Was it because she was uneasy without him making his stance clear?
So he had Classmate Kamuro sit inside the booth to eat, then set down his tray and sat across from Sakayanagi Arisu.
"Actually, I think Sakayanagi is a genuine Class A student."
"Even if there are some physical shortcomings, her overall evaluation still makes her a genuine Class A student," Oreki said.
"Is that so?" Classmate Sakayanagi probably hadn't expected Oreki to say that on his own initiative.
Still, she gave him face and revealed a cute expression.
She blinked lightly.
"However, I think it would be better if I were placed in another class."
"That way, I could duel with you, Oreki-kun."
"For example..."
"During one of these routine exams, I could go a little crazy."
"Leak the exam questions and cause panic among all the students."
"But beforehand, I could prepare another set of questions and submit them to the Student Council, who would then submit them to the school. Then I would leak the first paper to the students."
"So even if one paper was leaked, the students would know there was another paper, and the school could use that other paper for the exam, preventing mass expulsions."
"That would be equivalent to not leaking the questions at all."
"The only difference would be that, in exchange, I could obtain the votes of those panicked students for the next Student Council President."
"So unfortunately, we are on the same side. We are both Class A students," Sakayanagi Arisu said. "So there is no way to carry out that strategy."
In other words.
Since they were students in the same class, there was no need to go that far.
"Student Council President..."
"I've seen Senior Horikita at work. It's very hard," Oreki said. "I'm not interested