Throwing trash from a distance.
Of course, there was also an element of acting involved.
Although it was only throwing trash rather than directly leaking the exam questions, if people found out that she intended to leak them, she would become the enemy of the entire first year.
But regarding something like that—
"Being disliked by all the students in a grade?"
"They never liked me to begin with. Or rather, everyone else is just people to me. Why should I care about what others think of me?"
That was how Horikita had replied at the time.
She was remarkably solitary.
It made Oreki feel as though the Horikita who often appeared in his dreams, the one who would become a lawyer, was somehow fake.
During this operation, 100,000 points had been spent to have Kushida buy the exam papers.
Oreki himself had also acquired second- and third-year exam papers through other channels, though he had only bought one subject from each, so he had spent just 8,000 points, an amount that could practically be ignored.
Meanwhile, he had obtained 5.2 million points from Nagumo Miyabi.
After deducting the expenses, Horikita could receive (520 - 0.80 - 10) × 10% = 509,200 points.
Little Kushida, meanwhile, would receive 5% as compensation.
That made it much cheaper.
"Huh?"
Little Kushida arrived just then as well.
As a result—
Horikita picked up her phone and left.
Oreki also transferred 254,600 points to Kushida.
"That's 54,600 more?" Kushida said.
"We got more points than expected," Oreki said. "So your compensation has increased too."
Oh.
I see.
Kushida would already have been delighted to receive 200,000 points, so getting even more was naturally a good thing.
She had already gone to the Shopping District and gotten herself a Private Points Card.
Although she enjoyed