"First of all, how do you intend to defeat Wanhua Summer Night?" Seiji went straight to the point.
Okubo fell silent once more, this time a little longer than before.
"I have a perfect plan … but I can't tell you the specifics," he said in a dark tone after a moment of silence.
"You want me to help you, but you can't tell me what you're going to do?"
'So this is your so-called sincerity?'
Okubo felt as if he'd heard Seiji's piercing question, and a trace of anger arose within him.
'This piece of trash really thinks he's some big shot! 'He dares to question me after talking to him nicely!?'
Okubo was annoyed.
But he had to continue.
"Because you might leak information, Haruta-kun … it's not that I don't trust you, but you're currently in that woman's base, and if I tell you anything, she might find out. It's highly possible … no, she's definitely watching you from the shadows! "
"Hmm … that makes sense." The voice on the other end of the phone agreed.
"But if that's the case, what's the point of asking me for help? I'm at Wanhua Summer Night's base, and I can't do anything under her watch. "
"No! You can do anything, as long as you listen to my instructions! " Okubo hurriedly said. "Just do as I say, and you'll be able to escape from her watch, and … do what you should!"
"As long as I listen to your instructions, I'll be able to threaten her … just like Shika Kagura, right?"
Okubo paused for a moment upon hearing the name of the temporary retainer he'd hired.
"Haruta-kun, what do you mean by this?" Why did he mention that useless retainer?
"This is the second question I wanted to ask you," the voice on the other end of the phone said.
"Shika Kagura, the retainer you hired is the 'Reaper's Curse' that brings misfortune and calamity to others.
"You ordered her to enter Yuen Hwa Secondary and become a student of Genhana High School. Then, you ordered her to switch places with your real Snow Girl Spirit-branded Retainer and have her fight against Wanhua Summer Night's Spirit-branded Retainer. You even intentionally lost and got injured."
"From there, it can use the special power of the 'Reaper's Curse' to destroy Wanhua Summer Night's spell formation in the Yuen Hwa Secondary School … is that it?"
"… That's right," Okubo admitted.
This was a scheme that he was proud of … It used to be.
Because the plan that he was so confident in had ended up in a complete failure!
Yuen Hwa Secondary's formation did not suffer any damage, and neither did Wanhua Summer Night.
The special power of the Reaper's Curse and the ingenious trap he set on Shika Kagura had been avoided by the woman!
He had actually been seen through so thoroughly … The confidence he had in this plan before the execution had turned into a new humiliation.
Okubo didn't want to mention this, but since the other person asked, he could only respond.
"Everything that Wanhua Summer Night told me was true? You don't deny anything at all? "The other person's voice was filled with astonishment.
Okubo really wanted to curse out loud in anger.
But he forced himself to restrain himself.
Deny … he really wanted to deny it, but he couldn't think of how to deny it. After all, that useless temporary Spirit-branded Retainer had been captured and imprisoned in the same house that Haruta Seiji was currently in!
With that useless Spirit-branded Retainer as a witness, denying the truth would seem forced and fake.
So, he could only admit it.
"I don't deny it … this is my plan, but unfortunately, it was seen through … That woman is extremely sly, so I need your help …"
"Wait, I'm not finished yet," the other person interrupted him.
"If you've admitted to the above, then the next question is what I want to ask you the most.
If your plan succeeds, not only will Wanhua Summer Night's spell formation be destroyed, the entire Yuen Hwa Secondary School's students and teachers will suffer a calamity as well, right? "
Okubo felt a sense of pressure.
The voice that came out of the phone was calm, but it still made him feel pressured.
This was a critical question.
If he didn't answer well, then everything he had said before would have been for nothing.
He hated this kind of pressure, especially since it came from a piece of trash that had been exiled from his family, someone that he didn't even want to be associated with!
He needed to make use of this piece of trash, so he suppressed his disdain and intentionally tried to rope him in.
But this guy didn't know what was good for him!
Okubo once again felt the urge to curse out loud, but he had to endure it.
"Please answer, Okubo-san," the other person urged.
"… Yes." Okubo could only admit once again.
The power of the 'Reaper's Curse' was real, and even if he denied it, it would only be easy to see through him.
"So you're admitting it again … In order to achieve your own goals, you're willing to harm so many innocent people. I think that's what's truly despicable."
"Those people aren't innocent!" Okubo raised his voice as he spoke.
"They provided Mana for that woman's spell formation, and they're a part of it — that evil woman's faction! Why should I care about them!?
They didn't do anything to offend you, and nobody knows about what happened between you and Wanhua Summer Night … "
"They're at that woman's school, and they're working for that bitch! That in itself is a sin!! "Okubo said without hesitation.
Okubo fell silent.
'Maybe I went a little overboard.' Okubo couldn't help but think to himself.
That was his honest opinion.
Why should he care about those people? Even if they were ignorant and innocent, that was their own business.
They entered Yuen Hwa Secondary and worked for that evil woman, so they deserved to be harmed.
That was what Okubo thought, but he also realized that it wasn't appropriate to say it out loud.
"Perhaps I'm a little off the mark, Haruta-kun … I should say that everything is actually Wanhua Summer Night's fault.
"That woman used all the teachers and students in the school. Those people were hurt because they were used by her, not because of me."
All of Yuen Hwa Secondary was her spell formation, so it's only natural for me to view the entire school as her subordinates, isn't it? I didn't do anything wrong. Those students and teachers were harmed, and if they wanted to hate someone, they should hate her, not me. "
'That's right, that's what I should say.
My actions were correct, and the only one at fault was that woman. ' Okubo was certain of this.
Okubo remained silent.
"Haruta-kun, what you're most concerned about is that you, as a Genhana student, will also be harmed.
But just as I said, this is all because Wanhua Summer Night secretly used all of you … she's the evil culprit!
Not only were you used by her as a Genhana student, you were also used by her as a member of the Haruta family. It's time for you to wake up.
Haruta-kun, as long as you help me … "
"One last question."
Once again, Seiji's calm voice interrupted Okubo's words.
"As for Shika Kagura, this Spirit-branded Retainer who listened to your orders, went to battle, was injured, and was captured, what do you think of him?"
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