Boom!!!
The place where the two fell happened to have a tent that had been set up but no one was willing to live in. The weight of the two men easily caused the simple tent to collapse with a crash.
"Ryuuen!"
"Hirata-san!!"
The two who were confronting each other were about to act when they saw Ryuuen slowly stand up from the ground.
Then, the next second, he collapsed to the ground again.
"Damn it, you crazy bastard, cough, cough, cough."
Ryuuen didn't know why Hirata was so insane.
But he knew that his current injuries meant he probably couldn't escape.
"Albert, take the key card and leave quickly. Don't worry about me."
Ryuuen decisively threw the key card towards Albert. Albert was about to reach out to catch it but Horikita snatched it first.
Shiina Hiyori's name was written on the back of the card.
Just as Horikita was still wondering, Albert finally stopped holding back and decided to get serious. With a powerful tackle, he used his physical advantage to knock Horikita to the ground, then turned, picked up the key card, and ran towards the woods.
But what Albert didn't expect was that as soon as he rushed onto the forest path, he saw a figure standing there.
Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be the follower who was with Horikita that day, a person named Ayanokoji. His appearance in this place seemed both reasonable and abnormal.
It was reasonable because, given the time, they should have returned at this time or even earlier.
The reason it was abnormal was... he seemed to have been waiting for a very, very long time.
Ayanokoji coldly glanced at the somewhat nervous Albert, then pretended not to see him and walked past him.
"Ayanokoji-kun? Chase him quickly! Albert just ran from your direction."
Seeing Ayanokoji's figure emerge from the woods, Horikita quickly got up, intending to pursue.
However, Ayanokoji stopped her with a hand.
"Right now, checking Hirata-san's injuries is more important."
Ayanokoji's words made Horikita hesitate, but she was somewhat unwilling to let Albert escape like that.
"But..."
"Didn't you already see the name on the back of the key card? Besides, there's still Ryuuen to deal with. If we go chasing him like this, it's completely pointless, isn't it?"
Horikita looked at Ayanokoji suspiciously.
She hadn't expected the usually quiet Ayanokoji to be so persuasive when convincing someone.
Finally, out of concern for Hirata and the still struggling Ryuuen, Horikita had no choice but to give up the pursuit.
"Oh, right, weren't you just arriving? How did you know I saw the name on the back of his key card?"
Horikita suddenly realized something was amiss and sharply turned to look at Ayanokoji.
Could it be that he had been watching Hirata get beaten up all this time?
No, how could that be possible? Amane-san wouldn't allow such a thing to happen. Besides, she had just come back from that path, and there was only one road leading to the D Class camp. If he had been there the whole time, she couldn't have failed to notice him.
"I arrived a few tens of seconds early. I was originally planning to catch him when he tried to escape, but I didn't expect you to have already seen the name on the back. In that case, catching Albert would be completely meaningless."
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