Amamiya Ichika and Her Bottom Line? What's That? Only Honest People Let Themselves Be Bound by One! (Continued)

"Uh, I couldn't react right away either."

"Because the homeroom teacher was... such a skilled fighter, and then he attacked a student." Tsubasa shook her head lightly.

Tsubasa Nanase genuinely had not noticed that.

Oreki glanced at Horikita, who was still staring blankly ahead.

She was probably still dazed from their earlier contact.

But...

They had only shaken hands. Had she still not recovered?

They had held hands plenty of times before.

And in the Precognitive Dream, Horikita had already grown into Attorney Horikita and held his hand many times as well.

Yet now she had frozen up just because they held hands once?

Oreki did not know what to say.

Still...

They should first figure out the specifics.

"You said you tried to follow Amasawa when she ran away, but lost her?" Oreki asked.

"Mm. When I realized I'd lost her, I didn't dare go back to the homeroom teacher's area either. So I used GPS to locate you, Oreki-senpai, and came here," Tsubasa said.

"I see."

Oreki nodded. "Then rest for now."

"Stay with Horikita for the moment. I'll return to the D6 area or look for nearby classmates."

"My classmates exchanged for radios, so we can directly contact Sakayanagi Arisu in the D6 area."

"And through that, we can directly contact the teachers on duty," Oreki said.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Oreki-senpai."

Tsubasa had seen Oreki-senpai effortlessly restrain Housen with one hand.

So she trusted Houtarou Oreki's combat ability greatly.

Besides...

His plan was the best way to handle this.

They first needed to report this emergency to the teachers, then arrange for someone to find the injured Ichika Amasawa.

That was essential.

"Then, if possible, I'd like to help too." Simply staying here and accepting protection was difficult for the honest Tsubasa to accept.