Seeing Kamio Tatsuya's move, Kamuro Masumi was so angry she couldn't speak.
Which king can just jump over the whole board and take out the other king?
And with so many pieces in between, are you kidding me?
But unlike Kamuro, Sakayanagi wasn't smiling at all, she even felt like she couldn't laugh.
"Don't think I don't know the rules. In chess, the king can only move one square at a time!"
"Who told you I was playing chess?" Kamio Tatsuya asked back. "We never said what the specific rules of this game are. You were just assuming it was chess."
From the start, Kamio Tatsuya only said he knew the basic rules.
And he specifically asked Sakayanagi: Is it a win if you take the king?
And Sakayanagi agreed. Maybe at that time she didn't understand why Kamio Tatsuya was asking that.
But when Kamio Tatsuya's piece jumped over the board and took her king, she understood.
"But, but you before..."
Kamuro was speechless.
"See, Sakayanagi already understands?"
Kamuro looked at Sakayanagi. Sure enough, she looked helpless, but she wasn't laughing at Kamio Tatsuya.
"You're saying you can ignore the rules whenever you want, and even flip the board, right?"
"As expected of you, you understand what I mean."
Kamio Tatsuya smiled approvingly.
"In my opinion, it's unbelievable to always follow the rules," Kamio Tatsuya said with a smile.
"I understand," Sakayanagi sighed. "Masumi, you lost."
"I..."
Kamuro was angry, then stomped her feet in annoyance.
"Masumi owes me a favor, don't forget,"
"What do you want me to do?" Kamuro was unhappy but didn't plan to break her promise.
"Um, help me with three things?"
"How did one thing become three things?"
Kamuro immediately jumped. Was this guy pushing his luck?
"The one thing I want you to do is to do three things for me."
Wow, are you using a glitch?
Kamuro felt angry again, then slowly raised her fist.
"Are you trying to talk to me with your fists?"
"Haha, just kidding, don't be so serious," Kamio Tatsuya quickly coughed a couple of times, because if he teased her any more, her fist might really come down.
He couldn't actually hit Kamuro, they were friends.
Right, Sakayanagi?
Before long, the person Sakayanagi called arrived. It was Hashimoto, who they had seen once before outside Class D.
Hashimoto was clearly a little surprised when he got there, of course because of Kamio Tatsuya.
Even though Kamio Tatsuya and Sakayanagi had met many times, the only public time was when Sakayanagi went to Class D to find Kamio Tatsuya, and then Kamio Tatsuya tricked her.
But even then, many people didn't know Sakayanagi was looking for Kamio Tatsuya.
Because when she went to find him, Kamio Tatsuya was already gone from the class.
When Kamio Tatsuya went back to meet her, the first-year students were either eating in the classroom or had gone to the cafeteria, so there weren't many witnesses.
So, not many people actually knew that Sakayanagi and Kamio Tatsuya were close.
Hashimoto was not one of them.
"This is Hashimoto Masayoshi. Hashimoto, this is Kamio Tatsuya from Class D."
Even though he didn't know exactly what Kamio Tatsuya's deal was, it was probably that thing, a spy from Class D.
The princess is really amazing.
Hashimoto thought this and also felt a little contempt for Kamio Tatsuya.
How good could someone be who became a dog for another class so quickly after school started?
But when he saw the chessboard on the table, he immediately put away that contempt. Although he didn't know why the game looked so strange, there was no doubt that the princess had lost.
As a member of the Sakayanagi faction who supported Sakayanagi from the beginning, Hashimoto Masayoshi knew very well about Sakayanagi's skill in chess.
But the result now was that she had lost, lost to an unknown person.
No, from this moment on, he was no longer an unknown person.
Maybe he needed to be taken seriously.
"Hello, I'm Hashimoto Masayoshi, nice to meet you,"
Hashimoto smiled and extended his right hand to Kamio Tatsuya.
Kamio Tatsuya saw his changes in expression. Although he didn't keep a straight face, the fact that he grasped the key points of the problem in such a short time proved that he was capable of being Kamio Tatsuya and Sakayanagi's contact person.
Then Kamio Tatsuya also stood up and shook his hand.
"Hello, first year, Class D, Kamio Tatsuya."
Then, Sakayanagi roughly explained the situation to Hashimoto Masayoshi.
"So, I need to help Kamio-kun deal with Katsuragi in the next special exam, right?" Hashimoto understood quickly.
And he didn't dislike class battles, he thought class unity could create even stronger power.
"That's what I mean."
"But I'm still curious, is Kamio-kun really capable of dealing with Katsuragi?"
Although Hashimoto believed in Sakayanagi's judgment, he wasn't blind, so he still wanted to see Kamio Tatsuya's ability.
Kamio Tatsuya admired him even more for this, for not blindly following other people's opinions and wanting to see it for himself. That was a rare quality.
"Do you remember the anonymous account on the forum that took 400,000 private points from Classes B, C, and D?"
"Of course, that thing..." Hashimoto smiled and wanted to say something, then stopped immediately, "Could it be?"
"Yes, I did it."
"Oh? You're finally admitting it?"
Sakayanagi was also looking at Kamio Tatsuya with a smile.
"Didn't you already guess?"
Hashimoto Masayoshi sighed. So it was him, I see.
"In that case, nice to work with you, Kamio-kun."
"Same here, Hashimoto. Let's wish each other a smooth cooperation."
Then, Kamio Tatsuya and Hashimoto Masayoshi exchanged contact information, said goodbye to the others, and left.
"Princess, can he really defeat Katsuragi?"
"Don't worry, he's not an ordinary person. Sometimes, even I have to be careful of his methods."
As she said this, Sakayanagi looked at the remains of the game on the table.
Especially the white king in the middle of all the black pieces was so eye-catching.
Are you that confident?
Confident that you can find a way outside the rules?
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