Class D, now that Hirata is out of action, the one who is stepping up isn't Horikita Suzune, whom Kamio Tatsuya pinned his hopes on, but Kushida Kikyo.
It's not clear who gave her the idea, but she came up with a very helpful suggestion.
That is to give up on winning the sports festival this time and instead work to avoid any students in the class ending up in the bottom ten.
Class D still has quite a few people who are average in both studies and sports.
Like Yamauchi, Sotomura, Sakura, and Hasebe.
But even though it's being considered so that the students in the class don't get kicked out, isn't this a last resort?
Class D now only has 38 people, and Hirata is still in that state. It's hard to say if he can use his abilities properly, so they're already at a disadvantage just in terms of numbers.
Also, after the preferential treatment exam, these guys in Class D aren't short on living expenses. Even after paying back Ryuen's debt, everyone has at least 300,000 private points.
So, trying their very best for just 50 class points is obviously not the style of the Class D students.
So, the students in Class D were basically planning to slack off from the start.
But after Kushida brought up this issue, they have to get serious.
They can't help it, even if points don't move people, getting kicked out is no joke.
For sports stars like Sudou, giving up directly is frustrating, but if it's to prevent someone from getting kicked out, he can accept it.
Even if they want to win, there's basically no hope.
Sudou is actually a little regretful now, regretting why he couldn't stop Ike's actions back then.
But he also wonders why Ayanokouji's name isn't on the list of accomplices.
Unfortunately, with his intelligence, he probably can't imagine that Ayanokouji betrayed Ike and the others.
In reality, Ayanokouji didn't expect it either, didn't expect Kamio Tatsuya to directly report their actions to the student council.
Saving Ike and the others would have been the most beneficial thing for Kamio Tatsuya at the time.
As a result, Kamio Tatsuya directly reported them, even though it didn't do him any good.
Ayanokouji still can't figure this out.
Or is he planning to use this to hurt Class D?
If it's to hurt Class D, it was successful, because the core of Class D, Hirata, is now half-useless.
He's like a walking corpse every day, as if he's suffered a serious shock.
It's just one peeping tom getting kicked out, right?
Is it that bad?
Ayanokouji feels like he should do something, otherwise that bad teacher will definitely vent the anger of Kamio Tatsuya leaving Class D on his head.
Ayanokouji doesn't plan to fight hard against a woman who's almost at menopause.
Looking at Hirata, who leaves right after school and doesn't even plan to attend the class meeting, Ayanokouji decides to start by bringing Hirata back on track.
"Where are you going?"
Noticing Ayanokouji's movements, Horikita asks.
"I'm going to see Hirata."
"Is that so? Are you planning to help the class? Then I'm counting on you."
After Horikita said this to Ayanokouji, she looked at the podium.
The policy proposed by Kushida was supported by most of the students in the class. Even she couldn't do anything about it. Next is to decide on the entry list for the Class D students' group events based on the class's policy this time.
After leaving school, Hirata didn't immediately return to the dorm, but stopped at a small garden on the way from school to the dorm.
Then he sat down on a bench there, unaware that there was a tail following behind him.
"Hirata."
Hearing someone call his name, Hirata looked up and saw Ayanokouji standing in front of him.
"Ayanokouji... can you please not bother me?"
"That's not possible, I came with Horikita's expectations on my shoulders." Ayanokouji looked down at Hirata sitting on the bench like this, "Even if you want to run away, it doesn't matter, I'll chase after you."
Listening to Ayanokouji's words, Hirata sighed and leaned back on the chair, looking at the blue sky.
"No need, I'm already very tired today, and I have nowhere to run in this school."
"Sometimes I think, how great it would be if I could become a cloud, then maybe I wouldn't have any worries."
Hirata looks a little dazed, full of melancholy.
"Do you mind telling me your story?" Ayanokouji sat down on the other side of the bench, "I want to know, what kind of person is this individual named Hirata Yosuke?"
Hearing Ayanokouji's words, Hirata didn't change his actions, just continued to look at the sky.
"Sorry, I don't want to say anything now, I'm not in the mood."
"Why aren't you in the mood?"
...
Hirata fell silent, not wanting to react to Ayanokouji's words that were hitting him where it hurt.
"Why is it? Of course it's because Ike got kicked out, are you happy now?" Forced by Ayanokouji to say something he didn't even want to mention, Hirata's face turned ugly again, "Ayanokouji, I didn't expect you to be such an excessive person."
"I'm so sorry that I'm such an excessive person." Ayanokouji's flat tone didn't sound like he was sorry at all, "But what I want to know is, what does Ike's expulsion have to do with your past?"
Hirata was very surprised to hear Ayanokouji's words.
"This topic has nothing to do with my past, right?"
"Of course it's related." Ayanokouji began to speak in a louder voice than Hirata, "Ike's expulsion is indeed regrettable, but in the end, it's all Ike's own fault, and no one thinks it's a mistake.
Even Sudou, who is his friend, isn't struggling with this matter, but you, Hirata, who usually has a normal relationship with Ike, seem to have been hit hard by this incident.
You've even carelessly abandoned the class responsibilities you've always taken on. I want to know why you're reacting so strongly to Ike's expulsion. What did you experience in the past?"
Hirata stared blankly at Ayanokouji, and then suddenly laughed mockingly.
"I never knew that Ayanokouji-san would say so much at once."
Hirata's sudden comment made Ayanokouji not know what to say, but he quickly regained his composure.
"I just want to know what you experienced that made you form this twisted sense of values."
"What's the point of knowing? Do you think I'll tell you?"
"Of course, you really want others to understand you right now, don't you?"
Ayanokouji looked into Hirata's eyes, staring at him intently, as if he was threatening him.
Kamio Tatsuya would definitely not do this, because Kamio Tatsuya thinks he definitely can't beat Hirata, who is strong enough to beat Ishizaki and three others single-handedly.
But Ayanokouji is different. He is confident in his skills, and through understanding Hirata, he knows very well that Hirata is not waiting to die. He is just hoping to be saved.
Based on these two aspects, Ayanokouji chose the most brutal approach.
Hirata looked at Ayanokouji's staring eyes, and a bit of fear gradually arose in his heart.
"Ayanokouji... you really are a scary person. Your eyes are full of darkness, like an abyss."
But even if it's an abyss, if I can be saved...
Hirata chose to grab Ayanokouji's outstretched hand.
"I have a friend, a childhood friend... a boy named Sugimura."
When mentioning this name, the expression on Hirata's face was both nostalgic and painful.
"In elementary school, we were in the same class for six years, so we were always best friends. And because our homes were close, we often walked to and from school together.
This continued until middle school. After middle school, we were assigned to different classes.
Because I made new friends, my relationship with Sugimura may have become a little... distant."
The rest is simple. Hirata's friend became the target of bullying by the school's bad students for some reason.
And Sugimura himself was the type of person who easily clashed with others, so Hirata didn't pay attention to what was happening to him.
"When I noticed, Sugimura had completely collapsed. He had become a walking corpse that would no longer resist bullying.
And I, because I was afraid that I would be bullied if I got involved with him, also chose to distance myself from him."
"What happened to this Sugimura?"
Ayanokouji feels like he has grasped the key to the problem.
"He jumped from the school building and committed suicide." Saying this, Hirata was a little dazed, "Although he didn't die, he has been sleeping ever since and hasn't woken up. I caused him to commit suicide, so I can't forgive myself even now!"
"It's not your fault, and the root cause lies in others."
"Maybe, but I think I was undoubtedly just as guilty for standing by at the time." Hirata shook his head mockingly.
"But this isn't what I want to know, you should understand, right?"
Hirata nodded, and then continued to speak.
"Since Sugimura's suicide, I thought things might slowly calm down and bullying would disappear from the school, but after that, I saw the darkness of human nature."
The darkness of human nature, Kamio Tatsuya muttered to himself, hiding behind the bushes.
He was originally just going back to change his clothes because he accidentally spilled coffee on his pants, but he saw Hirata and Ayanokouji in the small park.
And judging from the situation, Ayanokouji seemed to want to restore Hirata to his former self.
So, driven by curiosity, he hid in the nearby bushes.
He didn't expect to hear such shocking things.
The following is easy to guess. Since Hirata's friend Sugimura, the target of bullying, was gone, the bullies would naturally choose a new target.
Could it be Hirata?
No, it doesn't seem like it, after all, his fighting power is so high.
And Hirata's next words confirmed Kamio Tatsuya's guess.
The new bullied person was his classmate.
Then Hirata took action, which is what Kamio Tatsuya cares about. This matter may be related to the reason why Hirata was assigned to Class D.
"At that time, I, who was blinded by anger, took action..." Saying this, Hirata became very serious, "I used terrible means to control the entire class."
Holy crap!
Kamio Tatsuya was taken aback, but he also felt that it made sense. If it was Hirata with such high fighting power, it didn't seem impossible.
Not only Hirata, but even Ayanokouji was taken aback.
Because no matter what, judging from Hirata's performance since entering school, it was impossible for him to be the kind of person who would do such a thing.
"Although I'm not particularly good at fighting like Sudou-kun and Ryuen-kun, there aren't many people who can seriously beat up others, so even if I punch seriously, no one can fight back."
Hirata is right. There aren't many people who can seriously fight, especially teenagers.
Generally speaking, many people are not only afraid of being beaten when they fight, but also afraid of the consequences of winning.
For example, what if I hit too hard and kill someone?
So, both getting beaten and beating someone takes courage.
But Kamio Tatsuya thinks Hirata is definitely being modest. You're the guy who can beat Ishizaki and three others!
Don't be so humble!
Just as Kamio Tatsuya was thinking this, Ayanokouji stood up from the bench and walked towards where Kamio Tatsuya was hiding.
"How long are you planning to hide?"
Kamio Tatsuya looked up and saw Ayanokouji looking down at him.
"Kamio-kun?"
Hirata was also very surprised that Kamio Tatsuya was here.
"Heh, hahaha." Kamio Tatsuya laughed awkwardly, "Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just passed by here when I went back to change my clothes."
Saying that, he pointed to the coffee stain on his pants.
"From where did you start listening?"
"Probably from the beginning." Kamio Tatsuya smiled and looked at Hirata, "But I'm still a bit surprised. Hirata, you actually did that kind of thing."
Being teased by Kamio Tatsuya, Hirata smiled again, although it was a bitter one.
"Later, I gave everyone equal fear through violence and ruled the entire grade with force. Only I stood at the top.
I put all the remaining students at the bottom. If there was a conflict between students, I would intervene and give equal punishment and pain to both sides."
Hearing this, Kamio Tatsuya could guess what happened later even with his butt.
"As a result, although your school achieved temporary peace, this abnormal peace must have attracted the school's attention, right?"
"You're like you've seen it with your own eyes." Hirata nodded, his face complicated, "Later, things got too big. The school reassigned everyone in the entire grade and strictly monitored everyone, including me, until graduation."
At this point, Kamio Tatsuya and Ayanokouji both understood why Hirata was so depressed.
"So, what you can't accept isn't Ike's expulsion, but the class's attack on Ike, right?"
Since Ike was expelled, the class has treated him like a joke, and almost everyone is saying bad things about him.
Hirata nodded, and then he looked at Kamio Tatsuya.
"Kamio, I want to know, if it were you, if you encountered this kind of thing, if your friend was bullied by others, what would you do? Would you sit by and watch the bullying happen?"
Kamio Tatsuya felt inexplicable.
"Why are you asking me?"
Hirata didn't answer, just looked at Kamio Tatsuya with burning eyes.
"I would. I would intervene."
Kamio Tatsuya doesn't have any same-sex friends in this world, so he imagined what it would be like if Kamuro or Shiina were bullied like this.
He would be nice if he didn't kill the culprits.
"In that case, why did you instruct Karuizawa to find out who the accomplices in the peeping incident were?"
Kamio Tatsuya was silent for a moment, obviously not expecting that Hirata would know that he had instructed this.
Has he been exposed?
After all, it's Karuizawa he's talking about. Hirata understands her very well. But he thinks people look down on Karuizawa…
But that Hirata spills his guts.
If only Hirata was here, there would be nothing to deny, but since Ayanokouji is here…
"I didn't instruct Karuizawa, and I can't instruct her either. I just sent her the idea using an anonymous account. After all, she was the one who was shouting the loudest back then."
Obviously, Hirata's concern wasn't why Karuizawa would say that, but why Kamio Tatsuya spoke about this method through Karuizawa's mouth.
"Why? Don't you understand? If this matter becomes public, Yamauchi and Sotomura…"
Hirata was interrupted by Kamio Tatsuya before he could finish speaking.
"They might also be bullied, right? In fact, I heard that their situation in Class D hasn't been good these days."
Hirata opened his mouth, completely not expecting Kamio Tatsuya to say these words so casually but seriously.
"Don't get me wrong, Hirata. Even if Yamauchi and Sotomura are bullied because of this, this matter is completely different from your friend's matter."
Looking at Hirata, Kamio Tatsuya continued to speak.
"I don't know why your friend was bullied. Even if he did something wrong at first, this matter has already changed since it became a one-sided bullying.
But this matter is different now. Ike was expelled as the main culprit in the peeping incident. He received the punishment he deserved, but what punishment did Sotomura and Yamauchi receive?"
Hirata opened his mouth and said dryly, "Their private points were confiscated."
"Heh, confiscating all of their private points is such a 'heavy' punishment." Kamio Tatsuya said sarcastically, "When their points were confiscated, Sotomura and Yamauchi had less than 20,000 points combined.
Then, on the first of this month, they each received 500,000 private points. In my opinion, this is just a joke of a punishment."
To be honest, if Yamauchi and Sotomura's punishment were changed to: they cannot receive any private points in the next two and a half years.
Kamio Tatsuya feels that it would be a little more normal.
The result is just deducting their current private points. Is this a joke?
"They did something bad but didn't receive the punishment they deserved. Hirata, do you think this is right?"
"Even so, the severity of this punishment shouldn't be determined by you, right?"
Looking at Hirata, who was arguing with reason, Kamio Tatsuya smiled again.
"Hehe, you're right. It shouldn't be determined by me, so I didn't do anything. I just came up with the idea to let the school announce their names.
This is the request of many students. After all, I think no one would sleep well if they lived with a peeping tom, right?"
"But if that's the case, Yamauchi and the others will…"
"What does that have to do with me? Did I do anything bad? For example, force them to peep?" Kamio Tatsuya had a strange expression on his face. "Even if they are bullied because of this, it's their own fault, right?"
Anyway, he looks like he deserves a beating.
After learning about Hirata's true nature, Kamio Tatsuya didn't have so many scruples when facing Hirata.
And after the chairman's special training, although he can't guarantee that he can beat Hirata, he can definitely run away.
As for Ayanokouji, he was speechless. If you didn't report it to the student council, how could there be so many things happening?
I believed in your evil and chose you to help me.
But Ayanokouji couldn't say this, because he was the one who told Kamio Tatsuya about this matter in the first place.
"By the way, instead of thinking about this kind of thing here, you should pay more attention to the students in the class." Kamio Tatsuya deliberately reminded him.
"Are you talking about... Yamauchi and Sotomura?"
"The reason why I came up with the idea to expose them is because there's you in this class, Hirata. You must be able to protect them, right?"
Kamio Tatsuya's eyes were full of sincerity.
Then, Hirata's eyes were filled with firmness again.
"I will definitely not let them be bullied."
Good, very good.
In this way, Hirata is completely standing on the opposite side of the girls in Class D.
Yamauchi and Sotomura did something wrong but were not punished by the school. Not only that, but Hirata is also protecting them.
So, what will happen to Class D?
Maybe on the surface everything will be fine because of Hirata's face. At most, they will just ignore those two.
But once external forces put pressure on them...
What will happen then?
It's hard to predict.
No, maybe even Hirata, who is on their side, will be rejected by the girls.
It might be possible to find an opportunity to expel Hirata along with them.
And once Class D loses Hirata, they probably won't be able to move up to Class A anymore. Hehehe!
It's all going according to plan!
At this moment, Kamio Tatsuya felt that not expelling them all before might have been a good thing. However, one guy like this is enough. Two is a bit much.
How about getting Yamauchi expelled in the next midterm exam?
Well, if you guys pay me to pass, it's not impossible. I just don't know how much money Class D will have left by then.
Besides, I guess many people in Class D wouldn't be willing to raise money for Yamauchi, the peeping tom, right? Will Hirata be able to convince them by then?
How interesting, hahahaha!
Thinking this, a smile appeared on the corner of Kamio Tatsuya's mouth.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go first."
Looking at Kamio Tatsuya's departing back, a bad premonition gradually emerged in Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's heart.
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