[The Bowler Hat Guy thinks for a moment. What will give him the edge here? Say the truth and admit he knows nothing, or say he knows about it and fish for answers? Hmmmm...

...you know what, this man clearly has some sort of authority. Getting in trouble with authority isn't really something he wants right now]

I dunno what that's all about, I'm just going to the classroom to get some answers. [He appears rather nonchalant, as if he's not worried at all] Talk to this Meguman22922 person, demand to be freed, all that.

[He hadn't intended to talk about his immediate plan, but by now it's clear he knows nothing, eh?]