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

Thinking of this, Horikita Manabu suddenly felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

Just then, the explanations of the six people on Nagumo's side finally came to an end.

"Now, please let Bai Lan speak," said the host, Ju Qian, looking towards Bai Lan.

Upon hearing this, Horikita Manabu immediately turned to look at Bai Lan and gave him a meaningful look: "My disciplinary committee member~ hurry up and do something!"

To be honest, Bai Lan didn't think it was a big problem.

Although the opposing team has six people, giving them a significant numerical advantage.

Secondly, the other six people are clearly victims in this incident, and they have a greater legal advantage!

The so-called "legal principles".

It's just like the relationship between a creditor and a debtor.

Between a creditor and a debtor, the creditor can terminate the "relationship" by arbitrarily forgiving the debt, while the debtor cannot.

In this incident, Nan Yun and his group were essentially the creditors, while Bai Lan was the one who owed the debt.

Fortunately, the relationship between Bai Lan and Nan Yun is not simply one of "debt".

After all, no matter how much debt a person has, it won't cause fear in others.

However, if a person possesses the strength to beat up a group of people in a matter of minutes, and this person seems to enjoy abusing this strength, then those around him and those who associate with him will surely live in fear.

After all, no one can feel at ease staying with such a violent person.

In other words, although Bai Lan only "owes" Nan Yun and the other six a "debt," in reality, it is not only Nan Yun and the other six who are affected, but everyone in this school who is with Bai Lan!

Therefore, although the victims were only Nagumo and his six friends, the school is not only responsible for Nagumo and his friends, but also for other students who felt threatened because of the incident.

Therefore, this matter cannot be resolved simply by Nangumo and his group offering "forgiveness." In order to prevent the students from being threatened, both Nangumo and Bai Lan must provide a statement that proves "although Bai Lan did hit someone, she was not a violent maniac," in order to quell public fear.

Normally, the most difficult side to reach a consensus that is acceptable to the public is the victim.

After all, the victims are often the ones who suffer losses, and the most important thing to calm things down is to get the victims to cooperate.

In order to get victims to cooperate, perpetrators often choose to compensate or threaten them privately.

Of course, if threats are used, you must be careful not to expose yourself when cooperating, as any testimony obtained through illegal means is invalid.

This includes coercion and bribery.

Of course, that's assuming you get caught. If you don't get caught...

In short, the goal is to get the victim to "forgive" and say that it was just a misunderstanding, and to say something positive about the perpetrator.

Under normal circumstances, the perpetrator will also back down, cooperating with the victim to stage a drama of "misunderstandings cleared up and people loving each other again".

To make everyone feel that this violent incident was just a misunderstanding, that there are no violent people around you, and that your living environment is very safe, and so on.

In this way, the fear that everyone had felt because of this incident subsided.

The victim chose to forgive.

Everyone felt safe.

Everyone is happy, congratulations!

In this situation, if the arbitrator insists on dwelling on the matter, it will only disrupt the stability and add to the instability of the established order.

However, the prerequisite is that both parties must cooperate.

It's not enough if the victim is willing to forgive on their own!

The perpetrator must be made to appear "harmless".

In other words, as long as Bai Lan is unwilling to cooperate, it won't matter even if Nan Yun and the others unilaterally express their understanding!

Elsewhere, perpetrators hope to avoid trouble and escape punishment, while the real victims hope to have their cases handled fairly and justly.

However, the opposite was true for Bai Lan.

With this in mind, Bai Lan felt confident and thought there wouldn't be any major problems.

"Now, please let Bai Lan speak."

Realizing it was finally her turn to speak, Bai Lan stood up and said proudly, "Let's not beat around the bush, I'm the one who hit him!"

Seeing this, Horikita Manabu smiled with satisfaction.

To be honest, even though Horikita Manabu swore to Sakayanagi Narumi that he completely trusted Shirai,

But in reality, Horikita Manabu also had a "what if" mentality.

What if his guess about Bai Lan is wrong?

What if Bai Lan doesn't actually intend to accept the punishment honestly and then hand over points to avoid it?

In particular, Nagumo's initiative to speak up for Bai Lan and his attempt to help Bai Lan avoid punishment made Horikita Manabu even more suspicious.

He dared to entrust Bai Lan with his trust mainly for two reasons.

First, he had already planned out how he would retaliate against Bai Lan after her betrayal. Although he would have to pay a price, it was not unacceptable.

Secondly, Horikita Manabu felt that if Bai Lan betrayed his trust, the trust he had invested would bring him far greater returns than he had invested!

In this situation where "losses are small, but gains are big," Horikita Manabu decided to take a gamble and choose to trust Shirai.

But this was Horikita Manabu's initial idea.

Now Horikita Manabu is realizing that things are getting out of his control.

Nagumo displayed even more terrifying methods of manipulating power.

Even if he successfully gets rid of Bai Lan, who betrayed his trust, he will pay a price far beyond what he expected due to Nan Yun's intervention!

Therefore, Horikita Manabu was a little nervous.

Fortunately, Bai Lan's first words immediately put Horikita Manabu's mind at ease.

After all, Bai Lan had taken the blame upon herself, which was solid proof that Horikita Manabu's previous guess about Bai Lan was correct!

"Bai Lan, you really didn't let me down!" Thinking of this, Horikita Manabu was a little excited, and his stern face couldn't help but show a hint of approval.

Nan Yun was stunned after hearing Bai Lan's words.

In Nan Yun's own view, he was a victim who was coerced by Bai Lan. Because of Bai Lan's threats, he had no choice but to forgive Bai Lan, say that it was all a misunderstanding, and speak well of the perpetrator.

He felt that as long as he said that, Bai Lan, as the one who had harmed others, shouldn't be able to say anything against it, and should respond immediately!

After all, in Nan Yun's view, he said all of these things on the premise of satisfying Bai Lan's wishes.

How could Bai Lan go against her own wishes?

That's what he thought.

But the result?

Bai Lan actually confessed!

What is this situation?

Nagumo began a brainstorming session.

First of all, Nan Yun is certain that Bai Lan did this with a purpose in mind!

What Nan Yun is certain of now is that Bai Lan will definitely spend 20 million to avoid being expelled from school.

Since Bai Lan was willing to pay a price of 20 million to achieve this goal, it means that what she gained after achieving her goal was far more than 20 million!

what is that?

According to Nagumo.

Since Bai Lan is a person who acts with a purpose, everything he does will only have two outcomes: either "selfishness" or "harming others for personal gain".

Imagine what Bai Lan would gain after spending 20 million to avoid being expelled from school and taking on the crime of "beating up several groups of people in public and causing a huge uproar".

Or what will his competitors lose as a result?

In an instant, a flash of inspiration struck Nan Yun.

"I understand!"

Bai Lan plans to take this opportunity to ruin me and Horikita Manabu, and eliminate everyone who can threaten him by relying on the privileges of the student council!

That's right!

Yes!

He learned it from me and Horikita from the very beginning!

First of all, if Bai Lan chooses to take the blame, given the terrible impact he has caused today, he will definitely be expelled from school.

If he is to be expelled from school, he will definitely beat me into the hospital first, and then waive the expulsion.

Once I'm in the hospital, everything I've built at the school will fall apart.

When I get back from the hospital, my dominance over the second year and my control over the student council will all be taken away!

As for Horikita Gaku...

You should know that Bai Lan was promoted by Horikita Manabu!

Although most of the student council officers were selected and promoted by Horikita Manabu.

But the key point is that Horikita Manabu once publicly stated in front of many people in the student council that he would "support Shirai".

Since Bai Lan has received Horikita Manabu's strong support, Horikita Manabu will naturally share in Bai Lan's merits and demerits!

Once Bai Lan takes the blame and is expelled, Horikita Manabu, who once strongly supported Bai Lan, will suffer a severe blow to his reputation in the student council and even the entire school!

In this way, even if Horikita Manabu remains the student council president, others will certainly no longer trust him. Even if they still show respect on the surface, they will definitely be outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant.

Horikita Society quickly lost control of the student council, and even of the classes...

In that case, Horikita Manabu and I, the two people who control most of the power in the student council, will be finished.

From then on, no one was able to use the student council's privileges to suppress Bai Lan!

As for Bai Lan herself...

Bai Lan may be removed from her position as a disciplinary committee member and expelled from the student council for breaking the law and leading the way in undermining discipline.

But did Bai Lan really suffer any losses?