Kuroya Supreme Godwork

The School Building rooftop was usually open for students to eat and relax, but the entrance was closed now.

However, there were no surveillance cameras in the stairwell below the rooftop entrance!

At that moment, Tennoji Kaede was crouched by the landing below, eavesdropping on the Heaven-Defying conversation between Kushida Kikyo and Yamauchi Haruki behind the door upstairs.

Yamauchi Haruki: "Heh heh, Little Kikyo, this is a great place you picked. You said there aren't any cameras, right? Hahaha, great!"

Kushida Kikyo's voice came from the other side, icy cold. "Yamauchi, have you thought about what'll happen if you do this? I'll report you to Teacher Chabashira!"

"Heh heh, Little Kikyo, that expression of yours is pretty scary. But would you really dare tell anyone? You wouldn't, would you! Then tell me, why'd you invite me here today? You're ready to give in, aren't you? Heh heh heh!"

Yamauchi made a horribly lecherous sound. He was the sort of person everyone hated.

He continued to gloat. "I have to thank my luck that night. I just happened to stumble across the real Little Kikyo... Tsk, you should've seen how scared I was."

"But if that night hadn't happened, how would I have gotten such a great opportunity today!? Gya ha ha ha!!!"

Holy crap...

Tennoji Kaede was stunned as he listened. Was this the luck and charm of Kuroya Supreme Godwork?

It seemed Yamauchi had accidentally discovered Kushida's true nature and was using it to blackmail her, stealing Ayanokoji's scene.

Was the classic scene where Ayanokoji made someone press their fingerprint gone? Kaede wasn't sure yet.

But, well, with a lowlife like this holding such a devastating secret over Kushida, the "fingerprint" trick really wouldn't work! It might just excite this piece of shit and make things go south on the spot.

Still, Kushida Kikyo must have been confident she could take Yamauchi down when she invited him here today.

Yamauchi wasn't in her league.

But that didn't change the fact that Class D was already in the midst of an unprecedented crisis!

If either side among them blew up from here on out, it would inevitably set off a chain reaction and drag the other down with them.

And if Kushida reached her final resort, she'd surely unleash her ultimate weapon—the Box Weapon.

Then Class D could just GG!

Tennoji Kaede's thoughts raced. This situation was very different from what he'd expected. What should he do now...?

Join in? Absolutely not. That'd be way too messed up!

Tennoji Kaede: ...

Meanwhile, Yamauchi Haruki was already getting impatient!

"This place will do, I guess... Little Kikyo, let's get started~"

Their footsteps shuffled, and the rooftop door let out a loud creak as someone leaned against it and pressed it inward!

"What are you afraid of? You're going to be my girlfriend from now on, Yamauchi-sama's girl! You can relax now! Heh heh~"

Kushida Kikyo: "—!"

She cursed him inwardly: You beast, Yamauchi! Once I get the evidence, you're dead!!!

To obtain definitive evidence of Yamauchi's crime, Kushida Kikyo had prepared herself to sacrifice some of her dignity...

Suddenly, a flash of white pierced the darkness. A camera flashed several times.

"You really think you can do whatever you want, Yamauchi Haruki?"

The sudden voice of a third party instantly dampened Yamauchi's excitement.

He spun around in alarm. "Who? W-who are you!?"

A man with messy hair and an oversized mask obscuring his face stood at the bottom of the stairs, like a grim reaper's ghost from a hospital.

The stairwell was dimly lit. Unless you got close, it was hard to make out anyone's face clearly.

Tennoji Kaede, lightly disguised, began ascending the stairs one step at a time, his footsteps ringing crisply in the silence.

His hoarse, grating voice rang out again. "You dare do something like this on campus? You're not even human, Yamauchi Haruki!"

"W-what are you talking about! I just arranged to meet someone here... R-right! Her!"

Yamauchi pointed at Kushida, who was leaning against the door, looking at a loss.

"Kushida Kikyo asked me to come here! I haven't even done anything!"

"Heh... Are you saying the photos I just took are fake, Yamauchi Haruki?"

"P-photos? What photos?" Yamauchi's legs began to tremble.

Click! That familiar flash of white went off again. Tennoji Kaede raised his terminal and took another snapshot right in front of them.

"Now do you remember, Yamauchi Haruki?"

Yamauchi broke out in a cold sweat. He really had been photographed just now...

No. He had to snatch that terminal.

If he deleted the photos, there'd be no evidence!

Just then, Tennoji Kaede reached the top of the stairs. He was less than five meters from Yamauchi.

"You bastard!"

"Look out!!!" Kushida Kikyo shouted a warning.

Yamauchi rushed forward, taking a ridiculous fighting stance as he charged.

Beneath his mask, Tennoji Kaede smirked. With skills this pathetic, all he'd have to do was step aside and this brainless pig would tumble down the stairs on his own.

But Tennoji Kaede wasn't about to give Yamauchi a chance to escape.

He reached out one hand.

"Ugh...!"

Kaede didn't budge. With one hand, he tightened his grip around Yamauchi Haruki's neck and lifted him slightly, as easily as picking up a dead chicken. Yamauchi couldn't fight back at all.

Yamauchi desperately tried to pry Kaede's hand loose with both hands, occasionally pounding on his arm...

But none of it could break the sturdy chain around Yamauchi's lifeline.

The kicks of Yamauchi's legs gradually weakened.

In a daze, he saw a terrifying gaze filled with murderous intent—one he'd never forget for the rest of his life!

I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die... I'm really going to die!!!

When Tennoji Kaede decided that was enough, he turned and flung Yamauchi aside.

"Thud!"

"Aaah—!!!"

Yamauchi rolled across the floor. He hadn't passed out yet, and the sight of him writhing in agony was beyond words.

A concussion? A broken bone? Or was it the intense feeling of suffocation? Kaede had no idea...

Tennoji Kaede lowered his head and turned to look at Kushida, who stood frozen nearby, studying her carefully...

"!"

H-he...

Kushida Kikyo's legs began to tremble too. She still hadn't recognized the person in front of her.

But after witnessing that terrifying display of overwhelming strength, how could she not be shaking with fear, as if standing at the edge of an abyss?

After finding what he was looking for on Kushida, Tennoji Kaede turned and went over to Yamauchi, who was lying face-down.

He stomped down!

This time, Yamauchi's wish for a broken bone came true.

Yamauchi's head and the back of his neck jerked up. Just as he was about to scream in pain—

Kaede reacted instantly and struck him with a knife-hand blow!

Yamauchi drifted off into the happiest sleep of his life. He passed out.

"Thump!"

Behind him, Kushida Kikyo smoothly dropped into a sitting position with her knees splayed out and collapsed onto the floor.

After confirming that Yamauchi was truly unconscious, Tennoji Kaede worked his throat a little and returned to his normal voice.

"Kikyo, it's me, Tennoji Kaede."

He walked up to Kushida, knelt down, and took off his mask, revealing a handsome face devoid of emotion.

"T-Tennoji? Ah!" Kushida seemed not to have come to her senses yet, then let out a scream.

It was no wonder. Tennoji Kaede was feeling around near her chest, searching for the high-tech equipment she'd prepared in advance.

It wasn't that Kaede was trying to get something in return and sneak a fingerprint onto Kushida or anything...

Besides, he was wearing a thin pair of medical gloves!

The gloves and oversized mask were practical items he'd prepared before following her to the School Building.

After searching carefully for a while, he removed a miniature camera from Kushida's collar and an electronic voice recorder from her pocket.