Discovery

Time passed quickly, and soon it was night.

However, because the incident involving Kitatori of Class D had been exposed, news spread rapidly.

Those who had originally planned to wander around at night were left feeling uneasy, and despite their confusion, they had no choice but to consider their own safety.

To avoid ruining their pleasant vacation, the vast majority ultimately chose to stay obediently in their rooms and get to sleep early.

This resulted in the entire cruise ship becoming strangely silent at night, save for the security personnel patrolling the perimeter.

I wonder if this outcome was something the other party anticipated in advance to make their actions easier.

Hidden in a dark corner, the boy watched the scene quietly, his eyes filled with contemplation.

"Tch, you're overthinking it. There's no one that smart," Kushida, standing beside him, remarked coldly upon hearing his words.

"Heh, is that so?" Rinya smiled faintly and said nothing more. It seemed that for the current Kushida, he felt no aversion at all; on the contrary, he found this side of her quite interesting.

"Let's go, I think it's about time."

"We can't miss the best part of this show," the boy said, his gaze shifting as he vanished into the darkness in an instant.

Although Kushida beside him was trying her best to keep up, she felt she could manage.

But when she suddenly felt her body lift into the air, she knew she had been mercilessly scooped up once again...

"You jerk, let me go, let me go... I could have kept up on my own."

Although the girl was protesting in a low voice, her body was very honest, remaining completely still.

Seeing this, Rinya couldn't help but shake his head with a faint, amused smile.

By the time the boy stopped, they had arrived at the first-year boys' dormitory area.

Finding that they had reached their destination so quickly, Kushida felt too embarrassed to continue complaining. After being set down, she turned her head away, blushing.

However, Rinya's attention was no longer on the girl.

Looking at the two rows of silent rooms, they appeared no different from usual, but when he noticed that the door to Sudo Ken's room was tightly shut, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Heh, it looks like the other party has already been here."

"As expected, their habit of timing things and executing their moves is just the same as back then."

"They really haven't changed a bit," Rinya said with a meaningful smile.

Hearing this, Kushida's curiosity was piqued.

However, after looking carefully for a while and finding nothing, she couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Tch, how come I don't see anything?"

Seeing her look of naive confusion, Rinya laughed slightly. "Silly, I naturally tipped someone off in advance, telling him he had to get drunk and leave his door open tonight."

"Now, look and tell me which door is open."

"Maybe he just forgot," Kushida argued, unconvinced.

"Then do you think the faint water stain on the floor in front of Sudo Ken's door is something he forgot to step on, too?" Rinya's gaze flickered.

"A water stain?"

Kushida wanted to say something more, but upon seeing the water marks on the floor clearly left by someone walking inside, she squinted against the dim light and noticed a thin layer of spilled alcohol lingering at the threshold of Sudo's room.

"Hmph, I never thought he would listen to you so well," Kushida muttered, feeling both surprised and speechless.

"Heh, that's thanks to you, actually."

"Me?"

Kushida, looking completely bewildered, decided not to bother thinking about it and changed the subject. "What's the point of saying all that? Since the other party has already been here, what are we still here to see?"

"No... the show is only just beginning."

As he spoke, Rinya seemed to sense something and glanced nearby, then walked straight toward the door of Koenji's room, which he had been curious about earlier.

"Bang."

As the door opened and they stepped inside, the bedroom was empty.

"As I thought," Rinya said calmly.

"Eh? It's so late, where did he go?" Kushida was the first to voice her confusion.

"Let's listen. Shh."

Just then, Rinya suddenly covered the girl's mouth and gestured toward the movement outside...

"This is..." Kushida, the first to sense the anomaly, felt her pupils dilate instantly. She hadn't noticed it before, but now that it was quiet, she could hear the sound of a group of people breathing in perfect unison coming from the doorway.

"That's right, it's that group of security personnel responsible for the ship who took Kitatori away."

"Still familiar, aren't they?" Rinya whispered in a coded tone.

"How could they... appear here?" Kushida was filled with astonishment, feeling grateful that she had specifically locked the door when they came in.

"Heh, naturally, someone notified them in advance."

"You mean..." Kushida immediately thought of the person who had secretly used hypnosis.

"Heh."

"Let's go. Since he already anticipated that I would come, there's no point in staying here anymore."

"However..." Rinya's voice tightened.

His faint expression gradually turned playful. "So, did he anticipate that instead of leaving, I would actually continue to follow him to watch the show? Hehe~"

"But the real question is, how are we supposed to get out of here now?" Kushida, standing to the side, hadn't thought that far ahead and couldn't help but say gloomily.

Not to mention that there were people guarding the door.

The key issue was that although this single room had a window, it was located on the third deck of the ship.

Falling from a height of over ten meters would have unimaginable consequences.

Seeing this, Rinya smiled and said, "With me here, where isn't a path?"

"Let's go. Perhaps those two are already locked in a heated battle~"

"Are you talking about that hypnotist guy and Koenji?"

As she spoke, Kushida couldn't help but feel astonished. After all, she had witnessed Koenji's strength with her own eyes; she never imagined that the other party would even try to hypnotize him.

"Hehe~ that's not necessarily certain."

"Of course, as for who it is... I'm looking forward to it too."

Rinya smiled, rarely choosing not to give a direct answer.

However, just at that moment, an accident suddenly occurred.

"Whoosh!"

"Hey, wait..."

Kushida, caught off guard, didn't even have time to finish her sentence before Rinya, having sensed that something was wrong, quickly scooped her up and leaped out of the window.

At the same time, the door to the room was instantly kicked open...

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