Hey! Audacious Yamauchi, quickly... let me help you!

The school building's rooftop is usually open for students to eat and rest, but the entrance is closed at the moment.

However, there's no surveillance in the space below the rooftop entrance!

At this moment, Tennoji Kaede is crouched by the corner of the lower level's handrail, eavesdropping on the Heaven-Defying conversation between Kushida Kikyo and Yamauchi Haruki behind the door upstairs.

Yamauchi Haruki: "Heh heh, Little Kikyo, this place you found is really good. You said there's no surveillance? Haha, great!"

Kushida Kikyo's icy voice comes through: "Yamauchi, have you thought through the consequences of doing something like this? I'll report you to Teacher Chabashira!"

"Heh heh, Little Kikyo, your expression is really scary, but do you really dare to say anything? You don't, right! Then tell me, why did you ask me here today? Aren't you ready to submit? Hehehehe!"

Yamauchi lets out an extremely lewd sound, annoying and repulsive.

He continues to boast: "It's all thanks to my luck that night. I actually stumbled upon Little Kikyo's true face... Tsk, I was so scared back then."

"But if it weren't for that night, how could I have such good fortune today!? Hehehehe!!!"

Holy Shit...

Tennoji Kaede, overhearing this, is completely stunned. Is this the luck and charm of Kuroya Supreme Godwork?

It seems Yamauchi accidentally saw Kushida's true face, stealing Ayanokoji's scene, and is now using it to blackmail her.

Is Ayanokoji's classic Fingerprint scene gone? Kaede isn't sure for now.

But you have to admit, with this scumbag catching Kushida's fatal weakness, the "Fingerprint" move really won't work! It might even excite this bastard and cause an incident on the spot.

However, Kushida Kikyo definitely has a plan to defeat him by inviting Yamauchi here today.

Yamauchi isn't qualified to contend with her.

But it still doesn't change the fact that Class D is currently in an unprecedented crisis!

If any one party among Kushida and the others is exposed from now on, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction and implicate the other.

And when Kushida reaches the final step, she will definitely unleash her ultimate move—the "Box Weapon."

Then Class D can directly GG!

Tennoji Kaede's thoughts race. This situation is very different from what he imagined. What should he do now...

Join in? Absolutely impossible, that's too perverted!

Tennoji Kaede: ...

At the same time, Yamauchi Haruki can't wait any longer!

"This place is decent enough... Little Kikyo, let's start playing now~"

Their footsteps are chaotic, and a loud creaking sound comes from the rooftop door as someone leans against it and pushes!

"What are you afraid of? From now on, you'll be my, Yamauchi-sama's, girlfriend! You can rest assured from now on! Heh heh~"

Kushida Kikyo: "--!"

She curses inwardly: Beast Yamauchi, you'll die once I get the evidence!!!

Kushida Kikyo has prepared to sacrifice a certain degree of her own innocence to obtain concrete evidence of Yamauchi's crime...

Suddenly, a white light pierces the dimness, and the camera flash flickers several times.

"You are truly lawless, Yamauchi Haruki."

The sudden third-party voice makes the excited Yamauchi instantly deflate.

He turns around in panic, "Who? Who are you!?"

A man with messy hair and a large mask obscuring his face stands straight at the bottom of the stairs, like a deathly ghost in a hospital.

There isn't much light in the corridor, and it's hard to distinguish a clear face unless you get close enough.

Tennoji Kaede, after a simple disguise, slowly ascends the stairs, step by step, his footsteps crisp and clear.

A hoarse, grating voice continues from his mouth, "To dare to do XX things like this on campus, you're not human, Yamauchi Haruki?"

"Wh-what are you talking about! I just arranged to meet someone here... R-right! It's her!"

Yamauchi points at Kushida, who is leaning against the door, looking somewhat at a loss.

"Kushida Kikyo asked me out! I haven't done anything!"

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

"Ph-photos? What photos?" Yamauchi's legs start to tremble.

"Click!" The familiar white light flashes again. Tennoji Kaede raises his terminal, reenacting the snapshot on the spot.

"Now, do you remember? Yamauchi Haruki."

Cold sweat breaks out on Yamauchi's forehead. Just now... he was indeed photographed.

No, I must snatch that terminal.

As long as the photos are deleted, there will be no evidence!

Tennoji Kaede happens to finish walking up the stairs at this moment. The distance between him and Yamauchi is less than 5 meters.

"You bastard!"

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

Yamauchi quickly lunged forward, adopting a comical offensive stance as he charged.

A cold smirk played on Tennoji Kaede's lips beneath his mask. With this pathetic level of skill, a simple sidestep would send this brainless, idiotic pig tumbling down the stairs himself.

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

He reached out a hand.

"Ugh...!"

Kaede remained perfectly still, tightening his grip on Yamauchi Haruki's neck with one hand and lifting him up as if he were a dead chicken. Yamauchi was utterly powerless to resist.

Yamauchi desperately pried at Kaede's hand with both of his own, occasionally striking Kaede's arm...

But none of it affected the sturdy chain binding Yamauchi's life.

The struggling of Yamauchi's legs gradually lessened.

In a daze, he saw a terrifying, murderous gaze he would never forget in his life!

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

Seeing that he had applied enough pressure, Tennoji Kaede turned sideways and flung Yamauchi away.

"Bang!"

"A--!!!"

Yamauchi rolled on the ground. Not yet unconscious, his pained struggles on the floor were indescribable.

Concussion? Broken bones? Or was it the agony of intense suffocation? Kaede didn't know...

Tennoji Kaede lowered his head, shifting his gaze to the stunned Kikyo beside him, observing her closely...

"!"

He... he...

Kushida Kikyo's legs began to tremble. At this moment, she didn't recognize the person before her.

But after witnessing the terrifying scene of overwhelming power just moments ago, how could she not be shaken to her core, feeling as if she were standing on the edge of an abyss?

Having found his target on Kikyo, Tennoji Kaede turned and approached the prone Yamauchi.

He stomped down hard!

This time, Yamauchi's wish for broken bones was granted.

Yamauchi's head and neck snapped back as he tried to cry out in pain.

Kaede's hand moved like lightning, delivering a chop!

Yamauchi welcomed the most blissful sleep of his life as he passed out.

"Thud!"

Behind him, Kushida Kikyo smoothly executed a perfect duck-butt sit and collapsed onto the ground.

After confirming that Yamauchi had indeed fainted, Tennoji Kaede cleared his throat slightly, restoring his original voice.

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

He walked up to Kikyo, knelt down, and removed his mask, revealing a handsome, composed face.

"T-Tennoji-kun? Ah!" Kikyo seemed to snap back to reality, then let out a startled cry.

It wasn't surprising, as Tennoji Kaede was currently fumbling near her chest, searching for the high-tech equipment she had prepared.

It wasn't that Kaede wanted to collect some "feedback" by voluntarily pressing his handprint onto Kikyo or anything...

Besides, Kaede was actually wearing a thin layer of medical gloves.

The gloves and the large mask were among the practical tools he had prepared before tracking her to the school building.

After a thorough search, he retrieved a miniature camera from Kikyo's collar and an electronic voice recorder from her pocket.