"Sakayanagi, are we going straight back now?"
Kamuro asked Sakayanagi Arisu beside her, while sipping the soda she had just gotten.
"Yes, the matter is concluded, we can go straight back. Class is about to start. I apologize for making Kamuro and Hashimoto accompany me here during your precious lunch break."
Sakayanagi bowed slightly to Hashimoto and Kamuro in apology.
"Sakayanagi-san, what are you doing? I don't think this was a waste of time. Besides, I already rested well on the bench."
"Well, it's not the first time you've arranged such troublesome things for us, everyone's used to it by now."
Hashimoto and Kamuro's different responses made Sakayanagi tilt her head, making it unclear what she was thinking.
"Hey, Sakayanagi, Miyako seems to be over there. You said you two are best friends, want to go say hello?"
Kamuro pointed to Amane, who was talking to Sakura in the shade of a large tree nearby, and said to Sakayanagi beside her.
"No need. Class D should have a lot of things to deal with right now, and it wouldn't be appropriate for us outsiders to disturb them rashly. Besides... Amane and I are not only best friends but also fated rivals. I have a premonition that I will have a full-strength battle with her in the future, but... the outcome is hard to predict."
Sakayanagi Arisu shook her head.
Although she wanted to declare that she would defeat Amane.
But every time she thought of all the contests she had with Amane, she felt a lack of confidence.
"Eh? Is she that amazing? If you're friends, you must have competed against each other, right? Can she really be your equal?"
Kamuro was shocked that Class D would have someone who could rival Sakayanagi.
If Amane was as intelligent as Sakayanagi.
Plus her exaggerated physical abilities.
Kamuro couldn't help but feel that Amane would be a monster surpassing Sakayanagi Arisu.
What kind of twisted joke was it for such a monster to be placed in Class D?
"We've competed many times, but unfortunately, I haven't won yet. I really hope..."
To win against you once.
Amane.
"Let's go."
...Student Council.
The atmosphere in the conference room was extremely oppressive.
Horikita Manabu sat at the head of the table, his face gloomy.
Even Kiriyama, who had always made excuses, was called to the Student Council by Horikita Manabu this time.
"Nagumo, don't you think your ruling was too harsh?"
Horikita Manabu immediately directed his criticism at Nagumo.
Nagumo had been sitting for a while and generally understood why Horikita Manabu had convened such a formal Student Council meeting.
"I don't think so. In fact, I even feel my ruling was a bit too lenient."
Hearing Nagumo's words, Horikita Manabu raised an eyebrow.
According to Nagumo Miyabi's ruling:
First Year Class B was to have 300 class points deducted, pay a fine of 2 million individual points, and have all class points suspended for three months.
It was almost a fatal blow.
First Year Class C was to have 150 class points deducted and pay 400,000 class points. This was barely acceptable, but such a penalty was extremely severe for a lower-ranked class. Sometimes, a lower-ranked class might lose the qualification to become Class B or Class A due to a single point difference.
Not to mention over a hundred class points.
Horikita Manabu, who had lived here for over two years, knew very well that Class C, having suffered such a devastating blow, would soon face the crisis of being surpassed in rank.
But all of this was insignificant in Nagumo's eyes...
"I know what you're worried about, Horikita-senpai, but isn't this school's philosophy based on meritocracy? What if Class D's Miyako couldn't prove her innocence? Even if everyone knew she was wronged, what then? The consequence of being inferior is just this."
"Not to mention, for the instigator of the conflict to lose so thoroughly is truly disgraceful. This shows that the competitive spirit of this school is not strong enough. Everyone hasn't realized that in this school, only the strong can survive! Only those who can adapt to cruelty can laugh last! This is survival of the fittest."
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