Kazehara Tetsu did not immediately approach Ryuen Kakeru, but maintained a just right social distance.
"So..."
Kazehara Tetsu broke the brief silence.
"Ryuen, how do you want to solve this matter?"
"Ha..."
Ryuen Kakeru tilted his head, and the bones in his neck made a crisp "click" sound.
His eyes were locked on Kazehara Tetsu, and the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing his white teeth.
"It's you who is getting in the way again, Kagihara."
His tone was full of undisguised disgust and some kind of anxiety after the plan was broken, "Every time this kind of good show reaches the climax, you have to jump out and intervene. What? Where do you come from as a messenger of justice? Or are you a nanny who is responsible for wiping the butts of these weaklings?"
"How can you say that, Ryuen."
Kazehara Tetsu was not irritated by the offensive language. Instead, he frowned slightly, showing a helpless look.
"Threatened female classmates to kneel down, extorted a huge amount of Points, and even planned Violent Injury Incident..."
He stretched out his hand, as if he was counting Ryuen's crimes in detail, "None of these are considered 'good things'. As a law-abiding student, it's only natural that you can't stand it for a little bit, right?"
"Ha! Human nature?"
Ryuen Kakeru felt like hearing the biggest joke in the world.
"How dare you say that, Kagihara."
He took a step forward, and the extremely aggressive momentum came over him.
"No matter how well you package it... but I can smell it."
Ryuen sniffed, with a cannibalistic excitement in his eyes.
"Aren't you the same? Like me, you can do whatever it takes to achieve your goals, and treat everyone around you as Chess Piece...'evildoers'. Now you are accusing me from the moral high ground? Put away that disgusting hypocrisy."
Faced with this direct questioning, Kazehara Tetsu neither defended nor got angry.
"I have never claimed to be a 'good person'."
He even nodded and accepted the evaluation calmly.
"Does labels like good guy and bad guy, which only children care about, have any meaning in this school?"
Kazehara Tetsu spread his hands, and his nonchalant attitude instantly dissolved the sense of oppression that Ryuen had painstakingly created.
"Stop chatting, Ryuen. Our time is precious."
He raised a finger and got to the point directly.
"The conditions are simple."
"Give me one million Personal Points, and this matter will be over."
Having said this, Kazehara Tetsu paused, a trace of amusement flashed in his eyes, and he looked Ryuen Kakeru up and down.
"As for kneeling down or something... forget it."
"I'm different from a pervert who regards that kind of vulgar taste as enjoyment. I have no curiosity about watching others kneel down for me. That kind of scene will only make me feel that my eyes are polluted."
"One million..." Ryuen Kakeru narrowed his eyes.
"Do you think... you can order me based on that recording?"
He put his hands back into his trouser pockets, leaned back against the wall, and resumed his indifferent rogue attitude.
"Did you make something wrong? Kagihara."
"Do you think I will be afraid of Expulsion? Do you think I will beg for mercy just to stay in this damn school like you think?"
"I don't care at all. It doesn't matter to me whether I want to stay here or not. I'm here just for fun and to enjoy the pleasure of stepping on you."
"If you want to hand over the recording, then go ahead and hand it over. The worst case scenario is that I will Expulsion with Kinoshita and drag that loser Class D to hell together. To me, that seems quite interesting?"
This isn't a complete bluff.
Ryuen Kakeru The scary thing about this person is that he really has nothing to lose.
Horikita Suzune's palms were sweating.
But Kazehara Tetsu smiled even happier.
"Really? It doesn't matter Expulsion..."
He nodded, seeming to understand Ryuen's thoughts very well, "Indeed, for a thrill-seeking hedonist like you, ordinary threats are indeed of no use."
"I won't think about this path for the time being. But..."
Kazehara Tetsu changed the subject.
"Ryuen, don't you... don't want to know who betrayed you?"
This sentence instantly hit Ryuen Kakeru's weakness.
Ryuen Kakeru's pupils shrank suddenly.
That recording.
The only people present at that time were his confidants, only the core members of Class C.
Someone betrayed him.
Someone handed the information to the enemy under his nose.
For Ryuen Kakeru, who values absolute control, this betrayal from within is even more intolerable than losing to Class A or Class D, and is even enough to make him feel sick.
"... what did you say?"
"As long as you agree to my conditions and pay the one million Points, I will tell you... who the 'traitor' is."
"Think about it, Ryuen."
"If you are Expulsion now, that traitor will not only be unscathed, but may even laugh at your stupidity behind your back, laughing at you for the fact that you, the so-called Class C ruler, died in the hands of his own people."
"But if you stay..."
Kazehara Tetsu The smile in the corners of his eyes became cold and cruel.
"I can save you a lot of time in guessing and investigating."
"You can use the time saved to properly...'entertain' the traitor."
"Torture a little more, enjoy the pleasure of cleaning up the house a little more... wouldn't this be much more interesting than simply walking away?"
Silence.
This time it was Ryuen Kakeru's turn to be silent.
Indeed.
If you just give up like this, it will be too easy for the traitor.
The kind of person who hides in the gutter like a mouse and plots against him must be made to regret being born in this world.
Compared with the victory or defeat with Horikita... now Ryuen Kakeru wants to skin the "Mole" alive who made him capsize.
"Heh..."
After a long time, Ryuen Kakeru let out a low laugh.
"It's really yours, Kagihara."
"You can actually convince me with this reason..." Ryuen Kakeru licked his lips.
"Indeed... it doesn't matter."
"Points or whatever, just give it."
"I can put all the problems and all the losses on that damn traitor."
He had already imagined a hundred ways to torture that person in his mind.
He wants that person to completely drown in fear.
"I agree."
Ryuen Kakeru stood up straight and recovered from that lazy state.
"One million Points, in exchange for this information and the destruction of this recording."
"But..."
He took out his cell phone from his pocket and squinted at Kazehara Tetsu.
"What you say is unfounded."
"Since it's a transaction, you have to follow the rules."
"We need to establish evidence."
"You must sign a legally binding contract, guaranteeing that you will destroy the recording after getting Points, and tell me the real traitor's name."
"If you dare to trick me on this..."
Ryuen Kakeru didn't say any more, but the meaning in his eyes said everything.
"Of course."
"Businessmen pay the most attention to integrity."
"Come on, let's sign this... pleasant no-war agreement."
Kushida Kikyo, who was standing aside, watched as the two of them reached an agreement to hunt down a certain "traitor".
Although she knew clearly that Ryuen was suspicious of the inside of Class C, she still felt an inexplicable chill.