Chapter 32: Seeing Through the Scheme
"Are you Ryuen?"
"Kuku, I'm honored that you remember me, Fujimaki-senpai, the number two in Class 3-A."
In a densely wooded area near the school building—a spot hard for others to see—Ryuen had summoned Fujimaki.
"So, what do you want? You went through quite the roundabout way to call me out."
To avoid drawing attention to the fact that he was the one who summoned Fujimaki, Ryuen had used connections within clubs, leveraging Komiya and Kondo to arrange contact through several students.
"Nothing much. Just a little consultation today."
"A consultation?"
"Yeah. But it's not my consultation. It's yours—the third-years'."
"...What are you talking about?"
Fujimaki, unable to grasp the full picture of the conversation, stiffened slightly as Ryuen smirked.
"Horikita Manabu, right? I hear he's going up against Nagumo Miyabi. How's that going for you?"