The Tyrants demise ‐ 1

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Ibuki : You laugh like a creep.

Ryuuen : kuku, I'll take that as a compliment.

My heart raced. It’d been years since I felt this kind of exhilaration.
Ibuki had asked why I risked so much just to identify X. She called it
meaningless. She was right that I didn’t care about anything past discovering
X’s identity, at least. Ibuki thought I’d feel disappointed once I found out
who X was. That might be true of normal people, but fighting Class D had
led me to understand that X thought and moved like me. I’d never met
another person like myself before. That fascination drove me onward.
I wondered how I would feel when I came face-to-face with X, and
what my next goal would be.

Sakayanagi : Fufu, you seriously thought that he has the same mindset as you. You can't be anymore naive Dragon boy‐san.

Ryuuen : I will admit that it was naive of me to think like that. But don't get too cocky loli cause I'll destroy you soon.

Sakayanagi : I'll look forward to it.

X had entertained me for so long. The thought
of meeting them made my pulse quicken, almost like first love.
I would do anything, use any means, to find them. The text I’d sent to
X this morning was already marked as read. They knew what was going to
happen today. What would they do, then? What kind of plan would they
devise?
“Ryuuen-kun,” said Shiina Hiyori, who sat right beside me.
“What?” I asked.
“Everyone seems really restless today, don’t they?” she asked,
surveying the room. The remaining students all drew nearer to me. “What are
you planning?”
“I’m going to confront my entertaining quarry of these past several
months. You wanna come?” I asked.
“No, I must decline. I don’t quite see how that would be fun.” Shiina
paused, then said, “Do you really need to hunt them down?”
“Huh?”
“Nothing. I suppose that’s for you to decide, Ryuuen-kun, as our
class’s leader.” She stood. “I’ll be in the library. If there’s any trouble, please
contact me.”
“It’s not like you’ll be of any use, though, is it?” I asked.
“I suppose you’re right. Well, have a nice winter vacation.”
She said that calmly, without a trace of fear, then left. Hiyori was
clever, but she hated conflict, which made her useless as a pawn. People who obediently followed me around were much easier to use.

Katsuragi : In your class she's the only one with a brain.

Ryuuen : Maybe but don't forget that it is now your class too.

I finished my final preparations, then gathered my people.
“It’s time, isn’t it, Ryuuen-san?” said Ishizaki, looking restless.
“Let’s make the most of today,” I told him.
I handed Ishizaki a bag with certain indispensable items in it. Ibuki and
Albert stood up, too. I didn’t need large numbers for this. I needed people
who were tight-lipped, because we were about to do something that would
shock this proper, well-behaved school to its core.

Ichinose : Ryuuen‐kun, what are you planning to do ?

Ryuuen : Kuku, are you worried Ichinose ?

Ichinose : I don't think whatever you are planning is anything good.

Ryuuen : You will get your answers soon.

THIRTY MINUTES AFTER homeroom ended, winter vacation had begun.
The campus was practically deserted. As with summer vacation, the students
stampeded back to their dorms, leaving barely anyone to witness our bold
movements.
“So, where are we going? Cut the crap and tell us,” said Ibuki.
I’d said nothing of my current strategy to anyone, to eliminate the
possibility of spies like Manabe and her friends. Ibuki and the rest only knew
that I’d ordered Ishizaki and the other guys to keep an eye on Miyake and a
few more people. Therefore, they didn’t know the real reason I’d pressed
Kouenji.
I had no doubt that X would do whatever necessary to keep their
identity hidden. So, I’d hidden my plans as much as possible to improve my
chances of cornering them.
“Concerned, Ibuki?”
“You make me nervous, dragging me into all your stupid schemes.”
Ishizaki might have been curious about my true intentions as well,
because he drew in closer, too.
“You remember Karuizawa, right?” I said. “She’s the reason Manabe
and her friends were strong-armed into spying on us for Class D.”
“That loud girl from Class D, right?” Ibuki had infiltrated Class D on
the deserted island, so she knew its students quite well.
“I sent Karuizawa a message today, asking her to come to the rooftop.
Karuizawa knows I was the one who sent it, too. I got her email address from
another girl in her class.” I avoided saying the traitor’s name. It wasn’t
necessary for me to reveal Kushida Kikyou’s part in this yet.

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