After the assembly ended, Susan Caldwell's name spread far and wide throughout the school. Since she had previously given a speech on stage as the new student representative, quite a few people already knew who she was.
But the military training wasn't even over, and she had already gone from being the outstanding new student representative to a cautionary tale. The contrast was staggering.
She had deliberately built a good reputation for herself before, but now that very fame had backfired, turning her into the school's biggest laughingstock.
Vera Xavier was a stark contrast to Susan Caldwell. In a way, the assembly had been held for her. Thanks to Susan Caldwell's malicious smear campaign, her reputation had been in the gutter, but now, it had undergone a complete reversal. In the students' minds, she was now the epitome of someone who endured humiliation to save others, a person of great kindness and noble character.
