It does seem like an unwise way to play the game. Abstinence is punished more harshly than negative points, so throwing in one or two guesses would have been almost harmless.

[Thinking emoji gesture intensifies.]

Considering Aoi-kun didn't worry about getting outed by the penalty or even at this meeting after we had already talked, it's starting to make more and more sense that he took his action on the first day in a fit of emotion.