Toudou Shizuka's pupils constricted. He immediately replied, [Sakura? Tell me. I'm here.]
A few seconds later, another message from Sakura popped up, every word filled with hesitation and unease: [Yesterday... after club activities... I... I was in the little garden behind the Old Gymnasium... near the Warehouse Area... taking... taking pictures of roses in the sunset...
I was hiding behind a really big holly tree... and then... I saw... I saw Sudo and three students from Class C... over by the Warehouse Area...]
Toudou Shizuka's heart lurched! A witness?! Sakura Airi?!
He immediately pressed her for more: [What did you see? Tell me everything. This is important!]
Sakura's replies came in fits and starts. He could almost feel her fingers trembling as she typed:
[I... I saw... those three from Class C... surround Sudo first... They... they seemed to be making fun of him... saying really nasty things...
About the Basketball Club... and... Class D... Sudo got really angry... and shoved one of them... Then... all three of them rushed him at once! It's true! They were the ones who attacked first!
Sudo just... just pushed them away... After that... it looked like the people from Class C crashed into the nearby shelves themselves... and then they... they were lying on the ground, groaning in pain...
Sudo was stunned too... Then... more people from Class C arrived...]
A video file followed the message.
Toudou Shizuka's fingers trembled slightly with excitement as he immediately tapped the video.
The footage was shaky, and the camera angle was low. It had clearly been filmed through a gap in the dense holly bushes.
In the video, the Warehouse Area was bathed in the golden light of the setting sun. The footage clearly showed how the three students from Class C, including Ishizaki Daichi, had