After handing all the documents to Tachibana Akane, Horikita Manabu walked over to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
He handed the other boy a fountain pen.
"Return this to Gojo-kun."
Horikita Manabu said indifferently.
?
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka accepted the pen he was offered in confusion and asked curiously, "Why tell me to return it to Satoru?"
"Just make sure it gets into his hands. Also, your acting was really overdone.
When someone focuses on the words they are saying while giving a speech, it becomes difficult for them to convey their true thoughts."
After saying that, Horikita Manabu left the conference room first, with Tachibana Akane following behind him while carrying the documents.
Am I one of the people being drawn into this too?
After carefully examining the pen in his hand and considering Horikita Manabu's words, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka thought helplessly.
"Forget it. As long as the outcome is right."
After saying that, he too left the conference room.
As he walked through the school building, nearly two hours had passed since school had ended.
The corridors were extremely quiet now, without a single person in sight—or at least, they should have been...
..
At a corner, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was stopped.
Seeing Horikita Suzune staring straight at him, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka felt a headache coming on.
"Haah..."
He sighed.
"Just who are you?
I should have guessed from the beginning. There's no way someone who could be friends with that bastard is just an ordinary student."
Horikita Suzune asked sternly.
That was right—this was the first time she had truly faced him head-on.
The first time Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had made a move, when he bought the exam papers, Gojo Satoru had still been in the class.
She had assumed Gojo Satoru had told him about it, so she had not paid much attention.