"For those who failed to meet club requirements, or even problem students, joining a club not only meant tearing off the label of being a go-home-club member..." Detective Yukino was still conducting her brilliant deduction. "They could also get free credits. Why wouldn't they?"
"Hold on a second..." Eriri was the one who picked up the thread again. "The Oolong Tea Club isn't the only club that recruits ghost members..."
"Like I said, Doma's only goal was to swindle funding, so he'd dare to make any promise..." Yukino Yukinoshita explained. "When other clubs recruit ghost members, they'd more or less demand something in return, right? But if Doma didn't need anything from them..."
"That can't be, right?" Even ghost members had to show up when the club held activities, right? They had to tag along when the club went to competitions, right? They had to help put on a show whenever inspections came around, right?
"You should've guessed that from the fact that he quit the club right after getting the money..." Yukino Yukinoshita said. "Other clubs recruit ghost members to keep themselves alive, but this guy didn't care whether the Oolong Tea Club lived or died. So what would he be afraid to promise?"
"But if something like swindling funds gets found out..."
"Don't forget who he is..." Yukino Yukinoshita said coldly. "Natsukawa was just asking whether Doma would ever be short of money..."
Masuzu Natsukawa: "???"
Sogo Doma: "..."
He really wasn't short on that bit of funding. Besides, that had been his own money—well, money Yukino had given him...
"Think about it..." Detective Yukino brushed back her hair. "Doma managed to apply for tens of millions in funding..."
Masuzu Natsukawa: "..."
Eriri Sawamura: "..."
They got it. This guy had definitely revealed his identity to the school.