Kushida: "You Tricked Me Again!" (Continued)
However, Horikita had been at this school for a semester and had somewhat figured out its style, and then... she felt that there might actually be such an exam.
Horikita felt he was 30% convinced.
Only.
"And Horikita- kun, you don't seem to hold grudges or get angry."
Horikita heard Nakano Yuu add.
What are you trying to say?
Suzune's beautiful eyebrows immediately twitched.
"Then let's make a multiple-choice question."
"Nakano Yuu said."
"When it comes time to choose a marriage partner in the future, if you absolutely have to choose, who would you choose between me and Yamauchi? You absolutely have to make a choice."
"..."
Horikita.
"..."
Horikita.
"Let's get back to the original topic."
"That's what Horikita Suzune said."
She felt unable to answer a question that presented herself as a completely unselectable option.
It seems like Nakano Yuu is the only option.
No one would like someone like Yamauchi, and Horikita was indifferent to him, even thinking he was trash. That was true, but it felt inappropriate to say that she had chosen Nakano Yuu.
Just look.
As he asked the question, he immediately took out his phone, seemingly to start recording.
So, what should she do?
Once someone says, "If I had to choose one person to Matoba in the future, I would choose Nakano Yuu," they will definitely record it.
Not only that.
He said earlier that she doesn't get angry easily, so the point is to make sure she can't get angry even if she's being recorded.
This reminded her of how this person had learned photography from Sakura last semester, bought his own camera, and then took photos of her without paying her.
Only.
"Regarding... regarding what you said in class about collecting points from the cannon fodder students in the class."
She gently clenched her left fist again, then turned towards Nakano Yuu, lowering her head slightly, revealing a reserved yet serious expression.
This was the first time Nakano Yuu had seen Horikita Suzune with this expression.
This resembles a frank request or plea.
But Horikita, you actually ask people for favors?
It seems Nakano Yuu needs to retract some of his assessment of Horikita. This guy does at least know a thing or two about being tactful.
"That's easy, I'm not one to procrastinate."
"Nakano Yuu said."
"Let's meet with the class representative from Class B after school, and we can go together."
"First, we'll tell Class B that they have to forfeit if they encounter our cannon fodder group. Class B will definitely refuse. Then we can move on to the next step. We can have Kushida tell the students in the class that we've made this effort, and even thought of a way to get Class B students to forfeit and give them points. Then students who feel they're cannon fodder or even insecure will definitely be tempted."
"As long as they take the bait, we can use the excuse of getting the students in Class B to go easy on them to collect money."
"Of course, for us, the solution to persuade Class B is still what we said before: to create a [very impressive competition form] that Class B will have to be careful with, and then share the form as the price for Class B go easy on the cannon fodder group."
"However, regarding the fees charged to the class, it depends on how many cannon fodder are willing to spend the money."
"Nakano Yuu said."
"Then someone needs to do this kind of thing."
"I see."
Horikita understood.
That's why Nakano Yuu sent a message to Kushida.
Because.
Contacting and gathering the wishes and points of the cannon fodder requires interpersonal skills, and Horikita knows that he can't do that.
Therefore, Kushida is needed.
As for those cannon fodder students in the class, Kushida was probably willing to help by gathering opinions and collecting points for free.
"It seems that having Kushida in the class is quite good."
Horikita Suzune said sincerely.
"..."
Kushida!!
At that moment, Kushida Kikyou was in the classroom, felt the hairs on her body stand on end.
In layman's terms, it means suddenly feeling a chill.
[Kushida- senpai, what happened to you? Did you suddenly find out you're pregnant?]
A voice also appeared in her mind, clearly indicating that the junior student, Amasawa, who shared the same feelings, had noticed the abnormality in Kushida's body.
"Don't talk about such terrible things."
Kushida replied in his mind.
"And I didn't even let him in."
I think sometimes doing it once in a while isn't such a bad thing. After all, the atmosphere is right.
And Amasawa -senpai said, "[Because no matter what, Kushida -senpai, you're not really pure anymore.]"
6.
Kushida Kikyou just felt that this junior was truly incomprehensible.
Initially, the other party possessed her body by accident. If they could become her helper or a cheat code, it wouldn't be a problem. However, judging from the outcome, it seems that the other party was also implicated by her.
He was forced to repay the 10 debts he owed Nakano Yuu along with her. It could be considered as passively increasing his male experience.
However, this also shows that the other party was useless. If they were truly useful, then she wouldn't have been captured by Nakano Yuu.
Therefore, Kushida will not apologize.
But.
She has already kept her bottom line, but you, Amasawa, are trying to cross it.
So what's the reasoning behind this?
So, it's because this is her body, not yours, Amasawa Ichika's, that you feel the atmosphere has reached this point, so you're going to cross the line and experience something real, right? You want to increase your experience with new things.
It seems correct, but in the end, it was clearly her body that was exposed, and she might even repeat her old mistakes, getting pregnant and dropping out of school.
So, honestly, they're completely incapable of empathy!
"I just felt a sudden chill."
Kushida thought to himself.
"I suspect that Nakano Yuu and Horikita Suzune are talking badly about me."
Is that so?
Nakano-senpai and Horikita-senpai got together just to talk bad about Kushida -senpai.
[I think you're overthinking it, Kushida- senpai. When you looked at Nakano-senpai and Horikita-senpai just now, I noticed Horikita-senpai's lip movements. They didn't say anything bad about you; in fact, Horikita Manabu just praised you.]
[It seems like having Kushida in the class is actually quite good. That's roughly the sentence.]
Amasawa, the junior student, said.
"You can read lips?"
Kushida seemed somewhat surprised.
[I hadn't studied it before, but in the future, after I came to this school, I went to the library and happened to see some lip-reading content mixed in with other books, so I taught myself.]
[It's quite a wonderful thing that we can now use knowledge from the future.]
"Is that so?"
Although Kushida responded to this junior, he was sometimes genuinely jealous.
The more she spent with her, the more she realized that this junior Amasawa, was a true genius, not only in terms of academic ability and intelligence, but also in terms of comprehension and thinking skills.
It's truly enviable that someone can directly accept and digest information simply by reading a few books, and even succeed in self-study.
Is this what genius is?
This made Kushida -senpai extremely jealous.
Certainly.
Kushida also has something to be proud of: her easygoing and quick-to-connect social skills, which are something that Amasawa -senpai can only dream of.
[Kushida- senpai is quite unique. For example, she might waste time aimlessly socializing with others, even worrying about their thoughts and taking on their burdens. If it were for information gathering, that would be fine, but most students are of no value. What Kushida- senpai probably wants is simply to be trusted and recognized.]
I can experience this kind of enjoyment a lot, so I can't empathize with you.
[Naturally, I wouldn't study something so perverse and useless.]
Kushida remembers what she said back then.
Although Kushida didn't say anything, he remembered this Kushida.
Now that the other party has been staying in my body for a while and will continue until next year, it's natural to start collecting some interest now.
"So, what changes do you think could be made to this year's Sports Festival arrangements? For example, the fact that I've now become the person in charge of Class D for the Sports Festival."
"I feel like something's not quite right."
Kushida said belatedly.
She's consulting with her junior Amasawa, about making her her cheat code.
And Amasawa Ichika did not disappoint Kushida, she quickly analyzed and said.
[Well, that's probably just an excuse from Nakano-senpai; he likely wants to gain some benefit from this exam as well.]
[But we need someone to cooperate. And this cooperation isn't with Horikita-senpai, but with you, Kushida- Kushida. I think it would be more convenient for you to do this.]
Oh.
Oh, I see.
So, while Nakano Yuu was apologizing for making her late this morning, in reality, he was just taking advantage of her and getting her to do chores for free.
While her "efforts to come up with strategies for the class" did bring her popularity, Nakano Yuu is still as emotionless as ever. In bed, he'd call her "Kushida" or "Kushida, you're so amazing," and say he couldn't put her down, but the moment they got out of bed, he treated her like a tool?
Kushida once again felt that men were completely untrustworthy!
However, I am still unsure of his exact thoughts.
Amasawa -senpai added, "[And something happened today that was a bit strange. For example, Ichinose- senpai from Class A suddenly asked the Student Council President for the position of Student Council vice President. I found that a bit odd.]"
[Because from Ichinose -senpai isn't the proactive type.]
Is that so?
However, Kushida's impression of Ichinose only extended to friendship; he couldn't truly understand her. In other words, Kushida was the one who showed his insecurity first.
After all, the other person was the same type as him, but completely outclassed him in every way. So, interacting with the other person and feeling that the other person was an archangel was a very stressful thing for Kushida, the little angel.
"Then let's wait and see."
Kushida said.