"Slam..."
The sound of the door closing echoed, and the student council office was sealed shut.
As Fang Li left the office, intending to head towards Class D's classroom, someone called out to him from behind.
"Never expected it to be a dashcam."
Ryuuen Kakeru approached Fang Li from behind, hands casually tucked into his pockets, and positioned himself next to Fang Li without making eye contact.
Unperturbed by his recent failure, Ryuuen Kakeru wore a cold smile.
"You got lucky."
Luck.
Ryuuen Kakeru attributed his failure solely to this factor.
However, it wasn't that Ryuuen Kakeru was unwilling to admit his own defeat; it was simply the truth.
If it weren't for the transport truck's dashcam capturing crucial footage of the incident, Fang Li would never have been able to clear his name.
At least, that's how Ryuuen Kakeru saw it.
"It was my carelessness for not noticing that. You, on the other hand, deserve some recognition for being observant."
With those words, Ryuuen Kakeru dismissed the matter.
"But next time, you won't be fortunate enough to escape unscathed."
Finishing his statement, Ryuuen Kakeru didn't even spare a glance at Fang Li and continued walking ahead.
Just then...
"Listen up, all of you. No matter what happens next, you must all insist that Nanaya Fang Li was the one who resorted to violence against you."
Those words reached Ryuuen Kakeru's ears.
It was a recording from a cellphone.
And the voice on the recording belonged to Ryuuen Kakeru himself.
There was no way he wouldn't recognize it.
This voice, this exact phrase, was what he said to Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya Kyougo, and Kondou Reo in the KTV at Keyaki Mall after the violent incident.
It was this recording that caused Ryuuen Kakeru's steps to falter, freezing his expression on his face.
And the recording continued to play.
"What about the school's demand for us to provide evidence of Nanaya Fang Li's actions?"
That was Ishizaki Daichi's voice.
"Who cares? My only goal is to see Nanaya Fang Li defeated by my own hands."
Ryuuen Kakeru's own voice resounded clearly.
"If we're going to frame him, we have to do it thoroughly. If any of you slip up even a little, I'll come down even harder than before. Understand?"
The recording ended there.
Yet, as the recording disappeared, the air around them became eerily silent.
Ryuuen Kakeru fell into complete silence.
Then, slowly turning his body back, Ryuuen Kakeru looked directly at Fang Li.
Fang Li, holding his phone, closed the recording that had just played. He operated the interface while speaking calmly.
"I've said it before, I never intended to rely on the dashcam footage to clear my name."
This is the best evidence.
"I discovered the dashcam footage yesterday and noticed that Advanced Nurturing High School was open to the public the day before yesterday, yet you invited me a week ago."
Fang Li raised his phone, looked at Ryuuen Kakeru, and spoke with a mocking tone.
"Do you think I would leisurely wait for evidence to magically appear to resolve this matter?"
Of course, that's an impossibility.
Since Fang Li always told the members of Class D not to worry and took no action himself, it was impossible for him to have no cards up his sleeve.
It was precisely because he acquired this recording that Fang Li remained so confident, never worried about losing during the proceedings.
In other words...
"Did I only survive this ordeal because of luck? You're greatly mistaken."
Fang Li dismissively uttered those words.
"First, your defeat wasn't due to my luck, but your own misfortune."
"Second, this can hardly be called an ordeal at all."
"Don't think too highly of yourself, Ryuuen."
His calm words, like thorny brambles, pierced Ryuuen Kakeru's heart.
It was then that Ryuuen Kakeru finally understood.
From the very beginning, he was destined to be defeated.
"...How did you obtain that recording?"
Ryuuen Kakeru didn't lose his composure; instead, he fixed his gaze on Fang Li.
This was one of the two questions that arose in Ryuuen Kakeru's mind at this moment.
"At that time, only Class C students were present, and we were in a private room at the Keyaki Mall's KTV. We didn't make any advance reservations. It was only after we arrived that the room was made available for our use. You couldn't have possibly recorded anything there."
A cold smirk appeared on Ryuuen Kakeru's face.
"Unless... we had a traitor among us in Class C, someone you bribed."
That was the only possibility that Ryuuen Kakeru could think of.
In a class ruled by fear as he himself did, how could there be a traitor?
This thought sent a shiver down Ryuuen Kakeru's spine.
However...
"Bribery?" Fang Li responded as if he had heard something amusing. He spoke with a hint of mockery, saying, "Is it really necessary to go through all that trouble?"
Indeed.
Why would it require such elaborate schemes?
"Anywhere I wish to infiltrate, no one can detect me."
Fang Li uttered these words with a calmness that neither carried excessive confidence nor a sense of superiority. It was an air of nonchalance, as if it were only natural.
And it was precisely this calmness that elevated the persuasiveness of Fang Li's words by several levels.
Even Ryuuen Kakeru, unconsciously, started to believe Fang Li's account.
He believed that Fang Li had relied on his own abilities to stealthily infiltrate the KTV room where Class C was located.
But how did he manage to do it?
Ryuuen Kakeru couldn't comprehend it.
As a precautionary measure, after securing the room, Ryuuen Kakeru didn't even summon the waitstaff. Instead, he let his classmates fetch the food and drinks themselves.
Therefore, Ryuuen Kakeru was certain that at that time, aside from the Class C students, no one else had entered that room.
Had someone installed bugs or recording devices in advance?
That was even less likely.
Ryuuen Kakeru had already mentioned that there were no reservations; they randomly chose a room and used it directly. How could anyone have known in advance which room Class C would use and tamper with it?
(Unless some fool leaked information before the gathering and had something planted on them, like a bug or a recording device?)
That possibility couldn't be ruled out.
Otherwise, the only remaining possibility was the existence of a traitor.
This was a classic case of intelligence leading to its own downfall.
Ryuuen Kakeru, thinking there must be some hidden mystery involved, was unaware that, as Fang Li had said, wherever he wished to infiltrate, who could ever discover him?
At least, Ryuuen Kakeru and the students in Class C would never be able to detect him.
Right in front of Ryuuen Kakeru's eyes, Fang Li secretly recorded this entire conversation.
So, Ryuuen Kakeru may be clever, but he underestimated Fang Li's capabilities.
He didn't expect that even in heavily guarded military installations, Fang Li had a way to infiltrate them alone and blow them sky-high.
That was the power of the man known as "Nanaya."
Unaware of this, Ryuuen Kakeru could only express his second perplexing question.
"If you have such a recording, why didn't you use it during the hearing?"
That was the second question that Ryuuen Kakeru couldn't comprehend.
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