"Better now?"

Roughly a very long time of an unnecessary sequence of efforts to bring Arkalee back to her stable self, it was undoubtedly her turn.

I almost lost it.

According to scientific researches, newborn babies peak at six weeks maximum when it comes to crying. Waging around 3 months or so, babies cry for about an hour. Knowing this, if there is someone whose cries reach their zenith more than a newborn daily, then what does that make you?

Arkalee.

"...I'm never going to recover from this...... Hyunda... I need youuuu... Waaaaaah..."

Instead of weeping on her desk like before, Arkalee was trying to compose herself yet she nonetheless kept on dropping tears from both sides. She could barely open her eyes and face forward without emerging her mental state into full depression. Sana, who is by her side, kept on helping her. Although, Sana doesn't look that comfortable with the task. To me, it's as if she's just doing it because she has to.

"Pardon my intrusion, but who is this "Hyunda"? You have mentioned him more than once."

Ever curious, Liyuga asked the identity of the name, but, he should have known by now that the boys here are absent. This means that he wants to know a detailed answer regarding him. So, before anyone could answer, I answered Liyuga loud and clear from my seat.

"Hyunda is one of the boys who is absent on a deserted island. The boys are taking an exam on a deserted island, so Arkalee is lamenting her boyfriend's absence, you see."

"Yes... I am very sad..."

"Oh come on, compose yourself already... How many times do I have to tell you that you are supposed to wait...?"

Sana kept on arguing with Arkalee in a very compassionate way. Almost like a mother comforting her daughter after getting her heart crushed mercilessly.

Liyuga observed their interaction and then answered back.

"Well, that makes sense. If it's alright with you, why don't we move on? It seems to me that Arkalee is severely emotionally damaged, so we might as well skip her turn. If she's fine with it."

After a quick rundown, we agreed to actually skip Arkalee's turn.

I wondered about the possibility of that being intentional on Arkalee's part, quite deeply. But, seriously, Liyuga lacks manners.

Therefore, I called him out before we could advance just to say something.

"Um, Liyuga! My name is Yukishiro! The first name is Kyoko!"

"Oh, I forgot to ask your name! Sorry, my bad!"

"No, it's alright! Thank you."

Our interaction was partial to the actual event that was occurring. I only managed to really attract the attention of Liyuga because everyone else was focused on the next one in the line of question, which is: Hinagiku.

Akimiyashika, upon seeing that Hinagiku was the one in line, reached out to Hinagiku who was at her right side. That's right, they were seating all the way in front, with two tables united to each other. Ikkiri was on Akimiyashika's left side, so they could communicate very quickly.

"Aki, you remember what I said, right?"

Yuka-sensei made sure to call out Akimiyashika based on her previous words regarding autonomy. Though, that doesn't make much sense. In the first place, this is a pair's work. So, shouldn't it be valid for members within such a pair or in this case, a group, to consult each other? Unless Yuka-sensei is discounting evaluation points because they are a group, unlike the rest. That would make sense. However, if there is a case where that logic doesn't apply, then it means that we are in a different stage of the exam, under different circumstances.

"Yes, of course. Worry not though, if you think that I'm telling Hina what to say, that's not the case."

"Aye! We were trying to figure out the essence of what a really good question should be! Because, we only get one shot, so we have to make use of that."

In other words, Akimiyashika is passing down the ideology that her first question essentially implied. To ask a question that should contain an answer that could potentially hold a lot of content.

"Okay, I am ready."

With eyes on Izufusa, Hinagiku laid down her question.

"Izufusa, this might be a little touchy, but um... If you were Yulia, on the last day of the festival, if you have thought about it, why would you kill yourself?"

Truly a touchy question. That question lacks a bit of empathy. However, it was a good question.

"......I don't know if I can answer that.... It's... I don't want to imagine myself dying... Sorry."

And it backfired pretty quickly.

Are we too used to inhuman scenarios where our minds are framed into the assumption that our questions will be answered regardless of their core ruthlessness?

Naturally, no one in their sane mind would actually reply to that. Hinagiku forgot that she is dealing with a sentient creature. It was worth the shot.

"Aw... I'm sowwy. I didn't mean to say it that way... Ugh, I blew it!"

She caused a bit of ruckus by hitting herself on the left side of her head.

So far, only one question had been processed. Through Hinagiku's turn, we learned that our question can't be something that the witness just can't straight up not answer. In the first place, they are here of their own accord. To demand something out of them through force would be unkind.

"Hey, isn't this bad, Yukishiro?"

"It was bound to happen..."

Shizuku whispered to my left ear those words. We only had eight more shots at this. The very fact that we were dealing with a sentient student like Izufusa, should mean that we can't ask questions that go beyond the margin of offensive.

Or questions that threaten that margin.

"Um... Whose turn is it next?"

Puzzled as to why NO ONE was really making an effort to make sure who was next in the line, Izufusa blurted that out. No wonder, honestly. She was thinking quite deeply about the question, but traces of anxiety could be witnessed on her expression. What the hell is she unsure about...

"...Mine. Alright, sorry for the wait..."

Causing a slight surprise to everyone, the individual brought along a single sheet that contained unknown content. She limited to getting up from her seat and handed over the sheet to Izufusa, who responded with a very confusing expression.

"...What is this...?"

"Eh? That's a file... Look, you can see the boys in our class..."

Interesting.

So Ikkiri handed Izufusa a file containing the images of the boys in our class? What is her plan exactly? Hopefully, it's not a repetition of the last scenario. Though, Akimiyashika didn't reach out to Ikkiri, because she probably had confidence in Ikkiri's judgment.

How nice and united.

"I see..."

"...And I would like, if you could, to tell me who you think has the highest likelihood of committing a crime like this, based on their physical profile's appearance..."

Oh God, this is just bad, what the hell! Not only will his answer be biased but she threw it away by utterly placing the question entirety on his bias. What a retarded creature Ikkiri is, I swear.

"Are you sure? Because to me, any of them could have done it... The boys are criminals, right?"

Almost all answered with a big loud yes.

"Yes!"

It's pretty evident that this rumor that the boys are actually the real criminals here benefits us greatly as a whole.

HOWEVER, Ikkiri just had to ruin that by saying additional words.

"No... We are too."

"......."

Izufusa grew even more skeptical and I kicked my table lightly while Shizuku heavily exhaled.

"W-What she means is that we are just as bad--- No, no, no! Er, Ikkiri isn't aware of the boys' true crimes yet!"

"She's really innocent-minded! Ikkiri didn't mean any harm, Izufusa!"

Akimiyashika and Hinagiku tried to cover for Ikkiri, but it was a questionable front. And why isn't our teacher intervening? Is it really fine to overlook this? I get that it's not her responsibility, but it's as if she sometimes, if not all the time, enjoys the soap opera that goes on here, and only after controversial lengths of time does she apply a warning.

She's an unreliable teacher, very much like our homeroom teacher too.

Most likely intentionally unreliable in order for us to commit blunders.

"Ah, it's fine! I'll just answer... Let's see... Eh, wait... I know this guy and what the living hell?! 1000 YEARS OF JAIL?! THAT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE, WHAT IN THE WORLD?!"

Izufusa undoubtedly stumbled on Daniel's file. To be fair, our sentences sound exaggerated as hell, but the fact that we have neither the evidence to prove them or deny them leaves me thinking if they are genuine or not.

Because, if they are... Just what in the world do you have to do...?

"For the record, those sentences aren't a lie on paper. They are the real deal."

"Then why are such people in our school?!"

"Ask your principal, he's the one who allowed this in the first place."

Uncaring, Yuka-sensei was eating a caramel dessert while answering Izufusa's emotionally aggressive questions.

But still, Izufusa was truly making an effort to see who matched his bias. It pains me how he didn't explain his bias. We can't FUCKING ask questions, so we are stuck with this.

"Some look really cold-hearted while some are even smiling. This is confusing, but... If I had to say, it's this one. Ryousuke Kawahara."

No one could just stand up and ask "Why?", because we were only allowed to ask one question.

See, this is why Ikkiri's question is really dumb. We are just swallowing this biased answer that answers literally nothing at all.

"Why is Kawahara the one that fits your bias?" "What is your bias for that?"

Fucking Christ, Akimiyashika, you forgot to keep a leash on your useless pet who could've asked a rational question instead of a completely useless one! Thus far, three turns have been the equivalent of zero! Are they all dumb?! I don't get this people! Are they just NOT curious to know Omega's identity?!

"No one is going to ask me why I said it was him?"

"Well, they really can't. Only one question is allowed per turn. They are such good girls for respecting my rules, such sweethearts!"

This is hell.

"Can I skip my turn...?"

"Huh?!"

Now, I know that I was refraining from interfering, but the moment I heard such blasphemy coming from Iris' mouth, I snapped violently.

Intensively, I glared through her soul straight up without any mercy, which caused her to shake a little bit.

"No, it's fine, Yukishiro. So, calm down. Well, Iris, why do you want to skip your turn?"

"...I just don't think that any questions I could have would give a beneficial answer. This exam is very hard to resolve, in my opinion."

I was still mad, but MEANWHILE, the majority of my classmates emphasized the high level of difficulty in this exam, but this is a trial, so you should have to go through with it!

Mad, I stomped the ground mildly. I wanted to leave the classroom and find an animal and kill it. It didn't matter if it were ants or not, anything would do. I am starting to not be able to stand these people. Each of their different personalities is so diverse which is just so unnecessary!

"That's why we are going through stages, Iris. So we can reach closer to the answer."

Argumentative, Yuka-sensei attempted to convince Iris to speak her turn, but Iris grew precisely more adamant in response to her words.

"It's impossible... Please, let's just wait until the boys return."

"Mhm... I get what you are saying, it's just... If their exam isn't successful, then, won't the culprit not be found either way? So, we might as well make an effort here."

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"I'll still pass. I'm sorry."

"I'll be discounting points then..."

"..."

Iris' silence here implied consent.

This day just got a whole lot worse. Four turns gone down the drain like that. What sort of sick joke is this?! Does this mean that Iris won't ask any questions from the other witnesses?!

Starting to get nervous, I took a bite out of my right index finger's nail ferociously.

"Hey, calm down, it's gonna be alright! Our turn will come and we will make up for it!"

Shizuku tried to cheer me up, but my eyebrows kept on twisting themselves even further as I came to terms with the reality.

"They are so useless. I want to tie them up and force them to ask questions as their lives depended on it."

"Shhh, it's okaaay!"

"Don't try to calm me down, okay? I'm right."

Although I didn't mean to be mean to Shizuku, her attempt to calm my behavior was coming as annoying. She should support my logic here and be mad at them, not try to make me come to terms with the idea of being calm...

I AM calm. If I wasn't, I would be pulling out a razor blade, and I would stab all of their legs to make them take this seriously.

On the other hand, things started to look up due to the impressive enthusiasm fuelled within the one whose turn was right around the corner.

She even went as far as getting up from her seat just to talk despite not having that necessity at all.

"Alright, it's my turn, isn't it!? Brace yourself, Izufusa, because I have one hell of a question for you! Ah, don't worry, don't worry! It's nothing offensive, so chill back and relax!"

Yet that only made him more suspicious. Kanawari's intentions were genuine, but she was truly more focused on the question that she was holding back all this time.

"Here I go... Based on your view of Yulia, what do you think is the motive behind her action? Yes, it's true we don't know it, but if you had to guess, what would it be? I am not asking you to be in Yulia's shoes. Just try and think of the circumstance and what motive would you associate the most to the action. Is this too much for you, Izufusa?"

Her question bared resemblances with Hinagiku's question. The only difference is that she went out of her way to strongly emphasize that Izufusa didn't have to necessarily go out of his way to put himself under the circumstance that Yulia went through.

This could be seen as a way to enforce objective thinking on his part since he replied to Hinagiku's question rather emotionally.

"I think I can answer that. Give me a bit of time to think..."

Hinagiku showed a little bit of frustration when she noticed that Kanawari's question had been acknowledged. I would too, but it's her fault for being too direct.

Lastly, before answering, Izufusa destroyed his own thinking stance and took a deep breath.

"Well... Betrayal? I think if she was badly injured in an emotional way that suicide would be the answer. Though, it would have to be something drastic. In the first place, don't suicides occur due to emotional reasons? So, my bet is betrayal."

Sana tremendously trembled which brought forth an eerie smile out of me.

Sanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.......... You know somethinggggg, I can smell your fear...!!!!

"Very informative! Thank you!"

Aside from Sana, Kanawari contented herself with this answer. That was indeed quite informative. But it was something that someone could've concluded. According to Izufusa's ideology here... Daniel would have to cheat on her.

I'm starting to see the pattern here.

Sana showed me that luxurious desperate reaction just now, which could imply that... she was the compliment of the betrayal and Yulia was the subject. Daniel and Sana though? What? I just can't see it...

But knowing Omega, he made it work. Somehow... How would he associate this pattern so masterfully though? It couldn't have been immediate. No one would just break down from a sudden betrayal. No, no, I mean, of course, someone would, what I meant to emphasize was... It takes more time to build up the damage. The theory of emotional damage rings strong here.

"I'm next."

Lus looked into Kanawari's eyes as they both traded glances with one another. I could sense that their teamwork was about to be displayed, which would imply that Kanawari's question was to be followed by a question of Lus that would be a sequence.

"This is more of a personal question, so if it's too much for you, that's on me, but please try here."

Izufusa gulped transiently and nervously sweated.

Lus was seating on her chair with her legs crossed. She simply went ahead on her own regardless of Izufusa's expression.

"Supposedly, you saw Yulia with a boy back in February. You should know who the boy is because Ikkiri went out of her way to show you their profiles, so you do know. Assumably, if Yulia was in a relationship with that boy, then it's normal that she was happy back when you first encountered her. Furthermore, let's say the relationship went on all the way to March. Here is my question for you, Izufusa... What form of betrayal would the one she was romantically entangled with have to perform?"

Lus's question confused all of us because she wasn't quite clear about what she was referring to.

"Um... I'm sorry, I didn't really get your question."

"Sigh. Yuka-sensei, could I elaborate? I think I am allowed to elaborate on the question as long as I don't ask another question. Or, am I wrong here?"

"Go ahead, Lus. Do you need to use the panel?"

The reason why Yuka-sensei asked Lus if she wanted to use the panel was that Lus got up from her seat, which implied that she wanted to further elaborate her point through the usage of other methods.

"Just for a while."

With that said, all eyes were on her. Yet despite that, she showed no anxiety nor any sort of signals that would represent the image of someone who is nervous and clumsy. As a matter of fact, she smirked and walked proudly towards the podium while grabbing a piece of white chalk.

"Eyes on me, Izufusa, this is important."

"O-Okay!"

Firstly, she wrote Yulia's name down on the panel, on the right side, and pointed at it with the piece of chalk; provoking a loud noise from the collision.

"Yulia is the subject here. Or, precisely saying..."

It's impressive how quickly she managed to gain all of our attention, but she did it. Lus wrote an additional word which she circled yet another word above it.

"The subject of betrayal. I'll draw arrows just to make sure that you understand who the subject here is."

Izufusa didn't really complain, despite Lus basically straight up mocking him. Maybe it was because she didn't mean to mock him in the first place.

Regardless, she drew a circle around the word betrayal and pointed multiple arrows from miscellaneous directions towards the word "Yulia".

Next, she drew an upper line from the circle that intersected with a word above.

"Here we have the unknown substance. But, if we are fine with being biased, then it's the boy that she was with."

Subsequently, Lus circled the word "Daniel" the same way that she circled the word "Betrayal".

The words "Betrayal" and "Daniel" were intersected.

"Betrayal alone isn't exactly impossible, but it's easier to accomplish if done with someone else. So, we'll label that "someone" as a question mark, simply."

Just like before, she drew a line, but below the word "Betrayal". A round circle was shaped around the question mark as well.

"Are you asking me to basically guess who he cheated with...?"

"No such thing. I realize that that's just purely random and wouldn't really suffice as an answer. My question was what sort of form of betrayal would the subject here... Yulia, have to receive, out of these two components."

Lightly reaching out to the question mark and the word "Daniel", Lus created a line that intersected both of them towards the word "Yulia".

Ultimately, she put down the piece of chalk to its rightful place and crossed her arms as she watched Izufusa ponder the question deeply.

"Mhm... Er, cheating? Awkward though... Is... cheating really that dreadful to drive someone to the edge of suicide?"

Lus most likely wanted to ask: "Are you sure that's your real answer?", but she couldn't.

"I don't think I can think of another option... Sorry."

"Don't apologize, that was magnificent. Thanks, Izufusa."

Returning to her seat, Lus smiled back to Kanawari. As for Kanawari, she gave a thumbs up, which Lus did the same.

If they took into account the alphabetical order, then they most likely went out of their way to plan this.

Accordingly, Yulia was supposedly betrayed by Daniel, but that much I already had concluded and I believe Sana to be the subject of that betrayal. But that doesn't make sense.

Unless...

Unless it's SUPPOSED to not make sense. If I am someone who is highly logical in my ways of figuring out a mystery, then detaching myself from logic might be the play here. Omega's telling me that common sense and logic aren't things that he's fond of, so he goes through the route where his actions will make little to no sense because they were supposed to never make any sense in the first place.

Ahhh...

"Yukishiro, you need to wipe that perverted look out of your face, you look seriously horny."

"Shut up, mind your own business. Your turn is coming soon."

"Thank God for that. But... I sense it might come sooner than expected."

"You are probably right about that, Shizuku..."

I've been observing her for a while and she just seems so utterly shattered.

Sana's acting has officially gained a weakness. In order to properly extract information out of her, I just have to bring Lus and Kanawari's theory to the table and she will think about the inevitable.

But she can simply choose to not answer my questions and play it fake. I need something brutally crucial in order to make her spill out the beans. Accusing her of cheating with Daniel isn't enough.

"Sana? Are you alright?"

"Of course--Y-Yes."

Bad, bad liar.

I just want to make you cry on the floor and cripple your knees while grasping the inner strands of your hair as you give me his identity.

Though, I wasn't the one who asked that question. It was our teacher, obviously.

It was common sense that if it was your turn, that everyone's eyesight would be on you, so Sana was being violated by our impertinent glares. Sana would look down and down, from left to right, like a truly paranoid person. Low eyelashes. Trembling fingers. Pale skin. Stagnant breathing. The elements fit.

"...I think I'll pass too! I don't have any amazing questions like Kanawari and Lus's, so..."

...........

This is not a coincidence. I knew it. Arkalee faked it.

Is Hyunda the one, after all? No... He has no way of being afflicted to Sana, so it doesn't make any sense. If they ever interact on my sight, then Hyunda is the culprit here. But I don't see an obnoxious clingy over-emotional girlfriend like Arkalee letting go of her psychotic obsessive tendencies to allow such a scenario in the first place.

Omega needs freedom in order to execute his actions. Being in a relationship with Arkalee gives you the opposite of freedom. It's so dumb to even consider Hyunda.

I'm really starting to think that Daniel orchestrated all of this. That would be masterfully done, I must admit.

Nonetheless, back on the real surface, outside of this self-world of make-believe, Yuka-sensei took Sana's rejection quite diplomatically, actually.

"If you are fine with the same treatment that I will apply to Iris, then I understand."

"Maybe I'll ask the other witnesses... I just don't have that much to work with, haha..."

Aw, she even scratched the back of her hair while additionally faking that smile of her's very fragile.

Sana...

I'm starting to grow a tendency to attack you in the middle of the night while you are sleeping. Should I sneak into her room and perform torture on her? No... I feel like... She will eventually talk regardless of my actions. Plus, if I were to do something like that, then a lot of consequences would come forth. Yes, although I internally say to myself a lot of murderous things, I just am not able to actually perform them. The consequences are very deep.

It's not fair!

I want to do something like he did! Ghhhhhhhhh!

"Hey, can you talk to me instead of freaking out on your own? Or are your thoughts very private? It's just strange how we are centimeters away from each other but it doesn't occur to you once that you could talk to me. That hurts, you know?"

"I am privately obsessing over my crush. I don't want to share the sentiment. Do you understand, Shizuku?"

I turned in her direction and said those words passively; not aggressive nor maliciously.

As this was happening, Sana was still giving excuses to Yuka-sensei in order to pass the turn.

"Oh, I do understand the sentiment. But are you just thinking about him?"

"Well... I think of whatever is associated with him, which might involve others."

"Mhm... I've been following your eyesight for a while. What do you have against, Sana?"

Towards that question of hers, I signaled her to come closer and whispered to her ear a secret.

"She probably knows his identity."

"No way! How?"

"I don't have concrete evidence, but the fact that she hasn't broken down yet from what happened to Yulia means that someone gave her something to hold on to... Something very strong..."

Shizuku's eyes sparked with stark curiosity as she heard this. She smells very good, for the record. I like those who have a sense of perfume. It's not often that you find people who have such an aesthetic sense of fashion to the point of being able to distinguish a perfume that simply smells good to you and a perfume that smells good to just everybody that comes across you.

"Oh, that really makes sense, now that you mention it. Wasn't Sana her closest friend?

"Yes, she was."

For a while, Shizuku analyzed the information and then replied back. Our distance was fairly short and we were starting to be blessed by the afternoon sun that originated from outside of this classroom; its light source penetrating the wet windows shielding us from the previous dark torrential rain.

"Do you need help? If you want, I can help you get information out of her. You haven't been successful so far, right?"

...........

What is Shizuku aiming after? My trust? Or is she genuinely...

"Shizuku, it's your turn next!"

Loud, from afar, Yuka-sensei called out to Shizuku, since it was her turn.

Our conversation was about to get shattered very quickly. Nevertheless, Shizuku said something before looking forward to Yuka-sensei.

"I will help you out. I'm your friend and probably your first one."

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She took ahold of my hand with a gentle warmth to which I had no genuine response. The idea of having a friend with ties to criminality just sounded absurd to me. So, I opted not to answer, because I have no idea whether she's tricking me for the fun of it or not.

If...

If she isn't, then I need more evidence that she isn't. Only then will I be able to come to the conclusion that she really is my "friend". Suffering a crushing defeat by being tricked isn't exactly the funniest of all jokes and it's not something I need right now.

But, yes...

A friend, a true friend, is always nice. Just one, that's all. Not many, not a group, just one. It would be even more ideal if Shizuku had no other friends and only had me as her friend, which is the case, so...

"Are you going to skip your turn, Shizuku?"

"No, ma'am! How could I skip my turn when I went through the trouble of gathering Izufusa as our witness?!"

With an adorable smile, she defrosted the cold edges of my lips, which almost made me smile, but I ultimately couldn't.

Izufusa, on the other hand, looked nervous as soon as he saw Shizuku's enthusiasm.

Without anything to hold back, Shizuku spoke fluently towards Izufusa.

"Izufusa, who else was beside you the moment you encountered Yulia on the last day? Try to clearly remember EVERY single person that was right there in that atmosphere!"

!

I see!

"Um... Well, that's a bit hard..."

"Take your time~"

It might be hard to understand at first, but Shizuku is trying to theorize that aside from Izufusa, there were other witnesses there. Of course, we don't know who they are, but Izufusa knows. Furthermore, a trail of people who know where exactly Yulia was ahead was formed there. If X person saw Yulia in the same atmosphere as Izufusa, then Y person in that same atmosphere saw Z person who was ahead of Yulia in the atmosphere. By asking Z person where he/she saw Yulia go to and who was there in that atmosphere, a leading way can be built!

Amazing, Shizuku!

But, she didn't stop there; she reinforced a previous point that Izufusa had brought to himself earlier.

"Just a quick reminder, but you did mention that you were alongside a few classmates of yours, so you surely know who they are."

"Ah, yes! I was just thinking of other people in the area. I think I saw some people from block D. I know a boy from there, we used to talk..."

Judging from Izufusa's sad reaction, I could bet my whole virginity on how there's a gay backstory here. I am that confident.

"Write down their names and give me a paper with their names, if that's alright. Is it, Yuka-sensei?"

"Of course. If someone else wants to help out Shiz---"

I upheld my urge to interrupt Yuka-sensei right away.

"I'll help her out alone, so no help is needed!"

"Oh, alright."

Of course, I was eyed by a few of my classmates because they immediately viewed me as arrogant and bossy yet I cared not. This information was too good to be shared.

Eventually, Izufusa wrote down the names but didn't get up from his seat. Which implied that he would give it to Shizuku after he was done with the next two questions.

My turn was coming up, but before that could happen, Tateyana had to take her stance.

She didn't need to be called out as she made a proposal to Yuka-sensei instead of giving a flat rejection like some of the previous ones.

"Um. Um... I was thinking and we missed a lot of turns because some people just don't want to cooperate, so in order to compensate for that or to prevent any future events like that, why don't those who don't want to ask a question to the witness give their turn to someone else? This way, someone else with keener abilities could have more than a turn; in other words, the opportunity to ask another question, if not more."

That was an interesting proposition and something I entirely support, for the record.

However, I didn't speak, which was an action that contrasted a few outspoken individuals who had to voice their agreements loud and clear.

"This is a brilliant suggestion, Yuka-sensei. We should make full usage of it to make sure we get the best out of the possible results."

"It's as Akimiyashika says. I would be glad to have more turns if others don't feel confident enough. I am more than confident, so please."

"I'm with Lus here, we should totally do this!"

Under a single minute, we all came in agreement, because Yuka-sensei mentioned that giving your turn up to someone else and giving up your turn entirely without giving it to someone else were both options. The first option would give you half of the evaluation while the second option would completely cut all of your evaluation.

You would have to be really stupid to give up your evaluation like that, right?

Right.

Right...

"With that said, I'll give my turn to Yukishiro. I don't feel like I can extract much out of Izufusa, but you seem eager, don't ya, Yukishiro? I see it in your eyes."

She's mocking me. That wasn't even the most genuine of all things to say.

Tateyana just made sure that I would feel the necessity to have two turns because she deeply wanted to "help" me.

"Ah, I see! Well, I'll take the double turn, because, why not? The more the merrier. Thank you, Tateyana!"

I got up from my seat resonantly.

My long turn had finally come.

"Pleasure's all mine."

She grinned.

Plus, she swayed her hair back like some sort of celebrity.

What a shame. I was actually looking forward to this, but in my defense, she provoked me first, and besides... My questions might be too much for a person like Izufusa and I hate to play it safe.

Thus, I spoke out to the entirety of the girls and some boys in the classroom.

"I will rightfully give up my first question without handing it to someone else!"

"WH---"

Shaken, Tateyana couldn't help but respond in a violent manner, going as far as dragging her chair out of impulse. However, I was not done.

"Furthermore, I will additionally give up my second question bestowed by Tateyana. Um... Yeah, that's all."

I took a light seat and enjoyed seeing the face of Tateyana in pure agony.

Bitch.