Investigations always exposed people's uglier sides. People hid their shameful parts away, so getting hold of leverage was actually quite difficult—or at least, that was what Sogo Doma had thought at first.
Then Sogo Doma realized he had been wrong. At the same time, he felt a certain admiration for his deskmate.
Yukino Yukinoshita was practically born to attract hatred. He did not know whether she had some kind of taunting face, but during the investigation, a huge portion of the class had pulled little tricks on her.
Stealing her indoor shoes and selling them, for example. Of course, thanks to that, Sogo Doma had successfully gotten Suneo and the others to drag the teacher into it.
Or hiding dead frogs, secretly tearing up her notebooks, spreading rumors...
Sogo Doma had gathered more than enough evidence with ease. So even being surrounded by hateful stares like he was was not the limit of what these bratty kids could do.
He really wanted to see something like this happen to himself. Then he could use revenge as an excuse to do whatever he wanted! But the game was about to begin. Would those game-obsessed brats continue spreading their malice so freely?
Nanako was utterly confused. She knew the girl in front of her well; they had spoken many times before. With their shared enemy, Yukino Yukinoshita, serving as a bonding agent, she could exchange a few words with just about anyone.
Nanako had never accepted Yukino Yukinoshita. So what if she was a little cuter? So what if her grades were a little better? What was so impressive about that? Who was she putting on that cold face for all day? Why did all the boys in class like talking about that cold-faced freak?
Luckily, that cold-faced freak offended people