Trouble Rears Its Head Again

The next morning, just as expected, Shujin Academy held an all-school assembly. At the venue, the fat, big-eared principal announced to the entire school, with an expression as though his own father had died, that third-year student Konishi Saki had died in an accident.

It had to be said that, for the students, this semester had been far too eventful... For a while, the students below chattered among themselves, all of them feeling uneasy.

Fortunately, the principal did manage to do something useful. He hurriedly announced that, to calm the students, the school had invited a psychologist to provide counseling.

Naturally, this incident became the main topic of discussion in class. Duanmu Ai took the opportunity to join in and picked up some bits of gossip. Overall, Konishi Saki had been a very ordinary student, and as far as everyone remembered, she had never made enemies with anyone. However, a student from her club said they had once heard some rumors about Konishi Saki. For example, her father owned a general store, but after a supermarket opened on a nearby street, business at the store had grown increasingly quiet, even nearing the point of closure. Yet Konishi Saki, as the general store owner's daughter, had gone to work at that supermarket, and because of it, she had argued with her father more than once.

It seemed that, unlike the case involving the Phantom Thieves, no one at school had any motive to go after Konishi Saki.

However, just as Duanmu Ai finished gathering information and was preparing to leave, a student suddenly spoke up.

"Ah, now that you mention it, I think Konishi-senpai even appeared on a television program I watched last night."

"A television program?"

"Yeah, it was probably late at night? Or maybe early morning? I was doing