I just hope to live a leisurely life in the world of anime.

"That's good...that's good..."

Kikyo Kushida breathed a slight sigh of relief and muttered to herself, "If all the teachers knew what I had done, then I would feel that my performance all these days was nothing more than a clown's show in front of them."

"But if it's private, why would Teacher An Shu see those materials?"

The girl, having calmed down a bit, cast a sharp look at An Shu again.

"Because I'm really powerful! Even Chairman Sakayanagi has to curry favor with me! Well, in order for us to have a proper conversation and for you to stop asking meaningless questions, first I need to give you a new understanding of my identity... Alright, here." An Shu took out her own terminal, dialed a number in her phone book, pressed speakerphone, and handed the terminal to the woman sitting opposite her.

beep--

The phone rang for less than half a ring before stopping abruptly, and was immediately answered.

"Teacher Anshu, is there something you need from me?"

A slightly magnetic voice rang out, carrying a deep and resonant quality. Even though the sound was slightly distorted by the electric current, it was still easy to imagine that the person on the other end of the phone was a middle-aged man around forty years old.

Kikyo Kushida was puzzled. She didn't recognize the phone number on the terminal, so she didn't understand who Anshu was calling.

An Shu didn't explain Kushida Kikyo's doubts. He just made a "shh" gesture to her, pulled up his chair slightly, and leaned forward a little.

"Chairwoman Sakayanagi"

"I'm here, Teacher Anshu."

"I have two questions to ask."

"Teacher Anshu, please speak freely. I will answer all your questions to the best of my knowledge."

"Hmm, if I wanted a student to disappear, does Chairman Sakayanagi have a way to handle the aftermath?"

"Disappearing, you mean..."

"Yes, it means exactly what it says. Treat it as an accidental death, is that alright?"

A little stunned by An Shu's startling words, the voice on the phone cautiously asked, "Um... excuse my bluntness, but which ignorant student has offended you, Teacher An Shu?"

"You don't need to know. You just need to understand that my patience is limited, Chairwoman Sakayanagi. Can you just say one word?" An Shu watched the girl's expressions change back and forth, and then watched her grab her terminal as if checking the number displayed on the call screen. He suppressed a laugh and tried to make his voice cold.

"Teacher Anshu, this..."

"Chairman Sakayanagi, this shouldn't be difficult for you, right? I'll handle the specifics. You just need to figure out how to clean up the mess. Once you've accomplished this, it will be a secret between the two of us."

An Shu deliberately brought up the word "secret," while still hoping that Chairman Sakayanagi, who hadn't discussed the script with her beforehand, wasn't an upright and incorruptible person, otherwise she would lose face.

"Teacher Anshu, could you give me two minutes... no, half a minute to think about it?"

"Timer begins."

Sure enough, thankfully he wasn't a good person either. An Shu breathed a slight sigh of relief; if he had really refused, she would have truly lost face today.

An eerie silence fell over the room. Kikyo Kushida, her face filled with undisguised shock, began to check Anshu's phone.

It's definitely a live call! The number is the same as the one published on the school forum! There's no other software running in the background to cover it up!

She looked again at An Shu's ambiguous smile. She could hear clearly the respectful tone in Chairman Sakayanagi's voice!

"Teacher Anshu, are you going to kill him or...?"

Banliu still had some strange confusion, after all, given Anshu's power, he wouldn't need to discuss this with him at all.

Is it a test or something? But what's there to test? It's not April Fool's Day.

Even so, he gritted his teeth and continued.

An Shu answered, "It's about imprisoning her for life, um. So we have to make her disappear, of course, by force."

"she"

The pronunciations of "he" and "she" are different in Japanese. Sakayanagi was clearly stunned for a moment before he realized that he might have taken a liking to a female classmate. But he didn't need to tell him!

He wasn't afraid of recording the conversation and then threatening him.

He began to believe that what An Shu said was probably not true. After all, someone who became the world's richest man at such a young age wouldn't be so foolish as to tell an outsider a plan that could ruin his reputation.

Since that was the case, he made a plan.

"How about this, Ms. Anshu? Could you tell me the approximate height of 'her'? I'll immediately go to a major hospital to buy a similar corpse. Then, I'll investigate the girl's dormitory room, deliberately cause a fire, and burn the body beyond recognition. Then, as long as I give the parents a lot of compensation to satisfy them, I can hastily cremate the body without doing a DNA test or even just bribe the forensic doctor, and that should be fine."

I'll have someone sabotage some of the school's security cameras tonight, then Teacher Anshu can send someone to arrest her tomorrow following the route I've arranged. There won't be any evidence left. Teacher Anshu, what do you think?"

###Chapter 404 Heart-to-Heart Talk (Part 4)###

“Oh, I see. Teacher Anshu, do you mean you want to prove to her that you are very capable? How about this, you give her the phone and I will talk to her directly.”

"Hehehe, that's not necessary. Besides, scaring girls like this is quite fun. That's all, Chairman Sakayanagi, you're busy now."

"Understood. If you need any help, Teacher Anshu, please let me know!"

"Um, wait, by the way, did Chairperson Sakayanagi record everything we just said to use and blackmail me?"

In the luxurious office, his hand holding the terminal froze for a moment. He couldn't deny that he had initially had this idea, but he rejected it in an instant. There were many reasons, but none of them needed to be explained.

Although his emotions fluctuated for a moment, he didn't forget to explain: "Uh! No! Absolutely not! Teacher An Shu, I..."

Having followed that special teacher in his youth, he had seen many ups and downs, so this sudden question wasn't enough to leave him at a loss.

However, before he could finish speaking, An Shu interrupted him.

"Well, just kidding. Chairwoman Sakayanagi, don't be so serious. If you always have a long face, you'll look older!"

"Uh...I've learned something!"

"Okay, I'm hanging up."

beep--

The phone went dead. After listening for a couple of seconds, Sakayanagi put down the phone, shook his head, and looked at his daughter behind him with a sigh, "Teacher Anshu, you really are a child at heart..."

"is that so"

Her voice was like a silver bell tinkling in a gentle breeze. The silver-haired girl touched the cane lying to the side: "Then I should go to the hospital to get my medicine. How boring. I was hoping to hear another side of our teacher, An Shu. Imprisoning and kidnapping girls and all that..."

Sakayanagi automatically ignored the second half of her daughter's sentence: "Do you want me to drive you there?"

"No need, Rem said she wants to come with me today."

"Her... Ma... Be careful on the road."

"Ah."

Tap, tap.

Sakayanagi watched her daughter leave, her cane striking the wooden floor, before turning to the report the dean of academic affairs had just handed her.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji reported his student ID card terminal lost.

Sakayanagi had met the child in that white room once.

Moreover, he was the son whom his teacher, Ayanokouji, had personally raised.

"Whether letting them in is a good thing or a bad thing..."

He rubbed his temples in annoyance; none of the people in this cohort could give him any peace of mind.

……

"So, Kushida-san, even if you tear your clothes to shreds and run around saying I'm going to do something weird to you, it won't do you any good! After all, the chairman listens to me, and I can easily get him to vouch for me and testify! If you try to turn the tables on me, given your past experiences, you're finished..."

An Shu picked up the teapot and refilled the nearly empty cup of tea, adding, "Well, if Kushida-kun doesn't believe me, he can use his own phone to call the chairman's office landline to verify. I can wait!"

"What exactly do you want?" Kikyo Kushida bit her lip.

She lowered her head again, and An Shu couldn't see her expression, but she could sense that the girl had lost her initial composure.

"Of course we'll promote it all over the world! Don't you think that's fun, Kushida-san?"

"do not want!"

She gripped her skirt tightly, then suddenly looked up and screamed.

An Shu chuckled lightly... Well, actually he really wanted to laugh, cough cough.

"Well, Kushida-kun's opinion doesn't count."

"Please...please..."

Kikyo Kushida panicked, feeling helpless for the first time. Threats were no longer effective, and the other party had leverage over her. She truly didn't know what to do now.

Biting her lip, she tried to calm herself down, and her fingernails must have left marks on her palms in the process.

"Even if you beg me, it won't work. Besides, speaking of which, Ayanokouji-san was there yesterday too, so why did you single me out? Aren't you afraid he'll tell everyone?"

Kikyo Kushida paused for a moment, picked up her terminal, opened the chat history with Kiyotaka Ayanokouji from yesterday, and handed it to Anshu.

“He sent this to me on his own initiative. He probably didn’t intend to tell anyone. If he did, then he’s finished.”

"Eh eh"

An Shu glanced at it and returned it.

No wonder that guy came to Chabashira Sae to report his lost terminal so early in the morning. This part wasn't in the original work. It turns out it was all planned.

An Shu silently muttered to herself that she should not tell her the truth, lest she cause trouble again after today.

Furthermore, even if Ayanokouji Kiyotaka knew, it wouldn't matter much. When someone with extremely low profile in the class exposes a popular and cute girl, without crucial video evidence, it would seem like a frame-up. Obviously, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka didn't have that. Even setting aside the fact that Anshu was watching clearly, the time difference alone wouldn't have been enough for her to come and film it.

She's not exactly a brainless woman with big breasts or anything, so why doesn't she consider this...?

An Shu has always wanted to complain about this kind of melodramatic plot.

However, this also shows that our lovely Kushida-san is quite concerned about this secret...

An Shu smiled maliciously. *Ahem*, so it really is going down the villain-turned-redemption route, huh?

Ah!

###Chapter 405 Heart-to-Heart Talk (Part 5)###

"Actually, I can keep quiet about it!"

"...What are the conditions?"

After a moment's hesitation, Kikyo Kushida asked in a low voice.