After so questioning, Kaoru Mitoma finally figured it out.
From the mont the exam officially started, Miki Yamamura had been reporting the situation of the Snake Group to Arisu Sakayanagi, but following him was sothing she did today.
Kaoru Mitoma had considered the possibility of being followed, but he thought Arisu Sakayanagi would still have Masumi Kamuro tailing him.
He didn't expect her to switch to Miki Yamamura this ti.
Thinking carefully, with Miki Yamamura's presence, she might indeed be the best choice for stalking.
"What did you report to her?" Kaoru Mitoma looked at Miki Yamamura's hands, which had been clutching her phone the entire ti.
When he caught her earlier, she was pretending to be playing with her phone.
Miki Yamamura hesitated for a mont, then whispered, "Your eting with Ryuen-kun, and your conversation with this classmate just now."
Mako Amikura looked at her in surprise and hurriedly said.
"Why did you have to ntion ? Do you think there's so secret between him and ?"
"Sakayanagi-san told to record his every move," Miki Yamamura confessed honestly.
Mako Amikura was even more surprised and couldn't help but blurt out.
"Do you guys in Class A usually play spy gas?"
Following a classmate and reporting their every move at any ti, isn't that sothing out of a TV drama?
"No, the only one who likes to play these gas is Sakayanagi-san. Although she looks petite and cute, everyone has their own peculiar hobbies."
Hearing Kaoru Mitoma's response, Mako Amikura couldn't tell if he was joking or not, unable to imagine that a seemingly harmless little girl could be a stalker in private.
"Can I see the ssages you sent?" Kaoru Mitoma reached out to Miki Yamamura, "Don't worry, I won't look at anything else, I'll return it to you in a mont."
Miki Yamamura showed hesitation, then took out a handkerchief, wiped her phone and carefully handed it to Kaoru Mitoma.
This small action made Kaoru Mitoma feel a bit puzzled, but he thought it might just be her being particular about cleanliness and didn't dwell on it.
Kaoru Mitoma looked at it for a while but didn't find anything particularly noteworthy.
Even the conversation between him and Kakeru Ryuen wasn't recorded by Miki Yamamura, possibly because she couldn't hear it clearly.
After all, the conversation took place in the hallway, where everyone could be seen at a glance, making it impossible for her to eavesdrop.
The only thing she could do was to peek from the corner of the staircase, watching from a distance.
Thinking of this, Kaoru Mitoma returned the phone to Miki Yamamura.
"Are you going to continue following ?"
"R-really, you won't tell Sakayanagi-san?"
"Exposing you would only cause trouble, and you wouldn't want to tell her that your mission failed, right?"
"..."
Miki Yamamura silently averted her gaze, feeling uneasy under Kaoru Mitoma's stare.
However, to her surprise, Kaoru Mitoma spoke up first, "If you're tired, I'll head back to my room to rest, and you can go back too."
As if she had heard sothing unbelievable, Miki Yamamura widened her eyes, her face filled with confusion, thinking she must have misheard him.
"W-why?"
"Because we're classmates. Even though we have a small disagreent now, we'll definitely fight side by side in the future. It's fine to look out for each other in advance."
Miki Yamamura seed to have never expected to hear such words, feeling sowhat at a loss.
"If you think this is too simple, we can go sowhere else," Kaoru Mitoma said. "I was planning to spend so ti in the library. Do you want to co along?"
For so reason, Mako Amikura felt that this scene was familiar, especially when she saw Miki Yamamura's expression and a faint sense of discomfort arose in her heart.
She had already made up her mind, but seeing Kaoru Mitoma invite another girl made her feel as if sothing was slipping away from her heart, as if she had to reach out and grab it quickly or it would be gone forever.
Mako Amikura regretted it.
She regretted standing here and watching their conversation.
She should have left earlier.
Her thoughts were simple.
While she had soone she truly liked, getting entangled with Kaoru Mitoma would be disrespectful to both of them.
However, Mako Amikura didn't show any emotion and instead tried hard to recall the face of the person she liked, attempting to find that once-familiar feeling in her blurred mories.
"You really don't have to worry about ... Following soone is already a bad thing. I'm just glad you didn't tell Sakayanagi-san," Miki Yamamura said was feeling uneasy.
It was rare for soone to treat her this way, leaving her utterly confused.
"You're still going to keep following, right?" Kaoru Mitoma said nonchalantly. He had initially thought it would be Masumi Kamuro and was planning to play along.
"Since that's the case, why don't you co with ?"
At this point, Miki Yamamura couldn't refuse and nodded in agreent.
Arisu Sakayanagi probably didn't expect to lose another spy.
By the ti she found out, she'd likely be stunned.
"By the way, should I keep this a secret too?" Mako Amikura suddenly asked.
As a student from Class B, she had been listening for a while, which was awkward no matter how you looked at it.
"Let's keep it a secret for today. But I'm glad you were here, otherwise I wouldn't have known Yamamura-san was following ," Kaoru Mitoma complinted her.
Mako Amikura smiled, silently watching him, as if waiting for so kind of invitation.
"We'll head to the library now. See you later, Amikura-san."
In an instant, Mako Amikura's smile stiffened.
There was no invitation as she had imagined, only his farewell.
Within that farewell, there was a faint trace of politeness and distance.
Despite her efforts to control her expression, Mako still felt uncomfortable.
It wasn't out of regret, but rather a sense of disappointnt, as if she had expected to be included but was skipped over, leaving a faint sense of loss in her heart.
Soon after, this emotion made her feel embarrassed.
Why would she care so much?
"Alright, see you later!"
Mako forced a casual tone as she bid him farewell, watching as Miki Yamamura gave her a slight bow before quickly following after him.
Co to think of it, in his eyes, her earlier words must have sounded like a rejection of a confession.
Mako patted her cheeks, trying to cheer herself up, but her thoughts were in turmoil.
Fragnts of mories flashed before her eyes like seabirds skimming the surface of the ocean, the sparkling waves scattering beneath the slightly pungent spray.
She suddenly realized she was on a cruise ship, not back in school.
She pursed her lips tightly.
Her decision shouldn't be wrong, but the more she thought about it, the more her chest felt as if it were being tightly gripped.
And so, Mako did what every girl her age would do.
"Hey, Honami-chan, I think I have a problem…"
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