People bring their own maids to the training camp

"Huh? There's such a thing?!" Hasebe was greatly shocked, while Miyake was clearly tempted but hesitant, as if he thought that using the coupon would make him seem stingy.

"Hey Miyake, you're not thinking about something weird, are you?" Chihaya handed Miyake three coupons. "You should just accept it calmly at times like this. Aren't I the boss?"

To ease the tension, Chihaya made a little joke.

"That's right, did you hear what the boss said, San San? Go buy the boss a latte! And by the way, add three sugars to mine!"

"Seriously, doesn't it taste sickeningly sweet?" Miyake shook his head, took the coupon, and walked towards the clerk.

“We’ve wiped out San San’s chauvinism just now, hehe.” Hasebe made a V sign with his hand. “Seriously, the 5000 points from last month weren’t even issued yet. Now he’s acting tough and he should be eating a mountain vegetable set meal in a few days.”

"Does Haruka have enough points? If not, I can help you out a little." Because they chatted in the group chat every day, Chihaya was forced by Hasebe to change his address to "Haruka," and Chihaya complied.

"It's alright, but sometimes I'll lend other girls a few thousand points just to save face."

"Someone actually asked you to borrow points?" Miyake said as he returned with his receipt after placing his order. "I don't recall you having a particularly close relationship with those girls, right?"

"If we could freely post on social media here, we'd probably be just 'friends who exchange likes'."

"So you still lent it to me, right?"

"I probably lent out seven or eight thousand points, right? Some students did spend quite a lot of points in the first month," Hasebe said. "I can understand that. I also want to buy nice clothes and accessories when I see them, but I rarely go shopping with them, so I didn't spend too many points."

“I’m pretty much the same. I haven’t bought any electronic devices. Besides daily necessities, I just eat,” Miyake said. “I just occasionally eat a more expensive set meal.”

“Normal, normal! San San is so strong, of course he should eat more!” Hasebe nodded and patted Miyake on the shoulder. “I can’t even imagine how Sudo-san can keep up with the amount of exercise he gets by eating only a vegetable set meal every day.”

"The mountain vegetable set meal is actually quite nutritious, and you can add rice, right?" Chihaya said uncertainly. "I think you can add rice, but I've never tried it before, so I'm not really sure."

“Sure,” Miyake said. “But if we only have rice and no side dishes, that’s fine too…”

"Oh right, that's right, you wanted to see the boss today about this." Hasebe suddenly remembered something. "I almost forgot—do you know about our class and Class C?"

"I have a general idea. Karuizawa and Hirata talked to me about this yesterday too." Chihaya nodded. "So you guys probably think the same thing, right?"

“That’s it. Although Sudo has issues, this was definitely a trap set by Class C,” Miyake said. “If it really was a fight, then we have no reason to protect him.”

"Yes, yes, and also for our 5000 points." Hasebe nodded repeatedly. "5000 points is our class's lifeline."

Although it's not much, 5000 points is enough to improve your meals. A 500-point set meal would be enough for 10 meals. Alternating with the mountain vegetable set meal would make you feel much better.

For those who prefer to cook for themselves, 5000 points can buy a lot of things, making it more cost-effective than the cafeteria—Lingyin is one of those people.

“There are probably no witnesses in Class B about this. I’ve asked around in class, but no one has any clues,” Chihaya said helplessly. “The timing is deliberate, considering there’s a special exam coming up. Maybe Class C targeted Sudo because they were looking at that.”

"Oh, so that's another meaning!" Hasebe exclaimed, feigning sudden realization. "I hadn't considered that at all before!"

"That's because you're not planning to participate at all, is it?"

"Even if I wanted to participate, no one would support me, right? It's more likely that people like Horikita and Hirata would go, and the boss too."

"I will definitely participate, and my partner has already been decided," Chihaya said with a smile. "However, I have no idea what the specific competition will entail."

"This special exam seems very interesting. Although everyone is speculating that there will be physical-related events, there might also be subjects that test academic ability."

"Everyone is just guessing; we'll have to wait until the match starts to know for sure."

"Let's not talk about this anymore, we've gone off-topic again. So, are we just going to watch the points get lost in this dispute? Sudo might even get suspended."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it, right? The people in Class C were indeed beaten up while Sudo was completely unharmed." Miyake was also speechless. "Even if Sudo was facing three small guys, it's impossible for him to be completely unharmed. He should have scratched himself a few times."

"Class C is so cunning! Are they deliberately not fighting back? Because they know Sudo will definitely retaliate!" Hasebe exclaimed.

"Congratulations, young lady, on discovering the truth," Chihaya thought to herself.

"That's how it is. Since Sudo-kun did make a move, there's no way to reverse it without an eyewitness."

112. Eyewitness

Chihaya naturally wouldn't offer any advice to the members of the "Princess Group," but Horikita Suzune was different.

Chihaya reminded her that a preliminary judgment could be made based on people's reactions, and since each classroom had surveillance cameras, it would only take a few points to access them. Accessing the recordings of her own class was even slightly cheaper, so Suzune immediately took action and contacted Chabashira-sensei to access the recordings.

With just one minute of video footage, Lingyin found the "suspect" and confirmed it immediately.

Despite the person's vehement denial, Lingyin keenly sensed that something was amiss.

Suzune sighed, realizing she owed Chihaya another debt.

She now deeply feels that "a god-like opponent is not as troublesome as a pig-like teammate".

Sudo is such a jerk! In just two months, he has caused so much trouble and is "notorious" among the grade level - you should know that even Ryuen's bad reputation is limited to Class C.

If her teammate was someone like Chihaya, Suzune could probably be promoted to Class A very quickly, Suzune thought to herself.

Unfortunately, this is just a hypothetical; unfortunately, there are no hypotheticals.

So Suzune had no choice but to take matters into her own hands. To this end, she approached Ayanokouji, hoping to convey a message through him—she really didn't want to deal with Sudo anymore, and if possible, she even hoped to block him out completely.

When they knocked on Ayanokouji's door, they found the people she considered "monsters" inside.

This made Lingyin immediately want to quit.

It's clear that humans invented telephones and cell phones for moments like this; if we could just make a phone call, we wouldn't be in this predicament.

Left with no other choice, Rinne had to enter the overcrowded room.

"Whoa, whoa! Horikita!" Sudo was naturally the happiest. He stopped playing and stood up. "Would you like to help me? I really welcome you!"

"..." Rinne glanced at the phone that Sudo was holding horizontally in his hand and was immediately filled with inexplicable anger. She thought that Sudo would learn from his mistakes and be wiser, which was a complete overestimation of him. He even had time to play games now!

"It seems you haven't found any eyewitnesses yet, right?" Suzune ignored Sudo and instead turned to Ayanokouji to speak.

"It's hard to find eyewitnesses, there are basically no clues," Ayanokouji said helplessly.

"The current idea is to see if we can find anyone who saw them enter the special building," Kushida added.

"It is indeed a method, but it is very inefficient and will not be fast enough," Lingyin commented, especially since after club activities, almost no one would enter or leave the special building.

The plan is unlikely to be effective because there is no surveillance—especially since the person involved seems indifferent to the situation.

"So, Horikita, do you have any good ideas?" Sudo looked at Suzune expectantly.

"..." Seeing everyone in the room turn to look at her, Rin sighed helplessly, "For those of you who are making low-efficiency efforts, I only have one piece of advice. What seems far away is actually right in front of us. The person who witnessed the Sudo incident does exist, and is right next to us."

"What does this mean, Horikita? Are you serious about the eyewitness testimony?"

The news Suzune brought was even more significant than she had imagined. But rather than feeling joy, Sudo was first surprised and doubtful.

After all, the very existence of this witness was highly doubtful, yet Lingyin spoke as if she had already discovered a witness, which naturally made it difficult for everyone to accept.

"Sakura-san."

Lingyin simply gave a name.

"Sakura-san? Is she that girl in our class?" Yamauchi and Sudo exchanged glances, seemingly wanting to ask, "Who is Sakura?"

"It's been over two months, and you still can't remember 40 names?" Lingyin sighed.

"Kori Kita, do you really think you can remember all the names in the class?" Ike asked, somewhat skeptical.

"Of course, that's all." Rinne crossed her arms, very confident, as if it were only natural.

"But why are you so sure?" Sudo asked curiously.

“I checked the classroom's security camera footage,” Suzune said. “When Kushida mentioned there was a witness to the incident in the classroom, she lowered her eyes. Most students were looking at Kushida or looking uninterested. However, she was the only one who looked like that. You wouldn't make that kind of expression if it didn't concern you.”

"Accessing surveillance footage? They even have that trick up their sleeve?" The group was utterly astonished. "Truly worthy of Horikita!"

"Ahem, actually it was Chihaya... Himegami-san who reminded me." Rin turned her head away, a little embarrassed.

The confident tone I had just displayed was actually thanks to Chihaya's reminder.

"Even so, it's amazing that Horikita-kun was able to find out that Sakura-kun was acting strangely, isn't it?" Kushida praised, but Suzune didn't seem to be buying it.

"In other words, does that mean that person named Sakura or Ogura is very likely a witness?"

"No, Sakura-san is undoubtedly a witness. I just confirmed it with her directly. Although she didn't admit it, she should be right."

"That's really efficient!" the group exclaimed in amazement.

Sudo, the person directly involved, was deeply moved: "You really did it for...!"

"Stop!" Rinne reached out to stop Sudo from continuing. "I just want to be able to move up to Class A and keep the class points that everyone worked so hard to earn. If this were a normal school, I wouldn't sympathize with you for a semester for fighting like this."

"Isn't this great, Sudo? If she were a student from Class D, she would definitely be willing to testify!"

"Oh! I'm glad there was a witness, but who is Sakura?"

"Are you serious? She's the girl sitting behind you!"

"Huh? It should be to the left front, right?"

It turned out that both of them were wrong.

"You're all wrong. It's Sudo-san's right front," Kushida corrected, looking a little annoyed.

"Oh, I don't remember at all, although I do have a feeling that someone was sitting there." Sudo scratched the back of his head.

"...Now I suddenly realize that it makes sense that they didn't come forward to testify," Lingyin said coldly. "After all, it would be pointless to testify for a classmate who doesn't even know their own name."

Although Suzune's words were sarcastic, Sudo could only force a smile, since Suzune had brought important information that could turn the tide of the battle.

.......

113. New Arrangements

"So Suzune really did find an eyewitness. I didn't expect it to actually be in Class D." Chizuru exclaimed after receiving Suzune's thank-you email and Kushida's report.

"You didn't know that?"

"How would I know? I just told her off casually." Chihaya waved her hand. "If I really had to take action, I would choose to reach an agreement with Class C in exchange for Class C dropping the lawsuit."

"I see. It's actually about signing an unequal treaty and resolving the issue through an exchange of benefits."

"That's right. Longyuan has no reason to refuse the price I can offer. Besides, if he wants to continue to cooperate with us happily, he can't go against my wishes—not every exam has someone who can help him get first place in all four classes."

"Indeed, and Class C doesn't seem to care much about Class D. It feels like Ryuen is more concerned about how to surpass Class B, right?"

"If the conditions he offers are right, I might be willing to let him get a Class B trial card."

"It seems that unless you marry Hiyori Shiina, Class C probably doesn't have anything to offer that can sway you."

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Shiina recently."