Revelation Of An Ordinary Life

The boy who'll sacrifice anything for his freedom

(I think the titles are a little dramatic, but I'll roll with it)

"Well then, we get to see something fun today. For context, so that you guys aren't looking at stuff with stupid faces, this video takes place after Ibuki stole the keycard from Horikita and then she chased after her,"

I doubt this video would be from my perspective since whenever Horikita is alone with someone and I'm not there the only person's thoughts shown is her.

I forced my heavy, sluggish body to chase after Ibuki-san while the hard rain fell. The sky was covered with rain clouds that blocked out the sun, so visibility was poor. Even though I couldn't see Ibuki-san, she'd left footprints in the muddy ground. If I just followed them, they'd lead me right to her.

She'd walked about a hundred meters from the base camp, sometimes veering off to the right or left. Rather unexpectedly, I found her waiting, as if expecting me. I instinctively hid myself, though there probably wasn't any point.

"What are you doing, Horikita?"

"Woah, that's kinda scary," Ishizaki murmured, he was promptly kicked in the leg.

"This is gonna be fun~ I wonder how this played out," Amasawa giggled.

I saw Ibuki open her mouth to shout at her, but she shut it when she realised that it would only cause more damage.

"I agree with you,Pinky," Kiryuiin smirked.

Ibuki spoke without even turning around. Her calm voice cut right through the sounds of the falling rain.

"I noticed you following me. Why don't you just come on out?"

"When did you notice me?" I asked.

"Right from the start."

Her short answer felt ominous. My impression of her as being quiet and taciturn didn't change, but something was different.

"Why were you following me?"

The hall grew quiet and there was nothing but a few murmurs between students.

"Do you really not know?"

"No, I don't know."

It was almost like I was the villain here.

"You clearly know why I was following you, don't you?"

"I really have no idea what you're talking about."

Ibuki-san faced me, looking me straight in the eye. I saw no deception in her eyes whatsoever. It almost made me want to apologize. After all, I had no proof. I only had my intuition.

"So you only chased her because of a gut feeling? This could get your class disqualified if it got violent," Nagumo said casting a gaze at Manabu, but his words had a vicious meaning to them.

He was essentially comparing her to Manabu and saying that he would do something as irrational as this. Once again, he affirmed that Horikita was inferior compared to Manabu.

"Why should I lie?" she pressed further as if she noticed my hesitation.

"I'd at least like to hear why you followed me, from your own lips."

"The underwear theft and the fire. Misfortune continues to befall Class D."

"So what?"

"You caused the fire too? That could've put us in danger," Sato said angrily.