Dio : This video won't be from ayanokouji's perspective but from Horikita suzune's perspective.

Class D : Horikita‐san

Ayanokouji : Ohh, finally.

Horikita : Why me.

Ryueen : Ohh , I wonder what it would be.

Sudou : From Suzune's perspective. That would be nice.

Everyone left the room one by one, and before I knew it, I was the only

person left. I was prepared to respond to Ryuuen-kun. During the sports

festival, he had me dancing in the palm of his hand. By the time I had

realized what was happening, it was too late. With no planned

countermeasures in place, I was thoroughly defeated.

But, somehow, I felt cheerful. I also felt as though I’d been thoroughly

crushed. I understood that I was much, much more pathetic that I’d imagined,

and I felt I needed to thank Ryuuen for teaching me that.

Ryueen : Kuku , you can thank me as much as you want, suzune.

Sudou : Suzune, you're not pathetic.

Mori : What are you talking about Horikita-san.

Horikita : See the video. You'll know soon.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Horikita-san. I got caught up talking with a

friend.” Kushida-san came back in, putting her hands together in an

apologetic gesture.

“It’s fine. We still have a little while before the appointment. Shall we

go?” I asked.

"Yo. So you didn't run away after all, Suzune".

"I'll be damned if I run away here. Of course I'd come".

Shinohara : you were meeting up with Ryuuen.

Satou : Why is Kushida-san there with the both of you.

Sudou : Suzune did he do something to you.

Horikita : Don't worry nothing bad happened.

"Your heart's in the right place. You've become a finer woman than you were

before".

All the girls gave a disgusted expression after hearing that.

I'm not pleased one bit even if he praises me in such a manner.

"But before I talk with you...let's put an end to this farce already, shall we?

Kushida-san".

Kushida : ' Ohhh Shit Shit Shit. Why is this happening to me.'

"Ehh? Farce? What do you mean by that?".

In the school building bathed in evening light, I stared straight at Kushida-

san.

"I don't really mind you playing the good guy here but that's not what you're

after right? This sports festival. You leaked the information. That's why Class

C was able to pull it off so brilliantly. The fact that I'm here like this now

with Ryuuen-kun is also for that sake...am I wrong?".

Shinohara : I still can't believe that kushida‐san did that.

Mori : Yeah me too. I mean no one expected this from her, right.

"...come on, where did you hear something like that from? Hirata-kun?

Ayanokouji-kun?".

"No. These are my own thoughts. I couldn't shake off that sense of unease.

He's the only one here right now. Isn't it about time we confront one

another?".

"Confront each other? What do you mean?".

"At the very beginning, I saw you on that bus trying to convince Kouenji-kun

to give up his seat. To be honest with you, I didn't recognize you back then.

But I immediately remembered you afterwards.....".

I looked Kushida-san in the eye. If she is indeed colluding with Ryuuen-kun,

then she'll interfere.

Up until now, she hadn't done so because she didn't see a need to.

"Kushida Kikyo-san. I remembered that a student like you had attended my

'middle school'".

Even she wouldn't be able to keep up her constant smile if I revealed

something like that.

Right in front of my eyes, for the first time, I saw her change expressions.

But that led to yet another smile.

Ike : Ohh really scary man.

Miyamoto : I used to dream about dating her but now never.

Almost all of the boys agreed.

"Of course you'd remember immediately. I was quite a 'problem child'".

After saying that, Kushida-san stopped speaking and simply lowered her eyes

in silence.

"I don't believe that phrase is quite accurate. You were not a problem child,

just like how you are in Class D right now, you were a student everybody

trusted in. But---".

"Can you cut it out? Stop reminiscing about the past".

"That's right. No point in talking about the past now".

Mori : So she has a bad past.

Satou : What is her past.

Matsushita : 'It seems like her past is way different from Karuizawa‐san's.

Horikita : I am sorry but I don't want to talk about someone else's personal stuffs.

Haruka : Hey kiyopon do you know anything about this.

Ayanokouji : Yeah , but like horikita said I'm not going to say anything about it.

Hirata : Horikita‐san is right guys. We shouldn't look into kushida‐san's personal life without her permission.

Ayanokouji : sigh ' So they can just sit here and see my personal life without my permission , huh. Well it's not their fault anyway.'

Ryuuen-kun listened to our conversation with a smile as though he were

enjoying it.

Sakayanagi : Fufu, He sure seems to be enjoying it.

Ryuuen laughed.

"If we're on the same page then you understand, don't you? What I'm thinking

about doing?".

"Yes. I've already realized it. That you want me out of this school. But aren't

you also taking a big risk? If I reveal the truth, you'll lose your current

standing, no?".

"Me. Or Horikita-san. It's clear who's trusted more. I guess it's what you'd

call hedging risk".

Onodera : Nobody is going to believe you anymore Kushida-san.

Kushida : Tch. Just shut up.

"But if it were revealed, wouldn't you be in trouble too? For instance, even if

no one believes what I have to say, they will still harbor doubts. At the very

least, you cannot deny the fact that we did attend the same middle school".

"You're right. But...if by any chance, you happen to tell someone else about

me, I will thoroughly hunt you down. That is to say, I'll drag the brother you

love so dearly into this".

Those words caused me to tense up.

Sudou : That damn bitch.

Ryuuen : Kuku , truly a foxy woman.

Sakayanagi : fufu , indeed. This really is interesting.

Nagumo : Haha, what a foxy woman you are kikyo.

Matsushita : You really want to expel horikita‐san because she knew about your past.

It's precisely because I've heard about the past of the student named Kushida

Kikyo that I know there's a danger that she'll really get Nii-san involved if I

incur her wrath.

You could almost say that's the perfect defense against me, without so much

as a single opening in it.

But it's not like it's easy for Kushida-san to take action either. Because there's

a danger in the notion that if she blatantly gets my brother involved, I might

then resort to desperate measures.

That's why she's devised this strategy to chase me out openly without letting

it get to that.

Nagumo : Haha , you sister really cares about you a lot huh senpai.

Manabu didn't say anything.

"Then wouldn't it have been just fine to ignore me? You know full well I

don't involve myself with other people and that I don't stick my nose where it

doesn't belong, don't you?".

"For now. But there's no guarantee that'll still be the case in the future. In

order for me to be me, I need to make everyone who knows about my past

disappear".

"In that case, now that I'm privy to this, does that mean I'm also your prey?".

"Depending on the circumstances, that may be so".

Even as she colluded with him, Kushida-san still said so boldly.

"Kuku. You're a foxy woman. Well, it's precisely because I like that part of

you that I decided to cooperate though".

"Let me just say this, Horikita-san. I will expel you. To do so, I'll collude

with even the devil himself".

Sakayanagi : fufu, devil huh I don't think so. There's only one true devil that I know.

Ryuuen : Kukuku. I agree with you on that one loli.

Ryuuen said that looking at me.

Well expect for some people the others had no idea what they were talking about.

Matsushita/Ichinose : ' They must be talking about ayanokouji-kun.'

Kei : ' That devil is my prince charming.'

Kushida-san said so as she left my side to stand alongside Ryuuen-kun.

"What a shame, Suzune. Betrayed by a promising ally".

"You were a step ahead of me this time, Ryuuen-kun. No.....I suppose it's

been this way for a while now. During the exam on the cruise, on the

uninhabited island, during Sudou-kun's incident too. I've only kept on

losing".

By acknowledging that once, the words came out easily.

Hirata : Don't blame yourself for all our loses Horikita-san.

Satou : Yeah, we're all equally responsible for that.

Sudou : Yeah, suzune it's not your fault.

Horikita : Thanks guys.

"Let's wrap this up then. Points and the kowtow, I mean. That's what you

'two' are after".

Sudou : What , kowtow.

Ike : He wanted you to get on your knees.

Horikita : Don't worry it didn't happen.

Kei : Did Kushida-san also wanted to see Horikita-san do kowtow.

Class D glared at kushida.

Kushida didn't say anything.

"I'll go ahead and clear this up but Kinoshita running into you was a complete

accident. There were no ulterior motives or malicious intentions behind that.

It's the way the world works, right? If there's an accident sometimes you just

settle it out of court. It's something like that".

"...yes. There's no evidence after all, it's obvious I'll be framed as the culprit".

To prove your innocence, you'll need a fair amount of resolve and power. In

this case, I just need to admit it honestly.

"But I'll also add this. That this incident was something you masterminded.

You instructed Kinoshita-san to ensure I collapsed. I'm sure of that".

"That's your persecution complex speaking".

"I don't care even if it's just my delusion. But I'd at least like to hear about it.

What kind of trap did you set for this sports festival?".

"You're going out of your way to kowtow, if I had to imagine what your

delusions are like it'd be something like this".

Ryuuen-kun laughed enjoyingly as he began talking about it as though it

were a delusion.

"Before the sports festival, I had Kushida get her hands on Class D's

participation table, and I acquired it that way. Then I simply put the right

people in the right places and won. Of course, that's not all, I had also

thoroughly researched Class D on top of that too".

Sakayanagi : fufu, It seems Dragon boy‐san here has some brilliant leadership over his class.

Ryueen : I could say the same about you too loli.

"Brilliant leadership. As a matter of fact, you lot did win against Class D and

Class A".

Although they didn't measure up to Class B in terms of overall strength,

there's no doubt that they fought well.

"But couldn't you have won more efficiently? In order to crush me, you

utilized two of your aces and one of them even had to withdraw after being

injured. That's baffling".

"Kuku. To crush you. That's reason enough. I had no interest in winning in

terms of overall points from the beginning this time around".

"But your strategy relied on luck. Good for you, when you ordered Kinoshita-

san to make me fall and she acted on it, you were saved by two coincidences.

That I was too injured to continue and that Kinoshita-san was severely

injured after she fell on her own. Both of those aren't things you can simply

aim to pull off".

What caused the gears to fall apart inside me was that part.

Because if she had only received a light injury, then things wouldn't have

gotten this serious.

"Certainly the extent of your injury was a product of coincidence. It would've

been obvious if I had aimed to injure you. If she messes up while making

contact with you, it's Kinoshita who'll suffer a painful experience. That's why

I had Kinoshita thoroughly practice a single thing. To make contact with her

opponent and make the fall look natural".

If one were to be given such an order, they'd normally rebel against it. What

exactly needed to be done to make her so obedient?

"Also...about Kinoshita's injury...do you really think it was an accident?".

"Ehh....".

"Sure, she fell down. But of course, serious injuries aren't so easily sustained.

That's why I had her pretend to be in pain and drop out of the sports festival.

After that, it's a simple matter. Before she received treatment, I injured her

myself. Like this".

He said that as he stomped on the floor of the corridor with all his strength.

Ban! A terrifying, eerie sound echoed through the corridor.

Sakayanagi :fufu , no suprise there.

Hirata : You did that to your own classmate.

Ichinose : How could you do that your classmate. It's very wrong.

Sudou : That damn bastard did that to his classmate just to beat suzune.

Ryuuen : It's our class matters. It's none of your business.

"You did it......? To her.....?".

"She gave her consent when I offered to give her 500,000 points, you know?

It sure is scary, the power of money".

Ike : Seriously.

Shinohara : She agreed to get herself hurt for those points.

Kei : She must be out of her mind.

Mori : Well I first felt sorry for her but I don't feel that way anymore.

Satou : Yeah, me too.

It meant then that from the very start, it was also determined that she'd be

sustaining serious injuries.....

From the bottom of my heart, I found his thoughts and his execution of them

to be terrifying. If it's for the sake of winning, then there's nothing he

wouldn't do.

But, I didn't expect him to be this frank with me.

"Is it fine to go on and on about this just because I asked?".

"What?".

"If I happened to be recording your confession, what would you do then?".

I said so as I brought out my phone.

"You thought about that just now, didn't you?".

"As my final gambit, I'll try to manipulate you at least. But I'm shocked that

you'd unexpectedly tell me all that".

I fiddled with my phone and played it back from a specific point.

"Before the sports festival, I had Kushida get her hands on Class D's---".

"If you file a complaint against me, or demand points and a kowtow, then I'll

fight back with this evidence. If that happens, I wonder which one of us will

be in trouble?".

"Ku....!".

For the first time, Ryuuen-kun's smile disappeared and he stopped speaking

as well.

Sudou : Way to go suzune.

Satou : Nice one horikita‐san.

Shinohara : Now he won't be able to make you kowtow.

Ike : Woah you really are smart horikita‐san.

Class D praised horikita.

Horikita : Thanks guys but it wasn't enough.

Onodera : Huh, what do you mean.

"Suzune...you.....".

"I'm not looking for trouble either. That's why let's settle it with---".

"Kukuku.....kuhahaha!".

Suddenly, Ryuuen-kun burst out in laughter again.

Haruka : Has he gone crazy or what.

"You really are an entertaining woman. I said so at the very start, didn't I?

That the contents of our discussion are, at most, fictitious. I was only

humoring your persecution complex. I only imagined the made up story you

onesidedly crafted inside your head".

"Even so, is there even a way to ascertain whether or not that delusion is real?

I could delete only the part where you said it's a delusion and edit the

recording, you know?".

If the first half of it gets cut out, there's no way to ascertain if it's a lie or not.

"Of course, in that case, I'll just have to hand in the original. No problem".

Laughing fearlessly, Ryuuen retrieved his phone from his pocket.

"Do you know what this is? The full recording......no, it's visual footage".

He said so as he pointed the camera on the back of the phone at me.

Insurance that's more reliable than audio.

It means Ryuuen-kun's already assumed I'd attempt a final gambit.

It means things won't go that easily....is what it is.

If I submitted the audio data to the school with the inconvenient first half of it

cut out then there'll be an investigation.

And Ryuuen-kun and the others would be under suspicion.

But it's impossible to declare them guilty with just that.

If I tried to pass off his words, which he spoke on the premise that it's a

delusion, as truth then I'd be condemned for it.

Horikita : He already had countermeasures against it.

Sudou : Tch. That bastard.

Class D became dull after this.

Hashimoto : Oh, good going there Ryueen.