The sight of the group strutting into the control room made the security guy inside jump up from his seat.
“W-What's going on, Mr. Brown?”
Why would so many lecturers be here if it wasn't something major?
The thought of that had him all tensed up.
“Relax. It's not that big of a deal. We just want to review the security footage to ascertain some facts, that's all.”
“The security footage...” answered the security guard between stutters. “But the school's surveillance system underwent an upgrading these past few days. I'm afraid a review won't be possible as we don't have the footage from last week anymore.
“What? A systems upgrade?” Donovan's inflection raised a notch.
This matter also slipped Marcus' mind until he had been reminded of it just then.
“It would seem that we've hit a dead-end,” Marcus said. “In that case, you can all have her resit the papers after the charity event has concluded.”
“How could that do?” Donovan protested. “Having already done them once, with a good memory, it would not be difficult for her to ace the papers again. I'd say that Arielle must have known about the upgrading works for the surveillance system during this period and had thus taken the opportunity to cheat, so why don't you just expel her outright...”
“No way!” replied Marcus, cutting him off. “There’s no way that I'd expel any student on a whim, especially given the lack of proof. What would people think of Jadeborough University if we handle things so irresponsibly?”
Arthur nodded profusely as he concurred. “In my esteem, Arielle was not guilty of cheating, to begin with. Didn't you also help with the invigilation yourself during the exams back then, Mr. Brown? With two lecturers supervising the examination proceedings, even cheating just a little couldn't possibly lead to full marks.”
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