Happy Birthday, Houtarou! Sato: That's So Expensive! I Can't Afford to Keep You! (Continued)

He doesn't live in the dormitory, but he uses the dormitory as Teleportation's base.

It will appear from here every time.

Just.

When I opened the door, I was surprised to find a girl squatting by the stairs next to the elevator.

The girl was holding a vocabulary notebook in her left hand and reading it with a straight face.

There were boys around who looked at her curiously.

But she looked at the vocabulary book without changing her expression.

He seems to be a very serious person.

Just holding the vocabulary book... I was a little surprised.

Because the vocabulary above is not from high school textbooks, but from junior high schools.

In other words, as everyone knows, Ryuuen Class students have really been studying since elementary school.

The girl who was looking at the vocabulary book ignored the gazes of the people around her, but looked at classmate Oreki from time to time.

To be precise, it depends on his room number.

The moment she saw him pushing the door open, Rei Ibuki turned around and left.

"..." Oreki.

This is the dormitory floor for boys. Although the school does not prevent boys and girls from visiting each other, they generally do not actively interact with each other.

So Ibuki was staring at him on purpose?

So why?

Have a little idea.

Ryuuen Class-level students were brainwashed by Ryuuen, and Ibuki also came into contact with him, and then he took the exam in Deserted Island At that time, it was sold directly to Ichinose, and later it was still in VIP Exam, who tricked Ibuki into showing justice, and then beat Manabe and them.

In Sports Festival, the information that Ryuuen started to take action was also obtained from her.

As a result, all this was discovered by Ibuki, and then... finally realized that she had been cheated, and then came to her door?

But.

After discovering his appearance, Ibuki left without saying anything.

This is not a one-time situation.

August 12th and 13th.

For two consecutive days, classmate Oreki discovered that Ibuki would stare at him when he went to school.

Then when school was over in the afternoon, he also appeared outside the classroom door.

Then every time I see him appear and then leave.

Create a subtle atmosphere.

"It seems that classmate Oreki, you seem to be in trouble." Sakayanagi Arisu said.

As the leader of Class A's Sakayanagi Faction, Sakayanagi Arisu quickly obtained the information that Oreki's classmate was being followed.

"Besides, it hasn't been resolved directly. This doesn't seem like you." She said. "Did you do something with bad conscience?"

"..." Oreki.

Indeed.

So.

After school on the afternoon of the 14th, Oreki found that Ibuki was still following him, so he chose to go to the library.

His speed is not unfast but not very slow either.

"Beep! Student card!"

But when he just entered the checkpoint, he suddenly turned back.

Rei Ibuki who followed in was stunned.

"I think we can talk." Student Oreki said.

The two went to the second floor.

The library has 5 floors in total.

There are relatively few people on the second floor, mostly students reading.

Above the third floor is where the seniors of second graders or third graders study by themselves.

The seniors of the third grade class C Class D no longer have the extravagant desire to be promoted to Class A, so now they can earn a little more by studying to improve their standards.

In the second grade, the school's classes were competitive and tuition was free, but the remaining living expenses were given to the school for free.

Among them, the BC Class D class also understands very well that if they accept the kind of treatment proposed by Nagumo, they will basically be out of reach of Class A.

Therefore, some of them who have considered their future are also studying.

If you come to the library often, you will find their textbooks in the study room on the fourth floor.

The recent first graders, C Class D, are working very hard and studying in their own way.

Kōenji held a study meeting, and then those who wanted to participate went to the classroom to participate.

And Ryuuen Class class... well, they also stay in the classroom.

According to Ryuuen, your academic ability is too bad and you are easily distracted, so when you go to the library, you will not do the questions but be attracted by the extracurricular books.

But Ryuuen's own results are not good either.

Without Spartan teachings like Kōenji, it would be difficult.

So the current progress of the Ryuuen Class class is actually quite bad.

And classmates Oreki and Ibuki sat down at a table for four people.

"First of all." said classmate Oreki. "I am a student of Class A, so my actions are for my own class."

And this basically shows that classmate Oreki admitted... In fact, Ibuki was cheated.

For example, Deserted Island sent Ibuki to Ichinose during the exam.

"..." Ibuki seemed to be silent after hearing this.

Then after a while she said, "So during the Sports Festival exam, was there something in the towel you handed me?"

Oh.

This one.

It was Ibuki who confirmed that classmate Oreki is indeed a big bad guy.

Then she remembered that time Sports Festival, she and Horikita Suzune were running together. Then Oreki handed her a towel.

Although she didn't answer it at that time.

But now I think he is too much, and is he plotting against her again?

"I didn't do anything with the towel, I just handed it to you." said classmate Oreki.

"..." Ibuki. "But you put Voice Recorder on Horikita Suzune, didn't you?"

"Then Ryuuen's plan failed."

"That's Ryuuen's own problem. I placed Voice Recorder on Horikita Suzune's body. If Ryuuen doesn't do bad things, then it won't be recorded."

"Why don't you think it's outrageous that your class actually wants to intentionally hurt others?" Oreki said.

"..." Ibuki.

To explain it this way, it seems that Ryuuen went too far, and classmate Oreki was just trying to protect himself.

So, Ryuuen said to push everything to Houtarou Oreki and make them think that Houtarou Oreki is a Great Demon King bad guy.

But in fact Ryuuen has been losing.

And they are basically dealt with for various violations.

Then all the points in the class were plundered.

What Oreki did was excessive, but from the perspective of a bystander, it was okay. He was just taking precautions, and it was Ryuuen who ultimately violated the rules. If Ryuuen did not violate the rules, then no matter how he arranged it, it would be useless.

So.

Is it really okay to continue supporting Ryuuen?

"So... Why do you, a Class A, keep helping Class C students?" Ibuki asked.

"Horikita Suzune and I have some connections, and we may marry each other in the future." said classmate Oreki.

Hmm.

Get married.

Ibuki was stunned, but she was not stupid.

I understood immediately.

So Oreki and Horikita are dating, lovers or something like that.

The answer of helping lovers is indeed very reasonable.

Ibuki seemed to be speechless for a moment.

"If I'm not wrong, you have been following me these past few days, and it was also instructed by Ryuuen." And classmate Oreki asked next.

"..." Ibuki. "Ryuuen said that this time Class B was so easy to exchange test papers with our class, even though he made compromises and deals."

"However, Class B students actually produced so many versions of junior high school textbooks, which puts a lot of pressure on people, and this is not something they can do."

"It's very possible that you are in it."

"So now let me follow you until the test paper No. 24 is submitted." Ibuki said. "Even if you don't have any influence on it, you can stay out of it."

"Because it's disgusting to be followed all the time," she said.

Is it disgusting to be stared at and followed all the time?

Classmate Oreki thinks it's okay, but it's more troublesome to be stared at all the time, because it means that he needs to cover up. For example, it is inconvenient for him to go to Kushida.

And this is why Ibuki follows him.

I thought she came to the door because she felt she was cheated.

The result is Ryuuen's idea.

I don't want him to interfere, I don't want him to get in the way.

In other words, I am worried that Class B will be deceived by him, eventually tear up the agreement, and then switch the test papers when submitting them. Then, even though Ryuuen Class has been making up classes for a month, some of them will still fail.

Therefore, it ultimately leads to consequences that the class cannot bear.

By the way, how could Ryuuen be like this?

He is not that excessive, and there is no need to guard him like this.

"So I saw you reading a book on the ship before, but I didn't like it very much." Oreki said.

"This is my personal goal," Ibuki said. "I want to read 1,000 books in high school. No matter what book it is, I have to read it once."

"So it doesn't matter whether you understand the content above or not," she said.

Then you treat reading as a hobby, similar to collecting stamps.

Oh.

From this we can confirm that Ibuki is a quite unique person.

He should have his own ideas, but he is willing to obey Ryuuen's orders, probably because he is promoted to Class A.

And judging from the fact that she followed him with a vocabulary book and was reading vocabulary from junior high school, her academic ability should not be good.

I have my own ideal goal, but my academic ability cannot keep up, so I can only place my hope on Ryuuen or Class A.

In this case.