Oh no! They all seem a bit off!

Chapter 27 I Give You Everything
"Eh, it's Sawada? I never expected it, and I didn't recognize him at all."

"I never expected her to hire so many people to bully Shiina."

"It looks pretty..."

As Satomi Sawada listened to the whispers around her, and the pitying, disdainful, and strange looks they cast her, she belatedly felt a surge of anger, fear, and shame welling up inside her.

"How...how dare you betray me!"

"A bunch of bitches! Bitch! Did you think you could get away with this by turning yourself in!"

"You still want to push all the blame onto me and make me take the fall? I will absolutely not let you succeed!"

Satomi Sawada roared viciously in her heart, her eyes filled with resentment and hatred.

But this resentment and bitterness did not last long. When the homeroom teacher looked at her with sharp eyes, her heart was instantly filled with fear, and her face turned pale.

"Sawada...you guys come with me to the office."

"me……"

Upon hearing this, Satomi Sawada stammered, trying to defend herself, but her mind went blank, and she couldn't utter a single word of excuse.

After all, it was indeed she who proposed the plan to trap Shiina Maki in the toilet and beat her, and it was also she who carried it out.

"If you have something to say, let's talk in the office."

"..."

At this point, Satomi Sawada gave up her futile struggle, stood up with a sullen face, and left the classroom with her other accomplices.

The thoughts that arose in my mind when I was betrayed seem utterly ridiculous now.

She was simply feeling resentful and furious at being betrayed.

In reality, when the others accused her and shifted the blame onto her, she had no choice but to bear the main responsibility for this bullying incident.

Who told her to come up with the plan and be the only one to actually do it?
It wasn't just Sawada Satomi and her friends who left together; Shiina Maki and Akizuki Makoto also did.

Originally, Makoto Akizuki was supposed to stay behind to maintain order and organize the students' self-study, but Maki Shiina mustered up the courage to talk to the homeroom teacher and asked him to accompany her, so he went along.

Upon arriving at the office, the homeroom teacher pulled up a chair for Shiina Maki to sit down, reassuring her and telling her not to be afraid.

Then, she began to question Satomi Sawada about the cause and effect of the matter.

Satomi Sawada was initially hesitant to speak and remained silent, but after being questioned by her homeroom teacher several times, she couldn't withstand the pressure and confessed everything.

After hearing her confession, the homeroom teacher slammed his fist on the table in anger and shouted, "Are you even human? How could you come up with such a vicious method? Where did you learn it?"

No wonder.

No wonder when Maki Shiina asked for leave, she was clutching her stomach and looked extremely pained.

She couldn't even imagine how Shiina Maki got home that day, and how desperate and scared she must have felt when she was cornered in the bathroom by Sawada Satomi and the others.

"I'm sorry, I know I was wrong..."

Satomi Sawada apologized in a trembling voice, her eyes instantly reddening.

Seeing this, Akizuki Makoto sneered and said, "Heh, you don't know you're wrong, you know you're going to be punished, right?"

"Call your parents yourself!"

The homeroom teacher pulled the landline over and handed it to Sawada Rimi, then turned to the other accomplices who were bowing their heads and remaining silent, and said, "You too, call your parents!"

After that, things were easy to handle. First, we reported it to the school, then notified the parents to discuss the matter, and finally issued a disciplinary action.

The homeroom teacher contacted the dean of students' affairs to report the bullying incident. As the school authorities, they were also responsible for the matter, as they had failed to supervise the students properly.

Therefore, they compensated Shiina Maki separately, but the money was not given to Shiina Maki's mother; instead, it was given directly to Shiina Maki.

When the homeroom teacher instinctively tried to contact Mrs. Shiina to inform her that her daughter was being bullied at school, Akizuki Makoto immediately intervened.

"Teacher, there's no need to contact Shiina's mother anymore. You should... know the situation, right? After all, you were the one who reminded me first."

Upon hearing what Akizuki Makoto said, the homeroom teacher immediately realized what was going on and abandoned the idea of ​​contacting Mrs. Shiina.

If Mrs. Shiina were to come, not only would Shiina Maki not be able to go to the hospital for a check-up, but the compensation money would probably be embezzled.

Although not contacting the parents of the person involved is somewhat irregular, the homeroom teacher explained the situation to the school and received their consent, out of consideration for Shiina Maki's situation.

Ultimately, the school also wanted to resolve the matter peacefully, otherwise the parents involved were not easy to talk to, and it would cause them a lot of headaches.

The final outcome was that Sawada Satomi's parents each paid 100,000 yen in compensation for medical expenses and emotional distress, and then had to write a letter of apology and self-criticism, which they would read aloud in front of the whole class after a week of suspension from school.

The school gave Shiina Maki another 500,000 yen as a token of their sympathy.

……

By the time everything was over, half of the morning's classes had already passed. Akizuki Makoto, with Shiina Maki following closely behind, came out of the office and earnestly instructed, "Although after this incident, no one dares to openly bully you anymore, if anyone still dares to bully you covertly—like hiding your indoor shoes, graffitiing on them, or releasing bugs—you have to tell me, understand?"

"I understand..."

Shiina Maki lowered her head and answered in a soft voice.

Looking at her like this, Qiu Yuecheng's face revealed a hint of helplessness.

Even when we were alone together outside of school or during a time-lapse, he was so bold and could speak so well.

But how come she becomes so timid and autistic on campus?

Forget about speaking a complete sentence to him properly, I don't even dare to look at him or make eye contact with him.

Akizuki Makoto, who couldn't understand it, could only attribute the reason to the fact that his personality would change after his superpower was activated.

"Ugh……"

Akizuki Makoto sighed softly, turning his head back helplessly to look at the system panel that appeared before him.

You have completed the task within the specified time limit.

[Reward: 1000 points, 1% all resistance]

Actually, the system had already notified him that the task was completed and the reward had been calculated long before that.

But he didn't have time to pay attention to the system at the time, so he just closed it without even looking at it.

As Akizuki Makoto turned to look at the system panel in front of him, he did not notice that Shiina Maki, who had been keeping her head down, quietly raised her head.

Her eyes, hidden beneath her black hair and glasses, stared at Akizuki Makoto's straight back, her lips pursed, and a ripple of emotion lingered in her eyes.

"hour……"

She opened her mouth, her soft cherry lips uttering a single syllable, but for some reason, she immediately closed them tightly.

Then she lowered her head again, as if nothing had happened.

At that time, Akizuki Makoto was unaware that just moments before, he had almost been violated again after the time stop.

[Shiina Maki's feelings for you have increased!]

[Current Affection Level: Max]

[Affection Rewards: 1000 points, one random basic skill]

As Akizuki Makoto looked at the new subtitles that popped up on the system panel, he couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.

As expected, he ended up getting involved with an abnormal woman.

...Although it's been a while since we got involved.

From the moment Shiina Maki developed a crush on him, and even gained the superpower of time stop because she wanted to get too close to him, their lives changed from two parallel lines that would never intersect to curved lines that deviated from their original paths and intertwined.

“Akizuki-kun… I’ll return the 100,000 yen to you.”

Just as the two were about to walk back to the classroom, Akizuki Makoto suddenly felt his clothes being tugged, and then Shiina Maki's voice sounded behind him.

He stopped and turned his head, only to see Shiina Maki spreading out a total of forty Fukuzawa Yukichi sheets and handing them to him at once.

Shiina Maki lowered her head and whispered, "My money... I can give you all... I... I can give you anything... I can ask you... Please don't... don't hate me in the future, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Akizuki Makoto was slightly taken aback, then smiled helplessly.

"Are you stupid? How could I hate you?"

Perhaps, he's starting to act a little abnormally.

Surprisingly, after learning Shiina Maki's true colors, he didn't feel fear or disgust towards her; he even wanted to guide her back on track and help her become a normal person.

Although most of the reason stemmed from his desire to protect himself, he also sincerely hoped that Shiina Maki could become confident and cheerful.

In the end, he accepted the 100,000 yen, which he had promised yesterday if Shiina Maki had the money to repay him.

"Shiina-kun, let's stay good friends forever."

Shiina Maki looked at the gentle smile on Akizuki Makoto's face, pursed her lips, and neither answered nor nodded.

because……

She didn't want to remain good friends with Akizuki Makoto forever.

Therefore, she could not grant Akizuki Makoto's request, which was the only request she could not comply with.

(End of this chapter)