So Group 5 held a slight advantage.
"Eh."
However, Ichika let out a soft sigh at that moment.
"What is it?"
Yukino had been listening to the information Shiina provided and analyzing it. She immediately noticed Ichika Amasawa's reaction.
Ichinose was listening as well.
It could be said that Hachiman's group did hold the upper hand in the current situation. In that case, Classmate Sakayanagi's grand ambition of winning all the remaining events might be cut short.
However.
Both she and Shiina had something they were not entirely certain about.
That was, if Hiyori Shiina's account was correct and Yamamura was merely a smokescreen Classmate Sakayanagi had put out, then the best plan for Hachiman's side, in order to secure the group's victory, would be to directly send out students from Ichinose's class.
At the same time, that was also something Sakayanagi could have anticipated.
So had Sakayanagi decided to smash the pot and gamble everything on both sides' luck?
"Although I'm in the same group as Hachiman Hikigaya for this exam," Ichika said, "and I'm even the vice leader, it seems Hachiman Hikigaya doesn't value me all that highly."
He did not value Ichika Amasawa that highly?
Out of these ten events, Ichika Amasawa alone had participated in seven or eight of them. She was one of Hachiman's group's central pillars.
And yet, even that was not considered being valued?
Ichinose seemed rather confused.
Actually, she felt that Ichika was quite dangerous. If Classmate Sakayanagi was the type to openly want to flaunt her affection with Hachiman, then Ichika was the type to act in secret.
Just like with this exam—what group even had a leader and vice leader? That arrangement had clearly been made to increase her opportunities to interact with Hachiman, the group leader.
Of course.
It