Practical Classroom: Kaoru Hanayama's Classroom of Merit

Following the first review meeting of the Student Guidance Office, it was announced that the position would be retained.

In the empty classroom of the special building, there were figures of Ken Sudo, Yosuke Hirata, Suzune Horikita, and Kaoru Hanayama.

"We made it through! Those guys finally panicked because I didn't say anything!"

Sudo, unable to hide his excitement, turned to look at Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune standing to the side.

His face was plastered with an expression of certainty of victory.

"So we've won, right?! Without evidence, it's only a matter of time before those guys' lies are exposed!"

However, Huashan slowly shook his head.

"...Don't get me wrong. The deliberations aren't over yet. Rather, now is the time to get serious."

The severity contained within caused Sudo's smile to vanish as if it were twitching.

Hirata turned around with a serious expression.

"Hanayama-kun, do you mean they'll do something else?"

"Those guys were cornered. But if there's no evidence, they'll just make it up, that's how petty thugs think."

Huashan calmly recounts his personal experiences and related knowledge.

"Those guys might provoke you into saying things you shouldn't and then record it. They might also deliberately bump into you in front of a camera to provoke you and start a fight, thus leaving evidence that you were beaten up."

Cold sweat trickled down Sudo's neck.

"So from now on, you must take at least one person with you when you go out. Even when you go to the bathroom... And also, lock your door."

"The door is locked...?"

"Because they might sneak in at night and smear your fingerprints on some weapon, who knows?"

Hearing this, Sudo finally couldn't help but retort.

"H-How could this be? It can't possibly go that far! This is way too exaggerated! This is just a school fight at most!"

This is common sense for high school students. The same applies to Hirata and Horikita.

However, Huashan's gaze remained unwavering.

"Stop talking nonsense and just do as I say."

......

June 9th.

The second, and final, review meeting was held again in the student guidance office.

Kazuma Sakagami from Class D stared intently at the documents in his hands, his fatigue evident.

In the past few days, they have failed to obtain any new evidence or record any inappropriate remarks.

Student council president Horikita Manabu quietly pushed up his glasses and spoke.

"Neither class has any more evidence to submit, is that correct?"

With a bitter expression, Sakagami slowly nodded.

"...Yes, President. We don't have anything else to submit."

Ishizaki and the others lowered their heads, their fists trembling slightly.

After confirming the situation, Horikita Manabu issued the final review results.

"Due to insufficient objective evidence and the absence of eyewitnesses, no disciplinary action will be taken against Sudo in this matter. Class D's request is rejected due to insufficient evidence. —This concludes the deliberation."

The door to the student guidance room closed, and Sakagami and the students of Class D were preparing to embark on their journey home.

Behind them, a voice that seemed to come from the depths of hell pierced through them.

"Feed. Wait a minute."

It's Kaoru Hanayama.

Sakaue turned around and saw a pair of eyes that had extinguished all emotion.

"Hanayama-kun... the results are in. Is there anything else you need us for?"

Sakagami, barely maintaining the dignity of a teacher, asked.

However, Huashan closed the distance step by step, compressing the air with his overwhelming momentum.

"This is not the end of the story."

Huashan's words were not a confirmation but a notification.

"What are you talking about? The school's decision is not to punish you. Do you intend to pursue any further action?!"

Sakagami raised his voice, but Hanayama remained unmoved.

In the world of yakuza, the idea that one can be provoked for no reason and then get away with it is simply not true.

"The claim was rejected due to insufficient evidence. In other words, you guys are throwing dirty water on Sudo from our class... legally speaking, it's a false accusation."

False accusation.

The word echoed heavily in the corridor.

Sakaue hurriedly retorted.

"Wait, wait a minute! The so-called lack of evidence simply means that the facts cannot be confirmed, it does not mean that they are lying—"

"It's so noisy."

Hua Shan let out an angry shout.

"To prove our innocence, everyone in our class has been completely exhausted these past few days, both physically and mentally. Now you're saying we'll just go back because there's no evidence? There's no way we'd be so easy to get away with."

Its enormous size, approaching two meters, completely positioned it to look down on Sakagami, Ishizaki, and the others.

"Coming to cause this kind of unreasonable trouble... As a settlement, paying compensation for emotional distress is the proper procedure."

"Compensation for emotional and psychological damages...?"

"Personal points. As compensation for the mental anguish suffered by Sudo in our class. Hand that over."

Sakagami wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a trembling voice.

"You...you think this request will work? Of course we refuse!"

Upon hearing those words, all expression vanished from Huashan's face.

"Really? You're not paying?"

Huashan slowly twisted his thick neck, making a cracking sound that sent chills down one's spine.

"Then be more careful when walking at night from now on."

"What...! Is that a threat of violence?!"

"Don't get me wrong. I never said I was going to use force."

Hua Shan's lips twisted slightly as he uttered a threat characteristic of the Yakuza.

"Since fabricating stories goes unpunished... we'll do the same here. Starting tomorrow, find some random guy and have him lie down in front of your Class D's door."

The color drained from Sakaue's face.

"Let them beat themselves up, until they're covered in blood. They're saying they were beaten half to death by the D class."

"Absurd, ridiculous! A lie so easily seen through—"

"The situation is exactly the same as yours today. If it's done in a blind spot without cameras, no one will know the truth. The school will also have to hold a review meeting, just like today."

To retaliate by escalating the methods used against you to a larger scale and then turning the tables on them.

"I will keep doing this every day with a different goal. Until everyone in your class is called into the guidance room and driven to a nervous breakdown."

Hanayama took a step forward, approaching Sakagami and the others.

"If you don't want things to turn out that way... pay up right here and now. Show me that you'll never bother Class C again."

That's no longer a dispute between high school students.

That is precisely the merciless reckoning that people in the underworld inflict on their rivals who have destroyed their territory.

Sakagami, his face contorted with humiliation, instructed Ishizaki and the others to operate their personal terminals and, with trembling hands, transfer points as compensation for emotional distress to Hanayama's account.