Looking at Ryuen and the others who had passed out, Ayanokouji took out his phone, first sending a text message to someone, then retrieving something he had hidden in a flowerbed on the rooftop.
Since he knew Ryuen would eventually cause trouble for him, why wouldn't he prepare in advance? This was a hidden camera he had purchased, his preparations made beforehand.
After retrieving the camera, he walked over to Ishizaki and the others, waking them up one by one.
"Ugh…"
The intense pain all over Ryuen's body made him cry out.
"You're awake."
Then, Ryuen saw Ayanokouji looking down at him.
"Ayanokouji, don't think this is over."
"Do you want to keep fighting? I don't have a problem with it."
"Heh, I guess you win this time," Ryuen said, pushing himself up to a sitting position. "But I'll be back soon. I'll do anything to win."
"You're not going to report me to the school, are you, saying I beat you up?"
"If it means winning, I could do that."
"Unfortunately, I already set up a camera on the rooftop, so even if we went to the student council, it would be considered mutual combat because you attacked first."
Ayanokouji said this while showing Ryuen the camera he pulled from his pocket.
Ryuen wasn't sure if there was footage of the whole thing, but complaining clearly wouldn't work. What if there was?
Then he would be accused of lying to the school, and that would be a big problem.
While they were talking, the rooftop door opened, and Kamio Tatsuya appeared.
Seeing the scene, Kamio Tatsuya immediately understood.
The ice still covering the camera on his head meant this was Ryuen's turf.
In other words, Ryuen had successfully lured Ayanokouji out and then been beaten by Ayanokouji when he tried to deal with him.
It fit a scenario they had predicted.
Then there was the camera in Ayanokouji's hand. It seemed this guy had also prepared in advance.
As for why Kamio Tatsuya was here, it was naturally because Ayanokouji had just messaged him to come.
Afterward, Kamio Tatsuya first removed the ice from the camera before walking in through the door.
"You hit hard, Ayanokouji."
"I didn't want to."
Ayanokouji shrugged, feigning innocence.
Kamio Tatsuya ignored him and looked at Ryuen.
"How are you? Do you still have the strength to go to the infirmary?"
Kamio Tatsuya extended his hand to Ryuen.
"Heh, you didn't tell me this guy could fight like that," Ryuen said, grabbing Kamio Tatsuya's hand and using it to pull himself up from the ground.
Watching Kamio Tatsuya and Ryuen's actions, Ayanokouji felt a strange sense of envy.
I shouldn't be interested in other people's affairs…
"I just knew he was strong, but I didn't know he was this strong."
Kamio Tatsuya immediately made it clear he wouldn't take responsibility.
He had asked Sakayanagi about Ayanokouji's fighting ability, but Sakayanagi seemed to know she could never win against him in a fight, so she hadn't paid much attention to that aspect.
She had just vaguely said he was very strong.
But Kamio Tatsuya hadn't expected Ayanokouji to be this strong.
Fighting ability usually drops dramatically when outnumbered, yet Ayanokouji looked completely unharmed.
Instead, Ryuen and the others had been beaten badly. Ryuen's eye was swollen shut.
After Ryuen got up, Ishizaki and Yamada, who were less injured, quickly came to support him.
"Now, can we talk?"
Ayanokouji raised his hand, showing the camera.
"Talk about what? You've already made your preparations, haven't you?" Ryuen sneered, but it seemed to tug at the wound on his face, contorting his expression.
"I admit defeat this time. Of course, I won't say anything about what happened before. But don't think this is the end of it."
"We'll talk about that later," Kamio Tatsuya interrupted. "Ishizaki, Yamada, hurry up and take Ryuen to the infirmary. If Ms. Hoshinomiya asks, tell her you were sparring."
"Y-Yes, I understand."
Ishizaki quickly replied, and Yamada nodded.
After Ryuen and the others left, Ayanokouji looked at Kamio Tatsuya.
"Since you're arranging things like this, can I assume you're not going to report this to the student council?"
"If I intended to report it to the student council, more than just me would have come."
Kamio Tatsuya glanced at Ayanokouji.
"I just didn't expect you to be so strong."
"I didn't intend to fight back at first. Ryuen said if I could defeat him, he would keep that last incident a secret."
…
Kamio Tatsuya really didn't know what to say.
Ryuen, what were you thinking? You could have just beaten him up to vent your anger, but you had to say something like that.
Ayanokouji is also amazing, not afraid at all that Ryuen might have been speaking in anger.
Ryuen had the moral high ground originally, but now he's messed up.
"Well, at least Ryuen should be more well-behaved for a while now," Kamio Tatsuya yawned. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going."
Kamio Tatsuya didn't want to stay with a dangerous person like Ayanokouji any longer.
His purpose of testing Ayanokouji through Ryuen had been achieved, and staying any longer wouldn't be beneficial.
After quickly wrapping things up on the rooftop, Kamio Tatsuya returned to the library downstairs.
"How did it go?"
"It's over. Ryuen got beaten up pretty badly." Kamio Tatsuya saw no reason to hide anything from Shiina. "But don't worry too much. I've already had Ishizaki and Yamada take him to the infirmary."
"That's good."
Shiina breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Kamio Tatsuya.
"By the way, Tatsuya, where are you planning to go for Christmas?"
Christmas? That's quite a jump in topic. But thinking about it, Christmas really isn't that far away.
"Even though I'd love to say I'm not going anywhere and will just stay in my room all day, the student council has an event that day, so I have to participate."
"What about Christmas Eve?"
"That day, I'm free. The weather forecast says it might snow, so I plan to stay in my room."
He really didn't want to go out in the cold weather. He'd rather just stay in his room with Kamuro, hidden under a heated blanket all day.
"Can I visit your room then?"
Oh, uh…
Kamio Tatsuya fell silent, not knowing what to say.
"Is that inconvenient?"
"It's not exactly inconvenient." Kamio Tatsuya scratched his head. "Masumi was also planning to come over that day."
Kamio Tatsuya observed Shiina's face as he spoke.
She didn't seem angry.
"Then it's settled."
…
Although Shiina is usually very cute, sometimes she feels genuinely scary.
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