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A Gaze That Could Kill.

“Uaah… it’s colder than I thought…”

It was lunch break. I stood on the school rooftop.

By November, autumn had truly deepened. Especially today, the air was dry and the temperature had dropped sharply.

I had called a female student up here and was waiting for her to arrive.

Calling a girl to the rooftop during lunch break—it felt like the start of some event.

Well, in a way, it was.

With a loud bang, the door slammed open and a girl appeared, her skirt noticeably short.

“What the hell is your problem?!”

It was Okazaki Nanase, her straight light-brown hair practically radiating pure fury.

I had taken complete control of Nanase’s smartphone, hacked it, and saved every piece of incriminating evidence. Then I sent it all to her via Lime, along with a short message: “I need to talk. I’ll be waiting on the rooftop during lunch break today.”

By the way, while checking the old messages on Telegaram, I had discovered a certain video file sent from Takayuki to Nanase.

When I played it, I was taken aback.

It was Nanase, completely naked and moaning loudly. A classic hidden-camera sex video. I had sent that along as well.

As a side note, her breasts weren’t as large as they appeared when she was clothed. The power of a push-up bra was truly impressive. Completely irrelevant, of course.

“Whoa, whoa, Senpai. Let’s calm down.”

“Cut the crap!”

“But I saw some very interesting things. The harassment you directed at Sakuraba, the way you’ve been taking drugs with Takayuki-senpai, and…”

I looked down at Nanase with contempt in my eyes.

“Your body looked beautiful, Senpai.”

“You—!!”

Nanase grabbed my collar and yanked me up. She was surprisingly strong.

“Are you sure that’s wise? It would be incredibly easy for me to send this data to the school, the police, or the group chats. Oh, and by the way…”

Nanase glared at me with a gaze that could kill.

“Should I also email it from the Okazaki Electric Industries website?”

“Kh…”

The hand gripping my collar tightened even more.

I had suspected it for a while, but Nanase really couldn’t defy her father. Her frequent clubbing apparently only happened on days when he wasn’t home. She had been strictly raised since childhood and received her allowance directly from him. It was only natural that she couldn’t talk back.

Incidentally, even if I leaked everything to the police, it was questionable whether they would act. What Nanase and the others were using was probably the kind of substance commonly called party pills—some legal, some illegal. Building a solid case might prove difficult.

“It’s starting to get a little hard to breathe. Mind letting go?”

Nanase roughly released my collar.

“What do you want?”

“As expected from Senpai, you catch on quickly.”

I curled the corner of my mouth into a smirk.

“Won’t you make a deal with me?”

Of course, you don’t actually have the right to refuse.

“My demand is simple.”

I stared straight into Nanase’s eyes.

“Stay away from Sakuraba Yukina. Forever!”

I glared at her. I could hear Nanase swallowing hard.

“And not just you. Ako, Maria, Mizuno Takayuki, and all his friends—you will make absolutely sure none of them ever get close to her again. Those are my conditions.”

I continued.

“If Yukina suffers even the slightest harm, I will spread this data everywhere I can think of.”

I could see Nanase grinding her back teeth.

What I had devised wasn’t just using the data as a shield to control Nanase. It was also forcing her to act as a breakwater against any other dangerous individuals.

Personally, I wanted to thoroughly denounce her. I wanted to bring the hammer down hard.

But when it came to protecting Yukina, this was probably the best method.

“You really think you can pull something like this and get away with it?”

Ooh, scary.

That gaze could kill a man.

Well, that’s what happens when you only use the whip.

I suppose I should offer the carrot as well.