The Sports Festival Begins! A Clash of Conflicting Agendas!

"Classmate Morishita?"

"You mean Ai Morishita?" Hachiman said. "We just happened to run into each other."

"Also, Classmate Sakayanagi, are you really that controlling over the students in your class?" Hachiman asked.

"Not at all. They simply report their whereabouts to me of their own accord," Classmate Sakayanagi said elegantly.

That was a lie.

Sakayanagi had wanted to arrange something for Morishita to handle, but Morishita had not replied to her message, so she had checked her GPS.

Afterward, she habitually checked Hachiman's location as well, only to find that the two were in the same place.

That left her somewhat puzzled.

She had also ordered the students in her class not to disturb Hachiman, so she found it strange that Morishita had come into contact with him.

"I see."

"But the students in your class really are disciplined," Hachiman said. "They train on their own every day, then have free time once they're done."

"I never gave such an order. It was Katsuragi's suggestion," Sakayanagi Arisu said. "As for an exam like this Sports Festival, I have no interest in it whatsoever."

No interest whatsoever?

Hachiman did not deliberately look at Sakayanagi, but he knew it was because her health was poor, and her father had forbidden her from participating in any Sports Festival events.

Naturally, there was no way she would be interested in an activity she could not participate in herself.

"However..." Classmate Sakayanagi suddenly changed the subject. "Ichinose's class is rather interesting."

"After the students in my class finish their daily training, they have free time. Recently, though, they have been making contact with students from Ichinose's class."

"And they obtained an interesting piece of information," Sakayanagi Arisu said.

"Interesting information?"

"Yes." Classmate Sakayanagi's expression did not change. "I had Kamuro check the group assignments and