The next day in the morning.
Ryunosuke returned to the classroom. This time the situation was different; everyone showed great respect to him.
How could they not respect him?
Just look at the dozen or so people who weren't respectful yesterday; all of them suffered injuries, from bruises to broken bones. The worst were Yamauchi and Ike. Both of them came to class wrapped in casts.
Ryunosuke's punches yesterday broke three of Ike's ribs. Yamauchi was no better off; his face was wrapped in bandages until he looked like a mummy.
These two people indeed received "special attention" from Ryunosuke, while the others only suffered minor scrapes because he held back his strength.
He passed by Airi and glanced at her briefly.
Airi gave a smile in return. Currently, she had changed; no longer timid like before. Perhaps because she had gotten an answer from the person she liked—although it was a vague answer like "giving an answer after graduation". However, for her, that was already very satisfying. At least... Ryunosuke didn't reject her.
Ryunosuke nodded slightly as a greeting. Then he looked at Haruka who was lying face down on her desk, pretending to sleep.
Because Haruka had voted to expel Airi, she felt she had no face to meet her, so she chose to pretend to sleep to escape from reality.
Ryunosuke couldn't handle the problem between the two of them for the time being because he had other important matters. Through yesterday's method of "whoever has the hardest fist gets heard," now Class C was extraordinarily united. Even the "Three Treasures" currently didn't dare oppose him.
Ryunosuke had become the class leader on the surface.
What could he do... educating Suzune took time, while he had to find a way to deal with Nagumo. Ryunosuke had to unite all four first-year classes into one bond, at least so they would all vote for him in the Student Council President election later so he'd have a chance to win.
This was the reason he chose this forced method to make the entire Class C submit to him.
Hirata would obey Ryunosuke as long as no students were expelled. With Hirata, Kei would also follow.
Currently Ryunosuke didn't yet know that the two of them had broken up, but that wasn't a big problem. The power of these two people alone already covered more than half the class, plus the bastards he had beaten into submission yesterday; theoretically, Class C had no more rebels. If there were any, they'd just be uprooted.
Ryunosuke wouldn't be lenient because the next plan was the key. Based on knowledge from his previous life, he understood all the exam contents at this school very well. That's why he chose to attack Nagumo; this was the only way to pay off his large debt.
Because the subsequent exams, both for second year and third year, wouldn't produce large amounts of points anymore. The opportunity only came once, so Ryunosuke couldn't be careless.
Regarding Haruka's matter, he was forced to think of a way to handle it later. Suddenly Ryunosuke's phone rang; a message came in from Asuna.
The content was about that point loan, she wanted to meet to sign a contract. Although previously Ryunosuke said he would lend for free, that was just lip service; the other party couldn't possibly accept that kindness just like that. So both parties agreed to consider this a transaction and prepared to meet at lunch to sign the point loan contract.
As for Hiyori, the situation was special. Ryunosuke could lend to her unconditionally.
Hiyori also understood that, so there was no contract, only a verbal promise. Besides, considering their relationship... honestly, Ryunosuke's royalties were still held by Hiyori~ he didn't dare court death.
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On the other side, Asuna breathed a sigh of relief after sending the message, then looked at Kohei who appeared very expectant before her. She smiled thinly.
"Relax, the other party has agreed to lend points to us. We're meeting at lunch today to sign the contract."
"Excellent! Thank you very much, Yuuki-san." Kohei expressed his thanks again.
Without this help, there might have been one person in their class expelled.
Today was the 29th, and tomorrow was the final deadline.
However, Arisu watched it all with a cold gaze and muttered in her heart, "You really like meddling in other people's affairs, Yuuki-san."
What she was thinking about was only how to preserve as many points as possible to duel with Ryunosuke. Regarding class interests, Arisu didn't care.
Masumi, seeing this, also muttered curtly, "Hey, Sakayanagi, it seems Yuuki has more leadership charisma than you."
Hearing that reminder, Arisu truly paid attention to Asuna.
Seeing the closeness between Asuna and Kohei, it was clear that Kohei was more willing to follow Asuna than her. Arisu sighed softly.
"It's true... through this incident, Katsuragi-kun seems more willing to obey Yuuki-san's words than my orders... Yuuki-san indeed has talent to be a leader."
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Soon, lunchtime arrived. Ryunosuke stood up preparing to head to the meeting location. He passed by Airi, stopped for a moment, then said:
"I have business this afternoon, might be until evening. Tomorrow I'll accompany you for lunch..."
Airi was stunned hearing that, instantly she felt confused and embarrassed. When she was just about to answer, Ryunosuke had already left...
Ryunosuke sighed in his heart. He still didn't know how to face Airi, so he could only do it gradually...
And what was most critical was, how would he explain this to Ai? Just thinking about this made his head hurt.
Suddenly, Megumi with her flat gaze was already beside him. Ryunosuke looked at her in surprise, while remembering that last night Megumi seemed to have looked for Ai. He asked curiously:
"Yesterday you and Ai..."
Before Ryunosuke could finish his sentence, Megumi raised her hand cutting him off.
Megumi said with an expressionless face, "Morishita-san has already agreed to us being together."
"Huh? What did you say?" Ryunosuke suspected he misheard.
Megumi took out her phone and called Ai's number.
Soon the call connected, then she handed it to him. Ryunosuke felt confused but still received it. "Why do you have Ai's contact?"
Ai at that time was playing a game on her phone. Seeing Megumi, whom she had just added last night, calling, she remembered her message that if she called, Ai just needed to answer "I agree" then hang up. So as soon as Ryunosuke picked up, before he could speak, a voice was heard from across: "I agree." then the phone was immediately cut off.
Ryunosuke: "..."
"For what, seriously? I..." He was at a loss for words.
The corner of Megumi's lips lifted slightly, then she immediately snatched back her phone to prevent Ryunosuke from calling back and exposing her strategy. She said flatly:
"Now Ryunosuke-kun believes, right?"
Ryunosuke: "Eh... this isn't about believing or not, but how did you do it?"
Megumi remained expressionless and extended her hand asking for Ryunosuke's dorm room key.
"Ryunosuke-kun, since Morishita-san has already agreed to us being together, shouldn't you give me your room key?"
Of course Ryunosuke couldn't possibly give it, seriously? Where was there such fast progress...
However, Megumi called again and handed it to him. Ryunosuke hesitated for half a second, but still received it.
Ai was playing Genshin Impact and almost finished a domain, when suddenly Megumi's call came in again. She answered while remembering Megumi's message yesterday: [If I call a second time, just say into the phone: "Give it to her", then immediately hang up.]
Ai did just that.
Just as Ryunosuke wanted to speak, Ai's very hurried voice was heard:
"Give it to her!"
After that, Ai immediately hung up quickly. She was fighting in the domain, there couldn't be the slightest mistake.
Ryunosuke gaped, unable to say a single word.
Meanwhile, Megumi had already started searching for keys on Ryunosuke's body. At this school, dorms used access cards; one main card and one additional card.
She took the additional card, put it in her bag, then put the main card back in Ryunosuke's pocket. Then she asked casually:
"What do you want to eat for dinner tonight, Ryunosuke-kun~"
Ryunosuke's brain went blank skipping logic, he answered unconsciously:
"Anything is fine, I'm not picky about food."
Megumi nodded. "In that case I understand."
Seeing her goal was achieved, Megumi didn't talk much more and didn't want to disturb Ryunosuke's business. She prepared to go home to think about what delicious dinner menu to eat together with him later.
Megumi left with cheerful light steps, clearly her mood was very good.
Leaving Ryunosuke alone standing frozen blown by the wind.