Class C's Plan (5)

[These 200,000 points are for purchasing computers. Since the Esports Club activity room has been approved and our club is a bit unusual, we need to buy equipment.]

[So, as the president, I am funding your purchase. By the way, you must buy the top-tier models.]

Looking at the message Kitahara sent, Kanzaki Ryuji was shocked for a moment; he hadn't expected that he would have to purchase the equipment for the club himself.

Ichinose, standing next to Kanzaki Ryuji, hadn't expected such a simple reason either.

Then, after briefly explaining the situation to Ayanokoji, Ichinose began checking her email notifications on her phone again.

However, just after she took out her phone, it started vibrating repeatedly.

"Hmm?" The eyes of everyone present turned toward Ichinose.

Even Ayanokoji, who had just been processing the news that Kitahara had established a club, snapped out of his thoughts.

After unlocking her phone, Ichinose discovered it was Kitahara, who had just finished messaging Kanzaki Ryuji.

She saw him say:

"Ahem, Ichinose, I heard you're looking for clues about the eyewitness?"

"Yes, that's correct," Ichinose typed back.

"Well, I have some information I can share with you. I just saw the reward you posted, and since I just spent a large sum of points, I need to recoup some funds."

"Ah, Kitahara, do you know something?" Ichinose typed.

Hearing that it was a message from Kitahara, Ayanokoji and Kanzaki Ryuji leaned in closer.

Kanzaki Ryuji, who had leaned in, happened to see the previous message; he hadn't expected that right after spending a sum of points, Kitahara would try to earn another sum from Ichinose.

Is this what they call a top-tier business mind? Kanzaki Ryuji muttered to himself.

"I know who was at the scene and witnessed the entire process," Kitahara typed.

The three of them were stunned once again upon seeing this message; they hadn't expected that the clue to the eyewitness, which they had been searching for so long, would appear before them just like that.

"Then, who is she?" Ichinose typed, asking.

"Actually, it's Sakura Airi from our class."

Upon receiving Kitahara's reply, Ichinose looked up at Ayanokoji in confusion and asked:

"Who is this student?" After all, she knew most of the people in Class D, but she had never seen the student Kitahara mentioned.

"..." At this moment, Ayanokoji recalled why Kitahara had been staring at her back then. So he had already known all along. But how could he have predicted it in advance?

"Actually, I haven't had any contact with her either," Ayanokoji replied after finishing his thought.

"I see..." Ichinose said to Kitahara, "Thank you for the information, Kitahara. I'll transfer the points to you in a moment."

After ending the chat with Ichinose, Kitahara lay limply on his bed, recalling the scene from yesterday.

When Kitahara had pushed open the classroom door back then, he found it completely empty—there was nothing there.

But he was in the Esports Club; how could there be no computers? So, yesterday, Kitahara had hurriedly messaged Horikita to report this issue.

However, he never expected that Horikita would tell him he needed to solve the problem himself. For Kitahara, who was trying to scrape together 20 million points, he absolutely did not want to spend any extra.

So, after a night of sparring with Horikita, he was ultimately dealt a finishing blow when she said it was a decision made by Chairman Yanagihara.

Therefore, after a night of contemplation and seeing the reward Ichinose posted, Kitahara made this decision.

Although, according to his original plan, he should have approached her himself to secure the opportunity for points, Kitahara thought about it carefully.

While she was the core of the incident, the person who could directly make him money wasn't her.

It was the person who had been peeping.

So, Kitahara realized he only needed to report it to the school authorities.

The key was that he could skip the process of trying to persuade her.

However, regarding this matter, Kitahara had a backup plan—telling Yanagihara that there was a problem within this school.

After all, this was a school run by the Yanagihara family; surely she wouldn't want to see such people existing in her father's school.

With that in mind, Kitahara immediately sent a message to the Chairman, as he needed to handle this matter before they did.

Meanwhile, Ichinose, having finished her chat with Kitahara, was checking her inbox for more messages under Kanzaki Ryuji's reminder.

After all, one more message meant one more potential direction for a solution.

"Hmm... there really are other emails," Ichinose said.

"What does it say?" Kanzaki Ryuji asked.

"Well..." Ichinose read on and continued:

"It says the person who fought with Sudo is someone named Ishizaki."

"I heard he was a delinquent in middle school and quite the brawler."

"He's notorious in the local area."

"The other two are members of the basketball team and have some physical strength. For the three of them to attack together and still be beaten to a pulp by Sudo—that doesn't seem reasonable at all," Kanzaki Ryuji analyzed after hearing the intelligence.

"That's true..." Ichinose agreed.

"Perhaps they were defeated on purpose."

"If those three set a trap to frame Sudo, then everything makes sense."

"That's what I think too. Regardless, we should thank them for providing the information first..."

"Sigh, why is it Kitahara again..."

Hearing Ichinose's words, the three of them couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness once more.

"Uh... well, we'll be heading off now. We'll let you know if there's any new information." Ichinose said her goodbyes to Ayanokoji.

"Yeah." Ayanokoji nodded, watching their retreating figures as he fell into deep thought.

Just who is that guy Kitahara? Why is he always one step ahead of us?

After finishing his thoughts, Ayanokoji returned to his dormitory, only to find several pairs of shoes already on the floor upon opening the door.

"What are you all doing..."

"Ayanokoji, we gathered here first," Kushida replied.

"Let's start the information exchange meeting."

"But before that, Ayanokoji, are you a minimalist? You don't even have any personal items, just some simple furniture."

"I just don't have the points to buy anything. By the way, how did you get in?" Ayanokoji said indifferently.

"We had spare keys made," the group said in unison, holding up their keys.

"After all, this is our meeting spot..." Yamauchi replied.

"...I didn't expect the school to allow such behavior..."

"Ding-dong..."

The group, still in the middle of their discussion, was interrupted by the sudden sound of the doorbell.

Ayanokoji walked to the door and pushed it open, looking at the person in front of him:

"Horikita."