Chapter 7

(That Fushimi bastard’s the only one left. When I say predictable, I mean predictable.)

(But whatever. It’s just me and Fushimi here. Now we can stop fussin’ over annoyin’ shit like tactics and jump right into the real action!)

(…Nn? It sounds like footsteps are approachin’? Is it that Fushimi bastard?)

(No way, not after bein’ so good about eliminating his presence this whole time. Then who is it…?)

(Wait, is that Adonis?)

Hey, Adonis!

Hm? Oh, Oogami.

“Oh, Oogami” my ass! The hell’re you doing here? This area’s bein’ used for a survival game! It’s off-limits!

Is it? Then I apologize.

It seems Anzu needed something from me, so I was on my way to the student council room to help her… I must have wandered into the area without noticing.

Friggin’—Ya dumbass. But hey, you see anyone on your way here?

No, I didn’t.

Hmph, ‘s that right. Can’tcha get into the school building from there ‘n then just make your way up to the student council room?

Right, thank you. And good luck, Oogami.

Who ya think you’re talkin’ to, huh? I’d never lose in a million years! Now get outta here~!

(I was certainly taken aback by Morisawa-sama. To think he would leap to protect a comrade during field training… I made a grave miscalculation.)

(Oh—This isn’t field training. It’s simply a game.)

(In any case. Considering how surprised even Oogami-sama was, his actions seem to be abnormal even for a game.)

(Though he does call himself an ally of justice. The president had once appraised Morisawa-sama as “an impulsive fool, but far from an idiot.”)¹

(Perhaps such unorthodox behavior appears to be the optimal solution for one such as himself.)

(Anyhow, there is no point ruminating over a miscalculation forever. I’ll need to think of my next move.)

(According to the announcement made, Morisawa-sama and Narukami-sama have been eliminated. Therefore, I can no longer make use of the strategy I had planned.)

(It is likely that Oogami-sama’s nature would demand a one-on-one confrontation. So the question comes down to whether I should oblige him, or if I should search for another weakness to exploit… How troublesome.)

!

(This pressure on my back is… that of the barrel of a gun.)

…Oogami-sama. How did you know I was here?

Fufun. How ‘bout that? You surprised? Looks like you were pretty deep in thought, huh. Your back was wi~de open ♪

It seems that way. For future reference, might I ask how you came to arrive here?

I believe I had covered all of my tracks…

Sure did. Hid ‘em all perfectly. But it was pretty strange, yanno?

Earlier, I met up with Adonis. Said he’d wandered into the area without even realizin’ it was bein’ used for the game.

But somehow he knew Anzu was in the student council room. And he sucks at using his phone, so I doubt he used that to ask her.

So it hit me. He found you on his way to find Anzu, didn’t he?

……

‘N you told ‘im ‘bout our little game here and sent him on his way to Anzu—And ya told him to keep his trap shut about you.

Didn’t want him spillin’ the beans to anybody ‘bout seein’ you here.

And Adonis has a damn strong sense of duty. He kept that promise and pretended he didn’t know a thing when we were talkin’.

And that’s when I realized you were prolly off in the direction Adonis’d come from… Looks like I was right on the money ♪

I found this trail that was had absolutely no traces of you—How unnatural. So I followed it, and sure enough, I came right up behind ya. Fufun. How’s that, Fushimi!

Is that right… So my thoroughness was yet another miscalculation on my part. I hadn’t expected to you be so clever.

Huhhh? The hell you mean by that? You tryna call me a dumbass or somethin’? Ya keep talkin’ smack, I’ll tear you apart, ya bastard~!

Oh, no. I admire you, sincerely.

Well, I suppose this is all right. I humbly admit my defeat, Oogami-sama.