Carrying two sugarcanes by himself, he came before Oreki.
"Well—" Oreki stepped in front of Ibuki. "You're Ibuki, right? It hurts a lot right now, doesn't it? You'll be fine soon."
"..." Ibuki said nothing.
Ibuki was a Class C student, but she did not speak. She merely leaned against the tree. Before she left, Ryuuen had instructed her to infiltrate Class A and obtain information on Class A's leader. Among them, Houtarou Oreki was someone she needed to watch especially carefully—cunning, wicked, and incredibly vigilant.
So her injuries were real.
There was no way anyone could suspect her now, right?
Just as she thought that, she heard Oreki's sympathetic words.
"It's already very late. Leaving you out here in the wilderness would definitely be unsafe, so we've decided to take you to Ichinose from Class B."
"Ichinose was very worried about your condition yesterday. She definitely wouldn't want to see you spending the night outside like this."
"So I'm sure she'll take you in."
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Hearing Oreki's words, Ibuki raised her face in stunned confusion.
Because...
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Wasn't this development completely wrong?
Kamuro, You Wouldn't Want Your Classmates to Know You Picked Up a Spy, Would You?
Of course this development was wrong.
Back on the deck, Oreki had already confirmed that Ibuki and Ryuuen had deliberately put on a show of discord in front of everyone.
At the time, Oreki had thought they might be planning something big.
And now, the situation was this.
The Class C students had withdrawn, while their homeroom teacher, Suma Bando, seemed unwilling to reveal any further information.
That meant that any Class C students remaining on the Deserted Island were either the leader or spies gathering information on the other classes' leaders.
So the moment he saw Ibuki, Oreki had confirmed that