Ichika Amasawa vs. Suzune Horikita! Sakayanagi: I Just Want to Applaud Them! (Continued)

Just.

Huh?

No way?

They were sending him to face Ishizaki?

He was good at fighting too, or Ryuen would not have picked him, but were they really sending him against Ishizaki?

C-Could he win?

Komiyama's chance of winning was only around 30%.

"..." Suzune.

Meanwhile, Horikita began to think.

If Hachiman had initially intended to send Komiyama as the first fighter, then to secure a win, she might have been able to send Kito.

That would have exhausted the strongest fighter in his group, while Hachiman could keep Ryuji Kanzaki for the second round and take a win there.

But he had not done that.

Then why?

Or rather.

Horikita thought of something.

Hachiman had already determined that her side would lose.

That was why he had arranged things this way.

Because.

Although Ishizaki was now a member of Group 5, he was also from Ryuen's class, so he was very likely... to throw the match, especially when Hachiman had also sent out a student from Ryuen's class.

In other words.

Horikita had thought she held control over the members of her group, but now that she considered it, that control had only been limited. Under orders from a representative of their own class, her group members would still choose to betray her.

"..." Horikita.

She had indeed overlooked that.

Meanwhile, Hachiman's group only needed one more win to take this event.

So.

Was she going to lose?

Horikita suddenly felt somewhat lost.

However.

The opponent she was about to face was—

"Although I'm a lowerclassman, I've heard of Manabu Horikita's reputation." The cute junior with twin tails had already arrived before Suzune Horikita.

The cute junior's voice pulled Suzune Horikita's attention back.

"You're Ichika Amasawa, the junior who usually spends a lot of time with Kushida, right?" Horikita