"..." Sakayanagi.
"..." Sakayanagi Arisu.
Classmate Sakayanagi remained seated at her desk, her cane placed to one side. She seemed to be deep in thought.
"So that was what happened?" Sakayanagi murmured, as though she had not heard Katsuragi's words.
"Sakayanagi?" Katsuragi noticed that Classmate Sakayanagi was distracted.
"Even though it's hard to believe, Ichinose really did stab us in the back." Katsuragi probably felt that Sakayanagi might not be able to accept this fact. After all, who would have expected an Archangel like Ichinose to betray someone?
After the exam ended and the rankings were announced, there were forty minutes to pay the points. But before today's results were released, Ichinose had sent a message saying there was an issue with Horikita's class, so they might receive the points later. At the latest, it would be completed within the final ten minutes of the time limit.
But it turned out that Horikita's side was not the problem at all. Ichinose's side simply did not want to pay.
The deadline had passed, and now only ten minutes remained for negotiations. There was almost no time left. It was practically driving Class A into a corner.
So.
Being betrayed like this out of nowhere.
Even Sakayanagi would be somewhat stunned.
After all, Sakayanagi had trusted Ichinose quite a bit.
After becoming Student Council President, she had appointed Ichinose as the Student Council secretary. She had also looked after Ichinose, keeping her from troublesome paperwork and arranging for her to make outside rounds instead, which made the job much easier.
All of that had been Sakayanagi looking out for Ichinose.
So.
What was Sakayanagi thinking now—
"Only ten minutes remain. Even if you ran to Class C, Katsuragi-kun, you couldn't make Ichinose and the others change their minds immediately."
"So there's no