Kamio Tatsuya wasn't surprised that Ayanokouji was there. He knew about it, so he must have been watching him since they looked at each other earlier.
So, after seeing the student council president come, he probably realized what was happening right away.
Did he think I would get rid of him too?
Don't worry, buddy, I'm not that bad.
"That's right, it's him." Kamio Tatsuya nodded. "This thing probably recorded something it shouldn't have. I suggest having Tachibana look at what's on it.
According to the report, the people who did it are Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki from Class D. The furthest changing room is theirs, and the tools they used are in there too. I was able to get this thing back using those tools."
Horikita Manabu nodded, looking unhappy.
"Kamio, come to the student council office this afternoon. Kiriyama, you take care of the situation with Ike at the swimming pool for now. I'll go find Tachibana and check what's on this thing."
After Kiriyama made sure about the tools, he took them and left with his people.
Kiriyama didn't confirm who used the changing room because someone could be trying to frame them.
But the tools and the remote control car will be evidence. According to the school's records, it will be easy to find out who they really belong to.
Soon, only Kamio Tatsuya and Ayanokouji were left in the changing room.
"I don't understand."
"Don't understand what?"
"I don't understand why you did this." Ayanokouji said, sounding a little confused. "Ike and Yamauchi could have used the deal to avoid being kicked out of school in an exam.
Now you're reporting them to the student council and getting nothing out of it. It shouldn't benefit you at all. The students in Class D will only hate you more because of this."
This was the first time Kamio Tatsuya had heard Ayanokouji say so much.
"Ayanokouji, do you think what Ike and the others did was right?"
"Of course not. That's why I called you, to let you know what was happening and to stop them."
Ayanokouji didn't understand Kamio Tatsuya's reasons, but he could still tell right from wrong.
"That's right, what they did was wrong, so I stopped them. It's not that hard to understand."
Kamio Tatsuya stated this fact.
"Maybe you think I should have protected them and taken care of this quietly. That would have been better for me.
But you need to know that I made them sign a contract so they could take the blame for me, not so I could have two more problems to deal with."
Ayanokouji became quiet, clearly surprised that Kamio Tatsuya could be so determined.
"What are you going to do with them?"
"If it were up to me, I'd want everyone involved to be kicked out of school, not just Ike and Yamauchi, but everyone else who helped. Ike isn't smart enough to make such a complicated remote control car."
Kamio Tatsuya didn't hide his thoughts.
"Do you think that's really the right thing to do?"
"What do you mean?"
"It's true that kicking out Ike and Yamauchi would be the right choice, both morally and legally, but...
Have you thought about what would happen if Ike and Yamauchi were kicked out because of this? They might live in fear of being seen as perverts. They might even give up on themselves.
What they did now was just a small wrong, and they probably won't do it again after being scared like this.
People can change. For example, Sudou clearly refused to join this plan."
Kamio Tatsuya looked at Ayanokouji and smiled.
"Ayanokouji, you can really talk. But... have you thought about something? If we let them off easy here, won't they think it's not a big deal because the punishment wasn't harsh enough?
If we don't punish them, are you saying we should let them keep doing bad things with that kind of luck? If the punishment isn't hard enough, how will they remember that some things are not allowed?"
Kamio Tatsuya's words made Ayanokouji quiet for a moment.
"It's true that could happen, but Kamio, you can't say for sure that they're beyond help, can you?"
"That's right, I can't say they're beyond help, because Sudou is an example right in front of us. That's what you're trying to say, right?" Kamio Tatsuya asked, then smiled sarcastically. "But why should I be responsible for their lives? Am I their father?"
Kamio Tatsuya continued, seeing that Ayanokouji was still quiet.
"It's true that they didn't succeed this time because of you. But if they had done this without you knowing, and they had succeeded, what would have happened to the girls who were hurt?
They didn't succeed, but if they had, even I would have been responsible.
Because I used points during the midterm exam to keep them from being kicked out, I indirectly helped them too."
Like Father John Kuehberg, who once saved Hitler, he later publicly regretted it, saying, "If I had known he would become a monster, I would never have saved him."
"If I had known they would do something like this today, I wouldn't have saved them back then. Now that they've done something like this, I have a responsibility to set things right."
That means getting Ike and Yamauchi kicked out.
So even if they could use the deal to avoid Kamio Tatsuya being kicked out, Kamio Tatsuya would never allow their actions.
As for Sudou, he has changed a lot. He not only took the blame for Horikita when she made a mistake before, but he also strongly refused Ike's plan this time.
As human beings, there are some things we can do, and some things we can't.
Even if Kamio Tatsuya has never claimed to be a good person, he still has a bottom line.
Just like how he felt sorry for Karuizawa when he heard her story, Kamio Tatsuya will not tolerate Ike and Yamauchi's actions!
Everybody in the world is rushing around for their own benefit.
But no matter how much you're doing it for your own good, there are just some things you can't do.
Also, now that Kamio Tatsuya has decided to leave Class D, he needs to leave Class D a gift.
He hopes Chabashira-sensei will be happy with this gift.
"I see. I understand." Ayanokouji's lips curved into an awkward smile. "I think I understand what you're thinking."
Understand?
Understand what?
"But I'm curious, why are you trying so hard to talk me into this? You shouldn't care at all whether Yamauchi and Ike get kicked out, right?"
"That's right, I just wanted to know why you would do this. Before, I thought you were the kind of person who only cared about benefits.
I was wrong. You're not just a man who cares about benefits."
Looking at the open Ayanokouji, Kamio Tatsuya felt like he was a little different than before.
"Anyway, that's how it is. I'm leaving now. As a member of the student council, I have work to do."
"You joined the student council?"
"Didn't I say that?"
"I guessed it from your conversation with President Horikita earlier, but I didn't expect it to be true."
...
After a moment of staring at each other, Kamio Tatsuya left the changing room.
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