He was exactly the type that Houtarou Oreki's energy-conservation philosophy wanted to avoid most.
Just as he was thinking that—
[Ding!] [1,000,000 Private Points have been deposited into your account. Sender: Unknown.] [Note: Monthly sponsorship.]
Under the effects of Invisibility, a phone could not be observed.
But the phone was still there.
So naturally, it could still make sounds.
He had never expected Sugar Senior, the senior girl sponsoring Oreki, to transfer money at a time like this.
"..."
"..." Oreki.
"..." Kikyou Kushida.
The moment the sound rang out, Oreki felt despair.
And Kushida had heard it too.
Her reaction was—
Bang!
Kushida stopped kicking the railing and turned around at the same time.
"Houtarou Oreki, you're here, aren't you?"
"You're the only person I know who'd let themselves be sponsored by such disgusting points."
Her wording was truly excessive.
But she was probably in a terrible mood right now, so her words were unpleasant as well.
Still, Oreki noticed her movements.
"And besides."
Kikyou Kushida seemed to have taken out her phone and was checking something.
In truth, he did not need to see her screen to know that she was looking at GPS.
Two people who had added each other as friends could check each other's locations.
Which meant... Kushida was using GPS to check his location right now.
Was it still too late to remove Kushida from his friends list?
But deleting her out of nowhere would not that be practically admitting that he was here?
"..." Oreki.
[Ding!] [Cancel Invisibility?]
Yes!
Oreki stepped out from behind the tree.
But he had only taken two steps when Kikyou Kushida, having noticed him, came rapidly toward him with a clacking gait, almost like racewalking.
She was only