"Hey, want some?"
The girl's figure was silhouetted against the sun.
Himeno merely looked up and was immediately stimulated by the dazzling sunlight, quickly lowering her head, unable to properly see the girl's face.
"No, thank you..."
Even though answering without looking at the other person was very rude.
But with her eyes still aching, she couldn't worry about that.
Ignoring her would be the greatest rudeness.
"That's a shame, it's really delicious."
The girl's voice suddenly sounded by her ear.
Himeno was startled.
The white-haired girl had, at some point, appeared beside her without her noticing.
"Eh? H-how did you get down?"
Because she wasn't sure if the other person was a peer or an upperclassman.
So, even in her panic, Himeno used an honorific.
"I jumped down."
The girl pointed to the terrace behind her.
Jumped down... So that's how it was, but does that make it any less surprising?
No, on the contrary, after knowing how she got down, Himeno was even more shocked by the girl's physical abilities.
Gulp.
Saliva was swallowed with difficulty down her throat.
The terrace was a full four or five meters above the ground.
If many people could jump from that height, then how could one land without making any sound at all? Falling from four or five meters high, silently.
This was a bit... beyond Himeno's common sense.
"I am Hirono Yuki of First Year Class B. May I ask who you are, senior, and what you need from me?"
Seeing the other person's demeanor, even Himeno, with her slow reactions, could guess that the other person had come prepared, and specifically for her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have started with such an attention-grabbing move.
"You're quick to react, but unfortunately, I'm not an upperclassman. I'm Miyako Amane of First Year Class D."
After hearing that the other person wasn't an upperclassman, Himeno finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure of facing an upperclassman could be quite uncomfortable, especially after the other person had demonstrated unusual physical abilities to emphasize her dominant position, making the sense of oppression even stronger.
If the other person had admitted to being an upperclassman, Himeno had already planned to immediately find an excuse to leave.
Fortunately, she was a first-year, and from Class D. This would make the pressure the other person exerted on her much less when talking.
Suddenly.
Himeno realized Amane's name.
"You wouldn't happen to be the one who took down three boys from Class C, would you?"
Amane was very pleased that the other person recognized her and that her reputation was spreading among girls.
"Oh? You've heard of me too?"
"Yes, Classmate Kanzaki said that there's an idiot in Class D who turned something that could have been handled perfectly into a violent incident..."
Classmate Kanzaki, you really deserve to die.
"So that's how you know me?"
Amane's lips twitched.
In her mind, she had already crossed Kanzaki off her list.
This guy was actually spreading her story in reverse.
No wonder many people had been looking at her strangely lately.
"Are you looking for me for something?"
Himeno guessed it was related to the Ishizaki Incident, but she thought for a long time and couldn't figure out what Amane wanted from her.
It could be said that compared to Kanzaki, Shiraha, and Shibata, Himeno herself was an outsider.
If Amane wanted any information or cooperation, she would get more by going to those important figures.
"I'm here to see you about the Ishizaki Incident. Both classes could have achieved a final victory together, but Class B suddenly bit back. Such betrayal is hard to accept, so I'm curious if Class B and Class C reached some kind of deal behind the change in testimony? Do you have any idea, Miss Jiye?"
Amane's gaze wasn't directly on Himeno, but Himeno suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
"How could I possibly know about something like that? You'd best ask Ichinose and them. Perhaps Kanzaki and Shibata also know something."
Himeno finished speaking and planned to turn and leave.
Amane gave her a bad feeling.
"What, so you didn't know? I thought Class B was a united class, where everything was decided by everyone's vote, but Miss Jiye didn't know if the two classes had made a deal... It turns out I was being too idealistic."
Amane's sarcastic words made Himeno stop.
She knew Amane was trying to provoke her with words. She had no interest in continuing to entangle with Amane, but as a member of Class B, there were some things she had to clarify.
"Our Class B isn't like your Class D. I've heard that your class has had violent conflicts more than once, and one time almost fifteen people were expelled. Honestly, I can't imagine how bad things must be to almost expel fifteen people. Although our class has some minor flaws, under Ichinose's leadership, it's only a matter of time before we surpass Class A."
This was indeed Himeno's true thought. She had always looked down on Class D. A class that still had zero points two or three months after school started was already in a state of elimination in her eyes.
And although Class B, led by Ichinose, had some situations that made people uncomfortable in various aspects, there was no doubt that Class B was the closest to Class A, and in time, it would certainly be the only one to surpass Class A.
"It seems you have a lot of opinions about our Class D, but you're not wrong. Class D has many idiots and worthless people. However, it was I, from the 'worthless class' you spoke of, who protected your noble Class B students. Is this how you treat me?"
Amane took a step ahead and stood at the entrance to the stairs.
Himeno's eyelids twitched violently.
Her gaze began to search for the surveillance cameras.
The cameras were operating, but for some reason, there was black spray on them.
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