I have a life simulator.

"Huh? Are you questioning the teacher? You can be irresponsible with your words, but I am responsible for my actions. Who is your department's advisor? Does he know you're messing around here? If you have any questions, have him come over and ask me. Otherwise, I'll have him come over here and take you back."

Although Sima Kedian's combination of coaxing and intimidation was quite convincing, it seemed the other side had also accomplished their task. After all, they were both seasoned veterans with just over a month left before graduation, well aware that the power dynamic between teachers and students at Dongyu School wasn't actually that unequal. In the upper grades, it was common for homeroom teachers to be under the students' command. Therefore, he gritted his teeth and stubbornly insisted:

"This is a matter between students, clubs, and the student council. We're here to seek justice. Why is the drama club allowed to compete outside of school so many times...?"

Before he could finish speaking, another voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Exactly, and why is it that Horikita, a first-year student, is the only one in charge of all the applications, approvals, and inspections for the drama club's departure from school? Everyone knows what kind of relationship he has with the drama club president, Kitagawa. How can you guarantee that there's nothing shady going on behind the scenes?"

Upon hearing this, the leader who had been at the forefront was dumbfounded. Dude, our script didn't include such a long passage, did it? Did our group of online trolls take orders from two different bosses at the same time?

The others, who were kept in the dark, were unaware of the shift in the wind. They simply thought the argument was quite reasonable and echoed it in unison, wanting Horikita Suzune to give an explanation.

"Seriously? Are you crazy? The drama club is mostly girls. Would you let a guy inspect your girlfriend's personal belongings?"

Kitagawa Ryo simply rolled his eyes and casually made up an excuse to shut the other person up.

Although the third-year leader wanted to instinctively retort with, "Are all those girls in the drama club your girlfriends?", he immediately remembered the glorious achievements his first-year junior had left on the forum. For a moment, he could only hum a couple of times and change his tune, retorting:

"Aren't there any other girls in the student council?"

"There's only Rinne in the first and second grades, right?"

"Where's Sakayanagi?"

"Back then, people would take paid breaks and not even clock in. You can ask anyone and they'll know that."

"If there aren't any in first or second grade, there are still third graders, right? Like that former secretary, Tachibana Akane."

"If I ask Secretary Tachibana to check, are you going to say again that she's Horikita-senpai's person, and Horikita-senpai is Suzune's older brother, so there's something fishy going on? You yourself shot the arrow first and then drew the target, so can't you be honest?"

It has to be said that Kitagawa Ryo's words are not only more eloquent than those of Sima Kedian, but he also has a greater deterrent effect on these third-year students. After all, it hasn't even been a month since the mixed training camp special exam. The thought of a dozen people ganging up on one person in the woods and being completely defeated makes his unhealed wounds start to ache again.

"Furthermore, we are currently in the final stages of preparing for the Valentine's Day event. If you delay the student council's work like this, and the event cannot be held on time, can you bear the responsibility?"

"I'm not saying this out loud, but I think this event is perfect for you third-year students. You're about to graduate, so if there's anyone you really want to confess to, you should do it now. It would be best if it's someone in the same year. You don't have to worry about breaking up after graduation. You can date for two years after leaving school and then get married. Isn't that great?"

Faced with Kitagawa Ryo's sudden commencement of a "love lesson" and his feigned concern for their well-being, the third-year students exchanged bewildered glances. Adding to the confusion, the first and second-year students behind them whispered urging them to stop, while the only teacher present, Sima Kedian, clearly stood against them. After some deliberation, the leaders realized there was no going back, so they could only utter a few harsh words and retreat.

Not far from this farce, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, hidden by the trees, turned his gaze to another person beside Kitagawa Ryo.

With his third year of university approaching and the second year almost completely under Kitagawa Ryo's control, the incoming first-year students became his most important target. Only in this way could he regain his power and bring himself back to the same level as Kitagawa Ryo.

Actually, as early as last year, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had suspected that there were still Kitagawa Ryo's people in the school. After all, Ayanokouji Atsuomi was able to help him get two students into the White Room, so it was impossible for the Kitagawa family to be completely unprepared.

Now it seems that it is indeed the case.

They were just crammed in; they weren't students.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. From the very beginning, in this school, Kitagawa Ryo valued the role of teachers, or rather, class advisors, more than the students.

Chapter 458: Meeting the Parents

After temporarily resolving today's club disturbance, the student council members returned to their posts and continued with their work, seemingly unaffected, at least on the surface.

Kitagawa Ryo locked himself back in the student council president's office. After staying there for a while, he had come to like this private space that belonged only to him once it was locked, a rare privilege that even his single dormitory room didn't have.

Without a doubt, today's incident was just a simple test. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji hasn't even presented his witnesses to launch a direct attack yet. All the students are doing is planting a seed of doubt in the minds of other students in advance, so that the final offensive will not seem so abrupt.

Even though he was fully aware of this, Kitagawa Ryo didn't intend to let these pawns off so easily. After all, starting from last year's sports festival, some of these so-called senior students in the third year had already caused him trouble several times. Since they had chosen to accept the pie in the sky that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had offered them and repeatedly opposed him, they naturally had to bear the corresponding risks.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that he had already given up during the special mixed training camp exam last time. After all, no matter how many of these students were official members of the soccer and basketball teams, they were no match for that wild boar that he had almost beaten to death with his bare hands.

As for how to carry out the punishment, Kitagawa Ryo already had a plan in mind.

Just like his view of Dongyu that he mentioned after enrolling, the three most obvious areas that students can improve here, or rather during their high school years, are academics, clubs, and interpersonal relationships, because these are the three options, or three paths, that are most likely to affect their future after graduation.

At this time, Kitagawa Ryo would always lament that the only serious thing Noboru Hou Nan Yunya did during his tenure was to facilitate the OAA.

Then, comparing the faces of the students who were leading the group with the information that he had memorized by heart, it turned out that, just as Kitagawa Ryo had predicted, most of these students were the standard template of students who were below average in academics but not bad in sports.

However, this is actually normal, since they originally belonged to Class C and Class D of the third year, and students from these two lower-ranked classes, who had long since given up hope of entering Class A, were the easiest to be fooled by Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

If nothing unexpected happens, they are probably aiming to pursue further education or employment through 'sports clubs'.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that they have a clear self-awareness and future plans. Not to mention graduating from high school at the age of eighteen, Kitagawa Ryo himself has seen many students who are twenty-two years old and about to graduate from university who are still confused about their future and do not know what to do.

Whether they have this understanding or not is not important. What he is planning to do now is to directly block this path for these students. From this point of view, it may be a blessing that they are still confused. As for whether they will suddenly realize this at some point in the future, that is none of his business.

Although the student council has a fairly convenient ability to suppress other clubs, both theoretically and practically, Kitagawa Ryo is well aware that what he is targeting is actually this small group of third-year students. In addition to them, there are also first- and second-year students in a club, and as he saw today, these students are actually more inclined to help him. If he ignores their wishes and launches an area-of-effect attack at will, the effect will only be counterproductive.

Therefore, the best approach is naturally to win over some while suppressing others.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Ryo smiled slightly.

Old Deng, it's time to explode your gold coins!

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It has to be said that the student council had accumulated all sorts of old stories. Under Kitagawa Ryo's instructions, Mizowa and Tonoga easily found case files that were neither too big nor too small, but enough to make a big deal out of. After sorting them out a bit, they were submitted to the advisors of various clubs. Several students were immediately awarded demerits, disciplinary actions, and certificates of misconduct. Not only were they expelled from the clubs on the spot, but these things were also kept in their files for life.

As for the aftermath of such incidents, Ken Sudo, who was originally admitted to a top sports high school but is now at Dongyu High School, should have a lot to say.

"I thought Liang would make them drop out of school directly?"

Seeing that Asahina-senpai always knocks politely, but her visit frequency these days is no less than that of Amasawa Ichika during the winter break, Kitagawa Ryo has already habitually brought out the tea set and tossed Hotaru over as well, emphasizing a welcoming and attentive service.

"Do I really look like the kind of person who would do something like this?"

"That's true. He probably hasn't completely forgotten the impression of Nagumo as the student council president. He dropped more than a dozen students in less than a year, using the power of the student council president and the second-year leader."

Asahina Nazuna gently pinched and played with Hotaru's front paws while bringing her face close, striking a classic cat-cuddling pose.

"Does Ryo usually bathe Hotaru frequently? Or is Hotaru just a clean little cat? She always seems to smell nice and soft every time we visit."

"Both, but I'm a little afraid of catching a cold if I wash in winter, so I do it much less often."

"That's so nice... I can already imagine Hotaru being very well-behaved while taking a bath."

After a brief chat about fireflies, Kitagawa Ryo ignored the pure white creature in the firefly-colored eyes that proudly gleamed with a sense of 'Ha, woman, you could never do that,' and instead turned to Asahina Nazuna to ask:

How are the second-year students in the club?

"That's good. After all the third-year students have left, it's convenient for them to take over. Although it's only a little over a month, it's good to be able to get through it a day earlier."

"What about Nagumo? What has he been up to lately?"

"Nan Yun... let me think. He's been pretty quiet in class lately. He goes straight to the sports clubs after school, but he doesn't go to the soccer club like before. He seems to go to track and field and tennis more often. I wonder what he's up to."

"Okay, just keep an eye on it."

Kitagawa Ryo still held considerable confidence in whether Ayanokouji Kiyotaka would fulfill the bet they made, after all, he had witnessed Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's transformation from the beginning of his school years to the present.

Of course, if everything he has witnessed so far is part of a grand scheme set up for him by Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, then Kitagawa Ryo can only give the white room another nickname besides the white gym: the white film and television base.

"okay."

After readily agreeing, Asahina Nazuna suddenly brought up another matter:

"By the way, it's cold."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"We second graders will have a two-way meeting this month."

"A two-way meeting?"

"Yes, it's like the class advisors representing the school will have one-on-one meetings with each of us students. The conversations usually focus on our future and employment, along with some topics about school life. It seems they've also gotten some advice from our guardians outside of school."

Because it was something that first-graders had never experienced, Asahina Nazuna explained it in great detail and with great patience.

"Although high school is not within the scope of compulsory education, we cannot allow students to act recklessly and ignore the right to speak and opinions of their guardians to decide their future direction and prospects. So it seems that after the two-way talk, there will be a three-way talk with the guardians at the school. I estimate it should be before the end of this semester."

"It sounds like the time is quite tight."

"After all, I'll be a third-year student soon, and it's my last year here, so I need to prepare in advance."

At this point, Asahina Nazuna's own gaze became somewhat unfocused, as if she were lost in thought.

Because of the special system of Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, all resources and benefits are only allocated to the final Class A. Therefore, students in other classes must make certain choices before graduation. After all, some university exams will not wait until after graduation in April, and many students need to prepare in advance.

Even in Class A, the right to choose still rests in the students' own hands. For them, Dongyu is essentially a perfect platform, but where they ultimately choose to move to is a decision they must make themselves.

"So, what are your thoughts, senior?"

When Kitagawa Ryo asked her a question, Asahina Nazuna just rubbed Hotaru's head with some distress, her tone quite hesitant.

"To be honest, no, there have been so many things happening lately that I haven't had time to think about these things."

So you have time to come here for tea and a chat, right?

Oh, the sentence above was Ying's comment, please don't mind it, anyway, to other people it's just a cute meow.

"However, if my family knew about the privileges of Class A, they would probably want me to apply for a job at a big company, preferably one with lifetime employment."

"Would my senior like this kind of future?"

"I don't know... To be honest, I'm actually hoping that the fortune teller from last summer will come to our school again."

Looking at the occult enthusiast in front of him who was always ready to switch to metaphysics at the drop of a hat, Kitagawa Ryo shook his head with a bit of a laugh. He unconsciously glanced at the amulet hanging on the other's wrist, only to be caught red-handed by Asahina Nagisa, who had been watching his every move closely.

"Actually, I think fate does exist, otherwise I wouldn't have met Hotaru that day... and then Ryo."

As she spoke, Asahina Nazuna even extended her right hand and waved the amulet in front of Kitagawa Ryo.

It can only be said that ever since she severed her relationship with Nagisa Nagisa, she has developed a flexible and unpredictable double standard when it comes to fate, exhibiting a pragmatic style where a twitching left eyelid means good fortune and a twitching right eyelid means feudal superstition.

"really."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded in agreement.

"If you think this is fate, then maybe it is destiny that has brought me here to tell you that passive waiting and settling are both unreliable. You should always choose your own future."

"Although that's what I say, I don't know if I can still stick to this idea when the three parties meet. After all, I've never been confident in persuading my parents."

"In that case, I'll help you introduce..."

Kitagawa Ryo was just about to introduce Asahina Nazuna to another experienced woman in this area, Ichinose Honami, who had been through four major ups and downs with her own mother, when the upperclassman opposite him interrupted him first, her eyes crinkling as she neatly and cleanly clasped her hands together in front of her chest:

"So, Liang, you can meet my parents then!"

What a long map of the Yan Kingdom!

Oh, this comment wasn't just made by Hotaru.

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Perhaps they really didn't want the student council to finish the final preparations for the celebration peacefully, or perhaps it was just that a certain former student council president had too strong a desire to survive and show off. The storm of the club's disturbance had just ended when the student council was once again plagued by another troublesome matter.

There's nothing we can do about it; the student council is in charge of student affairs. Theoretically, even if someone is constipated, they could complain to the student council about a suspected problem with the restroom in a certain teaching building. However, no one would do that; they would be blacklisted, since it would be considered taking up public resources in a way.

This time, the one who blatantly skipped starting her post with a "sorry for taking up public resources" was a second-year girl. This girl clearly knew this tactic well: she started by posting on the school forum to build up buzz and discussion, then swiftly reported it to the student council, directly targeting the other party involved in the incident—

Masayoshi Hashimoto from Class C, Year 1.

The reason can be summarized in just four words:

Emotional disputes.

Seeing the words "belongs to the tennis club" prominently displayed on Hashimoto Masayoshi's profile, Kitagawa Ryo instantly understood who was behind this incident.

Putting aside the differences between classes, he himself has only one rather simple opinion on this:

Hashimoto, do you know why, even though I could easily take down a dozen boys ganging up on me, I still fled in disarray during the last mixed training camp special exam and ran all the way into the forest?

Now you know.

Chapter 459: Beichuan is still an honest and kind person.

In the student council meeting room, the student council members, who usually perform their respective duties, gathered together today, a rare sight. Led by the acting student council president, Kitagawa Ryo, they sat in the middle at the head of the table. On the left and right sides at the foot of the table sat a student and their class advisor, respectively. On the left was Hashimoto Masayoshi from Class 1-C and his class advisor, Chabashira Sae. On the right was the initiator of this temporary dispute, Yamanaka Akie from Class 2-D and her class advisor, Kobayashi Teru. This was a rather young-looking man who was staring intently at Chabashira Sae sitting opposite him.

"Alright, now that both parties are present, the hearing on this dispute can begin."

Kitagawa Ryo tapped the table lightly as a signal. He felt that the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar. Naturally, he thought of the assault incident involving Sudo Ken in the simulation. However, back then, the person in charge of the trial was Horikita Manabu, who was the student council president at the time, and Sudo Ken and Ishizaki Daichi and others from Class C were sitting on his left and right sides.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that only Chabashira Sae has achieved a 100% participation rate, and both of them are homeroom teachers who are the defendants.

"The matter is already very clear. This student, Masayoshi Hashimoto from Class 1-C, is of bad character. During his relationship with my student Yamanaka, he engaged in inappropriate behavior and used PUA techniques to coerce and trick her into handing over all her personal points. At the same time, he caused great and irreparable damage to Yamanaka's mental and psychological well-being."

“We would prefer to hear a more detailed account from the parties involved.”

"I apologize, but my client is still unable to get over the trauma until the defendant is truly punished. It was already quite difficult for him to muster the courage to expose this, so I will be the one to make the explanation in this hearing."

As if to confirm what their homeroom teacher, Kobayashi Hikaru, had said, the girl next to her simply nodded slightly and curled up in her chair, clearly unable to take the initiative to explain or answer questions.

"I see... Well, Hashimoto-san, are you still conscious—no, are you able to give an explanation?"

"no problem."