Then why did you bring her back?
So the two of them headed together to the place where Kamuro had found Ibuki.
It was the route Class A students had to take when returning from the roll-call point by the beach to their base.
"If she was a spy, she definitely had to contact someone and pass along information," Oreki analyzed.
"To obtain the identities of the leaders of other classes, words alone wouldn't be enough. She probably had to take photos as records, then find a chance to contact Ryuuen or something."
Oreki had Kamuro shine the flashlight around, and before long, he discovered signs that the ground not far from where Ibuki had been found had recently been dug up.
Then Classmate Kamuro was instructed to dig.
This was no easy task.
They did not have a shovel or anything like that.
So she could only dig with her hands.
But Masumi Kamuro, already feeling somewhat guilty, did not complain and simply followed the instruction to dig.
Less than two minutes later.
Classmate Kamuro suddenly froze.
After digging open the small pit, she found a walkie-talkie and a camera.
"Looks like the evidence is conclusive," Oreki said. "And Classmate Kamuro, you nearly caused the class to lose a minimum of 170 and a maximum of 270 class evaluation Points."
"Uh—"
Classmate Kamuro suddenly fell silent.
Then she realized it too. If her actions caused the class tremendous losses, the members of the Sakayanagi Faction would blame her as well.
Because she had acted on her own initiative.
She had not been instructed by Sakayanagi Arisu or Houtarou Oreki.
Did that mean she had to take the blame and be held responsible?
So Classmate Kamuro temporarily stopped entertaining thoughts of having Classmate Oreki lead her to make money and