Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Epilogue #4

Fuuuu ~ she then exhales. At the time, the announcement that the 1-hour discussion time was over in five minutes came. We were ordered to disband the group within five minutes and immediately return to their respective rooms.

"Fuckers!" Yukimura's scream came from his heart. It was an honest and sincere scream without any lies behind it.

"It's a shame, Yukimura, even though it was a good experiment" Machida and the others said while grinning and laughing. They told that to Yukimura who was completely caught out, making sure to be completely humiliated.

They also see me, the person they believe to be the leader of this strategy. Even with the anxious Yukimura and Class D, and the shocked C and A classes there must be a lot of things they wanted to talk about, but the rules currently forbid us to discuss them any further.

"However, we have already determined that Ayanokouji-kun is ‘target’. Machida-kun, promise me that we will aim for the first result together without betraying anyone" Ichinose asked Machida.

"Of course, believe me, let's go" After being summoned by their friend, the three Class A disciples were the fastest to leave the room.

"Someone who believes will survive, you know. I will never betray you that's why I also want Class C to do the same. You just have to hold on for 30 minutes" Ichinose told Class C students. Manabe and the others simply nodded in agreement. Yukimura glanced at the phone I was holding in my hand. I'm a fool for following your plan, it's the worst" he said. And then one by one, everyone left the room, leaving me and Ichinose alone.

"Now we have to believe in everyone" he said.

"Yes, I think so"

"Ayanokouji-kun, you're quite calm, aren't you worried?"

"I can do nothing but believe in the other in the end... I'm going back to my room"

There was nothing more to gain even if I stayed here any longer.

"Hey, wait a minute" Ichinose stopped me by putting his hand on my shoulder. At that moment I sensed that the space between us would soon become tense.

"Who's making plans to exchange phones?"

"Of course, it's Horikita" I replied.

"I understand, please tell Horikita-san, the plan was a big success”

"big success? What do you mean by big failure? It was a terrible defeat and destruction. In the end you found out"

"Ahahahaha, you don't expect us to think of the same plan, do you?"

"Sorry, for lying to you like that, even after I agreed to an alliance with you. Are you mad at me?"

"Of course not, we also started our own plan without your knowledge, so we're the same"

"I see, I'm sure Horikita will also be relieved to hear it" I told her. After saying that, I grabbed my phone and left the room.

"Waa, wait, wait, the important part isn't over" she stopped me again.

"The important part?"

"Mou--you suck at dealing with other people, Ayanokouji-kun. The SIM card we gave them was locked in their terminal, but there was a way to release that key. I asked Hoshinomiya-sensei to check it but, it seemed like with quite a lot of points, I asked Hoshinomiya-sensei, you can unlock the terminal. That's what he told me "Ichinose said. Chiri's. At that moment, I felt an electric current flowing through the back of my head.

"The answer that comes after a wrong answer is shown, most people will think of it as the truth. After Yukimura-kun who broke the password to unlock the phone, it turned out that not ‘target’. was revealed, the truth that Ayanokouji-kun is ‘target’ who has already raised his head. And with the fact that the SIM card was sealed, No one would suspect anyone else other than Ayanokouji-kun right now. But that in itself is a real trap. The trading strategy is not perfect, but it is a lie because it is very effective, but of course you have to create a double-layered trap for it. If this trap is set, the truth will forever be buried in darkness. There will be no more ways to ascertain who the "target" really is with 100% certainty "Ichinose continues.

Ichinose, he saw the plan behind the plan. He was aware of the truth that I had hidden even from Yukimura. First, the basis of his thinking is that I'm not a "target". But I approached Yukimura by disguising myself as a "target". As proof, I've used the actual "target" phone to make contact with him. But the real "target" and the owner of the phone is Karuizawa. He hid that fact very well.

The only person he told that fact was Hirata. Hirata also kept the hidden truth from me and Yukimura who were already members of the same group at first. That's why he pretended to know nothing when we talked about "targets". But after I found out about Karuizawa and Hirata's past, she told me about Karuizawa's identity as a "target". And after I used Manabe to bully Karuizawa, I used that situation to exchange our phones.

Of course manipulating the same messages and history as I did with Yukimura. Then I removed the SIM card key using points. This procedure is not illegal and can be done easily at mass retail sellers as a free service. It may be a ship, but during this exam it requires the use of a mobile phone, a place is already set up where pupils can repair or replace their phones in case of damage.

That's why, while using Karuizawa's phone, I can also transfer her number. Furthermore, from then onward, I had already exchanged that phone with Yukimura. Of course, I just told him that it was 'my phone' and Yukimura already trusted me. If the truth were to come out, he would definitely become annoyed and annoyed at me.

If he was a simple person, they would never have noticed Yukimura and I had already exchanged cell phones. If it was an intelligent person, they would have noticed the exchange and accused me of being the real "target. But they will never come to the conclusion that Karuizawa is the real "target. It was the phone exchange plan I had once done.

"If Class D doesn't have ‘target’ in it, what will you do?" Ichinose asked me.

"Just like you, I've been trying to figure out who ‘target’ is among those classes, swapping phones with them and passing myself as ‘target’ is actually”

If the "target" actually comes out afterwards and shows a trick, the search will be successful and if for example they believe that Ichinose is the real "target", the traitor will definitely be wrong and the exam will be over. In the latter situation, no points were awarded to Class B and it was possible to reduce the points gap between several classes.

"So it's out, huh?" Ichinose then started pulling out the phone from the left and right of his pocket. One is the "target" of Class B of the other group, one of which is from another student who is not the "target" of the other group.

"By the way, this is just my prediction but if you move on from today's discussion flow---" Ichinose then quickly wrote a message on his phone.

"The identity of ‘target’ is Karuizawa Kei-san. Aren't we?" After writing that, he showed me the phone screen. That's the 'traitor' message he's going to send to school right now. But before anything could happen, my phone and Ichinose, both rang at the same time.

"The test for the group (rabbit) has now ended. Please wait for the announcement of the results"

"Aaah .. someone betrayed us in the end, well, whether it was Class A or C, maybe one of them" he said.

"Why do you suspect Karuizawa?" Ask her.

"The same reason as Yukimura-kun, because he is also acting differently than usual. He usually doesn't care about Ayanokouji-kun, but he has seen you a lot and he has seen your face more than he should. But it's not real proof that Karuizawa-san is ‘target’, so I won't send that message anyway" As for the plan I've built, it's been fully seen by Ichinose.

"Why didn't you tell anyone about it? That way, the lie will be revealed" Ichinose just laughed. His current smile was truly the deepest and most genuine profound and profound that I had ever seen.

"That's obvious, isn't it? A or C, if one of them is wrong, it is still a plus for us. From the beginning, I did not intend to settle it together with everyone through the result of 1 or betray everyone through the result of 3. When ‘target’ isn't in Class B, I always mean to let another class betray us on purpose. I thought the traitor this time was from Class A "he said.

"Machida, huh?"

"No, no, it was Morishige-kun, he was from the Sakayanagi-san faction, maybe he was unwilling to obey the Katsuragi faction. Maybe he thinks that it is better to betray and take points, what is it?” Laughing strangely, he turned his back on me.

"Ayanokouji-kun, you are unexpectedly amazing. The conversation you just had with me, was made at that very moment, wasn't it?"

"If you want to praise, praise Horikita. He only gave me some presumptive situations and I obeyed his orders" It seems I have to reevaluate this person known as Ichinose Honami. He actually managed to avoid risk-taking and at the same time devised a strategy to come out as a winner. I have no right to complain.

"What does this mean?" Ichinose looked completely shocked from the bottom of his heart, as we both stared at the screen of our phones.

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The ship that sailed in the deep sea, looked a little quiet. But as time approached 23:00, the presence of people gradually increased. When I noticed, the cafe I planned to leave after showing success and the seats quickly filled one by one. In front of me who had already gotten four seats in front, a woman approached.

"... I'm sorry to keep you waiting" The woman who came nervously was Karuizawa Kei. Something about his expression looked different than usual.

"I'm sorry I called you" I told him.

"No, no problem ..." Since I had no particular conversation with him at all, I just stared at the colored scenery silently. But since Karuizawa seemed to be looking at me, I turned to look at her as well.

"Ahh, umm .. I wonder if everything is in order?"

"No problem, I'm sure the guys from Class A sent a message to the school with my name on it"

I can say this as a pin, there is one more thing I have besides exchanging Karuizawa and Yukimura's cell phones. Since we are already working with the predictions in mind to ensure that we can synergistically work together, no worries will occur.

"How can you say that for sure?"

"Didn't the paper you gave me mean something, Ayanokoujikun?" The existence that crept up from behind me, surprising us enough made Karuizawa jump up a bit. How else, since that existence is the child that Karuizawa wanted to break up with, Hirata.

"Good work you two, don't mind if I sit down?" she asked.

"Of course" Karuizawa shifted uncomfortably and turned away from Hirata, but showed no immediate signs of rejecting him. It's 22:55. In 5 minutes, a message will be sent to all the students.

"It's almost time, has Horikita-san not come yet? Should we call him?"

"He's the type who always turns it off, we can wait another four minutes" I replied.

"Ahh, it seems like she is here" At least in this matter, Horikita has arrived sooner than I expected.

"Haa ~ If I see this group meeting in front of my eyes like this, I can't help but sigh" Horikita said.

"You've finally arrived. By the way, is that behind you?" Ask her.

"If you pay attention to it, you'll lose. Just think of her as a ghost riding on me and ignoring her like that" Horikita replied.

"Don't say that, Horikita, I think you'll be anxious during the exam and I'm worried about you, that's why I'm following you" I haven't seen her lately, but Sudou Ken stood beside Horikita almost as if he was clinging to her.

"You get in my way, get out of the way" Horikita told him.

"J-Don't say that, I challenged this exam with my best effort, you know" Sudou replied.

"In that case, are you sure that you will leave a good result?"

"... I'm only a step away, but it seems like someone faster than me sent a message first" After hearing half-hearted excuses from her, it seems Horikita has already stopped paying attention to her. Horikita then sat on the last empty seat. Sudou panicked and quickly moved to pull the chair from a nearby table.

"You're still here "Horikita told Sudou.

"No problem, right? I'll just listen to you as well, don't stop me" Although this is a slightly unusual member meeting, it seems like Sudou isn't interested in listening to our side.

"More importantly, the successive deliveries we received earlier ..."

"Yes, I'm curious about that too"

About 2 hours ago, it was the incident that happened when I parted with Ichinose. Four submissions were sent to our phones one by one. The contents of the post told us about the end of the exam for several groups. Groups (rats), groups (Horses), groups (Birds) and groups (Pigs). All of these groups got the test ending up on the grounds of traitors.

"Group (Horse) is a group whose ‘targetnya’ is Minami-kun, right?"

"Yes, in other words, there's a possibility that his identity was discovered by someone"

"In other groups, is there a chance that one of us might send a message?" Horikita anxiously asked.

If the "target" makes a mistake, the damage they will face need not be laughed at.

"I had a question about it and asked some of the groups before. From the boys side, they said none of them were traitors who sent messages" Hirata told Horikita. Of course, assuming those who don't give us lies. But to some degree, I'm sure we can trust them.

"Is Yamauchi okay?" I asked about men who are ready to go to extremes if needed.

"Ahh, um, that guy's fine. Yamauchi-kun was in the group (Birds), and it seemed like he was indeed trying to send a message of treason but he was very hesitant and his test ended before he could send a message" hirata replied.

"I don't know where he's from, but betrayed us first before we could play well" Horikita predicted that if Yamauchi sent a message of betrayal, he must have really got the wrong answer. I'm sure he's right. He had already lost his chance as he did not quickly send a message and hesitated after the exam ended.

"But we don't know the side of the women” Horikita said.

"No problem, I've checked the girls' side. No one sent a message"

Karuizawa answered Horikita frankly without the slightest hesitation. Since he was commanding the Class D children, his formation gathering ability was almost as fast as Hirata's.

"...I see" Of course Horikita who has no such information gathering ability, has no choice but to accept the answer.

"At the end of the day, at this test I wonder why the briefing was done with such a small group of members?" Hirata whispered the question even though he could not understand the meaning behind it.

"This test is one of the 'thinking' tests'. In other words, how we think. Not that every question has an answer, or anything like that" Horikita replied to Hirata. That's right, it could be that just by looking through that meaningless cliff, can we find the answers hidden behind all those questions? It might be natural to think of it that way.

"More importantly, what I was worried about was the fact that all four messages were coming in almost simultaneously. The betrayal pause is 30 minutes. Even so, betrayal occurs within the first 1 and 2 minutes. Is that normal? " Horikita asked.

"Isn't that just a coincidence?" It seems like from the point of view of Sudou who just listened to our conversation, everything might feel like a coincidence.

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