People at the practical education center only want to drop out.

To avoid losing control of the second year and even facing expulsion due to his revenge against Bai Lan, Nan Yun decided to take a slightly roundabout approach.

Nan Yun's plan was this: he wanted to secretly take revenge on Bai Lan. He planned to first use a scheme to quietly undermine Bai Lan's class, develop a few moles, and then find a suitable opportunity for the moles to find a chance to mess with Bai Lan, so that Bai Lan would be expelled from school!

What constitutes a suitable opportunity?

For example, someone who could suddenly, almost without warning, force Bai Lan to drop out of school.

Or perhaps, even if Bai Lan knew that Nan Yun was behind it all and that he was about to drop out of school, a special exam or other reason could create a spatial distance between them that couldn't be resolved in the short term.

Both of these scenarios would prevent Bai Lan from having any further contact with Nan Yun, or from taking revenge on him, even if she knew she was being targeted by him.

Alternatively, Nagumo might hide himself even more deeply, so that Bai Lan wouldn't know until the moment she was expelled from school that she was being targeted by Nagumo.

Once the school announces Bai Lan's expulsion, Bai Lan will have to pack up and leave within two hours. There will be no time to investigate who is trying to frame him. Even if he gets anxious, he can only beat up those few traitors to vent his anger. He can't hurt Nan Yun, the person who is controlling everything behind the scenes!

In short, Nagumo will not give Bai Lan a chance to retaliate!

Furthermore, why is it said that Bai Lan "did not know that she was being targeted by Nan Yun until the moment she left the school"?

Because Nan Yun had a wicked idea: he would send someone to tell Bai Lan the truth "the moment" she left the school.

Only by making Bai Lan outside the school gates powerless and furious, and helpless against him hiding in the school, can Nan Yun feel the pleasure of revenge!

Moreover, this matter is not just about "revenge"!

This is also a way to "establish authority"!

Nagumo wants to use this incident to tell those restless people—anyone who dares to offend me will have to disappear from this school!

In order to develop an inside job, Nagumo investigated the people in Class 1-B.

I didn't know until I looked it up that there were so many beautiful girls in this class, some of whom were even comparable to Ichinose in appearance, but each had their own unique charm.

For example: Horikita Suzune, Karuizawa, and Kushida Kikyo.

As for those that are only slightly inferior, there are many more.

Of course, what we're talking about here is just the "appearance".

Besides appearance, a girl's popularity also depends on factors such as personality and intelligence.

All things considered, in terms of true popularity, Ichinose is in a class of her own among the entire first-year students, and even the entire school.

Therefore, Nagumo still prefers Ichinose.

After all, he believed he was the best, so naturally his girlfriend should be the best too.

Since we're going to recruit a mole anyway, we might as well recruit a beautiful woman.

The thought of turning someone else's beautiful woman into your own is exhilarating.

Keeping a mole within your ranks comes at a price.

Spending money on beautiful women can improve your mood and also boost their favorability.

Finally, it would be even better if he could win the heart of a beautiful woman.

If you can be liked by several top-looking girls, wouldn't that prove your excellence?

If I really can't win over Ichinose, having a similar-looking replacement would be respectable enough to show off.

After investigating the beautiful girls in Class 1-B, Nagumo ultimately chose Karuizawa.

In Nagumo's opinion, among the three most outstanding beauties in Class 1-B, Karuizawa was the easiest to get close to.

Judging from his academic performance and physical test scores, Horikita is both intelligent and physically strong. He also prefers to work alone, making it difficult to find any weaknesses to exploit. Moreover, the surname "Horikitaki"... makes it hard for Nagumo not to overthink things. In order not to bring a certain monster into the battlefield, Nagumo chooses to pass.

As for Kushida...

Judging from her academic performance and physical test scores, Kushida is not as smart or strong as Horikita, but she is still considered quite good among girls. She is also very good at making friends, and she has many friends who will help protect her when she is in trouble.

In comparison, Karuizawa is much easier to deal with.

Karuizawa's academic performance is simply due to the large number of poor students in his class, resulting in a low average score and a low passing grade. In a normal class, he might even have failed.

Let's look at their physical fitness test scores.

There were even many projects that failed!

This shows that although Karuizawa usually talks a big game and looks very powerful, he is actually a weakling when it comes to physical strength.

Generally speaking, physical strength is almost directly linked to combat power.

Therefore, it can be concluded that Karuizawa's score is actually very low!

In Nagumo's view, people like Karuizawa who like to play the role of a "strong and arrogant gyaru" are usually people who admire strength and aspire to be strong.

However, the ways of admiring strength and aspiring to be strong usually fall into two categories.

One way is to try to gain strength through hard work and become a strong person. This path is more difficult, requiring not only tempering but also the corresponding talent.

However, if one cannot withstand the trials or lacks the talent to become a strong person, then one will choose another option—to find a way to prove oneself as a strong person through "non-power" means!

For example: imitating the words and actions of those you consider strong.

Or perhaps become "an ally of the strong".

In Nagumo's view, Karuizawa, despite his poor physical abilities, liked to pretend to be strong, and it was clear that he was "imitating the words and actions of the strong".

In this situation, all Nagumo needs to do is have someone break down the facade of strength she's created by "imitating the words and actions of the strong," and shatter what she's relying on.

At this time, Karuizawa would be in the most lonely and helpless state.

He just needs to appear at this time and act like a strongman in front of him.

When Karuizawa's "strong person" identity, built by "imitating the words and actions of the strong," is shattered, and she suddenly sees a powerful person emerge who will defeat the enemy and show her kindness, she may subconsciously want to build a new "strong person disguise" by "becoming a companion of the strong person."

Replace your broken disguise with a new and stronger one, and become a "stronger" again, or even a stronger "stronger" than before!

Actually, Nagumo didn't initially intend to frame Karuizawa for bullying.

After all, this would cause too much of a commotion and attract Bai Lan's attention.

With this in mind, Nagumo planned to design a "hero saves the damsel in distress" plot.

The hero rescuing the damsel in distress may be a cliché, but it works wonders!

Nagumo planned to send someone to bully Karuizawa with force, but after Karuizawa was beaten and found himself powerless to fight back...

Nagumo suddenly appears as a savior, easily suppressing the enemy Karuizawa couldn't resist and saving Karuizawa. In this way, he wins Karuizawa over, successfully developing a mole within Shiraishan's class and gaining a beautiful accessory that he can show off.

In fact, yesterday, when Yonekura entered the women's restroom to bully Karuizawa, Nagumo was already waiting nearby, about ten meters away.

He would rush over immediately if there was any fighting in the direction of the toilet.

However, an unexpected event occurred!

Karuizawa, who was considered to have low fighting ability by Nagumo, easily beat up Yonekura, whose physique was considered "fierce" among girls!

From the sounds of fighting to the sound of footsteps fleeing in panic.

The entire process took less than ten seconds.

Before Nan Yun could arrive, he saw Yonekura rushing out of the restroom, sobbing and fleeing in panic.

However, even though the plan had taken a slight turn, Nagumo still did not want to give up easily.

He dared not give up.

He was worried that Bai Lan would try to take advantage of the situation after she found out about it.

Firstly, Bai Lan can further establish her authority in the class by helping Karuizawa get justice.

Secondly, this matter can be used to blackmail Yonekura's class and obtain benefits from it. Yonekura's second-year class D is a class ruled by Nanyun. Anything Bailan gets from second-year class D belongs to Nanyun!

If Karuizawa hadn't turned the tables on Yonekura, Nagumo felt he could have used his "hero" status to take the lead, getting Karuizawa to pursue Yonekura's class without going through his own. Then, with a little manipulation and some benefits for Karuizawa, the dim-witted and power-hungry Karuizawa would have unknowingly let the matter go and become grateful to him, turning him into a useful accomplice to get rid of Shirai.

Not anymore.

In order to protect their own interests.

In order to win over Karuizawa.

Nagumo changed his plans.

He still intends to "save the damsel in distress," but he'll do it in a different way.

As long as Karuizawa is put in danger, giving him, the hero, a chance to appear, that's all that matters.

Since "force" cannot threaten Karuizawa, we will use "intelligence".

Then, this false accusation occurred.

Nagumo had Yonekura and the others falsely accuse Karuizawa, intending to make her feel desperate through this framing, and then appear at the last moment to become her hero and win her heart!

In order to make his appearance not seem so abrupt.

Nagumo specially designed a small "hero saves the beauty" scene the day before yesterday.

He had someone keep an eye on Karuizawa, and then looked for an opportunity to steal Karuizawa's student ID.

While queuing for food in Karuizawa, the "actor" was instructed to immediately line up behind Karuizawa with Karuizawa's student ID. Once the line was a little ahead, the student ID was immediately thrown on the ground.

Just as Karuizawa realizes he has lost his student ID, he will soon find it, but to retrieve it, he must leave the queue.

In order to induce Karuizawa to "cut in line," Nagumo instructed the "actor" behind Karuizawa to pretend to be playing on his phone the whole time while waiting in line, deliberately not keeping up. After Karuizawa went to pick up his things, he could see that "his original spot" was empty, and then he could very naturally cut in line.

Immediately afterwards, the "actor," who had been playing on his phone the whole way, naturally used the excuse that he "didn't remember the person in front of him" to refuse Karuizawa's "cutting in line," and spoke loudly, making everyone think that Karuizawa was cutting in line.

When Karuizawa finds herself in an awkward situation, Nagumo steps in to help her out of her predicament, and in doing so, he almost implies that he has feelings for Karuizawa. This incident also demonstrates that Nagumo's "understanding" of Karuizawa is not unfounded.

With this groundwork laid, Nagumo could then logically state today that he "believes Karuizawa is not a bad person" and "thinks it's just another misunderstanding." He then proceeded to resolve this self-directed "hero saves the damsel in distress" incident, become Karuizawa's hero, and win her heart.

However, this would expose Nagumo's intention to win over Karuizawa to Bai Lan.

Bai Lan will likely be wary of Karuizawa in the future.

But it's okay.

Before Karuizawa actually betrayed them, Bai Lan couldn't do anything to Karuizawa for the sake of the class's stability, nor could he casually lay a hand on Nagumo, their "benefactor" who had helped the class.

Otherwise, his classmates would become alienated from him.

And Nagumo only needs to make one move!

When Karuizawa betrayed her, it meant that Shirai had no chance to fight back.