Oreki looked at Ayanokouji's information on the OAA System.
Like him, Ayanokouji had obtained a Special Card.
A Trial Card.
He would probably go solo in this exam, making him a useful tool for keeping Takuya Yagami in check.
Tea restaurant.
Kushida, acting as an informant, had arranged for both sides to meet.
The location was a relatively spacious restaurant.
Since they had missed mealtime, there were hardly any students eating there.
Takuya Yagami and Ayanokouji chose a booth.
Kushida sat some distance away from them to show that she would not eavesdrop.
But then—
"Actually, it would be fine if Kushida-senpai listened too."
"I don't want Kushida-senpai to think I'm some strange, dishonest person," Takuya Yagami said.
"..." Kushida. "Oh..."
I see.
So what the hell did she have to do with it?
Don't act like you're her obsessed fan.
Though deeply annoyed, Kushida remained quiet.
Kushida had no interest in Ayanokouji, but she did want to get some dirt on that damn underclassman Takuya Yagami and have him expelled.
So she might as well listen to what he had to say.
Ayanokouji, meanwhile, maintained his usual expressionless face.
"We meet again, Ayanokouji-senpai," Takuya Yagami said. "Sorry for watching you so closely before."
"But as expected, I don't like this kind of underhanded business."
Takuya Yagami said, "What do you think of Kazuomi Housen?"
"He attacked you last month, didn't he?"
"Housen used violence."
Kazuomi Housen was the violent Class 1-D underclassman who had been expelled on the first.
"And actually, all of that was Principal Tsukishiro's doing," Yagami said.
??
Principal Tsukishiro?
Why would the principal arrange for someone to do something like that?
Though completely confused, Kushida continued listening.
"Right after the rules for the first special exam were announced, Principal Tsukishiro gave each first-year class