7.1
On the day we went to the pool, we were the first people to enter the locker room. We went all the way to the back and spread out our towels. The boys who entered afterward were lost in their own conversations and paid us no attention.
“Hurry up, Ike,” urged Sudou.
Sudou spread his towel and pretended to change while Ike crouched in front of the vent. Ike took out the RC car and screwdriver set that he’d wrapped in the towel and removed floor vent’s metal fittings. He immediately put the RC car inside the vent and started operating it.
The RC car came equipped with a pen light. It rolled forward, transmitting footage of the path ahead, which the monitor displayed faintly.
“D-damn it! Just like I thought, it’s dark!”
With only the pen light for illumination, the visibility on the monitor was getting worse. Even so, the RC car moved forward, little by little, toward the light that lay ahead. Even if we went too far, there were metal bars in place that would stop the car, so we weren’t worried about it falling.
“All right, just a little farther!”
The monitor now displayed the locker room. Although the image quality was terrible, we could see Horikita and the others clearly.
“Wh-whoa!”
Ike’s (or rather, the Professor’s) plan had succeeded brilliantly. Class D students, as well as Ichinose, were visible. If we watched, we’d be able to see them changing in real time.
“Hey, show me too, Kanji. I can’t see it at all, dude!”
“You idiot! Show me, too!”
Sudou and Yamauchi kept up their demands. At this rate, there was no way we’d avoid drawing suspicion.
“You can record this, right? Isn’t it better not to push your luck? People are gonna get suspicious,” I warned.
“D-damn, you’re right. I guess, right now, it’s better for us to just get changed,” muttered Yamauchi. He clicked his tongue and grimaced in frustration. Even if we didn’t peep through the monitor, the memory card was recording and storing everything.
Ike manfully endured the temptation. He put the remote control in his locker and focused on changing.
“H-how many minutes should I wait, I wonder?” he asked.
“I’d like to keep it there for twenty minutes, at the very least.”
If we pulled the car too quickly, we wouldn’t see the girls changing. On the other hand, if we took too long changing, that might arouse suspicion. This would undoubtedly be the longest twenty minutes of these guys’ entire lives.
“I’ll go on ahead,” I told them.
“W-wait a minute, Ayanokouji! Are you betraying us?! If you ask us to show you afterward, we’re not going to!” snapped Ike.
“That’s not it at all. If twenty minutes pass without a single guy coming out of the locker room, the girls will get suspicious.”
“Ugh. Yeah, I guess you’re probably right. Okay, do a good job out there.”
“Got it.”
Leaving the other three guys to recover the RC car, I went ahead toward the pool.
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