Chapter 24: What If I Was Hauled Away?

It was just when I had finished my business and was about to return to my classroom.

「Oi, come with me for a sec. You can hear something interesting.」

Yuu came up to me, grinning from ear to ear.

「Interesting? What is it?」

「You'll find out when we get there. Let's go!」

「W-Wai, oi!?」

He grabbed my clothes, and I ended up being dragged away.

The place we arrived at was... the computer room?

「What's in here?」

「Just get in, it's faster if you see for yourself.」

I was pushed into the room, and there was already someone there.

Several people, actually. All faces I didn't recognize.

「Yo, senpai, the main character is here!」

「Ohh, you came. You're Tonoshima? Heard Kiyama stole your girlfriend? That's rough, man.」

「Ahh, em… by any chance, are you the senpais who helped stall Kiyama?」

「You guessed it. I think you've heard, but we've had similar experiences.」

「Yeah, couldn't just stand by and watch, so we helped out. Although, even though it was an act, this guy really hit me.」

「I apologized so many times, you're so persistent. Besides, we couldn't let him get suspicious, so it couldn't be helped to some extent.」

I see, so these two pretended to fight in front of Kiyama, buying us time to get the evidence of his misdeeds.

「Thank you so much for your help back then. Thanks to you senpais, I just settled things with the girl a little while ago.」

「I see, that's good to hear. But, there's still something interesting left. Isn't that right, everyone?」

One of the senpais called out, turning to look behind him. In response, several voices answered back.

Yes, in this room right now, it wasn't just the two in front of me, but nearly ten people. All of them were men.

「Could it be, they're all collaborators?」

I tried asking Yuu.

「Yeah, that's right. They're the heroes who rose up to punish Kiyama. Well, every last one of them is an unpopular guy with no girlfriend, though.」

「Don't call us unpopular!」

「You've never had a girlfriend either.」

Yuu's introduction was met with jeers. But, to think Yuu had mobilized this many people...

I felt like I was being reminded once again of the breadth of his connections.

「Now then, the real show is about to start. Take a look.」

I was led to the center of the room. What was placed there was a machine?

「What's this?」

「It's a radio transceiver. We can listen to the sound coming in from a wireless signal on this.」

The person who explained it was probably the one from the robotics club who lent us the transceiver before.

But what I don't understand is──

「Why is this here?」

「Right now, this thing is connected to a small wireless device that a certain man is holding. To be precise, it'll connect when I press this switch.」

「A certain man?」

「It's Taki. Since he's in the student council with Kiyama, he's in the faculty meeting room to talk about Kiyama's conduct. With Kiyama, of course.」

Yuu added as a supplement.

I see, it's starting to make sense.

「So we can hear what's going on inside. And we might just get to witness the moment Kiyama's true colors are revealed.」

「That's the idea. ...Though I wish we could see it on video.」

「Don't ask for the impossible. There's no way we could plant a camera in the meeting room, right? We'd get in huge trouble if we got caught.」

「I know, I just thought it would be more fun that way. Can't be greedy, I guess.」

The robotics club member didn't miss Yuu's complaint.

I get his point, but that's asking for too much.

「Oi, hurry up and flip the switch. We've been looking forward to this.」

「I know, I know, senpai. Okay, switch on!」

Spurred on by his senpai, Yuu presses the button on the transceiver.

Then, along with a "Zzzzz" of static, a voice came through.