"After the Phantom Thief BeArs_eye incident..." Feng Bujue continued, "it was basically confirmed, right?"

"You're quite perceptive, Mr. Player controlling Neko Saburo." Penguin Aid added, "In terms of deduction speed alone, you seem to be even better than me."

"Hey... what's going on here?" Xiao Tan was a bit lost, so he quickly interjected.

"Yes, what is going on?" Feng Bujue put his hands in his pockets and looked at Penguin Aid, saying, "Please explain it, Penguin Aid. I'd like to hear the details too."

"Hmph... why should I tell you all this?" Penguin Aid asked.

"Why not?" Feng Bujue pointed at Hirata. "As long as Hirata-kun is here, everything is under your control, isn't it?" He spread his hands and tilted his head, saying, "If you don't share this elaborate plan of yours with us... wouldn't that be like casting pearls before swine?"

Penguin Aid was silent for a few seconds. He didn't immediately respond to Jue-ge's request. Instead, he walked to Hirata's side and asked, "Are you alright? Hirata-kun."

"I... I'm fine..." Hirata's breathing had just calmed down. "Don't worry."

As he spoke, he sat up. The color on his body gradually returned, restoring him to his original appearance.

"Hmm..." Penguin Aid breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Then, he turned his head and looked at the two players again. "Alright... it wouldn't hurt to talk about it."

"Let's start from the day they transferred to our class." At that moment, another voice came from behind Jue-ge and Xiao Tan...

"Is it necessary..." Xiao Tan muttered as he turned his head. "Everyone always suddenly appears behind us when they make their entrance..."

Feng Bujue didn't need to turn around to know that the one who had come this time... was Usami.

"As expected, you're involved too..." Feng Bujue murmured.

"Of course." Usami walked over and coldly replied, "Penguin Aid is in the shadows, I'm in the light."

"You live up to your name as a great detective..." Feng Bujue said, "It must be frustrating to always handle the cases that Kumakichi commits..."

"It doesn't matter." Usami replied, "Anyway, I like calling the police."

"Then I have to ask a question." Feng Bujue glanced at Usami and then looked at Penguin Aid. "Who first saw through us and came up with this 'test plan'... was it Usami-chan, or Penguin Aid-kun?"

"It's hard to say who saw through you first..." Penguin Aid replied, "When Usami-chan came to me to discuss this issue, we both already sensed that something was strange about you."

"As for the plan... we discussed and created it together," Usami replied.

"I see..." Feng Bujue nodded. "Please continue..." He held out a hand and made a "please" gesture, indicating that they should continue speaking.

"Then I'll start from the beginning..." After a few seconds, Penguin Aid, Usami, and Hirata exchanged glances. Penguin Aid began, "On the day you transferred to our school, Kumakichi committed a crime as usual. Although it seemed normal to us, but..." His gaze swept across Jue-ge and Xiao Tan's faces. "...objectively speaking, a crime is a crime. As newcomers, your reaction to the 'Kumakichi being arrested' incident was too calm. Seeing a classmate being taken away by the police for perverted behavior, you didn't even ask anyone about it... wasn't that a bit strange?"

Penguin Aid paused for half a second, then added, "Of course, I also considered... since you confidently declared yourselves to be 'great detectives' during your self-introductions, it's possible that... you're 'already used to crime', which is why you showed such an unconcerned attitude."

"I thought so too at the time," Usami added from the side. "So... I didn't take any further action."

"However... about an hour later, you reacted very differently than before," Penguin Aid continued. "You two seemed to suddenly come to your senses and started asking about the case from earlier. This sudden change in behavior undoubtedly made me feel a little strange."

As Wang Tanzhi listened to Penguin Aid's narration, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. He thought to himself, "This is supposed to be a gag manga world... there are supposed to be characters full of material for jokes doing things that are full of material for jokes everywhere... you guys have been doing similar things yourselves... but why do you seem more serious and shrewd than I am now..."

"Then came the next day." At this time, Usami took over from Penguin Aid and said, "You two appeared near the house of Xiang Mei again, or rather... at the scene of Kumakichi's voyeurism." She looked at Xiao Tan. "It's not strange that you would appear near the scene of the crime. After all, our town isn't very big, and our classmates' homes are all in this area. I happened to be passing by and heard the screams, so I rushed over." She looked at Jue-ge again. "But... you suddenly attacked Kumakichi, stopping him from confessing without being prompted, that... was really too abnormal."

"It can be said that our attitude toward you changed from 'incomprehension' to 'suspicion'... all because of that scene," Penguin Aid added.

Hearing this, Feng Bujue didn't show any reaction on the surface, but in his heart, he admitted, "Indeed... it was my mistake... because it was a normal difficulty script, and because it was a familiar... no... I should say, a 'universe that I thought I was familiar with', I was too careless when doing some things."

"I don't believe that all the perverted acts that happen before my eyes are done by Kumakichi. I've never thought that way..." Usami's narration continued. "But... when Kumakichi is present, he is definitely more suspicious than others, and that's an undeniable fact." She crossed her arms in front of her chest and continued, "You two have known Kumakichi for less than two days, and... on the morning of the previous day, he was only with you for a short time before being taken away by the police. It's not realistic to say that you have any kind of close relationship." Her gaze once again fell on Jue-ge's face. "But you... Neko Saburo, you seemed to know him very well. When he was about to expose his crimes, you stopped him with a very simple and crude method and voluntarily took the blame for Kumakichi's crimes..."

Penguin Aid added, "If we didn't have the idea of 'investigating the matter' in the face of this situation, then we wouldn't be able to call ourselves great detectives."

"That's right," Usami said. "Therefore, later that day, I went to Penguin Aid and discussed your matter with him."

"So, the next day... the test for you began," Penguin Aid continued.

"Heh... that harassing letter..." Feng Bujue raised his eyes and looked at Penguin Aid. "You wrote it, right?"

"Yes," Penguin Aid admitted. "I even deliberately imitated Kumakichi's tone and handwriting..." He shook his head. "But... from the actual situation, it seems that it wasn't necessary."

"Because Kumakichi has committed so many perverted acts that even he himself can't remember them all, so it's very easy to frame him," Usami added. "You guys, who have helped him escape so many times... should have noticed that, right?"

"[Beep—]! So that's how it is!" Xiao Tan exclaimed. "No wonder this guy always has a completely clueless expression when incidents happen, and then calmly does a self-exposure act shortly after... I thought he was simply using that behavior to create joke material!"

"That does have something to do with his own character setting," Hirata-kun, who hadn't spoken for a while, said, "In our world, the vast majority of the characters... or rather, creatures, have character attributes similar to Kumakichi. For example, Matsuo Basho, Prince Shotoku, Werewolf Fujita-kun, the Naoshi Father and Son, the product development department manager and his subordinates, etc... They are the main creators of joke material. These people... some are chuuni, some are silly and cute, some are superficially serious, and some are genuine idiots..." His description coincided with some of Feng Bujue's views on this universe. "These guys won't think about the things I mentioned to you earlier..." He said to this point, his expression slightly changing, "But... there are still some people, like me, Usami, and Penguin Aid... besides going along with 'those guys' for show, we also have some other thoughts..."