Even Today, the Genius High School Programmer Cashes In on Day Trades, Completely Flustered by Beautiful Girls' Growing Affection. - Chapter 47: Guilty Verdict Confirmed.

Guilty Verdict Confirmed.

The recollection ended.

“Alright, from here on out it’s a race against time.”

I began operating Nanase’s smartphone screen on my PC.

The time was 27:00 on Monday.

In other words, 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

Why was I doing this so late at night?

Simple—because it had to be while Nanase was asleep. If she were awake and looking at her phone, she would witness the illusion of her device moving on its own without anyone touching it. That was something I wanted to avoid.

Out of the entire week, this was the time slot with the highest probability of her being sound asleep. She rarely went clubbing on Mondays, after all. That was why I had pushed myself to finish everything by this hour. Ideally, she would have left her phone face-down, but expecting perfection was asking too much.

I first tapped the Lime icon. Or rather, since I was using a mouse, I clicked it.

I scanned the talk screen. There it was—the group chat labeled ‘Ako, Maria (3)’.

“This is it.”

I opened the group messages.

***

Ako: Hey, hey, did you see Sakuraba’s face earlier?

Maria: I saw~ She looked like she was about to cry.

Nanase: Serves her right. She got all cocky just because people call her the Snow Princess. Using those seductive eyes to make guys confess, then dumping them—what kind of bullshit is that? We’ve gotta get revenge for Yanagi-kun.

Maria: Still, Ako, you really went all out. I caught a glimpse of her skirt.

Ako: Well, yeah~ I made it pretty damn revealing on purpose.

Nanase: No one saw you, right?

Ako: We’re good. There aren’t any cameras inside the school building.

Maria: I was keeping watch too, and nobody came by~

Ako: By the way, Nanase, what are you gonna do about Yanagi-kun?

Nanase: He’s pretty hot, after all. Guys like that pure-hearted athlete type get totally obsessed once you sleep with them once. I’m already thinking about how to set it up.

Maria: Wow, you’re as sleazy as ever!

Ako: What about Takayuki-senpai?

Nanase: Takayuki is a different story. He’s good in his own way too♡

Maria: Whoa, this is the adult world Maria doesn’t know about yet~

***

Guilty verdict confirmed.

I took screenshots of every relevant section.

Looking back through the chat, it was clear that Nanase was the mastermind while Ako and Maria were the ones who carried out the orders. The same went for the letter and the indoor shoes. Even if Ako and Maria were just following instructions, there was no room for leniency.

Still… her relationship with Mizuno Takayuki sounded pretty inappropriate too.

For now, I felt a little sympathy for Yanagi-senpai.

Next, I moved to the uninhabited island group chat on Lime.

‘Gather at the Holy Clark Forest’

After opening the group and taking screenshots, I deleted every message Nanase had sent about Yukina. Then I composed a new one.

Nanase: Sorry~ About those rumors concerning the Snow Princess, it turns out they were all completely fake! Looks like some guy was just spreading baseless lies. Apparently the Snow Princess is actually a really sweet girl.

“Sent.”

With that, the bare minimum of the operation was complete.

Now I just had to figure out how best to use the screenshots I’d taken.

As I stared at Nanase’s phone while thinking, one particular icon caught my eye.

“Hm? Why is something like this here…?”

It was the messaging app labeled ‘Telegaram’