COTE: The White Room War

Vol 2 Ch 8.2: Destitute

This thumbnail is one of the funniest memes I have ever seen, and it perfectly sums up Ichinose's class in the LN.

Year 1

Season 1

Volume 2 - "The Whistleblower"

Chapter 8 Part 2 of 5: Destitute

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka nodded. "It's true. I am the White Room's masterpiece."

Ryuuen's sun glasses fell off his face. "Oi, oi, for real? If this is some kind of joke, I'll kick your ass, but if it isn't, then that means you were holding back whenever we sparred."

"It isn't."

Kanzaki leaned down and whispered behind Ichinose's ear, "I told you something was wrong! He's our enemy!"

Kamuro snapped out of her stupor. "Kanzaki's right! You're one of our class leaders, Ichinose-san. Do you really wish to trust someone that dangerous?"

But Honami didn't respond. She was too in shock as she kept her eyes on Kiyotaka. She noticed that the two girls next to him weren't fazed. "Horikita-san, Kiryuuin-san, did you know about this?"

They nodded.

"Ayano-boy told us."

Ryuuen, who was skeptical at first, began believing.

Riku simply glared at Kiyotaka coldly as he muttered, "I knew it."

Hashimoto began fanboying. "That's amazing! I shall call you King."

Although, deep down, he is now very wary of the masterpiece.

Himeno stared at Kiyo with thoughts similar to Kanzaki's and Riku's, but she wouldn't dare say them to Arisu. "S-Sakayanagi-san, do you have any proof?" She mentally berated herself for stuttering, proof of her fear.

"Fufu. Actually, I do have proof."

Everyone gasped, even Kiyo had an audible intake of breath.

"This here is an email I got from the group calling themselves the White Room Agency. Take a look."

She forwarded the email to all of them.

Suzune sighed. "I'm not even going to question how you have my contact information."

"Fufu. This email was forwarded by them. They claim to have hacked into my father's account, saying it was originally sent to my father. The date the original was sent is somewhere in mid April."

Kiyotaka spoke, "Download all the attached files and then turn off your Wi-Fi when you view it. I do not want any White Room spies knowing about this." They did as he was told, and he waited until they all finished to speak again. "This is the one I told him to send, the one that compromised the White Room."

'Subject: WR

From: black_cat

To: black_dog'

"Black dog?" Arisu spoke. "That's my father's email?"

"Indeed. Why do you ask? Is there something special about those emails?"

"N-No."

"Hm. Continue reading."

'You don't know me, but I know you. I have to make this quick. They could be watching me.