“Heeh~! So, how did you get him to agree to a piano duel?” “Well, that’s a secret.” “Aww~! Come on, tell us, we’re really curious!” “Exactly! That’s exactly what we want to know!” They pressed Masachika with eager questions, but there were things he couldn’t say, or rather, didn’t want to. So, Masachika sighed with a wry smile and delivered a punchline. “Cut me some slack. There are some things I can’t talk about regarding the Raikokai.” Hearing those words, his classmates leaned back with a collective expression of understanding. “Oh, I see...” “Yeah, when you put it that way...” There was a reason they all had somewhat puzzled expressions on their faces. The thing is, about that commotion during the Autumn Festival, there was a gag order issued on the same day. By members of the Raikokai no less. Even so, they couldn’t shut everyone’s mouths, and a few individuals, mainly outside visitors, posted videos and images of the incident on social media... But those posts were deleted within a minute. Entire accounts were wiped clean. And in the media, there was a short and simple news story: “Suspicious individual intrudes Seirei Academy’s Autumn Festival, apprehended by security guards.” Despite the scale of the incident, the news article made it seem as if the intruder was caught immediately. It didn’t particularly capture any attention and was largely ignored. It was as if the intrusion had been dealt with swiftly... For students at Seirei Academy, who knew about the Raikokai, their reactions were only a serious “Eh? That’s scary.” By the way, there wasn’t much involvement from the police and other authorities either... The intruders taken to the student disciplinary committee room had somehow disappeared. Where they went, or what happened to them, was probably better left unknown.