Chương 248: -244- Helpe with something
"Why did you help me?" Karuizawa Kei's question made Hori slightly raise his eyelids and glance at the girl.
Then, Hori spoke calmly.
"Because, you are the VIP of the Rabbit group, right?"
This statement shocked Karuizawa Kei greatly.
"… How do you know about this?"
Karuizawa Kei was genuinely surprised.
No wonder.
This matter had not been mentioned to anyone by Karuizawa Kei, not even Hirata Yosuke.
If it wasn't for worrying about Hori's matters, Karuizawa Kei would probably have told Hirata Yosuke by now.
But over the past two days, Karuizawa Kei had been thinking about how to negotiate with Hori to get the herbs, making her somewhat inattentive to the exam, so naturally, she hadn't told Hirata Yosuke.
Therefore, apart from Karuizawa Kei herself, no one knew she was the VIP.
Why did Hori know?
Karuizawa Kei felt astonished at this point.
However, she didn't know that it wasn't just Hori; even Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had noticed this.
The reason was simple.
"When Machida from Class A proposed not participating in the discussion to let the VIP win in result two, you were the first to agree, right?"
Hori spoke as if stating an obvious fact.
"That's not in line with your 'character' at all."
Although Karuizawa Kei's character was fabricated, her spendthrift nature regarding personal points was genuine. She was always longing for more personal points.
In such a situation, it was abnormal for Karuizawa Kei to be the first to agree with Machida Koji's suggestion.
"According to your 'character', you shouldn't have agreed so easily in that situation."
Hori stated bluntly.
"If the VIP was in another class, you would gain nothing from letting them win. Even if the VIP was in Class D, whether you would get points from them afterward is uncertain. They could stay anonymous and enjoy their gains quietly, right?"
In summary, based on Karuizawa Kei's public persona, she should have objected to something that wouldn't guarantee her personal points.
Unless Karuizawa Kei herself was the VIP.
If the VIP in the Rabbit group wins, Karuizawa Kei would naturally win and get a whole 500,000 personal points.
"The others are not familiar with your 'persona', so they didn't find it suspicious. Even Yukimura wasn't interested enough to notice this anomaly."
But Hori and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka were different.
These two couldn't miss such an anomaly.
Therefore, from that moment, Hori and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka knew that Karuizawa Kei was highly likely to be the VIP.
"And since you are the VIP, we can't let Class C bully you."
If Class C bullied her, they might find out her weakness and realize she was the VIP.
This was a fact Hori didn't want exposed.
Especially not to Class C.
Currently, Ryuen was gathering information about the VIPs, trying to identify the VIPs from multiple groups and win the special exam comprehensively.
For Ryuen, knowing one more VIP would significantly advance his progress in solving the final puzzle.
This was something Hori didn't want to see.
Thus, Hori had to protect Karuizawa Kei from being bullied by Manabe and her group.
As for treating her scars...
"After all, the herbal medicine you used on the uninhabited island was also prepared by me, right?" Hori said indifferently to Karuizawa Kei. "Since I'm already a good person, I might as well go all the way."
In other words, it was just another spur-of-the-moment decision.
Understanding the reason behind everything, Karuizawa Kei was left speechless.
This girl probably never imagined that she would be saved for such reasons.
The VIP matter was explainable, but treating her scars out of whim was somewhat peculiar.
"You really haven't changed at all, always doing strange things."
Karuizawa Kei could only give such an evaluation.
This was probably how Karuizawa Kei truly saw Hori.
Originally, in Karuizawa Kei's eyes, Hori was a strange and solitary person.
However, this person possessed astounding and even astonishingly high skills. Even Hirata Yosuke, the leader of Class D, had a tendency to rely on him. Not to mention the last special exam; even in this special exam, Hirata Yosuke highly valued Hori's abilities and repeatedly sought his advice.
But Hori seemed to have completely lost interest in the special exam, unlike during the uninhabited island special exam when he was actively providing strategies, now showing a tendency to stay out of it.
Otherwise, if Hori were willing to step forward, even slightly, in this special exam, he would still be like during the uninhabited island special exam, receiving the admiration of the entire class and becoming the leader of Class D.
"You can easily obtain such a position, yet you willingly abandon it. I really can't understand your thoughts."
Karuizawa Kei voiced her inner thoughts.
This was not surprising.
To gain her position, Karuizawa Kei spared no effort to become one of the central figures in Class D.
In contrast, Hori could take Hirata Yosuke's position anytime he wanted, becoming the leader of Class D, even gaining support from Class B, and being feared by Class A and Class C, fully capable of becoming one of the top figures in the first year at Advanced Nurturing High School, but he didn't care at all.
To someone like Karuizawa Kei, who craved status, such behavior was bewildering.
But Hori still wanted to say...
"I'm really not interested in the status a high school can offer."
Hori said lazily.
Indeed?
The leader of a class?
So what?
Hori was the heir of the Nanaya clan, a person who could become the clan leader anytime.
If he wished, Hori could become the ruler of the dark world.
To be able to control the entire underworld at will, who would care about being the leader of a mere high school class?
Of course...
"I'm not staying out of this exam." Hori said coldly. "I'm aiming for victory too."
"Victory?" Karuizawa Kei was momentarily stunned.
Only then did Hori look directly at Karuizawa Kei.
"Since it has come to this, help me with something."
Hori spoke to Karuizawa Kei.
Karuizawa Kei could only look confused.
After Hori explained everything, Karuizawa Kei's expression gradually changed from astonishment to admiration, and finally to genuine envy.
Thus, Karuizawa Kei agreed to Hori's request.
Laying down an important factor for the victory three days later.
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