Amane put her phone back in her pocket and muted it.
The reason she could guess it was Ninomiya Yui was thanks to sufficient prior information.
Of course, that information was also vague; Amane had simply chosen the most probable option.
As for whether the favored person of the snake group was truly Ninomiya Yui.
Sorry, Amane honestly didn't know.
But if she answered Horikita that way, would Horikita be satisfied? Certainly not. Most likely, she would think Amane was too casual about such matters or irresponsible towards Class D.
When it comes to competition involving tangible interests, one shouldn't make a move rashly without absolute certainty.
Horikita would probably lecture her like that.
But where in the world is there such a thing as absolute certainty? Amane wanted to check Ninomiya's phone for favored person messages.
Would Ninomiya give it to Amane? One doesn't need to think to know it's impossible. Such an action is as absurd as asking a teacher for final exam answers before the final exam.
The other party would surely look at the inquirer as an idiot.
Since she couldn't see the messages, how could she talk about absolute certainty?
So, Horikita's biggest problem was that she was too cautious. Perhaps she could handle proper class competitions with ease, but when faced with an exam mixed with luck, Horikita suddenly didn't know how to play.
"What if I said it was intuition?"
After thinking for a long time, Amane could only give this answer. The information slips she obtained indeed had a direction, but similarly, there were other candidates. If asked why, besides intuition, Amane couldn't give a very convincing answer.
"But what if, what if you guessed wrong, Amane? What then?"
Horikita asked her biggest concern. Every point was crucial for Class D now. If fifty class points were lost due to Amane's nonchalance, it was not hard to imagine the accusations they would face.
"Isn't it normal to guess wrong? Can you, Suzune, say that you will never make a mistake?"
"How is this possible!"
Horikita fell silent. Who could guarantee they would never make a mistake?
But... but!!
"But unintentional mistakes and failed gambles are completely different."
Horikita stubbornly raised her head and met Amane's gaze.
"What's the difference? They're both failures, aren't they? Whether it's accidentally revealing the favored person's name or being jokingly called out on the spot, a failure is a failure, there's no hierarchy or distinction."
Amane's beautiful rebuttal left Horikita at a loss for how to argue back. Just then, Amane spoke again.
"Besides, Suzune, how do you know my intuition won't be right? If I guess correctly, that's fifty class points, plus I have the ghost card's amplification, so the result will be a huge profit, won't it?"
The most significant advantage of the ghost card is that if its holder achieves Result Three or Result Four, they receive double the rewards and penalties.
That means the original fifty class points become one hundred, and the original five hundred thousand personal points become one million. At the same time, doubling the penalty includes two meanings.
One is that the penalty for the class of the guessed favored person is doubled, and the other is that if the guess is wrong, the penalty for oneself is also doubled.
In short, the guessed class will have one hundred class points deducted, which is undoubtedly a heavy penalty.
But if the guess is wrong, those one hundred class points will become a burden on the class.
At the thought of the penalty also being doubled, Horikita felt a faint headache.
Even though she knew Amane would only act when she was confident of success, meaning that since Amane was acting, she must be confident of success.
But Amane was not omnipotent, because Ryuuen's surprise attack on the Uninhabited Island was unexpected by Amane, and although her leaving the base was a reason, Amane also did not anticipate this.
Class C almost succeeded. Horikita was now hesitating whether to tell Amane about Shibata's threat.
Perhaps Amane would only understand how helpless she was once she knew that Shibata had already grasped the poker card numbers of most people?
"If... I mean if, Class B has already mastered the method of finding the favored person? You guess one of their favored people, and Class B can immediately recover their losses from other groups, but if we are guessed or guess wrong..."
Before Horikita could finish her sentence, she felt a soft touch on her face.
Before Horikita could react, she felt her face being casually rubbed.
"Amane, there are so many people here!"
Horikita wanted to stop Amane's reckless behavior, but she couldn't pull Amane's hand away and could only let Amane rub her face until she was satisfied before letting go.
"Honestly, that's why Suzune, you're too anxious. If, as you say, the other side already has an overwhelming advantage, then we will fail even if we do nothing. Since we're going to fail anyway, why not stand up and gamble with them? What if the class points return to zero? Suzune, do you not even have the courage to rise again? If that's the case, I don't recommend you participate in the class competition game. Failure is not impossible, what's terrible is not having the courage to get back up after falling."
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