Let's go over some simplicity for old times' sake. I never really missed my opposite gender this much, honestly.

It's a meaningless feeling, really. Besides, we were sabotaged by those bitches, quite literally. That's something that I'm not understanding. Hence, I said simplicity. Because even though this seems simple to understand I can't seem to process as to why they harbor this indirect or maybe direct hatred for our very existence.

Otherwise, why would they even bother screwing us that far?

Plus, according to Hyunda there is a traitor in our dorm. Just what sort of beta would cooperate with girls?!

No, please, don't misunderstand something. This guy who is betraying us isn't a chad but a full-fledge beta.

Nonetheless, a bigger question remained...

How were we going to find this traitor?

2 days passed after that. It has been 1 week and 2 days since I've seen the surface. By the way, we have not showered. I'm sorry for mentioning that but I really just felt like it was necessary to mention that.

But, we had at least toilets. I had not made contact with Hyunda for 2 days. Look, even after he explained some things, I did not understand what I was supposed to do.

Should I simply just go back to the surface? All I have to do is to find the gold back at the same place and then I will be able to return. Furthermore, I could really use a shower. This shit is driving me insane.

"Ohhh!! Fucking found it, bitches!! Averiderchi!"

However, it seemed that Hyunda was not going to wait around any more. He purposedly led Kawahara to the same place where Susaga found the gold.

Was this an indirect signal that Kawahara was not worthy of being considered the traitor? If I think about it, Kawahara and Rayazaki had a very low chance of being the traitors. They seem to not care about whether or not a girl has a vagina or a pair of boobs.

Whatever. In the end, Kawahara returned to the surface... However, things were not going to remain that simple. Hyunda seemed to have something planned, thus he contacted me later on in the night. By the way, it's a miracle how King George has not noticed the melted bars. Well, to be honest, it's a very small portion. I and Hyunda have to literally perform acrobatics to go over it, but still.

"Finally, you didn't say anything for the last 3 days."

"Sorry. I was forming a strategy."

Note to take, strategies take days to take shape according to Hyunda.

"So, what was the strategy?"

"I'm changing the gold's position. I'm planning to stay here for about a month or two, so if you want to go to the surface then go back right now."

"W-Wait, what!? You can't just stay here for one or two months, Hyunda! That's reckless! We can't miss the special monthly exam! Plus, we missed some regulars exams while we were here!"

"It can't be helped. I don't mind failing them. However, I really need to track down this traitor. As long as he stays on the run then I can't rest assured."

Damn it, I didn't know that this guy was this reckless. Sure, he has plenty of tenacity, but the fact that he is opening up the possibility of staying here for another month or maybe more just goes to show how serious he is.

"That's not a good strategy. It's really bad."

"What? No. It's a good strategy. Don't you understand? We will keep being screwed over and over if this guy isn't found. Returning to the surface right now will do nothing. We have not eliminated the possibility of him screwing us again. Do you want the same shit to happen again? Don't be illogical."

"Look, I understand where you are coming from, but staying here isn't an option..."

"I don't understand your words. It's necessary to stay here and fully analyze every single person to determine the traitor. I already analyzed Kawahara, so he is out. Eventually, I will find him. This will take just a bit of time."

No, there was no way I could allow Hyunda to follow with his reckless strategy. Hyunda is really intelligent but this strategy is reckless. He is going to kill his chances of graduating at this rate. Which is why---

"Hey."

"What?"

We could feel the chilly temperature as we explored the paths we had build from doing so much digging. Nevertheless, my body felt completely natural despite that.

"I think I have a strategy which, might not identify the traitor right away, but it will give us a massive clue on what type of person this guy is. And, it will last just a week."

"...Are you saying that just to defy my strategy? Explain your strategy first."

At last, we arrived at the same place of conversation as last time.

To be completely honest, this strategy could backfire right away, but I was somewhat confident that it would work.

And after explaining it to Hyunda...

"I see... I see. I can actually see some usage here."

"But please, take that reckless strategy off your mind. We can't afford to get our jail sentences any more years added to them."

"I get it, I get it. If we manage to gather something important with this strategy, then I will abandon my previous one. But I have to say... this strategy is pretty stupid."

I couldn't deny that. And thus, after finishing our conversation up, we went back to our cells.

Also, we did not alter the gold's position since I explained along with my strategy that altering its position would not make any sense.

The next day.

"What the fuck is this pace!? Are you humans or turtles!? I can't fucking tell the difference!!"

As per usual, we got worked to the bone by King George.

Not yet.

Our time to strike would be when it was lunchtime.

To be honest, I'm starting to laugh every now and then about my own stupidity and everyone else's stupidity, except for Hyunda of course, since they will never realize where the piece of gold is.

It's a time like this that I thank Hyunda for being alive. It bothers me how if he wasn't alive right here and now that I would never find the piece of gold's location.

Alas, it was lunchtime.

"Rest! And eat up well! You'll need strength for the rest of the day!"

Unlike the other days, this time around, King George gave us some food. It was his usual rice. I fucking swear we were so starved that we started to shed tears while eating. Regardless of how desperate the situation was, I could not forget my own strategy.

Thus, I initiated it.

We were all inside the massive cell, so this was a good time to start a conversation like this.

"Hey, Hyunda, haven't you been all over Ikkiri lately?"

"What can I do? The girl's so damn cute. I feel like kissing her instead of talking to her."

"Wha-"

Upon hearing our strange exchange of words, Tsudo choked on his rice. But that wasn't all. Everyone just stopped eating for a second. No, to be more precise, everyone else looked at Hyunda, who ignored the glances and decided to keep on eating his rice with fury.

Eventually, they all resumed their eating.

But, I wasn't going to let that happen.

"So, why not just confess to her? It wouldn't be awkward. I mean, Sagasuga is in a relationship, isn't he?"

"Ah!"

Everyone, including I and Hyunda, except Sagasuga himself, exclaimed out loud. That's right you little bitch. Did you think I actually forgot? No, the most surprising part is the fact that everyone else had forgotten. I just had to remind ourselves of what happened.

"Sagasuga! You bastard! Explain yourself! I can't believe that I've forgotten about that!"

"Ah, we really aren't in a relationship. Well, technically we are, but I'm going to break up with her..."

I couldn't tell whether or not he was pussying out, but I wasn't going to let him have his way.

"No, but Sagasuga, Tateyana mentioned something about being her first time... right? What exactly was that?"

"W-What are you talking about? I didn't do anything like that!"

"No, Sagasuga! You totally did! How could you betray us at such a crucial time!? We just had to hunt Kuzan down and we wouldn't have gotten into that whole argument!"

"Daniel, what the fuck are you on about!? The moment we invaded their dorm we were going to have charges on us! We were doomed regardless of the circumstance the moment we stepped onto their dorm!"

Following up Sagasuga's words, Hyunda, as expected intervened.

"But isn't that awkward though? I mean... think about it. We were fucked regardless of the circumstances, right? Why was that?"

This was basically what we were aiming for.

"That's because the girls somehow already were expecting our presences, right? Plus, with Kuzan entering first, it really wasn't anything too surprising."

"But that's what I'm talking about though. How come they didn't bust Kuzan completely? Isn't that way too strange?"

"Oh yeah... Now that you mention it, I managed to roam around the dorm for a little. That's really weird."

Kuzan didn't understand that this whole conversation was for this simple purpose.

He also didn't understand that Hyunda was manipulating him to speak by arguing with Sagasuga.

"Wait, isn't that way too awkward? It doesn't make any sense how they didn't arrest Kuzan up completely... What's going on here?"

It seems that Tsudo had caught up. It was about time.

"In my opinion, this is Sagasuga's fault. I bet he told Tateyana that we were coming up and knowing her, she just told Akimiyashika and the rest that we were coming up and then we got busted."

"Wait. I didn't do that."

"Oh really? Then what were you doing at that time?!"

I was intentionally pressuring Sagasuga to speak for a reason.

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"It doesn't matter what I was doing, Daniel... It's completely unreasonable to doubt me in this circumstance."

"No, it's not. You could have very well sold us out for the sake of making your girlfriend happy. Eh, think I haven't met betas like you before? They just do everything they want in order to satisfy their girlfriends... Sagasuga! You're no different!"

"You haven't been making any damn sense, you moron! If I was truly the culprit then there was no way that I would have went along with you guys in the first place!! We received an extra 20 years of jail sentence thanks to that shit! Are you too dumb to realize that whoever actually sold us out wasn't there at that time!?"

Hyunda and I smirked at the same time. This was working for some reason.

There is something that I've noticed from Sagasuga. Despite how supposedly angry he gets, he never abandons any certified logic or just factual reasonings.

"Hold up... I've been keeping myself away from this talk, but I couldn't help but notice a major flaw in your words Sagasuga... you said that there was someone who sold them out, right? Care to explain?"

I and Hyunda had not actually explained that theory to anyone else. In other words, it seems that Sagasuga had come up with a theory on his own.

"Oh, that... Well, whatever, I guess it doesn't really matter if I explain this but... I realized this the moment the infiltration group was busted by the girls who were already waiting up for them and not Kuzan. I really don't believe that they would let Kuzan just have their way freely without a reason behind it. My initial logic for this was that they noticed Kuzan's presence and they thought that there would be more of us coming..."

"Sorry for interrupting, but that's so unlikely. It doesn't make any sense as to why they would let Kuzan just roam around the dorm. He could literally just rape them or something."

"Oi!! I would do no such thing!!"

Kuzan's retort aside, Ryoken was arriving at the main point.

"I know that. That's why... Something must have happened between the time where Kuzan entered the dorm and in the time where we entered the dorm... I've been thinking for the last few days about this but I still haven't arrived a single conclusion..."

Sagasuga and Ryoken fell silent since they couldn't arrive at a conclusion.

It makes sense no matter how you look at it. They had no basis to form a conclusion.

"Hold your horses, guys. Doesn't this mean that whatever the case is, our group is safe from suspicion? Think about it, if this happened in that time gap, then there is no way that we were the ones who sold us out."

Akihiko put that in a really strange way, but I didn't say anything about that.

"Maybe nothing happened and you are all just overthinking. Besides, why bother with it at this point? Does it even matter anymore?"

Speaking for the first time into this conversation, Tatsu says those words.

True, from an outsider's perspective, this didn't hold any relevant meaning anymore.

"No... I'm confident now... It's far too strange that I wasn't caught from the get-go. To be honest, I broke their frontal door lock with brute force. There was no way that they wouldn't wake up from that. Plus, I went to hide with speed. This goes without saying but my footsteps made a lot of noise..."

"So, Kuzan, according to you, there was no way that they wouldn't wake up and bust you from the get-go, correct?"

Wanting to confirm it from the intruder himself, Hyunda once again pressures him.

"I really thought that they were just too afraid to react honestly. I can tell from experience that when you are being assaulted, you either freeze or just strike back. I just assumed they would freeze."

"No fucking way they would! Are you joking!? Even a dwarf knows martial arts! How the fuck didn't you get your ass kicked?!"

"Yeah, I know! I know! But I didn't know at the time! Only after watching those videos from Akimiyashika did I arrive at that conclusion! In other words... it's a miracle that I wasn't busted..."

I think I see what Hyunda is doing. By allowing this conversation to proceed, he can extract multiple different opinions.

"A miracle? Isn't this a bit too coincidental to be called a miracle? Kuzan, they have a numerical advantage on you. And there's also the fact that they are all criminals. Don't underestimate them just because they are girls. I'm fairly sure that they could have whipped the floor with you if they wanted."

What Hyunda just said is true. So far, regarding the girls, three of them knew how to protect themselves. My table partner how I have not seen for more than a week. Sana, who seemed to be somewhat experienced with lethal weapons and Hinagiku who fought Rayazaki with some sort of martial art. As a matter of fact, Rayazaki was the one who said to Kuzan that a dwarf, Hinagiku, knew martial arts and that there was no way in hell that he would have gotten away just like that.

"I agree with Hyunda here. No matter how we look at it here, this was not a mere coincidence. So, we can arrive at the conclusion that something happened in that time gap."

At this rate, we were just making sure we were not missing anything that might prove to be crucial. However, as Ryoken said, we had formed a grasp of something, that being; something happened in that time gap.

I glanced back at Hyunda, and he understood what I wanted to say.

Although, just as he was about to speak.

"I disagree with Hyunda. They had no way of knowing whether or not Kuzan had the actual numeric advantage. It wouldn't be dumb to assume that Kuzan could have brought a few people along to ensure that his infiltration wouldn't fail. It was purely coincidental the fact that Kuzan went there alone. It's called expecting the worse."

This time, Kan had opposed. He normally doesn't give a single fuck about what's happening but this time around, he was participating in this conversation instead of smoking. Oh right, he ran out of weed.

Furthermore, Hyunda said he found the lighter later on and said that Kan had probably lost it while digging. Kan accepted the probability of him losing it while digging and just took it without complaints.

"Isn't that odd then, Kan? If they had assumed the worst, then why did they decide to fight back the moment the rest of them showed up on their dorm?"

"If I recall correctly, Akimiyashika and Ikkiri were away at that time, right? You were busted by them, correct, Akihiko?"

"Hm, yeah, I guess."

"Knowing that, it wouldn't be a bad assumption to assume that either Akimiyashika or Ikkiri just formed a counterattack straight up."

"No, that's a really bad theory, Kan. You forgot to take something into account. During the time Akihiko was chased out by Sana, Sana was already out of her room. Thus, they were already ready for our presence."

Unable to digest Kan's theory, Tsudo counters.

"You're the one who is forgetting something crucial. Was Sana actually awake when she chased out Akihiko?"

"Huh? Of course, she was! How else would she chase Akihiko out...?"

"It seems you have never seen someone who sleepwalks before? Let's go back a little. When Akimiyashika showed the video of Akihiko storming the first floor, although he did it silently, Sana immediately reacted. But, never once, did she call out his name. I'm convinced that she sleepwalks, sorry."

It would've been nice if Akihiko could remember but apparently he couldn't, for whatever the fuck reason.

"B-But then, how did Shizuku counter me on the second floor straight up?!"

"I still have my doubts about it, so I won't say anything. Anyways, that's it."

Kan was done talking it seems. However, from Hyunda's eyes, it was crystal clear that he rejected Kan's theory from every single angle. However, he refuses to speak his true mind out.

This conversation, by the way, hit the point where it would be too awkward to talk anymore.

Realizing that, we slept.

The next day.

Essentially, the same strategy would be applied. But this time, we would force different individuals to talk.

Since it was already lunchtime, we had nothing to do except to enjoy the boring silence.

But---

"I've been meaning to say this but, what do you think about the compatibility between Akimiyashika and Kawahara?"

Probably the stupidest question I could've asked but I had to start something. Actually, our strategy revolved around forming small talk just so we could get on to the big talk.

"They are complete opposites. You might as well call that a sunk ship."

Not like I shipped them or anything but when everyone is paired up with a girl on their side, it's normal to low-key ship it.

"Hm, I see... Then... Hinagiku and Rayazaki?"

Another dumb question from me, but it was with a reason.

"What the fuck! We almost have a 20 centimeters difference!"

So his reason for rejecting my possibility is by mentioning their possible height difference?

"No, no, I really think that you and Lus would be better."

To be honest, we did not have a single positive interaction so far. Besides, we didn't actually mean what we were saying. Hyunda and I were just fucking around.

"Hey, Sagasuga. Yesterday, if I recall correctly, you said that we were sold out, right?"

"Mhm? Well, yeah."

"Oh. Then who sold us out?"

"Who...? That's a difficult question... If I could arrive at the conclusion of what happened in the time gap then it would be possible to determine the suspect?"

Then, Hyunda who was talking to Sagasuga all this time said something that caught everyone's interest.

"Hey, I know who sold them out."

"Then tell! Who the fuck is this bastard!?"

Rayazaki's impulse quickly rose all over a sudden.

"I'm curious too, tell us."

Hyunda, who was with his back against the prison steel bars got up slowly and glanced at all of us, who were sitting right on the ground.

"Well, I don't know who this 'who' really is, but if you think about it, something did happen in that time gap. Ryoken, do you remember what that was?"

"No, I really don't know. Unless you are talking about..."

"So you arrived at that conclusion as well? Then, do you want to talk instead of me?"

"Yeah sure. I was going to say it regardless."

I had a certain suspicion about Ryoken. Although he barely talks, he has been more active lately. He seems to be the type of person that slowly gets more talkative along with time. Besides, I wondered if Ryoken had arrived at the same conclusion that Hyunda had.

"I remembered while I was trying to sleep last night..."

It was at this moment that I really wanted to laugh at Ryoken's face for being so dirty but I had to resist the urge to do so.

"Something crucial slipped my mind, and to make sure what I'm about to say is possibly correct, Kuzan, where were you at 4:45 am?"

"Huh? Oh... I was actually eating somewhere first. I only really entered the girls' dorm 5 minutes later..."

"That confirms it. Hyunda, you told us around 4:45 am that the problem was solved because Daniel and the others were going to take care of it. You also said that Kuzan was already inside the girls' dorm. But that's false, isn't it? The problem really wasn't solved. What was that for?"

Lightly smirking and relaxing his back, Hyunda said in a relaxed tone.

"Well, I was already aware that Kuzan wasn't inside the girls' dorm at that time to be honest. I had spotted him eating in the main entrance's staircase. But, do you realize as to why I lied?"

"Yes, I think so. It bothered me to know that you lied to us, but I think I know why. And knowing why formed a strong belief within me."

Despite being lied to, Ryoken had accepted the possibility of the existence of a greater factor at hand and questioned Hyunda's action.

"Given that the times do not match, the girls had absolutely no way of knowing about Kuzan. In other words, you lied to us about Kuzan being inside the girls' dorm when he wasn't. Kuzan had only entered the dorm at 4:50 am according to his own words. However, you told us all, except Daniel, Akihiko, Rayazaki, Sagasuga, Tsudo, and Kuzan, at 4:45 am that Kuzan was already in the dorm when he wasn't. My theory here is, you purposedly told that lie in order to set up a trap."

I'm impressed, Ryoken managed to arrive at the point from a different angle than I did. Actually, I didn't arrive at the conclusion, I was just spoiled. However, Ryoken had managed to go through crucial logical fractures and had come to the conclusion that Hyunda lied about the fact that I had accomplished success. Furthermore, he lied about the time when Kuzan got inside the girls' dorm.

"The trap was of course not clear at the time, but, I think that you wanted to purposedly tell a lie for a reason. You... were testing whether or not there was a traitor on our side, were you not?"

All this time, Hyunda had bulging eyes. I suppose he was really surprised at Ryoken. He probably never expected him to arrive at the conclusion on his own. Well, Ryoken didn't truly arrive at the conclusion on his own. Hyunda and I forced that talk last night which forced Ryoken to think about this. In a sense, he was forced to think and then, since Ryoken, has surprisingly a minimal amount of intellect to arrive at this conclusion, he was able to come this far.

"Hahahaha! Yeah, man. Fuck my life, I thought I would have to explain every single thing for you dumbfucks to get it. I'm really glad you got what I mean."

Several offended people in this cell started to silently curse. Myself included.

"That's right. There is no way possible that the traitor isn't among the people who I told that information at 4: 45 am. In other words, someone who is right here lying like a fucking pussy handed out the information that Kuzan was already at their dorm to the girls."

"Hyunda, wait. Aren't you forgetting something essential? It's illogical for you to claim that everyone here who wasn't the ones who invaded their dorm at that time, is a suspect of betraying us. It's illogical because Kawahara and Sasuga are not here. Why are you excluding them?"

"I'm biased towards them, sorry. First off, I don't think that Susaga is socially decent to the point of making contact with another girl. For fuck's sake, he can't even look at his table partner in the eye! Plus, Kawahara is Kawahara. No way in hell did he sell us out."

"That's not really acceptable. Susaga and Kawahara could very well be putting up an act. You can't just exclude them like this."

From what I noticed, Kan and Hyunda often had opposite opinions, but what I'm glad about it is, even though their opinions often contrasted, they were willing to work towards the same goal. Even though they constantly argue about the credibility of their own theories.

"I know that. Well then, given that the ones present in the time where I told that information, I will call you out. Kan, Ryoken, Kawahara, Susaga, and Tatsu. You are all suspects of selling that information out to the girls. I couldn't care less to who in specific you sold this information to, just be aware that whoever you are, you will be found out."

Hyunda seemed to not be fucking around by the tone of his voice. Unlike his usual relaxed tone, he had a heavy monochrome tone this time around.

"Aren't you being a little bit of a hypocrite, Hyunda? Why are you accusing us but not you? What gives? You are the most likely to be the primary suspect. You could just be telling us this to allude us. Why are you trying so hard, dude? Haha."

I wanted to point that out but it seems that Tatsu was way ahead of me. There is no friendship here. I already had in mind the possibility that Hyunda could very well just be playing us like puppets.

But, it seemed that my worry was for nothing, because...

"Oh? Hahaha. Okay, okay. Little shit. So, from your perspective, if I was the one behind this then I would just tell you all this? In what fucking world would the culprit, which by your logic is me, tell all this deliberately? To fool the fucking audience? Man, get your fucking ears out of the fucking shit you have been living in. Why the fuck would I have to tell you all this when you can't even realize that it wasn't a pure motherfucking coincidence that Kawahara and Susaga both got the gold piece from the same place?!"

"You're just angry because you have been found out. No need to be so try-hard about it."

"You're so right. Because, you know, i-it's not like I could've just ended this exam a long time ago by going back to where Kawahara and Susaga found the gold piece and then take it away to get my ass out of here or anything like that."

Hyunda was acting like a tsundere in a manner of sarcasm. But it still surprised me.

Are they this dumb?

"Hahaha, look at you using sarcasm to defend yourself. If the piece of gold was actually there, then why would you bother to stay this long here?"

"It was to transmit this whole message, you retard!"

"...So you are saying that the piece of gold is actually there, Hyunda?"

Interrupting their salty argument, Tsudo, who was slowly walking out of the cell, asked that question.

"Mhm? Well yeah. As I said, it was no coincidence."

"I see. That's really good to know. Now, if you'll excuse m-"

Rayazaki who also had caught up grabbed Tsudo's left shoulder and stopped him from walking.

"Guys, I'm feeling generous today. Therefore, I will go back to digging early. I will do you all a favor and do all of your work. So, stay relaxed right there!"

"L-let go of my arm, Rayazaki! You relax! I'll do all the work! That's right! Your shoulder seems broken, right? You won't be able to handle the work!"

It was still broken huh?

"N-No such thing! Let me do it! Hahaha!"

Then, a quick silence was inserted into the atmosphere.

Subsequently, we all got the fuck up and ran like hell for the piece of gold.