Nagumo Miyabi scanned everyone present.
"Do you acknowledge the accusations against Miyako-san?"
Trading class points, framing others, and maliciously spreading rumors and slander.
These three were Amane's most powerful accusations against Class B and C.
"We have no objection, but I hope Vice President Nangong can make a judgment based on the facts of the case."
Since the situation was beyond their control, accepting defeat was the only option.
But even in defeat, Ryuuen wanted to do everything possible to minimize Class C's losses. This setback made Ryuuen see many things he hadn't paid attention to before.
The united Class B was not as impenetrable as outsiders imagined.
At least in Ryuuen's eyes, Class B without Ichinose was nothing. Overestimating Class B's strength before led to him suffering a huge setback at Amane's hands this time.
It could be considered paying for a lesson.
However, besides that, it wasn't without any gains.
Class C had a mole.
This news was perhaps more valuable than today's defeat. Fortunately, it was exposed early in the competition. If, in the future, there were important school exams or activities, and this mole continuously provided critical information to other classes, Class C would not know what a huge price they would have to pay to deal with this mole.
Now that its existence was known, they could prevent it in advance.
As the saying goes, a loss may turn out to be a gain.
Compared to Ryuuen's relatively optimistic mindset.
Class B, on the other hand, was completely silent.
Kanzaki bit his lip hard.
He was unwilling to accept such a failure, and even more unable to accept that the breakthrough point would appear on him.
But would his rebuttal be useful?
He indeed didn't know the specific situation during the early stages of the fake love letter incident, but in the later stages, he used it as a threat.
Otherwise, Sakura-san would not have obediently complied.
Currently, Miyako has not mentioned this matter, whether she is preserving face or planning to keep it as leverage is still unknown.
However, at that time, the threat was made in person, so there shouldn't be any evidence left.
Now, this is not the time to think about such things!!!
Kanzaki!!!
Kanzaki's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at Amane.
Even with conclusive evidence and Ryuuen's betrayal, Kanzaki was still unwilling to admit Class B's failure. He knew very well that as soon as he admitted defeat, it would be the victor's carnival.
"We have no objection."
Kanzaki looked at Shibata beside him in astonishment.
"Shibata! Do you know what you're doing?"
Kanzaki angrily rebuked him loudly, but a sigh of relief escaped his heart.
As long as he didn't agree, even if Ichinose and the rest of Class B had any dissatisfaction later, they wouldn't be able to blame him.
"I know what you're thinking. Aren't you looking for someone to take responsibility for you? Then let me do it. From the beginning, I didn't agree with your plan, and you should know my stance."
Shibata seemed like a different person.
Kanzaki, feeling as if he had been seen through, began to avert his gaze.
When the whole class was discussing whether to collude with Class C to frame Amane, only Shibata Sō voted against it. Even though Ichinose didn't want to frame Amane, under everyone's urging, she still chose to vote in favor to maintain consistency.
It was precisely because of this that Shibata was ostracized from Class B's decision-making circle.
His ability was recognized, but his stance was questioned.
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