After the lesson ended, the teacher requested that all art knives be collected and placed inside the designated boxes.
One by one, the students put their knives into the cardboard boxes. The teacher then carried them away, signaling that the lesson was over.
The teachers from the first, second, and third years all wore gloomy expressions as they handed over the boxes filled with knives to Ayanokouji. They realized how serious this situation was, yet they had no other choice; in this school, points could buy everything. Since the opposing party had paid, they had to obey.
Ayanokouji received the boxes and began sorting through the knives that were labeled with names, specifically the group associated with Ryunosuke, which he then set aside separately.
The plan was proceeding perfectly. Later, he only needed to find someone to self-inflict a wound using these knives that were covered in fingerprints, so that an accusation of intentional assault could be leveled as a reason to expel students from the school.
Didn't Ryunosuke have 200 million private points?
And there were 14 people he cared about in this school.
Simply by utilizing these points, if Ayanokouji had all of Ryunosuke's lovers expelled, then Ryunosuke would surely spend his points to save them, which would ultimately drain his 200 million points entirely.
The plan could be described as perfect. All that remained was to find one person with a strong physique, for example, the big man Albert, to wound himself with the 14 knives that had been touched by Ryunosuke's 14 lovers. This would force him to spend all his points and result in his expulsion from the school.
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On the other side.
Albert stared at the 14 shimmering knives in his hand with cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He looked at his boss, Ryuen, with a gaze of disbelief.
"Boss, I am a human, not a porcupine. If these 14 knives are actually driven into my body, I could die..."
Honest Albert voiced the truth. He had to be honest, because if this were actually done, even if he didn't die, his skin would certainly be completely peeled away.
Ryuen actually felt pity for his subordinate, but for the sake of future development, he still patted Albert on the shoulder to give him encouragement.
"Everything depends on you, Albert. The future of the entire class is on your shoulders. Once you plunge them in..."
Albert looked at the 14 knives in his hand.
He hesitated for a moment, then he just ran away without looking back.
Ryuen stood frozen there, feeling confused. He looked at Ayanokouji as if asking: "Is there any other way?"
Ayanokouji stated that there was another way; just find 14 people to each drive in one knife. That way, the wounds wouldn't be too severe, but the goal would still be achieved.
Ryuen was of the same mind and intended to do it. The problem was... he couldn't find 14 people who would voluntarily stab themselves. This was the same as intentionally hurting oneself; who would want to do it if they had nothing better to do?
In the end, Ryuen and Ayanokouji were stuck in a dilemma, until Ayanokouji provided another crazy idea.
"How about I drive these 14 knives into you instead?"
Ryuen: "😐"
"Listen to yourself, are those the words of a human?"
"Why don't you just drive them into yourself?"
While the two were arguing, Ryunosuke returned, even faster than expected. The information Ayanokouji had obtained was 10 days, but the opponent had already returned in 7 days. This was completely beyond his expectations.
Ryuen asked, "So what now?"
Ayanokouji answered, "Don't panic. I will find a way to stall him. You try to find people willing to be stabbed by a knife. Before that, I will be the one to intercept him."
Ryuen hesitated for a moment and proposed a different opinion. "Is that bastard really willing to spend all his points for the sake of his women?"
Ryuen was clearly worried about the success of this plan. If it turned out the opposing party didn't care about his women, this plan would not only be a total failure, but they would also suffer the consequences.
Seeing Ryuen hesitate, Ayanokouji gave a suggestion. "How about we try a test first?"
"Hah? Try a test?" Ryuen initially didn't understand, but a moment later he comprehended.
Ayanokouji suggested kidnapping one of Ryunosuke's women as a trial run, while simultaneously baiting his "chuunibyou mode" to come out. If he remembered correctly, when that mode shifted into combat status, his intelligence would decrease, making it easier to execute the plan.
Ryuen agreed; this was even perfectly in line with his own desires.
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Not long after, Ryuen kidnapped Kei openly without any disguise whatsoever. This was clearly a provocation for Ryunosuke: if you dare, come here.
Ryunosuke had just returned to the school dormitory and hadn't even had time to sit down quietly when he received an emergency phone call from Chiaki.
"Akasaka! Kei was kidnapped by Ryuen!"
Ryunosuke felt it was strange, but he still prepared to go see what was actually happening.
After hanging up the phone, Chiaki's palms were sweaty from tension and she sat down weakly on the floor. Ryunosuke had once promised her: if something happened to Kei, she must inform him immediately.
Chiaki had staked all her hopes on Ryunosuke. She didn't expect Ryuen would be so bold as to do something like this so openly.
Because the incident took place in a blind spot without camera surveillance, there was no evidence.
Ryuen was already waiting patiently in an abandoned building.
Kei was tied up in the corner of the room with teary eyes, crying out in her heart for Ryunosuke not to come. Despite being in danger, she didn't want her man to come save her because this was clearly a trap.
On the other side, Ibuki, who had been invited by Ryuen, felt annoyed for no reason when she saw Kei. She lifted Kei's chin and asked.
"Are you his girlfriend?"
Ibuki didn't know the reality that Ryunosuke already had a girlfriend. She herself didn't realize the tone of displeasure in her voice.
Kei only stared at her stubbornly without a single word.
Ibuki felt very angry and was about to grab Kei's hair to beat her, but both of her arms were immediately held and pulled back by Albert and Ishizaki.
Seeing Ibuki's reaction, no one there was a fool. Even though she didn't say it, everyone knew that she liked Ryunosuke.
But she was also very unfortunate; it was clear that in the class there was Hiyori who was dating Ryunosuke, yet she didn't realize it at all.