After reading the content on her phone, Sakayanagi smiled.
Finally, is there some fun after ten boring days on the ship?
"Kamio-kun, can I see the message?"
"No problem."
Kamio Tatsuya turned the phone screen and faced it towards Sakayanagi.
[A special test will begin soon. Students should gather in their assigned rooms at the designated times. Those who are more than ten minutes late will be punished. Please gather in room 204 on the second floor before 6 PM tonight. The duration will be approximately twenty minutes. Please use the restroom, etc., and set your phones to vibrate mode or turn them off before coming to the meeting place.]
"Six o'clock? Too bad, mine is at eight forty."
Eight forty?
Kamio Tatsuya raised his eyebrows.
What's going on? This test is being conducted at different times, does that mean the questions are different?
Or are the questions the same, but they're not afraid of you leaking the answers?
"A little interesting."
"Indeed," Kamio Tatsuya replied, taking back his phone. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Right now, he just wants to quickly run away. Sakayanagi, he doesn't know if she's too bored on the ship, or if she wants to compete with Ayanokouji too much, but she seems to have become stupid.
If he stays any longer, he's afraid of being infected by her.
After getting away from Sakayanagi, Kamio Tatsuya wandered aimlessly around the ship. The ship has five floors above ground and four floors below ground.
Each floor is either filled with various entertainment facilities or guest rooms, except for the second floor mentioned in the message, which is very quiet. Apart from a row of empty rooms with unknown purposes, there's nothing else.
However, students are gradually coming here to investigate, obviously having received the message.
"Oh? Kamio-kun, did you come here because you were curious about the message too?"
Just as Kamio Tatsuya was about to leave, he ran into Ichinose and the students from Class B.
"Yeah, just came to take a look," Kamio Tatsuya replied casually. "By the way, Ichinose, what time is yours?"
"Mine is in the six o'clock group."
Ichinose didn't hide it, and even showed Kamio Tatsuya her phone. The time was indeed six o'clock, but the room number was different from Kamio Tatsuya's.
"Six o'clock?" Kamio Tatsuya smiled. "What a coincidence, mine is also six o'clock."
"That's quite a coincidence."
Ichinose was clearly very happy, but when she was happy, the Shiranami Chihiro next to her seemed unhappy, and her eyes were full of vigilance when she looked at Kamio Tatsuya.
This guy is still thinking about getting with Ichinose, hahaha.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Although Ichinose wanted to chat with Kamio Tatsuya a little longer, now was clearly not the time.
After leaving the increasingly lively second floor, Kamio Tatsuya decided to go to the fourth floor, where the ship's largest outdoor pool is located. Usually many girls play there.
So it also attracts many boys to spend time there.
Although he had heard of this place, it was Kamio Tatsuya's first time going. He spent the past two days mostly with Kamuro or Shiina, so he didn't have the chance to come.
However, Kamio Tatsuya seemed to be having bad luck today, running into people he didn't want to see. For example, now, when he wanted to go to the fourth floor, he ran into Ayanokouji on the stairs.
"You're alone today."
What about being alone? Is it strange to be alone? Am I eating your rice?
Wait...
After thinking of a possibility, Kamio Tatsuya suddenly became nervous: "Why do you say I'm alone today? You haven't been following me for the past two days, have you?"
"I just occasionally saw you with girls from other classes."
Ayanokouji explained briefly, but soon, he looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.
Seeing this, Kamio Tatsuya wanted to run away again.
Because Sakayanagi was like this before and said a lot of stupid things, and now Ayanokouji is also doing this, are you kidding me?
"Kamio, you're obviously not familiar with the students in your class, but you have many friends from other classes."
That's because most of the students in Class D are too much and too stupid. They can't compare with Kamuro, Shiina, or Ichinose!
Moreover, Kamio Tatsuya isn't unfamiliar with the students in Class D.
Kamio Tatsuya is quite familiar with Kushida, Horikita, and Sakura.
"Maybe it's because I used the Three Idiots as scapegoats, so everyone dislikes me," Kamio Tatsuya made up a reason casually.
Unexpectedly, Ayanokouji actually nodded.
"Indeed, I have heard people complain about this."
For some reason, Kamio Tatsuya always feels that it's difficult to continue chatting with Ayanokouji.
If Kushida were here at this time, she would definitely say: "But no matter what, Kamio-kun saved them at that time, and as long as everyone works hard not to face expulsion, there will definitely be no problems."
Instead of being like Ayanokouji, making it seem like it's Kamio Tatsuya's fault.
"Speaking of which, have you also received that message?"
Although the topic changed very awkwardly, Ayanokouji didn't seem to feel it, and just nodded.
"Mine is at six in the afternoon, and Horikita contacted me. Hers is at eight forty, what about you?"
Six o'clock... is this jerk going with me?
"Two-zero-four?"
"Could it be that you are too?"
The suspended heart finally died. How could he get involved with this guy? How annoying.
But Horikita is actually at eight forty, the same time as Sakayanagi.
Looking at Kamio Tatsuya's unwilling expression, Ayanokouji suddenly asked another question.
"Kamio, do you remember a question I once asked you?"
"What question?"
"I once asked you: Do you think I'm not human either?" Ayanokouji stated the previous event calmly. "Your answer at the time was: I hope you are."
Mentioning this, Kamio Tatsuya felt a little nervous, and then he looked around, seeming like there was nowhere to run.
"What do you want to say?"
"What I want to ask is, why did you give that answer at the time? You would say that shows that you think I'm not human, right?"
He wants to run, Kamio Tatsuya really wants to run.
But when he saw the more serious look in Ayanokouji's eyes than ever before, Kamio Tatsuya hesitated.
"Ayanokouji, do you laugh?"
Ayanokouji was stunned. He didn't know why Kamio Tatsuya would ask that.
"Do you feel happy because something happens?"
"Or, do you feel angry because something happens?"
Ayanokouji stared blankly at Kamio Tatsuya without speaking, as if he was thinking about Kamio Tatsuya's question.
The students in Class D all say that Ayanokouji is a gloomy man, but Kamio Tatsuya doesn't think so.
Even the gloomiest person might feel happy or angry because of something happening. They would also involuntarily show those expressions on their faces at that moment.
For example, Sakura, everyone says she is a gloomy girl, but when the camera was repaired, she showed a smile from the bottom of her heart.
When she was harassed by that clerk, she also showed her disgust very clearly.
But Ayanokouji is different, completely different, his expression seems to have never changed.
Kamio Tatsuya has never seen him smile happily, nor has he seen him get angry because of something.
It's as if this guy's emotions never fluctuate.
This isn't gloominess at all. It's more like an emotional deficiency caused by innate or acquired reasons.
Simply put, Ayanokouji has no feelings!
And if a person has no feelings, can they still be called a person?
That's a machine!
So that's why when Ayanokouji asked that question back then, Kamio Tatsuya gave that kind of answer: I hope you are.
Although Ayanokouji gave Kamio Tatsuya a very dangerous feeling, seeing this kind of guy, Kamio Tatsuya couldn't help but feel some sympathy.
Of course, sympathy is sympathy, but Kamio Tatsuya doesn't plan to do anything himself.
Someone with no emotions, and exceptional academic ability, physical fitness, and thinking ability, sometimes Kamio Tatsuya even feels like he's some kind of secret weapon specially trained by a secret organization.
But it's also thanks to Ayanokouji's machine-like code of conduct that Kamio Tatsuya gradually figured out a way to interact with him.
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