Practical teaching: Starting from the soul traveling through Dragon Garden

Chapter 450 Free Race

So what exactly is Sakayanagi's purpose?
Ryuen can't figure it out right now. There are too few clues to see, and Ryuen can't focus all his energy on Sakayanagi. After all, he promised Himeno that he would kill Kanzaki. So Ryuen has to deal with the afternoon free match first.

"Watanabe, come with me."

Ryuen summoned Watanabe away in a commanding tone, in full view of everyone. Watanabe had a bad feeling, but openly defying Ryuen's orders was no different from courting death.

The two took the elevator downstairs and talked in a supermarket outside the hotel.

"Which side are you from?"

While browsing the merchandise, Ryuen asked Watanabe a question.

"What do you mean?"

Watanabe tried to play dumb.

"Kanzaki, Himeno, Katsuragi, your class now has a separation of powers, so who do you support?"

"neutral."

Watanabe's eyes darkened; in reality, he didn't want to support anyone.

"Oh? That's interesting. I remember you used to be a supporter of Ichinose, right? You're not still hoping for Ichinose to return to the class, are you?"

Watanabe wasn't neutral before, but now he's become neutral, which only shows that he's dissatisfied with all three students in the class and still has expectations for Ichinose.

Of course, the possibility that Watanabe deceived Ryuen cannot be ruled out. However, Ryuen had already asked Himeno beforehand, and Watanabe was indeed neutral in the class. The reason for asking Watanabe in person was just to test him.

"That's impossible. After all, the harm those people caused to Ichinose is unforgivable."

Long Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Those people? You were an accomplice too, how come you managed to absolve yourself of all responsibility so cleanly?"

"I don't!"

"Silence is also a form of aiding and abetting evil. Ichinose was in a situation where he was isolated and helpless. What excuses do you have, Watanabe!"

Watanabe was taken aback by Ryuen's sudden aura and didn't know how to refute it for a moment. He also felt guilty towards Ichinose.

"Tell me, does Ichinose harbor resentment towards you, and towards you in particular?"

Ryuen took a bottle of Coke from the shelf and handed it to Watanabe.

"She, she—"

Watanabe wanted to say she wouldn't, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. After being treated like that, could anyone really be without resentment?
"Make a deal with me. Although I can't guarantee that Ichinose will forgive everyone in your class, I can make her forgive you. I can give you a chance to apologize."

Ryuen was making a deal without any cost. Ryuen had previously asked Ichinose if she harbored any resentment towards those people in her class, offering to help her take revenge. Ichinose's answer at the time was, "I don't want to dwell on the past anymore; let it go."

"What right do you have to make decisions for Ichinose! If you want an apology, I can apologize to Ichinose myself!"

Watanabe suddenly became very angry because Ryuen spoke as if he could control Ichinose's thoughts.

"If you really had that courage, you would have apologized long ago. You're actually very scared, aren't you? If you apologize to Ichinose, the answer you'll get is that she won't accept it. But I can promise you that Ichinose will absolutely forgive you. All you need to do me is a small favor, a trivial little favor."

Watanabe remained silent for two or three seconds, then crushed the Coke bottle in his hand.

"whats the matter?"

"I want you to lose the freestyle match this afternoon."

Hearing Ryuen's request, Watanabe breathed a sigh of relief. It was easy enough and wouldn't harm anyone else. Watanabe was worried that Ryuen's request would affect the class; the class was already in a terrible state, and if it got any worse, it would be beyond saving. Thankfully, Ryuen's request was simple and wouldn't involve his class.

"I agreed!"

"very good!"

Ryuen snapped his fingers, his goal achieved. Although as the group leader, Ryuen could make Watanabe do this, the authority to command Watanabe as the group leader was not very strong. If Watanabe suddenly defected, all his plans would be in vain. So his current actions were just to ensure that Watanabe would obey.

After browsing through the store, there was nothing else to buy except for the Coke Watanabe was holding. When paying, Ryuen saw a new product from Sagami on the shelf, a strawberry daifuku flavor, and out of curiosity, Ryuen bought it.

After returning to the hotel and having lunch, everyone was still planning for the afternoon's free play. After the morning's free play, the group standings had changed dramatically.

Ayanokouji found Ryuen. While Ryuen was busy, he was not idle either. Ever since Ryuen agreed to cooperate with him, Ayanokouji had been helping Ryuen with his work. For a while, Ayanokouji regretted cooperating with Ryuen. His workload had increased significantly, and it was all unpaid work.

"How to say?"

Ryuen went to deal with the issues on Himeno's side, while Ryuen naturally handed over the investigation to Ayanoji on Sakayanagi's side. And Ayanoji did not disappoint, uncovering some information. As expected, a good ox or horse is indeed a good horse.

"In the morning's free competition, Sakayanagi challenged a first-year student, a second-year student, and a third-year student, and the last person she challenged was..."

Ayanokouji paused.

"It's Horikita."

"It's normal for Horikita to lose to Sakayanagi, what's so special about that?"

Long Yuan realized something was wrong as soon as he finished speaking!

It was Sakayanagi who took the initiative to challenge Horikita, and Ryuen remembered that Horikita's team had zero points before!

"The Horikita team is still in last place!"

Ayanokouji nodded: "Moreover, the Horikita group only has one participant in the afternoon free match, and their strength is very weak. They will undoubtedly lose. Even if they surrender before the match starts, not a single point will save their group."

"Hiss, Sakayanagi wants to drop out of Horikita, this is really troublesome."

Ryuen had to temporarily change his plans; without Horikita, the school would be much less fun.

In the final freestyle round, Ryuen stood with the other contestants, quickly searching for their targets: Ogura from the Horikita group, Oda from the Kogenji group, and Kamuro from the Sakayanagi group.

Divine room?

Upon seeing the shrine, Ryuen couldn't suppress a smile. He weaved through the crowd and arrived beside the shrine.

Seeing Ryuen's malicious smile, Kamuro spat inwardly: "Why are you looking at me like that? You want to challenge me? You might not be able to win the competition I set!"

"Oh? If I wanted to win, would you be able to beat me?"

Long Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Tch, how despicable. You know I can't refuse you."

Kamuro did not deny it. Although Kamuro was stubborn and refused to admit that the two had a deep relationship and were just friends with benefits, if Ryuen really wanted to win, Kamuro would deliberately lose as long as he asked.

"Shh, I don't want you to lose to me, I need you to lose to Oda, the guy over there with glasses, short and black hair."

Ryuen originally planned for someone else to lose to Oda, but it would be better if Kamuro lost to him. Not only would it increase the Kogenji group's points, it would also suppress the Sakayanagi group's points, achieving two goals at once and further increasing the Kogenji group's chances of winning first place.

(End of this chapter)