
I heard it from the other side of the door.
"Even though we're in the dorm right now, it's dangerous" I said.
"Don't worry, even if there are suspicious people coming in right now, the force of destruction in my right hand will be more than enough"
What does that phrase mean? While thinking about it, I entered the room. Then I walked into the room. Horikita turned her back on me and I couldn't see her expression, but I couldn't see a certain change about her. The inside of the room was also simple and I could not see a certain place that could be considered strange.
"I'm here, what's the matter?"
"If you look, you will understand" After saying that, Horikita slowly stood up and turned to face me. And then, at that moment, a sense of incomprehensible feeling as well as trying to understand emotions, simultaneously burst out from within me.
"I understand.. So it's like that?"
"right" I glanced at him while trying to understand the tip of his right arm. And there I saw a small water bottle used by the girl who had swallowed her hand.
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"How do I respond to it. This was an accident completely unlike your own. Don't tell me you're playing with that?"
"Don't be stupid"
"No, I mean it's possible, right? It's like holding grilled corn between your hands and eating it, right?" Perhaps that sentence was something that irritated him, as he swung his right arm around with a sharp expression.
“I-it's a joke"
"There's no point in joking if it's not funny. Yours was crisp, it failed" Horikita replied.
"It wasn't because of my crisp laugh, it was because I was mocking you, was it?"
"It's because I washed it, can you understand?" So that's the story. I grabbed the end of the water bottle and pulled it. But when I did, Horikita herself became interested in it.
"It's fucking enough that you can't take it off yourself. Try it" If his body is pulled along with the bottle, then I won't be able to take off what can usually come off.
"I've understood such a thing. It's just, I'm already quite tired, so please do it quickly.”
It seemed that after having struggled for more than two hours, Horikita had already started to get exhausted. I clutched the water bottle again. Then I added more power to him and pulled him. Horikita also experienced pain as she stepped back at the same time. But it seemed like he had gotten used to this since he showed no signs of feeling that his arm was about to come off.
"It's no use, it probably won't come off"
"I understand, I guess..." It seemed like he had expected the water bottle would not come off when Horikita showed no signs of great disappointment.
"It looks like we need to scrub it with soap and slowly take it off. Quick to kitchen”
"But it will only continue this accident. Didn't you ever get told that there's now a waterway repair?" Horikita. Thas right. We won't be able to use the water until 1 2 in the dormitory. The only water that could be used right now was the water in the toilet, but I doubt Horikita would mind using it.
"I'll go to the cafeteria for a while" There's no other way but this. If I can get a little water, there's a chance to release it. Quickly leaving the room, I headed towards the cafeteria. But once I got there, I was attacked by unexpected events.
"I'm sorry but more students came than expected and we ran out of water" The old lady in the cafeteria apologized in a sorry tone. It seemed like the disciples who needed water for their dinner had already taken it all.
"I get it, I'll buy some at the vending machine"
"I'm sorry"
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To pull out the sleeve from the water bottle, plenty of water should not be necessary. Two glasses of water is enough. Thinking like that, I headed for the vending machine attached near the cafeteria. But it seems like misfortune tends to overlap. All the water, tea, juice and the like in the vending machines are all sold out.
"... This is the first time I've seen a vending machine empty..."
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"So, you came back with nothing?" The water bottle girl glared at me, but how else because there was nothing I could do.
"I'd like to bring some from my room but I've drained all my water" And also, inexplicable besides a tragedy brought from this stream of misfortune.
"So what are we going to do?"
"If you don't have a problem, can we ask Ike or Sudou to share the water with us?"
"I object" I've guessed this kind of answer so I've already imagined it before asking, but as expected.
"If you feel uncomfortable with a loan from them, I can lie and tell them that I'm the one who needs it" I said.
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“It's not like that, I refuse to use water from them, no one knows what they put in there ....."
He thought they were almost like bacteria. It's definitely what I want to say, but I don't have the confidence to make such a statement. Those people, they have a habit of leaving drinking water or tea so.
If Horikita asked them to hand it over, they might give them the clean water they had, but if I told them that I wanted water, depending on the situation, I would, they might return something of that kind. There is nothing worse than evil without ill will.
"Yes, please keep going even if this makes me sick" Horikita gave me her right arm as if she had already prepared her resolve. It seems like he wants to be free of this as soon as possible. I could see a little sweat forming on his arm.
"Alright, then I'll try it little by little"
I also want to free Horikita as soon as possible and return to my room. Thinking of holding back a silly attitude for a moment, I pulled out the water bottle. Then I used twice as much force as before to pull this bottle, but it only made Horikita make an expression of pain. Even so, Horikita did not give any complaints of pain. However, the water bottle, as if sucking on his arm, did not want to come off.
"God. I'm guessing we need some water" I need to make it slippery first before pulling it out. If there is still no water after that, you may need to call emergency services.
"You're telling me to wait until 1 2? In this situation?"
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"If there's still someone we can count on from among my contacts, the only man left is Hirata" I told him.
"If it's him, there's nothing fishy about the quality of the water but. I'd rather not owe him"
"Even if you say debt, in front of me this is a man who needs water. You shouldn't mind”
"... it's true" It seems he still feels dissatisfied, but he seems to accept that a sacrifice must be made to avoid this urgent situation and accept my plan.
"Then I'll call him" I tried to call Hirata. Even today, misfortune looks overlapping. No matter how many times I called, Hirata showed no signs of answering. Moreover, even when I tried to send him a message, the message was not read.
"She didn't realize it, maybe she was asleep. There was no response, however"
“I understand, the feeling of joy and sadness, the two are jumbled, confusing and making things complicated for me" Horikita said.
"Then next, there was no choice but to rely on Kushida or Sakura"
"Then, please ask Sakura-san” as if to say that Kushida is very unlikely, she immediately replied to me.
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"Did you still have a bad relationship with Kushida?" I asked him
"We don't need to be friends, and besides, there are still many actions that I still don't understand"
"What do you mean you don't understand?"
"..... exams on a cruise ship. He held the victory from the start, but instead wanted a draw" Recalling the special test from some time back, Horikita crossed her arms. Unfortunately the water bottle stuck to his arm made him look uncool and therefore the taste of his statement became less.
"Naturally he was a person who opposed opposition. He would probably choose an outcome where everyone was happy"
"I have absolutely no intention of rejecting the overall result, however if ‘target’ is itself, it is already out of the root of the problem" He began to speak sharply. The exam that takes place on the ship separates the pupils into 12 groups in a game to find the "target". There are four possible outcomes and among them, result 1 is the hardest result to achieve where the identity of the "target" is known to everyone has not been resolved without anyone betraying the group. Instead, the pay itself was quite large whereby the entire group received 1,000,000 points without being divided. The only drawback to this result is that classes that have "targets" do not earn any points. Since the other classes were both getting paid, the difference between the two had not changed. He did not take advantage of the privileged position of the "target. That's what Horikita was dissatisfied with.
"That situation is very much like Class D. In other words, the absolute identity of ‘target’ must be hidden, so it should still remain hidden. However, everyone finally found out that Kushida-san is ‘target’ . Think about it, he himself was involved "In other words, Horikita tried to say that Kushida, by doing something, ended up producing a result 1 .
"That's just your thinking, right?"
"That's true, but the odds are very high, I assume he's guilty"
Horikita added more power to her words. Not that I don't understand how she feels, but the water bottle stuck to her arm makes her look cool. It's just, I have to correct a little Horikita's thoughts here. He is still in the premature stage.
"I can understand what you're feeling, but it's not good, is it?"
"You mean I'm talking without proof that he betrayed us?"
“It's not like that, I mean it's all your responsibility, I'll just assume that Kushida did betray us. In fact, if we assume that if it were the truth, then the fault lies with you for letting him betray us. If Kushida betrays you, you must win by all means. Am I wrong? " Take a ask of him.
He understood it clearly, but in response to this difficult question, he fought it off with the right answer. Horikita, against this senseless attack, made her object.
"Don't be unreasonable, do you understand how unrealistic that is?"
"unrealistic? I don't think so. I will repeat it again, if Kushida did betray us and guide the group to produce result 1 it is an amazing thing, this is a territory that you cannot resolve half-heartedly. In other words, in the previous exam, you were completely eliminated by Kushida, with the difference between your ability and his ability "
Of course my statement assumes that Kushida did betray us, if this is wrong, it will not be true as it is. Ryuuen or Katsuragi. I don't know which one but with a stronger power, a result that forced everyone from the group (Dragon) obediently was obtained. Even in that matter, the fact that Horikita had been tricked had not changed.
“You have ‘target’ in your class and you are so sure of your victory that you do not take any further action. If so, the responsibility for it lies with people in the same group. If you're aiming for Class A, you should be able to fix at least that "my word to Horikita.
"..... You're talking about some hard things"
"I understand your frustration, but even so, this is the path you choose, and besides, you've grown up even more than before. If I said the same thing to you the first time I met you, you wouldn't listen to me at all.
Thas right. Slowly but surely, Horikita's mindset slowly began to develop into an adult. Unlike when she first met, she became a woman who did not reject everything.
"I understand, I will accept the test results. I admit that I'm too optimistic, but most importantly, free this arm" That's right, It looks like a situation where some professor somewhere would say it while nodding.
"I will try to rely a little on Sakura" I said.
Splice....