Just as that idiot Kazuha had said... Anna had not been chosen.
This was...
A coincidence?
Or...
Did that idiot Kazuha know? Staring wide-eyed toward the large screen, Hada Ryuhiko's brows gradually furrowed. Once his initial joy and surprise had faded, layer upon layer of doubt filled his heart.
If that idiot Kazuha had not said Anna would not be chosen, then the scene before him would have been nothing more than an ordinary random occurrence.
It just so happened that Zaku and Shino Aburame had been selected.
But before this, that idiot Kazuha had already said Anna would not be selected, and his tone had been exceptionally certain. The reason Ryuhiko had not continued stubbornly pursuing Anna just now was because of that idiot Kazuha's tone.
That certain tone, even carrying a trace of melancholy, had made him halt in an instant.
When he had heard that the second match was beginning, what he had felt most was actually confusion.
He had been more puzzled by why that idiot Kazuha had suddenly acted this way.
And now, after he had calmed down and thought it over, recalling those words carefully gave them a different meaning.
The difference was that, melancholy or unusual behavior aside, that idiot Kazuha had been extremely certain of the random result this time.
He had been absolutely certain it would not be Anna.
This was not the sort of certainty born from hope, merely saying that it would not be Anna.
Rather, he truly knew. That idiot Kazuha clearly knew that Anna would not be the result of this selection.
He even had the feeling now that that idiot Kazuha knew the exact arrangement of this match—that it would be Zaku and Shino Aburame.
What was going on?
Was he being overly sensitive?
Or was