「REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!」
Takanashi, if you really want to kill me, you should take the risk and choose to confine me to death in this clandestine room.
That way I would truly be locked in this room without being able to do anything but waiting for my death.
Yet of all things, you let me out just because you want to see my miserable end after being executed by my own classmate.
That boorish nature and worthless resentment would be your downfall.
「WAIT RIGHT THERE, MOMOKAWA!」
I quickly dashed out from the clandestine room, running down the staircase at full speed toward the entrance in the first room, but my classmates seemed to be way faster than me.
That voice was definitely Ueda and Nakai.
Himeno's screamed following right after that.
My classmates who believed in Takanashi's remark started searching through the school tower.
However, they gathered immediately as soon as I leapt.
「Wait Momokawa-kun, you are――」
Sorry Class Rep, I've got no time to explain in this kind of situation.
I ran down at full speed toward the 1st floor while sending a sidelong glance toward Class Rep who was looking from the fairy plaza of the 2nd floor.
Uhm, thanks to my gakuran that had been enhanced, meaning that it was a kind of magic item right now, my speed increased a teeny bit.
Thus, I managed to arrive at the entrance that was left open faster than everyone.
「――You've come, Momokawa.」
Said Souma-kun who had been waiting for me with an imposing stance and his beloved sword in his hand.
「Given how sneaky and despicable Momokawa is, I fully expected him to be the first to run away.」
「My instinct isn't wrong, after all. Momokawa, it turns out you really are an evil shaman.」
「You cannot escape anymore, Momokwa-kun!」
At the entrance, Sakura had also been waiting for me with her bow drawn, and Asuna with her sword.
And the black-hearted traitor Takanashi Kotori had also been there with her usual crocodile tears.
「Dammit, how dare you betray me after all the trust I put in you, Momokawa!」
The rest of the classmates quickly gathered together, surrounding me from all sides, a checkmate.
The ones who stepped forward were Randou-san and Shimokawa.
Sakura and Souma-kun aside, even I would feel disheartened if you two looked at me with the same kind of gaze as those siblings.
「What are you doing, catch him quickly!」
「The opponent is Momokawa-kun, he might be up to something.」
The ones who arrived first in the middle of the entrance were Yamada and Nakajima.
Both were barehanded, but they were strong enough to catch me even with that. I wouldn't be able to resist even with my enhanced gakuran.
If that happens, it will lead straight to execution in the heat of the moment, so I can't afford to be caught yet.
「GUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Right at that moment, my Rem had finally appeared.
Led by Dark Knight Rem, Arachne, Alfa, Minotaurs, and every single offshoot of the strongest Rem who survived the Yamata no Orochi's subjugation battle surrounded me from all sides as if to protect me.
I had suspected that Takanashi excluded Rem from the very beginning. I had confirmed that all of them were safe, but the moment I woke up, I had confirmed that I was locked up on the 1st floor.
「Tch, resistance is futile.」
「Give it up, Momokawa!」
The one who said those words was JuryMary combi.
They were teeming with rage since they thought that Tendou-kun also got poisoned like them too.
But those two, along with the other classmates, hesitated to pounce on me since fully armed Rems were ready to intercept them.
All of them were well aware of Rem's strength, only members of Souma Harem who were waiting in the first floor were armed properly. No one wanted to challenge Rem unarmed.
Well then, with this, everyone but Mei-chan had already gathered at the entrance.
Even if we were currently in a deadlock, this situation wouldn't last for a long time.
Now was the best chance to say what I had to say.
「I'm not a traitor. The real traitor is Takanashi Kotori.」
「Here I thought that you were going to beg for your life… You mustn't frame others, Momokawa!」
「Just how rotten can you be!」
I ignored the Souma siblings’ yapping and continued on.
「『Sage』 and special vocation. In short, she's the game master chosen by goddess Elysion to observe us as we advance through the dungeon in accordance to god's scenario.」
There was no time for a quarrel. I had to quickly pass this information.
I didn't care even if they didn't believe me.
But I'm sure that someday, they would realize what I said was true.
「The god's purpose is to raise Souma-kun, the 『Hero』 We are merely supporting characters for that goal. At some point in time, such as a boss battle, we are meant to die tragically and spur Souma-kun to awaken his hero's power. We are sacrifices for that purpose.」
「DON'T SCREW WITH ME! Do you really think I'd believe such nonsense!?」
「Yamata no Orochi is a special boss prepared to kill us for sure. But since no one died during the subjugation battle using my plan, Takanashi lost her patience. Thus, I'm marked as a hindrance to the god's plan. That's why she poisoned everyone and pushed all the blame to me.」
「S-Souma-kun! Don't be misled, Kotori has no idea about what he is talking.」
「Yeah, I know, Takanashi-san.」
「I was confined inside the clandestine room until just a while ago by Takanashi. And my offshoot that you saw in the plaza was my 『Twin Shadow』 that was hijacked by her. The culprit behind everything, and the one who gave you all the poisoned drink is none other than Takanashi. She’s also the only one with the antidote.」
「Give it up Momokawa, I've had enough of your nonsense.」
Souma-kun readied his sword, he could be trying to interrupt my explanation.
「I've the proof in my hands.」
Souma-kun was startled upon hearing my declaration filled with confidence.
I knew that no one was going to believe me in this kind of situation. His line of sight wasn't wavering at all, he was truly wary of me. Discover more novels at novelFirｅ.net
Nevertheless, he was surely interested in the proof in my hand.
「I've recorded my conversation with Takanashi from a while ago.」
When Takanashi was shouting loudly by herself, I took out the piece of evidence from my pocket.
「This is something that only Class Rep and I can carry while in the school tower.」
The thing that only Kisaragi Ryouko AKA Class Rep and I could carry in order to receive a suggestion box, the cellphone.
Thus, I have always carried it with me.
「It's too dark since I recorded it from my pocket… But I think you'll be able to at least hear the conversation.」
Takanashi might've got the 『Sage』 vocation, but the person herself wasn't really smart, even worse than 3rd rate villain.
She had no idea that I had reached into my pocket while she was occupied with her acting of using my offshoot.
My flip phone could transform into a camera by twisting the upper part after it was flipped up, and then changed to video recording mode with the press of the switch. It was a neat feature that allowed me to start recording without even looking at the screen like you would with a smartphone… Though, this was my first time ever using this function.
But after confirming by glancing into my pocket that it was in recording mode, the voice recorded here was unmistakably the truth, the undeniable proof.
I knew that Souma-kun, no, the attention of all the classmates was focused on me when I raised my black flip-phone, an undeniable piece of evidence.
Right in this moment, I'd planted a seed of doubt in everyone's memory, the fact that I might not be the traitor―― But Takanashi.
Yes, the most important factor was betting on that possibility.
As long as it wasn't zero, this fact would be discovered sooner or later.
I was currently in an extremely disadvantageous situation.
Nevertheless, once, as long as I could expla— Oh screw that, as long as I could negotiate――
The flip phone in my hand suddenly broke into pieces.
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