Three minutes before Santosh and Tatsuya departed to the upper floor, Yukinari Yukimura's locks were starting to loosen. It didn't feel as tight as before.
" The locks?" Has that man been defeated? It seems unlikely." Thoughts started going through his mind as he wondered why his locks were suddenly not as tight as before.
" That man is strong. He couldn't have been defeated so easily. There must be another explanation for this." Another thought crossed his mind. He tried to break the locks free once more but he was too weak to break free and simply waited as he's been doing for the last hours.
Back to Arata Sugawara's side, reinforcements came at last. Aiko had yet to regain consciousness when they arrived.
" Sorry, it took us so long to get here!" The Academy had sent two apprentice anti-thieves. The two looked at the two unconscious students and wondered what could have happened to them.
