That night, Ryousuke Kawahara did not get a wink of sleep as he focused eight hours straight into critical thinking. His eyebags grew absurdly large over the course of such hours and his eyesight wasn't the absolute greatest. He, however, knew that no one would care about this and as such, he religiously waited until 8 am, because Shiori Denko would surely pay him a visit then.

His figure remained the same as he crossed his right leg's calf to his left side while keeping his left knee on the rise to support his right forearm which had the purpose of additionally supporting his chin. This way, he would capture anyone who came across him, and at dawn break, someone before Shiori Denko came in.

Hiruyima Rokoro, without Youjo by his side, decided to pay Ryousuke Kawahara a visit on this crucial day.

On this very day, Ryousuke Kawahara would have to play all of his cards no matter what and be successful. To him, there would be no other way.

"Kawahara-dono! I am here without Youjo! I am amazed you are not asleep!"

Yesterday, Ryousuke Kawahara had told Rokoro to not bring Youjo along next time and he had done exactly that. Rokoro would play a crucial part today. But, he would ultimately have no idea how.

Anyhow, Kawahara did not get up from his spot but greeted Rokoro with open arms.

"Kid, you're here. Shall we get to business?"

"Yes! You'll tell me the truth about these components, correct?"

"Yeah."

There was something that Ryousuke Kawahara had to keep in mind. Just telling the truth about these components would not be enough, because if he were to simply do that then Rokoro could use his device to scan the passwords from the hidden entries and proceed to be successful.

Kawahara had something in mind, however.

"Let's start off with your little toy---but, first. You'll have to do me a favor and through each favor, I will do you the honor of giving you the truth about the component. In other words---if you want to know what your scanner does, you'll have to do me a favor first."

"....Er..."

Rokoro began to feel at disadvantage here and Kawahara then explained his situation better.

"I am powerless, kid... Your fear is illogical. I'm simply obeying the essence of business. By the way..."

What Kawahara would say afterwards would greatly interest Rokoro.

"The moment you know what all the components do, you will be able to capture every single one of them."

"I-Is that true, Kawahara-dono?!"

"It is, because the components greatly influence their locations. But, let's get down to business. Is it alright if I list my favor?"

"......Go for it, Kawahara-dono."

It naturally couldn't be something extremely controversial. The essence of business could not be betrayed, but Kawahara was naturally under much suspicion.

Already having Youjo out of the way was huge for him, so he had to make the best out of this opportunity.

"I want you to figure out who every student is after---In other words; by 10 am, I want you to return here with a list with the names of the criminals and on the right side of their names, I want the quantity of students who are interested in their bounties."

"Kawahara-dono, that's a lot of work! I am not sure if I can do all that in the spawn of four hours!"

"It's simple, kid. Keep a track of who wants who as you countdown each student. Return here by then and I'll tell you the truth of the scanner."

Rokoro then placed his thumb on his lips and began to think how that could bring an advantage to Kawahara, but in the end, all he saw was that it couldn't. What would Kawahara exactly benefit from knowing who wants who? He even started to wonder if Kawahara was feeling like a nice person and would be giving out the locations of such groups.

Furthermore, Rokoro started to view this favor as something that could greatly benefit everyone because there was a tremendous lack of organization. Percy Phoenix had said all those words but in the end, his plan was to use everyone as his pawns so he could get the easy win.

In addition to that, Rokoro objected Percy Phoenix's approach to this event as simply commanding everyone to blindly hunt individuals to whom they lack far too much data on is dangerous and undoubtedly illlogical.

On the other hand, through Ryousuke Kawahara, Hiruyima Rokoro saw a window of opportunity to make this event far more organized and with that in mind, he spent his time with Youjo gathering what Ryousuke Kawahara had suggested.

Something to keep in mind is that Ryousuke Kawahara is ultimately creating a small margin of benefit for himself, but he is also creating a far greater margin of benefit to those who talk to him. Henceforth why he is sure that they will keep on coming back.

Nevertheless, once it was 8 am, an individual was fuming and demanded a truthful answer. She truly believed that she had been tricked by Ryousuke Kawahara to the core.

"Explain yourself."

Coldly, Shiori Denko gazed at Ryousuke Kawahara, who was clueless as to why she was silently mad.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb. Nothing was found in that location! I even went there myself..."

She was tired. Her ragged breath was showing signs of fatigue yet she was doing her best to stay composed.

"Of course nothing was found... Except, that's not correct to the core, is it? You simply didn't find anyone there, am I correct?"

"You knew it would go this way all along, bastard..."

Shiori Denko looked ready to give up but what Ryousuke Kawahara would say made her stay as she understood the truth better now.

"You asked me for their location, and I gave you. However, their location cannot be accessible. You tried every password you could think off, didn't you?"

Ryousuke Kawahara had assumed that Shiori Denko along with other individuals had attempted to blast through the section's entrance by inserting every password that they could think off, but Kawahara had understimated Shiori Denko slightly.

"I didn't, because if I were to come back to you, I could get the password. I understand now... But, what is up with this island? It's no wonder we can't find them..."

In agreement, Ryousuke Kawahara shared some truth.

"And you never will without the correct password. However, if I were you, I wouldn't tell anyone about this because if they exhaust the passwor--"

"I didn't tell anyone, I went there on my own; to the section where the computer is in. If I were to tell anyone, then they would exhaust it for sure. I am not dumb..."

"....Sorry."

That was a genuine apology as Kawahara had seriously thought that Shiori Denko would commit the stupid mistake he had in his mind all along.

Midst this, Shiori Denko unconsciously grinned back at Kawahara with an elegant smug expression out of reflex.

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Regardless, this brought Shiori Denko to demand something else. She was already aware of the location, but not about the password.

"What's the password?"

Ryousuke Kawahara from the start could've just told Shiori Denko that the location would ultimately not allow her to get her hands on the criminals that she was so desperately looking for. In the end, it wasn't as if she was going to be successful, at least in Kawahara's mind.

Which brought her to this point, the point that Ryousuke Kawahara wanted her to arrive at.

"You'll need to do me five favors today for the password."

"Ridiculous."

"Were my previous favors ridiculous, Shiori?"

"I told you---Look, that's too much. You do realize that with 500 brains present, we will come to the conclusion faster, right?"

But, Kawahara begged to differ.

"Wrong. You'll only screw this up by relying on others. Also---forget hunting them down without the passwords."

"...Passwords? Are you telling me that..."

"But of course, Shiori. If only you were aware of how much you didn't know about this island. In the first place, this isn't a private resort island, you missy. It's the stage for my exam."

Although he was told to not speak out of his line, Saitou Rayazaki, from Ryousuke Kawahara's right side, in his own cell, interefered with a tired yet strong voice.

"You mean, our, exam, right?"

However, Kawahara wasn't going to argue negatively as he planned to expose a certain factor.

"That's right, Rayazaki. Our exam."

"...Wh---"

Shocked, Shiori Denko didn't expect this conversation to turn like this, but Kawahara wasn't going to wait around until she got everything in her surroundings correctly.

"Have you never wondered why we were here in the first place? What if I told you that we have to complete our exam until the end of April? Crazy, isn't it?"

Takeshi Kuzan spoke in addition from the left side.

"It is crazy! If we are stuck in here for any longer, we won't be successful, Master!"

"Master?"

Shiori Denko was unaware as to why Takeshi Kuzan was calling Ryousuke Kawahara by that surname, but she swiftly arrived at the conclusion that those two were in fact co-associated with Kawahara.

As such, she distanced herself from Kawahara a bit and began to throw an ultimatum at the stoic Kawahara.

"Give me one good reason as to why I should keep talking to you or else I will tell everything to Percy..."

It was natural that Shiori Denko was feeling insecure. After all, she had arrived at the conclusive point that the other criminals are within the areas that are beyond the doors protected and encrypted by strong passwords of unknown origins. So, what sense would it make for Takeshi Kuzan and Saitou Rayazaki to not be there as well? The answer was simple: She had been manipulated into believing that Kawahara was selling them out all along meanwhile that couldn't be further from the actual truth.

She did not like to be manipulated because she wouldn't feel in charge, so Kawahara's upcoming words would be decisive, as he had to say something absolute and not meek.

With a stunning deep breath, he laid out the truth.

"You are better than Percy and everyone should follow you."

"....?"

"Yesterday, I saw the potential in you as you are far more well-suited to lead others than someone like Percy Phoenix who has an enormous ego. In the first place, he created those IQ tests because Hajime Hyunda provoked him into choosing 500 people from our school just to play a game with him. In other words---you've been unfairly manipulated into playing a game that is endagering the lives of 500 people."

However, unfortunately for Kawahara, his explanation was off the charts, in a negative way. It was far too ridiculous for Shiori Denko to believe in it.

"Sure, it's not believable. I understand. But, isn't it strange how Hajime Hyunda has a bigger reward for his bounty than all the rest? 3 wishes---meanwhile you could get all the other rewards three times if you just kill Hajime Hyunda off. You have to at least acknowledge that Percy Phoenix has an unnatural interest when it comes to him. Or, do you doubt this too?"

If there was something that they both could agree was that Percy Phoenix had displayed an unnatural interest in Hajime Hyunda when it came to announcing his bounty.

In no world would the life of someone justify that much of a reward, but still, Shiori Denko remained skeptical.

"I will agree with that. You are right, but----that doesn't change the fact that you manipulated me."

"If I hadn't done that, then you wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. Without my help, you wouldn't have made any progress."

"I know that. But that's because you know things that I don't."

"That's true. Can I say something else though?"

"........"

Her silence indicated consent as she couldn't forget a particular sentence that Ryousuke Kawahara had previously said.

"Percy is going to get all of you killed."

"...What?"

"He doesn't know what or rather... who is dealing with and will ultimately lead you all to hell just to get a victory to this game. Are you too, like him, who is willing to sacrifice this many lives for his own goal?"

Never before had Kawahara stared into someone that seriously as he attempted to search for the morality of Shiori Denko. While it is true that she's extremely goal-driven, the importance of those around her are what made her be so invested into this task.

Without having someone to acknowledge her in the long run, she really wondered what would be the overall point of everything.

"I am not. But you could just be lying, in the end."

"But I am not. However, this is fine. You are no different from Percy if you don't stop him."

"......What? And how am I supposed to stop him? I am aware of the irrationality of this event but there's nothing anyone can do, is there? He is in control of everything here."

At last, Shiori Denko had acknowledged that perhaps deep down she truly wanted to stop Percy Phoenix as she began to see how coordinated criminals can really be once they put their minds to it. She thought that if Ryousuke Kawahara was the de facto leader of Takeshi Kuzan and Saitou Rayazaki, then it wouldn't be a stretch to assume that having the help of an outside help could be the greater play in her mind.

He grinned in response to this however, but not in a disrespectful way, and began to approach Shiori Denko at the bay of his cell bars.

"I have a plan. If you follow my orders to the core; Percy Phoenix will lose all power by this night."

"To what end? For you to break free and kill us all? I am better off relying on Percy then."

As she expected, for some reason, by the time she ended her sentence, she realized she had misunderstood something once again.

"You are so wrong, Shiori... I was thinking that you could unite everyone here. In a way that not even Percy could."

"And how would that be possible?"

"With the help of someone else, of course. Don't worry, he is one of you. I believe he will be off great assistance. But, Shiori, we need to come to a conclusive point here. Are you in or are you out?"

"What if I'm out?"

Although what Ryousuke Kawahara was about to tell her wasn't the necessary truth, it would be extremely hard for Kawahara to pull something off that didn't have Shiori Denko in it.

She had became a crucial piece to this and not even Kawahara could deny this, but, he could make her think that she didn't matter as much as she thought.

"Fine by me. I already have another person in mind. If you aren't willing to act, then that other person will."

".........."

She posed in silence but when she spoke again, she didn't exactly agree with him, but wanted to know more. It was already fairly obvious that the moment Ryousuke Kawahara would put her status down, she would feel unconsciously obliged to defeat Kawahara's words.

"Tell me your plan and I'll then decide whether or not it's worth it."

Shiori Denko once again had closed her distance to Ryousuke Kawahara as she needed to hear the details of his plan. Should she view it as something that would be the work of an insane deranged psychopath who is extremely delusional about his own goals and how the world around him worked; she would shut him down completely, without fail.

However, what she processed in her mind as she heard the depth of Ryousuke Kawahara's plan was not the thoughts of a delusional psychopath, but the mind of a brilliant manipulative orchestrator who even managed to reason with Shiori Denko, who was stunned in awe as after fifteen minutes, she was able to process the entirety of the genius behind Ryousuke Kawahara's mind.

To represent such, she meekly walked back two steps because she was seeing the future after Ryousuke Kawahara's plan.

"I---I---I can't believe this, there's---actually a chance that this will----"

"It appears it got through your heard, Shiori. So, what will it be?"

"......Give me a bit of time to think."

Usually, Ryousuke Kawahara would be patient against Shiori Denko, but he realized that it was now or never and that Shiori Denko wasting time around could ultimately damage the overall plan in the end. As such, he hurried her up.

"No. Give the answer to me now, Shiori."

"...I-----You do realize that if none of this is true, you are entirely screwed, Ryousuke Kawahara? Everyone will dedicate their lives to get revenge on you and---"

Ryousuke Kawahara did not care about the consequences. He only cared about whether or not Shiori Denko aligned.

"What is your answer...?"

Shiori Denko already knew the answer and so, she showed no hesitatence when giving it.

"Fine. Fine, alright. What is the first favor, Ryousuke?"

Since Kawahara was calling her by her first name, she felt the need to administer some equality. On the other hand, Ryousuke Kawahara didn't care about that factor at all and went back to his back as he told Shiori Denko what she had to do.

"Organize a dinner event where all the guards will be rewarded for their work. I don't care how you do it; isolate all the guards onto one place in specific."

"That's... hard... because there will be guards who will have to be here guarding you..."

"You don't have to worry about that. All I need you to do is to start a dinner event where all the guards will be united together. Here is an idea---Near Percy's jet there is an isolated area. Under the help of many students, adjoin tables there for all the fifty guards and the twenty-five butlers."

"Again, that sounds highly improbable of working out... But, whatever. I'll be back by lunch."

"Mhm."

Now that Shiori Denko had a task on her hand, she exited the scene and left Ryousuke Kawahara all alone.

His next visitor would not be Hiruyima Rokoro, but Albaz Yasuda, who had given serious thought to Kawahara's words yesterday.

Her face was a bit tired as it was clear that she was lacking sleep. Ryousuke Kawahara initiated the conversation instead of her.

"You don't look so well, Yasuda."

"...Yeah, I didn't... really sleep much. I was thinking and... I don't want to do this anymore, so I'll just withdraw from the whole event. I came here to just say thank you for bringing my mentality back to its original state. I don't know what happened to me. Anyways---thanks."

This interaction was about to look extremely simple and conclusive, but Ryousuke Kawahara is not a good person. He wont let someone like Albaz Yasuda walk away while feeling good suddenly. In the first place, he said his words yesterday because he wanted to allow her to process the importance of retaining one's morality, which led him to say the following words.

"Are you really just going to let the others go through what you are going through?"

"........."

Guilty, she turned around to Kawahara's direction as she was aware that the others were experiencing a morality warping and that didn't seat right with Yasuda.

"...But what can I do about it...? Everyone's so focused and on the hunt for the other criminals... Do you have an idea, Kawahara...?"

Kawahara got up and went to meet Yasuda's height as she began to feel more and more embarrassed the more he came closer. His overpowering physical figure was undoubetely alluring to someone like Yasuda.

"There are others who have the same goal as you, Yasuda. Seek Denko. She will tell you a bit on what to do."

The truth is that Ryousuke Kawaraha knew that Yasuda would evidently pass by and had included her in the overall plan and in addition told Shiori Denko earlier that Albaz Yasuda would seek to join her in the event organization.

".......Okay... You don't seem like a bad person... After all..."

"Looks can be deceiving, miss."

She blushed slightly but ultimate dismissed her own presence from the scene. Like that, Albaz Yasuda would help Shiori Denko in organizing the entire event. By night time, the guards and the butlers would all adjoin themselves into a dinner event on their own, they would all be together.

However, Percy Phoenix would most likely not allow this to happen, should he know. Henceforth, Percy Phoenix's attention would be occupied with something else entirely.

Eventually, at 10 am, Hiruyima Rokoro returned to Kawahara as he was running out of breath.

"Ka--Kawahara-dono....! Ahhh... I've finished it!"

"Great work. Can I see it?"

"Surely! But you'll tell me how to make this work, correct?!"

"Of course, kid."

Ryousuke Kawahara had officially acquired the list of students who were asked by Rokoro that one specific question. A list of individuals who were interested in certain bounties.

Feeling electric, Rokoro asked something in addition.

"Kawahara-dono, now that I know who everyone is looking for, it would be easier for us if we focused in specific groups! For example, there are 83 people interested in killing Daniel Lead! If I were to get all those people co-align with me, then our odds of success would be huge, wouldn't they?!"

"That's just basic stuff, kido. That punk Phoenix will make you think you're dumb just because he doesn't know how to utilize brilliant minds like you. Anyway, take a seat!"

"Yes!"

Hiruyima Rokoro was actually pretty flattered and enjoyed his time with Ryousuke Kawahara more than he did with Percy Phoenix. He didn't know how to explain it, but he felt as if Ryousuke Kawahara had undergone the same exact past as he did, which he found odd. Furthermore, Ryousuke Kawahara demonstrated interest in what Rokoro actually wanted to tell the world meanwhile Percy Phoenix would quickly give him a fake compliment instead of hearing him out the majority of the times.

In the end, he took a seat in his chair and thus, Kawahara began to explain the utility of the scanner.

"That scanner is the decipherer of passwords in this island."

"What? This is the first time I've heard about this, Kawahara-dono!"

"Naturally. I will tell you a little secret."

Capturing Rokoro's full attention, Kawahara utilized all of his ten fingers from both his hands and spoke the truth which shocked Rokoro.

"There are ten sections below this island that Percy Phoenix will never discover and none of those sections can be accessed without the right password!"

"What! But then that means that I could---"

Kawahara nodded, because it was true. If Hiruyima Rokoro wanted, he could utilize his component to decipher all the passwords. However, Kawahara knew that he couldn't exactly do that at the moment.

"In those sections, the other criminals lie within. Nonetheless, the entrances to those sections are heavily shrouded in this island and can't be found unless I guide you to them."

"Oh, I see! Kawahara-dono, can you tell me where the locations of those sections are then?"

"Kid, remember our deal? We will have to go through with it. Plus, I don't know all the locations. Just one, actually."

"That's enough, Kawahara-dono! There is surely someone there!"

This sort of argument began to taste sour to Kawahara as he view Rokoro as someone who was abiding far too simple-minded ideas.

"Don't be naive! Are you satisfied with seeking so little one step at the time?! Mustn't we always seek more instead of seeking little by little?"

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"Ohhh! You're right, Kawahara-dono! What do you suggest then?!"

"Let's see---if only I can guide you there, then it would be pretty convenient if I were to do just that, wouldn't it?"

But to Hiruyima Rokoro, what Ryousuke Kawahara had just suggested was beyond incomprehensible as he had no way to get out of the prison he was in.

So, he was abnormally confused for a second until Ryousuke Kawahara explained his reasoning.

"Well---I can't do that. That sucks, doesn't it? Either way--- our initial deal was that I would tell you the truth about the components and I don't mind doing that again. So, are you willing to do me yet another favor for the knowledge of another component?"

"Yes! Your favors aren't dangerous so it's fine!"

"That's what I like to hear. What is the component you have in mind?"

Rokoro did have a certain component in mind that he had the urgency in knowing what it did due to the immense potential danger of it.

"The reactor! We are unsure of what it does... Surely you know what it does?"

Kawahara had no other choice but to always give a positive answer despite not having the concrete knowledge about it.

"It goes without saying. However, you must pay the price. Are you in?"

Showing no reluctance in nodding, Rokoro confirmed which brought a smile to Kawahara's face.

"That's good. This one is a simple favor. Ask Shiori Denko to borrow one of the flasks from the cloud reactor."

"?"

As far as Rokoro knew, those flasks had poison inside and what Kawahara had just said was highly suggestive.

"Don't be mistaken. The truth is that Denko wants you to analyze the content of the poison as she is unsure of what the flasks are all about. Also, don't worry about her rejecting your offer. She surely will accept."

"But what are you going to do with the flask?"

"Me? The flask will go to you. Not me. You got that wrong."

"Mhm, I see, Kawahara-dono... I thought you were going to do something suggestive with the flask, but apparently that's not the case. That's good to know."

Again, no matter how initially suggestive it sounded, as long as Ryousuke Kawahara never went out of his way to acquire the flask to himself, Rokoro wouldn't have a problem with this.

"Alright, I will talk with Denko-dono then. But I am not sure if I'll be able extract any positive results from the flask. As far as I'm concerned, they are unnecessary and should not be applied."

"Blame Percy for putting a student in the possession of such items. Anyway, I'm counting on you."

With haste, Rokoro left the note with Ryousuke Kawahara.

Bored without nothing to really do, Kawahara waited until lunch time and Shiori Denko paid him a visit.

"I got assistance from Yasuda and it did came in handy. She is supremely motivated, but there is just one problem. Percy overheard the entire thing and even though Yasuda and I tried to argue back, the dinner thing is looking pretty hopeless."

"That was to be expected. You already know what to do though, right?"

"...Yes... By the way, what do you need the flask for? Rokoro asked me one and I gave one to him because it's part of the plan."

Kawahara then explained the utility of the flask.

"When the dinner starts to be made, you cannot let the guards or the butlers be the ones who make the dinner nor serve the drinks. Gather a large party and have it all done by yourselves and make sure that you aren't discovered."

"But what does that have to do with the flask?"

Ryousuke Kawahara sighed as he noticed that Shiori Denko wasn't able to see the obvious crucial point here, so he pointed it out.

"The drinks will all share a slight portion of the entire flask as it has to be divided by the entire guards and butlers, Shiori..."

Although Ryousuke Kawahara had told her that he planned to isolate the guards and have them all incapacitated, he had not told her how that would be possible.

"Furthermore, Shiori, no one will suspect you. The entire focus is on the criminals on this island. You have all the freedom in the world for this. However---we need to draw Percy's attention away from the event."

"During what time should I get the girls to beseek his attention exactly?"

"Around the night. For now focus on extracting the attention of those ten girls who want to sleep with him and suggest Percy that ten girls want to have sex with him."

"......How do you know that's going to work?"

To this, Kawahara had a brief simple answer.

"His ego is astronomical. Ten girls offering to eat his dick is nothing but a normal occurrence. Get to working and come back at 4 pm."

"Could you not be so bossy?"

"What's wrong with me being bossy? We are in this together, Shiori."

"........."

She didn't exactly like not being the one giving orders, but they had a mutual goal which was the dissemblance of Percy Phoenix.

So far, a few factors had come to light. Percy Phoenix, with his guards around and his butlers, is by far too shielded from anything. Ryousuke Kawahara is under the severe state of starvation and there is no hope for him. Worrying about a rat like him does not even cross Percy Phoenix's mind.

Suspecting a sudden betrayal is also not something that Percy Phoenix can imagine because Ryousuke Kawahara is useless. Furthermore, he is under the impression that he is hailed as God because of the gigantic rewards he gave the others. Nobody in their sane mind would dare to betray Percy.

Either way, Shiori Denko and Ryousuke Kawahara had the exact same thoughts in mind.

It was up to her to draw Percy Phoenix's attention by utilizing the other girls as honey baits.

Midst the afternoon, around 2 pm, Rokoro paid a visit to Kawahara once again.

"Kawahara-dono, I did exactly as you told me to do!"

"Great work... I'll tell you the truth about the cloud reactor now. It's a dangerous lethal device that operates on the poisonous flasks and as soon as it activates, the entire atmosphere within the radius of 1000 meters will be engulfed by a deadly toxin spreading everywhere around it."

"Wh---What! That's too dangerous, Kawahara-dono!"

"Indeed it is. Yet Percy gave it to you people straight up. He is insane..."

In reality, Percy Phoenix wasn't exactly at fault because he had no idea what it did at first. However, he then gained a somewhat truthful interpretation on what the cloud reactor could do, but there is also a hidden truth here. Ryousuke Kawahara thought that that was actually what the cloud reactor did, but he was actually incredibly wrong.

Nobody knew what the cloud reactor did, but many had interpretations about it. Noticeably, Hiruyima Rokoro's interpretation aligned with Ryousuke Kawahara's.

"Kid, what do you want to know next?"

"Youjo's tablet! Kawahara-dono, is it just an average tablet? I've examined it and it contains the map of the island!"

"There's obviously more to it, kid. Can I list my favor?"

Rokoro nodded as he saw no danger in obeying the upcoming favor.

"I want you to tell Karlos that there is something that he can't break."

"...?"

"Just tell him that for me, will you?"

"Uh, sure... Kawahara-dono..."

Once again, Rokoro saw no danger to it. As a matter of fact, Rokoro knew that all he had to do was tell Karlos that Ryousuke Kawahara had told him that he couldn't break something. In other words, he wasn't in danger by any means.

"Good. Come back soon, kiddo."

This would be yet another important factor to Kawahara's plan but perhaps the most controversial part as he wasn't sure whether or not it would work, but he was dying to try it out.

Alas, 4 pm came and Shiori Denko blessed Ryousuke Kawahara with another visit and went straight to business.

"I won't go in depth on how I was successful in doing it, but I've informed Percy about how there are ten girls who want to do it with him.... I really find this stupid, but it's not as if I don't see the point to it."

"I see. Were you successful in organizing the event?"

"I left that to Yasuda as Percy Phoenix saw that he was going to be too busy with the girls the moment they would walk into their jet. In other words, he doesn't care about defying the whole event anymore because his mind is filled with other things and he doesn't suspect me at all. Preparations for the dinner around 8 pm have already started to occur."

Happy, Kawahara smiled.

"That's good."

"Isn't this enough though? Percy won't notice that the drinks that the guards and butlers will be served with are in fact poisoned which will then leave Percy unprotected and defenseless. Afterwards, we conclude the plan and everything goes well. What am I missing here?"

"Quite a lot, but we'll have this discussion later. Favor: Put the cloud reactor right in the same area where the manufacturer of energy lies within. Specifically put; right on the top of the manufacturer."

"That thing is extremely heavy though..."

"Do it, Shiori. Otherwise, Percy will have a chance to retaliate."

Yet another important factor would be how Percy Phoenix would react to having all the guards and his butlers killed by contagious poison. If he were to notice the event, then everything would be troublesome.

There was also another key factor. No student could be in the parameter when this is happening, otherwise the students will know the truth; but this truth is something that only Shiori Denko and Ryousuke Kawahara would know.

"You'll be my prisoner in the end, so how exactly are you going to deal with Percy, Kawahara?"

"Whatever do you mean, Shiori? I will be your prisoner and hostage who will be under your total control. How can I possibly inflict any harm to Percy? The plan is to ultimately leave Percy defenseless, is it not?"

Shiori Denko deep down had the impression that Kawahara would somehow commit an extreme action once this whole thing was done, but apparently, that wouldn't be the case.

"...Whatever. I'll be back by the night to announce that the dinner event has started. I will poison the drinks subtly without anyone noticing me and Percy's defense will be wide open. I just don't see how it's gonna work out with so many students present at the time..."

"Kukuku... If only you knew..."

"Hah?"

"Nothing. Go now, yeah?"

"......."

Skeptical still, Shiori Denko went forth and put the cloud reactor on the top of the manufacturer, despite that task being physically hard for Denko. In the long run, Kawahara knew something that would ultimately prove itself to be a useful asset to him later on.

Just as he had calculated, a few minutes after Shiori Denko had left, Karlos paid Kawahara a visit, though calm at first.

"Yo, big guy! You came after all!"

At first, Karlos crossed his arms but then glanced upon Ryousuke Kawahara with a death stare.

"What is the meaning behind those words? The geek told me; how I couldn't break something. Explain yourself..."

Seeing that Karlos had taken the bait, Kawahara grinned as per usual.

"Ahhh... I was wondering something. Since I won't make it, I thought of giving you a challenge. Just to try to see whether you are as strong as you probably think you are. On the west side of this area, you'll find Denko's cloud reactor. And before you ask as to why it's there; it's because she got scared of what it might do and decided to abandon it. My main point here is: I want to know whether or not you can break the cloud reactor."

There was something crucial to know here. Karlos has no clue about the energy manufacturer. So, a bunch of machines below the cloud reactor will not indicate much to I'm. Furthermore, although he is smart, he is undoubtedly prone to get into violent situations once he sees that he cannot utilize his physical force to break something.

In other words, the manufacturer could very well be in a lot of danger should Karlos attempt to strike it or anything that is close to it...

"Very well! I accept your challenge! Hahaha, just you wait until I bring you the cloud reactor in pieces, trash."

"If you can, that is..."

"Tsk, loud mouth."

To Ryousuke Kawahara, there was no one else far more perfect than Karlos for this. Impulsive and emotional with a strong sense of physical recognition, he wouldn't hesitate to attempt to break the cloud reactor.

The result was already clear as the cloud reactor cannot be destroyed via normal ways.

When Karlos left the vicinity, only one factor remained in Ryousuke Kawahara's mind. The impressive number of students present within this beach was enormous and for all of this to work, something would need to draw their attention away from this place.

It has already been proven in the past days that these students can be extremely goal-driven once they see their targets. The only problem in the past was that they did not know where to go. Until, Ryousuke Kawahara came in and started to tell the locations of others.

Therefore, the students were aware that the criminals are in fact in the island. With that in mind, they just need to be given the orders and they will go straight to where they are.

"Kawahara-dono?"

In such deep though, Kawahara had not noticed the very existence of Rokoro right in front of him through the iron bars. It was already deep afternoon and soon enough, Yoh and Zwette would be around here at exactly the time Kawahara had told them to come yesterday. This factor was planned as well as all the pieces would start to fit together soon.

"Sorry, kid. Actually, what's your name?"

All this time, Kawahara had not asked a single time Rokoro's name. For some reason, Rokoro didn't feel offended about that which he found strange.

"My name is Hiruyima Rokoro!"

"Got it, Rokoro. Rokoro, I'll need your favor right now. It's fairly simple. Bring Yoh and Zwette here. After that is done, I'll tell you the truth about any component that you might have in mind."

"Right away!"

Needless to say, but there was no danger to this task. However, Yoh and Zwette would only be relevant with Rokoro present. The reason for that is... they would be the crucial elements that would distance all the students from the beach.

Why was Rokoro necessary, however? It's because Rokoro knew what targets the students were exactly aiming for and Kawahara would utilize his intel to his own advantage 5 minutes later once the three of them were present in front of Kawahara.

"I officially surrender."

Unsure of how to react to Ryousuke Kawahara's words, a silence was formed as Kawahara continued to explain why he was surrending all of his entirety to Yoh, Zwette, and to the stunned Rokoro.

"I am a piece of shit and I deserve to die. I've committed so many crimes in my whole life that the only possible way I can redeem myself is to bring others who share my nature to oblivion. Or simply put---for me to tell competent individuals such as yourselves their locations to terminate our miseries."

They had understand what Ryousuke Kawahara wanted to say. There was no salvation for him and since Kuzan and Rayazaki weren't arguing back, they agreed with this outcome.

As such, Kawahara felt the need to explain himself once again.

"Give me the map and I will tell their locations for free. However, I would like you to work with Rokoro here. He knows exactly which students are after certain criminals. Align the interests here! Just like how Yoh and Zwette over here are after Kan, bring together all the students who are after Kan and move that specific group of individuals to the location that I am going to give you. Likewise, unite all students who are after Daniel so that students who share Rokoro's target can help each other in the long run. How does that sound?"

There wasn't much to argue. Kawahara's point was extremely valid as Yoh and Zwette acknowledge that acting collectively with individuals who share the same goal is a better strategy than working with individuals who do not.

This was something that Rokoro immensely agreed with as he saw this strategy as something extremely profitable.

"....Yeah, that sounds good..."

"True..."

"Kawahara-dono.... I am sad.... Why must such a brilliant mind like you be doomed to follow this end... I am sad..."

Although Kawahara was flattered, he met Rokoro's height and reached his hand out of the cell and patted Rokoro.

"Don't be sad, Rokoro. Sacrifices are necessary in order to advance. I think we both agree on that, yeah?"

"Kawahara-dono...!"

It was truly sad for Rokoro. He felt as if someone actually understood his insatiable thirst for knowledge as he saw Ryousuke Kawahara as like-minded individual who shared the same fundamentals. Still, Kawahara knew that he could not waste time with this farce and asked for a map.

"Give me a map. I'll note down the locations."

Thankfully, Rokoro carried a pen at all times, so in addition to giving Kawahara the map, he gave him a pen to pin the location of the other criminals.

To them, this was a way to "atone" for what Kawahara had done.

As Kawahara drew false locations in the map; seven of them, he said something of great importance to the other three outside.

"Do yourselves a favor and wait until nightfall for this, alright? 8 pm should be extremely good. I say this because we are essentially out of resources and by nightfall is when we become the most vulnerable."

It was a bit meaningless to go over this as this was utterly obvious, but since daylight provides human beings far more vision than nightfall, if the students on the chase have lanterns or anything that can produce light, they are at advantage, no matter how they look at it.

Done marking the seven locations at random in the map, Ryousuke Kawahara made sure to pin the locations on the north side of the island instead of where they current stand, in the bottom south. This way, they wouldn't return early at all, which was extremely convenient.

As he gave the map and pen back to Hiruyima Rokoro, the three of them, out of sheer gratitude, thanked a criminal, which shocked Ryousuke Kawahara a bit.

"Thank you so much!"

"Best of luck!"

Wishing them good luck, Ryousuke Kawahara calculated the time and figured that there would be about two other hours until 8 pm.

Now that Rokoro, Yoh, and Zwette were aware of the locations of the other criminals, all that they had to do was to wait until 8 pm to begin their hunt. However, the three of them would dedicate their time into gathering and reasoning with other individuals who shared the same goals. As such, when it would be by 8 pm, seven groups had been formed.

The group that would terminate Hiroyoshi Sagasuga contained about 40-50 individuals. Tsudo Toharoh's termination squad would revolve around 35 individuals or close to it. Next, those that would terminate Akenama Kan's life would be a number of 60 individuals. Kogami Akihiko had around 55 people on his tail. Only 25 people were interested in hunting Hirakibo Tatsu's life. The increasing number would be against Hajime Hyunda as 110 individuals wanted him dead. Lastly, 90 individuals were on the lookout for Daniel Lead.

In conclusion, there were 425 individuals aligned on this. Naturally, there were some students that didn't actually care about this and just wanted to relax and have fun.

But these were important numbers to Ryousuke Kawahara. In the future, knowing who is after who would come to bring great heights in terms of advantage.

"......"

Erupting his posture from his bed, the exhausted Kawahara noticed that someone was walking down the hall extremely fast and in a quick beat, Karlos' face was glued to the iron bars as his teeth were charging a furious fountain of saliva falling within.

"How?! How?! HOW?! No matter what I tried it wouldn't break! This is unacceptable!"

Ryousuke Kawahara could see the severe injuries in Karlos' fists and he immediately knew that he had tried to use everything to his disposal to try and break the cloud reactor.

This proboke a grin in Kawahara's face.

"Kukukuhahaha... Haha..."

His laugh wasn't powerful due to the lack of nutrients and he knew that it wouldn't do him any good to provoke Karlos any further, so he straight up offered a solution.

Except it wasn't a solution to the matter, but only something that a truly stupid person would think it's true. Karlos is one of those people.

"My guy, the real reason as to why the cloud reactor wasn't destroyed wasn't because you are weak but because it's being supported by the machine below it."

"!"

Something common when it comes to intelligence and other factors adjoined to such is that there is a vast chance that if such factors intertwine with intelligence, it will make rationality extremely clouded. Karlos is an individual who often allows his emotions to overpower his intelligence.

It's easy to claim that someone is dumb when they allow their emotions to overpower their intelligence; hence why Karlos to many was dumb, but in reality, he is simply an individual who allows his emotions to get the best out of him.

"That must be it! No, that's gotta be it! Alright, wait here! Once I'm done destroying that machine, I'll show you!"

"...Not like I was going anywhere... For now..."

Ultimately, Karlos left with great speed as he headed towards what he thought was a machine that was supporting the resistance of the cloud reactor while in reality, it was the only thing that was supporting the energy of everything in this whole vicinity.

At last, the crucial moment of Kawahara's plan would come to light. Shiori Denko would pass one last time in Kawahara's cell and would confirm whether or not it was time to start with the plan and the answer was positive.

Within the vicinity, on the west side of the beach, there were five wooden tables of great dimension where each guard and butler took moments to relax and Percy Phoenix, their almighty lord had told them that he was going to be busy all night long and since he felt that the guards and butlers could use a small break, he allowed it.

More importantly, Percy Phoenix only allowed a collective dinner between the guards and the butlers because he would be occupied conducting himself in several lustrous acts with younger girls who were after his money and love. Most of the butlers were tired from managing the breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for about close to 500 students. No matter how one would look at it, the number of twenty-five butlers was far too small and they had to push themselves beyond their limits in order to not let his lord down.

Therefore, an opportunity like this to relax and not be tied by any sort of duty was abnormally great. Furthermore, the very fact that every student was leaving the vicinity around the beginning of 8 pm told the guards and butlers that they did not need to worry about their dinners as they would be on their own out there.

On the furtest table to the west, Gladius felt the soft breeze of the calming wind pass through as he proposed a toast to everyone present.

"A toast to lord Phoenix!"

Every butler and guard present rose from their wooden chairs in which they were previously seated in. Pleasant food made by several female students organized by Albaz Yasuda and Shiori Denko was ready to be eaten and all it would take is the eversimple approach of reaching out for a fork.

However, as Gladius sat down once again along with the entirety of guards and butlers, their throats started to feel extremely sour and dry at first. Following that up, a drastic subconscious need to further inhale perpetually consumed all of them as they ultimately allowed their saliva to melt from their mouths in a state of shock.

Five minutes later, Shiori Denko would come into the scene and she then saw how they were all dead from the drinks they had consumed.

"Gross..."

She felt the need to vomit but ultimately didn't. She thought to herself that seeing unconscious bodies wasn't enough for her to throw up in that situation and that if they were dead exposed bodies instead, she would undoubtedly throw up.

The reason as to why Shiori Denko appeared in the scene was so she could retrieve the prison keys from one the prison's guards. Without those keys, Ryousuke Kawahara could not come out of the prison cell.

After searching the guard to whom she had seen earlier protecting the vicinity of the artificial renewed prison, she investigated his pockets and found keys in them. Shiori Denko then returned to the beach and felt extremely alone. For a moment, she allowed the cold water befriend her feet for a while as she gazed upon the sun midst of dusk. A sun so dark-orange that she couldn't help but admire the beauty of it while holding the right side of her golden hair as the wind passed through.

It stung her a bit that she had to move on from such a beautiful scenario, but she was in this with Ryousuke Kawahara and had ultimately terminated the lives of several people just for the sake of her goal.

"........."

Deep on the inside, she started to view herself as someone who was incapable of emotion. The thought of having terminated those lives didn't damage her at all. Denko knew for a fact that this was not the normal reaction.

However, she wanted this. Everything so far was going according to the plan that Ryousuke Kawahara had told her earlier. Percy's defenses were fading away as his guards and butlers were no longer functional. All that was left to do was to go and meet Ryousuke Kawahara.

Without the guards around the vicinity, she started to feel afraid and didn't know whether or not she should truly commit to this. After all, what she was about to do was to free Ryousuke Kawahara. So, before she did such a thing, she went back to the scene and stole a gun from one of the unconscious guards to her protection, should anything go wrong.

"It's silent here. Did you do it, Shiori?"

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Denko?"

Denko ignored Kawahara's grin in response and swung the keys with her fingers as she saw the glitter in Kawahara's eyes glow.

In addition to that, she had gained the attention of Kuzan and Rayazaki who were desperate to get out.

"Get us out!"

"Please! Please! I am so starved!"

Not Denko, but Kawahara, adjusted their attitudes right away with a loud shout.

"Silence, fools! Don't disrespect her! Do you have any idea what she had to do in order to make this possible?!"

"......"

They didn't dare to go against Kawahara's words and Denko began to finally feel something as she had realized that she had indirectly killed several guards and butlers just to make this work.

Kawahara noticed that she was beginning to feel emotional and as such, he spoke in order to prevent Denko from having an emotional meltdown.

"This isn't over, Shiori. Now's the time... Percy is exposed and it's, by all means, the correct time to strike and---"

Something to note is that this prison wasn't built on concrete or anything partial to technology or better yet---artificiality. In other words, this prison was artificial. Percy Phoenix's wealth allows for such absurd things to happen in such a short span of time. This entire small prison works through technology and without it, the iron bars will immediately disappear. Surely, a key could unlock the cell's door regardless, but it wouldn't make much sense to do so when the prisoner can simply walk away.

That's why as soon as those four individuals present on that scene heard a loud explosion from the west side and saw that the cell's bars were beginning to disperse, they realized something of grave danger had occured.

Though, to Shiori Denko, the sight of the three criminals emerging freely from their cells was far too frightening for her to not retreat a few steps back.

"....This could be bad..."

Emerging from his cell and stepping on the metallic boundaries of it, Kawahara commented as he gazed to his right side. From afar, he saw a dark cloud of smoke and he already knew what was the cause of that explosion. Or rather---who caused it.

"Was it really a good idea to let that guy in charge of blowing up the energy manufacturer?"

"Who else but him, Rayazaki? You have to be slightly dumb to actually not notice that the manufacturer reactor is in fact there. Anyhow---Erm."

Kawahara, Rayazaki, and Kuzan all simulatenously placed their gazes on the speechless Denko, who was unsure of what to do, should they choose to do something to her, so she attempted to search for her gun on her skirt's back.

However, Kawahara held that as highly unnecessary as he recalled something he had talked with Denko earlier.

"We are your prisoners, Shiori. So, with all due respect---stop being scared and treat us like prisoners."

"But feed us! I've said this so many times, but we're starving!"

"Kuzan has a point, we are starving."

In agreement, Kawahara spoke as well.

"We are indeed fucking starving."

Their main concern was food. It had been nearly two days since they've eaten something, but still, to Kawahara, there was something that took a greater importance.

"Kuzan. Rayazaki. Spread this entire vicinity on fire."

"Got it, Master!"

"Yeah, alright. Though, can I get these shackles of me, please?"

Rayazaki, in front of Denko asked whether or not that was possible but now that Shiori Denko had regained her posture, her answer was clear.

"No. Do it while shacked. I can't have you two run away. You three are my prisoners."

Discontent, Rayazaki frawned a bit.

"Are you serious.... Why am I the main source of your current trust issues right now... Ugh, fine. Kuzan, let's hurry up."

"Yup!"

Heavily shackled from their feet to their hands, Kuzan and Rayazaki walked out of the parameter and went to the jets engines whilst extracting gasoline from within. The main essence of their path of action was to extract gasoline in order to spread a trail of gasoline which would later be ignited by a blazing trail of fire.

Alas, Kawahara and Denko were all alone.

"I know the deal would be that I would be your prisoner along with the rest of them and would ultimately begin to further provide you information, but can I have the privilege of one favor?"

"And if I say no to that?"

"Well..."

A bit mad at the possibility, Kawahara's face stiffened, but in a funny way.

"I might be tempted to rape you."

"............."

Their tension grew larger second by the second, but then Kawahara explained himself.

"If you don't let me kill Percy."

"Oh my God, just say so..."

Confused at this, Kawahara blutered out.

"Wh---How was I supposed to guess? I thought you would oppose me."

"You were bossy earlier but now you are indecisive? I think asylum wants you back."

"Sly bitch!"

For the first time in a long time, Shiori Denko let out a genuine cute small laughter as a tear in her eye emerged. She found it funny that a criminal like Ryousuke Kawahara was also capable of upholding normal interactions and to that, she made a remark.

"I was a bit stupid... I was treating you like some sort of alien, but in the end, you and I are humans; ultimately the same."

"Yeah, that's cool and all, but lead me to his jet. Soon, this place will be engulfed in flames."

Denko felt a bit mad for having her open opinion dismissed like that, but she shrugged it off as she took ahold of the loosen chain in Kawahara's upper set of chains on his hands.

The destination was not far as Percy's jet was recognizable from afar. Around twenty to thirty meters set them apart. Midst their walk, as Denko was in the front, Kawahara initiated the conversation.

"Here is how the story will go: For unknown reasons, Percy Phoenix attempted to kill everyone present, including his own guards but a wildfire as a consequence was caused which ultimately killed the entire rest. Merciful as ever, you brought us out of the prison as you knew that we have all the answers that you people don't and viola, you are the new leader."

"....But I don't want to lead them all..."

Although she had agreed with Kawahara's overall plan and saw that there was a future to it where Percy Phoenix would lose his power, Shiori Denko nonetheless didn't want to have the responsibility of leading everyone together.

She didn't have the inner confidence to do so, ultimately.

"May I offer a suggestion then?"

"..."

"Silence implies consent in my land. I think you should seek the other group leaders. I told Rokoro, Yoh, and Zwette to make groups in accordance to their targets and your odds of being successful will improve with a logical unity. I know where they are headed because I gave them specific locations to go to. All you have to do is to go to them. From this point onwards, I will give you all my help, Shiori."

"There are seven groups in total. However, I am unsure of what to do afterwards. With Percy gone, the rewards will vanish. Now that I think about it, your plan is----fruitless... Plus, we don't even have a way to return home... What have I---"

As Shiori Denko began to focus on the negative aspects of the outcome of this event, Ryousuke Kawahara interrupted her very swiftly as he did not believe this was fruitless at all.

"Fruitless? Wrong, Shiori. Without Phoenix, some real progress can start. Furthermore.... You're not his lapdog anymore. It was you who made all of this possible."

"I don't need your pity nor an ego boost. I'm well aware of what I'm capable off..."

"That's more like it, you narcisstic bitch."

"But I'm not narcisstic. I am just worried as I have realistic worries. How are you people getting out of this island?"

Shiori Denko saw that if the jets were going to all be burnt down and that anything that would connect to Percy Phoenix could imply danger to her, then, Ryousuke Kawahara was here placed by other people who would surely eventually come to return to him.

"We complete our exam and we are out. I think that they'll be kind enough to evacuate everyone out of this island by then, don't worry."

"I see. So, in the end, by helping you complete the exam, we could all get out of this island as well. It's strange. I know it's illogical to be this invested as the rewards are going to fade away as soon as Percy is dead but I can't help but be genuinely interested in knowing the rest. Maybe I've grown to be around such simple-minded individuals that being around with you made me realize that there is something in you that there isn't in others----I---- I can't find the word for it---it's..."

Unable to decipher what was the word she was looking for while being on the red carpet that was falling down from the stairway that would lead to Percy Phoenix's jet entrance, Shiori Denko mirrored Kawahara on her right side.

Much to her surprise, Ryousuke Kawahara had exactly the words she was looking for.

"That something is called "individualism". My theory that I use as my weapon for personal judgement. The fine line of a person that is actually worth something and another that isn't worth shit."

Standing still to one another, the gusts of wind penetrated their wonderous hair colors in that fading dusk as Shiori Denko finally realized what she had seen in Ryousuke Kawahara. That perhaps labelling someone like him as a criminal alone was the wrong intepretation.

A worry then started to arise on the surface of her mind; to which she couldn't help but expel from her mind as her eyes were cast down on the red carpet co-adjoined with the fragile yellow sand beneath.

"Am I worth it?"

When it comes individualism, Ryousuke Kawahara will never lie and as such, Shiori Denko received the truth.

"Not yet. You are in-between. Your individualism has only started to spark, so to say."

"Ah, I see. Well---that sucks, I suppose. And---are you just gonna stand there forever? Weren't you going to kill him?"

"Well---there's a problem, Shiori."

"........"

She was annoyed slightly but let out a sigh as subsequently.

"What's the problem?"

Ryousuke Kawahara's eyes were fixated on his own chains as well as the keys in the hands of Shiori Denko.

"You can't be serious."

"I am undoubtedly going to lose to a guy who is in the middle of receiving a blow-job if I have all these chains on me."

"...Can you not speak in such a vulgar form....?"

"Just release me temporarily, Shiori. You've got a gun with you, so worst-case scenario you go on a psychopath spree and kill us all. Hahaha!"

"I am calm and collected. Acting on emotion isn't something I like doing. However, you bring a point. I will shoot you in the head should you try to run away. After all, you are my prisoner. If we die, we die together; there's no other way."

Growing a like towards Shiori Denko, Kawahara grinned positively as his hands and legs were freed.

The moment the chains fell on the red carpet, Kawahara circulated his wrists accordingly along with his ankles to keep the blood flux going. Shiori Denko had no way to know this but Kawahara's mind was on the brick of collapsing from being far too exhausted without plausible neutrients in his system.

However, just for the sake of this one task, he summoned all of his remaining strength and started to ascend the carpet.

Silently, Shiori Denko saw Ryousuke Kawahara enter the jet that was deprived of lust inside as she could clearly hear the indecent noises from the inside the moment the door of the jet, which would close automatically once he would go through it.

The next five minutes, from Shiori Denko's perspective, would be filled with endless screams inside as they surely belonged to the females and undoubtedly, Percy Phoenix.

For reasons unknown, deep down she wanted that those girls who would sully themselves so easily and Percy Phoenix, to die by the hands of Ryousuke Kawahara. Unconsciously, Shiori Denko had begun to hate those who didn't possess individualism.

All these years in her school, a pent-up frustration of being forced to co-exist with other beings that she just couldn't relate to without truly knowing why yet now that she knows the core reason as to why they are different; or rather---why she's different, she no longer saw any reason in not hate them.

Whether the girls were facing unquestionable acts of immorality upon them or if Percy Phoenix's body was being torn into oblivion, she thought that since Ryousuke Kawahara is the one who harnesses individualism that he has earned the right to inflict the difference of their beings upon them.

Ten seconds before Ryousuke Kawahara would emerge out of the jet, a fountain of deep scarlet red blood started to stream extremely fast from the bottom edge of the door all the way to the red carpet.

Denko thought to herself in addition that human blood will forever fulfill a more grandius role when it comes to highlighting something that is branded as "red". Something so superficial could not be overthrown by something so natural.

At last, looking more refreshed, Ryousuke Kawahara came out of the jet and started to silently walk down the jet. When he met with Shiori Denko, he extended his hands and she put him under her own vigilance with a soft lock on both of his wrists and ankles.

"You are all covered in blood. Please go take a quick swim in order to seem less suggestive."

"Aw, I thought of going for an early Halloween costume."

"Another one?"

Kawahara laughed out loud once he realized he had exposed too much of his manipulative nature to Shiori Denko.

"Haha, sly bitch, didn't know you had these remarks up your sleeve."

"It's an entire different matter to someone as disrespectful as you. Hurry up and clean yourself. Everything's starting to become fire no matter where I look at..."

Very quickly, Ryousuke Kawahara went to the nearby beach and took a twenty-second swim while utterly chained up. Meanwhile, Shiori Denko looked towards the artificial houses who were being burned left and right as the fire followed the gasoline trail spread all over the parameter.

In less than a minute, they would become one with the flames, which meant that Ryousuke Kawahara, Takeshi Kuzan, and Saitou Rayazaki had to leave the area with Shiori Denko.

Once all reunited in the entrance of the jungle, Shiori Denko, the one responsible for them pulled their chains as if they were her own dogs and began to scourge through the entirety of the jungle.

As she pulled out the map from her skirt, she asked Kawahara which location would be the best to go to.

"Should we meet with Rokoro first or...?"

"Of course we'll meet with him. Lead the way, ma'am!"

"This is exciting!"

"No, it's not... It's a whole new level of humiliation, you dumbass..."

In a dreadful tone, Rayazaki could not help but disagree with Kuzan's enthusiasm as they were all being taken out for a walk like domestic dogs with chains all the way to their necks.

Their first stop once they would distance themselves from the unstoppable fire tearing down everything from within the vicinity would be on the north-east side of the map; where Hiruyima Rokoro and his group lies within.