It roughly meant asking whether he had received the Treasure Hunt Game text message.
Then, since he was a Student Council member, he had to help out and could not participate.
That really sounded exhausting.
At ten o'clock, Oreki headed to the designated cruise ship's third floor.
The hosts of this exam were President Sakayanagi and Teacher Majima from the class.
At the podium, she quietly held her cane with a cute smile on her face, and her gaze seemed to fall on him.
Her smile became even cuter.
Indeed.
Classmate Sakayanagi was very cute.
Oreki did not get lost in his girlfriend's adorable smile. He looked around.
The information he had received said that participants had to pay, and that participation was optional.
Only about two hundred students had likely joined.
At the entrance, Horikita and Ichinose were together, preparing to keep records.
They were probably entering the names of those choosing to participate in the Treasure Hunt Game, as well as collecting the entry fees submitted by the students.
She looked extremely serious.
It seemed there was no problem on Horikita's end yet.
Just as he was thinking that.
Oreki found himself meeting her gaze.
Thud!
The Card Reader in Horikita Suzune's hand fell to the floor.
"Horikita??" Ichinose, who was serving as secretary, stood beside Horikita.
Since they were standing close together, Ichinose noticed Horikita's body suddenly stiffen, as though her soul had instantly left her.
"N-Nothing." Horikita Suzune lowered her head and picked up the Card Reader.
"Oh." With Archangel Ichinose's insight, something had definitely happened to Horikita, but since she was unwilling to say anything now, pressing her would be rude.
"..." When Suzune looked over again, she found that Oreki had already turned with the other students to look toward Teacher Majima.
But