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However, if he were more true to his desires, he certainly wouldn't be satisfied with just watching.

At the very least, you should touch it.

Touch my leg.

But that would fall outside the scope of a transaction.

He sighed softly, and just when Horikita Suzune thought Asakusa Toru had refused, he suddenly spoke.

“Let’s make turtle soup,” he said.

Asakusa Tetsu said this, turning his back to the girl again.

"This is a very simple turtle soup, so you can't directly ask who the imposter is, but you can use any clues you can think of to make connections."

"I will only answer yes or no, and I have a time limit of 10 times."

"The Advanced Incubation Program has welcomed a fake human this year. Because it is a defective product, the fake human has been assigned to Class D by the school. Your goal is to find out the true identity of this fake human."

"Now, the game begins."

The so-called turtle soup usually consists of two parts: 'soup noodles' and 'soup base'.

The former is the information given as a point of suspense, while the latter is the answer after the mystery is revealed.

This is a game between a participant and a host. Facing a host who knows the soup base well, the participant can deduce the answer based on the given clues and confirm with the host whether the guess is correct.

The host will continuously narrow down the possible outcomes by using "yes" or "no".

At least that's something Horikita Suzune knew.

There's no need for Asakusa Toru to explain further.

So, the moment the words were spoken, the girl began to think.

Instead of giving a direct and concise answer, he chose to describe the purpose of the game.

And, what questions should you start with to get the answers you want?

Is the "pseudo-human" female?

"No."

Number of remaining questions: 9

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The most important aspect of logical reasoning is to narrow down the scope as much as possible.

The scope of confirming the existence of a fake person was already very small to begin with.

Because from the very beginning, Asakusa Tetsu had told her that the fake person was in Class D.

She had already ruled out Haruki Yamauchi's answer long ago.

He can rule himself out, Kikyo Kushida can be ruled out even more, and Megumi Karuizawa and Airi Sakura, as his women, can also be ruled out.

After excluding them like this, there are only 35 people left, not even counting the few who dropped out.

However, directly dividing people into male and female is clearly more effective at identifying targets.

In the blink of an eye, half of the people were eliminated.

Horikita Suzune had also wondered if she might have made a mistake from the beginning, and that the fake person was actually a girl.

But now it seems that the fake man was actually male.

"..." After a moment's hesitation, she asked again, "Has the fake person... dropped out of school yet?"

This is a narrowing of the target scope, but it is a question that must be asked.

Aside from Haruki Yamauchi, her most suspected candidate was, as expected, Kanji Ike, who had been expelled from school recently.

Asakusa Tetsu hasn't mentioned the fake man in a long time; perhaps he's actually been expelled.

"No."

The soft words negated the conjecture, instantly eliminating the three individuals once again.

There are 16 other potential candidates.

To be honest, Horikita Suzune even had the idea that Koenji Rokusuke was actually a fake.

After all, although he is said to be the heir to a conglomerate, no one in this completely enclosed school can verify the authenticity of this identity. In addition, there is Koenji's usually unrestrained and casual behavior, as well as his self-praise attitude that really seems like a fake.

It's understandable that people would have doubts.

Furthermore, Asakusa Tetsu had mentioned in his diary that the fake man's physical abilities were very strong, even stronger than Koenji Rokusuke's...

Oh, it seems he's already categorized the pseudo-people and Koenji into two different groups.

However, despite being the heir to a conglomerate, aside from his physical abilities, Rokusuke Koenji displayed absolutely no traits befitting a chaebol heir, earning him a place in Class D as a prime example of this flawed individual, and even...

He was swept out of school and expelled by Asakusa Toru, who treated him like a stray dog.

She still felt that Koenji might be a hypocrite.

However, it now seems that he was indeed not a fake.

In that case... even heirs to conglomerates might not necessarily have strong abilities... right?

"..."

Shaking her head, Horikita Suzune continued to ponder.

There aren't many people left, but eliminating them one by one will still result in some omissions. It would be great if there were a more distinctive feature that could help eliminate even more people.

"Is his academic performance very good?" she asked.

In Class D, there are a few boys with good grades and a majority with poor grades. Judging from their grades, we can rule out many of them as suspects.

"Yes and no."

Horikita Suzune: "?"

But Asakusa Tetsu's answer left Horikita Suzune with a question mark in her head.

What does "yes and no" mean?

Is it good or bad?

Is it that you actually have good grades but pretend to have bad grades, or that you actually have bad grades but cheated to make it look like you have good grades?

...Should we waste a question attempt to confirm?

"Is it... that he actually has good grades but pretends not to?"

"Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, high-achieving students like Yukimura Teruhiko were categorized as suspects.

...Is it bad to pretend?

Why do this?

Even though the scope was narrowed down, Horikita Suzune really couldn't understand it.

The moment she asked the question, and the moment it was answered, she remembered that Asakusa Tetsu had once scolded the other person in his diary for still playing the role of a qualified pig.

What exactly constitutes "playing dumb"?

It's about having the ability but pretending not to.

The incompetent man so desperately longed for this ability, yet he kept it well hidden, pretending to be something he was not, and mingled with the incompetent man's side.

Was he trying to secretly mock the worthless people around him?

Is this something to amuse you?

With such a vile mind, shouldn't one call him a hypocrite?

Although the scope had been narrowed down considerably, Horikita Suzune still couldn't figure out who this imposter really was.

Could it be... Xu Teng?

Xu Tengjian, who was on her suspicion list before, has changed his personality a lot in the past year, but such a huge change in personality is still quite in line with the characteristics of a fake person.

the most important is.

He is physically very strong.

Although she had never compared herself to Koenji, Horikita Suzune judged that the two were at the same level.

But how should one ask? The rules restrict directly asking who is a fake.

and so.

Is he in the basketball team?

After a moment's hesitation, Horikita Suzune asked the question cautiously.

"No."

Then, all expectations were dashed.

How could it not be? Why wouldn't it be? Besides Suteng, who else fits the characteristics of a pseudo-human?

Horikita Suzune genuinely felt that the group of people who hung out with Yamauchi were all fake people.

There are five more questions.

Horikita Suzune originally thought that identifying the imposters out of forty people with ten questions would be a piece of cake, but now she's sweating a bit.

Because she had lost all sense of direction.

The target of suspicion, the object of suspicion, and the characteristics that can be screened.

My mind is blank.

Should we trace back through the network of relationships within the mountains?

But there are only five questions left. What should we do if we still don't get the answers after checking them all?

What are some more possible screening options based on the initial approach?

But besides being expelled from school and having poor or bad grades, what other characteristics can be used to rule out this?

...Oh, right, physical fitness.

The phrase "excellent physical fitness" was written by Toru Asakusa himself.

but......

"Did he also hide his physical abilities...?"

"..." Faced with this question, Asakusa Tetsu paused noticeably for a moment, thinking, before giving his answer: "Yes and no."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji did try to hide it, but he didn't really. At least theoretically, he didn't conceal his physique during swimming lessons, and the standard for various tests was based on what others called the median.

So, it is and it isn't.

Horikita Suzune: "...?"

It's another case of yes and no.

Horikita Suzune was completely lost.

Why is it so hard to find this fake person?

Is it possible to be neither hiding nor not hiding?

Taking a deep breath, Horikita Suzune asked again.

"Has he... joined a club?"

"No."

I am not a member of any club or organization, and I do not participate in any club or organization activities.

There are three more questions.

A tense atmosphere began to spread across the rooftop.