Real teaching, but diary flow

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She felt a little regretful, but Horikita Suzune quickly readjusted her mindset.

No problem, there are still three questions.

Excluding the few people who participated in the club, there are only about ten left.

"How close are he and Haruki Yamauchi?"

"Yes."

The range suddenly narrowed to single digits.

Those who are close to Haruki Yamauchi are limited to just a few people.

Kanji Ike, who has already dropped out of school; Ken Suto, who has been excluded; Tomomura, who is called "Doctor"; Hondo, who has little presence; Ijuin, Yamauchi's friend; Miyamoto, whose name sounds like sushi; and Ayanokoji, who is vaguely remembered.

These are Haruki Yamauchi's network of relationships.

After excluding those who were excluded, there are a total of five people left.

She has two more questions to ask.

One is used for exclusion, and the other is used for final locking.

Horikita Suzune: "..."

But how do we eliminate it?

She knew nothing about those miscellaneous friends in the mountains; the only distinguishing feature she knew was that the person from that outer village was an extremely obvious shut-in.

Could the outsider be that fake person? Chubby, nerdy, would a fake person imitate such a personality?

"..."

For now... let's categorize him as a non-pseudo-human.

After much hesitation, Horikita Suzune made this decision.

That leaves a one-in-four chance of choosing one.

Let's go back and think about it again, and organize our thoughts.

It is known that the fake person is male, the fake person was not expelled from school, the fake person did not join any clubs, the fake person pretends that his grades are bad but is actually very good, the fake person pretends that his physical fitness is average but seems not to be pretending.

...excluding the villages with the worst physical fitness.

Then there's Hondo, whose grades she remembers were last, only behind Yamauchi and Ike.

And, by the way, Miyamoto seems to be an otaku too, and he's on the chubby side, belonging to the same category as Sotomura.

As for Ijuin, Horikita Suzune had absolutely no recollection of him.

Finally, there's Ayanokouji. Although Horikita Suzune initially considered him as a potential friend because their seats were relatively close together, intending to start making friends with him besides Kushida Kikyo, she gave up after seeing him hanging out with Yamauchi Haruki.

His physical condition...I don't have a clear impression, it's neither good nor bad?

As for her grades, she seemed to have always been in the middle of the class; at least she had never seen her name among the worst or best students.

Very common.

But perhaps the fake person is precisely the one among ordinary people who plays the role of someone who will not be suspected.

Yes, she should change the direction of her thinking. She shouldn't look for those who have obvious flaws and don't seem like humans. Those kinds of people are more likely to be real.

A true imposter is one who hides very, very well, so well that no one notices or cares about them.

"..."

...So there are still three alternatives?

Main hall, Ijuin, Ayanokoji.

Choose one of the three.

These three people were the kind of people who wouldn't be strange even if they suddenly disappeared; she had absolutely no recollection of these three names.

It's time to test your luck.

"..."

Ryotaro Hondo, Ko Ijuin, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

"Is his name five characters long?"

"Yes."

The final choice between the two.

Horikita Suzune's heart pounded.

She finally reached the final decision.

There's only one question left, and only one option to choose from.

No matter how you ask, she can always get an answer.

But as expected, for the last question, she still wanted to give the correct answer herself.

To wash away the shame of the past.

so......

"Yes, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka?"

The girl parted her red lips slightly, trembling, and asked the question cautiously with an expectant look in her eyes.

Finally, Asakusa Tetsu turned around and faced her directly.

Provide an answer.

"Yes."

"Congratulations, you have completed the game. You have successfully found the imposter, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who had been hiding in Class 1-D for many days."

He spread his arms in a gesture of celebration.

“According to the rules of the game, I should be reading the soup base now,” Asakusa Tetsu said, his words clearly hinting at a turning point: “But…”

"Our connection began with a diary, and this trial of searching for a false person also stems from that diary."

"In the last few minutes, I'll give you a little more scoop."

As soon as he finished speaking, a very familiar diary appeared silently in Asakusa Tetsu's hands.

The pages turned with a rustling sound, and he began to write.

No water today.

Let's get down to business.

After all, I'm in a pretty good mood today; it's the best mood I've had in a long time.

The reason, of course, is that the game I played with everyone at the beginning of the semester has finally come to a complete end today.

Although I had said before that the game of hide-and-seek was ending early, my good readers have been taking it upon themselves to continue it, catching me one after another.

Exhausted, oh, utterly exhausted.

If there are no unexpected events, then there probably won't be any.

I have four good readers and one good friend.

Let me first announce the order of the winners.

First and foremost is the last one, my little sister!

The earliest efforts were initiated, the earliest trials were faced, and the earliest encouragement was received.

But they came in last place, which is so regrettable and makes one want to shed tears.

Poor baby.

Luckily you found me before the end of the first semester, otherwise you would have been a laughing stock, as you were the only one who couldn't find anyone after a whole year.

Well, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't tease you too much. You really have worked hard, and I've seen it all.

Although, the efforts didn't yield much result.

But in short, I tried my best.

Then comes fourth place, and fourth place... oh, that's our little princess.

Miss Alcee, you are my light, my hope, my dream, my...

Persistence.

You don't need my apology, I don't need to apologize, and I won't apologize.

The time for heart-to-heart talks isn't now, but you can rest assured and look forward to it; it will happen right now.

I was actually a little hesitant about getting third place.

You probably already have the answer, and most likely you've already decided on it.

But if you don't speak up, and I don't reveal my own identity, our relationship will stop here. It won't move forward, but it won't go backward either.

not bad.

But the time has come to break through that veil.

This won't change the relationship. At most, it means you can complain about my past mistakes to my face.

...Well, whether it was a mistake or not is still debatable.

However, the sentence is still the same.

I will not apologize.

Chapter 295 You're dreaming

"..."

Kikyo Kushida gently raised her hand and turned the pages of the book, her fingertips slowly resting on this sentence as she followed her gaze.

"...I never intended for you to apologize."

The girl murmured to herself, giving a response that seemed like an answer.

Her slender hand loosened its grip, and the pages of the book turned on their own, revealing new words on the paper.