Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"What do you think?" Kamuro Masumi stared at Hikigaya with a complicated expression. "Hashimoto and I just witnessed the whole process of you dealing with Totsuka Yahiko. When I saw Totsuka Yahiko actually kneeling down to apologize to you, I got goosebumps all over my body. I thought I saw a second Sakayanagi!"

"Who are you calling Sakayanagi?"

"Sorry! I said the wrong thing." Kamuro Masumi was clearly terrified of Hikigaya and apologized without any hesitation, "But to be honest, you're really ruthless when dealing with your enemies. I swear again that I will never be your enemy in this life! Katsuragi and Totsuka are really unlucky to have met an opponent like you..."

"So you guys stayed there from the beginning to the end." Hearing Kamuro's words, Hikigaya couldn't help but complain, "Then you guys should have come out earlier to help me out, so I wouldn't have to resort to that kind of method."

"I wanted to come out and help you, but who is this guy Hashimoto..."

"Kamiro-san?!"

Hashimoto didn't expect Kamuro Masumi to give him up directly. He was so scared that he quickly said, "I just want to see what you can do, Hikigaya, and know how you can get out of trouble. If you really get into trouble at that time, I will definitely come to help you as soon as possible, Kamuro-san."

"Oh, so you just wanted to take that opportunity to test me?"

"It may sound a bit harsh, but that's about it..."

After all, Hashimoto Masayoshi couldn't have the nerve to deny his desire to test Hikigaya.

In fact, at that time he had indeed imagined many ways that Hikigaya might use to solve the problem, and he also felt that there might be no need for him and Kamuro to come forward to help.

But he never expected that Hikigaya would directly oppress Katsuragi Kōhei to the point that he had to step forward to solve the problem. He couldn't even deal with Katsuragi and was forced to ask Totsuka Yahiko to kneel down and apologize to Hikigaya.

It can be said that after seeing all that, he has completely regarded Hikigaya as another Sakayanagi and no longer dares to look down on him.

"Okay, okay, I should have realized that you guys are useless." Hikigaya shook his head, "Did you get any information in the past two days?"

"We have obtained some information." Hashimoto Masayoshi pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. On it was a rough map of the uninhabited island. There were also many red circles marked on the map. "This is the number of bases that Class A has discovered so far. Most of them have already been discovered. Katsuragi Kōhei is indeed a capable person. If this continues, there will be a total of more than 40 bases of income."

"This is useless information. Once the leader of the class is guessed, all the base income will be cleared."

"Indeed."

Hikigaya's ruthless words did not cause any fluctuation in Hashimoto Masayoshi's feelings. He silently acknowledged the reality that the information he had obtained was meaningless.

"What about you?"

Hikigaya turned and looked at Kamuro Masumi.

"I, I don't have any more information." After witnessing Totsuka Yahiko's fate, Kamuro Masumi became more afraid of Hikigaya than before, and his voice trembled. "However, I have confirmed the point you made before. Katsuragi Kōhei has been intentionally or unintentionally showing the key card in his hand recently, and it seems that he is misleading us surveillance personnel."

"As expected." Compared to Hashimoto Masayoshi, Kamuro Masumi's information was still somewhat valuable. Hikigaya nodded approvingly, "Well done."

"Uh...oh."

Hearing what Hikigaya said, Kamuro Masumi couldn't help but have a strange feeling.

She even had the illusion that Sakayanagi was giving her orders.

"Then let me tell you about the conclusions I came to from my investigations over the past two days." Hikigaya stared at Kamuro and Hashimoto's faces, "First of all, Class A should have cooperated with Class C. The condition for the cooperation should be that personal points were exchanged for the points used in this exam."

"what?"

Both Hashimoto and Kamuro were shocked by the news given by Hikigaya. Neither of them expected the other to give such explosive news all of a sudden.

"Is this true? Can such a thing happen?" Kamuro spoke first.

"It should be true. After all, Class C has completely given up on this exam. They can use the points given by the school to buy supplies and then secretly transport them to your Class A." Hikigaya said silently, "The reason why Katsuragi chose the cave as a base so secretly is probably to cover up the supply transaction and make your people in the Sakayanagi faction mistakenly believe that the supplies were bought with those 300 points."

"This... So that's how it is. This makes sense."

Compared to Kamuro, Hashimoto's investigation into Class A was obviously more in-depth.

Even if Hikigaya didn't reveal all this, he should have been close to finding evidence of Katsuragi's deal with Class C.

Now Hikigaya's words confirmed his investigation.

For this reason, he looked at Hikigaya in horror. He obviously didn't expect that the investigation he had spent so much effort on was finally about to make some progress, but the other party had almost guessed everything just by observing the camps of Class C and Class A.

This guy's observation skills are too sharp.

Chapter 279 I don't want to be forced by you to kneel down and beg for mercy in public

As a member of the Sakayanagi faction, Hashimoto Masayoshi has always had the confidence of a Class A member and the corresponding keen insight and quality.

Not only is he very smart, he has also made great achievements in other areas. If he is placed in Class A, he would be an all-rounder who is proficient in both civil and military affairs.

Although he does not show excessive arrogance in front of other people, in his heart he actually still instinctively looks down on people other than himself.

Even in this school where strength is everything, there are only a handful of people who can make Hashimoto truly feel that he has little chance of winning against.

Most of them are senior students. So far, there is only one first-year student who makes him admire and thinks he cannot defeat, and that is Arisu Sakayanagi.

When facing Sakayanagi, Hashimoto Masayoshi often had a strange thought: "Am I too immature?" After all, he often couldn't keep up with the other party's thinking, and often only after things happened did he find that everything was just as Sakayanagi said.

He originally thought that all this was because Sakayanagi was too evil as an individual, and that he was probably the only person in the world who could do something so outrageous.

But now, when he officially started communicating with Hikigaya during the uninhabited island exam, he discovered that Sakayanagi might not be the only evil person.

The dead fish eyes of this D class seemed to be far beyond his imagination.

"No, no, no, you two are jumping to conclusions too quickly!"

Although Hashimoto and Hikigaya had confirmed the fact that Katsuragi Kōhei and Ryuen Sho had reached a cooperation after a brief exchange, it was clear that Kamuro Masumi could not keep up with their thinking.

Unlike Hashimoto, Kamuro Masumi does not have a brain worthy of praise. In fact, her intelligence is at the bottom of the entire Class A.

Her only advantage is her straightforward character. Once she encounters something she cannot understand, she will ask directly for clarification even if it means forcibly disrupting the atmosphere on the spot.

Facing Kamuro's regretful look of "Please explain it in words I can understand", Hikigaya and Hashimoto looked at each other and then said helplessly: "Is there something you didn't understand?"

"All."

"..."

Seeing Kamuro Masumi's confident look with his hands on his hips, as if he was proud of being illiterate, Hikigaya couldn't help but feel a little mentally exhausted.

He even missed Sakayanagi a little.

At least the other party can definitely keep up with your thoughts and even make many judgments before you.

"Then I will briefly describe my observations." Hikigaya finally decided to describe his investigation to Kamuro. "I just went to the C class camp to investigate the situation of that class. I found that the C class looked like they had completely given up on this exam. They were wasting points there, as if they had completely given up on this exam."

"Hey, that sounds really cool..."

"..."

Unexpectedly, after hearing what she said, Miss Kamuro could only come to this conclusion. Hikigaya inexplicably felt that the part under the other person's hair must be very smooth, which could bounce away all the knowledge she had absorbed.

"In addition, when Ryuen Sho saw me, he deliberately made some random moves to waste points, creating an atmosphere that Class D did not want to take this exam at all." Hikigaya said silently.

"Yeah, in that case, shouldn't Class C have given up the exam on purpose?"

"How is that possible?" Hashimoto Masayoshi couldn't bear to see Miss Kamuro's crazy performance that brought shame to Class A. "As the leader of Class C, even if Ryuen Sho went crazy, he couldn't just give up this exam. Otherwise, how could he convince so many students in the class?"

"That's right." Hikigaya nodded. "Ryuen Sho can't possibly give up the exam, because I don't see any sign of him giving up. Those deliberate performances are obviously intended to mislead observers from other classes. As for the reason, as I just said, he probably wants to complete the deal with Katsuragi Kōhei and use a large-scale waste of resources to prevent other classes from calculating how many points Class C has used."

"According to my estimation, even if Class C played like that for a whole day, they could only use up 100 points at most. In other words, they still had at least 200 points left, which they secretly hid. Most likely, they exchanged them for various supplies and secretly transported them to your Class A."

Hikigaya's logical words made Hashimoto and Kamuro nod involuntarily.

The two were once again amazed at Hikigaya's excellent observation and thinking abilities, and could not imagine that he was actually a student in Class D.

"But is it definitely Class A?" Kamuro Masumi seemed determined to be a qualified supporting actor, and asked at a perfect time, "Maybe Ryuen Sho transferred the supplies to Class B, or even your Class D?"

"It's unlikely that Class D will be involved." Hikigaya said silently, "As for Class B, it's true that maybe Ryuuen and Class B are working together, and what Class B showed was just acting."

"Yeah, in that case..."

"But I have other evidence that proves that the person that Ryuen is working with must be Class A."

"Other evidence?"

Masumi Kamuro and Masayoshi Hashimoto looked over at the same time.

Even Hashimoto Masayoshi is very curious and wants to know where Hikigaya got the evidence. After all, although he has evidence, those are clues he obtained through his own channels.

"The evidence is simple. Ryuuen has planted spies in both Class B and Class D."

"spy?!"

This news was beyond the expectations of Kamuro and Hashimoto. Although the two had conducted a large number of searches in the past two days, the scope was basically concentrated only on Class A.

After all, other classes were extremely wary of outsiders, so they had little chance of getting intelligence on other classes.

This led to both of them learning for the first time that Class C had planted spies in other classes.

"The person in our class is called Ibuki Mio, and the person in Class B is called Kaneda Satoru. They all left Class C for some reason and were forced to drift to other classes." Hikigaya continued silently, "Also, I have confirmed that they did not really break up with Class C, but were used to investigate the leaders of other classes according to Ryuen Sho's plan."

"There is such a plan. It seems that Long Yuan is not simple."

Hashimoto Masayoshi frowned. Hikigaya's brief description made him have a lot of guesses about this matter.

Kamuro Masumi, on the other hand, was still enthusiastic about making fun of him, saying, "Even if Ryuuen planted spies in other classes, that doesn't prove that he must have cooperated with Katsuragi, right? Is it just because he planted spies in Class B and Class D, but didn't make any arrangements in Class A? This reason is not very sufficient."

"Yes, this reason is indeed not enough."

Hikigaya nodded, acknowledging Kamuro's words.

After all, the other party was still from Class A. No matter how dumb he was, he still had some brains, which saved him a lot of effort.

Hikigaya then jumped directly to the final conclusion and said, "So, the main reason why I was sure that Ryuen and Katsuragi were working together was because I found a rented camera on the spy!"

"camera?"

Hashimoto Masayoshi and Kamuro Masumi reacted differently to the term.

But neither of them immediately understood why the camera could be the reason for Ryuuen and Katsuragi to cooperate.

Seeing this, Hikigaya sighed helplessly and said, "Think about it carefully. If Ryuen just wanted to know the identity of the leader of another class, why would he specifically let the spy bring a camera that could easily expose his identity? Wouldn't it be better to just let the spy blend into another class, confirm the name of the leader, and then bring the news to him?"

"Yes, that's right." Kamuro Masumi once again showed how smart his brain was. "Why is that? Is that Ryuen too stupid?"

"..."

Faced with his partner's overly dull performance, Hashimoto Masayoshi could no longer hold back and slowly explained, "Because Ryuen had a purpose in having the spy bring a camera, this purpose even outweighed the risk of the spy's identity being exposed."

"Yes."

Thanks to Hashimoto for saving me the trouble.

Hikigaya now feels as helpless as when he was tutoring his younger sister Komachi.

"Ryuen had to let the spy bring a camera. There should be only one reason, that is, he must take a picture of the leader's specific identity." Hikigaya said silently, "The reason for doing this is probably because Ryuen needs to sell this information to another person. The other party will only use the information he gives if he sees the real information that will not change."

"No need to think too much, that person must be Katsuragi, because there is only a spy in Class A and no Class C."

In order to prevent Kamuro-san's overly slick brain from having to engage in complicated thinking, Hikigaya simply added the deduction process.

This is indeed effective.

Kamuro and Hashimoto showed a look of sudden enlightenment almost at the same time.

Although the former just looked at the answer without any deduction of his own.

"In short, Katsuragi and Ryuen have established cooperation. This is certain. You can investigate this aspect within the class. I think you should be able to obtain more detailed information." Hikigaya said silently, "As for how to deal with Class A, I have a rough idea. If you are interested, I can tell you in advance."

"No, no need."

Hashimoto and Kamuro shook their heads at the same time in response to Hikigaya's words. The former said, "I was a little skeptical about the princess' decision to entrust you with this mission, but now I don't have any doubts at all. This is indeed something that only you can accomplish, so please complete the subsequent matters, Hikigaya. We will not take away the credit that belongs to you."

"Yes, yes, I dare not take the credit from you." Kamuro acted more sincerely, "After all, I don't want to be forced by you to kneel down and beg for mercy in public..."

"I wouldn't do something like that casually."

Hikigaya sighed.

He always felt that after this incident, his image in the eyes of these two Sakayanagi lackeys had undergone some strange deviation.

I have no idea whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Chapter 280: You and Sakayanagi are not alike! You even talk the same way!

"Well, now that we have said everything that needs to be said, I will return to the class to investigate what kind of deal Katsuragi and Ryuen made."

After finishing the conversation, Hashimoto Masayoshi was the first to leave.