COTE - The Devilish Conqueror

Pawn Gained

Artist: Chiharu at Pixiv

After I had spent my time wandering around the school complex without any clear direction, I can't help but wonder just from where this school gained its money to build a facility this big and advanced.

The school was built over an artificial island which size was about 600,000 square meters and the dorm for students were four 15-storey buildings. Not only that, but various facilities that were provided for students' need in this school was simply too impressive by itself.

Sometimes, I also wonder just from where my father found people to fund the White Room and how did he convince them it was a good idea to subject hundreds of children into an inhuman experiment. Actually, forget about that. I'm more than certain that he have quite a number of blackmail victims under his thumb.

Speaking of blackmail, I looked down at Karuizawa's slumped figure in front of me. Tears were running down her horror-stricken face while she looked at me in despair, as if she have been sentenced to death or perhaps something worse than it. There was no strength left in her hand that I still held, unlike before.

The light in her eyes slowly diminished and then finally fade, leaving behind a hollow darkness as she accepted her fate silently.

And that's the exact moment I strike in.

“Spread your legs.”

-oOo-

After my brief encounter with Horikita and Sudou at the store, I decided to roam the school and try to familiarize myself with the school complex as much as I can. At first glance, it may seems that I was just walking around aimlessly. However, I actually have a hidden motive behind my evening leisure walk.

The camera that I managed to notice when those Senpais riled up Sudou piqued my interest and I it made me wonder just how many cameras were placed all across the place in this school. 

I'm pretty sure that there were some rules Chabashira-sensei haven't disclosed yet to the class, or have no desire to explain it at all for foreseeable future, due to some unexplainable reasons. Moreover, the number of loopholes I found in the school rule book, the free supplies at the store and what those Senpais said roused my interest as well as my curiosity.

And thus that's why I decided it was a wise decision to memorize the position of cameras placed all across school complex. So far, I have managed to explore 75% of this school minus the prohibited location and locked room. Just as I expected, this school has made it clear that they were not joking around in terms of security.

Even so, there also existed some place that was left with no surveillance or whatsoever. From how secluded and deserted those place were, I figured out that no one would ever come there.

Except if they don't want to be watched while doing something.

“*Sob... *Sniff...”

My train of thought briefly paused as I heard a faint sobbing. Curiosity gently pushed me to come closer to its source and attempted to peek over a corner to find out who just cried in here. My eyebrows rose up in interest once my eyes landed into a sitting figure with shaky shoulders on there.

It was a girl of average stature with a blonde hair tied into a ponytail with a scrunchie. Her hands were planted on her face as she sobbed into her hand while mumbling about 'how glad she was' and several grateful words to no one in particular.

But even if her face was obscured from my view, it was still fairly easy for me to identify who it was.

Karuizawa Kei, a classmate of mine who seemed more or less like a normal gyaru girl. However, from what I saw just now, apparently she was more than what she appeared to be.