I'm chasing Ayanokouji-kun with light steps pondering on where to take a break. And then when I arrived at that corner I had seen him disappear from, I t him. He was facing .
«Wha!?»
I let out my surprised voice at this unexpected developnt.
Why. That was obvious, he had noticed that I was tailing him.
«Do you need sothing from ?»
«, what do you an? ...is sothing I want to say, but it seems like you've seen through already.»
He was inviting so I can't feign ignorance as that would just feel like I'm conceding more goals. I'd better just acknowledge it.
«Yes, well you see, I was chasing after you.»
I may have sucked at this, but do people usually notice soone tailing them? Was I seen by him sowhere?
Just as I expected, Ayanokouji-kun in front of is may not be normal. I beca more wary of him.
Now that it has co to this, it's either sink or swim, let's make sure. As long as it's mind gas, I don't think I will lose.
«Why do you think I followed after you?»
I'll try to lead him with questions to make him tell to what degree he has noticed .
«Who knows, I don't know where to start. More importantly, when did you begin tailing ?»
I wanted to pry so information from him, but he had managed to hand the ball over to .
«It was just now maybe. So—»
«Just now?»
Ah, dang, he only throws such ambiguous questions. But I have to stay calm. Stay calm. If I let my rhythm get disturbed and say sothing incoherent, it will be my loss. I wonder if I should just say that I thought him and the chairman eting as unusual and therefore followed after him? If I say I started to tail him at the cafe, he would most likely ask why.
«Who was it again... right, from when you talked to that new chairman I think?»
Since I've managed to keep so space between him and , I will take the initiative and co back at you.
«So did sothing happen? You talked with the chairman, right?»
«It seems like 'e's planning to remodel Keyaki mall and saw and asked for opinions. What facilities would make happy etc. He asked a few questions about that.»
«Ohhh, so that's what it was...»
Certainly, there were other adults there when they started conversing so it might just be a coincidence. It seems like there are no links between his true abilities and the Chairman after all.
«So, what about it?»
«It's not really related to that, you see. There is just sothing I found interesting.»
The thing with the Chairman wasn't important to . It was whether Ayanokouji-kun was being serious or not, only that.
«You know, during the final special exam last sester... wasn't you the leader, right?»
Since I ended up eting him like this, I'll throw every single information I know at him.
«During that flash arithtic event, the answer you and Kouenji gave was the sa.»
It wasn't a math problem that could be solved by chance.
«I did flash arithtics during middle school so I'm relatively good at it.»
«I'm the sa but, that level of yours can't explained as being relatively good at it, right? That's probably at the national level, is what I think.»
«That was just because it was an event I'm good at. In fact, I've also participated in national competitions.»
Ayanokouji-kun easily admitted to it.
«...really?»
«Yeah. Since it was an event I'm good at, you may have misunderstood I think.
It seems plausible that there are persons who are only good at flash arithtics. But unless you are pretty smart, you won't be able to solve problems just like that one. And the fact that he didn't reveal that he was good at it is a problem in itself.
«But you know, why didn't you just tell us that a bit earlier?»
«That's true. But, you know my personality, right? I'm not at the position where I can just take the initiative and tell the class about it. I beca the leader since I had the protection point after all. What's more, our opponent was Sakayanagi from class A. Even if I said I was good at it, I was worried since I didn't know whether they would have believed or not.»
...I had planned to corner him, but I can't get a grasp of him. He easily answered my questions like it was the natural thing to do. He didn't try to excuse himself in so flustered manner either. The are a lot of people that don't have confidence in themselves. They are unable to declare sothing since they are can't say what they want to. There is nothing in our conversation that is weird when comparing it to how he has been until now.
«That... Well, that may be so.»
Oh, no no! I can't seem to say what I was thinking in my head. Was it because he didn't lie? No, even if that was the case, there is still sothing suspicious thing going on. It may change if brought up the cases regarding Hirata-kun and Karuizawa-san. My pace may have been thrown into disorder, but I promised again from the bottom of my heart, yet again, that I would regain my strength for what to co next.
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