"Remember! Anna hasn't forgotten!"
Hearing Hada Ryuhiko's sudden shift in tone, Hada Anna nearly jolted and answered loudly.
As she spoke, her somewhat reluctant face, which had only half understood, was instantly shrouded in terror.
As if Hada Ryuhiko had mentioned something dreadful.
"Then you should know why we're doing this."
At Anna's clearly raised voice, a trace of reluctance appeared on Hada Ryuhiko's face. In the end, his tone softened.
"Mm! I know!"
Anna nodded heavily, her face filled with fear.
At that moment, her mind returned to the words she had overheard outside Kazuha's room on the night before the exams.
Strictly speaking, it was the sentence she had heard together with Long Yan: "This exam will result in casualties."
That was right. That night, a considerable part of the conversation between He Yin and Chiba had been overheard by the two children.
And it had been a particularly crucial part.
The part concerning casualties in the second exam!
The two children knew how difficult the second exam was, and they also knew that their village would suffer casualties.
That was right. Hada Ryuhiko had poisoned his own companions because of this concern.
He had wanted to find a foolproof path, one that would ensure no one was hurt or killed and allow them to meet up with Hada Ichiba at Central Tower safely.
But unfortunately, he had not found one.
Then, he could only poison his companions. Without a completely safe path, withdrawing from the exam was the best choice.
The safest choice for ensuring there would be no casualties.
Though it seemed somewhat heartless, and even a little extreme in execution.
To Hada Ryuhiko, however, it was the best method he could think of.
Moreover, his arrangements had been meticulous in every detail—complete and flawless.
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