"What do you an 'dominating'...
You guys really have too much ti on your hands."
The event only happened this morning, yet by noon it had spread throughout the entire grade. Hikigaya felt utterly speechless about it: "What? Are you here now to get payback for your lackey?"
"Heh! Tokito isn't my lackey."
A strange look flashed in Ryuen Kakeru's eyes: "That guy is a brainless idiot; even I haven't completely tad him."
'Look at you talking—you're also pretty brainless. So anyone who doesn't listen to you is an idiot, huh?'
"You gave him a lesson, so I should actually thank you!" Ryuen Kakeru expressed his approval.
"Since you're thanking , then don't bother ." Hikigaya didn't want to see this guy at all.
"What?
Am I interrupting your date with Ma... Kamuro?"
Ryuen Kakeru had the bad habit of calling people by their given nas randomly. However, seeing Kamuro Masumi's hostile gaze and the teacup gripped in her hand, he quickly corrected himself.
"Yeah.
So why don't you hurry up and get lost?" Hikigaya admitted it with a straight face.
Kamuro Masumi didn't say a word, silently refilling his fruit tea.
"Real or fake?
Hikigaya, are you already dating Kamuro?"
Ryuen Kakeru couldn't help but frown: "Then what about Ibuki and Hiyori?"
He was counting on using Ibuki and Hiyori to reel in Hikigaya!
"What does this have to do with Ibuki and Shiina?" Hikigaya shot back with an annoyed question.
"What? Are you playing dumb?"
"Stop talking nonsense! Also, your Japanese level is terrible. In modern tis, the word 'date' applies to friends as well."
"You actually have friends?" Ryuen was genuinely surprised.
"Why can't I have friends?" Hikigaya's expression almost cracked.
"With those dead-fish eyes, you look exactly like the type of gloomy loner who has no friends. But strangely, your luck with won is surprisingly good." Ryuen Kakeru found it baffling.
"Did you co here just to tell this?"
Hikigaya really didn't want to waste ti with him.
"Alright then, tell the na of the Tiger Group's VIP." Ryuen spoke bluntly.
"Fine, beg ."
"How about 1 million?"
"I want you to beg ."
"2 million."
"No, Ryuen, do you not understand human speech?"
"Don't get greedy, 2.5 million! That's my limit!"
"Deal, transfer the money now!"
Ryuen froze, staring straight at him: "Are you sure? Tell the na of the VIP."
"I'm telling you right now: the Tiger Group's VIP is Kamuro Masumi." Hikigaya spoke the honest truth with a serious face.
"Kukuku!" Ryuen suddenly let out a cold laugh: "I've already seen through your trick. What was it called again? Deliberately creating a mystery!"
"I criticized you last ti, and you rembered it this ti. You're a fast learner." Hikigaya offered a complint.
"Kamuro Masumi is the VIP!"
Ryuen hit the mark in one shot.
"Yeah, I said so from the beginning." Hikigaya's psychological state was excellent; he didn't waver for a second.
But Kamuro Masumi, sitting beside him, couldn't manage the sa. Her gaze instinctively flickered away, but before she could react further, her attention was imdiately diverted to her leg...
Under the table, one of Hikigaya's hands was currently gripping her thigh. He gave it a firm squeeze, signaling her not to say a word.
"..." Kamuro Masumi was very cooperative, continuing to fiddle with the grilled at in front of her.
Ryuen Kakeru seed to be testing Hikigaya, but he was secretly using his peripheral vision to observe Kamuro Masumi, trying to find a flaw in her facial expression.
'She's actually that calm.'
If it wasn't acting, this woman's psychological fortitude was too strong!
"I've already given you the answer. When are you transferring the 2.5 million?" Hikigaya held out his palm, signaling him to pay up.
"Then let Kamuro hand over her phone for to take a look." Ryuen also held out his palm, indicating a "paynt on delivery" policy.
"That won't do. A girl's phone contains many private photos. Especially Kamuro in a maid outfit—you aren't worthy to see it!"
Hikigaya made it up on the fly.
Kamuro Masumi imdiately glared at him.
'Why is this guy always obsessing over making wear a maid outfit? Does he want to see it that much? Beg then!'
"Tch! Don't give that crap!
Even without seeing the text, I know Kamuro is definitely the VIP!" Ryuen spoke with total conviction.
"Oh? Since you're so certain, have you already found the pattern for the VIPs?" Hikigaya asked in return.
"I have.
I ordered everyone in Class C to hand over their phones and obtained the nas of three VIPs."
Ryuen didn't hide it, revealing his trump card directly: "As long as I get information on one or two more VIPs from other classes, finding the pattern won't be difficult."
"I see. As expected of Ryuen, you're quite clever."
Hikigaya gave two thumbs up in praise: "Then what are you hesitating for? Write down the nas of all the VIPs for all twelve groups right now.
If you get them all right, Class C can get a total of 600 class points. Not only will you go straight to Class A, but you'll also pull away from the other classes and lead by a huge margin!!"
This was indeed the ambition Ryuen Kakeru wanted to realize, but hearing it co out of Hikigaya's mouth, sothing felt slightly off!
"Although victory is within reach, I still need to confirm further for the sake of caution."
Simply put, Ryuen Kakeru did not have absolute confidence in the "pattern" he had summarized. After all, with the nas of VIPs from only one class, the sample size was too small.
In case the school played dirty and set different rules for each class's VIP, then an early answer from Class C would lead to a massive point deduction, potentially dropping them to Class D instantly. In the past first sester, Class C had grown accustod to chasing Classes A and B, and the point gap wasn't large. If they fell to Class D because of one exam, it would be a severe blow to the morale of the entire class!
"Ryuen, when did you beco such a mother-hen type of guy?" Hikigaya mocked him: "Weren't you quite the show-off when school first started?"
"Tch~ It's easy for you to say!" Even though caution wasn't Ryuen Kakeru's style, the current situation for Class C was excellent, so he had to be careful.
"After all that talk, you're just unwilling to sell the VIP's identity."
Hikigaya thought to himself that if the VIP weren't Kamuro, he would have sold it long ago. That was a full 2.5 million!
'Miss Kamuro, how are you going to compensate ?'
"With you in the Tiger Group, it's destined to be troubleso.
Whatever, there are other groups anyway. I don't believe you can control the VIPs in the other groups too!"
Seeing that he was getting nowhere, Ryuen Kakeru slunk away in frustration.
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