[ The culprit was rewarded...? What does that mean? Well, Saihara has enough of a brain cell to speculate at least, even on short notice like this, but that's news to him. Not that he can ask Komaeda for more details while in the Vice Principal's office, but... he'll let the surprise show on his face, if only for a minute.

After all, the less it looks like he knows, the better in this situation. It's supposed to be Komaeda confessing and not Saihara turning him in. ]

...Whether there was any hope in it or not... he's right. I don't know if that was by your initiative or not, but the school did offer 300 merit points for discovering that specific culprit. Why... is that? Did something make that murder special?

[ There were other killings, and it never happened for those. ]