After Ayla left the classroom, Jake immediately rushed toward the dormitory. He arrived in front of Titan Mayo's room and knocked on the door.
"Titan, are you there? This is me, Jake. I want to talk with you."
There was a rustling sound from inside, and Jake heard the sound of objects falling. After that, the sound of footsteps marched forward and stopped at the door. Jake thought Titan was going to open the door, but nothing happened. He wondered what happened and asked, "Titan, are you okay?"
"Titan isn't home."
Jake put on a dumbfounded expression and asked, "Then with whom am I talking right now?"
"I am a magic alarm. Please leave a message after the beep. Beep. Please leave your message."
Jake sighed. "This is about your problem. For a note, I don't think you are someone who will do something as low as peeking into the girl's toilet. I believe you have your own reason, so I want to hear your story."
After saying that, the door was slightly open, and Titan peeked from inside with his scary face. If people saw him, they would think they were looking at a ghost, but Jake was calm and didn't show any sign of disturbed.
"I didn't peek at anything. It wasn't my intention."
Jake smiled. "I believe you. Now, why don't we talk about this inside?"
"Y-you want to enter my room?"
"You made it sound like I am a playboy who wants to enter a girl's room."
Titan coughed. "No. It's just that my room is very messy right now."
"Oh... Well, that sounds normal for boys," Jake said, even though his room was always clean. Even if he compared his room with girls' rooms in terms of cleanliness, he wouldn't lose. It was because sleeping in a clean environment was a treat for the soul.
"O-okay." Titan undid the door chain and opened the door.
When Jake entered his room, he gasped in horror. Dirty clothes and objects scattered on the floor. Dirty plates were piled at the corner of the room, emitting a foul stench. Even Titan's face was ten times better than the condition of his room.
"M-my room wasn't usually this dirty, but I have been feeling stressful lately," Titan said, scratching his bald face and blushing.
"Titan! Are you an animal? Even an animal is cleaner than you!" Jake bellowed.
Titan looked at him in surprise. "But you said this is normal for boys?"
"Not like this. I am ordering you as the class president. You should clean your room now!" Jake exclaimed, his eyes glowing in intimidation.
"O-okay, sir." Titan hurriedly turned around and gathered all his dirty clothes on the floor.
Jake clicked his tongue after seeing Titan's clumsy movement. He felt lazy, but if he didn't help him, he would wait too long. So, he decided to help him clean the room. He used his [Center Shift] and moved trash without touching them.
[Congratulations! Your Center Shift has reached grade E!]
Jake laughed bitterly when he read the notification. Lately, he gained and raised his abilities' grades by doing something trivial. Of course, those were good things for him, but he couldn't help but feel astonished.
Of course, these were only possible because many of his abilities were still at the lowest grade, and he had perfect control in his abilities.
Jake swiped the notification aside and continued to clean the room. With his newly empowered [Center Shift], Jake could move more objects. As a result, they could clean the room in a short time.
After cleaning the room, Jake lay down on Titan's bed, completely forgetting it was someone's bed, but why did he have to care? He had helped him with the cleaning when it wasn't supposed to be his job.
"Um, so can I tell you about what happened yesterday now?"
"Just talk. I listen."
Instead of speaking about yesterday's problem, Titan looked dejected. "As expected... You don't want to listen to my story, right? I get it. After all, I am just an annoyance in people's eyes."
"Oh my god. You are so sensitive. Fine, here. I am sitting. Now tell me your story."
"Are you sure you are not forcing yourself to listen to this little me?"
Veins popped out of Jake's forehead. Dealing with an extremely introverted person with a severe case of inferiority complex really consumed too much of his energy. "If you don't talk, I will force the words to come out of your mouth. Now, which one do you choose?"
"Hiks, I am sorry. I will talk."
Jake sighed in relief when Titan started to explain about yesterday's event. Sometimes, violence was the answer to many solutions. Hesitation? Who would hesitate to save themselves in front of danger. Violence was really good for solving problems. He learned this from his mother. You could make someone follow you through fears regardless of the other people's feelings. Of course, Jake didn't take the advice for granted. However, it was indeed useful in situations like this.
According to him, Titan had overheard the conversation of two suspicious people about their plan to cause a gate outbreak inside the first year dormitory. If it happened, many monsters would come out of the hidden gate while the students were unprepared. If elite class students died inside the academy, it would be a huge blow to the academy and the empire because almost all elite class students were nobles.
Jake, of course, believed his words. Titan had such a cowardly nature he wouldn't dare to peek into female toilets.
Jake patted his bald head and praised, "Good job, Titan. You should have been awarded instead of punished."
Titan widened his eyes in surprise. "Do you believe my words?"
"Of course. Also, not all people think you are wrong too. Brian kept saying you are innocent. He said he is a good judge of characters and knows you are innocent. My friend believes you, so I do. Don't worry about your punishment. I will help you lift the punishment. No, I will help you to get rewards for this discovery."
Titan looked down and smiled happily. "Hehe, to think someone would believe my words."
"One day old corrupted gate seed, huh. If I remember correctly, it takes at least 7 days to create the fastest outbreak. We still have time to find it," Jake said.
"What should we do? I reported the teachers yesterday, but no one believed me. If it was you, I am sure they would believe you," Titan said sadly.
"Not necessarily. Even if I am the one who reports it, they will treat it like passing air. If my guess is right, the two terrorists you saw yesterday were teachers."
Titan knitted his brows. "How so? They weren't wearing staff uniforms."
"There must be a reason why they didn't wear staff uniforms, but even if they are not teachers, we can't report this without finding the proof."
"Then what should we do?"
"What else? Let's visit the female toilet. You need to be present too so we can clear your name."
"Eeeh! No! No! They will definitely hate me more!" Titan rejected, furiously shaking his head.
"Don't worry. I've got this. Let's go together." Jake knew Titan would try to avoid it, so he dragged him out of the room.
They walked to the female dormitory together, which was on the opposite side of the male dormitory. The female students looked worried when they saw Titan, but they felt safe when they saw Jake.
Before they went to the toilet, Jake was planning to find Marilyn. With her around, they could enter the female toilet without getting weird gazes from female students. Plus, she could help them to find the hidden gate with her [Magic Eyes]. Well, that was the reason he was going to tell her, but in truth, he just wanted to see her more. For some reason, Jake started to be comfortable around her. It felt like she was a part of his body.
Jake didn't know where Marilyn's room was, so she approached Reina who happened to just get out of her room.
"Reina."
Reina widened her eyes when she saw Jake. "This is the female dormitory."
Jake patted her head as he walked past her. "I am not stupid, my vice president. Follow me. Show me Marilyn's room."
"If you are looking for her highness, I saw her going to the teacher's office."
Jake turned around and looked at her. "Oh, well. You can help me, then. Empty the female toilet and ask the female students to gather here. Something dangerous is hiding in the female dormitory, and I am going to find them."
Reina didn't ask anything and complied with his words. She started to knock on the girls' rooms one by one and asked them to come out.
Jake smiled at her supportive nature. He couldn't help but think she would be a great wife. He immediately shook his head. It would be rude for Marilyn if he thought of other girls, so he did his job too. When female students passed by, Jake stopped them and ordered them to gather before him.
After a while, all the girls gathered in front of him, except for those who were not present in the dormitory. Jake explained to them about the danger hiding in the female toilet, and he told them to be his witness.
After speaking with them, they went to the female toilet. Before Jake entered, Reina made sure no one was inside.
"No one is inside, Jake," Reina said.
"Okay. I will begin." Jake entered the toilet and activated his [Akashic Eyes]. One of its effects, [Unravel], was to see the truth of any ability in this universe. There was no ability that could hide from his eyes.
With that, Jake easily found the gate seed. He was facing a wall behind a certain water closet. There was no hole in the wall, but for some reason, a status window appeared inside it.
[Name: Time Bomb. Rank: zero. Description: explode after the counter reaches zero. Time: 6 days.]
"I see. No wonder they are confident even Aunt can't find it. [Magic Eyes] can analyze any magic on sight, but the gate seed is hidden inside the wall."