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Since joining the student council, Horikita Suzune has been involved in many mundane matters on campus, such as disputes between various clubs over club fees, handling applications for participation in various competitions, and approving whether students who perform well in competitions meet the rules and can add class points to the class.

"So that's why you value Sudo so much?"

After finishing discussing a club dispute she had handled a few days prior, Horikita Suzune looked up at Kitagawa Ryo and asked him a question.

"Yes, he is one of the few, if not the only, students in Class D who can play a role in club activities."

Kitagawa Ryo ate the food on his plate slowly and deliberately.

"What Sudo needs is a profound lesson, and then everyone's recognition. Once he achieves these two things, he can become the backbone of Class D."

"I didn't expect Liang to have such a high opinion of him."

"No wonder you were in the basketball team back then."

When Horikita Suzune suddenly uttered such a nonsensical remark, Kitagawa Ryo just smiled and didn't respond. After quickly finishing their food, the two walked side by side out of the student cafeteria toward the dormitory building.

When Kitagawa Ryo led Horikita Suzune to his room and unlocked the door, he found a girl sitting leisurely on the sofa inside. She was eating the dessert ice cream that Kitagawa Ryo had cooked the night before and put in the refrigerator while watching TV.

"Oh, you're back?"

"I think I haven't gone to the wrong place, this should be my room."

Kitagawa Ryo casually kicked off his shoes and put on slippers, then leaned back on the other side of the sofa:

"benefit?"

"Because we always need to come to the cool room to discuss things, knocking on the door is too noisy, so it's normal for me to have a spare key made, right?"

Karuizawa Megumi twirled the keys in her hand and casually tossed them towards Kitagawa Ryo:

"If Liang doesn't like it, she can just take it back."

"Then you should keep it, just don't let anyone see you."

Kitagawa Ryoya knew that Karuizawa Megumi was playing hard to get. He took the key and then threw it back. Karuizawa Megumi smiled and put the key away again.

Horikita Suzune had changed her shoes by then. She carefully squatted down and arranged the three pairs of shoes at the door before walking in. Although the sofa where Karuizawa Megumi was sitting could fit another person, Horikita Suzune naturally sat on Kitagawa Ryo's bed next to her.

"Rin, how's the student council going?"

Upon seeing Horikita Suzune's action, a strange glint flashed in Karuizawa Megumi's eyes, but she concealed it well and asked in a relaxed tone.

"Tomorrow's son has already been expelled and eliminated. It seems like Yagami won't be far behind. As for Yamauchi and Ike, we'll have to see the final result, but the worst punishment will be suspension."

Horikita Suzune briefly summarized the morning's events, then asked Karuizawa Megumi with great interest:

"Speaking of which, you should know Yagami's original plan, right?"

"Yes, Hoshinomiya's homeroom teacher told me."

Karuizawa Megumi nodded, taking small licks of her ice cream and gesturing towards Kitagawa Ryo:

"But you should still let Ryo explain. He probably knows more than I do, since the current situation has far exceeded Yagami Takuya's initial expectations."

Back in his room, Kitagawa Ryo relaxed. He stroked his chin, carefully considering his words:

"If we are to explain Yagami Takuya's plan, we should first introduce his identity and personality."

"If I'm not mistaken, he should be one of the helpers sent by the White Room to assist Ayanokouji Kiyotaka."

Both of them understood the bet between Kitagawa Ryo and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, and were also aware of the existence of the white room. So, although they showed a little surprise on their faces, they quickly accepted the fact.

"However, Yagami himself is not a simple assistant. Although he accepted the mission to help Ayanokouji Kiyotaka defeat me, he always thought that he could bypass Ayanokouji and defeat me alone."

Kitagawa Ryo gently tapped the armrest of the sofa:

"To put it bluntly, he even wanted to defeat both me and Ayanokouji at the same time."

"That's why he devised that plan—an action plan targeting both Class A and Class D."

"As a student in Class 1-B, Yagami keenly sensed the usefulness of their homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya Chie, so he promised her that he would strike at Class 1-A in exchange for her support."

"Yagami's plan is divided into two parts, and the infirmary is only the first half."

"He lured Haruki Yamauchi and Kanji Ike from Class D to the infirmary. In doing so, he had two backup plans: a photo of their homeroom teacher, Chie Hoshinomiya, and a student from Class D, Chiaki Matsushita."

He preemptively cut off the infirmary's surveillance cameras, set up a recording of Koenji Rokusuke to create the illusion that Koenji Rokusuke was present, then personally injured both of them. Simultaneously, he sent an anonymous message to Katsuragi Kohei, who was concerned about Koenji, summoning him to the infirmary to confront Class D.

Horikita Suzune was somewhat taken aback when she heard this:

"Isn't this the same reasoning the student council used at the beginning?"

"Well, if the first half of this plan goes smoothly, it will most likely replicate the reality of Katsuragi Kohei requesting a private settlement, because Yamauchi and Ike were supposed to suffer real injuries."

"Moreover, Yagami doesn't need to worry about failure, because if the scam succeeds, Class A and Class D will become enemies, and if it fails, Class A and Class D will also become enemies."

"The reason for choosing Yamauchi and Ike is that they are the two people who are most easily fooled and most likely to give Katsuragi Kohei a hard time. Katsuragi Kohei's personality cannot handle this kind of performative personality that is good at exaggeration, and he will easily be drawn into the other party's rhythm."

Horikita Suzune nodded thoughtfully. She didn't know much about Katsuragi Kohei's personality, but from her few interactions, he was indeed a rather conservative person. Despite his fierce appearance, he seemed inexplicably stubborn.

"But Yagami's plan doesn't stop there. He's not really targeting Yamauchi and Ike, because subjectively he doesn't even want them to drop out of school. After all, they're a pure side effect in Class D, and keeping them would be great news for the top classes."

"The basketball club, is that right?"

Horikita Suzune narrowed her eyes; she vaguely guessed the other party's plan.

"Yes, it's Sudo."

"Sudo is highly regarded by the coach in the basketball club. If nothing unexpected happens, he is very likely to be selected as a regular player to participate in the summer tournament with the club."

"But as you know, Sudo himself is not popular in the basketball club. On the contrary, because of his outstanding performance, he is often envied and even disliked by students from other first-year classes."

"Kito from Class 1-A is the boy in the basketball club whose physical abilities are closest to Sudo's, and he also has a basketball background. So, under the urging of the other students, Sudo naturally developed some hostility towards him."

Kitagawa Ryo paused, then said with some emotion:

"Actually, Yagami is also a social talent. His data rating on his admission file is probably fake. He has a wide social circle in the whole grade and is closely related to Kikyo Kushida from Class A. That's why he was able to gather so much information and make targeted plans."

"That afternoon, while Yamauchi and Ike were unconscious in the infirmary, the basketball club was also quite lively. Yagami had arranged for his students to spread the word about the regular players, saying that Sudo's playing style was too selfish and he didn't cooperate well with his teammates, while Kito was better at cooperating with others."

"Then, taking advantage of Sudo's anger, they stirred up trouble and used public opinion to force Sudo and Kito to play a three-on-three basketball game."

"Actually, both sides were put in a difficult position at this time. Sudo was furious, while Kito was someone everyone usually expected to suppress Sudo's arrogance. Even if he didn't want to provoke Sudo, he was forced to step in because Sudo was already very aggressive."

Unlike Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, Takuya Yagami is more adept at manipulating these psychological and public opinion aspects, and quite effectively at it.

Kitagawa Ryo silently evaluated Yagami Takuya while continuing to explain:

"But because of Sudo's usual popularity, he couldn't even find a teammate. The first-year students couldn't stand his temper, and the older students were afraid that he would take their place. No one wanted to team up with him."

“Since the start of the school year, the only two people Sudo can call friends are Yamauchi and Ike in his class. So at that time, his choice was either to play one against three, which the rules didn’t allow, or to temporarily pull these two over to be his teammates.”

"But Sudo himself has the arrogance that he is very strong and his teammates are just there to make the game easier, so he will definitely choose to call Yamauchi and Ike."

Horikita Suzune slowly exhaled:

"But at that time, Yamauchi and Ike were unconscious in the infirmary."

"Ah."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded, then squinted and said:

"So Sudo, who can't contact either of them, will face ridicule and mockery from the entire audience. Even if his opponents, the students of Class 1-A, don't get involved, their very presence is a pressure on Sudo, who is all alone."

"If at this moment, someone were to say to him—"

"Yamachi and Ike were beaten up by the students from Class A and sent to the infirmary."

"Boom—"

"The powder keg exploded."

Ryota Kitagawa knew Takeru Sudo's personality well enough that he thought Takeru Sudo would probably throw a punch by the penultimate step, without anyone even needing to remind him.

That will be the time when Class A and Class D truly break apart and become enemies.

If Sudo really takes action, then no one will care about the truth of the infirmary incident.

"This was Yagami's entire plan from the beginning. If it had succeeded, both Class A and Class D would have been in serious trouble."

After talking so much, Kitagawa Ryo was also a little thirsty. He took three bottles of juice from the refrigerator, threw one to Karuizawa Megumi and Horikita Suzune, and then drank it all by himself. He finished it in just two gulps and casually threw it into the room's trash can.

"I've already discussed the rest with Suzune. Yagami's confidence largely stemmed from the support of his homeroom teacher, but he overlooked the possibility that the teacher might betray him for the same reason, which led to the complete leak of the plan. This makes it much easier to break the deadlock."

Kitagawa cleared his throat and then spoke again:

"First, there was Katsuragi Kohei's intrusion, which only benefited Yagami Takuya's plan. So, instead of stopping him, he saw it as a good opportunity and actively cooperated, further reinforcing Yamauchi and Ike's conviction that Koenji was in the infirmary."

"But what Yagami didn't expect was that this would also become one of the pieces of evidence suggesting that Class A and Class B might be colluding after things were exposed."

"Then comes the specific evidence collection."

"I arranged the C-class incident in advance so that I could use it as a pretext to cover up Yamada's involvement and allow him to quietly get involved in the infirmary incident."

"Yes, the evidence footage related to Yagami was first filmed by Yamada, who was lying in wait there. Then he met up with Tokito Yuuya from Class C and intervened in the internal conflict of Class C."

"Yuya Tokito and Sho Ryuen were just a decoy. If Yagami had attacked Yamauchi and Ike as originally planned and injured them, Yamada could have collected more perfect evidence."

"Unfortunately, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji intervened in time to stop Yagami, but he was indeed tricked by Tokito Yuya's pretext and was forced to steal Tokito Yuya's camera memory card afterwards."

"But the memory card had already been switched by Yamada by then, and there was nothing on it."

"Hoshinomiya Chie is responsible for faking the injury, and Ryuen Sho is responsible for exposing it according to the contract."

"Then I will take Yamada to the basketball club to cheer on Sudo, and we will form a temporary three-person team together to prevent him from going berserk while also gaining his gratitude."

"That's roughly the whole process."

After saying such a long thing, Kitagawa Ryo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

While still munching on the remaining ice cream cone, Karuizawa Kei clapped her hands enthusiastically.

"Whoa whoa--"

Horikita Suzune thought carefully for a while, then her relaxed brows furrowed again:

"still have a question."

Why did Class B's leader, Seiji, choose to abandon Yagami to assist you?

She looked suspiciously at Karuizawa Megumi, who was eating the tube body.

"What promises did you make to her?"

"Given the current situation, there's a good chance that Yagami Taku from Class B will be expelled. Hoshinomiya can't possibly accept that outcome."

Is it possible that she didn't know?

Karuizawa Megumi finally finished her ice cream, and playfully licked the cream off her fingers, saying:

"If we had followed the original plan, Yagami would have needed to personally inflict real injuries on the two of them. Now, all we have to do is pretend to apply a few bandages, and she feels safer. She even has to thank us."

"As for the conditions we'll pay—"

Karuizawa Megumi deliberately drew out her words, glancing at the smiling Kitagawa Ryo, and pouting slightly as she spoke:

"Let Liang tell you."

"Well, Lingyin will know next month."

Kitagawa Ryo also kept everyone in suspense, gazing towards the student council and muttering to himself while propping his head up with his hand:

"Now we'll see what the student council's decision is."

Horikita Suzune didn't mind, and after listening to the entire explanation of the incident, she carefully spoke:

"Although Liang's plan dragged every class into the mess, it also made everyone share the responsibility for the incident. This time, the incident between Class A and Class D is unlikely to result in any students dropping out. The most likely punishments will be something like paying points or suspension."

As a member of the student council, Horikita Suzune was also familiar with the school rules.

Take Haruki Yamauchi and Kanji Ike as examples. If the story hadn't taken a turn, the two would have been expelled from school for fraud. However, the fact that Yagami and Katsuragi were outmaneuvered created a strange background that made it seem like Yamauchi and Ike were framed, making the final liability and punishment seem unpredictable.

With Kitagawa Ryo's actions, the whole thing seems to be a conspiracy between Class A and Class B to frame Class D, but there is insufficient evidence; it also seems to be that the two students from Class D deliberately faked injuries to commit fraud, but there is also insufficient evidence; it is said that Yagami planned everything by himself, but the two students from Class D did indeed commit fraud, and Katsuragi Kohei also appears suspicious in the whole incident.

"Don't worry, for some people involved in this incident, being suspended from school is actually no different from being expelled from school."

Kitagawa Ryo leaned back on the sofa and slowly closed his eyes.

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[Katsura Kohei, a student in Class 1-A, concealed information during the student council's investigation. Following the student council's review, he was suspended from school for half a month and had 50 points deducted from his class points.]

[Takuya Yagami, a student in Class 1-B, is suspected of committing acts of violence against a student (causing the victim to fall into a coma) and is also suspected of planning and participating in activities to frame a student. After investigation by the student council, he was ultimately suspended from school for six months and had 100 class points deducted.]

[Yuya Tokito, a student in Class C of the first year, was suspected of committing acts of violence against a student (resulting in serious injury to the victim). After investigation by the student council, he was ultimately expelled from the school.]

[Students Haruki Yamauchi and Kanji Ike, from Class 1-D, are suspected of fraud (the amount involved is one million personal points, of which 110,000 personal points have already been spent). After investigation by the student council, they were ultimately punished with the following disciplinary actions: confiscation of all personal points, compensation for all personal points lost by the victims, deduction of 100 class points, and suspension from school for three months.]