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

With this information, people, whether or not they participated in the blockade, can know the full picture of the matter.

The meeting was chaired by Kushida, who was responsible for guiding the meeting's flow.

Hirata was the "judge" of this meeting, responsible for stepping in to mediate and maintain order when the discussion reached a stalemate, could not reach a conclusion, and turned into a meaningless argument.

Soon, three o'clock in the afternoon finally arrived.

After Kushida said, "The discussion begins."

The "total ban" has been lifted.

Soon, the long-silent group chat interface was quickly flooded with various chat boxes.

Ai Ai (anonymous): "I suggest a severe punishment. After all, given what Bai Lan did and said, it's obvious that if we follow the class rules, there's no reason to give anything other than a 'severe punishment,' right?"

Beep: "He should be severely punished. Hitting someone is obviously against discipline, and it wasn't done under the command of the class. Besides, he admitted that he hit someone only for himself. So, he should be severely punished."

Hehe: "Heavy punishment, the use of obvious force."

.......

As Chi had predicted, almost everyone suggested a “severe penalty.”

After seeing this scene.

Chi immediately felt relieved.

Soon, the rate at which messages were scrolling in the chat interface gradually slowed down.

The reason is that the administrator has set restrictions on the "frequency of speaking".

This is mentioned in the "Discussion Charter".

The slower scrolling speed means that comments are more likely to remain on the screen and be seen by more people.

"good chance!"

Chi felt it was time to step in and offer timely assistance!

Chi immediately pressed "send" and sent out the message he had prepared in advance.

Chi Kuan-chi: "Give her a light punishment, because perhaps Bai Lan hit someone to intimidate students from other classes and protect the students in our class?"

However, before Ike Kanji could even rejoice at the success of his plan...

Karuizawa Megumi: "I don't think they should be punished! My reasons are..."

Horikita Suzune: "I propose the special prize because..."

Pool: ? ? ?

179. Horikita: Bai Lan has done nothing wrong for the class!

After Chi sent out the message.

He thought that while the whole class was targeting Bai Lan, he was one of the few people in the class who spoke well of Bai Lan.

They even specifically chose a time when the screen refresh rate was slow, making it the easiest time for people to see their posts.

Furthermore, he was the only one using his real name among all the anonymous people, and he even took the initiative to speak up for Bai Lan, which made him seem out of place.

In this way, most of the students in the class knew that he had "helped" Bai Lan today, and this incident left a deep impression on them.

Most of the students in the class would become his witnesses, and because of his strange behavior, they would inevitably discuss it, eventually relaying what happened today to Bai Lan, letting Bai Lan know that he had helped her today, thus making Bai Lan owe him a favor.

Although he could prove that he had "helped" Bai Lan by showing the chat history, he felt that it was too deliberate for him to ask for favors in this way, as if he were trying to please or beg for forgiveness, which would be very embarrassing.

Therefore, it's better to have someone else relay the message for him.

"With so many witnesses, Bai Lan will definitely remember my help. That way, as long as I don't go too far, he shouldn't be too embarrassed to lay a hand on me."

Thinking of this, Chi felt a sense of relief and was very pleased with his plan.

However, his joy was short-lived.

The next moment, a new dialog box appeared, instantly pushing the pool's dialog box to the top.

Karuizawa Megumi: "I don't think he should be punished! My reason is that, no matter what, in the end, he stood up for the classmate who was being bullied! Is there anything wrong with standing up for and protecting a classmate?"

When you see this message.

Chi's first reaction was displeasure: "You actually stole my job! That's too much! Even if you put in a good word for Bai Lan, could you at least do it earlier or later, or at least send the message somewhere far away from me? Do you know that's unfair competition? You're harming others without benefiting yourself!"

As the saying goes, things are valued for their rarity.

With each additional person who speaks well of Bai Lan, the importance of Chi speaking well of Bai Lan diminishes.

Especially when a bunch of positive messages appear.

Even the best things become cheaper when they are sold in large quantities.

What's even more "disgusting" is that, when it comes to saying good things about Bai Lan, the other party's "bias" is much stronger than Chi's, and not just by a little bit, but by completely overshadowing Chi!

Stealing jobs is one thing, but what's with your "no punishment" policy?

In Chi's view, according to the class rules, Ping Bailan's actions should have resulted in "severe punishment" no matter how you looked at it. His suggestion of "light punishment" was already blatant lying. However, he found that someone was even better than him.

No, it's even more than a step above.

Chi's proposed "light punishment" is only one level less severe than "heavy punishment".

However, the other party bypassed the terms "light punishment" and "minor punishment" and directly requested "no punishment"!

Just outrageous!

Although he already knew it was an anonymous discussion, Chi subconsciously glanced at the speaker's name out of habit.

Soon, Chi discovered the problem.

It seems the other party wasn't anonymous, but used their real name?

When Ike saw the name of the person who sent the first message, he couldn't help but curse, "It's you again, Karuizawa! You're ruining my plans again!"

After hurling his insults, Ike finally expressed "disdain" for Karuizawa.

As someone who has frequently clashed with Karuizawa since entering the university, Ike felt that he had a very good understanding of Karuizawa's thought process.

Chi thought to himself, "Judging from Karuizawa's past behavior, that guy is an overconfident, impulsive, and hot-blooded idiot who likes to act on his whims and is reckless and overestimating his abilities."

For such a hot-blooded idiot like Karuizawa, it's perfectly normal for him to say whatever kind of nonsense the person who stands up for him says.

Karuizawa is such an idiot. He actually wants to get rid of Shirai after he did something so outrageous.

Keep dreaming! Hahaha...

This idiot probably saw that I had spoken well of Bai Lan, and just because he didn't want to lose to me, he made up this random suggestion of "no punishment." And the reason he gave has absolutely nothing to do with the class rules. He probably just acted on impulse, doing whatever came to mind.

In fact, Ike's guesses about Karuizawa's situation were quite accurate.

The saying "The person who knows you best is often your enemy" makes a lot of sense.

Aside from being labeled a "hot-blooded idiot," Ike's guesses about Karuizawa were mostly correct.

Let's clarify things for Karuizawa.

Karuizawa may be a "fool," but she's not "passionate."

Secondly, there is a reason why Karuizawa waited until now to speak, and it is related to the rules of this discussion.

This was emphasized in the "Discussion Charter".

The rules for the discussion are as follows:

The discussion will go through a total of six rounds.

Each round lasts 30 minutes.

Each round consists of three phases.

The first stage is the "presentation stage," which lasts for ten minutes. During this stage, each person can only speak once.

The second stage is the "processing stage," which lasts five minutes. In this stage, people who agree on the proposed outcome choose the person from their own camp whose explanation they feel is the most convincing and cast their vote for them.

The third stage is the "battle stage," lasting fifteen minutes. In this stage, the person selected most times speaks on behalf of their faction. Representatives from each faction can speak freely, with no limit on the frequency of their speeches, but they must follow the meeting order. Those who violate the order will be warned at best, and directly eliminated at worst.

The three stages of the process will be continuously repeated until one side successfully wins the debate against the other side, or the discussion ends.

Once one faction successfully defeats the other faction and wins, Bai Lan's punishment will be handled according to the proposal of the winning faction.

If no winner emerges by the end of the discussion, Hirata, acting as the "judge," will make the final decision based on the content of the discussion.

At this point, Hirata's ruling was the punishment for Shirai.

Hirata's role as referee was elected by everyone in the class.

Based on past experiences, Hirata seemed to be the only person in the class who was not afraid of offending Bai Lan and was willing to confront Bai Lan head-on for the sake of the class's collective interests.

Therefore, everyone was willing to believe in his fairness, and they could only trust Hirata.

After all, there was only one option; they had no choice at all.

Because during the entire "presentation phase", each person can only speak once.

Therefore, Karuizawa cherished this opportunity very much.

She planned to do her best, using the most logical and persuasive arguments she could think of, to convince the class to try and get the lightest possible punishment for Bai Lan, thus protecting Bai Lan's interests and reputation.

Unfortunately, while Karuizawa's idea was good, her intellect didn't allow her to complete a task that demanded such high intelligence.

Therefore, ever since Karuizawa received Kushida's notification, she has been thinking about it, but no matter how hard she tries, she can't figure out how to reduce Shirai's punishment from "severe" to even "light" punishment.

Karuizawa didn't want to give up, so even after many people had finished speaking, she was still thinking, wanting to write down the answer that satisfied her the most before the first speaking session ended.

However, at that moment, Karuizawa suddenly saw a scene in the chat interface where Ike was praising Shirai.

Upon seeing this, Karuizawa instantly lost his composure and went berserk.

Karuizawa thought to himself, "Ike actually spoke well of Bai Lan before me. I actually lost to Ike in terms of enthusiasm for helping Bai Lan."

Wouldn't that make it seem like my relationship with Bai Lan is worse than the relationship between Bai Lan and Chi?

Otherwise, why didn't I express my willingness to help Bai Lan earlier than Chi?

Damn pond!

He must be trying to expose the relationship between me and Bai Lan in this way!

How could I lose to Chi in this matter?