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As soon as eight o'clock in the morning arrived, the daily information was updated on time.
Akira glanced at it, feeling that today's information was a bit unusual. One item was densely written with many characters, making it particularly conspicuous.
[1. When the student council handles this Sudo incident, the homeroom teacher can normally defend the students of their own class.]
[2. The first year teaching building's rooftop door, due to a faulty lock screw, will be completely closed and out of service starting noon today, based on feedback from some students, awaiting inspection by maintenance personnel.]
[3. Kushida Kikyo's diary entry written at nine last night in a password-locked notebook is as follows: Why am I not the class representative this month! That Hirata guy is quite capable, isn't he! Heh heh, thinking about it, it's all because of Hasebe Haruka, Yukimura Teruhiko, and Miyake Akito, those three who suddenly went to Hirata's study group! I've been trying to win you three over every day lately, with no positive feedback, my face is almost stiff from smiling! When I was on a date with that Akira, at least he could help me relax a bit. What good can you guys bring me anyway! Oh, right, I still have to approach that Horikita tomorrow morning, I really don't know if she knows about my dark past, and if she'll tell Shimizu Akira... Just thinking about having to put on a forced smile at her poker face again tomorrow is incredibly annoying! Tomorrow, I absolutely must not be easily provoked by that woman—she's just a poker-faced girl after all.]
Hm? Homeroom teachers actually participate in handling such incidents?
This was somewhat unexpected for Akira.
He'd originally thought that, according to the school's philosophy, it'd be entirely left to the students to defend themselves, thereby cultivating their independence, but he hadn't expected teachers to participate as allies.
Normally, having one's own teacher as a shield should be a good thing.
But when it came to Chabashira... he really didn't think this homeroom teacher could play any role.
Instead, Sakagami from Class C made him pay a bit more attention.
Information in the first month already showed that this person tacitly approved of Ryuuen's violent behavior.
From the looks of it, he didn't seem like a proper teacher, and might be a rather difficult opponent.
The second piece of information.
As soon as Akira saw the content, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He, of course, knew who the culprit was. Besides Kushida, who else would kick a door for fun? He hadn't expected her to not only ruin her shoes but also break the door.
Is this student perhaps a reincarnated Uma Musume? Her leg strength is too astonishing.
The last piece of information was also related to Kushida.
Because there were quite a few words, it took him over a minute to read it completely, and he hadn't expected it to include diary content. But it was written by someone else, not his own handwriting.
The content was roughly as he'd guessed: Kushida was indeed complaining about those three people. But what surprised him was that the diary also mentioned himself.
"Felt very relaxed on the date"?
Akira didn't feel that he intentionally tried to help her relieve stress.
Perhaps she was referring to the incident where they reported the parfait shop together?
But in his opinion, that was just normal. A normal person encountering such a shady shop would definitely report it and curse a bit to vent their anger.
However, what was "dark past"?
Another term he couldn't understand.
Speaking of which, Kushida really did have a dark past, didn't she? Otherwise, with her abilities, how could she have been assigned to Class D? Normally, she should've started in at least Class B.
He even felt that several other classmates in the class probably also harbored similar secrets—like Hirata, Ayanokoji, and Karuizawa.
In this way, he finally understood Kushida's true reason for always trying to get close to Horikita.
It turned out it wasn't just to make friends, but also to probe whether she knew about her dark past?
He'd already found out last month that Horikita and Kushida were classmates at the same school, and at the time, he'd also asked Horikita, receiving the reply, "I don't know her."
Since she didn't even know the person, it was highly unlikely she'd know about her dark past.
Of course, there was another possibility: she knew about that dark past but didn't know it was Kushida who did it.
'But by constantly getting close to her like this, aren't you afraid she'll suddenly remember?'
Perhaps Horikita had already forgotten about it, but precisely because of Kushida's repeated attempts to get close, it inadvertently jogged her memory. At that point, Kushida would probably be dumbfounded.
As for that last sentence... well, Akira unexpectedly found that Kushida actually had quite a talent for comedy.
'The Kushida of the past, what a pity—your future self has been successfully annoyed by the future Horikita. But don't worry, the future Shimizu Akira was right there, and he successfully calmed her down by mentioning the boxing match.'
He couldn't help but silently add a line in his heart.
But why would Kushida keep a diary?
It's the same old saying—who keeps a diary if they're normal?
Based on his experience reading web novels, diaries are usually written to be seen by others, to be exposed. Just like he was doing now, reading her diary.
However, she probably wrote mostly insults that couldn't be made public, which is why she chose to write them in a diary.
This morning, just before class, Chabashira came to the classroom.
Whether it was Akira's illusion or the truth, he always felt that since this month, Chabashira-sensei had been showing up in class much more often.
But this time, she was there to deliver a message.
Chabashira specifically looked at Akira and said, "It seems you still don't know that if you perform exceptionally well in club activities, you'll receive point rewards. Just like Shimizu Akira from our class, he joined the boxing club and has been selected as one of the boxers for next Tuesday's exhibition match. As for points—conservatively estimated, one match can earn about 100,000 private points, as many people will come to watch the boxing match."
"Ah? 100,000 points? That much for one match? Shimizu-kun is too good at earning money!"
"Boxing match? Does the boxing club even hold boxing matches?"
"Wait, that's too much! Chabashira-sensei, why didn't you say earlier that joining a club could earn private points!"
As soon as the teacher's words fell, the classroom immediately erupted.
After all, 100,000 points was simply too much. For Class D, this was equivalent to the total private points for two months, not to mention this was just the reward for one boxing match.
"Even if I let you join club activities with the intention of earning points, can you really get private points? Don't treat the school and the club president as idiots. If you don't work hard, you definitely won't be recognized." Chabashira's voice suddenly rose a few octaves, her gaze sweeping over the restless students in the classroom. "A boxing match isn't something anyone can just participate in! Do you think just anyone can do it? Shimizu Akira can participate because he works hard."
As Chabashira spoke, she not only covered for Akira but also praised him for being "diligent"?
Speaking of which, were these words about club activities really a setup for him from beginning to end?
Or was he overthinking it?