Today is the day of the trip to the island of Shikoku, I am traveling the road to get to school, it is 7:30 to.m and it takes at least fifteen or twenty minutes, the departure is at 8:15 a.m. so I will arrive early.
On the way I noticed a girl who may be at least one or two years younger than me, she has shiny pure silver eyes, scarlet hair dancing with the wind. His body is slender.
He's wearing a different school uniform than mine, probably from a school nearby.
The ignoro and arrived at school I notice that almost everyone has arrived, to miss were only a few professors who will accompany us.
After their arrival we made the appeal to see if we all and then get on the bus and reach the ship that will take us to the island.
I am sitting on one of the places that is in the middle of the bus, along with my classmate named Izumi Satò.
Izumi "What do you think we'll do on the trip, Akira-kun?" the first to open the conversation is Izumi.
Akira "I don't know... most likely we will visit the museum or go around the cities of the place" I spontaneously say going logically. Surely these will be the activities because they are the most frequent in school trips.
Izumi "I see, well then it will be a deadly bore!" she snorts complaining.
Akira "Ahahah" chuckles as I listen to him complain, I pick up the phone to watch some news on the web.
After about half an hour of journey we arrived at the port where the boat chartered by the school is located, to climb we waited in line to pay the quota of the trip, two thousand and seven hundred fifteen yen.
Once paid we get on the minicruise, the view we admire is breathtaking, the crystal clear sea water reflects sunlight, seagulls flying energetically in the sky without limits, the perfectly refreshing air has created a wonderful and relaxing.
???" another time?" a voice from me stranger put an end to my thoughts, I turned and saw a group of boys from another class.
Akira "Is something wrong?" I walked over to the group in a friendly way, they looked at me and a guy walked towards me
????" We say yes, it is a problem that has been looking back for some time our class"the boy began to explain"lasts for two or three months now"
Akira"What would that be?" I asked with curiosity"Anyway please Akira Kondou of class 2-C"
???" Pleasure Kondou-senpai, my name is Kento Sakamoto of the 1A their are my companions Takeo Ogawa, Sae Inoue, Kyoko Hittò, Rin Ishikawa and Nagi Minami".
Kento-kouhai introduced me to his classmates.
Rin Ishikawa "Nice to meet you Kondou-senpai" Rin spoke directly, smiling happily.
Akira "The pleasure is also mine.... On explain your business" Apparently there is an account on Fotogram of which we do not know the membership, which reveals every secret more intimate members of the class and not only, are published comments with inappropriate judgments on them creating a sensation and making them publicly deride.
After a while the class got used to it but it was still embarrassing when a secret that had to remain hidden was revealed.
Akira"well, now I understand the situation... I will help you then"you declared smiling
"Kento"really, is he? Thank you so much Kondo Senpai"
"Akira "now I have to go to my class, see you then"I greeted them and returned from my class.However I have deduced some possibilities of who is the owner of that account.He's most likely a member of the same class and the probability that he is is at least 40% or 45%, and to figure out who's spreading those rumors, I'll have to use my methods... I thought as I smiled.
3 hours later:Kyoko's point of view
It's been 3 months now, since that account was created and from there I slowly started not to trust my classmates. I think that the culprit is part of my class since he happened to tell us secrets between us, but even if every time a post of that account is sent my classmates feel bad.
But now came this guy named Akira Kondo who will help us apparently; about him 1 hour ago, he asked my companions my number because he wanted to talk to me... At first I was wary but then I accepted and went to the meeting point, now I'm sitting in a chair in the cruise bar waiting for him.
5 minutes after my arrival, Kondo-senpai arrived and sat down in front of me
Akira "Sorry I'm late" apologized, and then went out two bottles of water "Do you want some water?"He asked me one of the bottles.
Kyoko "Oh... thank you" I answered accepting, even if with mistrust
Akira: "Still wary, huh?" He chuckled for a moment, "you still don't trust your teammates, right? " After that question I was surprised ,"Are you wondering how I did it right?" it sounds like I'm reading my mind"Don't worry, I can't read your mind" I don't understand if you're making fun of me "You know,I can read the facial expressions of others and understand almost correctly what they are thinking and so I can have good interpersonal relations," he explained and sincerely is really impressive.
Kyoko "I understand... so that's how you understood that I was distrustful with you and with my comrades" I said that I was surprised, but still wary
Akira "correct answer Kyoko-chan" smiled... wait for Kyoko-chan? he really got so familiar with me by calling me by name already?"I wanted to talk to you about your class situation... always if you are available to do so," he spoke calmly and smiling, his voice seemed to be sincere, maybe I can trust him
Kyoko: "Okay" I answered with less mistrust and apparently I notice
Akira "you know... I think the culprit is one of your class, but I'm still not sure, the probability that it is 40%" 40% eh?
Kyoko"Excuse me Akira-senpai, if you think the culprit is from our class then why are you exposing your deduction to me? who knows maybe I could be the culprit"
Akira "Well if I have seen that you are distrusting your companions, it is normal that I think that you are not the culprit and then if he was a smart person he would not say what you have just exposed otherwise the suspicion would increase on him"
Kyoko"excellent remark"I said complimenting him, sincerely I would not have come to this intuition so easily"wait since you are not yet 100% sure that the culprit is in my class, how will you confirm it?"
Akira"good question Kyoko-chan. Now I will answer you,I'm gonna approach Class 1-A and restore a relationship between them, and then I want you to give me some information about them so I can better understand what kind of people they are and then... Since we're probably staying at some hotel,I'd like you to create some sort of slumber party."
Kyoko"pajama party eh?... what exactly would you like to do"I asked with curiosity
Akira"We will play a game"a game?" Kyoko-chan thinks... what would be a game in which hidden truths can be told?" I thought about his question for at least a minute until the answer came
Kyoko"Obligation and Truth"answered his question and he nodded his head in a positive way"so then the culprit will post about what we would say that day"I said understanding his plan
Akira "exactly"a nice plan, indeed a great plan but I have other questions.
Kyoko "Sorry again Kondo-senpai, but then how would we figure out who is guilty?"
Akira"Let's not rush too much, for now we just think to confirm that the culprit is your classmate"I talk and nodded agreed and then he got up"then you say to be partners"Think for a while until I got up too
Kyoko"Alright Akira-senpai"I said calling him by name and turning my hand to him for a hold
Akira"well soccio"I extend his hand too and we form our collaboration to discover the guilty
End of chapter