Chapter 94: Exploding Conflicts and Emotions!
"Shimizu..."
"Shimizu-kun..."
"Shimizu-kun!"
"..."
The anxious voices made Yuto's head ache. He stood up helplessly and said loudly, "I know you're all anxious, so I'll explain it now! Stop shouting over each other!"
"Kikyo, come to the podium with me. I need you."
Yuto's words made Kikyo's eyes brighten slightly. A lovely smile bloomed on her face as she followed him onto the classroom podium.
Kei looked at Yuto with a resentful gaze. He had called her love rival instead of her... She was jealous.
As Yuto stepped onto the podium, the noise in Class D gradually died down.
The students all looked at Yuto and Kikyo, waiting for him to answer the doubts and anxiety in their hearts.
At that moment, Yuto noticed Kei's resentful gaze. He smiled helplessly and said, "Kei, you come up and help me too."
"I'm coming!"
Kei's resentment vanished instantly. She happily rushed onto the podium and took the empty spot on Yuto's right.
Now Kikyo and Kei stood on Yuto's left and right, sandwiching him in the middle.
It gave off the feeling of a man enjoying blessings from both sides.
Yuto turned to Kei and whispered a few words.
Kei nodded repeatedly, then picked up the chalk on the podium and began writing on the blackboard behind them.
Following Yuto's instructions, Kei wrote four lines on the board.
Class A students received 96,000 points.
Class B students received 87,000 points.
Class C students received 43,000 points.
Class D students received—
Because of Yuto's instructions, Kei did not write a number for Class D's points.
Yuto looked down at the Class D students and said, "I know all of you are uneasy because you didn't receive any points from the school."
"If you have questions, raise your hand one by one. If I know the answer, I'll explain it. If not, I'll tell you my own guess."
Ike Kanji was jealous that Yuto was standing out again. He muttered bitterly, "Raise our hands? What are we, elementary school students?"
Although Ike was muttering with envy and resentment, not a single student in Class D ignored Yuto's words.
Shimizu Yuto had already conquered most of Class D with his unbeatable reputation and presence.
He could be called Class D's uncrowned king.
Yuto looked at the Class D students, almost all of whom had raised their hands. Then he looked at Hirata Yosuke.
"Hirata, you go first. Tell me your question."
"Okay."
The excellent good guy, Hirata Yosuke, stood up and asked seriously, "Shimizu, can you explain the points Karuizawa-san wrote on the board?"
"Of course."
Yuto looked at Kikyo beside him. "Kikyo, you explain."
"Got it~"
Kikyo gave Yuto a bright, sweet smile. Feeling excited inside, she turned to explain to the Class D students.
"These are all pieces of information I got by asking my friends in the other classes. They've already received personal points from the school."
"Kikyo-chan, that's impossible!"
Ike suddenly stood up and shouted, "The other classes received points, so why didn't I get any points?!"
Yuto glanced at him and said coldly, "Stay quiet. I already said that if you have a question, raise your hand."
The moment Yuto glanced at him, Ike's heart trembled.
It was as if an unimaginably terrifying demon had locked onto him, sending a chill down his spine.
Ike's face instantly turned pale. He fell back into his seat, lowered his head deeply, and no longer made another sound.
Yuto calmly withdrew his gaze from Ike and spoke to the Class D students.
"I reminded all of you last month."
"The school will not necessarily deposit one hundred thousand points every month."
"The points deposited each month are suspected to be related to class discipline. The more students follow discipline, the more personal points they receive."
Yuto's words made the hearts of the Class D students sink.
Perhaps they had already realized why the other classes had received points while they had not.
Because they had not followed discipline, they had lost the right to receive points.
But that was not right!
Yukimura Teruhiko, a good student skilled in academics, could not help raising his hand.
"Yukimura, say your question," Yuto said casually.
"Shimizu, I agree with your guess, but I'm different from certain poor students who are late and leave early."
After standing up, Yukimura deliberately glanced at Ike and the others with disgust.
"I can guarantee I followed discipline every day. I never violated class discipline. Why did someone like me, who followed discipline, not receive any points either?"
Yukimura's question made many Class D students nod in agreement.
They had not been late or left early like Ike. Surely their personal points should not be zero, right?
At that moment, the warning bell rang.
Chabashira Sae arrived at the Class D door with several rolled papers in hand.
When the cool and beautiful homeroom teacher saw Yuto, Kikyo, and Kei standing on the podium, she froze slightly.
Then Chabashira realized that this troublesome brat Yuto was working.
A faint smile appeared on her face. She did not enter the classroom. Instead, she crossed her arms outside the door and let Yuto continue.
Yuto did not answer Yukimura's question.
He looked toward Chabashira at the classroom door.
Chabashira raised her pointed chin slightly toward him, signaling him to continue.
As if he shared a tacit understanding with Chabashira, Yuto understood her meaning and stopped paying attention to her outside the door.
Right now, Chabashira felt very pleased.
This troublesome brat had finally begun taking action. He had really made her wait.
All the work she had done as this brat's caretaker last month had finally paid off!
"Yukimura, I understand your question."
"You'll soon know why even students who followed discipline didn't receive points. But before that, let me and Kikyo ask a few questions first."
"Okay."
Yukimura sat down.
Chabashira now looked at Yuto with appreciation and relief.
At this moment, wasn't Yuto leading the entire Class D?
"Yuto, what do you want to ask me?" Kikyo asked.
"Kikyo, I want to know whether the students in the other classes all received the same amount of points, or different amounts."
"They were exactly the same," Kikyo answered.
"I asked two friends in Class B, and they both said the school deposited 87,000 points for them."
"Now you understand, right?" Yuto said to the Class D students below.
Some students of Class D suddenly understood, then looked at Ike and the other poor students with gritted teeth.
Others were still completely confused and had not grasped Yuto's hidden meaning at all.
Seeing that so many students still did not understand, Yuto sighed tiredly and looked at Horikita Suzune, whose expression had turned ugly.
"Horikita, tell everyone your understanding."
Called by Yuto, Suzune stood up.
Radiating a cold air, she slowly said, "If all students in the same class received the same number of points, then we can draw one conclusion."
"The class is a collective."
"As a collective, if a student in the class fails to follow discipline, it affects not only that student's points, but the points of every student."
"Correct."
Yuto said directly, "A collective means one person makes a mistake, and everyone is punished."
"So no matter how well Yukimura follows discipline, it doesn't have much meaning. He will still be affected by other people's behavior."
Now every student in Class D understood.
No wonder they had clearly followed discipline, yet had not received a single point.
It turned out those rotten poor students like Ike Kanji had dragged them down!
Yuto looked at the Class D students, who were holding back anger and dissatisfaction.
Then he slowly said, "I've already explained why Class D didn't receive any points."
"So now, you no longer need to stay quiet. Say whatever you want to say."
The moment Yuto finished speaking, the Class D students, no longer restrained by their uncrowned king, roared out one after another.
"Ike Kanji!"
"Yamauchi Haruki!"
"Sotomura Hideo!"
"Sudo Ken!"
"You bastards! You're the reason we didn't get any points!"
Facing the tidal wave of glares and accusations from Class D, Ike and the other three instantly turned pale.
They trembled and did not dare speak.
Ike in particular vaguely remembered that he had once said no matter how much he violated discipline, it would only affect his own points.
"Especially that bastard Ike Kanji!"
Yukimura pointed angrily at the trembling Ike.
"He said violating discipline would only affect his own points! That's why I ignored him being late, leaving early, skipping class, and sleeping!"
It was over.
Someone really remembered that he had said that!
Last month, Ike and his group had acted however they wanted in class.
Now, they finally tasted the bitter fruit.
They had already become hated and despised by every student in Class D.
Profit was the easiest thing to make people develop conflict and hostility.
Before, the students of Class D had all thought, 'Other people violating discipline won't affect the points I can receive.'
That was why they had turned a blind eye to Ike and the others being late and leaving early.
But now they knew that any violation of discipline affected the points every student could receive.
So all their dissatisfaction with Ike's group's reckless behavior, along with their anger at not receiving points, poured onto those poor students.
Still standing on the podium, Yuto did not stop everyone from blaming and cursing Ike's group.
On one hand, the students of Class D needed to vent their anger.
On the other hand, Yuto wanted Ike and the other poor students to understand that they had already offended the entire class.
After this, Ike and the others would surely follow discipline fearfully, right?
If they still refused, then the entire Class D would completely isolate them.
Facing the accusations and anger of Class D, Ike and the others trembled and did not dare speak.
But the delinquent Sudo Ken was different.
Even knowing he had angered everyone, the hot-tempered Sudo did not intend to obediently take the scolding and punishment.
His face reddened, and he suddenly stood up, shouting loudly.
"Shut up! Are we the only ones who were late and left early? You guys broke discipline too! Why are you putting all the blame on us?!"
"Yeah, yeah!" Ike, Yamauchi, and Sotomura quickly echoed the only person daring enough to fight back.
"What are you talking about? Everyone knows only you guys violated discipline!"
"That's right! You're the reason we got no points this month! How are we supposed to live now, you bastard?!"
In truth, the Class D students all knew they had also violated discipline.
But they wanted to clear themselves and pretend they were innocent, so they pushed all the blame for not receiving points onto Sudo's group.
After all, they were the most obvious rule-breakers.
Yuto watched as the Class D students and Sudo's group argued more and more fiercely.
Then he turned to Kikyo beside him.
At this moment, Kikyo was watching the drama with interest.
She was not like Hirata Yosuke. She did not smooth things over or calm the anger of Class D to stop everyone from blaming Sudo and the others.
After all, Kikyo was a little angel wearing a mask.
She was not a true little angel.
Besides, Kikyo was not stupid. How could she possibly speak up for poor students like Sudo when all of Class D was angry?
Yuto touched Kikyo's arm.
Kikyo raised her head to look at Yuto, blinked her beautiful eyes, and asked, "Yuto, what is it?"
"Everyone has vented their anger enough. Kikyo, go help Hirata. Calm everyone down. It's time for homeroom."
"Got it~"
Kikyo showed Yuto a sweet smile, then went down to find Hirata Yosuke and persuade everyone to calm down with him.
Hirata was handsome and had a certain personal charm, so he had some prestige in Class D.
Because of things that had happened in the past, Hirata was very afraid of classmates hurting one another.
So when everyone started arguing with Sudo's group, he had been trying to calm them down the whole time.
But the students of Class D were burning with anger. How could they calm down so easily?
At that moment, the little angel Kikyo arrived.
"Everyone, please calm down first. Homeroom is about to start, so let's return to our seats."
Under Kikyo's sweet voice, the Class D students, who had already vented most of their anger, stopped arguing.
However, some resentful accusations still remained.
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