He still remembered what Katsuragi Kohei had said when they first met on the cruise ship's deck a week ago.
"I heard Ryuen suffered a loss at your hands, so I thought I should come say hello."
So the question was—
"Where did you hear that from?"
Fang Li's simple counterquestion instantly left Katsuragi Kohei speechless.
Ryuen Kaito narrowed his eyes as well.
That was right.
That was the issue.
As had been mentioned before, aside from those involved, the two homeroom teachers, and the Student Council, nobody else knew that Ryuen Kaito had been behind the previous violent incident.
Even Horikita Suzune had heard it from Chabashira Sae. So where had Katsuragi Kohei heard about it?
One of those involved?
But Fang Li, one of the parties involved, had definitely never told anyone. Nor could the three students from Class C have gone around telling others about something they had tried so hard to deny at the time.
The two homeroom teachers were even less likely.
One had tolerated Ryuen Kaito's reign of terror and would not leak anything that could expose him or give Class C another weakness to be exploited.
The other barely seemed concerned with her own class's affairs. Why would she tell someone from Class A about this?
As for the Student Council, there was no need to even discuss it.
As the body overseeing the deliberations, the Student Council had an obligation to keep the details of the incident confidential.
Besides, whether Ryuen Kaito had been involved had never been confirmed. There was no reason for them to spread unverified information everywhere.
That meant nobody could have leaked this matter.
So who had Katsuragi Kohei heard it from?
The answer was simple.
Ryuen Kaito himself.
Ryuen Kaito had probably contacted Katsuragi Kohei before the