"President Nagumo."
Hikigaya stepped forward to the group, his expression calm as he said:
"They are lying to you. Just now, it wasn't just Sudou who hit Ryuuen; Albert also hit Sudou. If you don't believe me, you can ask the people around."
"What does this matter have to do with you?"
Ryuuen narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly: "Moreover, Albert only wanted to stop Sudou's violent behavior; it counts as legitimate self-defense."
Sure enough.
The leader of Class B had already changed.
Clearly, Hikigaya wanted to muddy the waters, wanting to drag their two classes down together.
However.
Ryuuen also didn't plan to consider things for Class D.
In any case, as long as he could extricate himself, no matter what punishment Class D received, he didn't care.
"Hehe."
Hikigaya gave a sneer, looking at him calmly:
"If you put it that way, Ryuuen, weren't you also threatening Horikita Suzune?"
"After all, Horikita Suzune is quite pretty; who knows if you forced her to do something."
"Sudou was worried about his companion, so it's normal that he would take action against you to protect Horikita Suzune, right?"
"If as long as the reason is sufficient, one can use violence against others at will, then we might as well just resolve everything with fighting in the future."
Hikigaya said loudly, letting everyone around hear him.
In any case.
The people around didn't know the truth; only he knew that Ryuuen's coercion had failed.
Looking only at the video.
Whether Ryuuen had done anything to Horikita Suzune.
No one was clear on that.
Furthermore, the surrounding people were all spectators who loved a good show. Given Ryuuen's personality, it would be considered normal if he had done something to Horikita Suzune.
Sudou beating Ryuuen for his beloved goddess.
The reason was even more sufficient.
Perhaps.
Behind the scenes, a major bullying case could even be involved.
More importantly.
This violent incident did not happen privately, but occurred in broad daylight.
Sudou assaulted Ryuuen, and Albert gave Sudou a punch.
Everyone saw it with their own eyes.
It wasn't something that could be resolved just because the two sides wanted to resolve it privately; the power of decision lay only in Nagumo Miyabi's hands.
And as the Student Council President.
Nagumo Miyabi had to consider the impact of this matter.
It wasn't difficult either.
One just needed to make the incident big enough; there were also guests from outside the school in the spectator stands.
Even if these politicians said nothing and expressed no stance.
As long as Nagumo wanted to perform, he had to consider the views of these politicians, and whether it would leave a bad impression on the school authorities.
Wanting to settle privately simply wouldn't work.
"You bastard."
Sudou instantly glared at Hikigaya: "Suzune would never do anything with Ryuuen. You are not allowed to slander Suzune."
"..."
Hikigaya's mouth twitched.
Damn it.
Even though I am the instigator, I am at least speaking up for Class D right now, aren't I?
Being extorted by Ryuuen—don't these guys feel angry?
Forget it.
The logic of a simp cannot be understood.
"Sorry."
Hikigaya responded simply, turning his head to look at Nagumo Miyabi.
The final power of decision was still in Nagumo Miyabi's hands.
As long as this guy was smart enough.
He should understand.
This matter certainly couldn't be resolved privately.
After all, so many people were watching; otherwise, it would be a huge blow not only to the school but also to Nagumo Miyabi's prestige.
Beside them, there were so many dignitaries from outside the school.
The moment to demonstrate crisis management skills had arrived.
For Nagumo Miyabi, who cared about his reputation, this should be very tempting.
However.
The Nagumo Miyabi before him was full of smiles and didn't even look at the observation seats; instead, he looked at Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.
This instantly gave Hikigaya a somewhat bad premonition.
"I once said in school."
Nagumo Miyabi walked between the individuals and raised his hands with a smile:
"It's normal for there to be some violent behavior between students, and I also support individual strength-supremacy more."
Hikigaya's face looked grim.
This guy wouldn't really just lightly gloss over this matter, would he? Is he not considering external influences at all?
He shouldn't.
"However."
At this time.
This should be very beneficial to Nagumo Miyabi.
Nagumo Miyabi changed his tone again, looking at Ayanokouji and laughing.
"Violence must also be within a moderate range; excessively severe violence is not acceptable."
"This matter has seriously affected the external image of Koudo Ikusei, regardless of what reasons you have."
"Venting emotions at will, disregarding public places, and causing trouble for Hikigaya-kun and others are all unforgivable things."
"Therefore."
"I will propose to the school to disqualify Sudou Ken and Yamada Albert from this sports festival and cancel their results."
Hearing this.
Ryuuen's face turned green with anger, and Hirata's face was similarly grim.
Koudo Ikusei respected student autonomy, and most matters were resolved by the Student Council itself.
As long as Nagumo spoke, it was basically set in stone.
"???"
Hikigaya's expression was also not very good.
First giving the illusion of lightly glossing it over, then canceling the results for Sudou and the others—it felt like Nagumo Miyabi was deliberately suppressing him.
Perhaps Nagumo had already decided on this judgment long ago.
The subtext being.
No matter how much you all babble, in the end, everything must listen to him.
It's just.
Why does it feel like something is not quite right between Nagumo Miyabi and Ayanokouji.
At this moment.
Nagumo Miyabi was looking at Ayanokouji with a playful smile on his face.
Aren't you very impressive?
You knocked me down with one punch.
You caused more than a dozen third-year students to be expelled at once during the uninhabited island exam, seriously affecting his evaluation in the school.
Now.
How about it.
Aren't you, Ayanokouji, still going to fall into my hands?
Although he knew those politicians were watching around them, Nagumo Miyabi didn't take them too seriously either.
In any case.
Nagumo was confident in his own strength.
As long as there was enough time, he firmly believed that by his own strength he could also climb to the same height.
It was just that from the moment he saw Ayanokouji, Nagumo Miyabi had already made up his mind to make him suffer a setback.
Ayanokouji remained expressionless and did not respond.
In any case, he didn't care about these results; as long as Nagumo had so decided, the incident was already defined.
It didn't matter.
"Wait a moment, President Nagumo."
Hikigaya said somewhat tentatively: "Isn't this kind of punishment too light? Considering the impact on the school, it wouldn't hurt to be a bit more severe, for example, suspending them for a period of time."
An obvious violent incident.
Yet the punishment was only disqualification from the exam and results. It was truly too light.
At the very least, they should be suspended for a period of time and have some class points deducted, Hikigaya thought secretly.
"Sudou."
Ryuuen's cold eyes were like knives: "To tell you the truth, I indeed threatened Horikita Suzune to kneel before me and also demanded one million private points from her."
"Unfortunately, it failed in the end, so that video is only half of it."
"Now you see clearly, right? The one who instigated you should be this fellow."
Ryuuen also wanted to shift the trouble elsewhere.
To make Class D and Class B fight to the death.
Feeling Sudou's cold gaze, Hikigaya didn't care either, just looking at Nagumo Miyabi with some expectation.
The Student Council President.
The greatest power was the power of free discretion.
Originally, Horikita Manabu's punishment for violence would at least involve suspension for a period, while Nagumo Miyabi leaned more toward individual strength and was very lenient with punishments for violence.
But in reality.
Isn't this just whatever Nagumo Miyabi says it is.
With conclusive evidence, even if they were suspended for a month, Sudou and the others could only accept it.