After talking with Hashimoto about the information, Kamio Tatsuya went back to the D class camp. As for Hashimoto, that guy was quick and sneaky, so the average D class student probably wouldn't notice him.
At night, because he had stayed up all day, Kamio Tatsuya went back to his tent and fell into a deep sleep until he was woken up the next day.
"Kamio, wake up."
"Huh...? Hirata? Is it time for roll call?"
Hirata usually wouldn't bother people, so Kamio Tatsuya immediately thought it was time for roll call.
Yeah, after being awake all day, it's normal to sleep like a log at night.
Kamio Tatsuya sleepily answered while raising his wrist to check the time.
7:24
That's hours away from the 8:00 roll call.
Then why is Hirata calling me?
"Something seems to have happened with the girls. Can I trouble you to get up and gather outside first?"
Something happened?
Kamio Tatsuya's first thought was that these restless women were probably causing trouble again. Kamio Tatsuya felt his bad mood from waking up was about to explode.
It better be something real!
Soon, Hirata woke up all the guys one by one and gathered them outside the tents.
Although they didn't know what had happened, most of the guys chose to stay quiet after noticing the scary looks the girls were giving them.
"The guys are all here. So early in the morning, can someone please tell us what happened?"
"I'm sorry, Hirata, this has nothing to do with you... but there's something we need to confirm no matter what, so we called all the guys over."
The one who spoke was a girl named Shinohara, who had a very average appearance, the type Kamio Tatsuya wouldn't even notice normally.
Right now, her eyes looking at the guys were very unfriendly and full of contempt.
"This morning, Karuizawa's underwear went missing... Do you know what this means?"
"Huh... underwear?"
Hirata, who was usually calm, was obviously a little shaken this time.
Who's Karuizawa?
Oh, she's that hot blonde girl.
Isn't she Hirata's girlfriend?
Her underwear is missing?
Kamio Tatsuya subconsciously looked at Ayanokouji. You wouldn't be that crazy, would you?
Ayanokouji seemed to sense something and looked back expressionlessly, giving him a helpless look.
Cough, just kidding. Even if that guy is desperate, he shouldn't do something like that.
In this kind of group living situation, even the dumbest person wouldn't steal a girl's underwear, especially Karuizawa, who is likely to make a big fuss.
If you were going to steal, you'd steal from someone like Sakura, who seems easy to bully and probably wouldn't dare to say anything even if she lost it.
Cough, I'm getting off track.
"Right now, Karuizawa is crying in her tent. Kushida and the others are comforting her..."
As expected, Karuizawa wasn't in the crowd.
But she's crying?
That doesn't really fit her image. With her personality... it shouldn't be necessary, right?
It's completely different from what I expected.
Then, after noticing the girls' gazes, the guys belatedly realized they were being treated like underwear thieves.
After understanding this, Kamio Tatsuya was very impressed.
There's a student from another class in this camp. Why not suspect an outsider first instead of suspecting students from your own class?
Just because they're guys?
"Huh? Why are you glaring at us because underwear is missing?"
How are there still people who don't understand the situation?
Oh, it's Ike.
That's not surprising.
"Isn't it obvious! One of you guys sneaked into our bags and stole it in the middle of the night! Since the luggage is left outside, you can steal it if you want!"
"No, no, no! How, how could we! You agree, right!"
Ike hurriedly looked back and forth at the students in the class. One guy calmly said, "Come to think of it, Ike, I remember you went to the bathroom really late yesterday... and you took a long time."
"No, no, no! That was, um, because it was dark, so it took some effort!"
"Really? Didn't you steal Karuizawa's underwear?"
"Dumb... of course not! I wouldn't do something like that!"
Looking at the guys passing the blame, Kamio Tatsuya was speechless. Are these idiots only thinking about sacrificing others to protect themselves?
And that Shinohara is also an idiot. The easiest thing to do at this time isn't to make a big deal out of it.
Instead, she should find a trustworthy guy, like Hirata, and have him search the guys' tents and bags, preferably catching the thief with the stolen goods.
Instead of suspecting all the guys like she's doing now.
There's only one underwear thief, but there are nineteen guys. The other dozen or so are being unfairly looked down upon by this fool. Why should they?
Kamio Tatsuya was one of the innocent victims. He was already grumpy from waking up, and now he's being blamed for something he didn't do.
"In short, I think this is a very serious problem. It's impossible for us to spend the camping trip in the same place as a group that includes an underwear thief."
After saying that, she crossed her arms, looking like she was about to explode at any moment.
"If you can't live here, then get out. You're whining way too much. Who are you trying to scare with that ugly face so early in the morning?"
Kamio Tatsuya's sudden outburst silenced the camp for a moment.
Most of the guys looked at Kamio Tatsuya like he was a hero. Many of the girls also looked surprised.
They didn't expect Kamio Tatsuya, who was usually quiet, to have such a temper.
As for Shinohara, who was being scolded, her face turned red, looking like she was about to burst with anger.
"I'm not ugly! And you're reacting so strongly, I think you're the one who stole it."
"I didn't steal anything. I think you're the one who hid it on purpose to cause trouble."
"If you say you didn't steal it, you dare me to check your backpack?"
"Heh, why wouldn't I dare? Search my backpack, my tent, even search my body, I don't care. How about you, do you dare to take out the stuff in your backpack, your tent, and your pockets for everyone to see?"
"Why wouldn't I dare!"
Hearing Shinohara's words, Kamio Tatsuya's face immediately turned calm and he looked at the guys.
"What are you waiting for? Do I need to teach you how to search? It's simple."
You want to disgust me?
Let's see who disgusts who more!
Kamio Tatsuya's words immediately woke up the guys. They had been woken up early in the morning and unfairly doubted, and the anger made them lose their heads. They rushed towards the place where the girls were piling their backpacks.
Especially Yamauchi and Ike, who were particularly eager.
But before they could take action, Hirata immediately stopped them.
"Please wait!"
Hirata's words were effective. The guys in D class, who had lost their minds, immediately looked over.
"Since both sides agree to have their luggage checked, please let me do it for the guys."
The guys and girls looked at each other. In the end, neither side had any objections.
The girls thought Hirata was trustworthy, and the guys didn't think Hirata had any problems with his character. If it was Hirata, he could definitely clear their names.
"Search his first. I suspect it's in his bag."
Even now, that ugly Shinohara still plans to stick to Kamio Tatsuya.
"Helpless rage."
"What did you say?"
"I said you're useless. You haven't contributed much to the class, but you're first-rate at causing trouble."
"You two, please calm down."
Seeing that they were about to start arguing again, Hirata quickly came over to stop them.
Shinohara was clearly very angry at the moment and couldn't even say a word to argue.
Seeing that she was about to faint from anger, Kamio Tatsuya decided to give Hirata some respect and sneered, stopping talking.
Looking at the two sides who had temporarily stopped, Hirata secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he walked to the guys' tent, picked up Kamio Tatsuya's backpack, and walked over with an apologetic look.
Since there were names on the bags, there was no need to worry about mixing them up.
"It's not in Kamio's bag."
Hirata gave his conclusion after checking.
"I don't believe it. I demand that he dump everything out of his bag."
"This..."
Hirata's face looked bad, because saying that was going too far.
Looking at Shinohara, who was ugly and causing trouble, and Hirata, who was hesitant, Kamio Tatsuya stepped forward, grabbed his backpack, and dumped everything out, with the opening facing down, onto the ground.
As a result, there was nothing suspicious except for some changes of clothes and toiletries.
"See?" Kamio Tatsuya sneered. "Now it's your turn, ugly. Dump out the stuff in your backpack for everyone to see."
Shinohara was now in a dilemma. As a girl, she still had some sense of shame. She obviously couldn't dump her underwear out for everyone to see.
"You don't want to? Could it be that you've been staging all of this yourself?"
After saying that, Kamio Tatsuya suddenly showed a "I understand" expression.
"Oh, I get it. You saw that Hirata and Karuizawa became boyfriend and girlfriend, and you were jealous, so you hid Karuizawa's underwear on purpose, right?
You wanted to see her embarrassed, right? After all, the way you look at Hirata is weird. Am I right, ugly?"
Kamio Tatsuya's random guesses immediately made the guys "understand."
"What's going on?"
"So it was all her plan?"
"How disgusting."
"Isn't she Karuizawa's friend?"
"She's doing this to her friend!"
Looking at Shinohara, whose face was turning redder, Kamio Tatsuya felt very happy. "There are people like that, who try to bully girls they don't like or girls who are pretty.
Like talking bad about them behind their backs or putting thumbtacks in their indoor shoes. It's really disgusting."
"Yeah, there are. I saw something like that when I was in middle school."
"You can never judge a book by its cover!"
"No, no, this one is ugly on the outside and black on the inside, right?"
"Hahahaha..."
The atmosphere, which was a little tense, suddenly became cheerful.
And not only the guys, even the girls were starting to look at Shinohara differently.
As for Shinohara herself, she was already half dead with anger and couldn't even speak.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Hirata immediately stood up to stop the guys. "Everyone, please stop talking."
Hirata's words made everyone quiet down for the time being.
"Kamio, please say less as well. I believe there won't be any bullying in the class, and Karuizawa has no reason to be bullied."
Heh, there won't be any bullying in the class?
Isn't this kind of unprovoked accusation bullying?
And, you're talking about that Karuizawa, right?
Right?
Kamio Tatsuya, who was about to argue, saw Hirata's pleading eyes and suddenly lost interest, even feeling sick.
He also looked at the person over there who was already too angry to speak. Kamio Tatsuya didn't bother to continue.
"Fine, fine, whatever you want."
Kamio Tatsuya waved his hand impatiently, then picked up his things and put them back in his bag.
That ugly woman made me have to wash my clothes again, damn her.
Then, Hirata started checking the guys' bags one by one.
Kamio Tatsuya noticed that Ike, Yamauchi, and Ayanokouji were sneaking around by the tent, doing something.
So that's it, Ibuki is trying to frame one of those three.
Good thing you didn't frame me, or I'd let you know why Ryuen runs away when he sees me.
But come to think of it, is Ryuen still unwilling to give up?
Or is all of this just Ibuki's own idea?
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