Chapter 84: Calm Before the Storm (Part 2)

Just at that moment.

"Hmm..."

The sound of a vibrating phone could be heard.

Well, it's about time.

Thinking this, I directly answered the call.

"Sir, I have found the place you wanted to investigate."

A voice of a unfamiliar man came through the phone.

"Is that so? Then where is it?"

Tensyoin Miyuki said, as if she had thought of something, and glanced around with the corner of her eyes.

"It's at the H point in the east and the F point in the west..."

The person on the phone said something like a secret code, but there was more after that...

You can't understand what's in front of you, can you? Can't you speak like a normal person?

"Oh, so it's that hospital and factory."

Tensyoin Miyuki said.

Thank goodness for the explanation.

"Well, you've worked hard. Your mission is complete."

Saying this, Tensyoin Miyuki hung up the phone and muttered to herself afterward.

"Well then, let's go to the factory for now."

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"Sir Ryuto, they just mentioned the factory earlier."

Two people were hiding on the balcony of this house.

Ah, they indeed mentioned it, but...

Ryuto said, with a thoughtful expression, after a short pause.

"So that was it."

"What do you mean?"

After a slight contemplation, Ryuto came to his conclusion.

"That was probably a trap."

"Ah... a trap? Sir Ryuto, what's going on?"

To be honest, I found it strange earlier. Even though she was given a secret code, she still revealed the correct answer. It was almost as if...

As if?

It was almost as if she intentionally wanted someone to hear it.

Ryuto straightforwardly gave this answer.

"Sir Ryuto, what do you mean?"

Hiyori still seemed to be unaware.

"And I believe there are bugs inside this room."

"Bugs?"

Hiyori was puzzled by this sudden term, but Ryuto seemed to have anticipated it.

"It's something that can listen in on others' conversations."

He explained it like that.

"Is there such a convenient thing?"

Hey, hey, you dare to say something like that so casually? Your shikigami is even more amazing in my opinion.

"Well, something like that."

Hearing this, Hiyori seemed to have thought of something suddenly.

"If there really is that bug thing in here, doesn't that mean our conversation right now is also being heard by someone else?"

"That's not the case. We're outside right now, and the bugs' range isn't that strong. And as long as we speak softly, it's fine."

"Is that so..."

Hiyori responded, seemingly understanding but not fully.

"Then, going back to the main point, she probably also realized that someone had installed bugs in her room. As for the culprit, they're probably connected to the person from earlier. Maybe it's even that person. Since they know the other party's identity, it wouldn't be difficult to find out their whereabouts and secretly infiltrate their place. Well, at least it shouldn't be as simple as us infiltrating."

"Although Ryuto was able to come here directly using Fuyuki, how did Ryuto know the other person's address?"

"Well, I used a little trick, just made a call and asked a certain annoying guy. Also, just in case, I looked it up in the confidential files on the school server. After all, that guy can't be trusted, but I didn't expect the address to be true. I thought for sure he would fill in a fake address."

"Although I'm not exactly sure, Ryuto is really amazing."

"Is that so... Well, let's get back to the topic."

It feels like we're getting further away from the point.

Ryuto paused for a moment.

"Now, the true purpose of saying the secret code out loud without any reservations, even knowing that we're being monitored, is definitely to mislead the other party. And in this situation, there are two types of misinformation. One is deliberately saying the wrong answer to the secret code, and the other is misleading the other party to choose a different answer."

"But shouldn't the other party know the specific place?"

"Yes, so intentionally giving the wrong answer to the secret code here, which is the wrong place, doesn't make any sense because the other party will know immediately, no matter what. So, this must be the second type."

"The second type, which is misleading the other party to choose a different answer?"

"Yes, in the case where the other party already knows the correct answer, the only option is to deceive them into choosing a different answer. In other words, both the hospital and the factory answers are correct, but she is not going to the factory tonight, she is going to the hospital. Saying she's going to the factory is just a deliberate attempt to mislead the eavesdroppers. It's quite lucky actually, because if it was the factory, there would be more targets, but if it's the hospital, there will be relatively fewer."

Ryuto paused again at this point.

"And when it comes to the hospital in the east, the only thing that comes to mind is..."