Hm?
Was Classmate Sakayanagi going to hand them the list of nominees?
Yes.
There was a traitor in the class now, and the traitor's methods were far too clever. Earlier, Classmate Sakayanagi had only given the list when the thinking time was about to end, yet the traitor had still leaked it.
That raised one possibility: had Classmate Sakayanagi herself disclosed the list of nominees for each round to Hachiman Hikigaya in advance?
So.
It was time for Classmate Sakayanagi to prove her innocence. Class B was going to win anyway, so even if the traitor leaked their information again and gave the other side points, it no longer mattered.
After all, things could not get any worse than they already were.
But.
First, Sakayanagi needed to clear her own name.
"Please each come up with a list of five Class B students," Sakayanagi said. "And it should be fine to use a hot-potato method now, correct?"
Though she phrased it as a question, her little dog, Kamuro, had already stood up. She looked somewhat unwilling, but she still handed over an eraser with a rabbit pattern on it. In other words, her eraser could serve as the object for hot potato.
Seeing Kamuro catch on so quickly, Morishita hurriedly stood up and pressed both hands on her desk. "Then I'll do the drumming."
"Since time is limited, let's quickly decide which student the hot potato lands on," Sakayanagi said. Then she looked toward Hoshinomiya-sensei, who had been watching from the sidelines. "Hoshinomiya-sensei, could I ask you to call the stop?"
"Huh? I'm participating too?" Hoshinomiya had not expected to be included.
But she was from another class, and she was also a teacher. She could indeed... ensure fairness.
"I suppose that's fine," Hoshinomiya said.
Hoshinomiya took the eraser Kamuro