COTE: A Man On A Mission II Love is War?

“Ibuki Mio from Class D”

Silence......

“WHAT?!”

“I'm Y-Yabana Nami, please take care of me....”

“I am Manabe Shiho.”

“I am Saki Yamashita.”

“Hideo Sotomura, don't need your care....”

“Yukimura Teruhiko, from Class C, please give me your advice.”

"Karuizawa Kei!”

“.....”

There are many ways to attract people, and can use advantage of this opportunity to improve previously bad evaluation.

Just watch introduce themselves.

Be polite and want to highlight your character.

Only...Ibuki Mio

Not good at walking along with people.

Hachiman tentatively memorized everyone's names and faces, because as a human camera, he even analyzed their personalities along the way.

Probably influenced by the students around, his self-introduction was quite elegant and refined.

“Hikigaya Hachiman, a first-year student of Class C.

Although I am currently focused on academics, if there is anyone who sees the right person and has a very privileged family background, meets the standards of a rich woman, please support me. I want to be a househusband and refuse to work like a damn social worker!”

“???”

“• •”

Ah this.....came out.

“Um... really creative statement,” Even Ichinose, who was very optimistic about her life, just felt stunned by Hachiman's selfish behaviour.

“whee--”

There was also a girl smiling, with short light green hair from Class D.

Just introduced herself as Manabe, but she was considered an acquaintance.

Hachiman and Karuizawa had previously dealt with her before during the Rika incident at school.

But then it ended with Karuizawa getting the fake but really powerful hold of the Student Council's disciplinary committee member.

After all, Manabe wasn't ready to mess with a girl in her position yet.

Therefore, also the reason why it was discovered that Karuizawa came late because of certain persons selected in
the rabbit group.

Hachiman also noticed that Ibuki, who had short blue hair, now had been staring at him.

Ibuki seemed to have a bad relationship with the other members of Class D, because there were obviously four of them.

But, Ibuki was sitting a little further away from Manabe and the others.

Who just didn't take Ibuki with them despite whispering.

Is that just Ibuki who keeps staring at his face?

Probably because she was told by Ryuen that he cheated on the island exam just ended.

Ryuen really can't hide anything, or rather... he doesn't want to from his small team.

“In short...” Ichinose finally took back the right to speak, “Since everyone knew the rules last night, my personal opinion is that would be really better for everyone to choose the first one. That is to say, everyone will publish the answer to the identity of the preferential recipient between 9 and 10 pm on 3rd day, so that each of us can get 500,000 points. Class points will not be deducted. So, What do you think of this proposal?”

Because Machida-kun of Class A who jumped out was directly yelled at by Ichinose and lost his temper in a few words, now said girl has taken over the dominant position.

And choices she made were also quite smart.

No one will be harmed.

Each person receives 500,000 private points, and VIP 1 Million.

Everyone has money to spend.

But it needs to be doubted.

Because, plan she chose may indicate that preferential treatment recipient might be in her class.

In this way, choosing this plan can prevent VIP from being found out and  force Class B to have points deducted.

And it was she who said that.

The students of Class A immediately became wary of her.

But what Hachiman needs to be wary of .... this may be the psychology of this seemingly gentle Ichinose.

If the favorer is in her class then, very understandable that she chooses this method of protecting her friends...

But what if the VIP is not in her class?

She makes this suggestion that is very beneficial to VIP person, so a good solution for her, may be happy.

And Ichinose's serious look now probably means she wants to observe her group of people...

Seemingly benign proposal actually have a lot of traps.

Perhaps she finally understood how unique the location of her Class B was now.

It was very close to A, and C where Hachiman was. '....So, I want to work hard to do something for the class, for example, now find VIP person of the rabbit group!'

And now when this proposal comes up, the first person to speak may be the person who is chosen...

Or accomplice who knows identity of the said person.

This becomes a Trial of Death.

Atmosphere suddenly turned bad.

No one around him spoke.

“I agree. After all, there are not many chances to get 500,000 points!” But Hachiman decided time was destroyed long enough, need to break the silence now, “What do you say Yukimura?"

“Me? I agree too.”

This time, Hachiman's plan was to let people do whatever they wanted without knowing whether he was the preferential one, but now that he saw Hachiman nodding, Yukimura agreed  too.

Ichinose paid special attention to this, and Hikigaya-kun was the first to respond.

So, is Hikigaya-kun a VIP or a companion of said person?

“.....” Karuizawa just remained quiet regarding this matter.

Ichinose's eyes suddenly became sharp.

“I also think peaceful coexistence is the best option!” After Hachiman spoke, Sotomura, who just wanted to get 100,000 living expenses next month, also said the same.

In other words, this plan is too good for him, because everyone sits down together and chooses to follow exam rules and end on the third night with 500,000 per person.

And 1,000,000 for the preferential treatment, which can completely solve his desire to buy games as an otaku.

Economic crisis that may arise when buying a game console.

“Hey——” However, some students whose names didn't have any value in Class A were still dissatisfied.

Machida has shut up, but the other two have not.

“Isn't that question a very cunning one? Just because you want to identify who is being treated favorably?!”

This student directly pointed out the possible meaning of Ichinose's question.

“But, this question is not mandatory, so you can also remain silent!” A random boy tried to make him quiet, it wasn't a place for interrupting the convo of people like her....

“Huh? Is this a cunning question?" As the person who asked the damn thing, Ichinose just showed a troubled expression, “Isn't this a peaceful choice which leads everyone to common prosperity?”

VIP reveals their identity and then answer questions together at the correct time, and everyone gets a reward.

'....I'm afraid only people from Class B can do this kind of thing. So, Ichinose wasn't just testing, but just being kind?'

“Threats or intimidation are not allowed. I am afraid only way to solve this exam is to discuss. If you, Class A, refuse...then you are going to be regarded as suspect? Can you accept this?" Ichinose's boat was now sailing.

“Are you threatening my kind?!”

The people in Class A seemed a little impulsive, and some, like Machida, just gave in after a quick confrontation.

But it cannot be denied their straight faces now make it quite difficult to tell whether the VIP treatment person is among them or not.

Even if not there, but makes people feel they are inside, will answer the question wrongly.

This will make the class which rushes to answer the question to lose points due to incorrect answers.

For Class A, their number 1 position will also become more stable.

In other words, the current people of Class A cannot be trusted at all.

All of them are actors. '....I wish others would guess wrong.'

Bastard is a liar and did it on purpose!

“Anyway, if you have any doubts, that's your business! My comrades won't participate in the discussion!" And these actors have now remained silent.

“I won't say a word from now on, the fuck do you think, Ichinose?”

Don't answer, don't speak.

So naturally, no more effective clues can be given.

Class A's actions were suspicious but very sound regarding A position.

Because they do not participate, it means a possibility that VIP exists for them, but not to disclose it, then other people have no choice left.

Threats and intimidation will not work.

Therefore, if there are students in Class A who are excluded alone, then it means there is always suspicion in their home..

Final test result is - no preferential recipient can be found, which means exam ends and the VIP gets 1 million private points.

This is the outcome where only the favored person wins.

And now after the students of Class A said they would not participate, daringly asked, “The fuck do you think, Ichinose?”

Intentions are really sinister.

Because at this time, if you support Class A's actions, meansthere may be preferential treatment in their class.

Otherwise this kind of proposal will just benefit class with said heroes.

If there is no benefit then why support it? Too much exposure.

In other words, you cannot answer the question without confirming whether there are any preferential recipients in your class.

Otherwise, you are betraying your own class.

Of course, if there are no preferential recipients in your class, there is nothing wrong with joining now, but such an action will also be viewed with suspicion.

It was directly confirmed that reason why he could agree so calmly was because there were no preferential treatment recipients in the class.

It can be said that as long as you join the conversation, you will be suspected immediately.

So they simply chose not to answer!

Avoid all temptations.

Katsuragi is really an outstanding person.

Several of them are from his faction and they completely agree with Katsuragi's strategy.

“Eh-” Ichinose also seemed a little nervous, “What should we do now?”

There is really no way around this.

“It seems that we are in a dilemma.” Hachiman finally said, after a very long time had passed.

Because he had the information about the VIPs, Ichinose's actions made him feel big, and Class A's steady approach was also vicious.

There is almost no air in the room.

A lot of intrigue.

So, what can be done now?

As for Class C and D.

Well, these two groups of people were just playing with their mobile phones.

They had no idea Class A and B had actually fought against each other.

That being the case.

“By the way, your Class C's mobile phones so weird?” Ibuki who still looked at Hachiman's face like a perverted creep, “It's black.”

But, he just looked at the yellow haired girl in response.

“.....” Karuizawa now seemed to be silent for a few seconds.

Because it has been confirmed that person who stole her underwear on the Deserted island was Ibuki.

In the end, Hachiman shamelessly asked her to respond Ibuki's question, so even Karuizawa was stunned for a few seconds.

But, she answered the question anyway.

Only then did everyone realize that Class C students Yukimura and Sotomura were both holding black ones.

Obviously everyone’s mobile phones are white.

“It's for temporary use," Karuizawa made her device in the air using her palm, “because all our mobile phones were confiscated before 8 o'clock....”

It was just a simple word, but it hurt quite a lot of people's hearts.

Because, students in Class A and B changed their face color at same time.

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