"...!?"
Ryuen Kaito's pupils suddenly contracted as he looked at the Key Card in Fang Li's hand.
Then, Ryuen Kaito quickly slipped a hand into the pocket of his filthy tracksuit, only to freeze the very next second.
Because his hand found nothing.
The Key Card for Class C's leader should have been in that pocket.
But now, it was gone.
No, it had not disappeared. It had been taken.
The Key Card Fang Li displayed with a trace of mockery was Class C's Key Card.
"This..."
"How is that possible?"
The students around them immediately erupted into an uproar.
Even Ibuki Mio was stunned.
If even the bystanders reacted like that, one could only imagine how chaotic Ryuen Kaito felt as the Key Card's holder.
"You... when did you...!?"
At that moment, Ryuen Kaito finally failed to suppress the change in his expression, revealing a hint of shock.
"When?"
Fang Li's face became expressionless.
"Didn't I say it was from the very beginning? Idiot."
The beginning he meant was not when they had met on the beach a week ago, but just now, when Ryuen Kaito had brought Ibuki Mio before Fang Li to declare his victory.
"You were talking so enthusiastically that I felt bad interrupting you. Still, I took a little greeting gift from you. It should be enough to count as the surprise you were talking about."
Fang Li tossed the Key Card in his hand back to Ryuen Kaito.
Ryuen Kaito caught it, but he could not say a word.
Everyone else present watched the scene in silence, holding their breath.
The truly terrifying attack was not an unseen attack. It was when the attacker stood right in front of you, yet you did not know when you had been attacked.
The same principle applied