Go, Kamuro

"Classmate Sakayanagi, I need to borrow Kamuro for a moment. Could you give me her contact information?" As soon as he left the office, Shiraishi Makoto contacted Sakayanagi Arisu through his phone.

"Of course, no problem." Sakayanagi Arisu replied quickly.

Since the cooperation they had discussed earlier had been kept from Kamuro Masumi, Shiraishi Makoto had only added Sakayanagi Arisu's contact information. Before he could add Kamuro Masumi, who had been standing guard, Hoshinomiya Chie called him away.

After getting Kamuro Masumi's contact information, Shiraishi Makoto sent a friend request, which was quickly accepted.

"Kamuro, you should have heard about this from Classmate Sakayanagi already. I'll need your help with something next. Let's meet downstairs from the dorm around seven tonight."

After contacting her, Shiraishi Makoto headed to Keyaki Mall. He could buy what he needed there.

"Please get that one for me." Shiraishi Makoto had his eye on a compact camera.

The clerk, who had been playing on his phone in the store, looked up with what seemed to be an impatient expression and casually placed the camera on the counter.

Come to think of it, this disgusting guy was still at the school.

Shiraishi Makoto glanced at the clerk. Though he could not see what was on the clerk's phone from this angle, it was probably material related to his harassment of various idols.

After briefly testing the camera's image quality, audio pickup, and network transmission functions, Shiraishi Makoto confirmed that there were no issues and promptly paid for it. It cost a total of 40,000 Private Points, but with Hoshinomiya-sensei's activity budget, he did not feel the slightest pain spending it.

When Shiraishi Makoto arrived downstairs from the dorm, Kamuro Masumi was already waiting there.

"Classmate Sakayanagi said I should follow your instructions from now on... Just don't make me do anything weird." As she spoke, Kamuro Masumi scrutinized Shiraishi Makoto. She could not shake the feeling that she had been sold out.

"Don't worry. I'm sure Kamuro can complete this task easily." Shiraishi Makoto handed the shopping bag in his hand to Kamuro Masumi. "There's a small camera inside, along with its manual. Please get familiar with how to use it as soon as you get back."

"What is this for?" The moment she saw the camera, Kamuro Masumi had a bad feeling... Was this guy some kind of pervert? Was he asking her to secretly photograph girls or something?

Though her guess was not exactly wrong.

"I'll notify you of the details later. I need you to capture someone's 'weakness.'" Shiraishi Makoto left it at that.

"This kind of thing..." Kamuro Masumi seemed about to refuse when Shiraishi Makoto suddenly spoke.

"Kamuro has a talent for this sort of thing, right? Like avoiding surveillance cameras and the convenience store clerk's line of sight to take a can of beer."

"What?" Kamuro Masumi cried out, but realizing that her excessive reaction had drawn the attention of passing students, she hurriedly lowered her voice. "How do you know about that?"

"Of course, I 'saw' it." Shiraishi Makoto answered ambiguously.

"What rotten luck..." Kamuro Masumi took the shopping bag with a deathly pale expression. She had only done it once since coming to the school, yet not only had her classmate Sakayanagi Arisu discovered it, a student from another class had too.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this." Seeing Kamuro Masumi's defeated expression, Shiraishi Makoto could not help but laugh.

Kamuro Masumi was an interesting person. She did not steal because she was poor; she simply enjoyed the act of stealing itself. Her methods and skills were superb as well. She had never been caught outside, successfully evading the school's screening and entering Class A.

And it was precisely this ability of hers that Shiraishi Makoto had his eye on. He planned to have her follow and secretly photograph someone.

"I'll notify you of the target and location when it's time to act. You won't need to show yourself afterward either. Just do what you're good at." Shiraishi Makoto reassured Kamuro Masumi.

"Okay..." Realizing that she seemingly had no room to refuse, Kamuro Masumi returned to the dorm with the camera, likely to report the situation to Sakayanagi Arisu.

Shiraishi Makoto opened his phone and checked the information in his memo. Only after confirming that every item on today's to-do list had been cleared did he head to Keyaki Mall. Today, the students of Class A were holding a gathering at a board game shop.

And so, the first week of May passed.

Shiraishi Makoto followed Tachibana Akane around to familiarize himself with the people in charge of each club, while also getting a clear grasp of the storage situation for all kinds of equipment. Then, he found time to take photos of the online idol "Shizuku" to the electronics store and carry out his baiting operation. After obtaining evidence of the clerk's misconduct, he went to see Hoshinomiya-sensei.

Shiraishi Makoto's explanation went as follows: while observing Class D, he discovered that Sakura Airi was actually the online idol "Shizuku." He then found that there was an extremely disgusting stalker in her comment section who appeared to be at the school, and finally located him at the electronics store.

Though he had drawn the target after firing the arrow, the evidence on the disgusting clerk's phone was simply irrefutable. Before long, the disgusting clerk was expelled from the school and sent to face legal judgment.

Because this case was rather unusual and the school placed considerable importance on its impact, they ultimately sent Shiraishi Makoto, who was both the reporter and a Student Council member, to speak privately with Sakura.

Outside Class D's classroom, Shiraishi Makoto called Sakura Airi out and moved some distance away from the others.

"The school hopes this incident won't affect Sakura's campus life, so they sent me to explain the situation to you." In a low voice, Shiraishi Makoto gave Sakura Airi a general account of the stalker clerk at Keyaki Mall.

"Ah... I see... Then, thank you..." Sakura Airi seemed to have severe social anxiety. After fidgeting for a long time, she could only force out that much.

"It's nothing. If you encounter anything similar in the future, you can seek help from a teacher or us students. Here's my contact information." Shiraishi Makoto gave her his contact information and left after exchanging a few pleasantries.

"Looks like today's the day." On the surface, Shiraishi Makoto had appeared to be on guard against others eavesdropping, but in truth, he had been observing Class D through the glass the entire time.

He noticed Kushida Kikyo contacting Ike Kanji, Sudo Ken, and the others. They would probably be going to the library for tutoring this afternoon.

Of course, Class D's Idiot Trio did not yet have the determination they would develop in the coming months. Especially since Chabashira Sae had "kindly" reminded everyone that listening carefully in class would not increase their Class Points, today's study group was bound to end on bad terms.

With that in mind, Shiraishi Makoto took out his phone and gave Kamuro Masumi her instructions.

"Kamuro, please bring the equipment and complete the task today. The target is Kushida Kikyo from Class D. If you don't know her, I can provide you with some basic information."

"...I do know Kushida, at least. May I ask why her?" Kamuro quickly read the message on her phone and replied.

"Kamuro, aren't you curious why someone like her is in Class D?"

"Sorry, I'm not curious at all..."

"Fine, then just consider it my personal bad taste. In any case, I hope Kamuro can capture Kushida's abnormal behavior." Shiraishi Makoto did not explain any further. Kamuro would carry out the task as instructed anyway.