Nero had already considered many other possibilities. He had considered that this could merely be a means for someone to lay a trap for him, or that this was a way for someone to get him in trouble. Just because the administration of KMA remained unaffected by external pressures did not mean the cadets could avoid being pressured, coerced or convinced either.
Even so, he went ahead with it. The ever present Dominion across the academy reminded Nero that there was not one inch of this place that wasn't under someone's supervision. While the Sage responsible for this Dominion may not be paying attention to everything all the time, its mere presence was a deterrence.
Besides, he was not the first cadet in the academy to have enemies, nor was this the first time someone was being hazed in the middle of the night. Surely the academy had more or less perfected some way to ensure things didn't go out of control.
