Ichinose: I Finally Fell for Someone, So Why Did It Turn Out Like This? / Chapter 64: Today's Winner and Loser: Sakayanagi Loses (Because She Got Flustered)

"Of course, I won't interfere with Kiyotaka's choices. If he's willing to help you of his own accord, or you offer him something he can't refuse, that's between the two of you. As long as you don't use shameless threats like the one you just tried, I won't interfere."

"If you want me to help, then offer me something that can sway me, or a [higher-level threat] that can overwhelm the [leverage] I have. Don't keep testing me with this half-hearted attitude like you did today."

"Seriously, what were you thinking? You don't have any backup plans or precautions, and you're trying to scare people with a few vague details. Other than a thickheaded idiot like Horikita and an ignorant machine like Kiyotaka, no normal person would take you seriously!"

The first part had been a warning. The rest was an outburst he couldn't hold back.

If you wanted to use him, you could at least make your plan more airtight! Then he'd have a reason to think it through, and even if he got played, he'd be happy to be used. After all, he'd have had fun, and that had nothing to do with whether he won or lost.

But now, you tested him with a half-baked plan and the bluster of a paper tiger. He'd thought you were going to be a big fish, but it turned out to be this... He felt powerless, like [he'd been fooled by an idiot but couldn't get back at them and had to humor them instead].

Chabashira "Idiot" Sae: "..."

Was I just insulted? By a kid who was still in school?!

Ayanokoji "Ignorant Machine" Kiyotaka: "..."

En, why did you have to insult me too?

I may not know much about the world, but I'm not a machine.

Horikita "Thickheaded