"The earliest crime scene must have been the club Activity Room!" Suzuki Sonoko did her best to provide the information she knew.
Before they knew it, night had fallen.
The remaining three took advantage of the police still not having recovered their wits to leave the scene and hurry toward the Activity Room.
After going down to the First Floor and arriving at their destination, Jiang Xia glanced at the Computer Desk, his gaze stopping on its surface. "...The first crime scene really was here."
—A few drops of still-fresh blood had splattered across the desk.
Suzuki Sonoko stood beside him, looking down at the desk. For some reason, she felt a chill run through her entire body, as though an invisible pair of eyes were quietly watching her.
She shuddered and fearfully turned to look around, wanting to dispel the baseless thought.
But as soon as he turned around, she really met a pair of eyes hidden in a gap.
"Ahhh—!!" Suzuki Sonoko sprang up and pointed out the window. "Th-there's someone!! Someone's there!"
The eyes by the window vanished in an instant, and the Peeping person turned and fled.
But after only a few steps, there came a rustle behind him as someone leaped out through the Activity Room window.
A few seconds later, a hand landed on his shoulder, spun him around, and flung him against the nearest wall.
The Peeping man slammed into the wall with a thud, his head spinning as he was forced to stop.
Jiang Xia blocked his path. After examining him for a moment, he recognized him. "...The security guard?"
His gaze lowered slightly, and he saw that this security guard, who had always been hovering around them, was holding an extraordinarily thick book in his arms—the supposedly lost 30-Year Bound