Ichinose did not hand the transaction list to Gu Heng. She first pinned one corner of it beneath the back of her terminal.
"Because more people shouldn't see this."
"Then why bring it to the public lounge?"
"Because I needed someone who would ask about the risks first."
She pushed the list toward him by half an inch. Gu Heng did not open it immediately.
"Tell me the source first."
Ichinose glanced at him.
"Class B's exchange page was copied before the second round of discussion."
"Who copied it?"
"Don't know."
"When?"
"Between 11:44 and 11:46."
She turned the terminal toward Gu Heng. The page contained only redacted fields.
Exchange time Delivery category Recipient Return status
One row was covered in gray.
"What was covered?" Gu Heng asked.
"A student's name."
Two uncensored times remained beneath the gray area. Gu Heng enlarged them. One was the time of delivery.
The other was the time the page had been opened. Less than a minute separated the two.
"She deleted the name, not the record of what happened."
"She only agreed to hide her identity," Ichinose said. "Her request covered only her name, not the times or fields."
Gu Heng entered this into his own page.
Authorization scope: hide name; retain times and fields
"You deleted it?"
"She asked me to replace the name on the display page with a number, not delete the original times."
"What about the version from before it was deleted?"
Ichinose opened another page. The redacted version retained only the times, device fields, and identification number.
The original page was still kept by Class B's original holder. Gu Heng could not access it.
"I didn't give you her name."
"And you didn't give her name to whoever copied it."
"So I want to