It wasn't long before Hikari shook off the unidentified red liquid from his hand and declared it to be the spilled strawberry juice and returned to the table.

At the same time, Arisa's phone vibrated one after the other, and she reluctantly glanced at the two messages that she could guess who had sent them.

First, a message from Aoi Hoshikawa.

[Hoshikawa-san]: Airisa, I changed the brands of you and Li Jun, and now you and Miyashiro are in a group.

[Hoshikawa]: As we said in the morning, please!

Unexpectedly, there are thousands of them!

Obviously, I said that I can't cheat in the grouping process.

Even if it was Airisa, a resentment suddenly rose in her heart at this moment.

It would be nice if you hadn't fallen into a trap in the morning.

The vampire sighed and flipped to the next message.

[Xiaoguang]: Secret operation report, please answer if you receive it.

[Arisa]: Roger.

[Xiaoguang]: I secretly infiltrated and exchanged the identification props in the locker between myself and Miyayo No. 6, Xiao Ai, please help drag Miss Witch as planned.

Shouldn't I have expected it, but she did the same......

Suddenly, Arisa tensed her body, as if it had frozen into a statue in an instant.

After comparing the two pieces of information, she discovers a huge hole hidden in them.

[Xiaoguang asked me to help drag Hoshikawa-san...... In other words, she didn't realize that I had actually exchanged with Li Wu. 】

Arisa's head was moving faster than ever before.

[Originally, she and Miyayo-san, after exchanging signs, would indeed be shared with him, but now they are the same color as the fluorescent cards in cabinet six...... It's the brand I own! If she finds out that we are together at that time, and Hoshikawa-san and Li Wu are in a group! 】

She sat up straight in horror, and a clear picture had appeared in her imagination:

Hikari sat on a chaise longue with a gloomy face on his cat, and a row of black-clad men stood on either side.

"Xiao Ai, I understand, you have a good time with the club, with Hoshikawa and Shiratori to play with, you don't need a friend like me. But now you're coming and telling me that the incident on the Ferris wheel was just an accident, what did I do wrong to make you disrespect me so much? ”

"Rin-san, listen to me—"

"You won't even call me a little light! Someone came, poured her into a garlic bucket and then sank her into the pile of Buddhist scriptures. ”

"Don't!"

The crying vampire was dragged away, and she was never seen again.

Don't!

In reality, Arisa almost screamed.

This must not be allowed to happen, but if she leaves the table now, it may cause the two to be suspicious.

Fortunately, she had already learned about their plans, so she had been prepared.

Arisa resolutely chose a certain recipient number and pressed the send button for the text message.

*

Uehara opened his eyes and touched the back of his head.

"Strange, how do you feel like I've slept twice in a row...... This strange red trail of water is...... Blood?! ”

He sniffed the liquid spreading around the table, "No, it's the smell of strawberry sundaes, and the glass ballast from nowhere......"

Just when he was puzzled, there was a sound from outside the door.

“…… Hound?! ”

Before falling into the drowsy darkness for the third time, he saw a sturdy black shadow flash by.

*

"Let's go now?"

When everyone was about to eat, Li Wu said, "Erisa seems to be looking at her phone all the time, isn't she hungry?" ”

"Huh...... Ah, I'm not hungry! ”

When asked, she looked up in a panic, stood up and continued to focus on the screen.

[Baskerville]: Miss, the goal has been solved, what should I do next?

Don't be in a hurry, think well, love risa!

She cheered herself up as she prepared to give instructions to the faithful butler who had been specially transferred today.

[Swap the brand of Hoshikawa-san in cabinet 1 with the brand that I will get now in cabinet 2...... I'm not going to do this kind of self-defeating option. 】

Although some corner of her heart is encouraging herself, saying that they can't do it, this makes the plans of both people come to naught, ushering in the end of Arisa's great victory.

However, reason warns that Rinsa, think about it, if you just indulge your selfish desires, what will happen when everyone comes down from the Ferris wheel and finds out the truth?

[So the safest thing to do is to restore the original state at the beginning......]

Arisa followed everyone out of the fast-food restaurant, her fingers already moving to the send button.

[Not true!] 】

She stopped her movements at the last moment, leaving a drop of cold sweat on her forehead.

Almost, you will be misled by habitual thinking and fall into the death trap.

Hoshikawa Aoi and Hikaru don't know each other's movements, but they must know that they have manipulated the staffing; And they must also know that if the other party moves, it will never be exactly the same.

In other words, this seemingly safe solution will actually expose third-party cheating!

[What should I do?] 】

At this moment, Erisa is like a protagonist who breaks through life and death under heavy pressure, and like a detective facing a complex clue like a spider's web, a philosopher looking up at the starry sky on the ice, and begins her enlightenment.

First, a corollary starts with a simple axiom.

First, Hoshikawa-san and Xiaoguang both want to be in a group with Li Wu.

Second, their needs and desires are growing, but Li Wu's total amount remains the same.

These two premises determine that they cannot trust each other.

In other words, if there is a situation that is different from the expectations and initial staffing of these two people, and no one makes a profit, they will have no way of telling who is responsible!

Because Hoshikawa-san doesn't know if Xiaoguang has ever moved, and Xiaoguang doesn't know if the other party has interfered; Further, even if Hoshikawa-san or Koko guessed that the other party was also cheating, I don't know if she implemented the swap when she knew that she was also cheating; Even assuming that Hoshikawa-san knew that Hoshikawa-san was cheating, and Kohikari also knew that Hoshikawa-san was cheating, but Hoshikawa-san still didn't know if she knew that she knew she was cheating......

Chain of suspicion! This is the chain of suspicion!

As long as the situation is led to a situation that is unexpected by both of them, they can mistakenly think that such a result has occurred under the interference of the other party, so as to remove their suspicions!

As if finding a ray of light in the dark forest, Arisa has grasped the key to victory in her hands, and the path to the only correct solution reveals its true colors to the girl!

[Swap the target items in Locker 3 with Locker 5.] 】

At the moment before reaching the end, Airisa pressed the send button with her amazing wisdom and courage.

It seems that I heard the voice of Uehara-san, who woke up halfway through and was knocked unconscious by the housekeeper's grandfather...... This is a necessary sacrifice! Otherwise, you will tell me how to end this cruel chain!

The mix of people should now become:

Hoshikawa Aoi, who holds his own brand, and Shiratori Maki, who holds the original Airi brand; Airisa with the Takeshi brand and Rinko Hori with the Rieyu Miyashiro brand; Holding Miyashiro Liliu and Li Wu, who originally belonged to the brand of light and Shiratori real clothes.

It seems that she and Xiaoguang are still together, but the important difference is that Xingchuan-san and Li Wu are separated, and no one benefits in the end; On this basis, it is different from the plans of the two, and they will only wonder if it has become such an ending under the interference of the other party!

"Arisa, Arisa, what are you smirking at?"

Li Wu nudged her shoulder worriedly.

The kid was playing with his phone and suddenly laughed, and it was weird and scary to look at.

"What to do, what is scary is my own talent......"

"The way you talk to yourself right now is quite scary!"

Airisa, who came back to her senses after being scolded, shook her body and proudly raised her chest, which had nothing.

"From now on, the weak Arisa who used to be is dead. Please call me the great sociologist who invented game theory, Arisa, Xiao Wu. ”

Hikari was shocked as if he had seen a cat whose owner had given an overration.

"That's what I call ......"

"Someone invented this before you!"

Li Wu felt creepy about this, "It's not good, was the thing in the fast food restaurant poisoned just now?" ”

What a fuss, these two guys.

Arisa sighed and looked at them with loving eyes.

"It's okay, even if I don't get understood, I'll protect everyone in secret."

Like a martyred saint, a divine aura appeared behind her.

In order to eliminate strife, she suppressed her selfishness and created a world where everyone can be happy! Become the winner of this round of wit!

Arisa reveled in her feats until a warm touch came from her forehead.

"I don't have a fever......"

Li Wu tried it with the back of his hand, "Why did you burn out your brain?" ”

"It's too close!"

The sociologist pushed him away with a red face.

Aoi Hoshikawa grabbed her boyfriend's arm and pulled him away: "That's it, keep your distance and be careful of infection." ”

"I don't get sick......

Riyu Miyashiro enjoyed the live-action melodrama with relish, and only then did she remind everyone, "We're here, let's get ready to go in." ”

When he went to the locker to collect their respective fluorescent cards, Li Wu caught a glimpse of Uehara lying on the table as if he was asleep.

"This guy is lazy at work."

"yes, I really shouldn't have it, Uehara-san."

Hoshikawa Aoi turned her head and scratched her cheek.

"It's already time to be fired."

The glossy side looks straight ahead without changing color.

"I think there's something else going on."

Arisa's conscience ached.

So, in the harmonious atmosphere established by harming people, everyone wore the key items that would determine their fate on their wrists, put on blindfolds and walked into the dark passage.

There must have been no omissions, but Arisa still felt a little uneasy when it came to the end, especially as she watched the backs of everyone in front of her disappear into the darkness.

In the end, she and Shiratori-san, who were left at the end, never left during dinner, so there should be no time to commit the crime.

What else is there......

The footsteps were gone.

"Hmph...... Hahahaha......"

From behind Arisa, a chilling laugh sounded as if it was about to climb up her back.

She jerked her head back, her eyes covered her cheek with one hand, and she slowly pushed her glasses like a messenger reading a death sentence.

"I've seen through your thoughts, Arisa."

"I, I don't know what Shiratori-san is talking about."

Despite being violently shaken by the destruction of the barrier in her heart, Arisa managed to keep her composure, and the last two stopped before entering the passageway.

"Don't play dumb, I'm talking about the plan you've been hiding in your heart since the very beginning."

Desperation, in the other party's determined tone, swept through Airisa's body and mind.

It was actually recognized at the last moment before the success - but now that it has been exposed, it can't stop her arrangement.

The thought gave her one last relief, and Arisa listened silently to the other's words.

"That's a friendship plan like me, I want to promote the relationship between Hoshikawa-sans and Hikari!"

"Huh?"

Perhaps taking her surprise at hearing an answer that she hadn't thought of at all as a reaction to being poked in the heart, Mai Shiratori spread her hands triumphantly: "I think only Airisa is not suspected of cheating, so she will confess everything." ”

"Ahh......h

Although the conversation had slipped in a direction that confused her, Arisa subconsciously responded.

Shiratori kept saying as if he was about to pour out all the words he had been holding back for a long time: "Those two must have gone out and done something during dinner, but it can't be hidden from me." If they are cheating, so can we! ”

"So?"

Shiratori Mao smiled confidently: "I have already made another switch on the basis of fully considering their small actions, and the final result is probably Airisa you and Miyashiro-san, Hoshikawa-san, and Hikari, and the remaining Li Wujun and I can barely get together - after riding the Ferris wheel together, those two people can also become good friends." ”

Arisa's eyes darkened.

No, no, Shiratori-san! You didn't change the glow cards that passed through their hands, but the order I changed! I didn't think about the possibility that you would get involved when I switched!

The edifice of elaborate logic that sociologists painstakingly built collapsed after the introduction of a chaotic variable.

I don't have the heart to listen to the other person's talk about how to change cards and ideas, because that must be wrong - the current combination has been completely thrown into the black box!

"That's not right! Shiratori-san, you said I wasn't suspected of cheating, but you never left our sight! ”

Like a drowning man struggling to the death, Arisa holds the last straw.

"Have you forgotten what my abilities are? I've been working hard since everyone was involved in this incident. ”

Shiratori's words shattered her last illusion, "After remembering the location of the locker, I completed the replacement in the air before everyone went in. Without further ado, I'll go in first. ”

It turned out to be a dimensionality reduction blow from the ability of the space system!

She walked briskly into the entryway, leaving the sluggish vampire standing desolate as if it had been turned into a piece of paper by a two-way foil.

At this moment, Arisa finally realized a terrifying truth.

After the heroes of the female elite took turns to shoot, including Miyashiro Liliu, who was separated from him at the beginning, every girl except her......

Now they all think that it is Li Wu who is in the same group as themselves.

(End of chapter)