Ayanokoji's sudden self-exposure immediately attracted the interest of others.
"I get the feeling things are getting complicated. Is it convenient for us to hear the rest while we're here?"
Satonaka's tone became strange, and his gaze kept sweeping back and forth between Ayanokoji, Miyahara, and Hamaguchi, seemingly trying to discover some clues from the expressions of the others.
"Of course it's convenient. What Ayanokoji-kun is saying is baseless, so naturally, no one needs to leave. And although I don't know who helped Ayanokoji-kun come up with this idea, I can only feel sorry for Class D. Everyone knows that our Class B is the most united class; how could it be possible for anyone to leak information?"
Hamaguchi's calm attitude made Satonaka nod. Although he didn't pay much attention to class competition, he knew about Class B's unity. Although Class B felt a bit chaotic recently, no matter how chaotic, it was unlikely that anyone would leak information.
Just as everyone's attitude began to lean towards Hamaguchi, a discordant female voice caused the discussion's atmosphere to fall into an awkward state.
"Stupid excuse. If I were you, I wouldn't explain it like that. The game is already over."
After Morishita finished speaking, she crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and leaned back in her chair to doze off, seemingly no longer caring about the subsequent discussion content.
Seeing that the atmosphere was awkward, Satonaka hurriedly spoke up to defend Morishita.
"Morishita-san's personality is a bit strange, Hamaguchi, don't take it too seriously."
"It's fine, Morishita-san might have her own opinions. It's a discussion meeting, after all; it's meant for everyone to speak their mind."
Hamaguchi tried to smooth things over with an ugly expression. Because Morishita had adopted a posture of refusing to continue communicating, Hamaguchi couldn't find an opportunity even if he wanted to retaliate.
"I find it strange that you say that, Hamaguchi-san. The person who informed us of the Class B favored person information was indeed someone from your Class B. Doesn't the fact that the snake group's exam ended prove this? It was precisely because someone leaked the snake group's favored person information that this situation occurred."
Ayanokoji didn't know the specific situation of the snake group, but he trusted his intuition: the one who ended the snake group's exam must be Amane.
"Did you end the snake group's exam?"
Satonaka showed a surprised expression. He had thought it was a chain reaction directly caused by Class B that incidentally ended the snake group's exam.
He didn't expect that it was actually Class D that ended the snake group's exam. If it was really as Ayanokoji said, then the points Class D would gain this time would be equally astonishing.
The gap between Class A and Class D would be significantly reduced again.
"Yes, so I find it strange why Hamaguchi-san would deny it. As someone from Class B, Hamaguchi-san must know which groups' exams were ended by your Class B, right?"
Cold sweat began to appear on Hamaguchi's forehead. He certainly knew that according to Shibata's plan, the snake group's mission was to cover their favored person. But who knew the snake group's exam would suddenly end? Shibata also judged it was very likely that Miyako Amane from Class D had ended the exam.
Shibata was not surprised by this result, so he didn't take it to heart. Hamaguchi was the same. Given Amane's ability, it was normal for her to guess the favored person. If she had enough clues in her hands, she could completely deduce who the favored person was on her own.
Hamaguchi hadn't taken this matter to heart at first, but Ayanokoji said this was the result of someone betraying Class B, and insisted that Miyahara was the favored person for the Rabbit Group, and even that the snake group's favored person was exposed because someone leaked information. This made Hamaguchi unable to stay calm.
Because the favored person for the Rabbit Group was indeed Miyahara, Hamaguchi was now eager to know who had betrayed Class B, but he still felt there was something fishy and intended to test it again.
"Are you still struggling, Ayanokoji-kun? The answers submitted for the Special Exam are anonymous, and no one knows who submitted the answers. If you know, Ayanokoji-kun, I would hope you could tell me who the snake group's favored person is. If you can answer this question, I will believe that someone leaked information..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hamaguchi immediately realized he had slipped up.
"Well, Hamaguchi, I really want to believe that you Class B students are united, but your implication must be that the snake group's favored person is indeed in Class B, right? If it wasn't someone from Class B, and given that you already knew who the favored person was, it would be impossible not to end the exam without having the Joker card. The most fatal point is... if you don't know who it is, how are you going to confirm whether what Ayanokoji said is right or wrong?"
Satonaka, being able to be assigned to Class A, clearly had some skills. He directly grasped the loophole through Hamaguchi's statement. He now began to suspect that Miyahara was indeed the favored person, so he picked up his phone and entered Miyahara's name into the input box for sending the favored person's name to the officials. If Miyahara was confirmed to be the favored person next, he could take the lead in answering the question of who the favored person was.
Hamaguchi was rendered speechless by the counter-question. Miyahara, on the side, was secretly anxious but it was useless, because she was the favored person. At this moment, she was the most panicked person in the entire discussion group.
"Of course, there is the simplest way to prove yourself, and that is to open your phone and let us check your email. I have seen the emails of others in my class who were selected as the favored person; I remember there should be a note reminding you not to delete it."
Ayanokoji pointed to the phone Miyahara had placed on the table.
"What right do you have to check my phone? This is my personal privacy; without my permission..."
Miyahara hadn't finished speaking when she saw Ayanokoji take out his phone, open the email, and then enter her name into the input box. Finally, he held up his phone and placed it in front of Miyahara. Just by tapping send, this exam would be declared over.
"Are you crazy?"
Miyahara was startled and just wanted to reach out to snatch Ayanokoji's phone, but was stopped by Hamaguchi, who was quick-handed and sharp-eyed.
According to the rules, snatching someone else's phone would directly result in failing the exam and could even lead to punishment. Class B could no longer afford such trouble. Facing the aggressive Ayanokoji, Hamaguchi was also a bit angry, so he decided to bet against Ayanokoji.
He bet that Ayanokoji wouldn't dare to send the email rashly.
"Since you, Ayanokoji-kun, speak with such certainty, why not just hit send? Wouldn't that mean Class D wins the Rabbit Group? Why go on with such a long speech here? Or is it... that you, Ayanokoji-kun, actually don't dare to press that button yourself?"
Hamaguchi's tone turned provocative this time; only this kind of attitude could sow seeds of doubt. If Ayanokoji didn't dare to press it, then there was still hope to turn the situation around for the Rabbit Group.
"Hamaguchi-kun, you might have misunderstood something. I just wanted to see the favored person's text message to confirm that your traitor wouldn't try to pull a fast one. Since Hamaguchi-kun wants to use reverse psychology to make me send the email, I'll grant your wish."
Ayanokoji pressed the send button.
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