"Since last year, our school has been suffering from financial problems, either due to the budget from the government getting cut off more than half of what we usually received or due to the bad management from the higher-ups," Akira explained the background of the agreement he had with the school. "That was what started the purge that has been happening this year."
"The purge?" Everyone looked at each other confusedly.
"Should we really talk about this right now?" Megumi suddenly asked, a bit uneasy. "I mean this is basically talking bad about our school, right? Should we do it… I don't know, more secretly, I guess?"
It wasn't like she was not curious about the situation, but the girl was worried that someone would overhear the conversation and spread another bad rumor about them. One bad rumor three weeks ago was enough for her, she didn't want to repeat that episode once again.
