Evidence?
How could they possibly have something like that?
"Could you please provide evidence?"
Tachibana Akane confirmed it once more in an official tone.
Naturally, Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya Yogo, and Kondo Suzune could not possibly produce any.
The three of them could only keep Ryuen Kaito's instructions firmly in mind.
"W-We may not have concrete evidence, but we really are the victims!"
Ishizaki Daichi was the first to rise to his feet, shouting loudly as though he wanted to display the injuries on his body.
Komiya Yogo and Kondo Suzune immediately stood up as well.
"Th-That's right!"
"If Nanaya didn't do this, would we have beaten ourselves up?"
Standing there, Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya Yogo, and Kondo Suzune threw out that challenge.
Their injuries were indeed clearly visible. Bruises and swelling covered their bodies, while medical gauze and bandages had been plastered all over them. One glance was enough to tell that they were seriously hurt.
Of course, Fang Li had not inflicted those injuries.
But outsiders had no way of knowing that.
Those injuries could not prove that Fang Li was responsible, but neither could they prove that he was not.
And so, under such circumstances, people often tended to side with the victims' claims.
That was the usefulness of the so-called Stratagem of Self-Inflicted Injury.
After all, by ordinary logic, people would not hurt themselves. If they had suffered some kind of injury, it had to have been caused by a force they could not resist.
Taking advantage of that common assumption, injuring oneself to deceive others and achieve a prearranged goal—that was the usefulness of the Stratagem of Self-Inflicted Injury.
Therefore, when neither side had evidence proving the source of the injuries, the tide naturally turned in the victims' favor.
As though he had calculated this exact moment,