Over the next few days, the students of Year 1, Class D were somewhat astonished to discover that Hirata had changed.
Although Hirata generally remained not much different from usual—still maintaining the image of a gentle, sunny boy—when facing certain matters, he became tough and forceful.
He was no longer like before, looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't speak out due to certain reasons.
For example, right now.
"Sudo-kun."
Watching Sudō, who grabbed his bag as soon as class ended and prepared to leave directly for club activities, Hirata stopped him and said gently, "Your grades recently have been very far from ideal. I hope you can temporarily stop club activities for a few days."
"Tsk..."
Sudō looked at Hirata blocking his way, his face showing impatience. "I have training today. We can talk about grades after my training is over."
"This is not a discussion with you, Sudo-kun."
The smile on Hirata's face faded slightly, and his eyes appeared somewhat gloomy.
The others in Year 1, Class D watched this scene in silence.
It had been about two days since Hirata privately sought out Subaru. Sudō was not the first person Hirata had approached; the first was Yamauchi, whom Subaru had explicitly stated he wanted to expel.
Hirata's change shocked most people immensely.
However, they could also understand. After all, Hirata's starting point was good. Even if he accidentally used slightly extreme behavior in the process, no one really minded.
Even if his conduct didn't quite fit the rules... Year 1, Class D had no more class points to lose anyway.
With zero class points, Year 1, Class D had undoubtedly become the 'invincible ones' of the first year—those with nothing left to lose.
"Huh?"
"Not discussing it with me?!"
The impatient expression on Sudō's face became even more obvious.
"Sudo-kun."
Hirata interrupted Sudō's words and said seriously, "This is a decision made as the Class Representative to ensure the class does not enter an even worse situation due to unnecessary personnel loss..."
"Stop putting on airs as a Class Representative here!"
"Get lost!"
Sudō's patience was completely exhausted.
Saying this, Sudō violently swung his arm, intending to use his physique, which far exceeded that of ordinary students, to fling Hirata away.
However, the scene that followed shocked everyone in Year 1, Class D.
The gentle smile on Hirata's face disappeared completely, leaving only a cold indifference.
Perhaps in front of Subaru, Hirata was incredibly immature and possessed no threat, but compared to Sudō, it was a completely different landscape.
Hirata's fighting experience at this student stage could definitely be called abundant.
Coupled with his very good physical fitness, and calculating against an unsuspecting opponent...
Bang!
Accompanied by the screams of some girls in the class, Sudō was directly pinned to the ground by Hirata.
"I told you, Sudo-kun."
"I am not discussing this with you right now."
Ignoring the others around him, Hirata said indifferently, "To ensure your grades don't fall behind, and so that our entire class can avoid expulsion, you must cooperate with me, Sudo-kun."
"I do not mind using some direct methods to make you cooperate."
"Now, club activities can be temporarily suspended. Is that acceptable?"
"Sudo-kun."
...
"The transformation is truly massive."
Watching Hirata, who had almost subdued the entire class with a tough stance in just a few days, Horikita sighed with some emotion.
Horikita had to admit that compared to herself, the current Hirata was clearly more suitable to lead the class.
"Natsuki, is this because of you?"
Saying this, Horikita turned her gaze to Subaru beside her.
"Horikita-san."
Subaru looked at Horikita, who had targeted him with suspicion almost without hesitation, and smiled slightly. "Why do you suddenly link this matter to me?"
"Does that even need to be said?"
"In my view, all the changes started from your side."
Hearing Subaru's inquiry, Horikita explained as a matter of course.
A few days ago, Subaru had shouted in class that he would use personal points to expel Yamauchi. The result was that the very next day, Hirata's attitude underwent a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn, and he even forcibly made Yamauchi cooperate.
First, it was Yamauchi, then it was Ike.
Now, he had even made a move on the class's thorn, Sudō.
"Perhaps there is a tiny bit of my influence in it."
"However, I think it's also possible that Hirata-kun figured some things out on his own."
Subaru did not deny it.
"If you don't want to say it, then forget it."
"Anyway, I think having a Class Representative with a tough attitude is a good thing."
Horikita glanced at Subaru, then looked at Sudō, who had been subdued by Hirata, and evaluated indifferently, "If Hirata had been able to show such a tough attitude from the beginning..."
"The class points definitely wouldn't be in this awkward state they are now."
Similar to what Subaru had said before, Horikita also felt that if Hirata had shown this kind of tough attitude from the start, Year 1, Class D's class points definitely wouldn't be zero.
'However, Suzune Horikita, the thing you are talking about has a prerequisite...'
'That Hirata could still subdue the majority of people in the class while showing such a tough attitude...'
Contrary to Horikita's wishful thinking, Ayanokōji did not think so.
Without the personal charisma displayed over the past month or so, if Hirata had shown such a tough attitude from the beginning, the effect wouldn't have been that good, and not that many people would have submitted.
However, one point was correct: at least the class points wouldn't be zero.
"In this case, your idea, Natsuki, probably won't be realized."
Horikita analyzed a wave of thoughts on her own, then looked at Subaru again.
"Eh?"
"Why do you think that, Horikita-san?"
Subaru looked at the somewhat confident Horikita and asked with some amusement.
"Because just as you said before, everything in this academy is evaluated based on ability."
"The price required to expel a person with no ability is different from expelling a person with some ability. Now, with Hirata's tough supervision and urging..."
Horikita looked at Subaru and analyzed seriously, "Yamauchi's ability will definitely improve significantly."
"With your daily lavish spending, Natsuki, the points on you aren't that plentiful anymore, right?"
"If you don't even have one million personal points, even if you want to expel a student, you would be somewhat powerless."
"Not to mention, this student's grades will make considerable progress during this period."
Saying this, Horikita revealed a confident expression.
As if she had determined that Subaru had no way to expel Yamauchi, who was under Hirata's forceful supervision.
"One million personal points is indeed somewhat insufficient."
Subaru nodded in agreement, then stood up and walked toward Sakura.
Under Horikita's astonished gaze, he led Sakura out of the classroom.
"That guy..."
"When did his relationship with Airi Sakura become so good?"
Horikita looked at Subaru and Sakura, who left almost side by side, with a surprised expression on her face.
In Horikita's impression, both Subaru and Sakura belonged to the type who disliked socializing very much. Subaru spent his time soaking in the library whenever he had nothing to do.
Sakura's presence was pitifully low.
After class, it was almost difficult to see Sakura's figure.
Horikita completely couldn't imagine how Subaru and Sakura had gotten connected.
"Sakura-san."
"Are you ready?"
Subaru looked at Sakura and said gently, "If there are no accidents, we can close the net today."
Subaru hadn't been idle these past two days.
Basically, he had been taking Sakura to make various attempts.
Planning the location for the upcoming setup was crucial. There was a lot of surveillance in this academy, and the school staff certainly knew better than the students. So, to lure the fish out, they had to choose a suitable location.
A place that seemed completely deserted, relatively remote, and seemingly without surveillance.
"Mm..."
"Subaru-kun, I don't have any problems..."
Hearing Subaru's words, Sakura was somewhat nervous.
However, although Sakura was very nervous, she had no thought of escaping. The matter of the stalker had to be resolved; otherwise, for the next three years, Sakura would have to live in an atmosphere of fear and worry.
This was not what Sakura wanted.
"But... Subaru-kun..."
Thinking for a moment, Sakura said somewhat hesitantly, "Do I really not need to do anything more?"
"Just telling him my contact information, is that really enough?"
"Do I not need to do anything else?"
Although she trusted Subaru unreasonably well, Sakura was still somewhat confused while following him these past two days because it didn't look like he was trying to do anything.
The only action was finding a reason for her to give her contact information to the stalker and add the stalker as a friend.
"Mm, that is enough."
"This academy has many rules that are not placed out in the open."
Hearing Sakura's confusion, Subaru smiled and explained, "For example, regarding contacts: as long as you have added the other party as a contact, then you can locate their specific position without notifying them."
"I believe that as a member of the school staff, he knows this very clearly."
"And, there is a high probability that he thinks we currently don't know this matter."
While speaking, Subaru took out his student terminal and opened the map.
The map clearly displayed Sakura's current location.
With this factor included, Subaru didn't need to manipulate anything else. The more steps there were, the higher the probability of error, and the more unnatural it would seem.
Finding a reason that sounded very suitable for Sakura to add the stalker's contact information was enough.
The stalker would find an opportunity to deliver himself to the door on his own.
"To think there was such a thing..."
Seeing the image displayed on Subaru's student terminal, Sakura covered her mouth in shock.
It was terrifying when she thought about it carefully.
If not for Subaru, Sakura wouldn't dare to imagine what would happen.
To be able to locate someone's position directly without their permission... this was simply...
"This is just a very ordinary intelligence advantage."
"In a situation where the other party thinks we don't know this, the advantage shifts to us."
Subaru looked at Sakura's somewhat fearful expression and laughed gently.
"Because everything is fair. The other party can locate our position without our consent; likewise, we can do the same."
"Now, Sakura-san, if you open the map through the other party's contact info, you can see their location."
"When the other party deviates from their normal route of action and slowly approaches your location, Sakura-san..."
Subaru did not continue, but Sakura already understood what he meant.
As long as the stalker appeared near Sakura, it was just about time for him to do something. At this time, as long as Sakura gave him an opportunity and took the initiative to go to a remote place...
Then, basically, this fish was firmly hooked.
In order to let the fish take the bait safely, Subaru naturally couldn't be in a position too close to Sakura. Sakura had to wander around the school alone.
Anyway, Sakura's behavioral logic before was exactly this: wandering around the school with a camera. So, in the eyes of the stalker, Sakura's actions would all appear to be very normal situations.
Subaru, on the other hand, would choose a suitable location and use the video function of the student terminal to record the necessary footage in advance. No problem there.
Subaru had prepared two recording devices.
One was the built-in one on the school student terminal, used to report to the school.
The other was a cheap recording device used to squeeze the personal points out of the stalker later.
After all, if he didn't give the item to the stalker, it would be difficult to make the stalker hand over the vast majority of his personal points.
The subsequent events naturally became simple.
Under Sakura's guidance, the stalker—a clerk at a digital shop in the school—successfully took the bait.
Confirming that there were no other students around Sakura, the surroundings were relatively remote, and there was no surveillance, the stalker revealed himself directly and made a move on Sakura.
Finally, he was directly controlled by Subaru.
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