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part 20

"Don't asked me, not like I knew what I'm thinking in the future." Ryuuen smirked.

"Kanzaki-kun, calm down." Ichinose tried to stop him.

"What kind of letter?" Hiyori asked.

'Is that when I saw her—?' Ayanokoji thought back when he saw the amount of private points she have.

"It was part of the mastermind's strategy," said Ryuuen.

"Huh?"

"I wasn't the one who sent that letter. The person from Class D who set you up did it."

"There," Ryuuen pointed, "Can you calm down now?"

"Tch." Kanzaki clicked his tongue.

"I don't understand."

"Do you really think I'd put a letter accusing Ichinose of fraud in every single first-year student's mailbox and deliberately add my own name to it?
Well, putting my own personality aside, it was only natural that everyone thought that I did it," said Ryuuen.

"You did what?" Chihiro gasped.

"Ichinose-san a fraud? How unlikely." Katsuragi shook his head.

"Oi, are you even watching? I just said that I didn't do it." Ryuuen looked annoyed.

"Then—" Ichinose paused when she remembered that only one person outside of her class saw the amount of private points she have.

'Ayanokoji-kun?' She glanced at the boy. 'Why would he do that? He doesn't seemed to be that kind of person.'

"If it wasn't you, then you should've just denied it."

"Do you really think I would do that?"

"No." Kushida understood immediately.

Ryuuen tended to pursue things that excited him. If someone sent out letters and put Ryuuen's name on them, Ryuuen would find it tantalizing. Furthermore, because he hadn't heard any rumors of Ichinose's supposed fraudulent activities before, he'd be tempted to learn more.

Then why had someone deliberately put down Ryuuen's name as the sender? Because an anonymous message had less credibility.

"But what was the letter's point? To put you on your guard?" said Kushida.

"Who knows? I've thought about it at length, but it's still unclear. Did the culprit simply want to know whether Ichinose had a lot of points? Or maybe… No, that's impossible. Couldn't be something that stupid," said Ryuuen.

"What is it?" Ibuki asked.

"Yeah, I wanna know to." Ishizaki said.

"Me too."

"Me three."

"Shut up!" Ryuuen glared at them, "I'm thinking."

Whatever he'd considered was just far too removed from reality. Either way, the strategy had been well prepared and flawlessly executed. Ryuuen's interest in the person he called "X" had only increased.

'Great, another person after me.' Ayanokoji irritatedly thought. 'Seriously, get a hobby.'

"Hey, Kikyou. I don't know anything about your past, and I'm not interested. However, if you keep trying to get Horikita kicked out of school, you're going to disappear. Get it?"

"Should I be concern?" Horikita crossed her arms.

"Don't misunderstood." Ryuuen told her darkly. "You're fun to play with that's all. Don't think anything disgusting."