Seeing that Kamio Tatsuya didn't respond, Hashimoto asked again.
"Hashimoto, are you testing my attitude on Sakayanagi's behalf?" Looking at Hashimoto, Kamio Tatsuya suddenly laughed. "I didn't expect you to be such a loyal dog. But there's something I'm curious about. Does Sakayanagi know you've been cozying up to Ryuen?"
Hashimoto had started cozying up to Ryuen during this year's Training Camp Exam, right at the beginning of the year. Ryuen hadn't said anything about it, but Kamio Tatsuya had noticed.
But now, Kamio Tatsuya understood a little better.
The reason Ryuen hadn't said anything wasn't because he wanted to keep a card up his sleeve. It was because Hashimoto hadn't completely switched sides. He was a double agent.
On the one hand, he gathered information for Ryuen. On the other, he was trying to pry information out of Ryuen.
A double agent hedging his bets on both sides.
Kamio Tatsuya hadn't interacted much with Hashimoto Masayoshi, so he didn't know him very well. But since both Sakayanagi and Ryuen valued him...
That meant the guy had something going for him.
As it happened, Hashimoto was very knowledgeable. His abilities weren't top-tier, but they were on Hirata's level.
When gathering information, he was good at bringing up topics that interested people, good at flattering them, good at fitting into cliques, and good at getting information out of people without them realizing.
On the surface, he seemed harmless, but underneath, he was as black as they came.
"Of course I have to keep that kind of thing from Her Highness the Princess."
As you could see, Kamio Tatsuya had been anything but polite just now. He hadn't given Hashimoto even the slightest bit of consideration.
But Hashimoto didn't seem to care at all. It was as if he hadn't heard, and