"----"
An extremely oppressive, heavy air filled the entire reception room.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and his father simply stared at each other. One gaze was sharp and merciless, while the other showed no ripples at all, and invisible pressure began to spread.
Under that pressure, an ordinary person would probably have found it hard to breathe by now.
Fortunately, neither Fang Li nor Chairman Sakayanagi was ordinary. Even under that pressure, their expressions remained unchanged. Neither intervened; they merely quietly watched the conversation between father and son.
Under those circumstances, Ayanokoji's Father was the first to let out a breath.
"I never thought you would learn to disobey orders as well." The man looked at Ayanokoji Kiyotaka as though he were examining a defective product, without the slightest warmth expected of a father. He said coldly, "So it really is because you have stayed at this school for too long and been influenced by all this nonsense?"
The one who answered that was not Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, but the chairman.
"That is not quite right, Ayanokoji's Father." The chairman corrected him without missing a beat. "This school was established to cultivate outstanding talent. Elements that would have a negative influence on students simply do not exist here. You should know that."
Clearly, when it came to the school's ideals alone, the chairman did not agree with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's Father.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's Father did not deny it further.
"I have no wish to comment on your methods of education, but I have my own." The man spoke impassively. "From my perspective, Kiyotaka has begun to stray from the path I laid out for him. That is a fact, and I have no need for disobedient people."
Hearing that, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka spoke again.
"Then why did you come here?" Ayanokoji Kiyotaka asked calmly. "From