An anonymous private message sat on Gu Heng's personal terminal.
The answer window had not officially opened yet.
Yet the sender claimed to know the Rabbit Group's favored student.
Gu Heng did not open the input field.
He first saved the message as an original record.
Received time: 11:56 Sender: Anonymous Content: I know who the Rabbit Group's favored student is Proof: None
He added another item.
Reply status: Not sent
Gu Heng turned the terminal toward Yukimura.
"Save only the original wording. Don't open the chat page."
After reading it, Yukimura opened the Cold Backup.
"This private message goes into the version records too?"
"Into the personal record, not the Class D shared sheet."
"Because the source is unknown?"
"Because it might be trying to make us reply first."
Gu Heng closed the input box completely.
There was also a gray button beneath the private message page.
Reply to sender
He did not touch it.
An anonymous message could be a clue.
Or it could be bait, meant to confirm whether Gu Heng had already narrowed down the answer.
Replying now would be equivalent to proving to the other side that he was waiting for an answer.
Gu Heng saved the original record as a version on his personal page.
Yukimura only logged the version time in the Cold Backup and did not add it to Gu Heng's personal page.
"Should we notify Horikita?"
"Notify her of the facts, not the conclusion."
Gu Heng added a new line to the Class D shared sheet.
He did not include the original text of the private message, only the bare minimum fact.
11:56: Received a claim from an anonymous identity Status: No proof; no reply
The minimal factual update on the