E District, in one of the clubrooms.
Like the other clubrooms, it had no sign and no official recognition from the school. It was simply a place where a handful of people with shared interests gathered.
Unlike the laughter and chatter in the other rooms, however, the atmosphere here was terribly oppressive.
"I told you not to act rashly yet!"
Amid that oppressive atmosphere, a tall man growled in a low voice. Even his casual clothes could not conceal his muscles. His anger made several veins bulge on his forehead, as though a pair of horns were about to sprout from it.
"Rude, we're sorry."
"We just wanted to avenge Kesko."
The two male students, who had also changed out of their uniforms into casual clothes, answered him.
But unlike the intimidating Rude, neither student had any presence to speak of. Their looks were utterly ordinary, the sort of faces you would forget the moment they disappeared into a crowd.
"Avenge him?"
"And what was the result?"
"You got another one of us killed!"
Rude's voice grew angrier.
He had no objection to revenge.
But failing to get it and losing another man in the process was something he could not accept.
After all, his little group had only five members.
Aside from the two rumor-spreaders standing before him, every other member served an irreplaceable purpose.
Both Kesko, the "collaborator" who contacted students who "wanted to leave," and Bernard, who gathered intelligence, had been carefully selected by him.
The former's ability and accidentally altered appearance, along with the latter's position and slick personality, had all played decisive roles in his plan.
Especially now, when his true plan was about to begin, how could Rude not be furious at suffering such a devastating blow?
*Why did Kesko and Bernard have to