Part 8
It was Friday evening, the day before the exam, and Sakayanagi had gone to the Karaoke parlor to make preparations for it.
“What’s the situation?”
Kamuro and Hashimoto were present, along with Kit?, for a total of four people.
“It seems that everything was exposed today. Apparently, Horikita-san caught wind of the plan and exposed the fact that I was collaborating with Yamauchi-kun to the rest of their class. I wonder how the information got leaked?”
Sakayanagi leisurely carried a french fry into her mouth.
She intently looked upon her classmates before one of them finally spoke up.
“Sakayanagi, the leak came from Karuizawa. Like I told you before, if you wanted to make sure Ayanok?ji got expelled, it would’ve been better to avoid pulling Karuizawa into Yamauchi’s group.”
Hashimoto Masayoshi. He was one of Sakayanagi’s closest associates, and he was someone who had previously taken notice of Ayanok?ji all on his own.
Throughout the course of his investigations, he had seen Ayanok?ji meet with Karuizawa in secret, so he had previously provided input on what she should do this time.
Even though Sakayanagi had agreed to refrain from pulling Karuizawa into the group at first, she had changed her mind yesterday.
As a consequence, her plan had been exposed to the students of Class D.
“Didn’t I tell you that our first priority was to make sure that Ayanok?ji didn’t realize he was being targeted until the exam was already over?”
“Yes. I definitely kept your words in mind. It’s true that Ayanok?ji-kun and Karuizawa-san may indeed share an unusual relationship. That is to say, if she was let in on the plan, there was a high chance Ayanok?ji-kun would hear of it as well.”
This was the very reason why Sakayanagi had decided to postpone pulling Karuizawa into Yamauchi’s group.
She had let Tuesday and Wednesday pass by, purposefully choosing to pull her into the group on Thursday.
Then, she stepped back and waited to see what would happen next. Based on what had taken place today, it was quite likely that she had leaked the information to Ayanok?ji.
“You messed up, didn’t you, Sakayanagi?”
The one who had asked this was none other than Kamuro, who had been silently listening to the conversation.
Hashimoto spoke up too, offering an analysis on why Sakayanagi had made such a simple mistake.
“Karuizawa is one of the most influential girls in her class. If we had managed to pull her into the group, it would’ve pretty much guaranteed Ayanok?ji’s expulsion. Forget twenty votes, it’s possible we’d have gotten around thirty. You let the greed get to you.”
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