Housen and Nanase's expressions changed slightly.
Housen seemed to smile.
I see.
It looked like their target was Ayanokouji, meaning they were Mr. Tsukishiro's dogs.
"Hey!"
At that moment, a commotion suddenly erupted by the doorway.
"Housen? Isn't that a trashy name?"
The late-arriving Kakeru Ryuuen appeared in the corridor.
Now that everyone was second-year students, nearly all the Class D students had encountered Ryuuen before. After a year, Ryuuen's reputation had only gotten worse.
Everyone had a terrible impression of Ryuuen.
Delinquent.
Tyrant.
Someone not to provoke.
Disgusting.
Almost all of it was negative.
The moment he saw Ryuuen, Kanji Ike, who had been dissatisfied moments ago, immediately shut up.
If he could, he wanted to run away right now.
But Housen was in front of him and Ryuuen was behind him. The pressure was overwhelming.
"Get out of my way!"
Housen roughly shoved Ike aside.
Then he stared directly at Ryuuen.
At that moment, Oreki stopped Suzune from pushing back her chair and standing up to head toward the back door.
He grabbed her wrist.
Last month, the first thing President Sakayanagi did after winning the election was announce that she was dating Houtarou Oreki, who was in her class.
That made Oreki the Student Council President's boyfriend.
Holding another girl's hand so openly would naturally draw attention.
But right now, all of Class D's attention was on Ryuuen and Housen.
So aside from Kikyou Kushida's gaze sharpening slightly, no one else thought there was anything wrong.
Horikita did not seem particularly dissatisfied at having her movement stopped.
Or rather—
As someone who was aloof by nature and had no interest in others whatsoever, Suzune did not care why Housen was looking for her.
She did not know him.
That was all she knew, and that was enough.