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Capítulo 114: Chapter 5: False Teamwork

When I was in deep sleep, I heard the girls' voices coming from outside, all in a bad mood.

"Hey boys, will you gather up?"

She didn't even finish talking that everyone got up promptly and came out in rage. I went to sleep at dawn so I woke up slowly while rubbing the sleep out of my drowsy eyes.

"What the hell… I'm so fucking tired."

An irritated Sudou came out from the tent looking at the others around him.

"What's wrong?"

"Uhm Hirata-kun… Sorry but can you wake up all the boys here? It's serious."

Shinohara notified Hirata looking apologetic. Whether she was confused or angry, Shinohara's appearance was not the problem regardless. A little far away, the girls were glowering at our side.

"Understood. I think they'll soon come out as I give them a shout."

Then, in a couple of minutes the boys came out of their tent rubbing their sleepy eyes. When they began looking at the girls gathered outside the tent, the half-asleep boys sensed an alarming situation.

The girls' eyes, that stared at us boys, were all unusually scared.

"What's wrong, so early in the morning?"

"Sorry Hirata-kun. It's something that doesn't concern you, Hirata-kun but.....We've gathered here because there's something I have to check at any cost."

Shinohara gave everyone, except Hirata, a look of contempt and then she spoke.

"This morning, well… Karuizawa-san's underwear was missing. Do you know what that means?

"EH… UNDERWEAR?"

Even Hirata, who was always calm, appeared shaken and upset at the completely unexpected situation. Which reminded me, I couldn't see neither Karuizawa nor the other girls.

"Now Karuizawa-san is inside the tent, crying. Kushida-san and others are comforting her but…"

Saying so, Shinohara looked to the girls' tent.

"Eh? Ehhhhh? What, Why are you glaring at us knowing that the underwear is missing?"

"We decided that someone, in the middle of the night, went through the bag and stole it. The luggage had been put outside so if someone thought of stealing all of it, they could have done so after all."

The boys, still dominated by drowsiness, looked at each other simultaneously.

"NONONONONONONONO!? EH? EHH?"

Ike looked alternatively to the boys and girls in total panic. A boy, looking at the situation, coughed out in a calm voice.

"Come to think of it Ike, you yesterday… You went to the toilet quite late. You took a long time."

"No no no! I was struggling because it was dark!"

"It's true. You're the one who stole Karuizawa's underwear."

"Well, you're wrong! Don't do that!"

The boys begun putting the blame on each other for the nasty and offensive crime.

"Anyway. I guess this is really a big problem? But it's impossible to live camping in the same place as those underwear thieves."

Shinohara, who looked like she was about to lose her temper, offered a monish with her arms crossed.

"So Hirata-kun. You can manage to find the culprit somehow, right?"

"That's... But there's no evidence that the boys have stolen it. There's a possibility that Karuizawa-san has lost it."

"That's right! We have nothing to do with this!!"

All the boys shouted at the top of their lungs from behind Hirata, proclaiming their innocence.

"I don't want to think that there's a culprit here."

It seemed vile to doubt our classmates and not to shield them.

"I know that Hirata-kun is not the culprit… But, for the time being, let me check the other boys' luggage."

Apparently it seemed like the girls didn't change their idea, and they perpetuated the idea of the culprit who is on the boys' side. Well, it's impossible not to think such a thing in this kind of context.

"EH? Stop saying bullshit. You don't need to do such a thing. Hirata, just say no."

"For now, we will gather and talk with all the boys. We may have a little time, right."

"...…If you say so, Hirata-kun...… Ok I understand. I will talk to Karuizawa-san as well. But if the culprit can't be found, we have an idea as well on who is on it."

After saying this, the gathering dissolved. Hirata quickly gathered all the boys again to have a talk in front of the tent.

"Let's just ignore what the girls said. You'll feel bad if you're suspected. I will fight!"

On the first day, I thought Ike obtained a certain degree of trust from the girls but it seems like it was pretension after all. It's obvious that even the suspected boys will get uncomfortable if they are falsely suspected.

"Exactly. There's no way that one of us has stolen Karuizawa's underwear."

Yamauchi, following the rest of the boys, looked at each of them. It's not that Karuizawa isn't pretty. But since Karuizawa is Hirata's girlfriend, it's more convenient for guys to chase after Kushida or Sakura.

"I'm not going to doubt you, guys. But I think this problem won't ever be resolved like this…."

The girls, who were talking and conspiring together over there, were now nearly jumping towards us.

"To prove your innocence, it's better for you to respond to your luggage inspection in a confident and dignified way."

Having said that, Hirata himself brought out his bag.

"As miserable as I am, I still responded to the girls' request, that's why you guys have to keep up by doing the same. Are we good?"

"B… But..."

"Of course, I can open it first."

To mobilize someone, although I thought we had no choice but to start acting by ourselves, there would be no one who thought that Hirata was actually the culprit, including boys, not just girls. To say that he stole his girlfriend's underwear, in the first place, is a bit of a contradiction. However, if the first one disclosed his luggage this way, we couldn't help but follow the example. It was inevitable that the students who didn't show the content of their bags were going to be suspected. Hirata's bag, naturally, was bound to not to have any underwear.

"There's no other choice…"

Influenced by Hirata's actions, all the boys began pulling out their bags from the tent, one after another.

Ike and Yamauchi have been disliking this the whole time but they couldn't go against the flow of things. Including me, us 3 became the last to go. So I guess I was finally going to the tent. I was following the other two.

"Shit, I'm mad. Men are suspected unconditionally and irrevocably. It's too unreasonable."

"Well, let's prove our innocence in a confident way and triumph over them."

Ike started to stand up while grabbing the bag but suddenly he stopped and stood still.

"What's wrong?"

"Ahh, Nothing…"

Abruptly, he turned his back to Hirata and the others and sat down. Checking the inside of his bag, he closed the zipper like he was confused.

"Kanji?"

Ike was rigid with a pale face. He was unmovable like he was having a temporary feeling of paralysis.

"Come on, let's go?"

Yamauchi was watching Ike, whose appearance became suddenly strange, and he said half-jokingly:

"Maybe you stole it"

"What..?!! You're… You're wrong!"

Ike hastily denied it, shaking his head while holding the bag in his hands. What a blatant reaction. We haven't become that dull as if we don't have any emotions, after all.

"You… Don't tell me…"

"What? Are you suspecting me?!"

"No, that's not it… Just… The bag… Show me what's inside."

"Ah! Wait…"

Yamauchi grabbed the bag as he was really going to examine it. There it is…

White underwear that men absolutely do not wear. It was curled up and well hidden.

"Eh! That's not mine! Somehow this was put in my bag!"

"Hey now, give me a better excuse."

As Ike was in panic, Yamauchi's look towards him was one of pity.

"I am telling you, I do not know! Seriously! Why there is… u… underwear in my bag?!"

"This is shameful. Anyway, let's explain the rest to Hirata and the others."

"Huh? If I do that, then it would mean that I confess that I am the culprit!"

"And the culprit was no one… Right?"

Yamauchi asked for his consent, but what does this mean? It is obvious that Karuizawa's underwear came out of Ike's bag. So, is Ike the culprit? The case is not that simple as to come to such an easy conclusion.

When and how did he steal the underwear? Also, I don't think that the thief would hide casually the underwear in his own bag. He should know that his act would soon cause an uproar and that we would start searching for the culprit as soon as possible. He sure failed to keep his composure. However, the moment we talked about opening his bag to search his belongings I thought he would panic. In Ike's case that didn't happen until after we found what we were searching for.

The conclusion drawn from this, is that the culprit is someone else and they put the underwear in Ike's bag.

Well, there was a small possibility that the thief was really Ike if only he wasn't so simple-minded and foolish. However… That's not true, is it?

"Hey, Ayanokouji, you do believe me right? Because I haven't stolen it."

"Judging from the situation, there is no concrete evidence that Ike is the culprit."

"Ayanokouji!"

"However, I cannot deny that there is a high possibility that he is the culprit. If he is the culprit though, then he is too stupid."

"Well, that's true… But… Then… What happened? You mean somebody put it in Kanji's bag?"

"That is what I must figure it out."

"Hey! Hurry up!" A boyish voice flew from Hirata's companions.

"Wh… Wh… What am I going to do? I am in serious trouble"

If the stolen thing was found here, no matter what the boys said, the girls would declare that Ike is the culprit.

"Anyway, we have no choice but to hide it. For now."

"Hide it? Where? There is no place to hide it!"

It's true that given our situation, we couldn't hide it at the moment. If we went to the toilets or the tents, the girls watching over this place would be suspicious of our movements and maybe would demand to search us. Above all we are spending too much time here. We may already be suspected.

"No other way. Put it in your pocket."

That was all the advice I could give him. There was no time to hide it in my underwear or my socks and we should draw no further attention to any suspicious activity.

"I… I can't do it… I am already in a panic."

Still, I believed, now, we had no choice but to hide it.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Ayanokouji."

Ike took out the curled up underwear from his bag and pressed it swiftly in my hands.

"What…?"

"If you think that it is better to hide it, then do it, right?"

"No!"

"Hurry up!"

"I am leaving, now."

With an "I am leaving the rest to you" Ike tries to run away. Unwilling to be involved further, Yamauchi, too follows suit.

"Hey, hey! Are you serious…?"

I felt a little sweaty from the pressure. Nonetheless, until the end, the situation will only get worse. If I hid it, I'd want to make it difficult to find it, but I don't have any spare time for this. Without having time to think, while holding my bag I squeezed it in my back pocket and headed towards Hirata's group.

"My bad, sorry. My bag got a bit dirty, so I was cleaning it with my hands."

By making this excuse, Ike handed over his bag.

"If you want to search it, then search it. Because I am innocent. Right? Yamauchi?"

"Oh! Yes!"

The two of them put down proudly their bags. Hirata at first declined the offer to do the inspection, but eventually he did it. I also put my bag down softly, and then I left the scene. After finishing inspecting everyone's belongings Ike called out to Shinohara who was waiting with her arms folded.

"We searched everyone. But we found nothing."

"Really?"

"Yup. We are sure now. None of the boys is the culprit."

"Wait a minute."

As Shinohara approached us, she began looking inside the tent. It looked like she was suspicious and thought we kept something hidden in here. But of course, nothing came out. After inspecting the two tents, Shinohara went back to the girls and whispered to them.

"You know, that Hirata. Maybe he hid it in his pocket or something? I am curious as Ike, Yamauchi and Ayanokouji were talking to each other in whispers."

Of course we were, after all the girls demanded to search all over the place carefully.

"That's enough!"

All the girls, including Shinohara began attacking Ike.

"Wasn't Ike acting suspicious from a little while ago? Maybe he is hiding something after all!"

"What!? I'm… I'm hiding nothing! If you want to search me, then search!"

Spreading his arms and pleading his innocence. Hey, now… If he keeps talking like that….

"Well, let's search. Hirata, could you do it please?"

"All right. However, you girls must understand one thing. If we find nothing here, then from now on I would like you to stop investigating the boys constantly."

This was the worst outcome. Under the supervision of the girls began a physical examination of Ike, Yamauchi and me. Of course the underwear won't be found on Ike and Yamauchi. They didn't move against Hirata's careful examination and he was able to inspect every corner. And finally my turn came. It was too late to escape from this. I guess it was me that put myself in this situation after all. I wish I could turn back and redo things.

No… Not really. There was no turning back now. So, I should bet on the possibility that Hirata might overlook even by 1%. I decided to stay still like a dead fish and be examined by Hirata as he was slowly checking my upper body.

And then, Hirata put his arm inside the back pocket where I put the underwear.

——— Has he finished?

Resignation started. Without a doubt, Hirata's arm was transmitting the sensation of feeling the underwear. Although I wasn't sure if that was really the underwear and not just the sensation, it was enough suspicious that a rolled-up piece of cloth was in the pocket. Hirata, whose body stiffed for a moment, looked into my eyes. But after our gaze entangled in a moment in which even one second didn't pass, Hirata, examining my jersey without taking the underwear out, turned his head to the girl.

"Ayanokouji doesn't have it either."

Saying this, he started walking towards Shinohara. Ike and Yamauchi surprisingly exchanged looks.

"These guys didn't have it."

"That's strange… I thought it would be someone from those three. But if Hirata-kun says so…"

If Hirata who's overflown with sense of justice isn't telling a lie, Shinohara had no choice but to believe it.

"It should be fine once I tidy up the luggage. We can discuss if from then on."

After all the inspection ended, I hurriedly returned inside the tent. Soon after Hirata came along.

"Hirata… Why didn't you tell them?" I honestly asked.

"It is the underwear that you were having in your pocket, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Karuizawa's underwear… Did you take them, Ayanokouji-kun?"

"No, that's wrong." How will this good young man take my short denial?

"I trust you. You're not that kind of person. But why having them in the pocket?"

There was no way I couldn't answer that after he told he believed me without hesitation. I told him honestly about them being in Ike's bag. Hirata showed his brooding gesture for a moment.

"Is that so? Then it wasn't you for sure. But I don't think Ike-kun and Yamauchi-kun did either. If it's a culprit in the first place I wonder if they couldn't put it in their own bag. I have a theory they hid it in another place."

Without telling some difficult explanation, Hirata saved me with his usual quick-wittedness.

"I can take care of the underwear, if you'd like."

"Sounds good… But is it okay?"

Having this is similar to holding the joker card – something that is hard to process.

"Even if I turn out to be the worst culprit, it will have minimal damage on me. They'll think I'm pretty much her boyfriend."

With saying this, Hirata put the underwear inside the plastic bag used for the toilet. I wonder if Karuizawa would be happy knowing he touched her underwear with bare hands.

"However… With this we've found out one bad news. Knowing the underwear was in Ike-kun's bag, high chances are there's a culprit in the class."

"I see…" No matter what, if other class' students were wandering around then someone must have seen them for sure.

After leaving the tent, I looked around the surroundings. Our bags were wrapped in plastic one by one and put casually in front of the tent. A few meters away there was a tent where Karuizawa and the others were sleeping. Until the incident happened, the girls' bags were piled up unprotectedly as well. You could easily steal something if you wanted to. I easily searched through Ibuki's bag on the first day.

The question is – when it was stolen. It wasn't for sure until we had a shower, so crime was conducted between yesterday around 8 PM until early morning around 7 AM. If that's the case, anyone in the class could have done it. However, I didn't think the crime happened in the middle of the night. Someone would have carried a flashlight in the pitch-black surroundings and would have been caught by its light if they had snooped around the bags. If so, the sunrise around 5 o'clock in the early morning was highly possible to be the time.

Well, even if we narrowed down the time of crime, it would be hard to narrow down the culprit from there.

What if… We change the perspective a little bit? The reason why Karuizawa would be the one stealing her underwear is to hide them inside Ike's bag. But what did she want to achieve with that?

"I believe you're not a culprit. That's why I saved you."

"O-oh. Thank you."

"But that's not all… I want you to find the culprit." Hirata requsted earnestly while taking my hand.

"Me, to find?"

"It will be uneasy if the culprit isn't found, boy or girl regardless. Truth to be told, it would be the best if I find them, but it looks difficult to devote time to put everyone together…"

Well, there are behavior restriction tagged along to the class' center person such as Hirata.

"Person involved in the crime is certainly worried about the culprit. I don't think a person who would do things like hiding the underwear in Ike's bag can be easily found."

Were we fully aware of that thing? Even Hirata was supposed to know that finding the culprit is hard.

"… Well, I'll do as much as I can for the time being. Don't have excessive expectations."

"Thank you! Thank you, Ayanokouji-kun!" While saying thanks with embracing spirit, Hirata deeply and thankfully lowered his head. It's not that I didn't understand Hirata's grateful feelings, but his response seemed a little over-excessive. The theft of this underwear was probably an extremely troublesome case to Hirata. It would be an evidence of him as a leader taking seriously a crisis that had come to the class in order.

"And then, if you find the culprit… At that time I want you to tell me first. Certainly don't tell it to anyone else."

His ability to convey strong emotions with appealing eyes is strongly assertive. It was eerie that they looked too dignified.

"If it becomes public, this class will again sustain a big damage. I want to avoid this. That's why I want to think of a method of getting a peaceful settlement through talking with the culprit. And if they reflect, we could be done with this story because of me."

"In other words, you'll hide the truth?"

"Hide, huh… It's a bad wording, but even if it's taken that way it cannot be helped. Even if someone from the guys is the culprit, I think the truth should be hidden."

He fixed his pupils on me intensively. It looks like he's saying he's willing to protect the perpetrator.

"I understand. So I'll report to you first. Is that alright?"

"Thank you. …So, I'll go back to work."

Coming outside the tent, Hirata soon called out other students as if starting something. Multiple silhouettes I'd seen from the seat were becoming distant.

"Yousuke Hirata. Are you D class' hero?"

I felt one contradiction in Hirata's story. He said the truth should be hidden even if the perpetrator is a boy right after he said he saved me because he trusted me. In other words, even if someone had the underwear, the truth will be hidden from girls. Hirata didn't have full trust in me. Let alone that, he probably highly supposed there was a chance that I was the perpetrator. That's a natural thing, of course. From outsider's perspective I, who had the underwear, am saying that Ike is the culprit. That's why Hirata by giving me, who might be the culprit, the role of the detective spilt the thread of salvation and gave a warning not to cause second offence at the same time. While thinking this way, I could grasp the story. The only thing certain is to forget the incident.

I also had thoughts of Hirata being the culprit, but… Well, it would soon come to light.


Capítulo 115: Chapter 5 Part I

"Could you please gather the others?"

When I got out of the tent, Hirata's meeting had already started to take place. It was not long before the whole class gathered together.

"Men are not to be trusted. It is absolutely impossible to stay in the same place with them!"

"But there seems to be a bit of a problem for guys and girl to live apart now, don't you think?… The exam is almost over. Because we are friends, we must believe in each other and cooperate."

"That may be right. But we cannot stay in a place with underwear thieves!"

Karuizawa is swinging her head to the side dismissing this idea as absolutely impossible.

Well, if the victim says so, then Hirata cannot say anything more.

Adding to this, Shinohara brings a branch of a tree and pulls out a line, in a patronizing manner.

"We believe that the culprit is a boy. So, we draw a line here and divide the area between girls and boys. Boys entering our area is absolutely prohibited."

Shinohara finally proposed to officially divide our common living space.

"What's this?! You treat us like criminals, without proper proof. Didn't we let you check our baggage and also do a physical examination?"

"You may not have necessarily hidden it into your bag, right? Men are perverts. Anyway, please do not enter the girls' territory until we find the culprit. So go over there."

After saying that, they demanded the boys move the tents. As expected, the boys did not seem satisfied with this and booing ensued.

"If you do not believe us, then move your tent away or whatever. We will not move our tent and we will not help you move yours either."

"Ah! I see, then fine. You cannot stand the burden of getting caught, while pretending to help."

"And do not use the shower anymore, ok? It is not a joke to let a man who might have been a perverted thief use it."

It seems that the unity that we had so far has completely broken down.

"Heck. Can you even stamp your tent?"

Feeling that the situation became rather dangerous, Shinohara asked Hirata for help.

"Hey Hirata, could you please help us? For Karuizawa's sake?"

"Ok, I'll help you. It may take some time, is that okay?"

"Thank you, Hirata! Good for us, Karuizawa!"

"Yup. Only Hirata is to be trusted."

Being a little bit happy and a little bit embarrassed, she made Karuizawa's cheeks blush.

"Hmm… Although, Hirata could be the culprit."

"What?! Hirata is not the culprit! What a stupid thing to say! Get lost!"

"Don't make a fool of yourself Karuizawa. Just because he is your boyfriend does not mean that he cannot be the culprit!"

Naturally the boys' complaints were rising, but in this situation their words weren't taken into consideration. Everyone except Hirata was suspected to be the thief, so it couldn't be helped. The discussion where Karuizawa and Shinohara seized the initiative was rapidly approaching the conclusion.

"Wait a minute. Can I raise my objection against all of you? Especially to you, Karuizawa?"

In the midst of such a cold atmosphere Horikita calmly but also firmly faced Karuizawa.

"What is it Horikita? Do you have any objections against our present plan?"

"I do not mind dividing the living area between men and women. As long as the culprit hasn't been found, it is prudent to keep ourselves at a distance from the boys, since there is a high possibility that the culprit is a guy. However, I do not trust Hirata, I mean I cannot rule out the possibility that he is the thief and I'm not convinced as to why he must be excluded from the rules and let him enter the girls' area."

"Hirata would never do such thing. Can you understand that, at least?"

"That's your own personal belief. Do not force the same idea on me as well."

Karuizawa was clearly not satisfied with Horikita's attitude and took a step closer to her.

"Hirata is definitely not the criminal. You don't even have friends, let alone a boyfriend, so you may not understand."

"Do not make me say the same thing over and over again. You cannot convince me about him." Horikita did not bend even when she was provoked.

"Well, then let me ask you something. I guess there are not any other boys that can be trusted except Hirata. Or are there?"

"I won't speak without thinking. Simply put, you can increase the number by another one. If you do that then we'll have two guys. It's very effective when guys want to watch each other's backs."

"This is not a joke! Did I steal your underwear? No! You've been humiliated by a guy. Do you even understand? Do you know what is going to happen if you pull the culprit in?"

"Don't you think this is happening because of your insufficient crisis management? While we were wasting time, maybe they were making up their reason of how they did not know the underwear were being stolen?"

"Oh! What crisis management?! They let us search their bags! What's insufficient in this!"

"It does not matter if your underwear is stolen. It happens often in everyday life, people fall victims of robbery. However, here it seems that there is a guy that has a grudge against you."

In other words Horikita considered the possibility that the culprit did not steal the underwear with an ulterior motive, but rather it was an act of randomness against Karuizawa specifically.

Maybe there was someone who was trying to get rid of their old grudge against Karuizawa and who deliberately decided to humiliate her. I can imagine the culprit following such a route. But is it appropriate for Horikita to express that idea against Karuizawa in public? She is smart, but she has difficulty in interpersonal relationships and this is exactly Horikita's weak point. If Karuizawa is stirred up in front of a large crowd, then she will get even more hurt and irritated. And this rage will not only be headed towards the boys, but to Horikita too.

"You…."

Karuizawa was on the verge of bursting out with rage when Hirata barged in and stood beside her gallantly.

"Karuizawa. It would be of great help for me if you chose to save another boy. Can we do that?"

She followed up to his mediation.

"Bu.. But.. How can I trust anyone else apart from you, Hirata?"

"Well, then choose me!" Ike slowly raised his hand.

To think that he was fighting with Shinohara just a little while ago…

"Wait! If it's about physical work. It's me!" Sudou was waving his hand.

"Wait! It's me who has shown the most skillfulness, here!" Yamauchi also continued.

No matter how many times we had disputes with the girls, we couldn't help but wanting to be close to them.

"Stop joking! This is serious! We are not trying to find a way to bring a pervert here. It's no wonder that one of you is the thief. Or Horikita, do you think these guys are good enough?"

"Well, this is what I believe. These 3 people are completely unreliable, considering their daily behavior. So I thought this over carefully and I intend to choose the person who does not give me the impression of a thief."

"Who is it? Someone other than Hirata, then?"

I look towards the boys. Is there a guy who can feel at ease when compared to Hirata?

Who could it be?…

"It's you Ayanokouji!"

…What? Why me? How is it me?… Unintentionally, my mouth hung open, unable to speak a word.

"Hahaha! Do not make me laugh! If you think about it, isn't he the only friend you have? You can't trust such a quiet, sullen looking guy?"

Not that it matters to me, but my existence in this school seems to be something between "that guy" and "sulky fellow". Is this the pitiful fate of a man who could not build satisfactory interpersonal relationships in the first semester?

"I think that Ayanokouji could be the culprit. In the morning he was acting a bit weird sneaking around, wasn't he?"

When I found the stolen underwear in Ike's bag, I had no choice but to talk nonsense in order to get out of this situation. Well, it is a fact that I had Karuizawa's underwear in my hands at that time, which made me look rather suspicious.

"It might be possible… Certainly, he was in front of the bonfire yesterday until late night, Ayanokouji-kun…"

It seemed like the girls' scepticism had become evident when they chose me as their next target. Suspicious persons began to pop out among the boys. Ike and Yamauchi were in complete ignorance. Regardless of us being silent or clarifying things out, we stayed silent since it was a disadvantageable situation. No matter how much the girls doubted, Hirata was holding the evidence and it wasn't ruled out that we could turn to be the culprit against our will.

However, to be suspected as a culprit wasn't a good feeling, regardless of false accusation.

"Ayanokouji-kun really is the underwear thief, right? He makes no excuses. He fixedly stared at Karuizawa-san with an eye of a pervert before."

A suspicious voice could be heard among the girls. I couldn't recall looking at her in such a manner, but what can you do if my brain decided to forget it for my convenience. False accusations happen in such a way.

"Um… Ah, I think Ayanokouji-kun doesn't do such things…"

Because all the girls showed doubt with all their might, I thought no one would take my side, but words of protection came from unexpected person. Arching her back from behind, Sakura defended me in a hesitant way. I didn't expect such an action from a girl who's bad at getting attention from others more than anyone.

"Huh? What are you saying, why would you say such a thing?" Karuizawa turned her head in a displeasure to Sakura, who was siding with a potential culprit. From the viewpoint of a girl full of high spirits, timid Sakura is a reasonable target. It's easier to confront her than Horikita. She changed her prey in an instant and as in predation attacked with words:

"Huh, why? How do you get that Ayanokouji isn't the culprit?"

"That's… That… It's because he isn't a person who… would do that…"

Being strongly pushed, she desperately squeezed out her voice in fear.

"Huh? I don't get it. That isn't an answer." After folding her hands, Karuizawa laughed ruthlessly at Sakura's continuous mysterious support.

"Eh? Does Sakura-san like plain, ordinary Ayanokouji-kun maybe?"

Rather than just making fun of her, Karuizawa said this with proper reason. It would be fine if such a statement without basis was turned aside without hesitation, but Sakura took it straightforwardly.

"N-no!?"

Startled in surprise, Sakura's cheeks turned red and became restless.

"Wow. What's this elementary-schooler like blunt response. It's so obvious."

The other girls joined Karuizawa in laughter.

"That's…! Ah, um… Uuum…!"

"Ha, isn't it good? There is no other person who likes him that much. What can you tell us here? Hey hey, I can even help you out."

"Uh!!"

As if she couldn't handle the atmosphere of having too many eyes on her, Sakura ran off into the woods. Kushida left us behind running after her. She had a good observation that being alone in the woods might be dangerous.

"What was that? I was just teasing her a bit. That's why she can't make any friends."

Watching over Karuizawa's public execution from beginning until the end without saying anything, Horikita let a sigh while combing her hair as if she was watching something uninteresting.

"I wonder if it's okay to continue with the discussion soon. It's a waste of time to watch charade after all."

"You know, Horikita-san. Such speech comes off as if you're being annoyed."

As if losing interest in runaway Sakura, Karuizawa once again targeted Horikita.

"Hey, Horikita-san. Why do you treat me coldly? Did something happen?"

"Something? There is something."

"Well, isn't Hirata-kun cool? He's also smart. And he's even nice to someone like you, I think every ordinary girl falls for him."

While giggling, Karuizawa took Hirata's arm and pulled him with pride.

"I'll tell you, Ayanokouji-kun is… Well. His physical appearance is good compared to the other guys, but isn't everything else awful? I was wondering if you're jealous of me. These are my thoughts."

"You're very naïve, Karuizawa-san."

"Aah— So bad, it's shameful to be jealous!"

I often hear that collective behavior carves a person's role, personality and psychological state. Things that could not be seen in school life seemed to come to the surface one after another. Especially for Horikita who was always by herself, being picked by the girls in her class awfully bad, and yet she would let things go past as something out of her concern. Since this was a community life, both parties couldn't help but be affected inevitably.

"Surely Ayanokouji-kun have many parts that aren't being praised."

Oi… I thought she would back me up, but it was the opposite.

"However, can Hirata-kun trust him is another question. It was essential for you to pressure Hirata-kun without reason. In reality, there is no factor to trust Ayanokouji. Besides, I'm absolutely not going to get across personal affection. As a result of extinguished past, he became the guy you can trust the most in the class. Or is there a guy you can say is better than him? If there is I want you to tell me."

Saying this, Karuizawa glanced at boys in evaluation and let a sigh.

"… Well it looks there's no one significant among guys. They're always in the background."

I had no choice but to agree with that point. The girls' perception is too harsh.

"Oh well, isn't that great? I have doubts, however. I'll put up with it if Hirata-kun is okay."

It looked like I was the one chosen from Karuizawa and the girls in the end, but I wasn't satisfied. Of course, I didn't reveal such a thing. There would only be another dispute.

As the talk was coming to an end, dispersement began and simultaneously with it the class' solidarity collapsed.

"I understand what everyone wants to say, but… I disagree with suspecting a classmate without basis. There is no person in our class who would do awful things." Said Hirata as he couldn't stay silent about this deterioration.

"You're too kind. Are you saying someone else stole it?"

"I don't know that… But, I don't want to suspect a classmate."

The guys as well were thinking of the culprit feeling bad about being suspected by the girls all the time.

"Hey… Maybe —— Is it Ibuki?"

One person murmured while secretly looking at Ibuki who sat at the end of the campbase.

In that moment, a spearhead of doubt turned toward Ibuki as if a group set an eye on one prey.

"Ibuki-chan from C class, right. It wouldn't be ridiculous if she pretends to be D class' hindrance… Using tricks to make us look suspicious."

"Stop with the nonsense, guys. You are without a doubt the most suspicious."

Shinohara is very suspicious of the boys. She was keeping her distance from the boys, gesturing with her hand for them to back off.

"Until we figured out who's the culprit, we surely can't trust guys. Right, Karuizawa-san."

"Right. The culprit is surely someone from the guys."

Because of this incident, it had been decided to continue with our activities with the guys and girls being separated individually in the end.


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