After sitting in the clearing for about ten minutes, Suzune Horikita quickly heard the sound of shoes stepping on the bushes again, and the tall figure of the boy reappeared in her field of vision.
"I'm back, Horikita-san."
Hikaru Hashima was naturally holding the herbal medicine he had brewed last night using a combination of several different plants. Having mastered [Wilderness Survival (Master)], he had made several servings as a precaution, just in case the students in the class had headaches or fever.
But he never thought that the first person to use it would be a student from another class.
"This is herbal medicine I made myself, it can treat colds," Hikaru said, handing the flask of herbal medicine to the black-haired girl, indicating that this was the medicine he had brought.
"You made it yourself, Hashima-kun?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Suzune Horikita's eyes. She never expected that he would have such an ability.
"What, don't you believe me?" The boy shrugged and replied casually, "I lived in the wild when I was a kid, so I know a little about some plants that can be used as medicine."
"I don't have things like cold medicine on hand, so I can only use this as a substitute."
"..."
"Horikita-san doesn't want to drink this?" Hikaru Hashima raised an eyebrow.
"Of course not, I'm just a little surprised."
Suzune Horikita slowly shook her head. As someone who was recognized by her own brother, the girl just felt that the assessment of his ability in her heart had moved up another level.
"Ugh..."
After tilting her head back and drinking the herbal medicine in the flask, the black-haired girl gently wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.
Feeling the heat flow into her stomach, she seemed to smell a faint medicinal fragrance.
"Herbal medicines belong to the category of Chinese medicine, so the effect probably won't be as fast as cold medicine pills," Hikaru Hashima said, taking the flask she handed over and explaining to her faintly, "Horikita-san can wait and see, maybe your feeling will be a lot better in the afternoon."
"Yeah, thank you, Hashima-kun."
After all, she had received a favor from the other party, so Suzune Horikita was very polite and thanked the boy quite sincerely.
"It's nothing, if Horikita-san really wants to thank me, remember to agree quickly next time I make a request."
Hikaru Hashima smiled slightly. As a key figure with complicated entanglements with Kikyo Kushida, if he wants to improve Kushida's stock price in the future, he will definitely not be able to do without this Horikita-san.
"..."
When the boy finished speaking the last sentence, Suzune Horikita suddenly fell silent, and the gratitude that had just risen in her heart disappeared without a trace.
"Okay..."
"Hahaha, I believe Horikita-san is a person who keeps her word." Hikaru Hashima nodded, and then said, "Do you need me to help you up?"
"No, I feel a lot better already, no need to trouble Hashima-kun."
This sentence was not said out of spite, but because after just drinking the herbal medicine, although he said that the effect might be slow, but after sitting for a while, Suzune Horikita obviously felt that the strength in her body had recovered a lot.
So she quickly stood up from the grass, and after patting the dust off her tracksuit, Suzune Horikita said to Hikaru Hashima: "Then I'll go back first, Hashima-kun."
"Yeah, Horikita-san remember to take care of your health, be careful of catching another cold."
"I know."
After the final conversation ended, Suzune Horikita immediately turned around and disappeared into the forest. She still had the key card with her, so after feeling that she was better, she didn't want to continue being alone with this Hashima-kun at all. Everything still had to be about the exam.
As for what the other party just said about perhaps making some requests of her later, she'd wait and see.
Looking at Suzune Horikita's decisive leaving figure, Hikaru Hashima's mouth curled slightly.
Although he thought the [Lucky Amulet] was useless when he first met her, he discovered something very interesting when he handed the flask of herbal medicine to the girl at close range just now.
That was when Horikita was drinking the medicine, an anomaly was revealed on her crossed legs, it was on the position of the right pocket of her pants, there seemed to be a very hard thing inside, pulling the sweatpants into a square shape.
Key card?
The boy rubbed his chin. Although he didn't see with his own eyes whether it was what he thought, it was already a very good discovery. Perhaps digging down would lead to the most crucial answer.
Thinking like this, the [Lucky Amulet] is still very powerful. In the subsequent time, on the one hand, he needs to monitor Yamashita Saki, who came to his camp, and on the other hand, he needs to inquire about Class C's class leader information.
The boy took the flask and planned to return to the camp for breakfast.
He did not choose to follow Suzune Horikita, because the students of Class A who went out to collect information last night had already found Class C's camp location.
After this sudden meeting, Hikaru Hashima had some guesses, and subsequent things would be easier to handle.
"Perhaps we will soon be able to confirm the names of the leaders of all three classes. This is the best way to win."
On the other hand, when Suzune Horikita returned to her class's camp, she clearly felt the power of the herbal medicine she had just drunk.
Because the headache was now gone, and the symptoms of physical weakness had also been relieved a lot, making her feel much better.
"The effect is so good..." Suzune Horikita muttered to herself softly.
But just then, a figure walked up to her, it was that usually quite silent classmate, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.
"Good morning, Horikita-san."
"Good morning."
After greeting each other in a nonchalant way, Suzune Horikita planned to rest for a while and then continue into the forest to collect supplies. After all, she was too weak just now, so she basically didn't get anything.
Looking at her back, the quiet Ayanokoji's expression was slightly different, because he had actually seen that Suzune Horikita was sick, but was just holding on.
Because of this, he formulated a quite complete countermeasure plan, planning to use the method of cutting off the fuel under the cauldron to win this exam.
However, if this plan is to be executed smoothly, the last link must be that Suzune Horikita can't hold on any longer, and then he will use the class leader's physical discomfort as a legitimate reason to submit an application to the teachers to change the class leader. This is the core idea of achieving a comeback.
But looking at her now, has her cold gotten better?
How is that possible?
Did something happen that I don't know about?
In Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's eyes, which were as calm as a lake, there seemed to be a slight ripple.