So.
To them, who were poor, he was practically a godsend.
That was why the Class D students looked at Oreki with such fervor.
Oreki also noticed that one of those three students was Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.
Or rather, Ayanokouji was the one who had spoken to him.
But why?
Oreki already knew that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was Teacher Chabashira's final trump card, but Teacher Chabashira had already given up. That trump card no longer meant anything.
At the same time,
if Ayanokouji were the type to take the initiative, he would not have watched his classmates lose all 1,000 Class Points in the first month.
So,
it was strange that Ayanokouji had stopped him now.
He even seemed rather interested in him.
"I heard about what happened to Class B, so I came to check on you," Oreki said calmly. "Class B and Class C have formed an alliance. So, just like my class, Class B can keep its base Points until the exam ends."
Oh.
Once they realized Oreki was discussing official business that had nothing to do with them, the other two Class D students turned away again.
Ayanokouji seemed to behave just like everyone else, too.
Which was why—
Ayanokouji, your behavior was really strange.
Still,
Oreki did not keep his gaze on him.
Or rather,
the best way to deal with troublesome people like him was neither to pay them too much attention nor to ignore them excessively. A certain degree of indifference was best.
So he did not pay any attention to Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.
Instead, he asked about the others.
"The girls went to pick fruit and harvest corn, while the boys went to explore new bases."
"Yamauchi said that since there are so many bases on this Deserted Island—"
"there might be some that Kōenji