A Tyrant's Will

Volume 1: Chapter 2.2 - Exploration and Exploitation

After classes ended for the day, I immediately went over to Keyaki Mall and got a couple sheets of paper and a bottle of spray paint. It was time to do a little exploring and experimenting, with a tiny bit of vandalization on the side.

I made my way over to the special building to start the process of documenting the locations of all the security cameras on campus. Today was the perfect day to snoop around this place undetected. The special building is mostly used for club activities, and all of the representatives are busy preparing for the club fair happening shortly. As a result, there were no after school meetings today; I pretty much had the entire building to myself.

The first thing I noticed was that the air conditioning was turned off, and it was extremely hot. Would it have killed the school to keep it on for a bit? I suppose the AC functions as normal during school hours and in the classrooms, but they turn it off when the building's not in use.

The first two floors housed all the general equipment for most of the clubs. There was nothing extraordinary present, so I continued my way upward.

The third floor was a bit different, containing only bathrooms and a couple of storage closets for staff members. I also noticed that these first three floors lacked any security cameras, which was surprising. On the ceiling, where a camera should have been installed, only a couple of empty electrical sockets remained.

Could it be that the school didn't feel the need to install cameras in this location? If that was the case, then this would make for the perfect ambush spot.

The upper two floors housed all the special classrooms. I saw the home economics room, the chemistry lab, and the AV room, among many others. However, this time, there were two cameras positioned at opposite ends of the hallway, sweeping back and forth.

In other words, cameras were only set up on the upper two floors, and nowhere else. I suppose it made sense, considering the faculty room and science labs stored many valuables and chemical products.

I went to the blind spot of the camera, right outside its viewing range. The cameras were clearly top-notch and vandalism-proof. It had a strong polycarbonate lens and a tough steel body. I imagined all the other cameras were similar to this one.

Satisfied with my investigation, I made my way back to the school building and started the documentation process once again. From what I could tell, the hallways on the first, second, and third-year floors didn't have any cameras. 

As I made my way to the fourth floor, I noticed a couple of inconspicuously placed cameras near the corners of the hallway. This floor housed the student council office and rooms for the administration and staff. Given the general lack of students and the presence of school officials, it certainly was reasonable that hallway cameras were installed here and nowhere else.

The final stop to visit in the school building was the rooftop. There was only one camera that covered the entire space, and it was located just above the door. Seizing this opportunity, I grabbed my spray paint and covered the entirety of the lenses with black paint.

Let's see how long it takes for the school to notice. I had a feeling this camera didn't record in real-time, seeing as how hardly anyone uses the rooftop. Even if they did find out, the punishment would probably be very minor, anyway.

The school certainly made an effort to cover as much area as possible with their security cameras. However, there are bound to be blind spots. The third floor of the special building, the school rooftop once the camera is sabotaged, the back of the dorms, and the inside of the alleyways are all locations where a surveillance camera could not reach. Of course, the bathrooms and lockers wouldn't have any cameras either, but it would be a lot riskier to attempt something there.