Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

"Yes, but I accidentally stepped on it just now, so I'm going to clean it."

After receiving confirmation from Tatsuya Kamio, Asahina visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay if I leave it alone, but could you please bring it over for me? No, I'll go get it myself. What's your room number?"

Ah, this...

Kamio Tatsuya checked the time; there was only half an hour left until his agreed meeting with Kamuro. What would happen if he asked her to come to his room?

"Since there's no need to clean, let's meet on the first floor of the first-year dormitory."

"no problem."

A dozen minutes later, Kamio Tatsuya returned the amulet to its rightful owner, and Asahina Nazuna breathed a sigh of relief after receiving it.

"Thank you so much, junior. I've been wearing this amulet for a long time, and it's not available at the school anymore."

You could tell how important this thing was to her just by looking at her expression.

Even if Kamio Tatsuya's system gives him an item that can show his favorability rating, he can see the other person's favorability bar suddenly increase by a large margin.

Chapter 222 The Operation Begins

Time flies by, and today is the closing ceremony of the second semester.

Recently, many students have lost interest in listening to the lecturers' ramblings on the blackboard. They are eagerly anticipating the winter break, and Longyuan seems to be preparing to bring to a close its month-long campaign.

"The class meeting is now over. During the winter break, please remember to be responsible students of this school and spend each day in a dignified manner. That's all."

Finally, Sakagami's precious nonsense has come to an end.

Soon, if all goes well, I'll be able to see the true face of the person who used my name to frame Ichinose.

That guy used that goldfish poop from Class D to print a lot of letters at the school's print shop and then put them in the mailboxes of all the first-year students.

Goldfish droppings = Ayanokoji

In fact, Ryuen didn't spend much time finding evidence that Ayanokouji had put the item in the mailbox, but he didn't believe that this guy was the real mastermind.

That's why he deliberately gave Ayanokouji a warning look when he went to test Koenji, and also had the students in his class monitor a portion of Class D.

The purpose is to let the person behind me know—I'm watching you.

Since you've provoked me, I'll naturally respond.

Not only the person behind him, but also Ayanokouji, who is being used as a tool, can feel fear and be mentally exploited, making it easier to interrogate him.

As for the possibility that all of this was done by Ayanokouji himself, Ryuen had certainly considered it.

However, if it really was Ayanokouji himself who did it, then Ryuen would be very disappointed.

Exposing oneself directly is such a foolish and boring thing to do.

When the time comes, just teach him a lesson, consider it punishment for him using your name to do bad things.

Hehe, after spending so much time with Kamio, I've become a bit soft-hearted.

"Longyuan, are you planning to take action today?"

"What? Are you going to give me some good advice?"

"It's not impossible."

Kamio Tatsuya's words surprised Ryuen slightly, and then his expression became puzzled.

"You're not thinking of pleading for that guy, are you?"

"Of course not, I'm just worried that you can't beat them."

Although Tatsuya Kamio was telling the truth, Ryuen reacted as if he had heard a joke.

"Hahaha, Kamio, you must be joking, right?"

"Of course not." Tatsuya Kamio shrugged with a smile. "Anyway, I've given you all the hints. You can decide what to do yourself."

Oh, and one last piece of advice: even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, so don't let yourself be caught off guard and lose your way.

Ryuen narrowed his eyes as he pondered Tatsuya Kamio's words.

School ended early today, and there were no club activities to participate in, so not many people would stay in the teaching building and waste time.

Within just a few minutes, more than half of the students in the classroom had left.

The message I sent to Ayanokouji this morning has been marked as read. If he doesn't want to be sued by the school, he'll have no choice but to obediently go to the rooftop as he asked.

Based on the other party's previous actions, Ayanokouji definitely doesn't want anyone to know that he is the creator of that letter.

Therefore, in order to avoid exposing this matter, the other party will definitely come to the appointment.

But no matter how hard Ryuen thought about it, he couldn't understand why Ayanokouji, or rather the person behind Ayanokouji, would involve him in this.

Why did they insist on including Longyuan's name on the document at that time?

Wouldn't it be better to write nothing at all?

Anyway, Ichinose, that soft-hearted person, definitely won't investigate who did it.

Or is that guy simply underestimating me, thinking I can't find out?

Meanwhile, Tatsuya Kamio and Shiina went to the library together. Shiina was reading a book, while Tatsuya Kamio was writing something on a stack of draft paper.

"Tatsuya, do you know what Ryuen is planning to do?"

"You can see it too."

Tatsuya Kamio didn't even look up, continuing to write something.

"Yeah, because the atmosphere is a bit off."

Shiina's perception was still so sharp that Tatsuya Kamio admired it and put down his pen.

"Do you remember when someone used Ryuen's name to spread rumors about Ichinose?"

"You mean, Ryuen found the person who not only did the bad thing but also framed him?" Shiina suddenly realized. "Come to think of it, Ryuen seems to have been ordering Ishizaki and the others around lately."

"Yes, that's it. Today is the day to make a decision."

"Is Ryuen alright?" Shiina asked with a hint of worry. "It seems like he's about to do something bad. I hope he doesn't get into any trouble."

Don't get into trouble...

I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Ayanokouji hasn't gone to the student council to confess yet, which means he definitely doesn't want to expose that he was the mastermind behind that incident.

Therefore, he will inevitably go to the appointment at Longyuan, but the key point is what comes after that.

Whether to obediently let Ryuen beat him up to vent his anger, or to unleash his true strength and retaliate against Ryuen, it all rested on Ayanokouji's decision.

Of course, these two choices will lead to different results.

how about it?

Ayanokoji, what would you choose?

"Nothing will probably happen."

At most, it's just a fight. The current student council president is very tolerant of fights. As long as there are no serious injuries or deaths, it's fine.

After all, in Nan Yun's understanding, martial prowess is also a type of strength.

Japanese gangsters are legal, and there are plenty of street thugs. Fighting incidents are so frequent that they're almost unbelievable. So, being able to fight is a skill in itself.

Hearing Tatsuya Kamio's words of comfort, Shiina felt somewhat relieved.

She wasn't worried about what would happen to Ryuen, but rather felt that Class C was pretty good now, because Kamio Tatsu also had time to read books with her.

If something really happens to Ryuen and he gets expelled, then Kamio Tatsuya, the most capable student in the class, will probably be forced to become the second leader of Class C.

With classwork keeping him busy all day, Tatsuya Kamio probably won't have time to spend with her.

That's what she's worried about.

In her heart, Tatsuya Kamio ranked first, the class ranked second, and as for Ryuen, who was Ryuen? He was just a useful tool.

Thirty minutes after school, Ryuen brought Ishizaki and Yamada to the rooftop, the place where he had invited Ayanokouji to their appointment.

Ibuki, a member of the militant faction, didn't come because he felt that the previous incident was a result of Ryuen's many wrongdoings, and that he was being retaliated against.

He considered this a private matter for Longyuan and therefore had no interest in getting involved.

Meanwhile, Ayanokouji was at a café with his friends, the members of the Ayanokouji Group.

I don't know if they stood up Longyuan.

Chapter 223 Dragon Garden: Meeting on the Rooftop

Upon arriving on the rooftop, Long Yuan pulled a mineral water bottle from his pocket, squeezed out some of the liquid, and sprayed it onto the only security camera on the rooftop.

The rooftop is rarely visited, and the area is very open, so the school only installed one camera there.

If the only camera is rendered unusable, the rooftop becomes an excellent hiding place where no one can discover what you're doing.

Ryuen originally intended to destroy it directly, but when Kamio Tatsuya found out, he immediately stopped him.

Intentionally damaging school facilities will result in a deduction of at least 100 class points.

Kamio Tatsuya didn't want the points she had worked so hard to earn to be squandered by Ryuen.

Therefore, he suggested that Longyuan simply disable the cameras.

Longyuan's idea was to blacken its surface with black spray paint.

However, after checking the weather forecast for the past few days, Tatsuya Kamio gave a better suggestion.

That is, using water.

Of course, it wasn't by using water to cause a short circuit inside the camera; these things are basically waterproof, so it's virtually impossible to damage them with water.

His method was to freeze the water, which would then interfere with the normal operation of the camera.

Today's temperature is -2 degrees Celsius, which meets the conditions for water to freeze. By spraying water on the camera repeatedly, it will freeze quickly.

Irregularly shaped ice covering the lens surface can make the light received by the camera erratic, thus affecting its normal use.

Of course, if the temperature doesn't cooperate, Longyuan's method of covering the camera with black spray paint is also an option.

Meanwhile, in the school's monitoring room, although there are always people on duty, there are only a few people assigned to hundreds of monitoring screens, and they also have to focus on areas with a lot of people.

Therefore, it is practically impossible for Longyuan's operations to detect the anomaly here immediately.

As he watched the water on the camera's surface gradually freeze into ice, Ryuen smiled. Kamio Tatsuya was indeed clever; he had actually come up with such a method.

In fact, this was something that Tatsuya Kamio learned from a mystery book he had been reading some time ago.

In the book, someone makes ice into the shape of a knife to commit murder, and then waits for it to melt naturally, thus perfectly concealing what the murder weapon actually is.

Kamio Tatsuya was simply using it in reverse.

"Albert, go downstairs and wait. If it's Ayanokouji, bring him up. If it's someone else, call me immediately."

The mixed-race Black man nodded after hearing Long Yuan's order, then turned and left.

As for Ryuen and Ishizaki, they continued spraying water onto the camera on the windswept rooftop, passing the time as they watched the ice grow thicker and thicker.

Meanwhile, at the Keyaki Shopping Center, after spending some time with the group members, Ayanokouji made an excuse to leave first.

However, he did not return to his dormitory, but instead came back to the school.

He received a message from Ryuen, telling him that he wanted to talk about what happened before, and attached a letter that said 'Ichinose used illegal means to collect points' and was signed by Ryuen Sho.

Although Tatsuya Kamio told him that spreading rumors wouldn't get him expelled, he didn't want to go directly to the student council to turn himself in.

His initial idea was to use the letter to attract Ryuen's attention, find him, and then defeat him in Ryuen's area of ​​expertise.

As for what Longyuan excels at... that's right, it's martial arts.

However, his father later came to the school, and he also learned the truth that Chabashira Sae could not easily expel him from school.

After that, he hoped that Tatsuya Kamio could step in and persuade Ryuen not to pursue the matter any further.

Unfortunately, Tatsuya Kamio was unwilling to be the mediator.

He knew from that moment on that a conflict with Longyuan was inevitable.

Moreover, if not handled properly, Longyuan might keep bothering him, which would contradict his desire to enjoy campus life.

Therefore, after considering the pros and cons and making some preparations, he decided to come and keep the appointment.