Irrespective of his son's reason, he has his own reasons as well, which he made abundantly clear by staring directly at Kiyotaka's eyes for the first time. Ayanokōji tells him that if they’re doing this, it would be better for him to take it more seriously as he applied more pressure on his face. Ryuuen acknowledges that he’s at the disadvantage while complimenting Ayanokōji for outsmarting him. Kiyotaka thinks that the purpose for him coming here is to show that Ayanokōji takes no mercy on those who betray him. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.

He then dodged the next attack and went in for a frontal attack at his gut, paying no heed at holding back his strength since it was unwise to underestimate an opponent.

After the eventful meeting at the beginning of the story, we see Ryuuen’s hunt for the mysterious, string-pulling mastermind “X” of Class D reach a boiling point.

Ibuki becomes restless as she suspects Karuizawa has another card to play but Ryuuen reassured her that X is the sole card holder.Following the events of volume 6, Ryuuen (The main antagonist of these past volumes) starts cracking down on who the mastermind in Class D is. The fact that she’s forever bound to an inferior class that had no hopes of overthrowing other classes forced her hand and made her careless. The principal was sweating profusely as he excused himself, bowing repeatedly at the other man as so did Chabashira. The pleasant smile Sakayanagi wore disappeared and after some wordplay, it was revealed that he was accepted due to Sakayanagi's judgment.

Perceptive people like Ichinose and Sakayanagi already had an interest in him but it would slowly fade as long as he stepped back. Haruka being slightly peeved at the sexist comment disagrees as they turned their attention to Kiyotaka. The end of the second semester is near, and Ryūen's manhunt for Class D's mastermind is only getting more aggressive. She then asked if she could have his cooperation, which he allows 'as much as he can', with the reply being unconvincing.

Even if Karuizawa was attacked or had betrayed him, the worst case would be the revelation of his identity. They've then continued pouring water on her 4 times, which continues to slowly break apart her heart as Ryuuen recorded the entire process. Much to the obviousness of both, Airi was stung by their remarks as it was still her hobby despite currently taking a break from it. He plans on taking Karuizawa to the rooftop and ‘blackmailing’ her into giving the identity of X away. Ayanokōji deliberately takes a few strikes from him, but soon gets bored and starts retaliating, beginning a one-sided beat down of Ryuuen.