"I know, you came for this, right? The key card is in my hand now, do you want to see it?"
Kanzaki's question made Amane narrow her eyes.
She knew that Kanzaki's demeanor was not a sign of a change of heart, but rather a deliberate provocation.
Why would Kanzaki choose to provoke Amane at this moment? Did he think he could defeat Amane? No, on the contrary, he knew that he couldn't pose a threat to Amane with brute force, which is why he resorted to such tactics.
As long as Amane was enraged, according to the impression she gave others, she tended to solve problems with violence. There was a high probability she would use violence against Kanzaki. Then, Kanzaki would just need to act dramatically miserable and 'accidentally' wake Ichinose.
What would Ichinose think if she saw her classmate being beaten up by Amane? Moreover, if Amane was truly provoked and intended to use violence to solve the problem, she would fall into Kanzaki's trap and might accidentally be disqualified from the exam or even expelled.
This made Amane look at Kanzaki a little longer.
In her eyes, Kanzaki was merely a second-rate chess player. You couldn't say he was unqualified to play chess, but every move he made was truly perplexing, sometimes having commendable points, and other times being self-defeating.
Even so, Kanzaki was indeed racking his brains to plan for the future of Class B, making him one of the indispensable forces in Class B.
If his opponents were gentle and not good at offense, like Hirata or Katsuragi, then Kanzaki's abilities would indeed be sufficient to handle them, perhaps even surpassing them.
But at this moment, his opponent was Amane.
Facing such a naive provocation, Amane looked at Kanzaki as if he were a monkey.
If Amane had the personality of Sudo from before, she might have followed Kanzaki's line of thought, eventually being provoked into using violence first, which would instantly turn her from an advantageous position to a disadvantageous one.
But Amane was Amane.
Anyway, her goal this time was this key card. Since Kanzaki wanted to play a game of strategy, she might as well play along with Kanzaki.
"Of course I want to see it, Kanzaki. Are you going to show it to me?"
Amane feigned an expression of delight to humor Kanzaki.
"I know you'll see through my provocation, so you don't need to pretend like this. Although I, Kanzaki Ryuji, am not your opponent, even the weak have their ways of fighting."
Kanzaki did not intend to continue, instead proactively exposing this childish strategy.
"Then what do you mean? Are you going to show me your way of fighting?"
Amane's nonchalant attitude made Kanzaki frown.
Although he had prepared himself mentally and expected Amane to disregard him as a loser, thus making a careless move or revealing a flaw, when Amane truly appeared with such a dismissive attitude, Kanzaki found it difficult to bear being underestimated by a girl who looked like an idiot.
But for the sake of the final plan, he could only swallow his anger.
"I still intend to use my provocation. Even if you've seen through it, you can't ignore it."
Kanzaki's appearance, as he struggled to suppress his excitement, made Amane find it somewhat amusing, but out of basic respect, Amane maintained a calm expression and did not openly mock Kanzaki.
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