By saying that, he was effectively giving up on earning Points through legitimate means at this school. Instead, he wanted to make a quick score off him and run.
He had no intention of staying at this school for three years.
So.
He was planning to use illegal means, wasn't he?
That's right.
Housen, if you want Ayanokouji expelled, you can't use any legitimate methods. You can't beat him, and even the violence you trust most won't be enough to defeat Ayanokouji.
"Just asking," Tsukishiro said. "You won't pose a threat to his life, will you?"
"Don't worry," Housen said. "I won't lay a hand on him, much less hurt anyone else. I promised that much to Oreki-senpai."
Oh.
So he meant hurting himself?
Tsukishiro seemed to understand.
Since he had dealt with the troublemaker and realized that even expelling first-years like them did not fill him with guilt, Oreki was in quite a good mood today.
At around seven-thirty, Oreki returned to the dorms.
Not to his own room, however, but to Sakayanagi Arisu's dorm room.
"Ding-dong—"
After he rang the bell, the door before him quickly opened.
A tall girl with purple hair came to answer it.
But after watching Oreki change into indoor shoes in the entryway, the tall girl put on her own shoes and left.
Kamuro was quite perceptive today as well. She left the room to the school couple.
Oreki put on the men's slippers and walked into the room. Before long, he saw the silver-haired girl holding a camera in both hands, taking pictures of a Gas Tank Cat.
She was probably photographing the cat.
Her father had bought her the camera in hopes that she could pass some time this way.
But that also meant she had been feeling somewhat neglected