiki, having such a close relationship with Kushida, even my Sakura classmate seems to care about him, and even that hot Karuizawa is circling around Saiki, really jealous! If by then he gets injured and I can replace him, that'd be best!]
This voice belonged to Yamauchi, who had just finished training and casually used going to the restroom as an excuse to slack off.
'Yare yare, seems like he deserves it.' Saiki slightly narrowed his eyes.
Although they were the idiot trio, Yamauchi was essentially different from Sudo Ken and Ike Kanji.
Ike Kanji, although a bit perverted in heart, was indeed good to friends, had okay popularity, and during summer vacation also contributed a lot to the class.
Sudo Ken had a fiery temper, straightforward personality, but as a friend was quite loyal, and wouldn't hide his thoughts, he'd say them directly.
But Yamauchi was different. This guy's only things surpassing others were his inexplicable confidence and lust. In necessary situations, he might even stab a friend in the back.
Hearing Yamauchi's inner voice just now, the already negligible guilt in Saiki's heart completely disappeared.
"Ah, Kushida-san?"
At this moment, Yamauchi, instead of heading toward the restroom, intending to slack off nearby, just happened to bump into Kushida coming out from inside.
"Yamauchi?"
Upon seeing Yamauchi, Kushida's expression changed slightly.
[Why is this guy appearing here? Could it be, he's been following me?]
Kushida's gaze was full of suspicion.
'He's just passing by to slack off.'
[Kushida-san is actually staring at me! And her gaze is different from usual! Could it be... she just noticed my gallant figure running?]
Yamauchi's face flushed slightly, even turning his head a bit embarrassed.
'That's the gaze of a hunter toward prey.'
"Yamauchi-kun, why are you here?"
"I want to..."
Yamauchi naturally couldn't say he came here to slack off; otherwise, it would lower his evaluation in Kushida's heart, so he continued the earlier lie, "I was going to the restroom."
[The restroom isn't even in this direction. He's indeed a bit suspicious.]
Kushida's mind spun rapidly, but her face still maintained a smile, "Mm, then I'll go back to the sports field first. Yamauchi-kun, you have to work hard too, I'll be sure to pay close attention to you later~"
While speaking, a killing intent emanated from Kushida's body.
"Okay, I will definitely work hard!"
And this killing intent, Yamauchi didn't feel even a bit of it. On the contrary, hearing Kushida's words, the smile on his face became even brighter.
[Kushida-san said she'll pay attention to me! Awesome! Looks like I have a chance with Kushida-san! By then, going on a date with Kushida-san, watching a movie in the day, KTV in the afternoon, at night... By then Ike will definitely be super jealous!]
'You're probably not far from death.'
On the other side, Kushida quickened her pace returning to the sports field. There was no trace of a smile on her face; instead, her gaze became incomparably cold.
[That guy, that smile, is it mocking me?]
[He probably already knows quite a bit, right...]
[Looks like the dropout list just got another one. Yamauchi, I won't let you go.]
'Yare yare, such terrifying killing intent...'
Saiki sighed inwardly. After confirming no one was around, he lifted his invisibility and also returned to the sports field.
'Kushida leaked the class's intel. Changing the participant list seems to require a lot of points. Ayanokoji doesn't seem to have any intention of announcing this matter, so I don't have to take action either.'
'But Class D still seems to be preparing some small moves?'
'If it's involving things that violate sportsmanship, then I can't just sit back and watch.' Saiki thought in his heart.
———
One month later, it was finally the opening day of the sports festival.
After an unremarkable opening ceremony, the various events began.
The sports field was very large, with different events going on simultaneously.
Sudo Ken participated in quite a few events at the start, achieving decent results.
Saiki was also forced to participate in some events, including several short sprints.
During running, Saiki constantly controlled his speed, avoiding getting first place, but also definitely not last, always keeping a middle ranking.
"Middle rank should be acceptable."
Saiki thought to himself, taking a towel at the finish line and pretending to wipe his sweat.
At this time, however, Sudo Ken and the others came crowding over.
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