After a busy day, Saiki Kusuo returned to his dormitory, ready to take a short rest before going home.
'If there are so many people in the class helping, I probably won't be needed anymore, if there is no progress after that.'
Saiki Kusuo thought so in his heart.
At this moment, he suddenly caught a few familiar voices, and a few seconds later, the knock on the door rang as expected.
'Should I pretend that I am not here?... No, they clearly followed me'
After thinking for a few seconds, Saiki Kusuo finally had no choice but to step forward and open the door.
"Saiki-san!"
Those at the door were still the troublesome guys from before, Kushida Kikyo, the idiot trio, and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.
"What's the matter?"
Saiki Kusuo asked, although he knew that there was no point in asking him.
"Let's discuss what to do next. After all, we only have less than a week."
Kushida Kikyo said very seriously while following the others into Kusuo Saiki's room.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's eyes wandered around Saiki Kusuo's room, looking for valuable details, but he did not obtain any useful information.
Everyone was soon discussing the next action plan in Saiki Kusuo's room, how to help Sudou Ken clear his name as soon as possible.
Saiki Kusuo remained silent and could only look at the people in front of him with an indifferent expression.
[I feel that Saiki's room is very clean and is very suitable as a base for future activities.]
'Hey, hey, you guys really have to discuss it in my room, right? Obviously you can do it in the chat on your mobile phone.'
[Let's find an opportunity to secretly match a few room cards of Saiki-san later.]
'I advise you not to even think about it.'
[If you discuss face to face, you can get closer to Kushida-san!]
'Can you please not be in my room?'
Everyone was discussing it, but there was still no result, but at this moment, there was another knock on the door.
'Here comes another troublemaker.'
Saiki Kusuo used his telepathy ability to determine that it was Horikita Suzune who was standing outside the door at this time - but soon, Saiki Kusuo read the purpose of Horikita Suzune coming here. He took the initiative to open the door.
"Horikita, why are you here?"
Ike Kanji was a little surprised when he saw Horikita Suzune arriving.
[Have these guys done useless work all afternoon? The witness was obviously right next to us, but no one noticed it at all.]
'Actually, someone discovered it, but we all pretended not to know.'
"Seeing that you guys have been working in vain all afternoon, let me give you a little hint."
Horikita Suzune shook her head helplessly, and then continued,
"The witnesses are actually right next to us."
"Who is it?"
After hearing Horikita Suzune's words, Sudou Ken immediately asked anxiously.
"It's Sakura from our class."
Horikita Suzune gave her own answer.
"Sakura...Sakura Airi?"
The others were a little surprised when Horikita Suzune said this name, because Sakura Airi was almost a transparent presence in the class.
"When Hirata gave a speech earlier to call on others to help Sudou, Sakura's expression was very unnatural. I'm afraid she definitely knows something."
[Actually, Sakura showed flaws at the beginning, but Horikita finally saw it.]
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's heartfelt voice rang in Saiki Kusuo's ears, and the voices of several other people also followed.
[Did Horikita even discover this? That's awesome!]
The idiot trio surprisingly agreed.
[Tch, if you didn't say it before, but wait until now to say it, is it because you want to show off your ability?]
Kushida Kikyo's unhappiness with Horikita Suzune became more intense, but she did not show it. Instead, she took out her mobile phone and immediately called Sakura Airi - but the latter did not answer.
"No answer..."
"It's not easy to find a clue..."
Ken Sudo lay on the bed and said with some reluctance.
'Hey, hey, this is my bed. Although I don't usually sleep here, if you dare to get a little dust on my bed, every basketball you play in the future will be in vain.'
"But it doesn't make sense to assume that she is willing to testify. Whether it was self-defense or not, that's a minor issue."
After saying these words, Horikita Suzune left the room directly, leaving everyone in confusion.
…
Soon after, everyone else left the room one after another, leaving only Kushida Kikyo alone in the room.
"Saiki-kun, what do you think Horikita's words meant before?"
Kushida Kikyo asked deliberately.
'Obviously, it's because of Sudou's personality. It's precisely because of Sudou's easily excited personality that this happened.'
Saiki Kusuo thought in his heart, but he still just shook his head,
"Not sure."
"Yeah?"
Kushida Kikyo pursed her lips slightly and cast her gaze on Saiki Kusuo's face.
[Does Saiki really not know? Saiki seems to have an average relationship with that girl, Horikita Suzune. On the contrary, Horikita seems to be a little concerned about Saiki. If one day I have a direct quarrel with that guy Horikita Suzune, maybe Saiki can become my side's help.]
'Make sure you don't count me among them.'
"Forget it, I'll go check with Sakura-san by myself tomorrow! She doesn't seem to be very talkative. She might be scared if there are too many people!"
"Um."
Saiki Kusuo nodded and finally ended today's conversation with Kushida Kikyo.
'Since Kushida wants to take the initiative to find Sakura, what happens next should have nothing to do with me.'
Saiki Kusuo thought in his heart.
...
The next day, morning break.
As promised before, Kushida Kikyo took the initiative to find Sakura Airi.
"Sakura-san!"
Kushida Kikyo greeted Sakura Airi very warmly, but the latter's face obviously looked a little surprised and at a loss.
"What, what happened?"
On the other side, Horikita Suzune, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka—and Saiki Kusuo were at the corner of the corridor, watching the two of them from a distance.
'Why do you want me to come with you...'
Saiki Kusuo felt a little helpless, but there was no other way. This was a request from Horikita Suzune, and there seemed to be no room for rejection.