Still, I seemed quite willing to play the villain?
There was a touch of longing and a touch of jealousy, but when he remembered the clues they had uncovered, he put his cold mask back on.
This wasn't something I should touch, at least not yet.
The night wind poured in, blowing away the last traces of youthfulness. By the time Yuki came out after changing clothes, he had already returned to a serious dungeon-clearing state without needing Hayasaka Ai's reminder.
Hayasaka Ai gave him a grateful look and said flatly, "My investigation also yielded results."
Yuki sat backward on his chair and immediately asked, "Let me guess. Did you confirm the identity of someone from that night?"
"You figured it out?!" Hayasaka Ai instantly sat upright. Gritting her teeth lightly, she spoke as if she had made up her mind.
"That's right. After dealing with family matters, I returned to Shuchiin yesterday and found that the student council president had taken two days off. He happened to be in Kanagawa for an exchange program, and he matched the silhouette I saw that night."
The student council president?!
Yuki was briefly stunned, then realized she wasn't referring to Miyuki Shirogane. She must have meant that former president with the squinty eyes.
"What a coincidence. If I'm not mistaken, Shuchiin also belongs to the Shinomiya Group, right?"
"That's right. Shuchiin's chairman is Lady Kaguya's older brother, Shinomiya Oko." Hayasaka Ai nodded expressionlessly. At this point, there was no reason for either of them to hide their identities.
The president of the Shinomiya Group had suddenly fallen seriously ill, and then they discovered a Player who seemed to belong to Oko's faction. Anyone could smell the stench of conspiracy. Hayasaka Ai suddenly realized she had picked the right thigh to cling