"It's okay. Just focus on recovering from your injuries. I'll take care of everything else." Kamio Tatsuya shook his head. "Go back to the boat and get treated. I'll be on my way."
"Mm. Be careful."
"Don't worry."
After speaking with Komiy, Kamio Tatsuya didn't head straight to the latest location that was about to be announced. Instead, he returned to where he'd just come from.
It was the same place as yesterday. Sakayanagi was still sitting in her chair, though she was having breakfast now.
"Huh? Why are you back?"
"Someone in our class got hurt..."
Kamio Tatsuya repeated what Komiy had just told him, then shared his suspicions.
"So you think someone attacked them on purpose?"
Sakayanagi tilted her head.
"Yeah. I was hoping you could warn Masumi and the others."
As he spoke, Kamio Tatsuya glanced at the walkie-talkie on the table beside Sakayanagi.
"I will."
"Besides that..." Kamio Tatsuya hesitated. "I think there's a good chance the people who attacked them were from the White Room."
"Why do you think that?"
Sakayanagi clearly didn't understand why Kamio Tatsuya had reached that conclusion.
"You know about Ayanokoji's hand being injured earlier, right?"
Sakayanagi nodded. The incident had spread throughout the entire second year at the time.
"Are you saying White Room students were behind that, too?"
"Exactly." Kamio Tatsuya nodded. "Maybe they developed different values because they were raised differently. In any case, compared with ordinary people, they have much less regard for the law, so they're more likely to do something like this."
"What would you like me to do?"
"I want you to contact your father and use this incident to strike back at them.
"The White Room is something most politicians have pinned their hopes on, yet it's produced people with criminal tendencies like